British claim strong retort after Yak fighters raid on Gatow Berlin
British authorities issued a very strong retort to the Soviet military administration over a Yak fighter raid near Gatow airfield in Berlin. American reports note two Yaks performed a belly pass over Gatow and mis-identified the RAF field, amid Western Allies decrying renewed Soviet food propaganda and currency schemes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Gatow
Gatow Field
Tony
Soviet Union
Stassen to Confer With Gov Dewey in New York
Harold E Stassen flies from St Paul to New York City and will drive to Deweys Pawling Farm for a luncheon conference to aid Gov Deweys campaign efforts in Pawling New York.
All-man Jury To Serve at Trial Of Mrs Emmart
Mrs Julia Emily Emmart 43 faces trial in Shenandoah County circuit court for murdering her husband George Allen Emmart 45 at Peoples drug store Strasburg last August. A 12-man jury will be drawn from 27 jurors. psychiatrists found she is not insane. Trial before Judge Elliott D. Marshall. prosecution by Ripley S Walker and Richard S Wright Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodstock
Julia Emily Emmart
George Allen Emmart
Shenandoah County
Elliott D. Marshall
Emmart
Peoples Drug Store
Strasburg
Raymond Borden
Southwestern State Hospital
Marion
Emmatt
Marshall
Woodstock County
Joseph E. Barrett
State Department of Mental Hygienes and Hospitals
Richmond
James B. Pettis
Western State Hospital
Staunton
Joseph R. Blalock
Atorneys
J. Lynn Lucas
Luray
F. E. Brumback
Wendell Muncie
Baltimore
Muncie
Commonwealth
Ripley S. Walker
Richard S. Wright Jr
Philadelphia Tourist Stoned to Death in Cairo
An American naturalized Jewish citizen, Stephen Haas, 53, from Philadelphia, was killed when a mob stoned him in Cairo while he visited with his wife. Several Meyotian companions and a British family member were injured. his wife escaped unharmed. The State Department confirmed the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cairo
State Department
Stephen Haas
Philadelphia
City
Lincoln White
Hass
County issues ten building permits for dwellings this period
The county commissioner of revenue issued ten permits worth about 40100 after a new ordinance requiring written authorization for all construction of eight thousand five hundred or more. Projects include homes in Gore Winchester and surrounding areas with completion targets from Sept 1 to Oct 1 and prices ranging from 1100 to 25000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissioner of Revenue
Board of Supervisors
H. L. Larrick
Gore
Ethel Braunlich
S. Loudoun St
Senseny
C. M. Lockhartland
H. N
Elizabeth M. Lewis
Winchester
Apple Pie Ridge
Co. A. Lamp
Senseny Rd
Stuart Perry
Thurmond Rejects Support From Rabble Rousers
Gov. J Strom Thurmond of South Carolina says the states rights movement is not based on racial hate and he will run a vigorous campaign. He declined an offer of support from Gerald L K Smith leader of the Christian Nationalist party, stating the campaign is not about rabble rousers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Thurmond
Gerald L. K. Smith
Christian Nationalist Party
South
Middletown Tests New $7200 Fire Truck
Middletown Fire Co. accepted a new Central Fire Truck Corp. unit built on a Ford chassis after a four hour test at Marsh Creek. The 139 inch wheel base 145 hp truck pumps 500 gallons per minute and includes a 400 gallon booster tank 150 feet of booster hose and two ladders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Marsh Creek
Middletown Fire Co
Ainsworth Sperry
Sperry
C. Wright
Fire Company
William Shaw
W. B. Little
Boyd McDonald
James Inskip
Wilson Huffman
Charles E. Baker
Roanoke
Southern Fire Apparatus Co
Central Fire Truck Corp
St. Louis
H.p
Tire Company
National Guard to Attend Annual Camp at Camp Pendleton
Winchester and Frederick county Guardsmen join 2873 others for annual field training at Camp Pendleton Virginia Beach. Major Clowe says about 130 local men will train from Aug 8, with 8 p.m. Saturday assembly at Winchester armory and 10 p.m. motor convoy. Major General Waller notes 95 percent of 3061 total strength expected in 1948 training cohort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Frederick County
S. Gardner Waller
Guard
Charlottesville
Staunton
Harrisonburg
Pair Pleads Guilty To Perjury Charge In Circuit Court
Raymond Lee Stout of Stephens City and Maurice J. Willis Winchester pleaded guilty to perjury at arraignment late yesterday in circuit court. Judge Elliott Marshall will hear the cases this afternoon. Dabney Watts was appointed to defend both defendants along with James Lee Franklin of Stephens City and two juvenile girls. The girls were sent to juvenile and domestic relations court. Franklin has not yet been arraigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Lee Stout
Stephens City
Maurice J. Lillis
Winchester
Elliott Marshall
Dabney Watts
James Lee Franklin
J. Frederick Larrick Franklin
Clarke Cavalry of Virginia: a famed Civil War unit
Local history recalls the Clarke Cavalry as Co. D of the 6th Virginia Cavalry CSA. Led by leaders including Stuart and Jackson in campaigns from Cedarville to Gettysburg, the unit earned praise for gallantry and battlefield leadership. The narrative notes its recruitment across counties and its reputation. Gladiolses for sale phone 1005.
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Clarke Cavalry
Co. D. 6Th Va. Cavalry
CSA
Stuart
Stonewall" Jackson
Valley
Cedarville
the Rapidan
Jackson
Lee
Gettysburg
6Th Va
Pope
6Th Wa
Clarke
Bankers Attend Clearing House Association Meet
Representatives from 17 banks in Frederick Clarke Shenandoah Warren and Page counties met in Strasburg for the Clearing House Association gathering. Harold G Brown president of Shenandoah Valley National Bank was named chairman and announced committees and plans for the year. Attendees included John I Sloat William Hollis from Commercial and Savings bank John C Blackburn Robert D Glaize Robert J McNally Jr Howard A Holland from Shenandoah Valley National bank and John Ward from Western Frederick bank. Ralph Ware Norman Scott from First National bank Berryville Roy Potts Arthur Edmunds from Bank of Clarke County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clearing House Assn
Frederick, Clarke
Shenandoah
Warren
Page
Strasburg
Harold G. Brown
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Winchester
John I. Sloat
John and
William Hollis
Commercial and Savings Bank
Harold Brown
John C. Blackburn
Robert D. Glaize
Robert J. McNally Jr
Howard A. Holland
John Ward
Western Frederick Bank
Gore
Ralph Ware
Norman Scott
First National Bank of
Berryville
Roy Potts
Arthur Edmunds
Bank of
Clarke County
Citizens Call for Speeding Crackdown in Virginia Villages
In two Northern Neck villages, residents circulated the first public notices urging speed control. The 70 plus signatures, including State Senator Robert O Norris Jr and Lancaster County Clerk O B Dilton, call on law officers and citizens to act as volunteers against speed limit violators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Virginia
Neck
Lively
Robert O. Norris Jr
O. B. Dilton
Five Day Weather Outlook for Five Cay Virginia
Five day forecast for Five Cay Virginia July 21 to 25 shows temperatures averaging two to three degrees above normal. Warm and for the period with little day to day change. Scattered thunderstorms expected Wednesday Friday and Sunday with total rainfall about one half inch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Stunday
Jets to bolster U S air strength in Europe Aug
The deputy U S Consul in Glasgow said the aircraft carrier Cicily will land 75 Shooting Star fighters in Scotland on August 4 to bolster American air power in Germany. The jets will form a full fighter group based in Germany, likely at Fuerstenfeldbruck, with 16 more jets en route via Iceland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U. S
Glasgow
Cicily
Scotland
Germany
Wiesbaden
Europe
Berlin
Fuerstenfeldbruck
Bavaria
David Nes
Colon
Panama Canal Zone
Nes
Clyde
Abbotsinch
Renfrew
Iceland
England
United States
France seeks new premier as Schuman exits
In Paris on July 20, amid a toppled middle of the road government led by Robert Schuman, Communist leader Maurice Thorez proposed becoming premier to head a Socialist Communist coalition. President Vincent Auriol faces picking a unifying third force candidate with Georges Bidault rushing back from The Hague.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Maurice Thorez
Thorez
Vincent Auriol
France
Robert Schuman
Auriol
Communist Party
National Assembly
Andre Colin
Popular Republican
MRP
Schuman
Bidault
Georges Bidault
Hague
Western European Union
Com
Golden Jubilee Peaches Expected About July 28
Early reports show a few ripe peaches near Winchester but merchants say volumes are not yet sufficient for commercial handling. FE R Conner notes Golden Jubilee peaches should begin around July 28 with Hale Havens near August 5 and Elbertas following, as Georgia Belles in the area show unusually good color.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
FE. R. Conner
Appie
Stephens Cty
Conner
Hale Havens
Elbertas
Polio Epidemic In Virginia Seen Unlikely
A Virginia health report notes a new polio case in Norfolk bringing the yearly state total to 52. A 20 month old white girl is affected and officials say Virginia may avoid a severe outbreak seen in North Carolina, though peak polio usually arrives late August to early September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Norfolk
Virginia
North Carolina
A. L. Carson, Jr
Maternal End Health
Civil Rights Bill May Be First to Be Handed Congress
Senate Republican leader Sen. Wherry said civil rights bills are ready and may be sent to Congress when it reconvenes. President Truman backs anti inflation and housing measures and a informal leaders meeting is planned for Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Eee
Monay
Wherry
R-Neb
Truman
Congress
House
Republican Policy Committee
Sen
Taft
Notice and sales ads mixed in a historic page
Notices invite transport to VFW Auxiliary picnic call 3261 and state a sale of a double brick house at Kent St and Millwood Ave on Friday July 24 at noon front of County Court House. Hodgson and Brown purchase offer low overhead. Jewelry and silverware gifts wrapped at Peoples Service Drug Store. For sale Standard Service Station business with two year gross sales of 42 600 plus. inventory cost sale. information via 6133.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kent St
Millwood Ave
County Court House
Hodgson and Brown
Peoples Service Drug Store
Gen. Clay summoned to Washington over Berlin crisis
Gen. Lucius D. Clay, U S commander in Germany, was summoned to report on the Berlin crisis. He will fly from Frankfurt tonight or tomorrow with his political adviser Ambassador Robert D Murphy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfurt
Germany
Lucius D. Clay
U. S
Washington
Berlin
Clay
Robert D .Murphy
Western Europe backs slow policy toward Russia over Berlin
The five Western European Union powers Britain France Holland Belgium and Luxembourg agreed on a go slow policy to ward Russia in Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hague
Holland
Western European Union
Russia
Germany
Britain
France
Belgium
Luxembourg
Berlin
United States
Europe
Western Europe
Georges Bidault
Paris
Lyman Memnitzer
U. S. National War College
U. S
Draft Enrolment Dates for 18 Year Olds Announced
President Truman issued a proclamation setting the dates for 18 to 26 year olds to register starting Aug. as part of the draft program. Registrants born in 1922 after Aug. 30 must register on Aug. 17–18. other birth years have specified Sept. dates. Inductions will start later, with plan for 30,000 per month. Major General Hershey heads the draft service. New Jersey orders full civilian defense reactivate on standby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
District of Columbia
Armed Services
Man
Small
Army
Royall
Bloodmobile to Visit Winchester for Red Cross Drive
Registration for Winchester second peacetime Red Cross bloodmobile visit opens tomorrow at the Red Cross office in the George Washington hotel building. The event aims to collect 100 pints for local, military, and civilian hospitals with American Legion Co sponsorship and a volunteer recruitment drive by Co F. Schenck and others urged citizens 18 to 59 to participate, with donations to be taken Monday at the Episcopal parish house on West Boscawen Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Red Cross
George Washington
W.h. Lawrence Jr
Clowe Jr
Conrad Hoover
Legion Post
Presternlan
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Buzz’ Allied
Egypt
Albert
Elizabeth Fadeley
National Ave
Opequon
Susan Tokes
John F. Wright
Melvin Secrist
Gere
L. T. Willams
Harry Stotler
James
Ethel Claycomb
Winchester R. 1
Dixie Democrats
Pat Sternman
National Guard
Winchester Cos
Virginia Beach
Everard Kidder
Clearing House Association
Sade
Mia
U.S
West Va
Beyond Va
Winchester Evening Star
V-F.w
Clerabrook Fire House
Gen. Clay
Western
New Jersey
Trenton
N. J
Driscoll
State Department of Defense
American Legion
Legion
Clowe
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