John W Brown Dies In Berryville
John W Brown aged 70 and a retired Norfolk and Western railroad worker died at his Berryville home last evening. Born January 22 1876 in Shenandoah county he leaves a widow Rosa Bishop Brown and many Berryville relatives. Funeral arrangements are set for Wednesday at 2 pm at John H Enders Funeral Home with burial in Green Hill Cemetery.
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John William Brown
Norfolk and Railroad
Berryville
Shenandoah County
Eliza Mama Brown
Norfolk
Rosa Bishop Brown
John W. Brown, Jr
Lee Brown
Heflin
Viola Miller
Winchester Golfers Frm Front Royal Home And Away Match
A home and away golf match was held yesterday at the hc rae club with Winchester beating Front Royal by 27 1 2 to 5 1 2. Twenty two players from each side competed. The next Winchester Martinsburg match is scheduled for next Sunday here.
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Winchester
Front Royal
Hc Rae Club
Pen Winchester
Martins
Miss Powers Dies at 82 in Berryville Nursing Home
Miss Powers a lifelong Clarke county resident and Grace Episcopal Church member died at 82 after an illness of eight weeks. Born in Richmond she was daughter of Philip Henry Powers and Roberta Mackie Smith Powers, survived by a brother and two sisters. Funeral at Grace Church with interment in Green Hill Cemetery.
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Etera
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Berryville
Richmond
Philip Henry
Roberta Mackie Smith Powers
Auburn
Clarke County
Miss Powers
Grace Episcopal Church
Clarke Senior Woman’s Club
William S. Powers
Thomas Carter Page
Robert F. Whitehead
Henry G. Lane
Green Hill Cemetery
R. B. Smith, Jr
Robert Smith
Edward McC. Williams
T. C. Hall
Archie F. Robertson
Joseph F. Moore
Police Court Drunkenness and Vagrancy Cases
Judge John Rice presiding in Police Court heard cases this morning. S. Kent Street resident 25 Brooks Hawk fined 5 dollars and costs for drunkenness. John Burchell of Berryville Avenue fined 10 dollars and costs for drunken and disorderly conduct. James H. Ramey of Boyce cited for drunkenness with 5 dollars and costs. Marshall Louis Cave of Highlands Avenue fined 10 dollars and costs for drunkenness. Louis Dunn of Winchester jailed 10 months on state farm for drunkenness and vagrancy with 10 dollars and costs. John Elwood Loy of Rt 1 A Winchester charged for no operator license.
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Brooks Hawk
S. Kent Street
John Burchell
Berryville Avenue
James H. Ramey
Boyce
Marshall Louis Cave
Highland Avenue
Louis Dunn
Winchester
State Farm
John Elwood Loy
Rt. 1-A
The Star Deploys 30 Correspondents in Frederick County
The Star assigns thirty reporters to Frederick County covering local events, schools, crime, politics, and daily life. The initiative aims to provide exhaustive community reporting across towns and neighborhoods throughout the county.
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the Star
Frederick County
Children’s Day Program At Mt Olive July 28 At 8 PM
Sunday evening July 28 at 8 o clock Mt Olive church will present a Children’s Day program. The program features songs by the primary, recitations by several children, choirs, readings such as Welcome and A Thoughtful Greeting, Father’s Rheumatism, Size Doesn’t Count, If I Were A Rose, Gifts for the King, His Dream and A Sure Foundation. Rev L C Messick will give a message to children and the program ends with an offering and Benediction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Olive Church
Virginia Palmer
Ann Wolfe
Kathleen Cooper
Geneva Combs
Ronald Miller
Roger Rosenberger
Margaret Ramey
Ronald Brown
King
Tommy Swanson
Billy Rameye
Joe Palmer
Judy Cook
Garland Foster
Jeannette Kenny
Douglas Willey
Micheal Cook
Billy Fout
Edith Foster
Harry Fout
Ina Lucas
Rev. L. C. Messick
Billy Ramey
Herring and Rains Widely Indorsed for Reappointment
Richmond Virginia July 22 Thomas G Herring of Harrisonburg and Dr Warren B Rains of Warsaw have been widely indorsed for reappointment to the State Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries. Governor Tuck said he is not yet ready to announce. Herring heads the seventh district and Rains the first district on the nine member body.
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Richmond
Thomas G. Herring
Harrisonburg
Warren B. Rains
Warsaw
State Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries
Tuck
Herring
Rains
Senate Report Divides On Pearl Harbor Responsibility
The joint committee split over who bears blame for Pearl Harbor as the House and Pearl Harbor committee probe Wyman and German naturalized citizen Hans Wilhelm Rohl. The majority backs Roosevelt and top ministers, while Brewster and Ferguson fault the President for failing to enforce interagency cooperation before the attack.
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House
Pearl Harbor
Wyman
Hans Wilhelm Rohl
Rohl
Hawaii
Rep
Keefe
Henry L. Stimson
Barkley
Roosevelt
Washington
Honolulu
Brewster
Sen
Ferguson R-eich
United States
Secretary of War
Secretary of the Navy
Chief of Naval Operations
Byrd Hutchinson Campaigns Heated Across Virginia
As the August 6 Democratic primary approaches, Sen. Harry F. Byrd and challenger Martin A. Hutchinson press in key districts. Byrd plans radio broadcasts and rallies in Richmond Appomattox Buckingham while Hutchinson speaks in Pearlsburg Gate City and tees up a Roanoke radio spot. Byrd denounces CIO PAC and seeks equal status for labor industry and farmers.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Harry F. Byrd
Martin A. Hutchinson
Richmond
Byrd
Washington
WRVA
Appomattox - Buckingham
Holliday Lake
Appomattox
Buckingham Courthouse
Buckingham Central High School
William M.tuck
L. Preston Collins
Colgate W. Darden, Jr
Hutchinson
Southwest
Pearlsburg
Giles County
Gate City
Roanoke
White, Producer of Scandals, Held in Hit Run Deaths
George White, 52, producer of Scandals girl shows in Hollywood and New York, is jailed in San Diego on suspicion of negligent homicide and felonious failure to stop after a traffic crash that killed Claude McLester Lee, 42, and injured bride Leona Ann Osborne Lee, 18. White says he learned of the crash from a motorcycle cop near San Diego. The couple wed hours earlier in Tijuana.
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San Diego
Calif
George ‘White
Hollywood
New York
Luther M. Hake
White
Former Resident Dies In Baltimore
Albert B. Worthington of Winchester dies in Baltimore Maryland on July 17 at age 77 after a long illness. He was son of the late Nicholas J. and Alice S. Worthington of Frederick County and is survived by sister Miss Mary Worthington of Frederick. Interment at Mt Olive Cemetery Frederick on Saturday July 20 at 11 30 a m.
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Baltimore
Albert 8
Worthington
Winchester
Nicholas J
Alice 5S. Worthington
Frederick County
Maryland
Mary W. Worthington
Frederick
Mt. Olive Cemetery
52 747 People Live Within Twenty Miles of Winchester
About 52 747 residents live within a twenty mile radius of Winchester Virginia with slow driving times to the Northwest Virginia shopping center.
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Winchester
Northwest
Virginia
Freeman to testify on war profits inquiry Tuesday
Senate War Investigating Committee will recall Joseph Freeman Washington agent for a Midwestern munitions combine to question him about reports he sought to influence a witness. Also slated to appear are Rep May Day and New York Supreme Court Justice Samuel Dickstein along with Maj Gen Alden H Waitt and secretary Jean Bates. The panel plans to seek more funds as it has spent about $85 000 so far.
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Washington
Senate War Investigating Committee
Joseph Freeman
George Meader
Rep
May Day
House Military Committee
May
Freeman
New York Supreme Court
Samuel Dickstein
House Immigration Committee
Munitions Combine
Alden H. Waitt
Chemical Warfare Service
Jean Bates
Combine
Meader
Henry Garson
Dulles Proposes Amendments Delaying World Court Adherence
Washington July 22. Senator Vandenberg says John Foster Dulles proposed technical amendments to the World Court pact that could push U S adherence to next year. Acheson testified the administration favors depositing the declaration and accepting the court jurisdiction.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
Senate
New World Court
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Dulles
Foreign Relations Committee
Thomas E. Dewey
Truman
United Nations Assembly
New York
Acheson
Dean C. Acheson
United States
Michigan
Requirements For Reserve Commission In Finance Corps
A veteran with twenty percent disability may apply through The Adjutant General's Office War Department Washington DC if reserve commissions are offered. Currently no authority exists to commission them in the Reserve Corps after release from active duty. If such a program is later authorized the veteran’s application will be on file. All applicants must undergo a physical examination.
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Finance Corps
ASGA
Reserve Corps
Adjutant General's Office
War. Department
Washington
D. C
Mrs. Dora Grimes Buried Today in Hopewell Burial Ground
Funeral services for Mrs. Dora Grimes who died Saturday morning at Memorial hospital were held this afternoon at 2 30 from Kurtz funeral home with Rev. C A Quenzel officiating. Interment followed at Hopewell Meeting House burial ground. Pallbearers were Nelson Hensel A S Orndorff Jonat Good Harry Light Brook Taylor and D K Russell.
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Dora Grimes
Memorial Hospital
Kurtz Funeral Home
C. A. Quenzel
Hopewell Meeting House
Two Men Drown As Leaky Boat Capsizes Off Ocean View
Norfolk police and coast guardsmen searched July 22 for the bodies of two men reported drowned off Atlantic Avenue Ocean View after a leaking fishing boat capsized Saturday afternoon. Police named Leslie Robinson and Robert Oscar Spivey of Norfolk among the drowned. A third man remains missing with a possible companion sought by authorities.
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Norfolk
Ocean View
Leslie Robinson
Robert Oscar Spivey
Atlans Avenue
Storm Damage Reports and Rain Benefit Across Clarke and Vicinity
A severe storm brought hail in the Double Toll Gate area and Northwestern Grade with limited damage. Hail lasted three to five minutes in places near Lone Oak Service Station. Several residents reported no hail at their locations and noted light rain. County Agent Stine called the rain a blessing for pastures and crops, while Dr. Hough said it was the first heavy local rain since June 12. The Northern Virginia Power Company reported no major outages, and the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company logged 50 to 60 local service disruptions due to lightning and wind. Clarke County lines required extensive repairs with fuses blown and power briefly off in White Post and Crums Church Road. The temperature cooled to 67 degrees.
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C. C. Funkhouser
Lone Oak
Roy A. Cather
Middletown
John Larrick
Northwestern
Edward Carpenter
Fred Stine
Stine
Walter S. Hough
Northern Virginia Power Company
Chesapeake and Potomac Tolephone Company
Clarke County
Light Company
White Post
Crum’s Church Road
Mercury
Answers to the Daily Quiz Revealed
Correct responses listed for page four questions. O'Daniel of Texas. $75. Toledo Ohio. Rats. Jules Verne. 2 percent. No. Sixtieth or seventy-fifth. Illegal. Any liquid used to cook meat fish vegetables or poultry.
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W. Lee O'Daniel
Texas
Toledo
Ohio
Jules Verne
Mrs Lupton Learns of Husband's Burial Place
Mrs Lupton learns from the Office of the Quartermaster in Washington D C the burial place of Pvt Lupton killed January 27 1945 in Belgium. The remains are interred in the U S Military Cemetery 1 Pay Belgium plot 1 row 10 grave 246 near Bastogne. Survived by widow and daughter Judy Love they live with her parents in Lehew West Virginia.
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Wilmer Lupton
Washington, D. C
Pvt. Lupton
Belgium
U. S. Military Cemetery
Pay
Fay
Bastogne
Marche
Bath
United States
Judy Love
Auction Listing for July 26 27 Near Bluemont
Sales directory item lists antique furniture and glassware offered by Ralph E. Strang at 10 a.m. July 26 3 miles north west of Bluemont and household goods offered by Mrs Ona Stanbaugh at 1 p.m. July 27 302 Kernet
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N. W
Bluemont
Ralph E. Strang
Kernet
Ona Stanbaugh
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Winchester Golfers
Lloyd’s of London
Prom
John Rice
Asbestos Board
Portland
John W.rosenberger & Co
S. Braddock St
The
Life Insurance Company of
G. ©. Waster
Loudoun St
Mt. Olive
Clarke County News Service
Laundromat
Anderson Electricaal Co
N. Braddock
Bud
Shenandoah Valley
Rockingham County
Cio-Pac
Portsmouth Star
Norman R. Hamilton
N. Y
U. S
J. W. Arthur Insurance Company
Brumback’s Farm & Orchard
George Washington
N. Loudoun St
Haldeman’s
Episcopal
Christian Church
Sibeest
Glaize & Bro
Cammer Tire CO
ADAM
Bellon
E. R. Crampton
W. Burke St
Martinsburg
Virginia Loan & Thrift Corporation
GROVE
J. W. Grove
Aranteed T
Calitog
of. Canning
Sears
Pate Dean
Sears Big
STAT
Loudoun St. Winchester
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