Taximan Foils Robbery Attack Near Winchester
Macel Jenkins a Winchester taxi driver and former corporal was attacked by a man who offered change for a five dollar bill. Jenkins fought back keeping the taxi horn sounding and chased the assailant two miles from the Triangle diner on Middle Rd. He received scalp lacerations and a ear wound but was released after treatment. State police and local officers searched the area for a 25 year old white man about 5 ft 10 in weighing 170 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Macel Jenkins
Braddock
Jenkins
E. B. Mitchell
Rodgers
Shickle
Kincaid
Winchester Hospital Seeks Bids for Addition and Alteration
Winchester hospital today invites bids for labor and material on an addition and alterations to the existing building. General contract will cover architecture by York and Sawyer, structural steel, heating and ventilating, plumbing, electrical, and site work. Bids open at the hospital office at 11 a.m. on September 7.
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Winchester Hospital
York and Sawyer
Park Ave
New York
Adive
Letter naming Mackey to command Valley Brigade artillery
James Singleton writes from Winchester on April 23 1813 to Gov Barbour naming John Mackey to command a flying artillery company in the 16th Brigade Valley Brigade Mackey praised for education and service including a platoon at Williamsburgh Canada under Boyd and noted many Mackey descendants live in Clarke and Frederick counties
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Singleton
Frederick
Clarke County
Virginia
Winchester
James Barbour
John Mackey
Valley Brigade
Mackey
Robert Mackey
Williamisburg
Canada
Boyd
Clarke and
Middletown Hosts Front Royal in Sunday Baseball Duel
Middletown faces Front Royal in a Sunday baseball game at Middletown Stadium set for 3 p.m. on July 24. The event highlights local sports amid a busy weekend of community notices and planned activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Front Royal
Attention Eagles
Golden Glow
Muse Labels Miller a Clouded Leader at Berryville Rally
Former Virginia State senator Leonard G. Muse denounces Francis Miller as a potential autocratic leader claiming he would build powerful party machinery and pressure the General Assembly. Muse backs John Battle for governor, praising his education stance and legislative colleagues backing him. The Berryville gathering was led by Delegate E Blackburn Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard G. Muse
Roanoke
State Board of Education
Francis Pickens Miller
Virginia
Muse
Clarke County
Berryville
Burr P. Harrison
Unlicensed Driver Causes 800 in Four-Car Crash
A 16 year old taught by Capt Burl Wyatt of the Salvation Army at 303 S Loudoun St caused 800 in damage in a Braddock St four car crash. The 1949 Chevrolet hit a parked 1948 Dodge of Pine Motor Co and a 1946 Plymouth also Pine Motor Co then pushed the Plymouth into a 1948 Studebaker pickup owned by Howard Duncan. Salvation Army car damage 100 Pine Motor Co cars 150 and 500 respectively and the pickup 50. Wyatt paid a 5 fine plus costs for permitting an unlicensed driver.
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Burl Wyatt
Salvation Army
S. Loudoun St
Braddock St
Cecil
Pine Motor Co
Studebaker
Howard Duncan
Stephenson
Capt. Wyatt
Boy Stricken After Sandlot Hit In Intense Baseball Accident
Thirteen year old Ronald Wagner finished his paper route then collapsed at home three days after being struck in the head by a thrown baseball during a sandlot game. Deputy Coroner Edgar Walls ruled a fatal brain hemorrhage tied to the injury.
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Altoona
Ronald Wagner
Edgar Walls
Ronald
Walls
Early Apples See Light Demand Amid Mixed Shipping Notes
H W Butler reported no buyers today for Williams Red and Duchess apples in New York North Carolina Tennessee West Virginia Maryland and Kentucky. Apples on sidings likely to ship on consignment to Pittsburgh and Boston with a recent Williams Red car selling for 2 50. Only small peach loads packed and stored for move to Baltimore. Winchester Cold Storage notes normal apple stock around 1000 bushels and refrigeration turned off in the last room yesterday.
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H. W. Butler
New York
North Carolina
Tennessee
West Virginia
Maryland
Kentucky
Pittsburgh
Boston
Butler
Baltimore
T. S. Thomas
Winchester Cold Storage Co
Robbers Raid Town in Melbourne Iowa
Thieves raided Melbourne Iowa early today under a rumbling train, breaking into 11 of 16 businesses in a town of 500. They fled as the fire siren sounded. Mayor Al Sanderman said cash stolen totaled $100 with $300 in damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
al Sanderman
Sour Cherry Crop in Shenandoah Belt Best in Years
The Shenandoah valley sour cherry harvest yielded about 2300 tons with 90 percent grading to payers at $200 per ton and 10 percent at $80 per ton. Growers reported a generally satisfactory season with No 1 stock high, rains near harvest, and savings from sustained spraying. Labor paid by gallon produced top pickers earning up to 12 dollars a day, with groups sometimes making 20 to 25 dollars daily. Local labor supplied harvest workforce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah Belt
Canadians Lead In Industrial Use Of Atomic Power
Dr. Lawrence R. Hafstad told the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences that Canada leads in civilian and military atomic development with the Chaulk River Ontario reactor. He cited delays in U S reactor design and a 10 to 20 year timetable for practical civilian applications and naval or air propulsion use.
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Los Angeles
Canada
Lawrence R. Hafstad
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Institute of Aeronautical Sciences
Hafstad
Atomic Energy Commission
Chaulk River
Ontario
Dr. Hafstad
Jobless Payments Reach Record June Total in Government Report
Washington reports unemployment insurance paid a June record of 154.696 million dollars, surpassing March’s 152.096 million. Nearly 100000 more workers received benefits weekly in June than May as Senate Public Works backs a 100 million anti low mood public works advance. First six months total benefits near 800 million, about double year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Employment Security
Robert C. Goodwin
Senate Public Works Committee
Employment Security Agency
Plate Supper at Macedonia Church in July
An event notice for a plate supper on July 30 at 6 pm at Macedonia Church offering home made ice cream cakes and pies. Proceeds support church activities. Contact details reference lp-7-23-29-21 for information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macedonia Church
Crisman Furniture Reopens in Berryville with Summer Sale
Crisman Furniture Store at 808 S Braddock St Berryville reopens. WiseCarver Gent's Shop announces a summer clearance sale from July 21 to July 20. Local residents alerted to shop hours and promotions.
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Crisman Furniture
S. Braddock St
Wisecarver
Berryville
Virginia
Roosevelt Defends Against Spellman Attack On Catholic Aid
Eleanor Roosevelt will not publicly respond to Cardinal Spellman’s criticism of her opposition to federal aid to Catholic schools. Malvina Thompson said a reply will be sent but not released. Spellman’s letter accuses her of anti Catholic bias and cites her My Day columns. The issue of federal education funding is under debate in Congress with a public school aid proposal before the Senate.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Malvina Thompson
Roosevelt
Cause of Justice
Congress
Senate
Cardinal Spellman
Whitten to Address Golden Rule Bible Class
Rev. Robert A. Whitten, pastor of the Congregational Christian church, will be guest speaker before the Golden Rule Bible class of Braddock Street Methodist church at 9 45 a.m. tomorrow. Mrs. Landon Boyer will sing, accompanied at the piano by Mrs. Hoye Ruey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert A. Whitten
Congregational Christian Church
Braddock St. Methodist Church
Landon Boyer
Hoye Ruey
Attlee Attacks Conservatives as Window Dressing Plan
Prime Minister Attlee denounces the Conservative platform as a dishonest document and a poor alternative to Labour. He says the party manufactures grievances and would not have steadied Britain, noting Labour’s start with Elments like Marshall Plan aid and US loans to sustain employment.
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Durham
Eng
Attlee
Wolverhampton
Winston Churchill
Labor Party
Britain
England
Europe
Lonely Hearts theft suspect nabbed after car chase
Ernest I. Torrence, 57, is held as a lonely hearts victimizer after state troopers halted a 15 mile pursuit in Virginia. A suitcase held about 300 love letters sparked the probe. A Carroll County woman says Torrence swindled her out of 2500 for a Florida land deal and a Pittsburgh woman claims he took 14000.
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Wytheville
Ernest I. Torrence
Lonely Hearts
Torrence
C. W. Blue
Carroll County
Florida
Pittsburgh
Annie Annin
Britain cites documents on Soviet forced labor policy
Geneva reports that Britain claims documentary proof of a state forced labor policy in the Soviet Union. Corley Smith says about 10 million people, or ten percent of Russia's workers, are in camps. He released documents he says are Soviet laws and regulations governing forced labor.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Russia
United Nations Economic and Social Council
Corley Smith
Fair and Cooler Sunday Prediction for Winchester
Orchardists happier as cooler conditions prevail tonight and tomorrow in Winchester. Yesterday’s 92 degree high with moist air disrupted sleep. low this morning was 74. Apple growers welcome dry days as borate Bordeaux spray or copper fungicide controls scab while peach growers plan continued sulfur spraying to prevent brown rot for August harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Suspect Appeals Prowling Verdict At Berryville
Sam Ligons age 29, described as a Clarke county Negro, was sentenced to six months in jail by Trial Justice H G Potts at Berryville after a prowling incident on Buechmarsh Street. The charge was reduced from breaking and entering to trespass and Ligons was found guilty. The state filed notice of appeal to John Marshall's circuit and he remains jailed on bail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Ligons
Clarke County
H. G. Potts
Be Ronanryville
Jolee Fick
Royaliey
Ligons
John Marshall
W. W. Smallwood Jr
John Massie
Berryville
Leesburg
State Penitentiary
Richmond
State Supreme Court of Appeals
Loudoun
Nolle
French Communists Lose First Round on Atlantic Pact
In Paris the French chamber of deputies rejected a communist bid to adjourn debate on the 12 nation Atlantic Pact. The vote was 407 to 186 against adjourning the discussion, while 350 to 245 supported postponing debate until Monday. Deputy Francois Billoux called the pact a monstrous act against Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Francois Billoux
Russia
Conservatives Open Drive to Regain Control
Winston Churchill urged Britain toward political change as he warned of imminent collapse into communism and national bankruptcy. He outlined Conservative policy goals at a stadium rally, including halting steel nationalization, privatizing parts of nationalized industries, and restoring private enterprise while maintaining social services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolverhampton
Eng
Winston Churchill
Britain
Olverhampton
Churchill
CAA Announces Virginia Airport Improvement Program
The Civil Aeronautics Authority announced a $1 290 000 construction program for airports in Richmond Newport News Norfolk and Roanoke as part of a nationwide effort of 314 projects. Costs will be shared equally by the localities and the Federal government.
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Washington
Richmond
Newport News
Norfolk
Roanoke
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Warrenton Man Fined 100 for DUI with Suspended Jail
Joseph Thorp of Warrenton was fined 100 dollars and costs yesterday and given a 30 day suspended jail sentence after being found guilty by Judge John Rice of driving under the influence of intoxicants.
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Joseph Thorp
Warrenton
John Rice
Absentee Voting by Mail Open for Aug Ballot
Voters away from home on Aug 2 or unable to reach polls may vote by mail. Applications must be filed by midnight next Wednesday. Absentee voters may call 6163 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for blanks and details. Estate sale notice follows for Peggy Miller by Headley’s Auction.
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Peggy Miller
Headley
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Scott Lucas
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Tom Connally
D-Tex
Alben W. Barkley
Arthur H. Vandenberg
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International Soundphoto
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