Edwin H. Shepard Dies Near Grimes at 50
Edwin H. Shepard 50 died at his home near Grimes from a heart ailment about 4:45 p m He was born August 29 1900 and owned Front Royal Gardens a housing project in Front Royal Surviving are his widow Mildred C Shepard his mother Ida Shepard three daughters Joline Linda and Mary two sons Edwin H Jr and John a brother George C Shepard and a sister Mrs George G Larrick Funeral at his mother home near White Hall at 2 30 pm Wednesday with burial in Mt Hebron Cemetery.
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Edwin H. Shephard
Grimes
Clarence Shepard
Ida Hinkly Shepard
Front Royal
Front Royal Gardens
Mildred Clevenger Shepard
Ida Shepard
Joline
Linda
Mary
Edwin H. Jr
John
George C. Shepard
George G Larrick
Winchester
White Hall Methodist Church
White Hall
Mt. Hebron
Claude B. Larrick
J. Goode
Mines Reopen in Southwest Virginia Coal Fields
Four large Clinchfield Coal Corporation mines in southwest Virginia restart after a week idle period. Operations resume as crews return and production lines restart at key sites.
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Dante
Southwest Virginia
Clinchfield Coal Corporation
Insurance Firms Helping Trade With Red China Charged
Senator OConor states a Senate export controls subcommittee has reports that U S insurance companies, with British partners, help underwrite voyages to Communist China. He will push full inquiry into these alleged actions deemed a security risk.
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Washington (P
O’conor
Senate
Subcommittee On Export Controls
Johnson Funeral Held At Orange
Funeral services were held in Orange at 2 30 this afternoon for Melvin R. Johnson 74 of 1638 Robert Street father of Mrs E G Rennie who died Sunday morning at his home at Somerset Burial was in a cemetery near Orange Surviving children include Mrs Earl Haney Standards ville Mrs August Purdum Somerset Ashley F Johnson Somerset M H Johnson Alexandria Mrs Virginia Franklin Alexandria Melvin R Johnson and Edna Johnson at home Also 14 grandchildren and one great granddaughter.
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Orange
Melvin R. Johnson
E. G Rennie
Robert Street
Somerset
Rennie
Earl Haney
Standardsville
August Purdum
Ashley F. Johnson
M. H. Johnson
Alexandria
Virginia Franklin
Edna Johnson
Disorderly Charge Against Minister in Danville Case
The Reverend Dr. R. J. Barber pastor of East Thomas Street Baptist Tabernacle faces a disorderly conduct trial in police court next Saturday. His son Otis Barber and two congregation members Burton Neal and Edward Duncan are charged by former member Samuel T. Jackson who says the minister denounced him from the pulpit a week earlier. A street encounter with Jackson last Saturday drew a crowd and witnesses say blows were exchanged and a baseball bat was used.
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Danville
R. J. Barber
East Thomas Street Baptist Tabernacle
Otis Barber
East Thomas St. Tabernacle
Burton Neal
Edward Duncan
Samuel T. Jackson
Jackson
How's Your IQ Answers From Page Four Quiz
Answers list includes T Alan Goldsborough Boston Nathan Hale Ursa Major Louisiana Father William Music Natural mineral Civilians They planned to stay a week.
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T. Alan Goldsborough
Boston
Nathan Hale
Louisiana
Father William
In Memoriam Viola Newton
In memory of our dear Mother Viola Newton who died six years ago on July 2. Six long years have passed since we have seen your loving face. From our chain one link is broken. None on earth can take your place. We love to linger on the way that leads us back to yesterday. The years may wipe out many things but this they wipe out never. The memory of those happy days when we were all together.
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Viola Newton
Daily Crossword Across and Down Clues
A crossword puzzle list with Across and Down clues covering animals, objects, and terms. Entries include Ill tempered person wax cover rock type unfolds hut Turkish weight M4 At home Man s name denary lamprey Female ruff Editor Gave From bone Humbly penitent etc plus many numbered clues and a Saturday answer prompt.
Body of Baby Found in Wytheville Bus Terminal Locker
Police report a badly decomposed newborn body found in a Wytheville Greyhound Bus Terminal locker late Saturday. Officials estimate the infant was placed in the locker over a week ago and wrapped in a receiving blanket. Dr. C D Moore performed the exam and the body was sent to Richmond for autopsy.
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Wytheville
C. D. Moore
Richmond
Stine Elected Defense Secretary of Boys Nation
Fred Stine Jr of Winchester was named Secretary of Defense by 85 Boys Nation delegates from 43 states at American University in Hurst Hall. They voted at 3 30 p m to learn government by selecting a president amid Federalists and Nationalists. A Pentagon briefing with Secretary of Defense Marshall and Joint Chiefs followed.
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Stine
Boys Nation
S. Fred Stine, Jr
Winchester
Secretary of Defense
American Legion
Hurst Hall
American University
Marshall
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pentagon
Truman urges tax rise and policy to curb inflation
President Truman repeats calls for pay as you go budgeting and a tax increase of at least 10 billion dollars this year. He seeks authority to build defense plants, protect the Fed against consumer credit limits, regulate margins in futures trading, and a practical wage policy with cost of living adjustments. He supports rent control and the St. Lawrence Seaway project.
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Congress
Truman
Federal Reserve System
St. Lawrence Seaway and Power Project
Barber Shop Slaying Claims Wytheville Man
Neal Martin about 40 died at a Wytheville hospital from a bullet wound received last Saturday in a Spring Street barber shop. S H Harman about 40 is jailed in Wytheville with no charges filed. Police say the shooting followed a money dispute and had five witnesses.
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Wytheville
Neal Martin
S. H. Harman
Spring Street
Martin
Man Charged With Murder of His Wife
Walter B Harris was charged with murdering his wife Mrs Bessie Marie Harris and stabbing his stepdaughter Ida O Neil at their home on New Castle Highway near Catawba Sanitarium. The 40 year old victim died from an eight inch butcher knife wound and the 16 year old girl sustained a back stab and a hand cut.
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Roanoke
Walter B. Harris
New Castle High Way
Catawba Sanitarium
Bessie Marie Harris
Antate
Ida O'Neil
Harris
CIO Textile Workers Pledge $100 000 in Revolt Against Rieve
About 400 members of the CIO Textile Workers Union of America pledged 100000 dollars and more if needed to finance their revolt against Emil Rieve, the union president. A 70 member pre-convention committee was formed to map strategy for the next April convention in Cleveland. George Baldanzi led the two day meeting and called for democratization from top to bottom of the 400000 member union.
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New York
CIO Textile Workers Union of America
Emil Rieve
TWUA
Rieve
Twua Covention
Cleveland
Ohio
George Baldanzi
Eight Die in San Francisco Fire at Wooden Apartment
A four story wooden building in San Francisco burned with eight residents killed and 43 injured. About 79 residents fled as flames spread from the ground floor. One woman fell from a life net fracturing her skull, while a mother and child suffered injuries escaping via a drain pipe. Fire damages were estimated at $40,000.
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San Francisco
Sani Wiertensen
Doy
A. J. Galli
Gath
Two Survive Waterfall Drop at Yosemite
A 25-year-old teacher Eric Yeoman of Alameda and his wife Norma survived a 340-foot fall from Waterwheel Falls in Yosemite. Eric was uninjured while Norma suffered spinal injuries and possible head and pelvis fractures. They fell while picnicking and were swept down the ledges landing in a pool at the bottom.
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Yosemite National Park
Calif
Eric Yeoman
Alameda
Norma
Forest Rangers
Sierra
Eric
Non National Army Sought by Gen Ike
Senator Brewster reports General Eisenhower advocates a non national army under a single flag and command to defend Western Europe. France and Western Germany reportedly near agreement on principles, with British opposition noted. Senators return from Europe urging faster Western defense against communism.
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Washington
Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Western
Brewster
Maine
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Eisenhower
France
Germany
U. S
U.S
Virginians Return From Korea Aboard USS Telfair
Local soldiers Sergeant Raymond E Boyd of 7 Woodstock Lane and Sergeant Richard R Jackson of Boyce were among 27 Virginians in a group of 1 946 combat veterans who returned from Korea Saturday aboard the Navy vessel USS Telfair.
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Raymond E. Boyd
Woodstock Lane
Richard R Jackson
Boyce
Korea
Telfair
Petain Trial Outcome and Postwar Punishment Details
The 1945 trial of Marshal Philippe Petain resulted in a guilty verdict for intelligence with the German enemy and a death sentence, later commuted to life imprisonment by Gen. Charles de Gaulle. Petain, then 89, was sent to Île d’Yeu off Nantes for confinement, with burial planned on the island despite his wish to be laid to rest at Verdun.
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Petain
Louis XVI
High Court of Justice
Charlies de Gaulle
France
Nantes
Port Joinville
Verdun
Apple Growers Face Citrus Threat and Market Shifts
The study urges growers to counter citrus competition and influx of Washington State and Michigan apples into the Southern market. It emphasizes meeting consumer demand for top quality fresh apples, convenient packaging, and clear grading, while proving the value of cooking apples to housewives.
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Virginia
Washington State
Michigan
Virginia Apples Lose Prestige From Poor Packaging
A Virginia study finds local apples lack uniformity and grading, often packed in round bushel baskets, while Washington State apples shipped to Virginia use rectangular crates, supporting higher prices despite extra freight. The report urges modern packaging, consumer-focused marketing, and review of truck load limits to boost Virginia fruit competitiveness.
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Virginia
Washington State
Pennsylvania
Northwest
Advisory Council
Boy Scout Auction Sale at Va Livestock Market
July 25 at 7 30 pm at N Kent Street market area. Auction features numerous items from a Boy Scout sale. August 3 at 11 am at County Court House Winchester includes valuable city business and residential property listings.
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N. Kent St
County Court House
Winchester
BOY Scout
North Kent Street
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Missouri
West Alton
St. Louis
International Soundphoto
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N. Cameron St
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SWIFT
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Desoto
Heatwole Motor CO
Mervel W. Adams Plumbing
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P.w.puomiy Lumieg Corporation
Cammer Tire CO
Braddock
Seiberling
Celotex
Ferox
Chapman Motor
Omps’ Funeral Home
Boy Scout Troop 9
Canadian Trap Fund
Merchants of Winchester
Ronson
Silex
J. C. Penney Company
Colonial Kitchen
Hodgson and Brown
J. E. Cain Outlet Shoe
Baker and Anderson Parkers Hardware
Scowels Furniture Co
G. R. Kipney Co
Workingmans
Philips Specialty Shop
Caldwell Sites Co
Winchester Furniture Co
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Johnston's Jewelry
Brown Lovett
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