Sister's testimony highlights Mrs Emmart agony before jury
Mrs Charles E Miller sister of Mrs Julia Emmart testified the defendant was nervously upset the day of the shooting after divorce papers were served. Miller and husband feared a suicide attempt based on a May 1946 overdose of sleeping pills and Emmart’s unconcerned porch recov er. The defense witness described a deteriorating mental state in the months leading to the fatal event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woo
Charles E .Miller
Strasburg
Julia Emmart
George Allen Emmart
Emmart
Allaoe
Jer
Mr. Miller
Latin Rule At Winchester Academy In 1810 Recalls Latin Class Etiquette
The article notes David Holmes Conrad’s reminiscences of Winchester Academy in 1810 where a Scotch teacher Mr. Heterick required Latin only. It contrasts 1810 Latin fervor with 1948 attitudes and traces Conrad’s marriage to Nancy Addison Carr and their two sons Holmes Addison and Henry Tucker. Both sons died at Manassas July 21, 1861 with the Stonewall Brigade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
David Holmes Conrad
Winchester Academy
Heterick
Denisel
Rebecca (Holmes) Conrad
Nancy Addison
Dabney Carr
Holmes Addison Conrad
Univ. of Virginia
Henry Tucker Conred
Virginia Theological Seminary
Virginia
Co. F
2Nd Va. Infantry
Manassas
Water abundance stressed for farm loans in tri state talk
Dr. C R Orton of University of West Virginia told tri state Production Credit and National Farm Loan directors at George Washington hotel that rainfall suffices for farm and industrial needs in the Middle Atlantic. He cautioned lenders to weigh how water is used on farms and warned grazing can reduce rainfall absorption. Lawson King urged more Class A and B farms in loan accounts while J Thomes Vandenburg presided and notes on capital and reserves were discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle Atlantic States
C. R. Orton
School of Agriculture and Forestry
University of West Virginia
Tri-State
Production Credit
National Farm Loan
George Washington Hotel
Orton
Winchester
Lawson King
Baltimore Farm Credit Board
J. Thomes Vandenburg
Federal Land Bank of Baltimore
John Coffindaffer
Clarksburg
W. Va
Stassen Named U of P Head President
Philadelphia July 29 Harold E Stassen 41 year old Minnesotan named as the University of Pennsylvania new president after a trustees meeting. Salary terms were not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Harold E. Stassen
Newlin Named To Virginia Commission For The Blind
Gov. Tuck appoints Joseph B. Newlin of Winchester to the Virginia Commission for the Blind for a seven year term ending June 30 1955. Newlin has led sight conservation efforts with the Winchester Lions and has long worked with the blind while practicing law and in real estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuck
Joseph B. Newlin
Winchester
Virginia Commission For the Blind
John L. Livers
Charlottesville
Newlin
Winchester Lions
Frederick County
Miss Roberta Rinker Heads to Ocean View Beauty Contest
Miss Roberta Rinker leaves at 5 p.m. for Ocean View where the Virginia beauty contest will be held. She travels with her mother Mrs Ralph Rinker, staying in Ruth ton Md overnight and then boats from Baltimore to Norfolk. Her father Mr Ralph Rinker and sister Mrs Molly Madrigal may drive to Ocean View.
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Roberta Rinker
Ocean View
Miss Rinker
Ralph Rinker
Ruxton
Harold Shade
Baltimore
Norfolk
Rinker
Molly Madrigal
Washington
Clearance and notices from Frederick county paper
Local notices include a June 26 1948 order to move Baker's Mill voting place to Whitacre schoolhouse by the Electoral Board of Frederick County. Other items advertise Gladioluses for delivery, a closing week for Riteway Cleaners, Colonial Kitchen chocolates specials, sale of a 1939 six ton Dodge panel truck, and weekly closures for area businesses with August dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Baker's Mill
Fletcher
Whitacre
J. L. Jolliffe
Gladioluses
Russells Gladioluses
Woodstock Lane
Britain Halts Demobilization Consideration Amid Berlin Crisis
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin said Britain may halt demobilization of the armed forces as tension with Russia rises. He told the House of Commons a decision would come in a few days while Britain, the United States, and France pursue diplomacy with Molotov in Moscow on the Berlin blockade and broader security efforts. Churchill, leader of the Conservatives, supported the government and questioned if mobilization should halt until Berlin is resolved. Ambassadors Bevin, Smith, and Molotov loom in talks to clarify the path to peace and security in Europe.
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London
Ernest Bevin
Russia
West
House of Commons
Britain
United States
France
Berlin
Bevin
Winston Churchill
Labor
U. S
W. Bedell Smith
Moscow
Molotov
Kremlin
Europe
Miss Graichen Will Said to Give Estate to Germans
Ernest Sloat Washington, a cousin of Miss Caroline Graichen, found her will in the late residence at 20 South Cameron Street and reports say all property is left to relatives in Germany. Farmers and Merchants Bank trust officers said a will was found and would be offered in Corporation Court for probate tomorrow.
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Ernest Sloat Washington
Caroline Graichen
S. Cameron St
Germany
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Corporation Court
Political Spending By Union Banned
A federal judge in New Haven upholds the Taft-Hartley Act ban on labor union political spending. Judge Carroll C. Hincks says Congress rightly curbed union political power as with trusts a generation ago, and declines to dismiss indictments against an APL local and its president.
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New Haven
Carroll C. Hincks
Congress
Indictmen
APL
Electrical Storm Douses Lights and Tops Trees Across County
A recent electrical storm disrupted power across Frederick County with lightning fells trees and damaged lines. Power outages affected Front Royal Strasburg Edinburg and Middle Road with about three hours without lights on a large tree downed lines. Rain totals ranged from .47 to .64 inches at local stations and wind averaged 10 mph with no major property damage reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmore Norris
Northern Virginia Power Co
Shenandoah Valley
Winchester
A. K
Edinburg
Front Royal
Strasburg
Frederick County
Norris
Mt. Williams
Stephens City
Clearbrook
Capon Bridge
Middle Road
Carroll Campbell
Grops
CAA
Reliance
Steak Prices Cut 21 Cents Across Major Markets
The Associated Press reports declines in food costs while industrial materials rise and wages increase. Housewives' resistance to higher prices helped drive meat discounts in several markets including Rochester and Chicago where A and P stores cut steak prices by 21 cents per pound and other cuts dropped six to ten cents.
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Associated Press
Rochester
N. Y
Chicago
P. Food
Truman seeks power to roll back prices to 1947 levels
President Truman asked Congress for anti inflation powers to roll back costs of living items to November 1947 levels or the nearest period. Paul Porter presented the proposal to the House Banking Committee, arguing curbs are needed to prevent economic collapse, with phased price ceilings and wage controls and new regulatory authority over credit and speculation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Congress
Paul Porter
OPA
Capitol
Porter
House
Secretary of Agriculture
Stennis Leads Off Twohour Senate Speech on Poll Tax
In Washington on July 29 Senator Stennis of Mississippi opened a two hour speech as Senate consider anti poll tax legislation. Southern filibuster tactics emerged with Russell delaying and talks of a constitutional route to pass the measure. House already approved the poll tax repeal, while GOP and southern leaders held cloakroom talks without agreement to change strategy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porter
GOP
Wolcott
R-Mich
Truman
House
Wherry
R-Neb
Senate
Russell
D-Ga
Sen
Stennis
D-Miss
Taft
Majority
Dixie Democrats
Anti-Lynch
FEPC
Clearbrook Fire Co Yard Party Draws 3000 Attendance
Upwards of 3000 people attended the annual Clearbrook Fire Co yard party. Rain forced the event indoors to the Clearbrook Woolen Co quonset hut where volunteers counted profits. Attendees bought hundreds of baked goods and drinks totaling substantial revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clearbrook Fire Co
Clearbrook Woolen Co
19 Feared Killed In China Air Crash
A Civil Air Transport C 46 crashed near Tsingtao after takeoff, with 19 aboard reported killed. Pilot listed as Richard E Tarbet of Logan Utah and all aboard presumed dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Shanghai
Tsingtao
Richard E. Tarbet
Logan
Utah
Elections Ordered for U S Rubber Co Scottdale Plant
The National Labor Relations Board ordered separate elections to determine bargaining representatives among production and maintenance and cafeteria employees at the U S Rubber Co Scottdale Va plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Labor Relations Board
U. S. Rubber Co’s. Scottaville
Olympic Games Open In Setting of Pomp
London report describes the July 29 opening of the Olympic Games at Wembley with King George, 5000 athletes from 59 nations, and 17 sports. The United States team is favored to win the largest share of medals as ceremonies feature a flame from Mount Olympus, a royal salute, and a global audience.
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Wembley
Eng
United States
George
Mount Olympus
Europe
Berlin
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Stassen
U of P. Head
West Va
Winchester Evening Star
STAR
J.B. Newlin
Commission For
Miss N. Virginia
Seaside
Margaret L. Hodgson
Riteway Cleaners
Colonial Kitchen
Hillyard 'S
Pingley & Carper
Charlie's Place
Peoples Cleaners
W. B Snider & Son
N. Cameron
Commons
Churchill
City
Level
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House Committee
Hense
E. M. Lemley
John Gossard
Evelyn Gossard
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