Passing of Eighth Garber From Handley Team Breaks Record
The Handley high school football era loses its eighth Garber as Don Garber graduates ending about 17 years of Garber players. The Garber brothers plus cousins totaled roughly 175 games with Handley wins. Father recalls two games watched in nearly two decades, while mother Alma Spitzer notes she watched all five carry the pigskin. Lee Garber started the line of football fame.
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Garber
Handley
Don Garber
Don
Husky
C. E. Garber
Front Royal Rd
Trent
Carl
George
George T. Garber
Greenwalt
Garbers
Martinsburg
Martinsburz
Alma Spitzer
Lea
Garber Brothers
Lee
Veterans Sign For Training On Farms In Virginia
Thirty one World War II veterans signed GI Bill training applications after W. R. Legge explained the program in northern Virginia. Classes may start by June 15 with J Kenneth Robinson to instruct, two hours twice weekly plus weekly on farm visits.
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W. R. Legge
Virginia
J. Kenneth Robinson
Frederick County
Veterans Administration
Legge
State Board of Education
John Connell
Veteran’s Administration Cuidarice Center
Winchester
100 Biggest Bombers Ordered by Army
The Army Air Forces announced the order of 100 B-36 bombers, the world’s largest six engine bombers capable of carrying 10 000 pounds of bombs 10 000 miles. Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp builds them at Fort Worth Texas with the first unit due to roll off the line this week and production at one per week thereafter.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Army Air Forces
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp
Truman Arrives for Three Day Canada Good Will Visit
President Truman arrived in Ottawa for a three day state visit to Canada the first such meeting between the nations in history. He crossed the border aboard an eleven car special train at Rouses Point and was welcomed by Canadian officials before continuing to Ottawa.
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Ottawa
Truman
United States
Canada
L. S. St. Laurent
Rouses Point
N. Y
St. Laurent
Ray Atherton
W. H. Measures
Lady Alexander
W. L. MacKenzie King
President Truman
Government House
American Treasury Loss from Black Market in German Marks
Authorized American sources state the U S Treasury loss from black market dealings in German marks would be about 200 million dollars. They acknowledge Russian printing but say reports of losses over 500 million are greatly exaggerated.
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Berlin
U. S. Treasury
Buggs Island Plan Branded Socialism by Power Chief
Louis V. Sutton of Carolina Power and Light described the Buggs Island flood and power project as a perfect example of socialism. He testified to the House public works committee comparing the 57 million dollar Roanoke river plan to TVA Bonneville and other federally financed utilities.
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Washington
Louis V. Sutton
Carolina Power and Light Co
Buggs Island
House Public Works Committee
Raleigh, N. C
Bugas Island
Roanoke River
North Carolina
Virginia Valley Authority
Southwestern Power Administration
Bonneville Power Administration
Northwest
Nebrasa
Indiana Miners Idle as UMW Protest Taft-Hartley Bill
Nine Indiana shaft mines with 2 190 miners idled in Terre Haute as officials of District 11 United Mine Workers said workers walked out in protest of congressional action on the Taft Hartley bill.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana
District 11
United Mine Workers
Hungarian Parliament Hears DINNYES Aims for US Ties
Hungary moves to stabilize after the Nagy coup as Premier Dinnyes outlines policies. A communist claims a secret Acheson letter supported Nagy, while Dinnyes calls for friendship with the Soviet Union the United States and Britain. Parliament delays Varga successor decision.
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Budapest
Dean Acheson
U. S
Ferenc Nagy
Republic
Joseph Revai
Szabadsag
Nagy
Acheson
Lajos Dinnyes
Revai
Washington
Aladar Szegedi-Maszak
United States
Mihaly Guba
Russia
Dinnyes
Soviet Union
Hungary
V. P. Sviridov
Allied Control Commission
Varga
Premier May Seeks State of Siege Over Rail Strike
Paris reports Premier Paul Ramadier prepared to ask the National Assembly to vote a state of siege if talks with railroad union officials fail to end France's five day old rail strike. Transport Minister Jules Moch met with union leaders led by Raymond Tournemaine to push a quick wage adjustment.Ramadier urged workers to return to work before government action.
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Paris
Paul Remadier
National Assembly
France
Ramadie
Jules Moch
Raymond Tournemaine
Ramadier
Works as Usual on 60th Birthday Observed
Washington reports Senator Brd D Va plans to observe his 60th birthday by working as normal with no special observance. He said he will work like any other day and skip extra celebrations.
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Washington
Brd
D-Va
British Officers Released by Jews Near Tel Aviv Colony
Two British officers kidnapped yesterday by extremists were released unharmed today at Kiriat Shaul as a British military cordon prepared to search the Jewish colony near Tel Aviv. The government said the men walked toward British troops after the cordon was thrown around the settlement.
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Jerusalem
Kiriat Shaul
Tel Aviv
Virginia Restaurant to Close for Repairs
The Virginia Restaurant will close Wednesday for repairs and reopen Thursday at 6 a.m. H. P. Markwood signs the notice.
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Virginia
H. P. Markwood
Red Planes Aid Mongolians in Sinkiang
Chinese sources say Outer Mongolian troops aided by four Soviet warplanes penetrated into Sinkiang more than 200 miles, with bitter fighting reported near Tiua and Chinese civilians bombed along the invasion path. Official reports cite limited local garrison and ongoing unrest since Outer Mongolia gained independence.
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Nanking
Sinkiang
Thursay
Tiua
Ministry of National Defense
Central News Agency
Tihuan
Sinkianr
Associated Press
Outer Mongolia
Sinkjiang
Meat Price Increase Not Reflected Here
Local meat markets state no rise in meat prices despite New York and Philadelphia reports that exports to Europe pushed prices up from percent to 11 cents a pound. Foreign bidding for export meat by agents paying up to four cents more than American wholesalers is blamed for spiralling sea board retail prices.
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New York
Philadelphia
Europe
Seaboard
Fears Communists Rise in West Germany Warned by Cardinal
Frankfurt report quotes Josef Cardinal Winzel archbishop of Cologne warning that Communists could become dominant in Western Germany if another winter of cold and hunger. He cites gains in the British zone and influence in Ruhr trade union councils.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Josef Cardinal Winzel
Cologne
Caine
Essen
Ruhr
War Fund May Double After Reaching Goal
Tom Baldridge of Winchester former Virginia JCC president and current JCC vice president heads the Jaycee war memorial fund at the Long Beach convention In California He reported $23 000 in government bonds $60 000 in cash and $40 000 in demand notes The fund honors World War II dead and supports education and patriotic training for young men The committee may raise the goal from 100 000 to 200 000.
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Tom Baldridge
Winchester
Virginia State Junior Chamber of Commerce
U. S. Junior Chamber
JCC
Long Beach
Calif
Baldridge
Jaycee War Memorial Fund
California
Virginia
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
Tennessee
Oklahoma
U. S
Junior Chamber
Jaycee War Fund
Scrutiny urged for new farm loan policies
Washington delegates from insurance firms banks and lending agencies urged more conservative farm loan standards. They agreed that future farm loans should rely on normal long term earning capacity rather than inflated current figures to curb rising land prices.
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Washington
Fed chief says installment buying controls may end this summer
Mariner S Eccles chairman of the Federal Reserve Board said restrictions on installment buying may end this summer unless Congress grants peacetime authority to continue the controls.
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Washington
Mariner S
Stonewall High prepares 18 graduates for diploma night
Stonewall High School will award diplomas to 18 seniors at 8 p m in the school auditorium. The commencement address will be delivered by Harry F. Byrd Jr. Pictured left to right are the seniors: front row Doris Morrison Margaret Anderson Betty Owens Marie Boyd Lucy Bragg. second row Anna Kerns Annabelle Jobe Helen Crim Dorothy Morrison. third row Betty Boden Jean Fudolph Betty Carpenter Winifred Knight Nancy Jaskp. back row John Cole Thomas Stickles Jr Vernon Rexrode Herbert Taylor.
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Stonewall High School
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Doris Morrison
Margaret Anderson
Betty Owens
Marie Boyd
Lucy Bragg
Anna Kerns
Annabelle Jobe
Helen Crim
Dorothy Morrison
Betty Boden
Jean Fudolph
Betty Carpenter
Winifred Knight
Nancy Ja
John Cole
Thomas Stickles, Jr
Vernon Rexrode
Herbert Taylor
Rush
Sugar Rationing End For Home Use Voted By House Committee
The House banking committee in Washington voted to end rationing of household sugar used for home canning. The move follows talks by Senator Byrd with Secretary Anderson and letters from Rep. Burr Harrison. Byrd argues supplies have risen and households should receive adequate sugar.
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House
Washington
Frederick
Clarke
House Committee
Byrd
Agriculture Anderson
Anderson
Burr P. Harrison
Senator Byrd
House Banking Committee
Harrison
Britain and China Oppose Red Proposal on Global Force
Security council debates Russia demand for equal man, ship and plane contributions to a U N global police force. Britain and China push for comparable shares arguing Russia would leave the force under armed limits. China questions matching US and UK carrier and battleship totals.
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C. L. Hsia
China
United States
Britain
Jerusalem
11-Nation Commission
Palestine
Holy Land
Securiy Concil Balkan Investigating Commission
Mark L. Ethridge
Europe
Greece
U. N
Balkans
Five Day Virginia Forecast Sees Heat and Showers
A five day forecast for Virginia from June 11 to 15 calls for temperatures slightly above normal with cooler conditions on Thursday and warmer conditions on Saturday. Showers are expected Wednesday night and again early Thursday and Sunday. Total precipitation is expected to range from half to one inch.
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Virginia
Wanted to Rent Three Bedroom Home Urgently
WANTED TO RENT Three bedroom house or apartment urgently needed. Gene Miller. 5998 or 34285-22-1p-11? Hershey's Drive-In Restaurant now open 7 a m to 12 midnight daily and Sunday. Everyone's talking about the wonderful food and fountain service. Plenty of parking. Courteous caruira Located just beyond the Coca Cola plant on Route 11.
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Gene Miller
Caruira
Coca- Cola
Lovett’s Shoe & Dress Shop
Lovett’s Shoe
Valley News
East Piccadilly Street
Cherries To Ripen This Weekend Says Grower
Cherries of new improved sweet variety and older sweet varieties will ripen this weekend. Blackhearts follow shortly after, then sour cherries in about three weeks. The sour crop is small.
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H. W. Butler, Jr
Fruit harvest urges canning as sugar decontrol looms
Representative Harrison notes fruit canning cannot wait for sugar. Cherries and peaches are near peak, with orchards heavy in some areas and lighter in others. Authorities expect sugar decontrol to boost home canning, aiming to preserve a large quantity of fruit for winter.
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Harrison
West Virginia
Anderson
Frederick
Clarke Counties
VA to Cut 6100 From Its Payroll
The Veterans Administration ordered about 6100 employees cut from its payrolls to meet a 210000 employment ceiling set by President Truman. The reduction will be completed by Aug. 1 with 30 day dismissal notices. Truman proposed the limit in his January budget message for the 1948 fiscal year. The agency expects cuts in 11 branches with small increases in two due to workload.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Truman
New Drugs Combat Blood Vessel Closs
At the American Medical Association centennial convention Mayo Clinic doctor Dr. Edgar V. Allen said two anti blood clot drugs heparin and di-omerol reduce thrombosis and embolism risks. He described their use against serious blood vessel obstructions saving lives and limbs though still carrying impairment and death risks.
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Atlantic City
Mayo Clinic
Edgar V. Allen
American Medical Assny
Record 1.41 Billion Bushels Forecast For Wheat
The agriculture department projects 1,409,800,000 bushels of wheat this year, the largest on record. The forecast, up from 1,275,000,000 a month ago, would sustain heavy exports to shortage areas abroad for about a year, with 1,093,071,000 bushels of winter wheat and 716,822,000 bushels of spring wheat.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
United States
Speedy sugar rationing action promised by House panel
The House banking committee approved a sugar rationing measure for home consumption by an overwhelming vote. Chairman Walcott said action would occur within two to three days, though the bill does not affect sugar price control or industrial rationing. Under current law sugar rationing ends Oct 31 and inventory control could continue to March 31 if needed.
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Washington
House Banking Committee
Walcott
R-Mich
Gamble
R-Ny
Secretary of Agriculture
Welcott
Dogs Raid County Sheep, Claims Pass $620 at Meeting
County officials approved 620.37 in claims for damages from dog packs that killed 29 lambs and ewes. The meeting noted largest totals in years as livestock losses continued. Game warden Cather will issue warrants for unlicensed dogs after canvassing the county.
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Hugh Slonaker
Winchester
W. D. Myers
M. M. Mellwee
Hayfield
W. M. Teets
Clearbrook
B. Clay Rogers
Gainesboro
Lee Whitacre
Solenberger
Earl Cather
Cather
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