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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 17, 1946

Page

2

Rites Tomorrow For B. L. Miller

Funeral services for Buford Lee Miller 45 will be held Tuesday at 3 p.m. from Dellinger Funeral Home Chapel Woodstock with Rev. E T Hawkins officiating Burial will be Cedarwood Cemetery Edinburg Graveside rites by Hunter Lodge A F and A M Miller died Sunday at his Winchester home He was a linesman for Northern Virginia Power Company Born October 31 1900 in Edinburg he was the son of John and Mary Miller He was a member of Hunter Lodge No 135 A F and A M Braddock Street Methodist Church and Golden Rule Bible Class He married Kathryn Hensley in 1929 and is survived by two children Bobby Lee and Faye Trene Also surviving are brothers Glen and Joseph Miller Edinburg and sister Mrs Elom Sheetz Edinburg

Buford Lee Miller Dellinger Funeral Home Woodstock E. T. Hawkins Cedarwood Edinburg Hunter Lodge A. F A. M Northern Virginia Power Com Miller Winchester East Monmouth Street Northern Power Company Mr. Miller John Mary Clinehinst Miller Hunter Lodge No. 135 Braddock Street Methodist Church Cathryn Hensley Bobby Lee Faye Trene Weirs Glen Miller Joseph Miller Elom Sheetz

Lodges Hold Memorial Rites At Mt Hebron Cemetery

Woodmen Odd Fellows and pibbcake held their joint annual memorial services yesterday afternoon at Mt Hebron Cemetery. A march to the gen Franklin followed with G Senger Pecaisteet speaking and W H wards serving as master of ceremonies.

Odd Fellows Pibbcake Mt. Hebron Pranklin G. Senger

Police Court Records Safo Lane Area Dockets

Police court cases heard last week include auto theft at 406 East Lane with 12 months sentence half served, drunk charges in Frederick county and city with fines from 5 to 10 dollars, vagrancy and disorderly conduct in Cincinnati and Berryville, and assault and battery with suspended sentences.

Lane Casse Beard Court Eeennne Sebi Rae Thes Avery East Lane Alva Haines Frederick County Russell Miller Middletown James R. Pitcock Rt. 3 City Robert I. Locke Sunee Wal Hensley Cincinnati Ohio Lynette Edward C Berryville Earl C. Sirbaugh Ross Street Parmian Bragg Brucetown

Chicago Grain Quotations

Opening grain prices list offerings for Corn Oats Barley with July and December contracts and small fractional quotes. The report records Chicago quotations dated June 17 with several months noted for each grain.

Chicago

Walsh Renominated Unopposed. Lodge to Contest Senate Seat

David I. Walsh faces renomination without challenge. The only Republican challenger for the Senate is former Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. Lieutenant Governor Robert F. Bradford has no rival for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, and Governor Maurice J. Tobin appears to have only nominal opposition.

David I. Walsh Walsh Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr Robert F. Bradford Maurice J. Tobin

WW II veteran eligibility for mustering-out pay on farming discharge

Men discharged to accept employment are not eligible for mustering-out pay unless they served outside the continental United States or in Alaska. The decision hinges on where and why the discharge occurred and whether service met the required conditions.

Continental United States Alaska

Rites In Clarke For Mrs Caplon

Funeral services for Mrs Edith Naomi Kaplan age 73 of Swimley Va will be held tomorrow at 2 30 pm from John H Enders Funeral Home Berryville with Rev F T Fulcher and Rev W O Talbert officiating Interment will follow in Berryville Green Hill Cemetery Pallbearers are H A Clevenger I K Moorehead C T Hardesty Jr John M Fishpan Clinton M Polhamus and R H Hardesty She was born July 26 1872 in Frederick County daughter of the late George Clowser and Margaret Rosenberger Surviving are her husband merchant Philip N Kaplon and children Mrs Thomas Yinst Julian L Kaplan at home and Russell G Kaplon Berryville

Edith Naomi Wser Kaplan Swimley John H. Enders Berryville Green Hill F. T. Fulcher W. O. Talbert Winchester

Round Hill Bible School This Week

The Vacation Bible School at Round Hill Methodist Church starts this morning and runs through the week. Open to Round Hill children aged 4 to 15 years, inviting boys and girls in the community to attend.

Round Hill Bible School John Teter Montague Round Hill Methodist Church Round Hill

Mass Arrests and Palestinian Unrest Across Palestine

Mass arrests cited include mined booby traps. A Jewish underground radio says British plans target Zionist leaders. The Jewish Agency backs a Jewish state as the lasting solution. Arab processions mark celebrations for the Mufti of Jerusalem. One British soldier died and others were injured when Arabs attacked a military jeep near Gaza Park.

Holy Land Jewish Agency Palestine Jerusalem Gaza Parka

OPA Sees Ongoing Price Hikes After War Transition

Officials Bowles and Porter say price increases run about one percent monthly, roughly twelve percent yearly, though they contend many causes have faded. They argue transition from war to peace boosted hikes but warn ongoing control can keep the dollar near current values.

Bowles OPA Paul Porter

Quiz Answer Key Fragment Highlights U S History Bits

Below the correct answers to en quiz questions printed on e 1. Billeen 2. Jamestown, . (Settled May 13, 1607). 3. Czechoslovakia (succeeded Vladimir E. 8. Hurban). 4. Office of Strategic Services. 5. True. 6. Prance. 7. John Adams. 8. Passe. 9. New York City (Empire State Building, 102 stories, 1,250 feet in height). 10. Pour (Massachusetts, Penn a, Kentucky and Virgin-

Billeen Jamestown Czechoslovakia Vladimir E Hurban Office of Strategic Services True Prance John Adams Passe New York City Empire State Building Pour Massachusetts Penna Kentucky Virgin

Five Prisoners Escape After Overpowering Guard

Five prisoners en route to the Richmond state penitentiary overpowered a bus guard near Buckingham Court House in Virginia. They took the pistol, escaped into the woods, while 24 others stayed aboard or helped the driver. guard W. H. Miller was knocked unconscious and injured. Names and sentences of the fugitives were listed by Major W. Frank Smyth.

Richmond Virginia State Penitentiary Buckingham Trusty W. H. Miller Major Smyth Pike Wyatt Gilley Miller P. A. Childress Clarence Collins Wise Childress

Girl Killed in Falls Church Youths Injured in Collision

Betty Ann Clem sixteen of Falls Church Virginia was killed and five other Falls Church youths injured in a station wagon crash near Beltsville yesterday.

Washington Betty Ann Clem Falls Church Beltsville

Durant and wife flown to Frankfurt for custody transfer

Col. Jack W. Durant and his WAC wife were flown from Washington to Germany in Army custody. They are detained in the Kronberg Castle crown jewel case and transported to Frankfurt, Germany.

Col. Durant Germany Washington Jack W. Durant Wac Kronberg Castle Frankfurt

Map of the United States with territories and data

Printed in five colors on heavy paper this 21 by 28 inch map highlights Alaska the Aleutians and other territories. It includes railroad distance tables state area and population figures and a list of the 200 largest cities by rank. Postpaid fifteen cents.

United States Alaska Aleutian Islands

MAP OF THE UNITED STATES ORDER INSERT

Information Bureau requests fifteen cents for a copy of the Map of the United States. Include proper address details and mail to Washington, D. C. at 316 Eye Street Northeast.

The Winchester Evening Star Eye St N. E Washington D. C

Committee meeting in Roanoke briefs key figures

Tuck met with Richard A. Simpson and Miss Phyllis Otey at a Roanoke committee meeting Saturday. Bayliss, a committee member, was absent due to a prior engagement.

Richard A. Simpson Phyllis Otey Roanoke Bayliss

Virginia plans inter state fruit harvest labor drive

The emergency Farm Labor office in Blacksburg outlines recruiting help from Kentucky Tennessee and Alabama to ease the farm labor shortage. D A Tucker will visit Kentucky and Tennessee to assess available workers. Camps at Catawba Oak Ridge Roosevelt and Winchester will be funded largely by growers.

Blacksburg Virginia Agricultural Extenet Virginia Kentucky Tennessee Alabama D. A. Tucker Tuck Tucky Catawba Oak ‘Ridge Roosevelt Berville Tucker Paree

Colored Churches To Open Vacation Bible School

The Rev. E. H. Jackson announced that Union Vacation Bible School for children from five colored churches will start tomorrow at 9 a.m. at John Mann Methodist Church and run for two weeks. Church School teachers will instruct. Emma Parks Robinson leads arrangements. Free lunch with milk and supplies provided.

E. H. Jackson Union Vacation Bible School John Mann Methodist Church John Mann Church Emma Parks Robinson Bible School

Kilian Asks President to Probe Lichfield Trials

Col James A Kilian former commander of the U S Army Depot at Lichfield England is on trial for cruelty to prisoners. He asks President Truman for a investigation postponement until an answer is received. The court delayed ruling on the request.

Bad Nauheim Germany James A. Kilian Lichfield U. S. Army England Kilian Highland Park Ill Truman

Armistead Named Secretary to Virginia Governor Tuck

M W Armistead III of the Roanoke Times will become executive secretary to Governor Tuck on July 1. He succeeds Virgil Carrington Jones who returns to manage Curtis Publishing Washington office after serving as executive secretary since January.

Richmond M. W Bill) Armistead, III Roanoke Times Tuck Virgil Carrington Pat) Jones Washington Curtis Publishing Company

Senate panel approves Hobbs anti racketeering provision

The Senate judiciary committee approved the Hobbs anti racketeering provision of the Case strike control bill. The measure, already passed by the House, would criminalize interstate interference with commerce by robbery or extortion, with penalties up to 10 000 dollars fine and 20 years in prison. The move signals the first step to send back to President Truman any vetoed portion.

Washington Senate Judiciary Committee Truman Charman McCaran D.-Neb Rep Hobbs D.-Ala House Congressional Friends of Organized Labor

Nine Month Extension of Draft Act Hopes for Teenager Clash

A Senate House conference committee agreed on a nine month extension of the draft until March 31 but remained deadlocked on the teenage issue. Chairman Jt Thomas of the Senate military committee said a final agreement could follow if the teenage question is resolved.

Washington Senate House Jt Thomas Dutah Senate Military Committee Thomas

Gandhi unhappy with British plan for interim India government

NEW DELHI June 17 The Moslem League backed the British proposal for a 14 man interim government for India but Gandhi the Congress leader was personally very unhappy about the plan. The government would rule while a constituent assembly drafts a charter for independence. Congress leaders said to learn more after today’s working committee session.

New Delhi India Mohandas K. Gandhi Congress Party Lord Wavell

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