Good School Marks Spark Vacation Plans Among Local Teens
A column lists several local students and their summer vacation plans. Dearing Annette Masters Larrick Judy Blunt Patricia Cahill Peggy Lafiter Suzanne Rosenberger Shirley Shiley Sarah Shiley Gloria Garber and other area teens will visit relatives or take trips this summer, with guardians and addresses noted. Photo credited to Hugh Peters.
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Mer
Er Dearing
Eugene F. Dearing
Whitne
Virginia Beach
Ofi
Annette Masters
George’ B. Masters
Morgan St
R. W. Russell
Baltimore
Larrick
Charlotte S. Larrick
Plank
Ross Cline
Jersburg
W. Va
Judy Blunt
J. M. Blum
Tameron
Gloria Garber
W. A. Garber
D. H. Clem
Braddock Street
Washington
Hugh Peters
Sales Directory June 21 Auction Notes
June 21 sales listings include Leroy Franklin 2 miles east Stephens City offering ponies cattle farm equipment and household goods at 10 am. Elizabeth Supe Middletown Va holding furniture at 1 pm. Mrs Will Corbin on E Gerrard Winchester postponed from June 14 selling furniture and personal property at 1 pm.
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Leroy Franklin
Stephens City
Pony
Elizabeth Supe
Middletown
Will Corbin
E. Gerrard St
Winchester
FFA To Attend Camp in August
According to W R Legge district supervisor of agricultural education boys and girls representing the Virginia Future Partners of America and Future Homemakers of America from this vicinity will not be going to their jointly owned camp near Lee until the middle of August. Other FFA groups will occupy it until then. Attendance is limited to one week per group with no more than 100 boys and 10 girls admitted from the same cohort unless vacancies. Mr R F Bass assistant state supervisor of agricultural education is general manager of the camp.
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W. R. Legge
Virginia Future Partners of America
Future Homemakers of America
Lee
FFA
R. FE. Bass
War Chief Warns US Forces Overmatched by Russia
The War department information chief told a Reserve Officers Association convention that U S forces in Europe are so small they could be overrun and that Russia can field about 200 divisions now, with satellites in Europe adding another 100. He argued this shows American military weakness.
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Europe
U. S
Russia
War Department
Chicago Grain Quotations Open Higher On Profit-Taking
Chicago grain prices opened firm with less activity and notable profit-taking after the first trades. Wheat July 2.16 3-4 to 2.17 Sep 2.14 1-2 to 2.15 Dec 2.13 1-2 May 2.11 Corn July 1.95 Dec 1.60 3-4 to 1.61 May 1.57 to 1.57 1-4 Oats July 95 1-2 to 1-4 Sep 83 1-8 to 1-2 Dec 80 58 May 80 58 Lard Sep 17.95.
To Show Garden Film at Restee Church
A motion picture of the magnolia gardens near Charleston D C will be shown at Restee Church at 7 p m Sunday. The 25 acre gardens are praised as among the world beauties with California redwood Chinese yew cypress japonica pines and blossoms including azaleas camellias wisteria and forsythia making a blooming paradise.
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Magnolia Gardens
Charleston, D. C
Restee Church
Truman Faces Deadline On Taft Hartley Decision
A White House press offr told reporters a decision on Taft Hartley may come around noon tomorrow with no guaranteed time. Inside the Democratic Party a 103 to 66 split favored veto while the South urged signing. A party survey was sent to President Truman via Clark Clifford as aides weigh the labor law’s fate.
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G. Ross
W. House
Truman
Ross
Congress
Democratic Party
Democratic National Committee
National Committee
White House
New York
South
Clark M. Clifford
Rotary Hears Dr. E. B. Horgan on World War II medicine
Dr. Edmond B. Horgan told Rotary the armed services medical department treated about 2.5 million patients in the last war and suffered around 900000 American casualties. He noted 60,000 medical personnel served, with 46,000 doctors and 14,000 students, and that today about 6,000 medical men remain in service.
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Edmond B. Horgan
Rotary
Medical Department of the
Armed Services
Horgan
Winchester
Army
Navy
Homer E. Alberti
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Rats Gnaw Flesh From Child in Crib
Norfolk police report a one year old boy, Joe Waterman, daughter Ruined? no, son of Mr and Mrs Ryland Waterman, attacked by rats while asleep in his crib. He is in Norfolk General Hospital in serious condition with extensive flesh loss from one leg.
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Norfolk
Joe Waterman
Ryland W. Waterman
Norfolk General Hospital
Church Softball League Results
The Highland Ave church team beat Cork St Christians 10 to 9 in junior action. In senior play Cathlics defeated Baptists 20 to 4 and Episcopalians won 15 to 13. Tonight three more games are scheduled including Episcopal and Baptist juniors and three senior matchups.
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Highland Ave
Cork St. Christians
Cathlic
Baptists
Episcopalians
Episcopal
Braddock Street Methodists
Montague Avenue Methodists
Presbyterians
Cork Street Christan Teaim
Eight register at Stephens City Community Cannery opening
The Stephens City Community Cannery opened today with eight people registering to can peas. The available vegetable was peas only, and few jars were filled so far. more residents are expected to sign up as the gardening season advances. Last year the cannery served 326 people.
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Stephens City
State highway work to close gaps on two main routes
The State highway department announced improvements to close gaps on two primary highways in Clarke and Frederick counties. Work on Route 274 near Opequon Creek began June 16, with 1.3 miles of unpaved road widened and surfaced with bitumen at an estimated cost of 20 000 dollars. Another project from Whitehall to the West Virginia line plans grading and surfacing 2.47 miles to straighten curves and improve sight distance at an estimated cost of 45 000 dollars, with work expected to start by July 15.
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Highway Department
State Highway Department
Clarke
Frederick
Opequon Creek
Winchester
Charles Town
Whitehall
Frederick County
West Virginia Line
G. D. Felix
Governor Given Hospital Plans
The Virginia State hospital board presented preliminary plans to Governor Tuck in Richmond to address staffing shortages and urgent conditions at the state mental hospital. Dr. Joseph E. Barrett and Senator Morton G. e of Dinwiddie met with the governor and Budget Director J. H. Bradford to discuss the measures, with the governor proposing a business manager for the department of mental hygiene and hospitals.
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Richmond
State Hospital Board
Tuck
State Mental Hospital
Joseph E. Barrett
Mental and Hospitals
Morton G.e of
Dinwiddie
J. H. Bradford
Department of Mental Hygiene and Hospitals
Barrett
Accused Dealer Freed on Bond
Charles Thompson of Pennington Gap and his son Cecil faced bond on charges under the national motor vehicle theft act as federal and state authorities pursued an auto theft ring spanning four states. Charles Thompson was released on $25,000 bond posted by Sylvester Franklin, Ben H. Thompson, and John N. Vaughn. Cecil Thompson's bond was $1,000.
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Bristol
Charles Thompson
Pennington Gap
Motor Company
Cecil
Liberty
Sylvester Franklin
Appalachia
Ben H. Thompson
Mississippi
John N. Vaughn
Norton
Paris Bank Clerks and Store Workers Strike Over Wages
Paris clerks at all French banks except the Bank of France walked out today after failed last-minute talks on salary increases. In Paris major department stores and many five-and-ten cent shops also halted work demanding higher pay.
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Paris
France
Bank of France
Nicola to Quit Rome Provisional President to Step Down
Enrico De Nicola told Italian parliamentary chiefs he would remain in office for about 15 days. The statement announced a near-term resignation plan amid the political situation in Rome.
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Rome
Enrico de Nicola
Earthquake Felt Near Fordham University Seismograph
A fairly sharp quake was recorded today on Fordham University’s seismograph in New York. The tremor was about 7,500 miles from New York, indicating a distant seismic event.
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New York
Fordham University
Bevin Talks With French Officials Atop European Peace Efforts
Tass questioned Bevin’s discussions with Paris, arguing London and Paris push for a united European program while excluding the Soviet Union. The agency claimed Britain and France planned independently without broader consultation among European governments.
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Tass
Bevin
Soviet Union
Iowa Flood Recedes After Record Crest at Oakville
Floods on the lower Iowa river cresting at 18.6 feet yet left Oakville Wapello and Columbus Junction with no serious damage. Mississippi inflow continued to ease as waters receded with nearby towns spared major harm.
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Oakville
Iowa River
Mississippi
Wapello
Columbus Junction
Jail death of young woman shocks Rocky Mount
In Franklin County a young Black wife hanged herself in jail early today. Deputy Sheriff Charles Helms said the coroner reported she died from wounds allegedly inflicted by the husband prior to her confinement. Her suicide followed a dispute with the husband, and officers are investigating the incident.
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Rocky Mount
Franklin County
Charles Helms
Answers to the Daily Quiz
The list provides ten quiz answers: 1) a returned overseas visitor, 2) water’s weight per cubic foot, 3) in favor, 4) head tax, 5) cotton, 6) true, 7) eighteen, 8) Louisiana, 9) United States Declaration of Independence, 10) Alcide de Gasparri.
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Louisiana
Alcide de Gaspori
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