Woman Juror Beaten in Overell Yacht Death Case
A woman juror in the Louise Overell and George Gollum murder trial was beaten by an intruder in Santa Ana. Police sources quote the assailant threatening results if the jurors vote against the defendants. Prosecutor Eugene Williams outlines a motive tied to opposition to the couple’s relationship and a large estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Ana
Calif
Overell
Eugene Williams
Louise Overell
George Gollum
Newport Harbor
Walter E. Overell
Pasadena
Gollum
Louise
Williams
Army Signs 13 In Winchester Recruit Drive This Month
Captain George Rausch reports 13 men from Winchester have signed up at the Army Recruiting office this month toward a 15 man quota. He expects 20 to 25 by month end, with roughly half entering the Army Air Corps and half the ground forces. Enlistees include Denver DeHaven Charles J Pipes Jack D Henry Thomas Kenny Omar P Campbell and others for three years or eight years and eight months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Army
George R. Rausch
Army Air Corps
Rausch
Denver DeHaven
Charles J. Pipes
Jack D. Henry
Thomas Kenny
Omar P. Campbell
Baker E. Russell
Preston R. Whitacre
Warden L. Liggitt
Lawrence R
Rock Enon Camp To Entertain Business Men
The Rock Enon Boy Scout camp will host a business men’s dinner at 6 30 p m with FBI agent B F Sulter as guest speaker. W W Baker chairs the event and A B Cone will introduce the speaker. Over 100 businessmen from Morgan Berkeley Jefferson counties and several Virginia counties will attend. Roy E Potts heads the attendance committee with an eight member group. Guests arrive at 5 39 p m to inspect facilities.
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Rock Enon
W. W. Baker
B. F. Sulter
Washington
FBI
A. B. Cone
Morgan
Berkeley
Jefferson
W. Va
Frederick, Clarke, Warren
Shenandoah Page
Rappahannock
Jewelers Advertise Cash and Carry Prices
Oe and Brown Ewele and As Registered Optometrists invite comparison of inside cash and carry prices with rivals before buying jewelry or glasses. Lost gray dress cape on Piccadilly St. reward offered for return. Platinum diamond set Hamilton wrist watch with diamond bracelet sought by Mrs Louis Wender with liberal reward.
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Oe & Brown
Dia
Winchester
Piccadilly St. Pinder
Hamilton
Louis Wender
Courtfield Ave
State Revenues Record Huge Increase in 11 Months
Virginia's 11 month total fund receipts reach 232.56 million, up 48.13 million from last year. General fund receipts rise to 50.05 million, driven by income, corporate taxes and alcohol taxes with gains across intangible personal property and insurance premiums.
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Richmond
Virginia
Office of
State Comptroller
General Assembly
George Endorses Tax Slash Move
Senator George of Georgia endorses a revised Republican tax slashing bill to restore a vetoed $4 billion cut with an effective date moved to next January. House Ways and Means chair Knutson reintroduced the measure, and George says the date change could win enough Democratic support to pass over the veto.
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Washington
George
D-Ga
Knutson
Rminn
House
Ways and Means Committee
Widowed Twice by Aerial Crash in Haverhill Mass
Mrs. Anthony F. Walker lost her second husband in a crash near Haverhill Massachusetts on June 25. The 22 year old man died yesterday, following the death of her first husband Sgt Bernard O'Donnell who was killed in a Florida crash early in the war.
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Haverhill
Mass
Anthony F. Walker
Bernard O’donnell
Florida
Hobert Ne Wed Lion at Early Local Club Banquet
C A Hobert civic leader and businessman named Lion of the Year at the Lions Club banquet at Winchester golf club. Over 100 Lions and guests attended as officers were installed and retiring president J Ben Cather honored Hobert for directing the Apple Blossom Festival parade. Guests included Jack Herrell L H Selby Vic Wheeler and Ed G Ayers.
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C. A. Hobert
Winchester Golf Club
C. P. Sheuk
J. R. Alexander
Sebert Smith
Paul Anderson
Fred Ritter
Earl’ Mason
Franklin Senger
K. Sirbaugh
J. Ben Cather
Hobert
Jack Herrell
Harrisonburg
L. H. Selby
Staunton
Vic Wheeler
Winchester
Ed. G. Ayers
United States protests Romania over arrests of opposition
The United States protested sharply to Romania against alleged arbitrary arrests of hundreds of opposition members and others. A note described the actions as a deliberate effort to suppress democratic elements opposing the communist regime.
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Washington
United States
Italy’s President Moves to Resign
Rome June report states Provisional President Enrico De Nicola has sent his resignation to the Constituent Assembly. The move follows a nationwide half hour strike by about six million members of the Communist dominated General Confederation of Labor protesting attacks on Sicilian Communist headquarters Sunday.
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Rome
Enrico de Nicola
Constituent Assembly
General Confederation of Labor
Nash sales award honors Winchester representative at Kenilworth Inn
Washington zone officials awarded H. L. Nelson the 11th Nash sales and service representative in the zone to meet all 10 Nash alert dealer points. A blue banner for the Winchester plant at 100 North Loudoun St. was presented amid a gala at Kenilworth Inn as district manager M. A. Campbell hosted guests including bookkeepers Miss Virginia Mason and Mrs. Francis Combs. The event featured humor from zone manager H. L. Walters and an anecdotal Mississippi yarn, with lively discussions and dinner remarks lasting into the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nash Motors
Winchester
H. L. Nelson
Nash
North Loudoun St
Nelson
M. A. Campbell
Campbell
Virginia Mason
Francis Combs
Winchester Nash
Mr. Nelson
Thaw
Pittsburgh
Dr. Riddle
H. L. Walters
Mississippi
Chinese May Lose U.S. Loan
Secretary Marshall said the State Department may not act on a $500 million Export-Import Bank loan to China before the current deadline expires. He indicated study continues on supporting China’s economy but did not indicate a final decision. The issue could fall to a new nonpartisan committee appointed by President Truman to assess foreign aid impact.
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Washington
Marshall
State Department
China
Truman
Export-import Bank
Fire Squelched In Ship Loading For Far East
Fire swept two holds of the U S. President Lines cargo ship the S S Marne Flier in Jersey City as longshoremen loaded for sailing to the Far East. Coast Guard boats the Sauk and John Harvey, 10 tugboats, and 13 fire companies fought the blaze from 11 10 a m to about 12 40 p m with smoke drifting over Manhattan.
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Jersey City
N. J
U. S. President Lines
S. S. Marne Flier
Far East
Gship
Hudson River
Manhattan
Coast Guard
Sauk
New York City
John Harvey
Nearly Thousand Citizens X rayed At TB Clinics
A Tuberculosis Association clinic in the city X-rayed 942 people over two days. The general clinic at First Baptist drew 452, while 490 employees at the Virginia Woolen Co. mill were X-rayed. Godfrey Prelip led clinic arrangements at the mill, with film-taking times noted.
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Tuberculosis Assn
First Baptist Church
Virginia Woolen Co
Godfrey Prelip
William Lawrence Jr
Mesdames Stewart Bell
Wendell Goode
W. W. Beattie
J A. Miller
J. H. Yost
Harry E Ridgeway
Miss Gershank
Thomas A. Gibson
Mesdames E. C. Stuart, Jr
Leon Slavin
Grace Bosserman
Iranian Prince Runs Away from School
Prince Hamid Reza Pahlavi, younger brother of the Shah of Iran, disappeared from a New York hotel Monday and arrived in Paris by plane. Iranian consul Mahmoud Salehi said the prince had run away from the school he had been attending in the United States.
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Paris
Hamid-Reza Pahlavi
Iran
New York
Mahmoud Salehi
United States
Aged Pair Die In Last Embrace in Truro
In North Truro Massachusetts John E. Rogers 77 and his wife Ellen 39 died yesterday in each other’s arms after heart attacks. Dr Daniel H Hiebert said Mrs Rogers suffered the first attack triggering the husband’s collapse seconds later. It was her 80th birthday.
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North Truro
Mess
John E. Rogers
Ellen
Daniel H. Hiebert
Bradley Seen As Successor to Gen Eisenhower
Washington June 25 Gen Dwight D Eisenhower will become president of Columbia University when relieved as army chief of staff likely early next year Gen Omar N Bradley Veterans Administrator is viewed as Eisenhowers successor in the armies top post Eisenhowers elected to Columbia trustees and will replace Nicholas Murray Butler as president Bradley led army ground forces in Europe and has said he wants to return to active duty Bradley took over as Veterans Administrator in August 1945 Congress caps Eisenhower five star status for life with about 15000 annual pay Columbia University 29000 students many are ex GIs
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Columbia University
Army
Omar N. Bradley
Eisenhower
Nicholas Murray Butler
Bradley
Eisenhow
Columbia
Real Earnings Can be Doubled Hoffman Says
Washington dispatch reports Paul G. Hoffman president of Studebaker Corp and chairman of the Committee for Economic Development telling the joint congressional committee on the economic report that real income for most Americans could double in 25 years through wise action and a dynamic stability program. He urges government policy to curb anti competitive practices support small business growth repudiate wasteful spending and reduce trade barriers to boost private enterprise.
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Washington
Paul G. Hoffman
Studebaker Corp
Wise Action
Hoffman
Committee For Economic Development
Tie
Joint Congressional Committee On the
State Department
Pearse
Clubwomen vote against admitting European displaced persons
In New York at the General Federation of Women's Clubs 56th annual convention members voted 556 to 341 against a resolution backing pending U.S. legislation to admit 100,000 European displaced persons each year. The debate featured boos hisses and applause.
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New York
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
of States
Yard Party At Market Street Church To Fund Canada Trip
Troop 9 will hold a yard party in front of Market Street Methodist Church Thursday night June 26. Proceeds fund a trip to Canada. Temperatures listed show highs around 81 and wind lows around 60. Yard sale aims to raise travel funds.
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Market Street Methodist Church
Canada
Coal Walkout Slashes Steel Output Nationwide
Thousands more coal miners join pre vacation walkouts as steel production slows. Youngstown plants report 40 to 50 percent output drops, Carnegie-Illinois cuts 1500 tons daily, and Pennsylvanian mines idle over 50 percent of capacity. UMW leaders push for reopening amid widespread stoppages.
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Pittsburgh
Youngstown
Mahoning Valley
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp
Taft-Hartley Union
United Mine Workers
West Virginia
Monongalian
Penna
Coal Mines Administration
Pennsylvania
Penania
Panther Valley
Carnegie - Illinois Steel Corp
U. S. Steel
Kentucky
UMW
Harlan, Ky
Soft coal operators seek terms to avert looming strike
Northern and Western coal operators met to propose terms to John L. Lewis to avert an industry wide strike next month as miners idle in protest against Taft Hartley. A 10 day vacation starts Friday and if no contract by July 7 pits may stay closed.
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Washington
North
West
John L. Lewis
Lewis’ United Mine Workers
Lew
Schwellenbach
Labor
Lewis
Boxer Near Death After K O Punch in Ray Robinson Bout
Jimmy Doyle, 22, Los Angeles, lay near death in Cleveland after an eight round technical knockout loss to welterweight champion Ray Sugar Robinson. Mayor Burke ordered a full inquiry into the title bout as hospital staff described Doyle's condition as very poor with a blood clot concussion and respiratory paralysis.
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Cleveland
Jimmy Doyle
Thomas A. Burke
Los Angeles
Ray
Sugar) Robinson
California
Inmates Escape Central State Mental Hospital
Seven male inmates of Central State mental hospital escaped through a second floor window early today at the Petersburg, Virginia facility.
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Petersburg
Central State ‘Mental Hospital
Herd Survives Flood Finds Newborn Calf With Rest of Herd
Lenox Indiana June 25 Farmer Forest Whipp learned his cattle were swept away by flood waters. He hurried home to find the herd safe on a water surrounded rise and counted all the cattle including a new calf born during the ordeal.
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Lenox
Forest Whipp
Missouri River Flood Reaches Record Level in 3 States
The Missouri River hits a new all time high of 21.02 feet at Rule Nebraska as widespread rains swell flood areas across Nebraska Iowa and Missouri. Levees topped 181, with 338000 acres expected under water from Rule to St Louis as towns struggle with washed out roads and rails.
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Omaha
Missouri
Nebraska
Iowa
Rule
Neb
Neligh
Cambridge
Nebr
Lloyd C. Richardson
W. E. Potter
Kansas City
St. Louis
Army
St. Joseph
Napoleon
Dodgers Rally Behind Jorgensen to Beat Pirates 6-2
Dodgers beat the Pirates 6-2 as rookie Johnny Jorgensen drove in five runs with a single, double and triple. Brooklyn closes gap to a half game behind the Boston Braves for the league lead.
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Pittsburgh
Johnny Jorgensen
Brooklyn Dodgers
Pirates
Boston Braves
Soviet Press Objects to Aid Europe Plan Criticism from Pravda on Marshall proposals
Pravda denounces the Marshall plan as interference in European affairs and warns that conditional American aid aimed at quelling a U S economic crisis will fail. Molotov to Paris for talks as Britain and the United States press economic policy and loan terms amid foreign ministers meetings.
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London
Pravda
Communist Party
Russia
Europe
V. M. Molotov
Paris
United States
America
Apple Growers To Meet Friday In Hagerstown
The 11th annual Appalachian Apple service meeting will be held in Hagerstown at 10 a.m. Friday drawing growers from Frederick and Clarke counties. Attendees from Winchester include Harry W. Butler and others. Malcolm M. Brown treasurer and Carroll R. Miller secretary will present reports with talks on the 1947 apple crop by national and regional authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appalachian Apple Service
Hagerstown
Frederick
Clarke Counties
Winchester
Harry W. Butler
H. Ray Butler
Philip B. Glaize
Roy A. Cather
I. Fred Stine
J. P. Arthur
R. B. Worsley
Frank Armstrong, Jr
Wilkie W. Hunt
Roy L. Bageant
Ray R. Boyce
Hart Parsons
Stin Stine
Malcolm M. Brown
Carroll R. Miller
Amherst Avenue tract sale listed with price details
Classified notices announce a tract fronting on Amherst J Whittier Ave to be sold by Maurice Piper Real Estate with a reasonable price. A Mt Williams Virginia yard party fundraiser is scheduled at the Community Hall with music refreshments and games starting at 7 30 PM Thursday June 26. A Rainbow Inn dance tonight and a three bedroom home rental request by Gene Miller are also noted. A closing notice says People’s Cleaners will close for repairs and vacation starting Monday June 39th and reopen later in the week.
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Mt Williams
Mt. Williams Ball Club
Rainbow Inn
Gene Miller
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Romania
U. S
Italy
Washington High Brass
Kenilworth Inn
Harry K. Thaw
John Tokes
Mr. Campbell
Cannonball
U.S
Gen
K.O. Punch
Dodgers
H. W. Ebert
John E. Ebert
N. Cameron St
Pifer Printing CO
N. Loudoun St
Amherst J. Whittier Ave
City
Vtenta
Maurice Pifer
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