Two Sentenced In Circuit Court For Forgery And Shooting
A circuit court jury found Clyde F. McWilliams guilty on two counts of forging and uttering a check. He received four years total for consecutive sentences. Dan Atkins was sentenced to 18 months for illegally shooting at a car on January 1 on Sulphur Springs Road. Jurors included George T. Yeakley and Elma Robinson.
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Clyde F. McWilliams
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Winchester
James M. William
Williams Construction Company
Berryville
Reformed Church Sets Special Service Next Sunday
Centenary Reformed Church will hold a special service at 11 a m next Sunday featuring the Sacraments of Holy Communion and Confirmation.
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Centenary Reformed Church
Train wreck near Mode injures and traps passengers
Two trains derailed as cars toppled on their sides near Mode after the embankment gave way on approach to a trestle. Passengers were trapped while Tom Oakes and another man walked to Mode for help. Several were less seriously hurt while rescuers aided the injured.
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Tom Oakes
Mger
Mode
Salem
Tll
Tammary to Serve Ohio Lutherans Near Bellefontaine
Mr. Tammary serves congregations near Bellefontaine Logan County Ohio. The assignments include West Liberty and nearby areas to improve acquaintance with American ways Lutheran Church practices and English fluency. The movement follows support from the Lutheran World Federation enabling refugee camps.
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Lutheran World Federation
Erney
Winchester
Grace Church
Ohio
Mr. Tammary
Bellefontaine
Logan County
West Liberty
Mrs. McGuffin Dies At Stephens City
Mrs. McGuffin dies at Stephens City Virginia after a lengthy illness. Funeral services set for 3 p.m. Saturday at Dellinger Funeral Home Woodstock with burial in Fairfield. She leaves daughter and two grandchildren Donald W. and Sarah L. Marks and two brothers.
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Rockbridge County
Virginia
Donald W
Sarah L. Marks
Stephens City
Dellinger Funeral
Woodstock
Fairfield
Union to Appeal Fine and Jail Terms in Norfolk Strike
In Norfolk, Local 333-B of the United Mine Workers faces a $7,500 fine as the court orders jail for two officers who defied a court order during a strike. President H. L. Everton gets $1,000 fine and ten days jailed, secretary W. L. Owens fined and jailed five days. The union says it will appeal.
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Norfolk
J. Humeler
Norfolk Law and
United Mar
H. L. Everton
W. L. Owens
Teunion
Truman cabinet meets as Korea peace options discussed
President Truman convened his cabinet on Friday with Korea as a major topic. Officials remained cautious about a cease fire while skeptical voices warned the Soviets could influence a nuclear risk. Lovett urged continued preparedness and warned against allowing the Soviet politburo to shape American defense policy.
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Washington
Truman
White House
State Department
Jacob Malik
Korea
Lovett
U.S
United States
Crossword Clues Show Daily Puzzle Progress
Crossword clues in the daily page include entries Sea 45 Unit of elec capacity 47 Color 48 Toss 49 Tie again 50 To draw water 51 Otherwise 30 Toss 35 Hut of. The fragment hints at a themed or mixed clue list typical of a daily puzzle page.
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Westinghouse
BAKER
Thomas Elected Traffic Club Head at Shenandoah Dinner
William C. Thomas of the Pennsylvania Railroad was elected president of the Shenandoah Traffic Club during a York Inn dinner last night. Officers named include office manager of Allegheny Freight Line as vice president Harry Dieckman plant manager at O Sullivan Rubber, secretary Richard Rhodes, treasurer, and board members Van D. Palmer Jr Stewart Edmonds and outgoing president Joseph Berger. President Hershberger urged drivers to hold at least a high school education and to display good table manners behind the wheel.
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William C. Thomas
Pennsylvania Railroad
Shenandoah Traffic Club
York Inn
Cee On Nen
Allegheny Freight Line
Harry Dieckman
O'Sullivan Rubber Ration
Richard Rhodes
O'Sullivan
van D. Palmer, Jr
Stewart Edmonds
American Brake Shoe Company
Josephberger
Novick Transfer Com
Hershberger
William Fitz-Hugh
Central Companies
RFC Strips RFC Field Offices of Loan Granting Power
Administrator Stuart Symington today stripped the Reconstruction Finance Corporation's 32 field offices of loan granting authority. He criticized recent loans as essential and said the RFC would centralize decisions at the Washington office to curb discretionary lending.
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RFC
Washington
Stuart Symington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Black defendant scheduled for electric chair execution
A Black inmate was set for an afternoon electric chair session over a reported incident involving a white woman. The case centers on the alleged crime and the pending capital punishment as authorities proceed with the scheduled execution.
Culpeper Hit By Violent Storm
A severe electrical storm swept Culpeper causing toppled trees and damaged structures including the bank and courthouse. Winds 60 to 100 mph felled utility poles and blew debris into nearby Fredericksburg where damage was lighter. Patrolman Jake Leathers described near blackout conditions during the height of the storm.
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Gulpeper
Culpeper National Bank
Fredericksburg
Here
Culpeper
Jake Leathers
Czechs To Free Western Jet Pilots After Training Flight
The Czech Foreign Office notified Ambassador Ellis O. Briggs that Western jet pilots and their planes will be released after emergency landings near Prague. The pilots Lt. Luther G. Roland of Hummelstown Pennsylvania and Lt. Bjoern Johansen a Norwegian, were held in the Occupation Zone during ongoing American provocations complaints.
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Ellis O. Briggs
Shanes
Tion
Luther G. Roland
Hummelstown
Bjoern Johansen
Nor
U. 86. Air Forces
South Korea Legislature Backs Cease Fire at 38th Parallel
The South Korean legislature unanimously approves a cease-fire at the 38th parallel amid reports a Korean War halt could occur in days. A government spokesman notes no conditions will be set for a truce talk beyond disarmament and border stabilization.
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Pusan
Korea
38Th
Clarence Ryee
Uth Korea
Yalu
Tunen
North Korea
Manchuria
Republic of Korea
Tankers Collide Off Oregon Coast In Thick Fog
A Greek freighter and a California bound tanker collided in heavy fog off the Oregon coast late at night. The Coast Guard said both vessels, the SS Audrey registered in Greece and the SS Alan Seeger Time Of Co tanker, escaped serious damage. The Seeger was sailing from California to Portland while the Audrey carried Vancouver Washington to Egypt.
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Seattle
California
Oregon Coast
Coast Guard
Audrey
Alan Seeger
Time of! Co
Seeger
Portland
Vancouver
Wash
Egypt
Taft Questions Administration Motive Behind Tax Hike
Senator Taft expresses suspicion the Truman administration aims for a large tax increase to avoid another hike before the 1952 elections. The debate unfolds as Elmer Staats testifies on a proposed 10 billion dollar levy, with Senate plans likely aligning near the House measure though details differ. Taft hints delaying action until November.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Truman
Senate
Elmer B. Staats
Senate Finance Committee
House
Capitol Hill
Snyder
Democratic Finance Committee
Finance
TV Hearing Postponed by FCC to July 23
The Federal Communications Commission postponed its hearings on assigning new television channels to individual cities until July 23. The sessions had been set to begin July 9.
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Washington (4
Federal Communications Commission
Winchester Clarke Get $87 225 Fund For Negro Schools
The State Education Board approved 54 637 for Winchester City Schools and 32 588 for Clarke County as part of 2 829 770 in Battle School Grant funds for new school construction. The funds continue work at Douglas Colored School in Winchester and begin John Williams Negro School construction in Clarke County.
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Winchester
Clarke
Winchester City
Clarke County
Douglas Colored School
John Williams Negro School
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