Gilmer Heads New Virginia Department of Accounts
Gov. Tuck appoints Henry G. Gilmer to lead the new Department of Accounts and Purchases in Richmond. A fireman advisory board is named with Stuart Cassell C. H. Wheeler Lester Williams W. C. Carrick and W. F. Smyth Jr. to assist Gilmer as the department consolidates accounts control and purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Tuck
Poe Gery
Henry G. Gilmer
Department of Accounts and
Gilmer
Stuart K. Cassell
Blacksburg
VPI
C. H. Wheeler
University of and
Lester Williams
Paragent
W. C. Carrick
Winchester Pastor Attends Front Royal Church Ceremony
Ground breaking for Marlow Heights Baptist church at Front Royal to be held at 7 p m tomorrow. Dr and Mrs E T Clark of Winchester First Baptist church to attend. preceding dinner with Rev and Mrs Paul of Front Royal Baptist church.
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Marlow Heights Baptist Church
Front Royal
E. T. Clark
Winchester First Batist Church
Clark
Paul
Front Royal Baptist Church
Annapolis
Winchester
Virginia
Stonewall Avenue
Lee Street
Emma Brumback
Herbert S. Larrick
Atty
Dewey Talks Foreign Affairs With Dulles in Pa
Governor Thomas E. Dewey met with foreign policy adviser John Foster Dulles in Pawling New York to discuss changes in the Republican stance on the international scene. Dewey and running mate Warren of California debated campaign plans amid concerns over the Berlin blockade and Communist forces.
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Pawling
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
John Foster Dulles
Dewey
Gov. Warren
California
Berlin
Déwey
Truman
Dulles
Communist Information Bureau
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Washington trio to perform at Zion Baptist Church
Boyce Books Tho Stairstep Three from Washington will present a special musical program at Zion Baptist Church. The event occurs at 3 and 8 p.m. Sunday with Rev. H C Johnson as pastor and Mrs. R L Morgan as sponsor.
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Stairstep Three
Washington
Zion Baptist Church
Boyce
H.C Jonnson
R. L. Morgan
Sales Directory Entries for Early July Auctions
A sequence of rural estate sales lists dates times and locations. E R Ryan hosts July 3 at Whitacre Road near Cross Junction offering household goods and farm tools. A R Mayhew sells July 3 at North Mountain Service Station near Winchester with furniture and household items. Thomas D Cain at 1018 S Kent St offers household effects on July 10. Mrs S B Green at 22 E Cork St offers household goods on July 24. Miss Ida Wyndham at 234 Amherst St offers household goods and antiques on July 24.
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E. R. Ryan
Cross Junction
Whitacre Road
A. R. Mayhew
North Mountain
Winchester
S. Kent St. Thomas
Happy Pauper Finds No Paradise in City Farm Dream
A New York essay describes a city man who abandons urban life for a summer on a rural plot. The experiment proves costly and miserable as high garden expenses, travel, and misadventures wear down the family. They return to the city where the sowed dreams fade and a nervous breakdown lurks behind the laughter. The piece ends with a bitter refrain favoring urban life over rustic fantasy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mother Nature
Mama
Brooklyn Bridge
Junior
Papa
Life Term Given Robert Best on Treason Charge
Robert H. Best a longtime American newspaperman and radio propagandist for Nazi Germany was sentenced by Federal Judge Francis J. W. Ford to life imprisonment for treason and fined $10,000. The judge acted after Assistant Attorney General T Vincent Quinn urged death penalty but Best’s counsel Charles W. Bartlett sought leniency calling him a fanatic crusader.
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Boston
Robert H. Best
Francis J. W. Ford
Best
Ford
T. Vincent Quinn
United States
Charles W. Bartlett
Governors sign multi state anti pollution river compact
Governors from Indiana West Virginia Ohio New York Illinois Kentucky Pennsylvania and Virginia plus a federal representative form a commission to curb Ohio River valley pollution. The 13 year compact aims to serve about 20 million people across 200000 square miles with sewage disposal plants as main tools and a $20 million loan fund under a federal measure.
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Cincinnati
Tuck
Virginia
Ohio River
Indiana
West Virginia
Ohio
New York
Illinois
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Compact Commission
Barkley-Taft
Congress
Saylers Creek Battlefield Park Dedicated in Virginia
Amelia Virginia today dedicated the Sayler s Creek battlefield park the last major battlefield of the War between States. William A Wright chaired the ceremony Senator A Willis Robertson spoke praising rural public education and commending former Governor Darden and Governor Tuck for education work.
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Amelia
Virginia
Sayler's Creek
William A. Wright
State Conservation Commission
A. Willis Robertson
Robertson
Darden
Tuck
Fenwick declines bid for state party chair at convention
Arlington State Senator Charles R. Fenwick, backed by the Arlington county Democratic committee for State chairman, said he would not be a candidate at the State convention Friday.
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Arlington
Charles R. Fenwick
Arlington County Democratic Committee
John Mann Meeting Prays at Local Methodist Church
Prayer meeting led by Rev. E. H. Jackson at John Mann Methodist Church will be held at 8 30 p m today.
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John Mann Methodist Church
E. H. Jackson
Kiwanis Luncheon Screens Louis-Walcott Fight and Fishing
The Kiwanis club held its regular luncheon at 12:30 p.m. featuring Technicolor films of the first Louis-Walcott boxing match and a segment on fishing.
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Kiwanis
Soviet balloon limits revealed at 1500 feet for practice
The article notes tensions over a balloon used for artillery practice and states the Russians informed the British that the device would not rise above 1500 feet. An American debate on the balloon's use lasted about thirty minutes.
British Marines leave Haifa as Jews take guard posts
In Haifa the British military withdrawal from Palestine ends with Marines marching off Mount Carmel and a small barbed wire enclosure around a landing ship. Jewish police replace guard posts as the port reads the new flag of Israel, while Capt. Lucher Spiegel, formerly in the Jewish Brigade, calls it a day long awaited. The scene shows tense but orderly handover with Marines smiling at the change.
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Britain
Palestine Mandate
Mount Carmel
Lucher Spiegel
Haifa Port
Haifa
Israel
Answers to Daily Quiz Revealed for Page Four
Answers to daily quiz printed on Page Four list Paraguay as Q1 and a set of factual items. The key responses include a speed of approximately 186000 miles per second Q2 and a note that the President's appearance was not a political tour. Other entries mention a 200 inch measurement, a four cylinder engine, a fourteen year old, Sir Oliver Shewell Franks, Leo A Did, a unanimous ruling upholding rights, and a three day period.
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Paraguay
Oliver Shewell Franks
Leo A
Time bomb threat on Queen Elizabeth prompts emergency response
New York police dispatched an emergency squad and a radio car to the liner Queen Elizabeth after a telephone tip claimed a time bomb was aboard. The ship, due to sail at midnight, faced a security check as officers investigated.
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New York
Berlin crisis deepens as air corridors tested and food scarce
Soviet envoy Sokolovsky warned of possible air violations as U N debate stalls. U S Air Force planes continued shuttle runs to Berlin to stretch food supplies into late summer. The western highway to Berlin stayed closed to curb currency smuggling from western zones.
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Brian Robertson
ADN
Berlin
United Nations
U. N
Lake Success
Trygve Lie
Security Council
Britain
France
United States
Sokolovsky
U. S
Royal Airforce
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Dak
McCormick Deering
C.1. Brumback & Sons
Cameron St
Happy Pauper
Gotham
Siice
Brooklyn
James Way
Robert Best
Gov
Sayler’s Creek Park
Fenwick
Pine Motor Co., Inc
Braddock Sr
Greenwood U. B
Double Tollgate
Front Royal Pike
Greenway Sunday School
Buddy Artrip
John Mann
U.S
Public Commission
Geo. Helsley
White Hall
Green Spring
McCheering
George Helsley
Grimes
Universal Co. I. T. Credit Corporation
Frederick County Court House
International
Ebert
Coleman Dunn
G. G. Baker
Agt
Lienholder
Phillip C. Bowman
County Court House
James L. Bowman
Robert E. O’neal
Glaize
Chapman
Chapman Motor CO
W. Boscawen St
Lamp Motor CO
Smithfield Ave
Tommy D. Lockhart
Loudoun St
Order of
The
L & F Bargain Store
N. Cameron St
Omps Funeral Home
Buncutter Tire CO
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Henry T. Goode
Rouss Ave
J. W. Herreld
Og Rvitt
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