Manhunt Follows Bank Robbery and Shooting in Winchester Area
Police mobilized all available officers in Frederick County for a daylight manhunt after a holdup and shooting at a Bunker Hill service station. Clinton Johnson, 64, operator of Republic Service Station on Route 11, was wounded and in serious condition at Winchester hospital. One suspect, a deaf mute about 25, was described. another man was detained and brought in by state police.
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Frederick County
Bunker Hill
Clinton Johnson
Republic
R. 11
Winchester Hospital
Warren Rudolph
Winchester
Restchurch
W. Va
E. B. Roush
J. Thomas Boyd
Robert DeHaven
Rudolph
Edgar Roberts
Johnson
Roberts
Stephens City: From Steph ensburg to a thriving town
The 1758 General Assembly created a 900 acre tract owned by Lewis Stephens into the town of Stephensburg in Frederick County. It was the second town established there after Winchester, with lots laid out and land attached. Col James Wood helped block Steph ensburg as county seat, and the settlement later became Newtown and finally Stephens City, now prospering.
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General Assembly
Lewis Stephens
Stephensburg
Frederick County
Winchester
Stephens
Col
James Wood
Lord Fairfax
Newtown
Stephens City
Cherry orchard to start picking June 29 at 85c per gallon
Sour cherries will begin picking on Wednesday June 29 at 85 cents per gallon from Nicodemus Cherry Orchard. Also notes stock auction Saturday July 2 at 11 a.m. in front of the Court House with listed shares. A Middletown Strsburg game slated Thursday 8:15 p.m. Admission 50 cents. Yard party at Pleasant Valley E U B church Thursday night June 30 to aid the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Cold Storage
Apple Storage
Farmers & Merchants National Bank
Shen
Valley Nat. Bank
E. T. Snider
Coleman Dunm
Pleasant Valley
Doctor Refuses Partial Amnesia in Scott Murder Trial
Roanoke June 30 A doctor testified that partial amnesia is unlikely and that if Scott recalls some details of the fatal church kitchen struggle he could remember all. The coroner said memory could be complete, not a mind switch. Scott remembered meeting the girl and the struggle but not the killing until next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Lee Scott
Dana Marie Weaver
Charles M. Irvin
T. Warren Messick
Irvin
Scott
Messick
Commonwealth
C. E. Cuddy
Trial Justice
Overseas Farmers Tour Visits Rosemont Orchard in Virginia
A group of about 100 farmers from 18 Asiatic and European counties toured Clarke county stopping in Paw Paw Winchester and Charles Town as part of a three state journey. They viewed the Consolidated Orchard Co. plant met Virginia Farm Bureau leaders and heard remarks from Dr. Andre Borel Swiss Farmers Union president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Rosemont
U. S
Harry Byrd
Clarke County
West Virginia
Maryland
Paw Paw
Lions Club
Consolidated Orchard Co
Henry W. Miller Jr
Baltimore & Ohio
Blue Ridge Transportation Co
Winchester
George’ Washington
National Fruit Product Co
Beverley Byrd
Virginia Farm Bureau
H. G. Blalock
M. A. Hubbard
J. C. Zirkle
Shenandoah Farm Bureau
M. J. Pease
Frederick
Shepherdstown
Montgomery
College Park
Washington
Andre Borel
Swiss Farmers Union
Blalock
Byrd
John Livingood
Sam Davis
Clarence Singhass
Raleigh Cook
William Neurdenberg
Typist Who Shot Waitkus Adjudged Insane
Ruth Ann Steinhagen the 19 year old admirer who shot Eddie Waitkus was adjudged insane and committed to Kankakee State hospital in Chicago. She appeared in Felony court with the injured first baseman and after pledges she was bound over to the grand jury. The indictment followed quickly as Waitkus faced her in a wheelchair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Eddie Waitkus
Kankakee State Hospital
Ruth Ann Steinhagen
James J. McDermott
Criminal Court
Waitkus
Amon Strosnider Retires From Winchester Police Force
Amon Strosnider, 74, of 317 S Loudoun St retires today after 23 years on the Winchester police force. Chief J Thomas Boyd lauds his faithful service. Strosnider began with the police in 1926 under Chief M A Doran and worked mostly in the business district. He is survived by two daughters and a son from his first marriage and his present wife Ethel Windle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amon Strosnider
S. Loudoun St
J. Thomas Boyd
Strosnider
Mr. Strosnider
Frederick County
Winchester
M. A. Doran
Doran
Ernest C. Dove
Edward B. Hinkins
Boyd
Clayton Hollis
John Gordon
Cedar Creek Valley
Gravel Springs
Simon and
Mary Brill Strosnider
Strasburg
Strasnider
Ethel Windle
Howard Schindel
W. Cork St
Bessie
Miami
Fila
Nating
Cain
Patterson Ave
Denny Slane
R. Claycomb
Winchester R-1
Police Start 3 shift 8 hour day two promote sergeants
Police Chief J Thomas Loyd announced a new eight hour shift system with three daily shifts starting at midnight. Two patrolmen were promoted to sergeant Emory Rodgers and Robert Boyce will lead midnight to 8 am and parking meter traffic duties respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Thomas Loyd
Emory Rodgers
Charles St
Robert Boyce
Kerr St
Rodgers
Lester Shickle
Wilmer Comer
James Claycomb
Eugene Russell Jr
Boyd
F. M. Funk
Warren Rudolph
Boyce
Ernest Dove
Edward Hinkins
Robert Lowery
Joseph Ritter
Warren Fogle
George Soward
Ernest Stotler
Clarence Cain
Maurice Lake
Miners Put on 3 day Week By Lewis
John L. Lewis ordered soft coal miners east of the Mississippi to work a three day week starting Tuesday to ease strains. Miners west of the river face no three day limit and must work Monday through Friday with no Saturday production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
John L. Lewis
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Senate Panel Backs Cuts to Federal Excise Taxes
The Senate finance committee voted 7 to 6 to restore excise taxes to 1942 levels on items including theater tickets jewelry luggage travel tickets and photographic equipment. The Johnson rider would implement these cuts while a companion House bill seeks floor action via a petition.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Beet Johnson
D-Cole
Capitol
Martin
R-Mass
GOP
Ways and Means Committee
Johnson
Senate
Berryville Chosen for Merged Clarke County High School Site
A state committee recommended locating the consolidated Clarke County high school on 26 acres in Berryville owned by the school board. The land was praised for location drainage and desirability with Berryville as the sole favored site. other options were considered at length.
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G. Tyler Miller
Housing Measure Voted 228-185 in G.O.P. House Victory
The House passed a multi billion dollar housing bill as part of President Truman's Fair Deal by 228 to 185 after a six day debate. Support came from 193 Democrats, 34 Republicans, and one American Labor party member with 131 Republicans and 54 Democrats opposing. The bill authorizes grants and loans over 40 years totaling more than 14 billion for slum clearance, public housing, and farm housing aids. The final roll call on the public housing portion was 209 to 204 in favor of the administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Truman
Senate
Republicaie Kreumann
Ward fall-winter catalogue enacts deepest price cuts since 1938
Montgomery Ward's fall and winter catalogue announces steep reductions across categories. Women and misses coats drop 4 to 30 percent, furniture 10 to 15 percent, and men's work clothing 32 to 20 percent. Building materials also marked down including oak flooring 29 percent, kitchen cabinets 21 percent, shingles 12 percent, and paint 15 percent.
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Chicago
Montgomery Ward
Paint Cut 9 Per Cent
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co announces a nine percent price reduction on paints varnishes enamels and paint brushes as the first major producer to act The top quality exterior house paint faces a notable cut reaching 87 cents a gallon or about 15 percent at retail with base price near $5 per gallon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co
Senate Votes to Preserve Taft Labor Legislation
The Senate passed the Taft labor bill 51 to 42 with 17 Democrats joining 34 Republicans. The body rejected an effort to nullify all State union shop laws, voting 53 to 41 against a New England Republican amendment. Final skirmishes ended the 1949 labor battle as the administration’s repeal effort teetered toward veto. The AFL and CIO had withdrawn support, preferring the Taft Hartley framework. Continued on Page 11 Col. 4.
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Washington
Senate
Baldwin
Conn
New
Lucas
Illinois
Taft
Ohio
White House
Congress
AFL
CIO
DuPont Empire Sued to Break Up Trust
Attorney General Tom Clark filed a Sherman and Clayton anti trust suit in U S District Court Chicago seeking to dismantle the Du Pont industrial empire. The suit aims to divest E I DuPont de Nemours Co from General Motors and to force a release of family holdings in United States Rubber, Christiana Securities and Delaware Realty. Defendants include E I DuPont de Nemours General Motors U S Rubber Christiana Securities Delaware Realty and the Du Pont family.
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Washington
Tom Clark
Dupont
U. S. District Court
Chicago
E. I. DuPont de Nemours Co
Wilmington
Del
General Motors Corp
Detroit
DuPont Family
United States Rubber Co
New York
E. I. DuPont de Nemours
General Motors
U. S, Rubber
Christiana Securities Co
Delaware Realty and Investment Corp
Pierre 8S. DuPont
Lammot DuPont
Pierre, Lammot
Irenee DuPont
U. S. Rubber
Christiana Securities
Delaware Realty
Army Corp
Clark
Christiana and
Justice Department
Food Prices Edge Higher In Some Staples Ahead Of Holiday
Price shifts in the week before the holiday show lamb cuts down a few cents per pound in some stores while beef pork and veal hold steady. Poultry and eggs ease slightly in some markets. dairy and produce mostly steady with drought and heat altering lettuce tomatoes and berries. Wholesale index climbs to 5.69 per pound from last week while remaining below last year.
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Associated Press
Produce Department
California
Seaboard
Florida
American Institute of Food Distribution
New York
Canada
Maine
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Maryland
New England
Institute
Pacific Northwest
Agriculture Department
Dun & Bradstreet
Jury Finds Coplon Guilty on Federal Spy Counts
Judith Coplon convicted on both counts of espionage for Russia. Jury verdict delivered after nearly 27 hours of deliberation. sentence set for 9 a.m. tomorrow. Coplon, 28, faces trial in New York on conspiracy charges with Valentine Gubitchev.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judith Coplon
Russia
Albert L. Reeves
Archibald
Roser
Andrew H. Norford
Norford
Miss Coplon
New York
Valentine A. Gubitchev
FBI
United States
Raymond P. Wheary
Justice Department Criminal Division
Hiss Defense Rests Its Case at Trial
The defense rested as Judge Kaufman barred psychiatrist Dr. Carl Binger from testifying about the mental state of Whitaker Chambers accuser. Prosecutor Murphy says about ten brief rebuttal witnesses are planned for the remaining trial phase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Kaufman
Whittaker Chambers
Hiss
Carl Binger
Cornell University Medical College
Chambers
Binger
Lloyd Paul Stryker
U. S
Thomas F. Murphy
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Everard Kidder Meade
Doctor
Overseas Farmers Tour
Michael Brodkin
George Biber
Peters Studio
Berryville
Gol
House Senate
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Bulletin
Judith Coplom
DuPont Empire
As Trust
U.S
Ower Clark
Oregon
Currys of
Cresthaven
Brucetown
Our Bank
Farmers & ME National Bank
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