J Hugh Thomas of Berryville Dies in Winchester Hospital
J Hugh Thomas of Berryville died this morning at Winchester Memorial hospital after a recent stay. Born in Berryville he was son of the late George C Thomas and Eliza Jane Smith Thomas. He worked for a southern railroad twenty five years before returning to Berryville in 1933 to work in his brother George B Thomas heating and plumbing office. He was never married. He is survived by two brothers and two sisters, with funeral arrangements not yet set.
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Hugh Thomas
Berrywile
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Winchester
Berryville
George C. Thomase
Eliza Jane Smith Thomas
Maryland
Thomas
George B Thomas
George
H. G. Thomas
Norfolk
H. C. Thomas
Panama Canal Zone
Misess
Alice B
Ollie M. Thomas
Church Refuses Dispensation for Royal Wedding
An informant close to the Vatican says the Catholic Church has refused to grant a dispensation for the marriage of Mihai of Romania and Princess Anne under Mihai’s terms. Hope for a solution remains.
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Rome
Vatican
Catholic Church
Mihai
Romania
Anne
Answers to Daily Quiz from Orville Page 4
Correct responses include Dresden Germany interpreting dreams Thomas Alva Edison India Mississippi one eleventh in volume an anthropoid ape No war booty color vision remains unsolved yet the eye distinguishes colors by mechanisms not fully known.
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Orville
Dresden
Germany
Thomas Alva Edison
India
Mississippi
Clarke County Proposes 34 Cent School Levy Increase
The Clarke county budget for the year ending June 30, 1949 calls for $379,142.50 in school expenditures with a $11,000 rise in teacher salaries to $114,000. A public meeting is set for April 5 at 10 a.m. to hear citizen views on raising the local tax levy from $1.75 to $2.09 per $100 of valuation.
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Clarke County
Board of Supervisors
Delegates Favor Referendum on School Cost Bill
In Richmond on March 5 the House of Delegates approved by 72 to 15 a referendum measure for November asking if the state should assume the entire cost of the school system except maintenance and local upkeep. The body also passed a cosmetics examiners board bill and related measures. The Senate backed a felony provision against advocating violent overthrow and approved $250,000 for an alcoholism clinic at the Medical College of Virginia using general funds.
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Richmond
House of Delegates
Senate
House
General Laws
Cambles
Medical College of Virginia
House General Laws Committee
John B. Boatwright
Buckingham
Virginia
Crockett
H. H. Adams
Northampton
Staunton
Senate Finance Committee
Raymond R. Guest
Bayard
Yeates-McCue
Vic
E. Blackburn Moore
Senate Finance
House Finance Committee
Sens
Clarke
Stephens
Stuart
Sen
Ted Dalton
Radford
Dalton
Gottwald Refutes Plan to Oust Benes Over Illness
Prague dispatch reports Premier Gottwald's office denying any move to replace President Benes due to illness. Frantisek Necasek says Benes is very tired and no replacement or successor is considered, actions to follow the constitution. Benes, a 1946 seven year president, could be replaced only if unable to work for six months by cabinet vote and parliamentary election.
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Prague
Klement Gottwald
Benes
Frantisek Necasek
Truman Would End War Assets Agency
President Truman asked Congress to wind up the War Assets Administration by June 30. Remaining domestic surplus war property would transfer to the Federal Works Agency, with about 5.4 billion of the original 40 billion dollars still to be disposed of at home by June 3.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
War Assets Administration
Federal Works Agency
Virginia House Passes Several Bills Amid Labor Fight
The Virginia House moved on several measures including bills to tax interstate freight carriers and reduce licenses for intrastate carriers. Debates touched labor unions under the 1919 anti monopoly law and licensure changes for undertakers and embalmers.
Cities Using Postal Zone Numbers Reach 123 in U S
The Post Office Department states that 123 cities across the United States are now using postal zone numbers. This marks a nationwide expansion of zone-based mail routing within the system.
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B. A
Post Office Department
United States
Softball Light Fund Reaches 2000 in Subscription Drive
Dick Richard announces progress on the public subscription for lighting a softball diamond and bleachers at the Senseng Road area. The goal is 5500 for lights and 2500 for bleachers, with 2000 raised so far including a 200 donation from the Winchester Elks. drive runs through March while membership questions address Alcoholics Anonymous.
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Dick Richard
Senseng Road
Winchester Elks
Richard
Farm Auction Listings March and April Schedule
A sequence of sale notices lists bidders and items at rural properties. Each entry provides date time location and goods including livestock machinery household goods and antiques across multiple farms near Winchester Charles Town Capon Bridge White Hall and surrounding roads.
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Ervin Hull
Nain
Cedar Grove Road
Chas. E. Householder
Delmar Robinson
Merriman’s Lane
Winchester
Frank Jackson
Woodberry Farm
Charles Town
Kearneysville
Wilbert Pugh
Capon Bridge
Ridge Road
Va.w. Va
Amos Hoff
Boyce
Henry Shirley
U. S
Samuel Hart
White Hall
J. T. Mowery
Stephens City
White Post Road
Leslie Lucas
Hayfield
Geo
Helsley
Edgar Marple
Presbyterians Campaign Structure Details
Presbyterians canvass structure outlined with leaders and divisions. Campaign manager Stine oversees major men's division with 33 teams, major women's division with 12 circles and 63 teams, and major Sunday school division with 16 teams. other leaders include Phil H. Sprenkle and Mrs. T. Russell Cather.
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Tion To Stine
Phil H. Sprenkle
T. Russell Cather
Russell Joyce
Virginia Debates Party Name Change Amid Civil Rights Clash
Virginia leaders clash over adopting a national party name to support civil rights measures. Denny accuses Washington powers of courting fringe voters, while Col. Francis Pickens Miller urges staying in the Democratic fold. Richmond figures Ada Clark Cornelia Adair Mary B. Riley and others speak for and against the bill.
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Denny
Washington
Virginia
Francis Pickens Miller
Charlottesville
Fairfax
Adele Clark
Cornelia Adair
Richmond
Mary B. Riley
Avon
League of Women Voters
J. David Markham
National Council of Jewish Women
H. L. Kilz
Arlington Civic Federation
Albert A
Virginia Civil Rights Speakers Endorsement Panel
Caretta of Arlington and a coalition including Howard H. Davis for the Richmond Committee for Civil Rights and the Commonwealth League spoke with Dr. L. Ransome of Richmond and others. Delegates and judges such as Guy Hazelgrove, W Taylor Murphy, and J Segar Gravatt also took part in backing the bill.
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Richmond County
J. Segar Gravatt
Blackstone
How Price Supports Parity Works for Farmers
The article explains parity as the ratio between farm prices and the goods farmers buy, using wheat as an example. It describes government actions when prices fall below parity, including CCC purchases or loans at 1.80 per bushel, and notes past losses while noting which crops qualify for price support and which do not.
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Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Congress
Distress Warrant Sale For Rent In Winchester Va
A distress warrant for rent in the Civil and Police Justice Court Winchester Va directs a cash sale to satisfy rent costs. The sale will occur in front of the Frederick County Court House and involves the case W H Cark versus Fred T Presgraves.
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Civil and Police Justice Court
Winchester
W H. Cark
Fred T. Presgraves
Frederick County Court House
Government price support program began in 1933 at parity
The government started its price support program in 1933 for basic commodities, set at between 52 and 75 percent of parity in its initial phase. The text then notes wartime measures to encourage production and stabilization.
Government raises price support to 90 percent parity for selected items
The government sets a 90 percent parity price support for No. 1 farm commodities, a wartime boost that ends December 31 unless Congress extends it. The program aims to aid farmers with higher guaranteed prices, pending legislative action.
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Congress
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War Assets Agency
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Brancocn
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DE Soto
Champman Motor CO
W. Boscawen St
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N. Loudoun St
Jones
N. Braddock St
Henry T. Goode
American Health Insurance Corp
District Agr
Dial
Reuss Ave
C. Ridgely
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Jess R. Kiracofe, Jr
Woodberry
Lutom
Bardane Road
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Chattanooga Barshear
Oliver Barshear
Preston Engle
H. C. Mullen
G. E. Vickers
Julian Glasscock
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