Local 4-H Agents Attend District Recreation Meeting
District recreation meeting in Northern Virginia gathered 4-H agents and club leaders from Clarke Frederick Rappahannock Shenandoah Loudoun Warren Rockingham areas. Attendees discussed youth recreation and song activities and learned new games for local groups.
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Virginia
Miss Farwell
Clarke County
Margaret Yowell
Il Jene Russell
Mary Ellen Tavener
Frederick County
Mary Whitacre
Edith Cather
Madeline B. Myers
John Wolfe
Rockingham County
Eva Minnix
Elizabeth Jones
H. T. Archer
Elizabeth Raines
Filennie Stultz
Virginia Gregory
Winchester
Hallie Hughes
Fareeee Recreation Council
World Day of Prayer Service Planned in Berryville
Berryville will observe the World Day of Prayer on Friday March 8 at 3 30 p m in the Presbyterian Church. Local church groups organize the service with participants from the community.
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World Day Prayer
Clarke
Berryvile
Berryville
Presbyterian Church
Answers to the Daily Quiz Quiz Prompts
Answers to the Daily Quiz printed: 1 A method of Ini debate La yore aomytanideae 3 eo ae 700000 Sarah Bernhardt. Muscular rigidity of the body after death follows, 7 The Mediterranean. 8 He will be a candidate. 9 The Good Earth. 10 The Anglo Egyptian Sudan.
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Sarah Bernhardt
Mediterranean
Sudan
Roanoke Youth Convicted in Salem Station Murder Death
Roanoke county circuit court jury found 20 year old Thomas Harrison guilty of the murder and robbery of Roby M. Daugherty, a Salem filling station night attendant, on January 9. The panel met for one hour and 35 minutes before returning the verdict. Judge Thurston L. Keister scheduled Harrison’s execution in the electric chair at the State Penitentiary in Richmond for Monday, May 20.
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Roanoke
Roanoke County
Thomas Harrison
Roby M. Daugherty
Salem
Thurston L. Keister
Harrison
State
Richmond
Veterans Administration reports Feb gains in disability pensions
Richmond VA offices announced a roughly 50 percent rise in World War II disability pension cases disposed of in February compared with January. The increase also appeared in hospital care education and vocational rehabilitation applications. Death pension cases pending grew from 888 at January end to 956 by February end.
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Richmond
Norfolk City Council Seeks Ferry System State Control
An emergency resolution adopted yesterday asks the State Highway Commission to acquire and permanently operate the Chesapeake Ferry Company ferries running Newport News to Pine Beach and Lee Beach to Old.
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Norfolk—City Council
State Highway Commission
Chesapeake Ferry Company
Newport News
Pine Beach
Lee Beach
Old
Howard University President Sees Russian Moral Superiority
Dr Mordecai Johnson told a Richmond conference that Russia in 20 years will prove its superiority not by war but by moral and intellectual merits. Also in Richmond, veterans resist farm work due to wage disparities, says State Agriculture Commissioner L M Walker Jr. The Virginia American Legion head reports plans for five WWII veterans in the state legislature to greet Winston Churchill.
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Richmond
Mordecai Johnson
Howard University
Russia
Cooler Weather Slowly Approaching From Two Directions
Cooler air moved toward the southeast from two fronts as milder temperatures lingered at spring levels. Readings reached the seventies into Pennsylvania and Ohio, with Buffalo at 41 and a line from east Texas to southern Iowa near Chicago curving toward southern Pennsylvania.
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Pennsylvania
Ohio
Buffalo
N. Y
Texas
Iowa
Chicago
Baby Beeves Sold At Virginia Market In Restored Sale
Two baby beeves raised by Breterick county 4-H Club members Roxanne and Sidney Rogers children of E Clay Rogers, were sold yesterday at the Virginia Livestock Market. A 700 pound calf sold to Bakers Restaurant for 20 dollars per hundred weight. A 1035 pound steer sold to Bogers Grocery on Berryville Avenue for 18.60 dollars per hundred.
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Breterick County
Roxanne
Sidney Rogers
E. Clay Rogers
Frederick County
Virginia
Baker’s Restaurant
Bogers Grocery
Berryville Avenue
Lawmakers revise road tax and pass anti-pollution measures
The House rewrites a road tax bill to curb long term blacklisting of strikers and trims re employment bans. The Senate approves a swift anti-pollution package with amendments to curb regulatory conflicts and combat coal mining objections. Other actions include teacher retirement funding, hospital care appropriations, and boiler inspection bills.
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House
Senate General Laws Committee
Senate
Campbell Ffrage Commission
Moore
State Water Control Board
Parking Meter and City Bus Service on Hollingsworth Property
The council acquired land on Senseney Road adjacent to the proposed Rouss Park to ease access to the recreation area and support baseball diamonds for returning servicemen. Council approved use of the land for recreation. work to layout diamonds to begin soon. The Apple Blossom Festival budget discussion led to authorized expenditures up to 1850 for police, economic, and recreation funds, to be reimbursed after July 1 from unexpended balances.
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Hollingsworth
Senseney
Rouss Park
Hobert
A.T. Hawthorne
E. E. Baker
Recreation Council
Glaize
Economic
Recreation Fund
Dr. Hawthorne
Charlesb. Baker
Washington Street
F P. Nelson
National Avenue
Hubert Cather
Greystone Terrace
W. W. Dellinger
Strother Lane
Fairmont Avenue
Winchester Research Laboratory
Armory
W. Alan Peery
J. T P. Kremer
L. B. Sirbaugh
W. A. Baker
National Guard
City Mana
Grass Fires Continue In Area
City fire crews responded to a grass fire alarm at 114 Avenue with no damage. Nearby Berryville reports two grass fire calls to the John H. Enders Fire Company from Luther Bell place and an orchard lot near Josephine Street, with no damage reported.
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Avenue
Berryville
John H. Enders Fire Company
Luther Bell Place
Josephine Street
School Headmaster Denies Charges
NORRISTOWN Pa March 6 The headmaster of a private coeducational military school closed by police after his arrest on moral charges denies improper contact with his girl pupils George W Balles Jr 33 told a Montgomery county court jury I never put my hands on them Balles ran the Warm inster Military Academy with his wife Laura 37 He is charged with rape contributing to the delinquency of minors open lewdness assault and battery and corrupting public morals Mrs Balles also faces moral counts Seven teen age children including girls 13 15 and 16 testified Balles acted indecently in their presence
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Norristown
Moral
George W. Balles, Jr
Montgomery County
Balles
Warminster Military Academy
Laura
Local Theater Fire Safety Under Scrutiny During Ticket Sales
Grant notes under prior agreement the National Guard senior officer and a council committee oversee building use. Fire committee reports Palace Theater ticket sales exhaust seats, risk exits, while Deputy Fire Marshall Bell says safety rules are followed.
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Ger S. Lee Grant
National Guard
Henry
Gates
Palace Theater
Peery
Bell
Ickes Testimony on Pauley and Oil Funds in Tideland Case
Senator Tydings pressed Ickes on Pauley's bid for Navy undersecretary and possible oil money links. Ickes recalled a 1944 proposition offering $300,000 from oil men and said he warned Roosevelt no oil man should lead the Democratic committee. He defended his past testimony as misinterpreted and noted California conservation measures might have saved Elk Hills oil.
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Tidelands
Ickes
Pauley
Roosevelt
Tydings
Democratic National Committee
Truman
California
Edwin W. Pauley
Navy
Elk Hills
Secretary of Interior
Senate Naval Committee
Churchill Warns of New Russian Threat Across Europe
Churchill warned that Soviet Russia and its international organization aim to expand influence from the Baltic to the Adriatic. He cited Russian control over Warsaw Berlin Prague Vienna Budapest Belgrade Bucharest Sofia and warned of quasi Communist inroads in Germany Italy and France. He urged urgent understanding with Russia under the United Nations to prevent a new war in 1946.
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Russia
Marshall Stalin
Europe
Baltic
Adriatic
Churchill
Warsaw
Berlin
Prague
Vienna
Budapest
Belgrade
Bucharest
Sofia
Moscow
Germany
Italy
France
Soviet Union
United Nations Organization
Churchill Speech Marked by Truman Intro in Fulton
A speech delivered in Fulton Missouri featured former Prime Minister Churchill speaking as a private citizen while being introduced by President Truman. The text notes a Soviet claim of incorporating the Kuriles and southern Sakhalin into Russia under a Yalta framework not ratified by the United Nations.
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Kuriles
Sea of Okhitsk
Sakhalin
Russia
Yalta
United Nations
Churchill
Fulton
Truman
Divorce Suit Seeks Marital Bonds Break in Brick Court
In Brick Virginia Circuit Court on February 12 1946 Ralph W Judy petitions for divorce from Erna D Judy on the ground of two year desertion. Defendant nonresident ordered to appear within ten days after due publication to protect her interest. Clerk N Whitacre signs.
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Circuit Court OF
Brick
Virginia
Ralph W. Judy
IN Chancery
Erna. D. Judy
N. Whitacre
Churchill’s speech seen unlikely to trigger official action
The text notes limited belief that Churchill's Commons address would spur government moves on policy. Observers expect the United States to steer global focus toward actions it views as violations of the United Nations charter, rather than an Anglo-American military decision.
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Palace
Commons
Churchill
His
United States
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