Fire Fighters Still Kept Busy Answering Calls
Fire crews remained active after a string of grass fires across the area. Berryville units tackled a 20 acre blaze at the A F Rees farm near Rt 7 threatening a barn while Clearbrook and Stephens City firefighters responded to fires at White Hall Brucetown and Ft Loudoun Apartments. Investigations by T B Rosenberger aim to determine causes and any brush burn law violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Miller
Berryville
A. F. Rees
Rt. 7
Clearbrook
H. R. Mills
Stephens City Fire Co
Opequon
Sarah Brown
Little Mountain
Rosen DeHaven
White Hall
Walter T. Anderson
Brucetown
T. B. Rosenberger
Cars Damaged In Two Car Collision Here
About 85 dollars in damage resulted from a two car collision at 1 30 p m yesterday. A 1947 Ford driven by Mrs Jessie I Root of Addison New York was pulling from a curb when it struck a 1936 Studebaker driven by Gilbert Franklin Dove of N Loudoun Street. Local police reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Jessie I. Root
Addison, N. Y
Studebaker
Gilbert Franklin" Dove
N. Loudoun St
Winchester Cavalry Muster Led by Henry Tucker in War of 1812
Henry st George Tucker of Winchester raised a cavalry company and drilled it for active service. Governor Barbour rejected the offer, but an 1813 General Order acknowledged the tender while noting enemy movements. Soon after, Tucker was told his company was needed as British forces reached Old Point Comfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry St. George Tucker
Winchester
Richmond
Tucker
Gov. Barbour
Norfolk
Old Point Comfort
Budget Fight Over Teacher Pay Sparks Virginia Senate Debate
Virginia Education Association urged the Senate Finance Committee to keep the $1,000,000 set for extra teacher pay in the budget. They praised the $2,000 minimum but warned poorer counties could lose raises without funding. Arlington’s William A. Early argued extra funds would improve qualified teacher availability. The committee warned of a deficit and adjourned in private session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia Education Assn
Senate Finance Committee
House of Delegates
William A. Early
Arlington County
VEA
Finance Committee
House
Robert O. Norris
Senate
Virginia House of Delegates
Author Called As Spy Witness Before House Panel
Victor Kravchenko author of I Chose Freedom testified before the House un American Activities Committee about alleged diplomacy policy abuses. FBI undercover witness George Dietze described Communist activity in Pittsburgh and named hundreds of Communist meetings at his music studio and jewelry shop. A Republican member urged obtaining similar witnesses from Chicago Detroit Cleveland and San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Victor Kravchenko
House S Hunters
House un-American Activities Committee
Kravchenko
FBI
Pittsburgh
George Dietze
Dietze
Matthew Cyetic
Representative Welde
R-Tll
Cvetic
Chicago
Detroit
Cleveland
San Francisco
Velde
Lew Lehr, Newsreel Comedian, Dies at 54
Lew Lehr, famed as a newsreel comedian with his line monkeys is the craziest people, died yesterday in Brookline Mass at age 54. A Philadelphia native, he lived in New Canaan Conn with his wife Anna Leonhardt and had 21 years in musical comedy and vaudeville before appearing in Fox Movietone newsreels as a commentator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookline
Mass
Lew Lehr
Philadelphia
Lehr
New Canaan
Resident to Build Several Bungalows in County
Clinton L. Ritter receives permits for three 6 room ranch style bungalows on Bellview Ave at an estimated 7000 dollars each. Paul D. Brooks of Rt. 2 Winchester plans a 5 room bath semi bungalow on Feather Bed Lane costing 6000 dollars. Russell H. and Nannie C. Lamp of Winchester Rt. 3 will build a 4 room bath bungalow off Rt. 11a, Kerns town, for 2500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton L. Ritter
Bellview Ave
Paul D. Brooks
Rt. 2
Winchester
Feather Bed Lane
Russell H. and
Nannie C. Lamp
Winchester Rt. 3
Rt. 11
Kernstown
Teens Nabbed by Winchester Police at Bus Terminal
Winchester police detained two runaway boys from Alexandria, aged 14 and 15, at the Greyhound Bus terminal yesterday morning. They held them until a father arrived last night to take them home. Officers said both had tickets to El Paso, Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Alexandria
Greyhound
el Paso Texas
Charles Cain
Sweden accuses Russia of seizing Swedish fishing ships
Sweden charges Russia with boarding and forcing the trawlers Marion and Larex to Russian ports well outside declared waters. Foreign Minister Oe sten Unden says the issue is a principle matter and will be discussed after crews are questioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Sweden
Russia
Baltic
Oesten Unden
Actval
Marion
Larex
Pistol Point
Anden
Wheat is Measured for 1950 Farm Support Eligibility
Eleven reporters are in Frederick County wheat fields to verify eligibility for the 1950 support price. County PMA Secretary Robert Dailey says farmers must cooperate with ground measurements to stay within their assigned quotas. Measurements began last month and should finish by April across 673 farms totaling 8475 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Robert Dailey
PMA
J. L. Hershman
Star Tannery
A. F. Lillard
British Troops Enter German Steel Plant Amid Dismantling Protests
British troops with light armored cars occupied a section of the Hermann Goering steel works in Brunswick to quell protests against dismantling of potential war plants. Demonstrators overturned cars, tore down scaffolding and burned records at a British dismantling firm yesterday as the clash marked the sharpest challenge to Allied orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Germany
Hermann Goering Steel Works
Republican to Speak Pearisburg
Former Illinois congressman Calvin D. Johnson will address a Republican gathering in Pearisburg. Johnson, a veteran GOP figure, is slated to speak at a local event highlighting party activities and upcoming campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearisburg
Calvin D. Johnson
Ilinois
Lewis Gains May Be Used as Lever in Other Industries
Washington reports John L. Lewis won wage gains for coal miners that could become a lever for raise bids in other sectors. The United Mine Workers offered a million dollar loan to aid CIO United Auto Workers in pressuring Chrysler and General Motors for concessions, signaling a broader wage spiral and potential price increases across industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
CIO
United Auto Workers
Chrysler
General Motors
Truman
Philip Murray
Steel Fact-Board
Murray
No Comment Offered on Naming Of Byrd Opponent
President Truman announced the nomination of a 57 year old Richmond attorney active in Virginia Democratic Party leadership to challenge Senator Harry F. Byrd in Virginia. Virginia leaders offered no comment, recalling the Roberts bench fight, with Byrd opposing Roosevelt. Hutchinson said he is grateful for the recognition and did not expect Byrd to oppose him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Richmond
Virginia
Democratic Party
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Battle
Byrd
Roosevelt
Floyd H. Roberts
Bristol
Hutchinson
Edwin S. Davis
The
Trade Commission
Francis Pickens Miller
Democracy
Democratic Movement
South
Doctor Sander Trial Says Air Injection Not Fatal
Harvard pathologist Dr Hermann N Sander testified that injecting 49 cubic centimeters of air could not have killed Mrs Abbie Borreto. He said between 200 and 300 CCs would be needed to cause death, countering prosecution claims of air embolism from the injections. The defense noted earlier estimates and heard wife Alice Sander describe his dedication to patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester, N. H
Harvard
Hermann N. Sander
Abbie Borreto
Dr. Sander
Richard Ford
Department of Legal Medicine
Ford
Borreto
Sander
Alice
Ralph E. Langdell
William L. Phinney
325 Couples Get Marriage Licenses During Past Month
City Clerk Peyton Marshall reports 213 licenses issued by February 1950, with 89 in January and 124 in February, totaling 325 couples licensed to wed in Winchester. County records show 141 by February, up from January 112, keeping pace but behind the 1949 two‑month total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Peyton Marshall
Lee N. Whitacre
W. Boscawen
Winchester man sent to hospital after guilty plea
Joseph Robert Cather Jr of Winchester pleaded guilty in Warren County Circuit Court to two indictments for assault at a gas station and felonious assault with a loaded pistol on Jan 26 1950. He was committed to Southwest State Hospital for observation. The court also heard testimony from Ada May Hudson who identified Cather at the gas station north of Cedarville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Robert Cather Jr
Winchester
Warren County
Southwest State Hospital
Elliott Marshall
Ada May Hudson
William J. Phillips
William C. Armstrong, Jr
Cather
District Probation and Parole Office
Pennsylvania
Chen Cheng Nominated Premier by Chiang Kai-shek
Gen. Chen Cheng, 52, described as a pint-sized foe of Communism, was nominated premier of Nationalist China by President Chiang Kai-shek. The choice followed reports of Communist desertions in Kwangtung and signaled a likely cabinet shakeup if confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taipei
Formosa
Chen Cheng
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Chen
Legislative Yuan
Kwangetung
Burma
Joseph Stilwell
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Tokyo
Chiang
Coplon and Gubitchev Convicted by Federal Jury
Judith Coplon and Valentin Gubitchev were found guilty of conspiracy and attempted espionage by a federal jury in New York. Both await sentencing at 10:30 a.m. Thursday. Coplon faces up to 25 years and a $10,000 fine, Gubitchev up to 15 years and a $20,000 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coplon
New York
Judith Coplon
Valentin A. Gubitchev
Soviet Russia
Brunette
Miss Coplon
FBI
Gubitchev
Washington, D. C
U. S
Misa Coplon
United States
Soviet Declaration
Moscow
Abraham L. Pomerantz
Russian Says Fuchs Case Buta Starter
A. Kravchenko, once a Russian official, testifies to the House Un American Activities Committee that the Fuchs case is only a prelude to many bitter surprises for the United States and Western powers about Soviet espionage. He hints at broader secrets and ongoing spy activity during the war era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Victor A. Kravchenko
Fuchs
United States
Kravchenko
House
UN Activities Committee
Russia
Klaus Fuchs
Atvedenko
England
Five day Virginia weather outlook and notes of thanks
Five day outlook shows rain on Rona Wednesday and Sunday with one third to two thirds inch totals. Expect milder Wednesday and colder Thursday and Friday, then above normal Saturday and Sunday. Temperature average near normal. Card of thanks expresses gratitude for sympathy and acts of kindness after bereavement from Mrs. Jack Sporein dated 3 7 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Rona
Jack Sporein
Fire and Dust Hit Plains States
Fire and dust storm terrorizes the plains with high winds creating dust clouds over thousands of acres. Visibility drops to half a mile in parts of Kansas and New Mexico as debris and memories of past black blizzards resurface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Plains States
War
New Mexico
Kansas
Scout Parley At Church Hosts District Round Tables
Scout event at Ivy Room features Cub Scouters round table presided by District Moore. Pack 70 Kernstown and Pack 2 Winchester participate in a dramatization Cubmaster Meets with Den Chiefs. Boy Scouters, Explorers rounds include demonstrations, films, and an open forum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church Ivy Room
Moore
Cub Scouters Round Table
Pack
Kernstown
Jack Calkin
Winchester
Boy Scouters
E. B. Cooper
Harold Teets
Fred Rinard
Fred
A . Ie
Steve
Basil Starkey
William F. Baylor Jr
Herman Lee
Leis and
Gilescussion
V. F. W. Meeting and Legion Session Notice
Tomorrow night at 8 at Clubroom 32 Rouss Ave vote on officers and refreshments to follow. Legion meeting postponed with brief message by Charles Kessler and post meeting refreshments at Legion Home. All Legionnaires urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rouss Ave
Legion
Kessler
Legion Home
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Finance Group
Red
Norman Walker
John Pond
Jack Leahy
Willian Jones
Brooklyn
International
Mr. Armstrong
Cheng
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