War Memorial Assn Seeks Lot Frontage for Building
A Winchester Frederick War Memorial Association delegation urged the county board for a 75 foot frontage on Boscawen Street adjoining city property for a memorial building. They reported about 70000 in U S Savings Bonds and projected 150000 needed for the structure. Hospital and fire fund requests were touched but no action taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
U. S
White and Brumback
Winchester Memorial Hospital Building Fund
Antion
Clearbrook
Stephens City
Middletown
W. H. Lawrence
Ed P.E. Lineburg
Frederick County
Ducking Stool and Excavation Payment in 1746 Order Book
In the 1746 Frederick County court order book two entries dated December 2 mention payments to Marquis Calmes for erecting a ducking stool and to William McMahen for digging and stone-wall work for a ducking stool. The note adds historical context on ducking stools first established in Virginia in 1662 to punish women who gossiped.
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Frederick County Court
Marquis Calmes
Fredericksburg
William McMahen
Virginia
General Assembly
Winchester Gun Club
Winchester Canton NO. 18
Sunnyside
Harry S . SR
Winchester Volunteer Fire
Friendship Hall
Taylor Barr
Festival Mass Meeting Set For March 19
The Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival will hold its citizen mass meeting at 8 p m on Friday March 19 in the George Washington hotel meeting room. President H Delmer Robinson announces the event aimed at informing the public and out of town friends about plans for this spring’s extravaganza. More than 300 people are expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah
George Washington
H. Delmer Robinson
Shenandoah Valley
Arrests at Record Pace in City for Early 1948
Drunkenness drives police action as city arrests reach 216 year to date through February, nearly matching 1947's record. In February 29 charges were filed, with 157 parking tickets issued and 10 arrests for petit larceny. Seven colored and 21 white individuals were held in the lock-up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Rudolph
J. Thomas Boyd
Electric Power Reaches 7 of 10 Farms in Area
Northern Virginia Power Co reports that 70 percent of farms in its Virginia counties are connected to electric lines at 1947 year end. Bowen says the PE System aims to lift service to about 93 percent of farms in its territory by year end with a 750 thousand dollar fund for 1948 line projects.
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Virginia
Northern
Va. Power Co
U.S. Census Bureau
NVP
A.J. Bowen
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Bowen
United States
Potomac Edison
Finland Weighs Soviet Negotiations in Moscow
Finland names Premier Mauno Pekkala and delegates to hold talks in Moscow on a friendship and assistance pact with the Soviet Union. Foreign Minister Enckell to co chair. Most parties back talks but oppose a military alliance, warning of entering the Eastern bloc.
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Helsinki
Permier Mauno M. Pekkala
Runaia
Moscow
Finland
Carl J. A. Enckell
Soviet Union
Pekkala
Socialist Union Party
Democratic Union
State Council
Foreign Office
Paasikivi
Czechoslovakia
Russia
Explosion at Tsingtao Destroys City Block
A Chinese ammunition dump exploded at Tsingtao leveling a city block and causing 250 casualties. About 100 people were killed. U S Navy sources said the blast occurred just before noon within half a mile of docks where the USS Estes and the hospital ship Repose are tied up. Tsingtao serves as the base for the U S Navy's far Western fleet.
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Shanghai
Tsingtao
U. S. Navy
Estes
Navy
Repose
Truman MacArthur In Presidential Race
General MacArthur publicly seeks the Republican nomination while President Truman declines pursuit of the Democratic bid. The pair of declarations comes as New Hampshire holds the first delegate voting for the national conventions, placing MacArthur among top GOP figures Dewey Taft Stassen Warreen.
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Jack Bell
Washington
General MacArthur
Truman
Tokyo
New Hampshire
Philadelphia
MacArthur
GOP
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Earl Warreen
California
Handley High School to Stage April 2 Band Concert
Handley high school presents a 49 piece band under Gayland Strance on April 2 in the school auditorium. The program features pieces like Amparita Roca and Romantic overture with a 50 cent admission toward new instruments. The concert also promotes future parades and features duel for the baritone solo in Student Prince.
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Handley High School
Gayland Strance
Handley
Amparita Roca
Jack Barnhart
Jay Lowden
Prince
Handley Marching Band
Virginia Marco
Bruce McFadden
Betty Lou McFarland
Hilda Taylor
Dick Kremer
Peggy Long
Ronald Adams
Doris Shickle
Tommy Rathman
Thelma Sullivan
Joann Smith
Jim Marco
Lee Rathman
Betty
Eugene Russell
Frank Galloday
Raymond Dick
al Slaughter
Phil Slaughter
Lewis O’connell
Robert Hawkins
Courtney Santman
James Miller
Sam McFadden
Enzia Salomon
Richard Duncan
Marvin Hutchinson
Finis Danley
Ronald Willey
Lewis Ebert
Jack Sheetz
Eugene Adams
Gaunt
Lowdon
James
Barnhart
Hutchinson
Allstate
Bettie Smith and Husband Isom Die Within Days
In WELEETA Oklahoma Bettie Smith 76 died last Friday. Her 77 year old husband Isom predicted he would not live beyond three days and died at 6 p.m. an hour before her funeral. Double services were held for the couple.
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Weleeta
Okla
Bettie Smith
Isom
Five Day Virginia Weather Forecast Aligns With Seasonal Norms
The forecast for March 10 to 14 in Virginia shows near normal temperatures with a dip on Wednesday. little change through Saturday, then warmer Sunday. Rain or snow expected tonight and early Wednesday, and again Thursday night into Friday, with total precipitation around two-thirds of an inch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Pingley & Carper
Patton Chosen Commander of VFW Post
Harold D. Patton elected commander of Winchester VFW Post 2123 will take office May 1. Officers include Glenn Seabright senior vice commander A P Barnhart junior vice commander Richard Eddy quartermaster Dr Leon Slavin surgeon George Taylor chaplain and Marshall Kremer judge advocate.
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Glenn W. Seabright
A. P. Barnhert
Richard K. Eddy
Leon Slavin
George Taylor
Marshall Kremer
Butler
Dowell Fogel
Jacob Marple
Patton
Lucy Marshall
VFW Auxilliary
W. W. Baker
Farmville
Fredericksburg
Petersburg
Staunton
Winchester
Harrisonburg
James D. Butler
Glenn Seabright
Stephens City Seniors Enter Legion Contests
Two Stephens City seniors will represent Winchester and Frederick County in the American Legion oratorical and essay district contests. Marie Loy won the oratorical title with History of the American Constitution. Donald Marks won the local essay contest. They advance to district finals at Harrisonburg then zone finals and state finals in Williamsburg with awards to be presented by Commander John A. Blakemore.
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Stephens City
Winchester
Frederick County
American Legion
Marie Loy
C W. Loy
R. 1-A
Donald Marks
A. R. Marks
Conrad-Hoover Post
Harrisonburg
Williamsburg
John A. Blakemore
Virgina Department
L. E. Hill
Loys
Jane Barton
Frances Wolford
Young Marks
Bargains for girls clothing and auction sale notice
Large selections of girls clothes in sizes 9 to 12 including coats raincoats wool skirts sweaters and dresses. One formal slightly used excellent condition On sale Tuesday 7 to 9 PM 208 West Boscawen Street Apt 2 Headley Auctions ad on page 2 marching date noted.
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W. Boscawen St
Apt. 2
Detained U S Officials Return Safely From Russian Custody
Howard H. Russell chief of the administrative division and Virgil Van Street of Eatonsville Md members of the I G Farben prosecution staff returned to Nuernberg after 27 hours in the custody of armed Russian soldiers in the Soviet occupied zone. They had visited the Leiper fair with their wives and were overdue by several days. They arrived late this afternoon weary and nervous but unharmed.
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Nuernberg
Germany
American War Crimes Prosecution
Howard H. Russell
Baltimore
Virgil van Street
Eatonsville
I. G. Farben
Leiper Fair
50 000 pound road load limit approved in Virginia
The Virginia House roads committee approved measures to authorize 50 000 pound loads on highways and to bring household carriers under the State Corporation Commission regulation. A Senate bill to allocate 300 per mile for maintenance was delayed. A Norris Senate bill to allow designated heavy cargo highways was sent to the floor with four axle load limits and a 18 000 pound axle cap unchanged. A new 2 fine per 10 overloaded pounds penalty was added in the Senate.
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Richmond
House Roads Committee
Virginia
Statt Corporation
Senate
Ernest Robertson
Roanoke County
Robertson
House
Virginia Citez
Norris Senate
State Highway Comision
State Highway Comisioner
James A. Anderson
Frank P. Moncur
Stafford
Monticello
Jefferson Memorial
Winchester attorney named general counsel for 1948 Apple Blossom Festival
H Delmar Robinson announces Winchester lawyer Scully to serve as general counsel for the 1948 Apple Blossom Festival. Scully, senior partner at Scully and Waltz, heads local and national boards including United World Federalists, American Legion, Shenandoah Valley Inc., and Winchester Golf Club. He has two children and previously advised the festival since 1941 as finance committee member and eo counsellor after the late R Gray Williams.
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Winchester
H Delmar Robinson
Scully
Man Banks Pennies from Beer to Wed In Bristol
A Bristol groom saved pennies from beer bottles to pay for a marriage license and wedding costs. He counted 509 pennies in a keg before delivering $3.59 for the license and 150 more pennies after the ceremony, swearing off drinking to keep his pledge.
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Bristol
Office of Justice
Russia warns of Western plan to divide Europe and threaten USSR
Moscow says the United States and Britain aim to build up military power in the Ruhr and split Europe into two camps to attack the Soviet Union. The note cites Potsdam and criticizes Allied control councils and Western Germany integration as steps toward aggression.
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Moscow
Russia
United States
Europe
Germany
Soviet Union
Britain
France
Ruhr
Western Europe
Ussr
London
Council of Foreign Ministers
America
Bitonia
Potsdam
Delegate Opposes Liberalism in Virginia Presidential Ballot Plan
Richmond March 9 House Floor Leader E Blackburn Moore attacked Gov Tucks Tru man ballot bill as more liberal than current law, saying it would let Virginia Democrats instruct electors for a different nominee if the convention platform supports it. The measure would allow Truman to appear by petition and use designations such as National Democratic Party, with party name shown on the ballot. Moore argued the change liberalizes ballots and affects party identification.
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Richmond
House
E. Blackburn Moore
Gov. Tuck
Moore
House of Delegates
Truman
Virginia
Democratic Party
Natio Democratic Party
Ders
Herbert Hoover
Commodity markets ease with broader price declines
Prices on major commodity markets were down as fears over international news and domestic politics unsettled traders. Corn soybeans and wheat fell while top grade butter hit a yearly low. cotton recovered briefly on mill buying and stocks drifted lower. hogs steady with yesterday’s Chicago close.
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New York
Chicago
New York Exchange
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War Memorial Assn
Boscawen St
Everard Kidder Meade
Conoco
N. Loudoun
North Ave
Miller Fletcher
M. M. Pekkala
Stalin
Little Nation
Kremlin
Handley Band
VFW
Harold D. Patton
69Th Infantry Division
Harry W. Butler
Headley Auctions
Festival Attorney
Thomas G. Scully
H. F. West
Sunny Ridge
Round Hill
Salvation Army
S. Loudoun
John Waldron
Unadilla
Chuck
Winchester Motor Service
N. Kent
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