Pedestrian Struck by Car Injures Clearbrook Producer
L. B. Resseguie, a Clearbrook chicken producer, was seriously injured at the Cameron and Boscawen street corner when a 1949 Chrysler driven by Dr. John C. Hortonstine struck him. He was unconscious and taken to Winchester Memorial Hospital with a brain concussion and scalp laceration.
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L. B. Resseguie
Clearbrook
Cameron and
Boscawen Sts
Resseguie
John C. Hortenstine
Watson Ave
Kurtz Store
City Hall
Boscawen
N. Cameron
Byrd Group Seeks Post Office Employment Details
The Byrd economy committee asked Postmaster General Donaldson for figures on a reported cut of more than 20,000 Post Office Department workers. Joint Committee staff noted a March payroll report delay and requested data to clarify January and December totals amid broad government cutbacks.
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Washington
Byrd Economy Committee
Donaldson
Post Office Department
Joint Congressional Committee On Penditures
Post Office
Benster Byrd
D-Va
Fast Proposed By Church Pastor
A Church of England pastor urged Britons to fast on March 26 unless a national committee demands negotiations on atomic weapons between the United States and Russia. The Rev. R. B. Wapos te Roy led an interview with political church civic leaders and atomic energy experts, likening the protest to Gandhi's passive resistance.
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Bexhill
Eng
U. S
Russia
Waposte Roy
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Everard Kidder and Union Burnings in Shenandoah Valley
In 1864 Maj. Gen. David Hunter returned to the Lower Shenandoah Valley and ordered scorched earth tactics. Capt. Wm. F. Martindale with the 1st N Y Veteran Cavalry burned homes tied to Hunter’s kin, including Charlestown cousin Andrew Hunter’s house, Fountain Rock home of Alexander Boteler, and Edmund J. Lee’s residence, along with contents.
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David Hunter
Lower
Shenadoah Valley
Early
Jefferson
Berkeley
Frederick
South
Wm. F. Martindale
1St
N. Y. Veteran Cavalry
Andrew Hunter
Charlestown
Martindale
Fountain Rock
Alexander R Boteler
Clarke
Bedford
Edmund J. Lee
R. E. Lee
Union Ing Bs
Fire Sweeps Washington and Lee Press Laboratory
A morning blaze at the Washington and Lee Press Laboratory in Lexington causes an estimated $25,000 in damage. Director C. Marold Lauck cites an overheated flue as the probable cause. Firemen extinguished the roof fire after about an hour while students salvaged movable equipment, as the press shop prints all university publications.
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Lexington
Washington and Lee Press Laboratory
C. Marold Lauck
Press
Lauck
Charles Perfetti
Lexington Volunteer Fire Department
W& L Law Review
Jack Carper
University
Seventy Five Attend Sacred Heart Holy Name Breakfast
Seventy five Catholic men are expected to attend the Sacred Heart Holy Name Society third annual communion breakfast tomorrow at the George Washington Hotel after the 8 oclock mass. F Grove White of 4048 Washington St vice president of M J Grove Lime Co will deliver the principal address.
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Sacred Heart Holy Name_Society
George Washington Hotel
Joseph Heye
F. Grove White
Washington St
White
M. J. Grove Lime Co
Holy Name Society
John J. Daly
Richmond
W. Bradford Michael
Maurice Lannon
Varel Mills, Inc
Wolfe
Two Winchester Residents Reach Eighth Blood Donation
Two Winchester citizens joined the Red Cross peacetime Bloodmobile drive as eighth time donors. Charles P. Marks and George T. Sanders led the 59 to 41 Winchester County donor split, with many returning for multiple donations and 41 first time donors.
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Winchester
Red Cross
Frederick County
Charles P. Marks
Treva B. Borden
Stephensen
Marshall L. Boyd
Kerr St
May Fritts
Purcell Ave
Bernard Groves Jr
Jefferson St
Betty Jean Snapp
Marlboro St
Mary S. Woore
Clearbrook
Coroner Rules Death Accidental in Winchester Case
Dr. John Troxell, coroner, ruled Charles T. Lewis died accidentally from a fractured skull found Feb 18 at the foot of an areaway leading to a basement of the Douglas School in Winchester Virginia. Police could not trace Lewis after he left the Recreation Center.
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John Troxell
Charles T. Lewis
Winchester
Douglas School
State of Virginia
Troxell
Lewis
Winchester Rod & Gun Club
Gubitchev to Leave U.S. on March 20 Aboard the Batory
The government offers Gubitchev a chance to depart within two weeks with a suspended 15 year sentence or face prison. He plans to sail March 20 on the Polish liner Batory, the same ship used by Eisler last May. Senator Wherry condemns the leniency while Coplon faces 15 years plus a prior sentence of 40 months to 10 years.
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United States
Gubitchev
Batory
Gerhart Eisler
New York Times
New York Herald Tribune
Sylvester Ryan
Gubichev
Judith Coplon
Justice Department
State Department
Vienna
Robert Vogeler
Hungary
Budapest
U. S
Washington
Kenneth S. Wherry
R-Neb
Acheson
Coplon
Lions to Buy Seeing Eye Dog for Frederick County Man
Winchester Lions Club to purchase a Seeing Eye dog for Pauly Adams of White Hall after Adams outlined plans to run a magazine and greeting card business. The club will also fund his training trip to Morris Town New Jersey starting April 10. Adams, 42, became visually impaired and now uses braille and touch typing.
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Frederick County
Winchester Lions Club
Joseph B. Newlin
Light Conservation Committee
Lions
Ricial
Pauly Adams
White Hall
Adams
The
Winchester Civic Club
Morristown
N. J
Newlin
County
Miller School
City
John Kerr
Lost Female Beagle Near Grimes Virginia
Lost beagle described as white, black and tan with a female near Grimes Va. Reward call 4378 Winchester if found. Police or animal control not listed.
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Grimes
Winchester
Sunday Dinner at Golden Glow House of Good Food
All day Sunday March 12 at Sam's Cash Grocery South Kent Street offers all day service from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. with complete fountain service advertised.
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Golden Glow
House of Good Food
Sam's Cash Grocery
South Kent St
Girl Turns Out to Be Runaway Boy in Carlsbad
A 16 year old boy, jailed for six weeks in a women's cell after being arrested for breaking and entering, was found to be a runaway from Del Rio Texas named Patsy Odell. Undersheriff Cruz Fernandez said the boy wore feminine clothing and had worked a week as a house maid. His parents are traveling to retrieve him.
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Carlsbad
N. M
Cruz Fernandez
Patsy Odell
Fernandez
Dist
C. Roy Anderson
del Rio
Tex
Fuchs May Have Stripped U S Bare Of Bomb Secrets
Senate committee scrutinizes Karl Fuchs confession as a grave risk to U S secrecy. The British affidavit and FBI files link Fuchs to espionage from 1943 to 1946 at Oak Ridge and Los Alamos, with data on A-bomb production and stockpiles possibly exposed.
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Washington
Karl Puchs
United States
Fuchs
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Moe Mahonee Tine
Joint
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Russia
London
U. S
Montreal
The
Ensign
Neper
Canada
FBI
Puchs
Army
Civilian
Manhattan
Royal Canadian Commission On Espionage
Vasily M. Rogov
Ottawa
Igor Gouzenko
Gouzenko
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Los Alamos, N. M
Missouri Action May Be Taken
A spokesman for the Atlantic Fleet said action on the Court of Inquiry findings into the grounding of the USS Missouri will be determined by Rear Adm. Allan E. Smith USN, commander of the Cruiser Force, Atlantic Fleet. He will take necessary steps based on the findings.
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Norfolk
Allan E. Smith
Atlantic Fleet
USN
Adm
Smith
McCarthy Drive Attacks Acheson On Spy Case
Washington reports a new Republican push against Secretary of State Acheson amid criticism of his handling of the Gubitchev espionage case. Senator Wherry leads the attack accusing Acheson of unfitness for letting the spy escape punishment.
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Washington
Acheson
McCarthy
Representative Fellows
RMF
House
Wherry
Senate
State Department
Alger Hiss
Hiss
Rtment
Dorothy Kenyon
United Nations
Air Strike Ends as Ground Crew Walkout Reaches End
The CIO transport workers union called off a nationwide strike by Ameri can Airlines ground crew. TWU President Michale J. Quill announced 4,600 workers would return to work at 7 a.m. EST tomorrow after an 11 day walkout that had crippled about 80 percent of operations. Local votes showed 3,100 in favor of ending the walkout, 390 opposed, with some locals still to report. The strike sought improved job security and working conditions.
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New York
CIO Transport Workers Union
American Airlines
TWU
Michale J. Quill
Quill
Front Royal Man Held on Bigamy Charge
Lewis C. Jenkins a 22 year old of Front Royal is charged with bigamy and ordered held for grand jury action by Trial Justice W Erle Edwards. He remains jailed in lieu of a 2000 dollar bond for allegedly marrying Frances V Teets of Stephens City while still married to Hope Crockett of Orange Virginia.
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Lewis C. Jenkins
W. Erle Edwards
Jenkins
Frances V. Teets
Stephens City
Hope Crockett
Orange
Senate Split Over Truman Housing Plan Predicted
Supporters and opponents of a scaled-down cooperative housing program led by President Truman predicted a tight Senate vote, signaling ongoing partisan friction over the plan.
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Truman
Senate
Senate and House Clash On Final Day Of Session
In Richmond the House defeated the Stuart Senate bill 62 to 30 ending any change to absentee voting law. The Senate committee blocked poll tax repeal 4 to 1, leaving major legislation unresolved as adjournment neared.
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Senate
House
Richmond
House of Delegates
Senate Privileges and Elections Committee
Senate Committee
Tax Bill Killed In Virginia Privileges and Elections Panel
The Privileges and Elections Committee killed the joint resolution to repeal the poll tax as a prerequisite to voting by a 5 to 4 vote. Senators voting for the measure included Moses, Goode, A. B. Denon, Blanks, and Thomas H. Blanks. opponents included Byrd Jr., Fitzpatrick, Wailes, and others. The panel faced time pressure with a rushed seven page eight page resolution and urged more study before any vote. Also defeated was a House joint resolution directing the Virginia Advisory Council to study the ballot question.
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Rico Ee Committee On
Threemas
Sietagaten
Rembation Fet & Sonal
Roberty
Gretna
I. Paul Wailes
Amherst
M.M
Wise
Earle A. Fitzpatrick
Roanoke
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Winchester
Charles T
Senate Rules Committee
Senate Privileges and Elections Committee
Privileges and Elections Committee
Consu
House
Virginia Advisory
Oe Council
Scouter Accepts New Post in Pottsville Pa
Field Scout Executive John Leo resigns from Shenandoah Area Council effective April. Mr Moore, active in the Two Rivers District, has served Winchester since 1946. A successor will be named shortly.
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John Leo
Shenandoah Area
Boy Scout Council
Pottsville
Moore
Two-Rivers
Winchester
Wanted Secretary With Shorthand Knowledge
Help wanted at Henkel Harris Co for a secretary skilled in shorthand. Experience preferred and good pay offered. Apply to Henkel Harris Co or reference the ad for details.
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Henkel-Harris Co
Stalin to Address Nation in Major Speech Tonight
Stalin prepares a pivotal public address as the Supreme Soviet session opens tomorrow in Moscow with Molotov warning against imperialist plans and touting peaceful economic competition between systems. He cites the hydrogen bomb and the Marshall Plan as markers of rising tensions and argues for unity against aggression.
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Supreme Soviet
Moscow
Soviet Communist Party
Russia
Molotov
Soviet Union
Europe
United States
Store Thief Sentenced For Pett y Larceny
Stewart Lowe Taylor, 28, appeared in police court on charges of peddling and petty larceny. Police Justice John Rice sentenced him to six months. He shoplifted rings and a bracelet from Croy's and Newberry's dime stores and sold some items.
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Stewart Lowe Taylor
John Rice
Croy
Newberry’s
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Stewart Bell Jr
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E. Clifford
William Condey
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Virginia Lee Goss
S. Kent St
Jack Ireland
Loudoun St
Eldridge Sirbaugh
Highland Ave
Esther B. Snapp
Ethel Virginia Snapp
Marlboro
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Battle Ave
Daniel M. Babb
Millwood Ave
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Mary J. Snapp
Hayfield
Patricia Stephenson
Charles Strosnider
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