Building Permits For 10 Dwellings Are Issued Here
Building permits issued in Winchester and surrounding areas cover ten dwellings with varied styles. Projects include 26 by 30 foot frame houses on Battle Avenue with costs about $6,000 each, three concrete block houses at 102 106 110 Purcell Avenue, and a 1.5 story frame dwelling at 509 South Street. County permits include a three room block bungalow replacing a burned home and a 30 by 60 foot concrete block dance hall on Hunting Ridge Road, with costs totaling several thousands of dollars.
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Glaize Developments
Battle Ave
S. Edgar Brown
W. Piccadilly St
Purcell Ave
South St
Dorothy V. DeHaven
Virginia Ave
Holmes M. Carper
Rt. 1
Winchester
Senseney
Sulphur Springs
Rt. 522
Hunting Ridge Rd
Alvin S
Doris M. Clark
Winchester Bloomery Rt
Beatty Cleared as Officers Trial Ends in Reprimand
Local history notes Lt. Col. Henry Beatty of Frederick County faced four charges after the Craney Island engagement. The court presided by Col. Clark acquitted Beatty of three counts, but found the fourth specification warrants a private reprimand. The case was seen as a malicious union by some observers.
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Craney Island
Henry Beatty
Frederick County
Col. Clark
Gregg
Beatty
Capt. Gregg
Col. Beatty
George Wash
Four More Princesses Named for Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival
Four princesses from St. Marys Seminary Junior College, Blackstone College, Longwood College, and Frostburg State Teachers College join two Maryland and two Virginia schools in representing at the 23rd Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester on April 27 and 28. The readers learn details on each contestant including Miss Joyce Dawn Busic, Miss Carol Hampshire Dickinson, Miss Helen Manning Hardin, and Miss Mary Susan Ann Passarelli, with family backgrounds and prior affiliations.
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Maryland
Virginia
Winchester
States
District of Columbia
Alben Barkley
Margret ‘Thors
Reykjavik
Iceland
St. Mary’s Seminary
St. Mary's City
Joyce Dawn Busic
Joyce
Dundalk High School
Baltimore
Blackstone College
Blackstone
Carol Hampshire Dickinson
Carol
Adam Berry
West Orange
New Jersey
Miss Dickinson
Delta Psi Omega National
Chatterton Church of England
Oldham
England
St. Cloud Grammer and
Roosevelt
Helen Manning Hardin
Longwood College
Farmvile
Paul Goode Perdue
Richmond
Miss Hardin
Longwood
Boere Ek Thorn
Orchesis
Dramatic Club
Sigma Sigma
Cottilion Club
Joseph Passarelli
Frostburg
Miss Passarelli
State Teachers College
Ursuline Academy
Cumberland
St. Michael’s
Auto Tags On Sale In Winchester Virginia 1950
State and city vehicle tags go on sale tomorrow at the Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles office in Court Square Winchester. 1950 plates are white numerals on black. city tags cost 20 cents per horsepower with a $5 minimum and 1960 city tags feature a large red apple design. Old 1949 state plates expire April 15 and city tags expire May 1.
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Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles
Court Square
Edwin T. Snider
Commissioner of Revenue
Taylor Barr
City Mall
Apple Capital
Winchester
Oine
Old City
Czech Foreign Minister Clementis resigns in Prague cabinet shock
The Czechoslovak Telegraph Agency reports Vlado Clementis has resigned as Czech foreign minister. Premier Antonin Zapotocky announced the move at a cabinet meeting and President Gottwald accepted it. Vice Premier William Siroky named to lead the ministry.
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London
Czechoslovak Telegraph Agency
Vlado Clementis
Prague Radio
Antonin Zapotocky
Clementis
Corrigan's Rug Shop Ad Offers Cleaning and Services
Rug cleaning all types and sizes with repairs sales installations prep pickup and delivery. Corrigan's Rug Shop at 413 E B Cork St lists phone 7221 for service.
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BP von Salk
A. C. Oates Ae Yard
Corrigan’s
Cork St
Woman Held For Witchcraft In Delaware Case
A 23 year old woman, Mrs. Helen Evans, is held on witchcraft charges under a colonial era law in Wilmington. Detective Lieut. George Reinburger says she claimed to lift a curse after taking a $10 fee and gave clients a potion. The old law carries a fine up to $100 or a year in prison.
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Wilmington
Del
George Reinburger
Helen Evans
Kleinburger
Delaware
Boat Sinks and Crews Rescued Off Virginia Coast
The trawlers Alice Anne and Sea Rambler collided with trouble near Portsmouth and Virginia Beach. A Coast Guard DUKW evacuated six crew from Alice Anne after grounding before 3 am while Sea Rambler reported flooding in her engine room four miles off Virginia Beach. Sea Rambler later freed herself and headed to Norfolk under power as pumps operated onboard.
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Norfolk
Coast Guard
Portsmouth
Virginia Beach
False Cape
Parents Accused Of Child's Death
Robert P. Kelley aged 29 and his wife Elizabeth 21 were released on 1500 bond each to await grand jury action after a coroner's inquest found the infant Eileen died from a skull fracture believed caused by either parent. Mrs Kelley testified she dropped the baby shortly before death. An autopsy suggested the injury occurred 24 to 48 hours earlier and could not have been caused by the stated fall alone.
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Washington
Robert P. Kelly
Elizabeth
Alexander Holtsoff
Kelley
Catholic University
Eileen
Christopher J. Murphy
Murphy
Child Starved For Movies
Nine year old actress Lora Lee Michel ran away from foster parents claiming starvation to secure film roles. Deputies found her in Burbank after a pastor took her to a cafe. custody fights had already urged moving her to Texas for a normal upbringing.
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Hollywood
Lee Michel
Lorraine Michel
Elford Sundstrum
United Brethren Charge
Burbank
Lora Lee
Michels
Texas
Bess Bailey
Woman's Head Is Blown Off in Salisbury
A dairyman's wife Marjorie Mae Mahnke Moore, 28, was found dead with headphones head blown off in Salisbury. Police issued a serious case warrant for husband Russell C. Moore, 48, who was seen with their four year old daughter Marilyn and may have a public safety item. Investigators say she died about five to seven days earlier.
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Salisbury
Marjorie Mae Mahnke Moore
Marilyn
William J. Chatham
Russell C. Moore
Chatham
Charlies T. Fisher
Wicomico County
Expert Tells of How Bullets Were Fired in Parks' Killing
FBI ballistics expert G A Burley testified that tests showed the Parks pistol fired when thrown against a object and the cartridge case jammed after a shot. Dr Geoffrey Mann said powder residue could not be determined due to scene position while noting the entrance and exit wounds and that the wound could not be ruled accidental.
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Luray
Robert Franklin Parks
FBI
G. A. Burley
Washington Laboratory
Barbara Parks
Parks
Burley
Geoffrey T. Mann
Lynn Lucas
Mann
Lucas
C. A. Seal
Seal
Abram Brubaker
Hoodlums Resume Maskless Attacks in Alabama South
In Birmingham and Pell City a wave of mob violence returns after months of quiet. Officials blame masked and unmasked gangs on Ku Klux Klan activity, with multiple indictments in Birmingham and a February 22 slaying tied to Klansmen. The 1949 anti masking law remains in effect but reports of masked robed violence persist.
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Birmingham
Ala
Rrr
Pell City
Charlie Hurst
Hurst
Lollar
Carradine
Here
Alabama
Es O
Hooded Riders Invited Back in Georgia
Otho Wiggins, a Georgia farmer, apologized for his rifle shot when hooded night riders fled after beating his farmhand on March 2. In a letter to editor Edwin Methvin, Wiggins invites the robed attackers to return. Two white farmers were arrested on assault and battery and shooting charges and released on $1,000 bond each.
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Eastman
South Georgia
Otho Wiggins
Wiggins
Edwin T. Methvin
Eastman Times-Journal
Methvin
Ku Klux Klan
Nightriders
Bor
Legion Observes 31st Birthday at Con rad Ho post
Legionnaires attend a 7 30 p m meeting to observe the American Legion's 31st birthday. National Commander George N Craig hails the Legion as a premier rehabilitation and national security leader while plans for the Apple Blossom float and other committees are discussed. Robert Baker notes post membership goals and invites nonmembers to join.
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Conrad-Hoover Post
American Legion
George N. Craig
Charles Kessler
Sarahne Hall
Oratory
Robert Baker
Indianapolis
Washington
D. C
Winchester Post
Baker
The
Legion
Fire Causes About 300 Damage at Boiler House
A blaze at 10 18 last night caused roughly 300 damage to the boiler house behind the Winchester oil plant of the American Fruit Growers Supply Co. No equipment damage reported. A company spokesman cited hot ashes piled too close to the building as the possible ignition source.
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American Fruit Growers Supply Co
Winchester
British Labour Prepares to Beat Down Third Attack
London reports Labour MPs rallied to defend the government as it faced a Conservative bid and a tense financial debate. The Attlee administration won 314 to 289 on housing policy, with Liberals split and observers watching for further confidence votes in the Commons.
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London
Mani Ta of Commons
Prime Attlee
Labor
House of Commons
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Middle-Road
Commons
Former Labor Head Sentenced Today
Harold Christoffel, former Milwaukee labor leader, was sentenced to two to six years on each of five counts for lying to a congressional committee. The federal judge ordered the sentences to be served concurrently after a jury found he perjured himself before the House Labor Committee by denying Communist ties.
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Washington
Harold Christoffel
Milwaukee
Christoffel
House Labor Committee
F. Dickinson Letts
McCarthy Claims Reds Named to State Dept Posts
Senator McCarthy charged the State Department gave a high post to ex Spanish Republican officer Gustavo Duran, labeled a Russian agent by U S Army reports, while Dr Harlow Shapley allegedly affiliated with 36 Communist front groups. He cited a resigning 1948 official now at $12 000 yearly in Intelligence Administration and urged checks on John Stewart Service and other alleged risks. Edward Morgan was named chief counsel for anti totalitarian studies in the FBI era.
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Washington McCarthy
R-Wis
State Department
Gustavo Duran
U. S. Army
Senate
McCarthy
Harlow Shapley
United Nations Commission
These Intelligence Administration
John Stewart
Loyalty Appeal Board
Civil Service Commission
United Nations
Senate Foreign Relations
York
Doran
FBI International Md
Tydings
Edward P. Morgan
FBI
Morgan
Washington
Crowds Rush To File Federal Tax Returns
Crowds line up at the U S Collector of Internal Revenue office on March 15 as citizens rush to file Federal Income Tax returns. Officials report the period since January 1 has been the busiest since 1943 with no letup as the deadline nears.
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Winchester
Preahwang Beype
U. S. Collector of Internal Revenue
Gee P. m
Galladay
Five Day Virginia Weather Outlook
Five day outlook shows mild change Wednesday followed by colder Thursday afternoon then milder Friday and colder Saturday. Temperatures near below normal with rain likely Thursday night and Friday. Overall forecast uncertainty remains high.
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Virginia
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Chimeine
Everard Kidder
Bulletin
Bataan
South
Claude Luker
Talladega
Charlie Lee Jr
Albert Wilson
Lalladega County
C M. Hunter
Coleman A
Brownie) Lollar
A. B
Byrd) Carradine
Sarah Zane Hall
Eugene Miller
Commerce Department
Department of State
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