Hillsville Shooting Remembered On 40th Anniversary
A 1912 Hillsville courtroom massacre is recalled on its 40th anniversary. Floyd Allen and kin faced off with lawmen in Carroll County Virginia, killing the judge, the sheriff, and others, while relatives fled. the case spurred executions, pardons, and enduring local lore.
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Blue Ridge Mountains
Hillsville
Carroll County
Fioyd Allen
Allen
North Carolina
Floyd Allen
Floyd
Sidna Allen
Friel Allen
Claude Allen
Victor Allen
Wesley
Sidna Edwards
Sidna
Edwards Brothers
Allens
Edwards
Hillaville
Thornton L. Massie
L. F. Webb
Foster
Augusta Fowler
Nancy Ayers
Youth Rides 137 Miles on Outside Of Speeding Train
Duane Enright, 13, rode outside two cars of a speeding Union Pacific streamliner from Grand Island to North Platte in a 137 mile snowstorm journey that lasted about 1 hour and 45 minutes. He planned to reach San Francisco for work, but his mother from Grand Island followed.
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North Platte
Neb
Duane Enright
Grand Island, Neb
Union Pacific Streamliner
Portland
Duane
Grand Island
San Francisco
Arthur D. Bedker
Song writer leaves estate to ex wife
Edward Madden, author of On Moonlight Bay and By The Light of the Silvery Moon, left all his estate to his former wife Mrs Dorothy Jordon O¢elrichs of Los Angeles. A son Edward Daniel Madden of Detroit was named alternate beneficiary. Madden and his wife were divorced several years ago.
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Los Angeles
Edward Madden
Moonlight Bay
Dorothy Jordon O¢elrichs
Edward Daniel Madden
Detroit
Madden
Hoover Report Move Wins Support in Congress
A Senate group praised the Hoover Report plan as a victory for better government while Secretary Snyder welcomed the favorable vote. The plan, set to improve efficiency, passed amid party lines with 30 Democrats and 23 Republicans backing it and 19 Republicans and 18 Democrats voting to kill it, including 14 Southern Democrats.
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Mittee
Hoover
Congress
Daily Crossword Clue List Entry
The page presents a mixed crossword clue set with entries across and down including wheel groove Shinto temple Greek letter Weights Legitimate A Greek poem Constellation Travel back and forth The French The placed at the beginning Polynesian dank French painter Small secluded wall Odor ey Cigarettes slang Required Metallic rock One who steers Part of to be Man's nickname Epoch A motion picture Demand Ceremony A curved bar of a harness Question Public notices The eye in symbolism Dancer's cymbals Quiet Sacred Cuckoo City Switzerland Ointment Den University officer Fathers or mothers Throw Biblical name Mulberry Merriment Sheltered side Froth Protective covering Earth a goddess Fancies Weird Unit of measure Smooth
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City
Switz
Islands in rivera Eng By way of Mandarin tea Youth
The puzzle entries include clues across a crossword style with definitions for islands in Rivera possibly in English, phrases meaning by way of, a Mandarin tea, and a term for youth. The combined theme suggests a wordplay crossword section. The list appears fragmentary.
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Rivera
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Price Ceiling On Horse Meat
Government imposes dollars and cents ceilings on horse meat for animal and human use. Federal inspection applies to bulk interstate horse meat for human consumption, while some horse meat in dog foods may avoid inspection though still subject to labeling rules. Officials warn some non interstate horse meat could be unsafe.
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Office of Price Stabilization
Dr. Pals
Uncle Sam
Pals
U. S. Food and Drug Administration
Winchester Presbytery schedules Piedmont spring meetings
The Winchester Presbytery plans its annual spring meeting in Piedmont at the Presbyterian Church on April 22 and 23 with local pastors and several ministers attending. A key topic is consolidating to one four day session annually.
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Winchester
Church of the
Front Royal
Buckton
Shick
Kenwood
Potomac
Mae Duncan
City
Washington Eagles To Initiate Group Into Local Lodge
The Washington D C Aerie No 125 Fraternal Order of Eagles will hold an initiatory service for 14 Memorial Foundation Class members at 3 pm Sunday at the Eagles Home on N Braddock Street. The degree team includes Deputy Grand President Eugene Richardson E R Thompson Walter B Barr F R Bissell and F E Stultz. Worthy President T B Spillman of Winchester Aerie will lead an earlier 2 pm meeting with officers from Front Royal Alexandria Fredericksburg and Washington.
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Washington, D. C
T. B. Spillman
The
Winchester Aerie
Front Royal
Alexanderia
Fredericksburg
Washington
Virginia Leads In District Building
Virginia was the only state in the Fifth Federal Reserve Bank District to report an overall rise in building permit values for January and February 1952. The eight principal cities totaled 17,513,122, up from 16,139,038 last year, though six cities fell and only Newport News and Danville boosted February figures.
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Federal Reserve Bank
Richmond
Newport News
Danville
Old Dominion
District of Columbia
Frederick
Hagerstown
Baltimore
Maryland
West Virginia
Clarkshorg
Huntington
Raleigh
Rocky Mount
North Carolina
Spartansburg
South Carolina
Reserve District
Maureen O Hara Voted Outstanding Irish Actress of 1951
The Ancient Order of Hibernians, in a US and Canada poll, selected Maureen O Hara as the outstanding Irish actress for 1951. A St Patrick’s Day ball will present her with a St Patrick statuette. The film The Silent Man was shot in and near Cong village, Mayo, Ireland, last year.
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The
Ancient Order of Hibernins
United States
Canada
St. Pat's
Monay
Hibernians
Cara Dublin
Cong
County Mayo
Ireland
Insurance payments reach 32000 a week in 1951 for Virginia
The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York announced Virginia residents received benefit payments at the rate of 32000 weekly in 1951. Virginia residents own more than 24000 individual policies with the company.
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Virginia
Mutual Life Insurance Company of
New York
Russell Eyes Florida Campaign Before May 6 Primary
Georgia leader Len Russell says he will campaign in Florida for about a week before the May 6 Democratic primary and has not closed the door on entering California on June 3. He plans to attend the Chicago convention with strong delegate support. President Truman debates continued run as aides anticipate a move to regain stature.
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Len Russell
Georgia
Florida
California
Russell
Chiago
Sen. Kefauver
Tennessee
Vicory
Truman
New Hampshire
Sailor Dies from Motorcycle Crash at East Ocean View
Lioyo F. McMurphy, a Navy enlisted man stationed at Little Creek, died at the naval hospital in Portsmouth from injuries after a motorcycle crash on East Ocean View Avenue. Bettie Hooper, 34, a motorcycle passenger, was critically hurt and hospitalized in Norfolk.
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Lioyo F. McMurphy
Little Creek
Naval Hospital
Portamouth
East Ocean View Avenue
WE Spray
McMurphy
Bettie Hooper
Norfolk
Defense aid debate over NATO partners spawns funding split
The discussion centers on allocation of funds to NATO partners with Britain slated for about 600 million and France for 400 million. Harriman argues defense support differs from Marshall Plan economic aid while Connally notes the Administration promised end of economic aid this year but uses a new device.
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Britain
France
Harriman
Europe
Connally
Congress
Harriman Defends New Program Amid Senate Fight
Harriman argued that defense support is a method of building military security, not a device. He faced questions from Congress as the administration pushes the new program, while two disputes threaten to slow Senate action on the measure.
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Harriman
Congress
Senate
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