Mary Bird Succumbs at 90 in WV Funeral
Mrs Mary Catherine Masters Bird of Wikins West Virginia died at 1 a m after a ten day illness at the home of Mrs C E Babb Ave Survived by two sons John O Bird and Bird of Elkins three daughters Mrs D Bird Mrs E Babb and Mrs Margaret C William twelve grandchildren and five great grandchildren Services will be held 230 p m Saturday at Elkins with Rev Ware officiating Burial at Elkins Pallbearers named Paul Grindle D Lutz Parker Fink Clare Blackwood B P Gardner and Ray Gardner
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Catherine Masters Bird
Wikins
W. Ve
C. E. Babb
Ave
Roberta
Frank
iShe
Enone
Bikins
CTU
UDC
Bird
Alamagordo
John O. Bird
Clark
W. Va
D. Bird
Elkins
E. Babb
Winchester
Margaret C. William
Dunsdalk
Rev. Ware
Paul Grindie
D. Lutz
Parker Fink
Clare Blackwood
B.P. Gardner
Ray Gardner
Truman Aims for Western Europe Unity and Draft Plan
The report covers reactions to President Truman's address urging rapid foreign policy changes and military conscription, backed by the Brussels pact, amid Western European defense concerns. It notes Prague and London commentary, Soviet demobilization, and mixed Western reactions praising or critiquing the speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Moscow
Yesteday
Chambers of Congress
Truman
U.S.A
Europe
Soviet Union
Tuck to Testify On Civil Rights At Senate Hearing
Gov Tuck plans to travel to Washington on Tuesday to testify against a bill to outlaw the poll tax as a prerequisite for voting for Federal office holders. Rep J Lindsay Almond will likely accompany him to speak against the measure, part of President Tuman's civil rights program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuck
Senate
Richmond
Washington
J. Lindsay Almond
Tuman
Congress
Winchester Frederick banquet plans set at City Hall
The Winchester Frederick County Game and Fish Association will meet at City Hall at 7 30 p m tomorrow to finalize arrangements for the annual banquet and plan ticket sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Winchester - Frederick County Game and Fish Assn
Frederick County Farm Bureau Elects 18 to Executive Board
An 18 member executive board for the Frederick County Farm Bureau was approved. The roster includes M. J. Pease Ray Brumback Walker Bond Marl Hannum Carroll Campbell Cather B Brumback J Hershman E R Marker L B Whitacre N Cather Mrs Butler Mrs Whitacre Roland Snapp Mrs Bass Mrs Seger E C Rogers and Mrs W Adams. The board will meet May 19 to plan farm and rural activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Co.op
Farm Bureau
M. J. Pease
Southern States Co-op
Winchester
Ray Brumback
Southern States Petroleum Co-op
D. K. Russell
Southern States Coop
Stephens City
Ray Rinker
Frederick Co. Fruit Growers Assn
Walker McC. Bond
Winchester Co-op
Marl Hannum
Northern Va
Carroll Campbell
Winchester Area Poultry Improvement Council
Irvin Williams
Farmers Livestock Exchange
George Eagle Jr
Rockingham Poultry Co
C. Irvin Caer
Frederick Co
Mutual Fire Insurance Co
Earl Bailey
Pomona Grange
B. O. Brumback
W. H. Lawrence Jr
County
C. L. Butler
Mary Whitacre
Albin
Alma Crosen
Evandale
J. W. Newcome
Friendly Grove
Walter Solomon
Gore
Melvin Seldon
Middle Road
Alfred Snapp
North Frederick
Landon B. Whitacre
Shawnee
Robert Snapp
H. P. Lovett
Stonewall
Lee Dick
West Frederick
E. E. Fawcett
FFA
Roland Snapp
Future Homemakers of America
Charles Bass
Veterans
Clarence Cather
E. C. Day
Ellsworth Dodson
R. E. Ayler
Frances Seger
E. Clay Rogers
Frederick
Walter Adams
C. E. Staples
Ray V. Brumback
C. Irving Cather
J. L. Hershman
E. R. Marker
L. B. Whitacre
T. N. Cather
Jennie H. Bass
Welter Adams
Bond Ceiling Raised
The Treasury doubles Series E savings bonds investment ceilings to allow up to 7500 in a single year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
Treasury
Three Million Miles of Road and Magnetic Piles
A historical note states there are about three million miles of road in the United States and mentions three north magnetic poles instead of one, highlighting puzzling geographic ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United State
JBT Expands Membership and Plans for Philadelphia
The Virginia State Junior Board of Trade adds five new directors Carrington Harrison Richard Rush Thomas Keily Harry Carpenter and Robert Woltz. A 14 name nominating committee is set to propose seven directors at the April meeting with a 100 day notice. Directors nominate William Battaile and Joe Massie for VP. Ed Molden reports progress on On to Philadelphia plans for about 100 Virginians including Winchester attendees and Virginia product ships. Dabney Watts reviews Marshall Plan panel in Charlottesville and Turtle Derby preparations near the March 24 deadline for the March 31 event expected to draw around 200 entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JBT
T’s
Carrington Harrison
Richard E. Rush
Thomas B. Keily
Harry A. Carpenter
Robert K. Woltz
Morris Blosser
Chm
William Battaile
Edwin R. Glaize
F. L. Largent Jr
Ed Molden
Thomas Scully
C. Ridgely White
Willliam Battaile
Joe Massie
Virginia State Junior Chamber of Commerce
Virginia
Philadelphia
Winchester
National Junior Board of Commerce
Lewis Hyde
Kenneth Robinson
Howard Melton
Gavin Binner
Robert Grove
Ridgely White
Dabney Watts
Charlottesville
Armory
Interest to Stay Low Expert States in Rate Case
Richmond March 18 The State Corporation Commission hearings in the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co of Virginia rate case continued today Dr Ralph E Badger a Detroit financial expert testified that federal government influence via the Federal Reserve Bank will keep money costs low for the next few weeks He said the government eye toward low rates will persist as it exerts control over rates and the money supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
State Corporation Commission
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Virginia
Ralph E. Badger
Detroit
SCC
Federal Reserve Bank
Fire records damage and evacuees in local shop blaze
A fire in a shop below an upstairs apartment caused smoke and alarms as residents including Mrs Bowman and Miss Ann Miller escaped with others. Firefighters from Friendship Fire Co. arrived after warning neighbors at Cork and Loudoun Streets. One man treated for a cut. another overcome by smoke reportedly recovered. Damage confined to apartments with Grove's Furniture Store and Le Masters undamaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Miller
LeMaster
Friendship Fire Co
Cork
Loudoun
Robert Geanious
Bowman
Grove
le Masters
Barr
Dr Hawthorne to Discuss City Administration for Civic League
Dr Allen T Hawthorne a city council member will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the current city administration at Handley Library Auditorium at 7 30 p m tomorrow. The talk is the first in a three session series with dates April 16 and May 21 for the other talks. Hawthorne has not announced topics for the remaining sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen T. Hawthorne
Women’s Civic League
Handley Library Auditorium
Hawthorne
Forrestal Seeks Balanced Forces in Draft Debate
Secretary Forrestal told a congressional group the push is toward a balanced force with expanded air power while maintaining land and sea strength. He cited mobilization plans, material stockpiles, and a mobile strike force as priorities and noted uncertainty on how a broad draft would operate.
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Forrestal
Senate
Congress
Germany
Europe
United States
Army
Royals
Navy
Sullivan
Royall
UMT
Royell
Maybank
D-Sc
Answers to Daily Quiz: Correct Responses Listed
Answers to the daily quiz printed on Page 4 include: 1 castrated rooster. 2 March 20 at 11:57 a.m. EST. 3 Jess Willard on July 4 1919. 4 false his remains are buried in Springfield Illinois. 5 White. 6 New York. 7 a total of 64 squares. 8 Osmium. 9 true. 10 went of heights.
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Jess Willard
False
Springfield
Ill
White
New York
Osmium
True
Woman and two children held by two spinisters in Venice
In Venice California police report the case of a 27 year old woman and two emaciated children kept in a cluttered three room apartment by two elderly women, Misses Josephine Vella and Marie Clavey. The women face false imprisonment and inhuman treatment charges.
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Venice
Calif
Josephine Vella
Marie Clavey
Dolores Perkins
James Fredericks
Bizzarre
Ife
Vbgk
Cmfw
Hrdf
Santa Monica
Clavey and
Vella
Miss Clavey
Edna Bessie Dinsmore
John Joseph Wayne
A. J.grogan
Bessie Dinsmore
Presbytery Admits Rev. C. L. Arehart
Winchester Presbytery at a called session admitted Rev. C. Lloyd Arehart to the church in Charles Town from Kanawha Presbytery, and released Rev. Julian T. Owen to Hedgesville, W. Va. Presbytery. Fifteen ministers and a number of elders attended.
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Winchester
Winchester Presbyterian Church
C. Lloyd Arehart
Julian T. Owen
Arehart
Charles Town
Kanawha
Synod of West Virginia
Owen
Hedgesville
W. Waynesvire Church
Estate and Household Auction Notices Calendar
Sales directory lists multiple auction items with dates and locations across Virginia towns. Items include livestock machinery household goods farm implements and antiques for estates such as Florence L Denny J T Mowery Leonard Langbein Lechie Lucas Geo Helsley Trovella Clark Edgar Maple and others at sites like Pattons Storage Warehouse Berryville White Hall and Stephen City area exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Hart
White Hall
Tiventotee Farminery
Florence L. Denny
Patton
N. Cameron St
Winchester
J. T. Mowery
Stephens City
White Post Road
Leonard J. Langbein
Berryville
Geo
Helsley
Trovella Clark
Bartonsville
Edgar Maple
Nain
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Mary Bird
Czech
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Christian Democratic
Alcide de Gasperi
Eur
Brussels
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Tru- Jean
Czech Reds
Russia
Times of London
London Daily Telegraph
London Daily Worker
Lsgase Corn
Srowers Supply Company
Frederick County Court House
Washington St
Handley High School
Roy P. Duvall
Russell H. Lunlap
Genevieve M. Burton
Lee St
Crescent Pond
R. Gifford
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Napoleon
Paris
A. B. Solenberger
Coleman Dunn & Brown ‘Lovett
Eline & Snider
Clerks
Dr. Hawthorne
Savery
Lamp Motor CO
Smithfield Ave
Royal Road
Nicholson
Coleman Dunn
Presbytery
C. L. Arehart
Barr’s Orchard & Farm Supply
Glaize & Bro
Cameron Street
Fairplay Market
I. Brumback & Sons
Order of the Golden Rule
Chapman Motor CO
W. Boscawen
ADAM
Front Royal
Molden Electric Co., Inc
S. Loudoun St. Winchester
Hayfield Amd
Hayfield
L. C. Lucas
Grove’s
J. W. Grove Furniture CO
S. Loudoun St
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