Army Officer Rescues Woman Then Vanishes
An unknown Army officer pulled an invalid woman from a fire at 328 Smithfield Ave and vanished before witnesses could learn his name. Fire officials said the blaze began in a storage room, was likely caused by defective wiring, and the rescuer left as fire crews arrived, while Mrs. Ona Stanbaugh and Mrs. Fitzgerald were treated and later reported satisfactory.
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Smithfield Ave
Edward Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Taylor Barr
London Rioters Attack Mosley Followers During East End Clashes
Rioting erupted in London's East End as Oswald Mosley's followers clashed with communists and opponents. Police with reinforcements battled rioters who hurled firecrackers steel balls and marbles harming seven officers and rounding up 34 demonstrators by midnight.
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London
East End
Oswald Mosley
Mosley
Byrd Supports Johnson for Defense Secretary
Senator Byrd of Virginia said he will back President Truman's nomination of Louis A. Johnson to succeed James Forrestal as secretary of defense. He noted his opposition to Wallgren on the National Security Resources Board matter but affirmed Johnson's qualifications.
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Washington
Byrd
D-Va
Truman
Louis A. Johnson
James Forrestal
Senate Armed Services Committee
Mon C. Wallgren
National Security Resources Board
Wallgren
White House
Johnson
Defense Department
Defense
Three Blossom Fete Princesses Named to Queen's Court
The 1949 Apple Blossom Festival selects three princesses Elizabeth Patterson Glaize 2d of Winchester Sue Worthington Matthews of Front Royal and Lucy Jane Fain of Winston-Salem N C Miss Fain 18 will attend Fairfax Hall Waynesboro as a president council member and cheerleader Miss Matthews 17 is a Stuart Hall student and May Court participant with prior Warren County High attendance Miss Glaize appears at Holton Arms as senior class president and yearbook editor with roles on the library committee and hockey team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Elizabeth Patterson Glaize 2d
Center
Fred L. Glaize Jr
Amherst St
Sue Worthington Matthews
Front Royal
Lucy Jane Fain
Winston-Salem
N Cc
Fain
Fairfax Hall College
Waynesboro
Miss Matthews
W_ Rice Matthews
Stuart Hall
Staunton
May Court
Warren County High School
Miss Glaize
Handley High School
Holton Arms School
Washington
the Scribe
Western Berlin currency split as east mark bans in western sectors
In Berlin the Western Powers outlawed the Russian east mark in their zones, creating a dual currency system. The east mark loses value, while rent and taxes may still be paid with it this month in western areas.
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Berlin
Sarlier
United States
Brition
France
United Nations
U. N
Britain
Germany
Russia
Milk Price Cut In Washington Signals Wider Reductions
Washington, March 21. The price of milk was cut one cent a quart by one dairy today. Most dealers now charge 21 cents a quart, effective immediately. Embassy Dairy lowered to 20 cents and cut plain homogenized milk from 20 to 18. pson's Dairy will sell at 20 cents from April 1. Cuts attributed to favorable market supply and apply only in Washington and nearby Maryland areas. Virginia’s Milk Control Commission schedules a March 29 hearing on a proposed price cut in that state.
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Washington
Embassy Dairy
Pson
Maryland
Virginia Milk Control Commission
Newlyweds Escape Fire After Trailer Boiler Blast
A faulty safety valve on a laundry steam boiler caused a blast that destroyed a veterans trailer area at Charlottesville University. The explosion wrecked the laundry trailer and damaged 15 other trailers plus several cars. Two people, a student and his wife, were injured including Mrs Parrott who was burned while lighting an oil heater. Their new furniture arrived just yesterday and was lost in the fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlottesville
University Veterans
Robert K. Parrott
Louis Long
Dan‘lle
Railroads reach 40 hour week deal with non operating unions
The $640 million yearly wage boost ends an 11 month dispute with 16 non operating unions. The plan, based on a presidential fact finding board formula, extends the 40 hour week to rail workers for the first time with pay for 48 hours and adds a retroactive seven cent hike to Oct 1. Yardmasters keep a six day week with a 10 cent raise.
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Chicago
Mills
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Maintenance of Way
Frederick county leads Virginia in soil conservation box libraries
Frederick county schools take the lead in Virginia with three subject libraries on soil conservation trees and birds funded by $630 and assembled by Mrs H B McCormac Sr in collaboration with national authorities The project arose from Garden Clubs of America plans and has Winchester Clarke Garden club support and county school cooperation with loaned materials and extensive editing work.
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Frederick County
Virginia
America
H. B. McCormac Sr
Winchester-Clarke Garden Club
Massachusetts
Nancy Sjostrom
L. G. Sjostrom
Nudes at 15 Degree Angle Stir Birmingham Censors
In Birmingham, England the Folies Bergeres Revue imported from Paris faces local censorship. Impresario Bernard Delfont tailors poses and scenes to avoid nudity rules as six performers, largely English, seek clearance to perform. The show hinges on legal scrutiny by Mrs Kitty McKie and a key inspection of staging and “Women’s Hell” sequence.
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Birmingham
Eng
Anna Pavlova
Paris
Bernard Delfont
Birmingham _ hi hippodrome
Pavolva
Follies Bergeres
Delfont
Delpont
Kitty McKie
licensity+ justices
London
Schoolgirl Is Hurt Crossing Street in Front of Carroll Markle
Carroll Ann Markle a seven year old pupil of John Kerr school was injured by a car while crossing Cameron Street near Gerrard Street. The driver Elmer Rosen Vance 28 was charged with reckless driving and a hearing set for 3 PM Friday. Police reported probable fractures and head lacerations. neighbor witnessed the accident and mother rushed to hospital. In a separate incident Carl Alonzo Loy of Kirby West Virginia will face trial at 10 AM tomorrow after a collision on N Cameron Street with a 1939 Plymouth owners Gladys Margaret Powell.
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Carroll Ann Markle
C. E. Markle
Millwood Ave
John Kerr School
Elmer Rosen Vance
Kent St
Vance
Front Royal
Francis Funk
Lester Shickle
Cameron St
Gerrard St
Markle
N. Cameron St
Carl Alonzo Loy
Kirby
W. Va
C. I. Brumback and Sons
Gladys Margaret Powell
Berryville PTA Presents Student Co op Plays Tonight
Berryville PTA at the school auditorium will view two little plays by the Student Co op Association. Cast includes Joyce Kaplan, Jean Carter, John O Bryan, Wanda Lee, Helen Mil leson, Peggy Lois Strother, Louise Robertson, Peggy Ann Von Pittin, Ann Hardesty and Joyce Gilman. A girls quartet sings Mildred Brown, Patsy Carpenter, Anne Kerns and Marcia Ann Deitz.
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Berryville Pta
Joyce Kaplan
Jean Carter
John O'Bryan
Wanda Lee
Helen Milleson
Peggy Lois Strother
Louise Robertson
Peggy Ann von Pittin
Ann Hardesty
Joyce Gilman
Mildred Brown
Patsy Carpenter
Anne Kerns
Marcia Ann Deitz
Injured Driver Too Seriously Hurt to Be Moved
Mrs Ida M Betts 81 died in a Saturday automobile crash on R 522 at Nain. Her son G Clyde Betts 59, driver, was seriously hurt at Winchester Hospital. Another son C R Betts arranged burial for their mother in Warren Pa. The injured man could not be moved per his physician. Mrs Betts was a widow and daughter of John and Mary Grindley.
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Ida M. Betts
Nain
Jones
Harrisburg
Warren
G. Clyde Betts
Winchester Hospital
C. R. Betts
Winchester
E. L. Betts
Pennsylvania
Perry D. Miller Dies Suddenly at Age 50
Perry D. Miller, 50, Coca Cola Botts & Co. advertising manager, died this morning of a heart attack at his home 922 Amherst St. He was ill four months. Survived by widow Iva Hook Miller, two daughters Jeanne Armel and M. Cleg Foster, a grandson Julian Armel Jr., and brothers John W. Miller and Robert R. Miller. Funeral held at Jones funeral home.
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Perry D. Miller
Coca Cola Botts & Co
Amherst St
Robert D. Miller
Frederick County
Margaret Mowery Miller
Shenandoah County
Winchester
Miller
Coca Cola Co
Congregational Christian Church
Izaak Walton League
South End Fire Co
President Truman defends housing plan against real estate lobby
President Truman denounces the real estate lobby as the enemy of the American home while insisting he and Congress are working together for housing and rent control. He spoke to 600 mayors and defended his program against critics, saying the lobby opposes public housing and slum clearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Congress
United States Conference of Mayors
Trauers
Concil Ween
White House
Rayburn
Texas
Budget Group May Buy Bleachers
The Apple Blossom Festival considers purchasing 1500 bleacher seats over three years at 3626 dollars. A special board meeting is set at George Washington hotel to discuss borrowing 2000 dollars for the project amid rising costs and continued revenue seeking.
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Budget Department
George Washington Hotel
H. Delmer Robinson
Ed Molden
Roy A. Cather
Delmer Robinson Jr
Molden
S. Braddock
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Reds
Soviet Union
Garden Club Enterprise In Conservation
H. McCormac Sr
County School
Dour
Loy
Peters
Photomont Ave
Frederick Clarke Garden Club
Rhodes Jewelry CO
Budget Group
E. W. Armstrong Co
B. Piccadilly St
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