Community Concert Enrolls Subscribers in Winchester Drive
The Winchester Community Concert Association launches its annual membership drive led by president Andrew Babb to renew past subscribers and recruit new ones. The drive runs this week with headquarters at G and M Music Store and features a dinner with speaker Earle Hawkins and a film about Carnegie Hall in every town.
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Winchester
Andrew Babb
Winchester Community Concert Association
Igor Gorin
Rise Stevens
Helen Jepson
Don Cossack
Trappe
Svetlova
Nino Martini
Earle Hawkins
New York
Garnegie
Concert Association
Whittemore and Lowe
Handley School Auditorium
No Truman Tour Likely Says McGrath
Providence March 21 Senator J Howard McGrath Democratic National chairman says President Truman has no immediate plan to tour the country for support of his legislative program. He calls Truman's remark about a possible tour a chance remark and doubts the split coalition that defeated the original attempt is a long range arrangement.
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Providence
R. I
Sen
J. Howard McGrath
Truman
Rhode Island
Miss Allie Leigh Dies at 78 in Capon Bridge
Miss Allie Leigh 78 died yesterday at her sister’s Capon Bridge home. A Sandy Ridge Christian Church member for 50 years, she is survived by nieces and nephews. The body rests at Giffin funeral home and will be taken to the late home at 6 p m tomorrow. Friends and relatives will gather 2 p m Wednesday at the late home to proceed to Bloomery Presbyterian Church for 3 p m services officiated by Rev. S J Goode. Interment will follow in the adjoining cemetery with pallbearers listed.
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Allie Leigh
Adam Mitchell
Capon Bridge
Jefferson
Sally Leigh
Leigh
Sandy Ridge
S. J. Goode
Russell Pugh
Elmer Patterson
Lynn Hawkins
M. O. Horner
Lawrence Horner
Paul Shanholtz
Currency change in West Berlin upends dual system
Western Allies call West Berlin shift to west mark long overdue citing grave injustices from the dual currency. Up to 15 east marks can be exchanged, with east marks usable in Soviet areas but hidden from blockade. Also covered are juvenile court punishments: first offenders given probation and enforcement by probation officers, or sent to a reformatory or industrial school rather than a penitentiary.
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West Berlin
Western Berlin
Berlin
L. W.A
Southerners Seek 25 Cent Raise To 75 Cent Wage Floor
A group of Southern Democrats urged House members to back a substitute to the administration minimum wage bill. They seek to lift the wage floor from 40 to 65 cents an hour by 1950 while leaving other wage hour provisions intact. The administration plan would raise the minimum to 75 cents, aligning with the 1948 platform, with rules committee action set for Tuesday.
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Washington
House
Rules Committee
Five Survive Crash In Smoky Mountains
A Detroit to Miami plane crashed in the Smokies and five occupants were involved. Stephen A. Walker, 46, walked 25 miles in 42 hours to reach help and reported four others survived. Dr. Robert H. Haralson Jr. said two were stretcher cases and two could walk as rescuers worked near the Tennessee North Carolina line.
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Maryville
Tenn
Smoky Mountains
Stephen A. Walker
Detroit
Robert H. Haralson Jr
Dellinger Electrician Dies in Winchester Hospital
Trin L. Dellinger 43 Wardensville electrician died yesterday in Winchester hospital where he had been a patient since Friday. Survived by wife Lamore Godlove two daughters Bettie Lou and Carolyn mother Ada Orndorff Dellinger brother Curtis C. Dellinger of Wardensville sisters Thelma Crowsie Pittsburg and Orpha Lee Wardensville. Funeral 2 PM tomorrow at St Peters Church officiated by Revs. Charles C. Stroh and Walter A. Bowman. Burial Wardensville Cemetery. Pallbearers listed with honorary pallbearers.
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Trin L. Dellinger
Wardensville
Winchester Hospital
Ada Orndorff Dellinger
Charles Delllinger
St. Peters Lutheran Church
Lamore Godlove
Bettie Lou
Carolyn
Curtis C. Dellinger
Thelma Crowsie
Pittsburg
Wiggington Rites for Newton Wiggington Held at Jones Home
Services for Newton Wiggington of 21 Clark Street were conducted at 2 p m today at the Jones Funeral Home. Rev B W Coe of Montague Avenue Methodist Church officiated with interment at Mt Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers were Harry Copenhaver James Grant George Clowser Howard Holland Wyatt Richard and Hiram Brumbaugh.
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Newton J.wiggington
Clark St
Jones Funeral Home
B. W. Coe
Montague Ave
Mine Stock Sales Banned in Virginia
A permanent cease and desist order was issued by the State Corporation Commission in Richmond on March 2 against C. E. Hepburn & Co. Limited of Toronto for promoting the sale of Silanco Mining and Refining Co. stock in violation of Virginia securities law.
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Richmond
Commision
Ee Cc. E. Hepburn & Co. Limited
Toronto
Canada
Silanco Mining and Refining Co
Finishes Second Betty Vonn Brill of R. 3 Winchester
Stephens City high school student Betty Vonn Brill finished second in a recent event, representing the local junior team from Winchester and placing high in the competition.
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Betty Vonn Brill
R. 3
Winchester
Stephens City High School
Newlyweds House Boiler Disaster Sparks Community Aid
A boiler blast damaged the Parrotts’ home while their newborn slept, but no injuries occurred. Neighbors started a relief fund to replace belongings, with a $100 boost from President C. Darden.
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Lou ® Jr
Parrotts
Darden
Regional American Legion Oratorical Contest at Charlottesville
A regional American Legion oratorical contest was held Saturday in Charlottesville. The winner, a boy from Washington and Lehigh, Arlington, advances to the state contest. Miss Brill had won school, county and district contests before her elimination Saturday, and was accompanied by Miss Betty Wright of the Stephens City school faculty.
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American Legion
Charlottesville
Washington and Leehigh
Arlington
Brill
Betty Wright
Stephens City School
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M’grath
Molden Electric Co
S. Loudoun St
Evelyn Weller
Crea
Bethroom
Anderson
N. Braddock St
Lrin L. Dellinger
Wiggington Rites
Fredonia Seed Co
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