Rites Saturday For Eugene Whitacre
Funeral services for Eugene Whitacre will be held Saturday at 3 p m from the family home 310 Smithfield avenue conducted by Rev Nathan Williamson. Interment in Mt Hebron Cemetery. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs Edward R Whitacre and sister Miss Helen Louise Whitacre. Pallbearers named Garland Whitlock Wilbur Whitlock Alonzo Whitlock Robert Pifer Sonny Hoover Russell Dunlap. Body moved from Omps Funeral Home to the residence yesterday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Whitacre
Edward R. Whitacre
Smithfield Avenue
Nathan Williamson
Mt. Hebron Cemetery
Helen Louise Whitacre
Garland Whitlock
Wilbur Whitlock
Alonzo Whitlock
Robert Pifer
Sonny Hoover
Russell Dunlap
Omps Funeral Home
Fly Infant For Delicate Surgery
A day old baby flown by army plane from Washington to Boston's Children Hospital underwent a delicate operation to correct a rare condition that led to food entering the lungs. The infant, daughter of Army Lt. Gordon Perkins of Alexandria, was transported from Walter Reed Hospital with doctors, a nurse, and an oxygen mask aiding the breathing during the 12 to 22 hour trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Washingtonton
D. C
Children’s Hospital
Gordon Perkins
Alexandria
Seattle
Wash
Walter Reed Hospital
William R. Schumann
Patricia Perry
State News Brevities: Indians lack punch at plate
Manager Lou Boudreau says the Indians will struggle this season as their hitting fails to match strong pitching. He notes the Yankees, Tigers and Red Sox have both, and predicts New York, Detroit and Boston will contend in the American League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Indians
Lou Boudreau
New York
Detroit
Boston
Yanks
Sarasota
Tex Hughson
Boston Red Sox
Cleveland
Joe Cronin
Drive to Force U.S. to Ration Cereals Fats and Oils
A coalition of 21 national organizations in Atlantic City called for immediate U S rationing of cereals fats and oils to aid overseas relief and urged creation of an international body to care for political refugees while criticizing President Truman s famine program as insufficient for world leadership and urging higher overseas allocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
United States
National Grange
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Community Service Committee
CIO
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
State Department
UNRRA
Truman
America
U. S
Funeral services set for Sgt Harry T Smith
Funeral services for Sgt. Harry T. Smith are scheduled for Saturday March 23 at 4 p m at Jones Funeral Home. Dr S L Flickinger will officiate and burial will be in Mt Hebron Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sgt
Harry T. Smith
Jones Funeral Home
S. L. Flickinger
Mt. Hebron Cemetery
Court Continues on Spying Case and Soviet Atache Remarks
The court continues讨论 the Gouzenko disclosures. Col Nicolai Zabotin, the Soviet military attache, is recalled to Moscow and declares that Russia used friendship agencies as screens to prepare for possible future war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Col
Nicolai Zabotin
Gouzenko
Russia
Mrs Hannah L Parke Dies At Capon Bridge
Miss Hannah L Parke age 76 died Wednesday in Winchester Memorial Hospital. Born near Capon Bridge May 2 1869 she was daughter of the late William and Susan Brill Parke. Survived by sister Miss Alice Parke and brother Samuel W Parke nine nieces and nephews. Funeral Sunday at 1 pm meeting at Giffin Funeral Home Capon Bridge for rites at Pairview Lutheran Church Timber Ridge Gore with Rev W P Goode officiating. Interment in adjoining cemetery. Pallbearers named A B Slonaker Harry Sirbaugh Len e Smith Dorsey Roomsburg Clint Pugh and Cleveland Wolford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannah L. Parke
Park Hollow
Capon Bridge
W. Va
Winchester M Memorial Hospital
William and
Susan Brill Parke
Congregational Christian Church
Alice Parke
Samuel W. Parke
Giffin
Pairview Lutheran Church
Timber Ridge
Gore
W. P. Goode
Capon Bridge Methodist Church
A. B. Slonaker
Harry Sirbaugh
Lene Smith
Dorsey Roomsburg
Clint Pugh
Cleveland Wolford
Waynesboro High Bears Down Grundy for State Class B Title
Waynesboro High School's basketball team, nicknamed the Little Giants, won the state Class B title by beating Grundy 35 to 17 on the Dupont Recreational Court. This marked the first state championship in the school's history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waynesboro
Waynesboro High School
Little Giants
Grundy
Dupont
Uncle Sam's Almanac Promises Useful Family Reference
An almanac offers a ready reference calendar for 200 years a guide to weights and measures and information on Presidents Army Navy Aviation and the war. The notice urges readers to order a copy now at fifteen cents postpaid with limited supply.
UNCLE SAM'S ALMANAC 1946 ORDER REQUEST
Reader sends fifteen cents for a copy of UNCLE SAM'S ALMANAC, 1946, with name city state and mail to Washington DC. The message appears as a coupon submission to the Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau at 316 Eye St NE Washington DC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Evening Star
Information Bureau
Eye St
N. E
Washington
D. C
Fortune Teller Rose George Sets Up in Winchester
Mrs Rose George of Macomb Mississippi begins palm readings at 15 West Piccadilly Street Winchester adjacent to Yellow Cab Co after paying 1000 for city and state licenses to operate through December 31 1946. She cites 15 years experience including a 1939 World Fair booth and offers refunds if predictions fail to materialize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose George
Macomb
Mississippi
Winchester
West Piccadilly Street
Yellow Cab Co
George
New York
Roanoke Fruit Hurt by Frost
A heavy frost in the Roanoke area caused slight damage to peaches and other early fruits while apples appeared largely unharmed. Temperatures dropped to 32 34 degrees before warming to 61 degrees, and growers fear a repeat of last year’s devastating freeze for peaches and possibly apples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Court Visits Petiot's Mansion in Murder Trial
Paris March 22 police and court officials visited the doctor Marcel Petiot at his Bois de Boulogne mansion as testimony continued in the 27 murder counts case. Magistrates jurors and Petiot arrived in a motor convoy amid rain. The scene included a triangle room watched by the defendant and a pit in the garage said to hold human remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Petiot
Tey
Outstanding Horses In Middleburg Race
Middleburg awaits the tenth annual Hunter Point-to-Point Race set for tomorrow at 2 30 p m. Entries include Allentown ridden by J W Maloney, Noble Count owned by Col Frederick M Warburg, and Big C Arlie owned by Gerald B Webb Jr of Middleburg with prior victories noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleburg
Allentown
John T. Maloney
Warrenton
J. W. Maloney
Noble Count
Col
Frederick M. Warburg
Big C. Arlie
Gerald B. Webb, Jr
Virginia Guard May Continue After June 1
Governor Tuck and Adjt. Gen. Gardner Waller said the Virginia State Guard may be reorganized and continued beyond June 30 the current de mobilization date. Brig. Gen. E. E. Goodwyn returned to active duty as the State Guard contemplates future funding and possible mustering out of National Guard units. The General Assembly appropriated $175,000 for the State Guard for the next biennium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Tuck
Adjt
Gardner Waller
Virginia
State Guard
National Guard
E. E. Goodwyn
Emporia
Goodwyn
General Assembly
Officers Uniform On the Way Out
The army will have indistinguishable uniforms for all ranks by June 30, 1948 with insignia as the only distinguisher. The War Department issued the order amid criticism of an officer caste system, while supporters praise the move to boost volunteer enlistments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Capitol Hill
May
D-Ky
House Military Committee
Radar beam with no intercepting object
If the radar beam encounters no object to reflect it, the beam travels straight and vanishes into space.
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Musterole
Washington Hospital
Jacksonville
Jackie Robinson
John Wright
Montreal
Jersey City
Jacksonville Playground and Recreation Board
LOS Angeles
Harry Lowery
Chicago Cubs
Lakeland
Detroit Tiggers
Orlando
Washington Senators
ST. Petersburg
Joe Dimaggio
New York Yankees
Charley Keller
U.S
Fire and Auto Insurance
J. A. Hotinger
Mutual Insurance
N. Loudoun
RED Cross
J. W. Grove Furniture
Coucus
Ena Oethane O
Silco Cut Price Stores, Inc
Loudoun Street
Minnie Rose Webb
Shrine Hospital
St. Louis
Pigee
Minnie Rose
Jake Webb
William H. Woodfield, Jr
San Francisco
Imperial
Shrine of North America
Shriners’ Hospital
Tipton County
Tenn
Parke
Waynesboro Cups
Uncle Sam
Washington, D. C
Barr’s Orchard & Farm
Virginia Guard
Laken
Bank Alto
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Winchester’s Shopping Center
Just
Chenilie
U. S. Army
E. W. Armstrong CO
E. Piccadilly St
Pella
Willard
Chevrolet Sales
Bickers Motor Co
Amoco
Chapman Motor Co
H._F. Nelson
Pine Motor Company
Maynard Renner Garage
Smith's
E.E. Piccadilly St
Garvin J. Walter Cammerce Co
MecNelley & Himelright Smith Pontiac Service
Gerrard & Valley Ave
Farm Machinery Dealers
Lupton Orchard Service Co. F. Dunlap
Valley Service Station, Inc
Willard Batteries
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