Francis McKee Succumbs in Gore After Weeklong Illness
Francis A McKee died at 2 30 a.m. today at his Gore home after a weeklong illness. He was born February 4 1874 in Gore, son of William and Hester Kerns McKee. Survived by wife Mammie (deceased about ten years), children Loring McKee, Mrs Otis Smyer, Mrs Ste Ma Smith, Roy McKee, Mrs Annie Hahn, Mrs Mary Atwood, Cory McKee, 18 grandchildren, 2 great grandchildren. Burial at Bethel Cemetery Trone Virginia. Body resting at Omps funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis A. McKee
Gore
William and
Hester Kerns McKee
Frederick County
Mammie McKee
Loring McKee
Rockville
Otis State- Smyer
Winchester
Ste Ma Smith
Roy McKee
Kensington
Annie Hahn
Orange
Mary Atwood
Cory McKee
Bethel Cemetery
Trone
Omps Funeral
Edward Conner Rites Held at Jones Funeral Home
Funeral services for Edward Conner age 88 were held at 2 p m today at Jones Funeral Home. A retired businessman and former councilman, he died Saturday at his home 517 8 Kent Street. He was a member of Centenary Reformed Church and Friendship Fire Co with interment at Mt Hebron Cemetery.
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Jones Funeral Home
Edward Conner
Kent St
Conner
Centenary Reformed Church and Friendship Fire Co
Mt. Hebron Cemetery
Answers to Daily Quiz 1 Philippines
Answers cover geography language and history items. Notable entries include Greek root for sun as a quiz clue and questions spanning locations North Carolina Tennessee California Death Valley and the Greater and Lesser Antilles.
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Philippines
North Carolina
Tenn
Willa Cather
California
Death Valley
Greater Antilles
Lesser Antilles
Mystery Viking Tower in Rhode Island Archaeo Dig Set
Newport Preservation Society authorized to excavate the old stone tower in Touro Park to settle whether it was built by Vikings as a church or by Gov Arnold as a 1660s windmill. Historians cite Longfellow and Pilgrim records while contesting Norse and colonial theories about the tower’s origin and purpose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
R. I
Touro Park
New England
New World
Gov. Arnold
Rhode Island
Newport Preservation Society
George Henry Warren, Jr
Longfellow
Philip Ainsworth Means
Pomfret, Conn
Eric Grupsson
Greenland and
Vinland
Gov
U States
Regional Auction Sales Directory for Late March and April
A sequence of estate and farm auctions listed with dates from March 24 to April 7. Items include livestock farming implements household goods furniture antiques restaurant equipment and farm machinery across locations in West Virginia Virginia Maryland and Pennsylvania. Each listing notes exact sale times and approximate locations such as Myerstown Winchester Chambersburg Kernstown and Bartonsville.
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Leslie Lucas
Kable Brothers
Myerstown
Jefferson Co
W. Va
Geo
Helsley
White Hall
Glenn Heavner
Slanesville
Salem Church
Genevieve M. Burton
Lee St
Winchester
Ralph W. Horst
Chambersburg
Marion
Robert Lee
Kernstown
J. Dorsey Luttrell
Rt. 522
Fahnestock Lane
Travella Clark Estate
Bartonsville
Edgar Maple
Nain
Crescent Pond
Sanford R. Gifford
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Napoleon
Paris
Gasperi Foresees United States of Europe
Rome March 22 Premier Alcide De Gasperi after a three hour talk with French Foreign Minister Georges Bidault said, We are going toward a United States of Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Alcide de Gasperi
Georges Bidault
United States of Europe
Ceiling collapse at church causes damage and detours
A fall of plaster and steel lath from the sanctuary ceiling of a 1924 church injured no one and scattered debris. investigators blame faulty construction while services continue in the basement during repairs and redecorating, with carpet replacement and a memorial window delayed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Hadden
C. R. Anderson
Pittsburgh
Czech Coup Probe Posed in Council
The Security Council returned to the Czechoslovak question as evidence was heard for Chile's demand to investigate Russia's role in the February 25 Communist coup. Delegates planned to resume the Palestine debate on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Sucess
Russia
Security Council
Chile
Palestine
Mayor Faces Court In March Term Over Subpoena
Luray March 2 The March term of the Page County circuit court opened with a show cause order against Bernard Painter Stanley mayor. Commonwealth's attorney I R Dovel said Painter refused to permit auditing of Trial Justice Charles K Hackley records by a state auditor March 10. Painter contends the subpoena did not require turning the books over. Hackley has been indicted on charges of bribery and embezzlement.
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Luray
Page County Circuit Court
Bernard Painter
Stanley
Commonwealth
I. R. Dovel
Charles K. Hackley
Painter
Hackley
Longshoremen Halt Loading For Soviet Freighter
In Jersey City on March 22 longshoremen from the International Longshoremen's Association refused to cross a war veterans picket line in front of the Soviet freighter Chukotka. Sixty-two ILA members met to decide whether to resume loading U S manufactured machinery bound for Russia. CWV president Thomas Carlin said the protest answers Uncle Joe's claim that the little people support communism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
N.J
AFL
U.S
International Longshoremen’s Assn
Thomas Carlin
CWV
Little People
Uncle Joe
America
Equal School Ballot Rights Demanded by NAACP Conference
The NAACP policy conference in Tuskegee urges equal rights in education and voting. Emory Jackson argues the South resists civil rights, while Walter White labels Southern regional schools a tactic to dodge the Supreme Court. The group condemns Klan mail intimidation in Georgia impacting black voter turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Equal School
Naacp Conference
Tuskegee
Ala
National Assn
NAAC
Emory Jackson
Birmingham
Truman
Walter White
Dixie
Conference
U. S. Supreme Court
Georgia
Daniel E. Byrd
Mount Vernon
Minneapolis Teachers End Month-Long Strike with Pay Rise
The Minneapolis public school teachers ended a month-long strike after a compromise on wages. The agreement raises the permanent minimum salary from 3200 to 2400 and the maximum from 4200 to 4400, affecting over 2000 teachers in 92 schools and sidestepping furtherism.
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Minneapolis
A.F.L. Federation of Teachers
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Francis McKee
Edward Conner Rites
He Cc
I. Brumback & Sons
N. Cameron St
Easy Terms
Pine Motor Co., Inc
Probe Mystery
Tower of
Skeleton In Armor
Robert R Young
Newport Park Commission
Foem
County Court House
Washington St
Handley High School
Roy P. Duvall
Russell H. Dunlap
Hayfield
Virginia
Duncan Phyfe
Coleman Dunn
L. C. Lucas
Heatwolk Motor CO
N. Braddock St
A. B. Solenberger
Coleman Dunn & Brown Lovett
Auctioneers
Kline & Snider
Clerks
Middletown High
Allen Cooley
Eddie Dodson
Kenneth Legg
James Beatty
Clyde Brumback
H. Dennis Hoover
Middletown
Stephens City
Brumback
Cooley
Kelly
Barr Studio
Gasperi
U.S. of Europe
Barr’s Orchard & Farm Supply
Farmer's Hardware Store
Meadow Brook Farm
Charley
Star
Brick
Guernsey
Oliver Row
John Deere
McCormick-Deering
Oliver Hammermill
Oliver No
C. Preston Engle
H. C. Mullen
G. E. Vickers
Glaize & Bro
Cameron Street
Chapman Motor CO
W. Boscawen ST
Lamp Motor CO
Smithfield Ave
Rt. 50
Tommy D. Lockhart
Loudoun St
the Food Center
Jones
Tom's
Order of the Golden Rule
Bargain
L& 220
Rergaie
Henry T. Goode
Delaware
American Health
American Health Insurance Corp
Rouss Ave
C. Ridgely White
James Bowman
Jess R. Kiracofe, Jr
Firestone
Meade
Firestone Stores
T. E. P. Clark
Roy Clark
Green Spring
Apple Pie Ridge
International
Chevrolet
Army
Fordson
Ford
Studebaker
Oldsmobile
Jeep
Geo. Helsley
Hugh Crim
Carlton Dyke
Charles Duvall
Strong Lewis
Preston Engle
Mullen
Jolliffe
Snider
Schneider & Hensell
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