Two Air Crashes Reported in U S As Spring Begins
A B-50 from Davis Monthan Air Force Base crashed west of Gila Bend Arizona during a routine training flight. Fifteen miles northwest of Tucson near a wartime desert training center the fate of its 14 crew members was not immediately known. A Griffiss Air Force Base AC 47 transport crashed during takeoff in heavy snow near Rome New York. Casualties were not yet confirmed and the number aboard was pending.
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U.S
Tucson
Ariz
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Gila Bend
Melvin Robertson
Base Public Information Office
Here
RCME
N. Y
Griffiss Air Force Base
Rome
Ed W. Johnson
Air Force Public Information Officer
Griffiss Field
New York
Johnson
Bradley to Talk Military Plans at North Atlantic Conference
Gen. Omar Bradley departed for The Hague to preside over a March 28 meeting of the NATO military committee. The talks aim to review five regional defense planning groups covering Europe and North America while U S arms aid to allies totals about 1 billion dollars.
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Washington
Omar Bradley
Netherlands
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Hague
Beene Wens
State Acheson
Francis H. Russell
State Department
Acheson
London
Bradley
North Atlantic Treaty Nations
Europe
Western Europe
Southern Europe
North America
North Atlantic Ocean
Hubert E. Howard
U. S. Munitions Board
Military Production and Supply Board
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Johnson
Treaty Defense Committee
The
U. S
North Atlantic Alliance
Piccadilly Street Church Restoration Highlights Local History
Everard Kidder Meade notes the restoration of Winchester’s First Presbyterian Church on Piccadilly Street and the 1950 publication of A History of the Presbyterian Church in Winchester 1780 1949. The 1788 89 rubble stone building housed Daniel Morgan’s graveyard and later changed hands to Baptists, colored Baptists, a school, and an armory.
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Piccadilly Street
Everard Kidder Meade
Presbyterian Church
Winchester
Virginia
Robert Bell Woodward
Clifford Duval Grim
Ronald S. Wilson
Pifer Printing Co
Grim
First Presbyterian Church
Daniel Morgan
The
Baptists
Colored Baptists, Colored, School
Armory
Four Princesses to Represent States in Shenandoah Apple Blossom
Four states and the District of Columbia will send representatives to the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester on April 27 and 28. Betty Bailey Sellars of Stuart Hall Virginia, June Elizabeth Thomas of Wilson College Pennsylvania, Patricia Jo Frankhouser of West Virginia University Morgantown West Virginia, and Benny Lou Ausmus of Virginia Intermont College Tennessee will comprise the festival court for Queen Shenandoah.
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Virginia
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Winchester
District of Columbia
W. Bailey Sellars
Service League
June Elizabeth Thomas
Wilson College
Chambersburg
Baltimore
Paul B. Thomas
Goodale Road
Miss Thomas
Athletic Association
Roland Park County School
West Virginia University
Eta Upsilon Gamma
Frankhouser
Terra Alta High School
Potomac State
Col.e
Tennessee
Virginia Intermont College
Bristol
Virginia-Tennessee
Benny Lou Ausmus
Harry L. Ausmus
Sweetwater
Tenn
Miss Ausmus
Charming
Virginia Intermont
Tennessee Club
Sweetwater High School
Community Chest Plans April Meeting To Decide Future
Winchester Frederick County Community Chest calls its members to a meeting on April 19 at the George Washington Hotel to decide whether the Chest should continue. The board voted last week to hold a general discussion on the program, its benefits, and the annual fund drive. The Chest supports Boy Scouts Cancer Fund Children Home Society of Virginia Girl Scouts Negro Day Nursery Sacred Heart Boys Club Salvation Army and Winchester Day Nursery.
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Winchester . Frederick County
the Chest
Red Feather
Boy Scouts, Cancer Fund
Children’s Home Society of Virginia
Girl Scouts
Negro Day Nursery
Scared Heart Boys’ Club
Salvation Army
Winchester Day Nursery
Schools Close for Apple Blossom Festival in Frederick County
Frederick County schools will close on both days of the Apple Blossom Festival. Superintendent R. E. Ayler announced the decision and said Good Friday will be observed as a holiday in county schools. Winchester holidays remain undetermined.
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Prederick County
R. E. Ayler
Winchester
NLRB backs Truman plan to curb counsel powers
Five members of the National Labor Relations Board align in support of President Truman's proposal to curb the independent powers of the counsel. The clipping also lists Winchester Seed Co and gardening supplies in the ad section.
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Truman
Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Winchester Seed CO
N. Cameron
Daylight payroll robbery at Kann's Department Store
Armed bandits stopped two Kann's Department Store employees in front of Kain's warehouse in southwest Washington and seized a payroll of about 6500 dollars. George M. Langley and James Kidwell reported the two white men fled in a green sedan with the money destined for 175 workers.
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Washington
Kann
George M. Langley
James Kidwell
Kain
Langley
Kidwell
Henry's Home May Become Boys' Haven
Plans to convert Patrick Henry's Virginia home Red Hill into the Patrick Henry Boys Plantation a farm for rehabilitating troubled boys were presented to the Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation trustees. Rev Ralph Bellwood would run the project with initial capital from patriotic societies and donors.
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Richmond
Patrick Henrry
Charlotte County
Red Hill
Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation
Virginia Patriot
Henry
Ralph Bellwood
Halifax County
Patrick Henry Boys’ Plantation
James S. Easley
Halifax
Bellwood
Patrick Henry Boys
Negro Trial Begins in Frederick Court for Wounding
Robert Thornton of Florida stands trial in Frederick County Circuit Court for feloniously wounding Thomas Harris during an orchard altercation. Jury members include Grover Cleven ger, Henry Brown, and others. Thornton, captured in Palm Beach County, is defended by Robert Vogltz as Harris and witnesses were transported from Florida.
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Robert Thornton
Florida
Frederick County
Thomas Harris
Grover Clevenger
Henry Brown
Harold L. Cooper
T. O. Snyder
Jesse Himelright
William Carpenter
C. C. Richard
Howard Glenn
Galen
FBI
Palm Beach County
Fla
Robert DeHaven
Winchester
Henry Renner
Joseph Ritter
Harris
Robert Vogltz
Thornton
Winter Snow Delays Roads Across Winchester Area
Snowfall in Winchester ranged from three inches to nine inches in the mountains above Star Tannery. By noon the snow had melted on primary and most secondary roads. Virginia Highway Dept crews patrolled overnight as buses ran with little disruption. Some vehicles got stuck on Rt 50 West and 522 but no accidents were reported.
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Winchester
Star Tannery
Virginia Highway Dept
Rt. 50 West
Senate panel approves $50,000 probe into organized crime
The Senate Rules Committee voted unanimously to back a $50,000 investigation into organized crime. The approval signals a bipartisan effort to scrutinize crime networks and related activities at the federal level.
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Washington
Senate Rules Committee
Senate
Professors Vote Against Hiring Reds at Berkeley
More than 1,000 University of California professors voted against employing any Communist on the faculty and rejected a special non Communist oath by the board of regents. Two mail ballot resolutions passed by wide margins, opposing the oath and barring anyone with Communist ties. Regents’ chairman Edward A. Dickson called the action nationally significant.
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Berkeley
Calif
University of California
Board of Regents
Oxford
Regents
Edward A. Dickson
Los Angeles
Communist Party
Joel H
Phoenix
Ariz
John Francis Neylan
Front Royal Man Sentenced for Bigamy
Lewis C. Jenkins, 22, of Front Royal, pleaded guilty to bigamy and was sentenced to three years in the state penitentiary. Judge Elliott Marshall presided in Frederick County Circuit Court after an October marriage to Frances V. Teets of Stephens City while still married to Hope Crockett of Orange, Virginia. Both women have a child.
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Lewis C. Jenkins
Elliott Marshall
Frederick County
Jenkins
Frances V. Teets
Stephens City
Hope Crockett
Orange
North Carolina
McCarthy Assails Truman Over Loyalty Files Access
Senator McCarthy accuses President Truman of delaying access to government loyalty files for Senate investigators. White House aides consider limiting access while McCarthy cites evidence of Communist infiltration in the State Department. Senate chair Tydings says he will not comment on the exchange.
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Washington
McCarthy
R-Wis
Truman
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
State Department
White House
Mr.Truman
United States
Tydings
D-Md
Wisconsin Republican
Prada
Mieg
Congress
Grall
John E. Peurifoy
McCarty
FBI picks Winchester officer for 1950 National Academy
Mr. R D Auerbach announces Sergeant Warren Rudolph of Winchester Police Department will attend the 44th session of the FBI National Academy starting April 10 1950. Rudolph, a Handley High School graduate, joined the Winchester force in June 1942 under Chief J Thomas Boyd. The academy, founded July 29 1935, trains state municipal and county officers as instructors and executives in law enforcement.
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R. D. Auerbach
Richmond
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Warren Rudolph
Winchester Police Department
F. B. I. National Academy
Rudolph
Handley High School
J. Thomas Boyd
Mrs. Florence Barr Dies at 50 in Winchester
Mrs. Florence Myers Barr widow of W. T. Barr died at age 50 at her home 110 Peyton Street after years of declining health. Born April 16 1876 in Frederick County she was involved in Presbyterian Church Turner Ashby Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy and Winchester Civic League. Funeral at 2 30 p m Saturday from her residence with Dr Ronald S. Wilson and Rev J S Ducknall officiating and burial in Mt Hebron Cemetery.
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Florence Myers Barr
W. T. Barr
City
Peyton St
Myers Home
Hackwood
Frederick County
Presbyterian Church
Barr
Turner Ashby
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Winchester
Gaithersburg
Myers
Falls Church
Warren Myers
Ellicott City
Charles Myers
Thurmont
Ronald S. Wilson
J. S. Ducknall
Mt. Hebron Cemetery
Police Seek Hit and Run Driver in Willys Sedan Crash
City police search for a hit and run motorist who struck a 1938 Willys sedan owned by Samuel C. Brooks parked at 237 Jefferson St. The accident was reported by a local pharmacist at 10 30 pm and likely occurred between 7 and 10 pm. Damage was about 40 dollars.
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Willys
Samuel C. Brooks
Jefferson St
Housing program becomes a very warm political issue
Washington reports a heated battle over postwar housing aid as Congress rejects a $2 billion cooperative housing plan 218 to 155 but approves over $4 billion to expand the existing program. Senate veto and a House Senate conference push to a compromise without the co op plan set up a major election issue for November.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
House
Senate
House-Senate
Coop Housing
Democratic McCormack
Winchester Television Corp Opens New Store
A new TV firm opens tomorrow at 1028 Loudoun Street in Winchester. E. L. Hall serves as president and Russell R. Goble is secretary-treasurer.
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Winchester Television Corp
Loudoun St
E. L. Hall
Russell R. Goble
Famine and Disease Ravage Red China Regions
Reports indicate Anhwei province in central China suffers severely from famine and disease with smallpox diphtheria and tropical fever ravaging humans and livestock. Investigators note a Hong Kong based committee and unnamed officials link relief efforts to unofficial Communist leadership.
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Anhwei
China
Hong Kong
Thal
Anhwel
Mission
Virginia Scions Silence On Hutchinson Nomination
The article notes undecided stances on Hutchinson a Richmond lawyer and Liberal Independent Democrat as his nomination maneuvers through regular procedures. Byrd and Robertson have not commented after commerce committee requests, with home state lawmakers usually approving or disapproving such confirmations.
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Senate
Tment
Johnson
Hutchinson
Richmond
Byrd
Robertson
Commerce Committee
People’s
Braddock St
Hershey
Congregational Christian Churity
Stockton
Gould
Torough
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Federal National Mortgage Association
Spence
D-Ky
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D-Tex
Bryarly
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P.T.A. of
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House of Good Food
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Hodgson and Brown
W. Boscawen
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Virgina Scions
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