County Receives 700000 For Consolidated High School at Winchester
Richmond March 24 The State Board of Education approved a 700 000 Literary Fund loan to build a consolidated white high school in Frederick County near Winchester The board also released 50000 for a Negro training school in Nelson County and listed Brunswick County 700000 for a Negro high school next in line Pending available funds the board held other requests from Shenandoah Warwick Henry and Nelson counties and approved loans meeting requirements as funds permit
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Richmond
State Board of Education
Literary Fund
Frederick County
Winchester
Nelson County
Brunswick County
Brunswick
Shenandoah County
Warwick County
Henry County
Honorary Fire Chiefs to Be Picked on Stage in Apple Blossom
Judges from out of town will select the honorary fire chiefs for Winchester and Frederick County during the Apple Blossom Festival fireman's parade. Shirley Bly chairs the contest with entrants chosen by Reuss Sarah Zane Friendship and South End companies. County and local companies will be represented with the county fire department leading the Frederick County contingent.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Acto Shirley Bly
Reuss
Sarah Zane
Friendship
South End
Middletown
Stephens City
Clearbrook
County Fire Department
Bly
Colonial minister James Thomson of Fauquier and teacher to John Marshall
James Thomson born near Glasgow in 1739 came to Virginia in 1767 served as rector of Leeds Parish Fauquier from 1769 to 1812 and ran a home school. An ardent patriot his sermons and teaching influenced John Marshall. He preached Lord Fairfax's funeral and received 10 pounds for the services.
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James Thomson
Glasgow
Scotland
Virginia
Thomas Marshall
Oak Hill
Fauquier County
England
London
James M. Thomson
Clarke Co
Leeds
Fauquier
Glebe
Salem
Beveridge
U. S. Supreme Court
John Marshall
Meade
Thomson
Lord Fairfax
Colony
Mary Ann Farrow
Leeds Manor
Thomsons
Clarke
Jefferson County
W- Va
Fete Princess Miss Anne Diffenderfer to Represent GWU
Miss Anne Diffenderfer daughter of Mrs. William Irving Diffenderfer of Washington will represent George Washington University as princess at the Apple Blossom Festival April 28 and 29. The 20 year old is a GWU student with honors including sweetheart of Sigma Chi and dream girl of Pi Kappa Alpha.
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Anne Leonoir Diffenderfer
William Irving Diffenderfer
Washington
George Washington University
Sigma Chi
Pi Kappa Alpha
Annapolis Naval Academy
The
Cherry Tree
Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority
Diffenderfer
Eastern High School of Washington
Tucker given two year term in theft conviction
A 12 man Frederick circuit court jury found Clarence Speedy Tucker guilty of grand larceny and sentenced him to two years in the state penitentiary for stealing cast iron lime kiln grates from the M. J. Grove Lime Co. plant at Stephens City on November 17. He faces two additional indictments for further lime grate thefts.
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Frederick
Clarence
Tucker
Stephens City
M. J. Grove Lime Co
Lime Company
Virginia Woolen Wins Air Force Cloth Contract
Virginia Woolen Mill secured a contract for 250000 yards of 28 ounce velour for Air Force overcoating at 3.97 to 4 dollars per yard. Production will occur at the Winchester plant in coming weeks providing full-time work for idle employees.
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Air Force
Virginia Woolen Mill
Winchester
H. B. McCormac Jr
Forensic Contests By Nine Schools Scheduled Here
Nine of 13 District L high schools will enter the Virginia High School League forensic meet Saturday at Handley High School. Contests begin at 10 a.m. with prose reading, poetry, public speaking, debate, and spelling judged by Handley faculty and other officials. Winners advance to a district meet April 9 at Harrisonburg.
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Ab Handley
Bryant Harper
Stonewallsc
Handley
Paul Beable
Stephens City
Mildred Lee Grove
Richard Lewis
Winchester
Geraldine Dellinger
Marsha Dietz
Berryville
Jackie Carr
Boyce
Patsy Sutherland
Gainsboro
Polly Sharpes
Woodstock
Delores Coffelt
Stonewall
Margaret Phillips
New Market
Helen Carter
Stewart Bell, Jr
Robert E. Ayler
Carlton Arthur
James Robinson
Gainesboro
Elwood Warner
Jane Brumback
Middletown
Violet Burner
Edinburg
Joyce Kaplan
Louise Tate
Legion
Dorothy Lee Fishpaw
Mary Tavenner
Jean Lou Farrow
United Nations
Dorothy Boone
Betty Kester
Lorraine Marker
Harold Whetzel
Richard Green
Patsy Trimble
Ann Painter
Phyllis Boyer
Melton Wright
Joyce Sutton
Madeline Heatwale
C. E. Miley Jr
Boyce High School
Virginia Silman
Joyce Shutters
Roxanne Rogers
Marian Ensw
Rail hearings end over engineer staffing dispute
Chicago March 24 hearings in a railroad labor dispute end after a presidential fact finding explores a strike threat by about 25,000 railroad engineers. The board takes under advisement the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers demand for an extra engineer on multiple unit diesel electric locomotives.
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Chicago
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
United States Considers Up To 2 Billion For Europe Rearmament
Washington officials report a study by the National Resources Board and key agencies finding the United States could provide up to 2 billion dollars in foreign military aid to North Atlantic allies plus Greece Turkey and Iran without harming the domestic economy or triggering rationing. Assistant Secretary Ernest Gross drafts a program seeking 1.25 to 1.5 billion for North Atlantic nations for the year starting July 1 with about 500 million more for Greece Turkey and Iran. Western diplomats favor a three year span but officials await military input on needs and duration. France's Gen Georges Revers has arrived to inspect camps and American equipment France can expect.
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Washington
Congress
National Resources Board
United States
Europe
North Atlantic Alliance
Greece
Turkey
Tran
Gross
Ernest Gross
North Atlantic
Georges Revers
France
Coal Strike Ends Monday, Lewis Says
John L. Lewis ordered 463,000 idle coal miners to return to work on Monday after the Memorial period ends March 28. District officers were directed to resume production nationwide and for workers to be available then. The Baltimore and Ohio railroad furloughed 8500 shop workers and planned return in April.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
House Refuses To Accept Senate Rent Bill Changes
The House rejects the Senate amendment to the rent control bill and sends the measure to a House Senate conference committee. Rent controls may expire in a week without a compromise. The plan allows limited increases and differs on local de control and durations, with President Truman seeking stronger measures.
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House
Senate
Washington
Senate House Conference
Truman
Capitol Hill
Senate House
Magnuson
Lucas
D-Ill
Searcy Commissioned as Lieutenant in Virginia Guard
Clifford Searcy of Route 3 is commissioned first lieutenant in the Virginia National Guard effective January 20. He will lead a platoon and serve as training officer with Headquarters Company, 116th Regiment under Captain Robert Manuel at Winchester. Searcy served six years overseas in World War II as a captain in the Canadian army and has a wife and daughter.
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Clifford Searcy
R. 3
Virginia National Guard
Hq. Co
Virginia Guard
Robert Manuel
Winchester
Searcy
Headley
Russians Invited to Tour U S Factories in Peace Conference
New York March 24 Russians invited to inspect major American factories as opponents plan to picket the weekend meetings. National Association of Manufacturers routes invitation through Soviet Ambassador Panyushkin to show world peace through work. NAM will pay all expenses and arrange an itinerary during the delegates stay.
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New York
National Assn
Alexander Panyushkin
Dmitri Shostakovich
Wallace F. Bennett
The
NAM
Panyushkin
Bennett
State Department
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
U. S
Novick Drivers Walkout Triggers Development Expectation
L H Stotler of Novick Transfer Co says 85 drivers from Local Teamsters 453 have walked out from 700 N Cameron St. He notes trucks idle, union rep Swiggett unreachable, and calls the action a wildcat strike likely rooted with platform workers. Company ready to bargain. last strike three years ago led to wage increases.
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L. H. Stotler
Novick Transfer Co
N. Cameron St
Teamsters Union 453
AFL
Novick
Wilbur N Swiggett
Stotler
Garden
W. B. Snider & Son
Stamp-book tax plan touted to fund expanded social security
The administration outlined a stamp-book tax paying system to cover up to 50 million workers under a broader social security expansion. Arthur Altmeyer presented details to the House Ways and Means Committee, proposing higher coverage, increased benefits, a new disability program, and lowering the pension age for women. opposition grows to a tax rise from 1.8 billion to about 5 billion dollars.
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Washington
Congress
Arthur J. Altmeyer
Social Security
House
Ways and Means
Truman
Altmeyer
Turtle Derby Set for April 8 by Winchester JTB
Winchester Junior Board of Trade to sponsor a turtle derby April 8 at the armory. Half proceeds go to the Municipal band. Howard Melton, resident, announces event with Harry Carpenter as general chairman, aided by William Sullivan and Dick Rush. Entry fee five dollars. prizes total eighty seven fifty. about 200 turtles ordered from Hickman Kentucky.
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Winchester Junior Board of Trade
Howard Melton
Armory
Harry Carpenter
William Sullivan
Dick Rush
Melton
Europe’s Recovery Sets Policy Priority Over Military Aid
Senator Connally argued that Europe’s economic recovery should precede military aid to support the proposed North Atlantic security pact. The debate on a 15 month Western Europe aid program totaling 5580 million focused on whether to reduce the authorization while the actual funds await congressional appropriation.
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Washington
Europe
Connally
D-Tex
Senate
United States
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Western
Economic Cooperation Administration
U. S
Great Britain
Canada
Belgium
France
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Denmark
Norway
Pact Deliberations Warn Dulles On Atlantic Pact
John Foster Dulles warned at a Philadelphia forum that the North Atlantic pact could halt war or trigger a third world war. He said the pact remains defensive but warned Soviet leaders might see it as offensive and pace steps to ensure it promotes peace by clear, prudent actions.
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Philadelphia
John Foster Dulles
T. Dulles
Dulles
U. S
United Nations
Kremlin
Powerful Opposition Blocks Creation of West German State
Western Germany state plans face strong opposition from communists and a Western German Socialist faction. French military authorities and a German nationalist movement join the bloc. Bonn assembly’s constitution proposal seeks more state power but needs Socialist votes. French bloc and Western Socialists threaten to block a centralised federal government approach.
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Germany
Socialist
Bonn
Bonn Assembly
U. S
Britain
France
Closest House Vote Since 1941 on Rankin Veterans Pension Bill
The House, by 208 to 207, sent the Rankin veterans pension bill back to committee after a recount. Senator Rankin of Mississippi warned the measure is dead for this Congress, as the bill aimed at $90 monthly pensions at age 65 for World War I and II veterans was altered beyond its original form.
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Washington
House
Rankin
Congress
Teague
D-Tex
McCormick
D.mass
Rayburn
Min “Srna
Reecan
Reeublicans
American Laborite
Olivier Wyman Favored for Movie Oscars
Hollywood previews the Oscar race with Olivier and his Hamlet favored for best actor and best film. Jane Wyman leads in Best Actress for Johnny Belinda, while Belinda may outpace Hamlet in a strict American vote. Other contenders include The Snake Pit and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
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Howard C. Heyn
Hollywood
Olvier
Hamlet
Jane Wyman
Johnny Belminda
Belinda
Miss Wyman
Olivia DeHavilland
Olivier
Kurtz Spring Sale On Dressed Roasting Chickens
For sale direct from grower prying and roasting chickens dressed drawn delivered to your door call 3959. The ad promotes a spring sale with discounts from 10 to 35 percent across the store and lists several dates.
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Kurtz
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Berryville Ave
Virginia Woolen
America
Iran
Lewis
C. L. Searcy
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U.S
Shostakovich
Russia
Poland
Czechoslovakia
South America
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Olaf Stapledon
Rep. Woods
Dga
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D-Ny
Wood
House un-American Activities Committee
Harlow Shapley
Harvard
Council
Hickman. Ky
George Washington Hotel
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