Truck Explodes On Highway Near Nashville
A truck carrying 16 tons of dynamite caught fire and exploded on U S Highway 41 A near Nashville. Two men died, the blast left a crater and blacked out towns within 50 miles, and many were injured or disrupted as power lines fell. The driver Lloyd L Brantley 39 of McCalla Ala and another man identified as John L O Guinn 63 of Nashville perished. the Hercules Powder Company truck was en route to Clarksville with 400 cases of explosives.
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Nashville, Tenn
Here
Sparsley-Settled
Tennessee
Hercules Powder Company
Bessemer
Ala
Clarksville
Nashle
John L. O’guin
Nashville
Lloyd L. Brantley
McCalla
E. E
Brantley
Elmer Craig
State
Highway Patrol
Springfield
Spring Becomes Fact Over Nation
Temperatures rose to normal or higher across most of the nation with Gulf states and as far north as Tennessee Arkansas and Kansas seeing warmth. A heavy rain cooled drought threats in California's San Joaquin Valley, with over an inch common and valued at lion dollars per Dixton of Fresno. Rain spread from San Diego to Idaho and Wyoming with snow at higher elevations. light rain reached parts of Pennsylvania and western New York.
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Gulf States
Tennessee
Arkansas
Kansas
San Joaquin
California
John Dixton
Fresno
Worthlion
San Diego
Idaho
Wyoming
Pennsylvania
New York
Prospect Hill: Meade Family Estate in Clarke History
Everard Kidder Meade built Prospect Hill on a 921 acre Clarke tract deeded by his father in 1809. The house burned in 1838 and its foundations remain. later Meade line heirs and spouses expanded holdings and moved to new Hill sites. Franc is B. Meade, Mary Mann Burwell’s husband, became the major buyer. Lucy Gwyn Burwell married Addison B. Carter of Winchester, parents of Shirley and Mann Page Carter.
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Maria M. Page
Mann Pagell
Mannsfield
Lewis Burwell
Nathaniel
Susanna (Grymes) Burwell
Prospect Hill
Clarke
Kenneth N. Gilpin
Kentmere
K. N. Gilpin
Ryton
Wm. H. Wilmer
Longwood
Benjamin Harrison
Burwell
Police Probe Girl's Death near Blacksburg
Police investigate the death of Alice Marie Taylor a Roanoke VA worker found along U S Route 460 near Blacksburg. She had bruises on the face and head but the cause is a cerebral hemorrhage. theories include beating and dumping from a car or fatal concussion from a fall. Her body was found by Bernice Dowdy about 10 am as she walked to work. Her missing pocketbook and about 15 dollars were not recovered. Her mother reported her missing about two hours earlier after she left the VA office Thursday morning.
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Blacksburg
Alice Marie Taylor
Roanoke
Miss Taylor
Bernice Dowdy
V. A
H. F. Taylor
Grubb
Virginian Killed In Plane Crash Near Mountain City
Two Mennonite church leaders died when a private plane lost a wing and crashed on a hillside near Mountain City Tennessee. Jacob A. Shenk of Harrisonburg Virginia and Melvin H. Weaver of Paintsville Kentucky were ejected from the aircraft piloted by Shenk as it plummeted after control was lost near Knoxville en route from Atlanta to Harrisonburg. Wreckage covered about a square mile on the Brown farm. no cause given. Shenk, a hatchery owner and mission board leader, had piloted the craft for eight years.
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Mountain City
Tenn
Jacob A. Shenk
Harrisonburg
Melvin H. Weaver
Paintsville, Ky
Shenk
General Mission Board
Mennonite
Weaver
Atlanta
Knoxville
Quincy Brown
Iron Mountain
Brown
Missing File Sought by House Un American Activities
The House Un American Activities Committee searched for a missing file said to hold names of congressmen with links to a now tagged subversive group. Former FBI agent Cvetic testified the file existed and had been in his possession, prompting calls to locate it for the ongoing investigation of Communist activity in western Pennsylvania.
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Washington
House Un-American Activities Committee
Wood
D-Ga
Matthew Cvetic
FBI
Cvetic
Cambria County
Kearney
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Walter
Road Work Announced for Frederick and Clarke Counties
State Highway Commission assigns 1950 51 funds totaling 395 000 for road projects in Frederick and Clarke counties. Major step includes Rt 12 reconstruction from Boyce to Berryville costing about 220 000 with convict labor. Additional Rt 277 work between Stephens City and Double Fallgate 80 000. Four bituminous resurfacing contracts listed: Rt 7 Berryville 10 000, Rt 11 Stephens City 14 000, Rt 340 Berryville to West Virginia line 36 000, Rt 522 West Virginia line 35 000. Final approval awaits a public hearing next month in Roanoke.
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State Highway Commission
Frederick
Clarke Counties
Boyce
Berryville
Stephens City
Double Fallgate
Rt. 7
Rt. 11
West Virginia Line
West Virginia
Roanoke
Bulova Watches Featured at Clowes Jewelry
Clowes Jewelry promotes Bulova watches with 21 jewels starting at 49.50 and showcases the newest world timepieces. The ad highlights luxury timepieces and invites customers to view the selection at the store, kp-3-24-20.
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Clowes
Clowe's Jewelry Store
Guards Seek Two Negroes Who Escaped
Guards resumed the search for two trustees who escaped yesterday afternoon from the State Convict Road Camp near Double Tollgate. Leon Edwards and Davis Bazemore, both from Norfolk County, are missing after leaving during work along Rt. 522 eight miles south of Winchester.
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Double Tollgate
Winchester
Set
H. A. Williams
Leon Edwards
Norfolk
Davis Bazemore
Norfolk County
Rt. 50
Sgt. Williams
Edwards
Handley High Band Concert Delights Handley Auditorium
A large attentive Handley audience enjoyed the Handley High School Band third annual spring concert in Handley Auditorium. Under director H Gaylen Strance the 50 musicians performed 12 pieces from Spanish dance Aguero to Moore's Marcho Poca with Gershwin and Sousa selections drawing strong applause. Strance invited feedback to build a popular spring concert and noted eight members would wrap up the term after 21 performances this school year.
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Handley Auditorium
Handley High School
H. Gaylen Strance
Mr. Struce
Aguero
Jose Franco
Moore
John Philip Sousa
Ketelbey
Strance
Julia Dotson
Richard Duncan
Ann Fieming
Betty Jo Halterman
Jack Sheetz
Allen Slaughter
Philip Slaughter
Earl Strasnider
Front Royal
Travel Man To Address Rally Here
James Lee Bossemeyer former chief of the U S Travel Division will address the annual community festival rally next Tuesday evening in the George Washington Hotel ballroom. The event promotes the twenty third Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival with plans for April 27 and 28 and features the Handley Glee Club of 100 voices.
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James Lee Bossemeyer
United States Travel Division
Department of the Interior
National Association of Travel Officials
George Washington Hotel
Handley Glee Club of
100 Voices
James Bossemeyer
St. Joseph
Missouri
Arkansas
State University
National Park Service
Seattle
Tacoma
Washington
Bossemeyer
U.S. Travel Bureau
San Francisco
Army
U. S. Travel
New York
Katherine Wilson
8Th Air Force
British Labor Party Founder Dies Of Pneumonia
Harold J. Laski a founder of the British Labour Party and long time executive committee member died last night at age 56 from pneumonia after bronchitis and influenza. He chaired the party from 1945 to 1954 and helped lead it to government victory. He was well known in the United States for teaching and lecturing at major colleges and universities and was a prolific writer advocating socialism and Anglo Russian solidarity.
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London
Harold J. Laski
Labor Party
Laski
United States
Crippled Society Pleads for Funds in Winchester Drive
Robert J. McNally Jr treasurer of the local Virginia Society for Crippled Children and Adults calls Winchester residents to meet a 2500 quota for Clarke and Frederick Counties. Only 1500 collected so far, $2700 raised last year. Community Auction Sale set for April 1 at Bryarly School Route 522 Albin Va with farming equipment and household items. P T A of Bryarly serves lunch and dinner. Wood for sale from A C Oates Lumber Yard. Shooting Match on March 26 at 1 PM at Winchested Rod and Gun Club new location Route 522 five miles south.
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Robert J. McNally, Jr
Virginia Society For Crippled Children and Adults
Winchester
Clarke
Frederick
Bryarly School
Albin
A.C. Oates Lumber Yard
Winchester Rod and Gun Cilus
Czechs land in Germany seek to return home
About 53 of 85 Czechs who landed at Erd ing air base near Munich in three Czech planes expressed a wish to go back to Czechoslovakia. The planes came from Bratislava Ostrava and Brno and were cleared for Prague. The event sparked Prague rumors of political upheaval and alleged plots against leaders.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U. S
Erding
Munich
Prague
Bratislava
Ostrava
Brno
Czechoslovakia
USAFE
U.S. Air Force In
Europe
Air Force
Zdenek Fierlinger
Fierlinger
London Evening News
Communist Party
Rudolph Slansky
Canada
Frantisec Nemec
Ottawa
Ottawa Evening Citizen
Slansky
Vladimir Clementis
Showdown Looms In Soviet Spy Case
Washington reports point to a coming clash over McCarthy's Russia espionage charge. FBI files on a named State Department suspect are being reviewed by the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee with Hoover and McGrath expected to testify. The Justice Department stresses standard FBI procedure and confidentiality. President Truman will decide on broader access to records.
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Senate Foreign Relations
Millard Tydings
D-Md
Washington
Joseph McCarthy
R-Wisc
U.S. State Department
McCarthy
International Soundphoto
Russia
State Department
Capitol
Justice Department
FBI
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
J. Edgar Hoover
J. Howard McGrath
Tydings
Hoover
McGrath
Truman
McMahon
D-Conn
Green
D-Ri
Lodge
R-Mass
McCarthy Presses State Department Espionage Claim
Senator McCarthy charges a top Soviet espionage agent in the State Department and vows the case hinges on public proof. The Foreign Relations subcommittee seeks access to department files with Truman’s decision pending, while the FBI review is shown to the panel under pledge of non disclosure.
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Washington Post
FBI
MccCarthy
McCarthy
Solon Warns To Watch Out For Socialism
In a district convention keynote, Solon warns against drifting toward socialism. He urges citizens to take stock, defend democracy, and accept individual responsibility to safeguard liberty. He recalls historical struggles against arbitrary government and the pioneer belief in self-reliance.
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Solon
School Officials To Attend Meeting On Curriculum Planning
R. E. Ayler, superintendent of Frederick County Schools, and G. Tyler Miller will attend a meeting to discuss a curriculum planning program.
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R. E. Ayler
Frederick County
G. Tyler Miller
Two New Teachers Named by Board
Frederick County School Board appoints two new teachers. Pauline L. Jordan succeeds Viva Cather at Round Hill and Ruth Boyer Rinker replaces Jamie Stevenson at Kernstown. Cather and Stevenson requested relief from duties.
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Frederick County
Pauline L. Jordan
Viva Cather
Round Hill
Ruth Boyer Rinker
Jamie Stevenson
Kernstown
Cather
Stevenson
Turkish airliner crash near Ankara kills 15 aboard
Istanbul report says eleven passengers and four crew members died in a Turkish airliner crash near Ankara. The disaster is being investigated as authorities confirm casualties.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Ankara
Permit Granted for Six-Room Frame Dwelling on Jordan Springs Rd
A building permit was issued today for a six-room frame dwelling with bath on Jordan Springs Road. Estimated cost figures were not fully disclosed in the readable text.
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Enson
Jordan Springs
Christ Church Officer Abernathy Appointed Assistant
S. Abernathy, a Brunswick County Virginia native, has been named assistant at Christ Church. The appointment expands the clergy staff and ties to regional parish leadership.
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Christ Church
Hardaway S. Abernathy
Brunswick County, Va
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