Headon Car Crash Kills Mechanic in Valley Pike collision
John Lichliter, 36, a mechanic at Heatvale Motor Co., died in a two car crash on Valley Pike three miles north of Edinburg. Mrs. Jesse Bauserman and four others in the second car were hospitalized but not seriously hurt. Lichliter suffered a broken back and crushed jaw. He lived at Fort Valley, worked in Winchester, and was a four and a half year veteran of WWII. Survivors include his mother and two siblings. His body lay at Dellinger Funeral Home in Woodstock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lichliter
Heatvale Motor Co
Pre We
Jesse Bauserman
Edinburg
Bauserman
Willie Bauserman
Woodstock
le Evans
Lichliter
Williams
Lucy Dinges Lichliter
Detrick
Frank L. Lichliter
E. A. Rinker
St. David’s Church
Vernon Barton
Clyde Lichliter
Dellinger Funeral Home
Heatwole Motor Co
David Kinter
Alaska Improvement Funds Boosted by House Panel
The House appropriations committee recommended more than 50 million in funds for Alaska improvements for the coming year. The Interior Department bill includes 19 million in contract authority for the territory and direct appropriations exceed 25.6 million for roads bridges and trails. an additional 7 million is authorized for road program contracts.
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House Appropriations Committee
Interior Department
Tientsin Problems Overwhelm Reds
James T. Ivy an American aid director said Tientsin has become a liability to the communists as the city fell to them from the nationalists. He noted unemployment rising and commerce at a standstill while Reds struggle to run the economy and reject outside help that could contradict their propaganda.
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Shanghai
James T. Ivy
Tientsin
Bisbee
Aziz
Man
ECA
Ivy
Trio of Scholastic Princesses to Lend Glamour to Festival
Miss Nancy Kiracore centers Winchester public Schools as one of the three princesses for the 22nd Apple Blossom Festival to be held April 28 and 29. Prince ss Olivene Taft and Guinevere Eagle also attend ceremonies representing St. Marys Seminary and Potomac State College.
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Nancy Kiracore
Winichester Public Schools
Olivene Taft
Lexington Park
St. Mary’s Seminary
St. Mary’s City
Guinevere Eagle
Potomac State College
Keyser
W. Va
Eagle
Longtime Hampden-Sydney Latin Professor Dr William H Whiting Dies
Clarke County native Dr William Henry Whiting former Hampden-Sydney Latin professor died in his 86th year in the college town. He led Clay Hill academy from 1888 to 1902 and served Hampden-Sydney as professor and dean for 51 years.
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William Henry Whiting
Hampden-Sydney College
College Town
Clarke County
Old Chapel
Berryville
Henry Lane
George H. Burwell
Milton Valley
Whiting
F. B. Whiting
Margaretta Whiting
Garland Williams
E. M. Whiting
Hampden- Sydney
University of Virginia
Hampden-Sydney
Austin College
Clay Hill Academy
Phi Beta Kappa
Honorary Chiefs Named From County Fire Companies
County fire companies select representatives for the Apple Blossom Festival honorary fire chief contest. Miss Hager, 19, daughter of Mrs H. R. Hager of Ridgeway West Virginia, represents Stearbrook Volunteer Fire Dept and teaches at White Hall school. A Harry Ridings of Middletown represents the local company. she is 24, a 1942 high school graduate, employed at O Sullivan Rubber Co, with a hobby of needlework.
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Maryland
Princess Handley
J. R. Kiracofe Sr
Winchester
Kiracofe
Northern Virginia
Handley Glee Club
Monogram Club
Library Club
Miss Hager
H. R. Hager
Ridgeway
W. Va
Stearbrook
Stonewall
Madison College
White Hall School
Harry Ridings
Middletown
O'Sullivan Rubber Co
Fayette City to Attend Apple Blossom Festival
Fayette City plans an unofficial holiday on April 28 and 29 for residents to attend the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester. The Fayette drum and bugle corps, 50 musicians with three majorettes led by Bevan Freshwater, will perform in both the firemen's parade and the grand feature parade. Local mills and businesses will adjust hours to allow workers to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette City
Winchester
Fayette Drum and Bugle Corps
Bevan Freshwater
Freshwater
Public vs Private Power Fight Looms Over House Bill
The House Appropriations Committee backed a public versus private power funding plan for the coming year. It endorsed many government owned projects to expand transmission in the West Northwest and Southwest amid GOP opposition. Rep Jenson of Iowa warned the measure could push private firms to sell to the government. The panel approved 577 million in spending with 536 million cash and 41 million in contract authority, a reduction from the President’s request. The 15 percent construction cut targets were first applied to rivers and harbors, with nearly half the cash allocated to the reclamation bureau, which received less than requested but more than this year.
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Washington
West
Northwest
Southwest
House
Rep
Jenson
Iowa
Interior Department
Coittee
Congress
Department
War Department
Reclamation Bureau
Bureau
Former Empress Fawzia Remarries in Cairo Wedding
Princess Fawzia, ex empress of Iran and sister to Egypt's King Farouk, wed Ismail Shirine Bey in Cairo. The 30 year old princess had a prior marriage and is connected to the Egyptian royal line through her brother.
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Cairo
Fawzia
Iran
Ismail Shirine Bey
Egypt
Farouk
Rhodes Jewelry CO
W. Boscawen
Apply Jack Coffee Shop
Bureau of Mines Appropriation Okayed by House
The House approved nearly the Bureau of Mines budget in full with a $23,337,500 appropriation for the new fiscal year starting July 1. The committee noted the sum is within $609,000 of the request and emphasized mineral resource conservation and safety as core aims of the bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Mines
Washington
House
Interior Department
Bureau
Graham Expected To Back Truman's Program in Senate
Dr. Frank P. Graham will take the oath as a North Carolina senator and is seen backing President Truman's program. The UNC president arrives with strong presidential support and is anticipated to provide general support for the White House proposal as a Taft-Hartley substitute.
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Graham
Truman
Senate
Jack Bell Washington
Frank P. Graham
North Carolina
University of North Carolina
United States
Whit House
Coal Mines Reopen After Two-Week Pause
Miners east of the Mississippi return to work sending hard and soft coal to tipples for full production as the two week shutdown ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Mississippi
Johnson Sworn In As Secretary Of Defense At Pentagon
Louis Johnson was sworn in at the Pentagon in a grand ceremony watched by about 15 000. He pledged united armed forces and a defense policy to deter aggression while keeping within economic limits. Johnson stressed support from Congress and the American people and spoke of peace with readiness to defend.
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Washington
Louis Johnson
Army
Navy
Air Force
Clarksburg
W. Va
James V. Forrestal
New York
Fred M. Vinson
Pentagon
Johnson
America
Armed Services
Interservices
Congress
Mrs Johnson
Perle Mesta
Cabinet
American Legion
Labor Bill Speed Asked in House
The House labor committee urged quick action on the administration labor bill to repeal Taft Hartley laws. Rep. Lesinski asked the House rules committee for early debate so Democratic leaders can push the measure this week or next. Similar bills have been approved by Senate and House labor panels on a fast track.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
Lesinski
D-Mich
House Rules Committee
Senate
House Labor Committees
Minstrels boost summer recreation effort in Winchester
Local talent lines up for a variety minstrel show to benefit the Winchester softball league. Gus Bornscheuer says profits fund diamond improvements at Sensing Road field, new lights, and spectator seating. The 40 performer cast, directed by Adolph Bornscheuer, rehearses at the Elks club with final preparations starting at the South End fire company hall.
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Handley Auditorium
Winchester
Gus Bornscheuer
Senseng Rd
Adolph Bornscheuer
Elks Club
South End
Page Michael
Carol Cain
Dick Seidel
Suzanne Barr
Nancy James
Charles Aiken
Howard Holland
Harmony Club
Chanters
Jack Fretwell
Bornscheuer Sr
Joan Vogt
Shenandoah Valley Apple Grower featured in Country Gentleman
The Shenandoah Valley family of De Kalb Russell in Clearbrook Frederick County is featured in Country Gentleman as an exemplar of modern farm living. The 531 acre operation includes four farms and a Victorian farmhouse with apples grown since 1901. Russell’s 50 000 bushel last fall from 250 bearing acres contrasts with earlier 70 barrels from 70 acres in 1921. He works with six sons a daughter a niece and three grandchildren and serves as a church member and director of regional farm groups.
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National Farm
Shenandoah Valley
de Kalb Russell
Clearbrook
Frederick County
Russells
Country Gentleman's
Russell
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ramon
I. F. Stine
J. Robert
Colleen
Karen
Jane
de Kalb
Thomas William
Henry
J. Patrick
Charles
Ada
Samuel Swimley
John R. Morrison
Church of the Disciples of Christ
Country Gentleman
Southern States Co-operative
Eleven Rescued After Sinking Catalina in Pacific
Eleven survivors were rescued by Navy LSM 448 nine hours after their Catalina ditched at sea 605 miles southwest of Johnston Island. The airmen were picked up in mid Pacific near midnight and were to be taken to Kwajalein. No further details were released.
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Pearl Harbor
Navy
Pacific
LSM 448
Kwajalein
Johnston Island
Here
Ukrainians Arrive as Tenant Dwellers in Rockbridge
Fifteen persons in three families from the Ukraine settle as tenants on the estates of Warren E. Tilson Dr. Frank M. Leech and Col. G. A. Derbyshire in Rockbridge Lexington.
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Lexington
Ukraine
Rock
Warren E. Tilson
Frank M. Leech
Col
G. A. Derbyshire
Viking rocket aimed to reach 200 miles with Navy study
The Glenn L. Martin Co. in its annual report says it is developing a new rocket named the Viking. The Navy intends to use the vehicle as a research instrument to reach about 200 miles into the upper atmosphere, not as a weapon.
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Baltimore
Navy
Glenn L. Martin C O
Harold Edwards Named Cashier of Commercial Bank
Harold R. Edwards of Fairmont Ave was named cashier of Commercial and Savings Bank succeeding the late John I. Sloat. The former assistant cashier and trust officer was promoted at a board meeting. May 1 marks 25 years with the bank since joining on moving day at Loudoun and Piccadilly. He is married with a daughter and a son.
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Harold R. Edwards
Fairmont Ave
Commercial and Savings Bank
John I. Sloat
Edwards
Loudoun and
Piccadilly Streets
Middle-of-Road Parties Lead in French Election
Final results show 133 communist incumbents defeated while only 34 were re elected. Middle of the road coalition crushed both communists and extreme right De Gaulleists. Socialists saw 150 incumbents defeated and 279 of 429 former office holders returned. Popular vote figures were not released.
Sforza Leads Foreign Ministers to North Atlantic Pact Signing
Carlos Sforza of Italy led a parade of foreign ministers arriving in Washington to sign the North Atlantic security pact. Britain Belgium The Netherlands and Luxembourg ministers join aboard the Queen Mary with a later France batch led by Robert Schuman en route to the United States.
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Washington
Carlos Sforza
Italy
Sforza
Britain
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
United States
Robert Schuman
France
New Rent Control Bill Gives Fair Net Operating Income
Senate House conferees agreed on a 15 month rent control extension with a fair net operating income for landlords. The measure extends controls through June 30 1950 and includes a home rule provision allowing localities to abandon controls. The Senate insisted on including the word operating to calculate the fair return, while the House opposed amortization and interest costs in the formula.
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Washington
Senate House
Fair Net Operating Inc
House
Senate
Lucas Ofllinois
Truman
Junk House
Douglas
Ill
Tornado Toll Rises With 28 Dead and Hundreds Injured
A tornado killed twenty eight people, injured about two hundred, and left many homeless. Property damage was heavy and total losses were not yet estimated.
Nelson to Lead Apple Blossom Parade Publicity Effort
Nelson heads 1949 publicity for the Apple Blossom Festival fireman parade as assistant to C J Ott. He will use radio press and TV to promote the two day fete. Nelson has coached radio broadcasts and served as editor and entertainer in prior years. He is married with two daughters and has ties to Winchester and Shepherd College.
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Harry Albert Nelson
Winchester
Social Security Administration
C. J. Ott
Nelson
Jefferson County
West Virginia
Shepherd State Teachers College
Shepherd
Washington Post
W. Va
Jeries Station
Leetown
Social Security Mess
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Valley Pike
Alaska
Reds
Potomac State
Gladys T. Eagle
Taft
Blair Junior High
Norfolk
St. Agnes School
Alexandria
St. Mary’s
W.H. Whiting
Clarke
Hampden
Sydney
Rush
Sto Dixie Hager
Barr
Sarah Ridings
Star Barr's
Defense
Unified Department
Labor
Bill Speed
D. K. Russell
Mid-Pacific
Rockbridge
E. W. Armstrong CO
E. Piccadilly St
Harold Edwards
Commercial Bank
Count Sforza
Nelson Heads
Keith
Evelyn P
Mary Agnes
Linde
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