Bomber Crew Missing After Crash in Chesapeake Bay
A Langley Air Force Base B-45 bomber crashed and exploded after takeoff from Plum Island during a local training mission. Three officers were aboard and are listed as missing as search crews, coast guard vessels, and Langley units scowered the area.
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Langley Air Force Base
Plum Island
Chesapeake Bay
Lang Air Force Base
Langley
Plum Tree Island
Air Force
84Th Bombardment Squadron
Coast Guard
Texas
Annie V Mason Rites Held for 75 Year Old
Funeral services for Annie V Mason age 75 who died at Culpeper were held yesterday at 2 pm at Jones Funeral Home conducted by Dr E T Clark. Pallbearers included Lewis Pollard Benjamin Russell Man Baptist Ralph Chrisman Herbert Yost and Lewis Ruble. Burial followed at Mount Hebron Cemetery.
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Annie V. Mason
Culpeper
Jones Funeral Home
E. T. Clark
Lewis Pollard
Benjamin Russell
Man Baptist
Ralph Chrisman
Herbert Yost
Lewis Ruble
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Services Held For Mary E. Lewis
Funeral services for Mary Elizabeth Lewis 54 died at home Stephenson were held yesterday at 11 a m at Jones Funeral Home led by Rev E S Elmore. Pallbearers were James McAboy Albert Carver George Newcome Statton Orndorff Bernie Travers and Raymond Newcome. Burial was in Brucetown Cemetery.
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Mary Elizabeth Lewis
Stephenson
Jones Funeral
E. 8. Elmore
James McAboy
Albert Carver
George Newcome
Stattoin Orndorff
Bernie Travers
Raymond Newcome
Brucetown Cemetery
Bones in Danville seance may be slave remains
Sheriff Hall said a grave dug by six Danville college students is tentatively identified as that of a slave who died over 100 years ago. Jay Pigg posted bond for appearance in county court May 19. others to post bond. The Pigg cemetery site was on the Pigg family land later sold in 1905 to J. H. Jones. Warrants were sworn out on the students on a complaint by Dennis Jones, grandson of the purchaser.
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Danville
Danville College
Dabney K. Hall
Pittsylvania County
Pigg
Jay Pigg
Chatham
J. H. Jones
Dennis Jones
89 Year Old Man To Get Jet Ride On April Fool Day
James W. Montee, 89, the nation s oldest pilot, will fly in a jet fighter on April 1 in Los Angeles after passing a physical. Maj. Gen. Vernon Megee confirmed the plan and the chief of naval operations in Washington gave final approval for the jet ride.
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Los Angeles
James W. Montee
Montee
Vernon Megee
Pacific Air Fleet Marine Force
Naval Operations
Washington
Market Quotations Baltimore USDA Cattle and Hog Prices
Market report shows cattle futures with slaughter steers steady to 25 cents higher heifers scarce steady cows steady to 50 cents lower and bulls steady stockers and feeders fully steady. Calves dealers steady to 1.00 lower bulk to prime 33.00-38.00 commercial down to 82.00 hogs steady across weights with various price ranges and weights. Sheep nominally steady with some low ewes and odd head sparse.
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Baltimore
USDA
Steel shares lead New York stock advance on wage ruling
New York stocks rose as steel shares climbed on news the government may authorize higher producer prices in exchange for Wage Stabilization Board wage recommendations. Major steel issues including Bethlehem Steel and U S Steel posted gains while rails oils motors and other sectors followed the upturn.
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New York
Wage Stabilization Board
Bethlehem Steel
Bethlehem
U. S. Steel
Republic Steel
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
General Motors
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Northern Pacific
Phillips Petroleum
Kennecott Copper
International Nickel
American Can
Zenith Radio
Chicago Grains Open Firm on Board of Trade
Chicago grains opened higher with soybeans leading the upturn. Wheat and corn followed as May prices ran up across contracts, while oats rye and lard also posted early gains across active months.
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Chicago
P—Grains
Board of Trade
Jly
Colored Elks Host To Visiting Groups
The Daniel G. Farrell Lodge Elks and the women’s chapter at 414 N. Kent St. hosted a Good Will Tour visit by Elks and women’s chapter members from Alexandria and Arlington. The groups arrived in four buses and spent the day in the city.
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Daniel G. Farrell
Elks
N. Kent St
Alexandria
Arlington
Opequon and Burnt Church Services Change Time
The Round Hill Burnt and Second Opequon Churches move worship to 11 a.m. from 10 a.m. The services at Opequon Memorial were also shifted from 11 a.m. to 10 a.m.
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Opequon
Opequon Memorial
Daily Crossword Across and Down Clues Mixed
A crossword puzzle with across and down clues listed, including meanings for nails, words like seraglio, mount, frozen water, and other terms across sports and geography. The grid references present are partial and fragmented, resembling a puzzle header with clues and stray letters.
Winchester News Tells Of 1898 City Hall Contract Award
The article notes the contract for building Rouss City Hall was awarded for 48 252 18, plus references to 1898 events in Winchester. It mentions editor George F Norton selling 15 cent coffee, local ads for Miller Supply and Star Shoe House, and historical notes from The Star's early issues.
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Rouss City Hall
Winchester
J. M. Long
George F. Norton
Miller Supply Company
Star Shoe House
Grover Schlack
Apple Pie Ridge
The
Star
Valley Female College
Thomas Keating
N. Main Street
Boyle's Oddities Sinus Trouble Is Biggest Drawback To City Life
New York columnist Dr. J Thompson Stevens cites sinus infections afflicting four of five residents in towns of 25 000 or more. The feature surveys perfumes cannabis and household odors, with notes on women drivers and chlorophyll deodorants. Almanac items include tallest tree claims and hints of political storms in November.
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Virginia State Firemen's Association
Virginia
Julian F. Ward
James M Haymaker
George H. Kinzel
Stewart Bell
J. E Correll
Joseph E. Kiger
T. M. Bantz
New York
Main Street
Frank Baker
Union Steam Fire Company
Friendship Fire Company
Union Bank of Winchesta
J. Thompson Stevens
America
Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
Nature Department
California
United States
Rhubarb the Cat Wins Patsy Top Movie Animal Award
Rhubarb the cat won the Patsy top prize at the Patsy awards ceremony presented by the American Humane Association. 585 ballots from film correspondents voted. Cheta the chimp was runner up. Other honorees included Francis the talking camel, Diamond the horse, Corky the mixed breed dog, Chinook the Alaskan husky, and Smoky the fighting stallion received a special award named for Richard C Craven.
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Hollywood
American Humane Association
James Jack
Cheta
Carthay Circle Theater
Francis
Diamond
Corky
Richard C. Craven
Fov
Smoky
Unfreeze of TV May Come As FCC Hints
Washington reports the FCC likely to announce an April 15 unfreeze for television. The agency aimed for late March and will release the final table of local channel assignments in about two weeks. Television has been frozen since October 1, 1948, with 108 stations on air reaching about half the population.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Commission
Paul A Walker
National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters
Chicago
Mrs. Funk Named Diana Store Manager Here
Mrs. Ruby Funk of this city becomes manager of the local Diana Store at 150 N. Loudoun Street succeeding Mrs. Lillian Hurt who resigned. Funk arrived Monday from Martinsburg West Virginia where she had been manager for two years. She previously spent 15 years with J C Penney in this city. She attends the Baptist Church and the Business and Professional Women's Club. Her daughters are Patricia and Petty Ann.
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Ruby Funk
Diana
N. Loudoun St
Lillian Hurt
Funk
Martinsburg
W. Va
J. C. Penny Company
Baptist Church
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Wartime Slaying Suspect Held Awaiting Extradition
In Buffalo New York a former U S Army sergeant faces extradition action as Italy seeks him for the wartime deuce of spades murder case. The suspect remains jailed while court proceedings proceed.
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Buffalo N. Y
Italy
Fugitive from Justice Arrested in Rochester
Major Carl LoDolce was arrested yesterday in Rochester and brought here on a charge of being a fugitive from the justice of Unly U. District Judge John Knight ordered him held without bail and set a hearing for Wednesday.
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Carl LoDolce
Rochester
John Knight
Italian Def Sect Accuses LoDoice in 1944 Northern Italy Murder
The Italian government and the U S Defense Department accuse LoDoice of murdering USS Maj William V Holohan behind enemy lines in 1944. The Defense Department names former Lt Aldo Icardi of Pittsburgh as the mastermind of the murder plot.
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U. S. Defense Department
LoDoice
USS
William V. Holohan
Italy
Defense Department
Aldo Icardi
Pittsburgh
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Daily Crossword
S.W. Asia
Board of Ordnance
Speaks
Eastern University Down
Buckeye
Fala
Veeterday
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Ely
Otala
Eiaiveel Wieelé TV
Ak Des
M. W. Saffell
N. Loudoun Street
Winchester Hospital Association
Nelson P. Dame
James B. Stonesnifer
W H. Baker
H. G. Willis
Heller's
McKinley
Frederick County
Jefferson County
Charles Town
James L Athey
E. Piccadilly Street
Boyle
Hal Boyle
Rhubarb the Cat
Patsy
Mrs. Funk
George E. Pully
Insurance Agency & M Bank
C. B. Smalts & Son
National Ave
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
George Washington Hotel
Blue
Daveno & Studio Couch
Walnut
Cavalier
Hassocks
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