Six day X ray Mass Clinic in Winchester and counties
Three tuberculosis associations launch a six day mass X ray survey in Winchester Frederick and Clarke counties. Portable machines will operate at local churches and schools with clinics in Clarke on Thursday and Friday Frederick on Monday and Tuesday and Winchester on Wednesday and Thursday of next week. About 6000 residents are expected to be screened for early TB detection.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Clarke County
Baptist Church
Stephens City
Stonewall
Miller
Berryville
Boyce
Grace Bosserman
Winchester Tuberculosis Assn
Handley
A. W. Wright
Quiz key results listed for Page 4 questions
The section provides correct answers for ten questions and a note on willow species. It lists France and Italy, Black Sea, Shakespeare, Paderewski, the American Society of Newspaper Editors, a true/false item marked False, a quoted sentence about ability, Castle, Chesapeake Bay, and a remark that North America has about sixty willow species.
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France
Italy
Black Sea
Shakespeare
Ignace Jan Paderewski
American Society of Newspape
Castle
Chesapeake Bay
Pulitzer Prizes Awarded to Death of a Salesman and Guard of Honor
The 1948 Pulitzer picks include Arthur Miller as dramatist for Death of a Salesman and James Gould Cozzens for Guard of Honor. Robert E. Sherwood received a biography prize for Roosevelt and Hopkins. Nebraska State Journal honored for disinterested public service with a presidential primary. Malcolm Johnson waterfront crime series cited for local reporting.
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New York
Guard of Honor
Columbia University
James Gould Cozzens
Arthur Miller
Robert E.*. Sherwood
Roosevelt
Hopkins
Pulitzer Committee
Nebraska State Journal of Lincoln
Neb
Journal
New York Sun
Malcolm Johnson
Auto Installment Credit Surges in March
Government figures show time purchasers debt on automobiles rose by 117 million dollars in March, reaching 2113 million. Federal Reserve Board officials tied the rise to spring weather longer credit terms and price cuts as they reviewed credit figures amid two credit control easings since March 7.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Television live transmission and Chow Chow origins
The text explains that live telecasts occur when a TV camera captures events on scene and transmits them rapidly, with films used for later broadcasts. It also notes the Chow Chow dog breed originated in China and the term began as an affectionate nickname meaning art object or knick knack.
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China
Home Demonstration Week Highlights 53 000 Communities
Washington May 3 Homemakers in about 53 000 communities will join Home Demonstration Week showcasing improvements in efficiency health facilities and safety. About 3 000 000 women participate via agents county governments State Agricultural College and USDA. Demonstrations include home tours exhibits and community projects from Maine to Texas with international relations and UN visits noted by Vermont Delaware Maryland and Virginia participants.
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Washington
State Agricultural College
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Maine
Texas
Hawaii
West Virginia
Vermont
Delaware
Lake Success
United Nations
Maryland
Virginia
UN Food and Agriculture Organization
Ohio
Citizenship
Rent control ruling outlines steps for landlords to raise rents
The guidance details landlords petitioning area rent offices for increases under the fair net income formula, triggering automatic renter notification and a chance to oppose. A sample case shows how net income targets set rent ceilings, with different percentages for small and large landlords. The Winchester VFW Post opposed ending rent controls, reporting no dissent and planning an outdoor meeting next month.
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Woods
Winchester Vfw
Richard Eddy
Winchester
Roy Earl
Handley pupils reel in 14 pound catfish at Lawson's Landing
Two Handley School pupils Kenneth Miller and John Gavis returned to Winchester with a dozen catfish several perch and an eel from Lawson's landing on Shenandoah River Fork. Gavis caught the 14 pound catfish using bacon as bait.
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Handley
Winchester
Lawson
Shenandoah River
Kenneth Miller
Valley Ave
John Gavis
S. Cameron St
Gavis
May 5 and 7 Sales Directory Listings
Listings for sales and estate auctions across several locations include C A Davis 12 miles east of Chestnut Grove Church selling furniture antiques and farming tools May 5 at 1 pm Elijah Puffinburger estate 3 miles NW of Reynolds Store sale May 7 10 am Kibler Dysart Woodstock Livestock Market farm machinery May 7 10 am C L Light Cedar Creek Grade 7 miles from Winchester furniture garden tools May 11 1 pm Grace Whitlock estate 16 East Clifford St furniture appliances household goods May 11 10 am W Frank Plank estate 203 East Boscawen St furniture appliances household goods.
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C. L. Light
Cedar Creek
Winchester
Grace
Whitlock
East Clifford St
W. Frank Plank
East Boscawen St
Miller Injured Most Severely in Highway Accident
Charles Miller 16 son of Mr and Mrs Marion Miller of 325 Highland Ave suffered the most serious injuries in a Sunday evening crash on Route 11 north of Martinsburg Willie Roberts 21 of Clearbrook owner and driver of the car was in critical condition Hugh Baker 18 of Berryville had lacerations and bruises All three were hospitalized at Kings Daughters Hospital Martinsburg with Miller unconscious from head injuries
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Charles Miller
Marion Miller
Highland Ave
Martinsburg
Willie Roberts
Clearbrook
Roberts
Hugh Baker
Berryville
Kings Daughters Hospital
Miller
Second Candidate Announces for GOP Lieut. Gov.
Berkeley Williams, 70, ex Rich mond postmaster, announces candidacy for lieutenant governor in August GOP primary. He aligns with Walter Johnson, commonwealth's attorney of Northumberland, who declared for governor on the GOP slate. E. Thomas McGuire, 33, a William and Mary law student from Petersburg, also says he will seek the lieutenant governorship.
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Richmond
Berkeley Williams
Williams
Walter Johnson
Commonwealth
Northumberland County
E. Thomas McGuire
William and Mary
Petersburg
Seven Die in Hinton House Fire
Seven persons including a young divorcee with two children died in a Hinton house blaze. Capt. John Lively reported evidence of a struggle by victims for life. Victims named Mrs Anna June Deeds 24 and her children Drema Kay 4 Hazel 6, Mrs James Ellison and their three month old daughter from Mansfield Ohio, and Homer Tincher 30 of Hinton. Bodies of Deeds children lay together amid the ashes. Adults appeared to have moved about seeking exits in heat and smoke.
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Hinton
W. Va
John Lively
Fire Department
Anna June Deeds
Drema Kay
Hazel
James Ellison
Mansfield
Homer Tincher
Lively
Deeds
Virginia Representative Defies Repeal Move
A Virginia lawmaker stated he would vote with the majority of Virginians and his own conviction against repeal, regardless of potential blacklisting or political consequences.
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Virginia
Homeless Dance Planned by Moose Lodge Aide
A list of Moose members B J Lovett Jr M E Royston Jr Wilson Pugh John Cain Hetzel Lewis William Brannon and John Kercheval are identified as homeless. Letters were mailed to the Moose membership announcing the dance and its purpose, according to the governor.
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B. J. Lovett Jr
M. E. Royston Jr
Wilson Pugh
John Cain
Hetzel Lewis
William Brannon
John Kercheval
Moose
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Flor-Ceal
John W. Rosenberger & CO
Braddock St
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Braddock
Bell
Winchester Front Royal
W. C. Fields
William R. F. Morris
Dallas
Tex
Los Angeles
Morris
Bessie Chatterton Poole
Fields
International
Handley Pupils
North Pole
South Pole
Admiral Byrd
J. Dee
Department of the Navy
Cape York
Greenland
Panama Canal
Canal
Little America
Margaret Brent
Leonard Calvert
America
GOP
C. J. Brumback & Sons
N. Cameron St
Chapman
Dodge
Chapman Motor CO
W. Boscawen St
NOVO
Prine
Virginia Transit Co
Braddock St. Methodist Church
William 4 .Wright
Glaize & Bro
Frick Saw “Mills
Martinsburg Pike
Farmers Livestock Exchange
Shaw
ANGUS
Hereford
Bulls
Shorthorn
Inchester
Va. Sale
Bang’s
T. B
I. Fred Stine
East Clifford Street
Grace Whitlock
G. G. Baker
D Coleman Dunn
East Boscawen Street
Philco
Woodstock, Va
Woodstock
John Deere
Johnson
McCormick
Black Hawk
McCormick-Deering
Oliver
G. I. & Case
Ford
Idea
Fairbanks-Morse
Stewart
Chevrolet
Virginia Kibler
Dysart
C. N. Wine and
Gochenour
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