Will creates $100000 trust for Kerr School pupils
Charles B. Henry died April 23 leaving a will that endows Shenandoah Valley National Bank to fund a trust disbursed twice yearly to John Kerr School pupils. About 400 students, mainly first to third grade, would receive $4 to $5 semiannually. The estate valued at $100,000 consists largely of government bonds. Legal heirs are three cousins.
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John Kerr School
Charles B. Henry
S. Loudoun St
Bank
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
John Kerr
Corporation Court
Henry
Harrison, Benham and Thoma
Robert D. Glaize
Harold G. Brown
Howard A. Holland
Lou King
Front Royal
Lucy Goss
Hattie Tay
Taylor
Fred Sturm
Greystone Terrace
Sturm
Mr. Henry
Henrys
Trust
Charles B. Henry and
Fannie Belle Grenry Fund
Tots Parade With Miniature Pageant for Betsy Ellmore
Little Miss Betsy Ellmore queened an annual miniature parade at 7 am and 7 pm on Moraillonide Drive and adjacent streets. Twenty five youngsters decorated wagons bikes and buggies while Phyliss Pitcock Patsy Wheeler and Shirley Hulver organized costumes. Janet Dove and Eddie Dove rode as princess and director with Shippy Glasscock as grand marshal.
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Betsy Ellmore
Emory
Ellmore
Morningside Drive
Moraillonide Drive
Pennsylvania
Oates and
Richards Aves
Priday
Phyliss Pitcock
Patsy Wheeler
Shirley Hulver
Little Miss Ell
Janet Dove
Eddie Dove
Shippy Glasscock
Bob Hope
Judy Pitcock
Patsy Royston
Carolyn Wheeler
Margaret Pitcock
Miss Ellmore
Peggy Ann Ellmore
Marcia Fretwell
Johnny Swiggett
Jackie Fretwell
Harold Madigan
Sally Madden
Stevie Fretwell
Gop Assured Primary Election In Virginia Race
Virginia GOP leaders qualified candidates for the August GOP primary with Johnson Williams and McGuire entering governor and lieutenant governor contests. Democratic hopefuls Arn old Battle Edwards and Miller join the field for governor, with Collins and Prillaman for lieutenant governor and Almond and Plunkett for attorney general. Official cost estimates put the extra primary around 90000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
Walter Johnson
Heathsville
Northumberland County
Johnson
Berkeley Williams
E. Thomas McGuire
William and Mary
GOP
Robert H. Woods
State Board of Elections
McGuire
Williams
Moss A. Plunkett
Roanoke
Nick Prillaman
Remmie L. Arnold
John S. Battle
Horace H. Edwards
Francis P. Miller
Landlords Rush To Raise Rents Under New Ceiling
Housing Expediter Tighe Woods reported landlords are flooding local offices with rent increase petitions under the fair net income ceiling. Officials forecast about 200000 petitions nationwide by week’s end, signaling wider boosts than initially predicted and catching housing agencies by surprise.
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Washington
Tighe Woods
Woods
Yellow Logs Turn Out to Be Uranium Rich Ore
Mrs Maggie Baker found yellow petrified logs while searching for souvenirs and uncovered an ore carrying about three percent uranium. Arizona officials estimate roughly 200 logs on the Baker claim, valued at about 210 dollars per ton, with the Atomic Energy Commission paying 31 cents per pound for vanadium. The deposit is described as the richest uranium discovery in Arizona.
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Lee’s Ferry
Ariz
Maggie Baker
Arizona Department of Mineral Resources
C. H. Dunning
State Agency
Baker
Atomic Energy Commission
Dunning
Riley
Club Staging Fete At Mt Williams For Chicken Supper
The Mountain Falls baseball club will sponsor a chicken supper and social at 5 30 p m Saturday at the Mt Williams community hall.
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Mountain Falls
Mt. Williams Community Hall
Clarke selects McDowells to lead Clarke County recreation program
Mr. and Mrs. James McDowell named director and co-director of the county summer recreation program. They will start mid June and run to August with planned playgrounds for colored children and a Berryville pool facility. Budget starts at 3000 dollars with donations from the Chamber and Boyce council and other groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James McDowell
Clarke County
Chamber of Commerce
Battletown Inn
Garland Canter
McDowell
Charleston
W. Va
William and Mary College
Mville
William and Mary
Berryville
Boyes
Josephine City
Millwood
Chamber and Boyce Council
Chamber
Clarke County Historical Society
Berlin Blockade Ends May 12 Four Powers Plan Germany Talks
The Soviet Union and the United States Britain and France agreed to lift the Berlin blockade on May 12 and to hold a May 23 foreign ministers meeting in Paris. The four powers said all main principle questions are resolved though some details remain to be settled. A council meeting will address Germany currency and Berlin issues. Endorsed by a London source and confirmed in Washington.
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Berlin
Germany
New York
Russia
Council of Foreign Ministers
London
United States
Paris
Council of Es
Lowon
France
Britain
United Nation
Moscow
Washington
State Department
Hitting Parked Cars Costs $100 To Auto Driver
Police court convictions followed three city accidents on the Apple Blossom Festival final day. Harry Kay McKee of 2108 Braddock St. was fined $100 for hit and run after his 1935 Plymouth struck parked cars on Parkway damaging Wade Guard Jr and others. Other drivers faced smaller fines for following too closely and minor collisions around Millwood Ave and Berryville Ave. Total damages approached $100.
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Harry Kay McKee
Braddock
Marvin Buckley
Romney
Four Miners Trapped in Burning Pit Near Gilberton
Four miners—William O'Brien 53, William Kelly 49, Joseph Wowak 34, and Raymond Eye 35—are trapped 800 feet underground at Gilberton Coal Co No 5 colliery in Girardville Pennsylvania. Rescue efforts used compressed air but water pumps failed. officials fear drowning while awaiting access.
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Girardville
Gilberton Coal Co
William O’brien
William Kelly
Joseph Wowak
Raymond Eye
Police Dept. Seeks Clerks and Patrolmen Applicants
Applications will be accepted at the Police Dept for the next ten days to fill several vacancies. Requirements include age 22 through 32, minimum height 5 10, weight 165, high school education or equivalent, and a physical examination. J. Thomas Boyd Chief of Police.
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Police Dept
J. Thomas Boyd
Wanted steward and bloodhound puppy ad poster
WANTED Honest sober industrious man for steward Mail your application to Fraternal Order of Eagles P. O. Box 112 Winchester Va No applications accepted after May 9 Test Six week old blood cock er puppy Reward Call 5209 Emmanuel Parish Hall Boyce Va 19 a m 6 p m THURSDAY MAY 5 Benefit Christ Church Millwood Cp b lly
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fraternal Order of Eagles, P. O
Winchester
Landlords and Tenants Split Over New Rent Formula
In New York on May 4, Hous ing Expeditor Tighe Woods touted a new rent formula as balanced, but a city wide rent strike against increases was urged by Rep. Vito Marcantonio. Realty interests criticized the policy while tenants groups said landlords get too much relief and tenants too little.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tighe Woods
Woods
Vito Marcantonio
American Labor Party
Ten Nations Agree on Europe Council Charter
London May 4 Despite fast moving talks ten nations reached agreement on a charter for a Council of Europe. Britain France Belgium Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Sweden Denmark Italy and Ireland will sign at St James Palace tomorrow with details on financing selecting a secretary general and headquarters in Strasbourg. Turkey and Greece may apply for membership.
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London
Council of Europe
St. James Palace
Britain
France
Belgium
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Italy
Ireland
Strasbourg
Turkey
Greece
Traveler Praises African Auto Road
Roy Hewitt, a 28 year old Londoner, plans to drive Africa coast to coast again with his wife next month. He argues the overland route can become a luxury tourist line from London to Johannesburg, with trips taking about five months including stops. He suggests two 26 seater buses could handle passengers and supplies on the London Johannesburg route.
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Johannesburg
Roy Hewitt
Africa
London
Johnnesburg
Europe
Roy
South Africa
Calais
Marseilles
Algiers
Tamcasset
Nigeria
Belgian Congo
Kenya
Tanganyika
Rhodesia
Reds Isolate Shanghai by Land
Communist troops cut all land routes from Shanghai, threatening to force Nationalists from Hankow within 48 hours. Hangchow fell without a fight, isolating Shanghai's land escape while the sea remained open. Gen Pai Chung-hsi planned to move his HQ to Changsha within 48 hours as Hankow’s defense erodes.
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Shanghai
China
Yangtze
Hankow
Hangchow
Canton
Pai Chung-hsi
Nanking
Changsha
Hunan
Drunken Driving Charges Bring $100 Fines to Local Men
Police Justice John Rice handled war week cases including teen age ing and larceny. Charles Franklin Bare Linden Lee DeHaven and Andrew Alexander McClung each paid 100 on driving under influence charges with 30 day jail terms suspended. Edward Fauver paid 25 and a six month suspended term for operating a disorderly house. Roy Garland Wingfield received a six month suspended sentence for petty larceny alleged April 18 at Valley Ave. Leo Garland Borden is listed in the continuation.
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John Riceneann Chosene
Charles Franklin Bare
Fairfax
Linden Lee DeHaven
E. Piccadilly St
Andrew Alexander McClung
R. Fairfield
Edward Fauver
W. Cork St
Roy Garland Wingfield
Fast Lane
Valley Ave
Leo Garland Borden
Opeq
Postal Clerk Charged With Fraud in Picking Winners of Games
Philadelphia May 4 A federal grand jury indicted John Lengyel a 29 year old former Potts Town postal clerk for using the mails to defraud He allegedly posted murder marks before games and mailed letters after results to fix outcomes Lengyel faced charges in the Potts Town post office scheme and faced possible penalties under mail fraud laws
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Philadelphia
John Lengyel
Pottstown
U. S
Fred I. Noch
Lengyel
Soviet Sponsors German Congress Plans Stir Berlin Vote
Soviet armed propaganda denounces Western Germany while backing a German People's Congress election set for May 15 16. The Soviet Army newspaper says the congress will be 2000 delegates chosen by party aligned groups rather than popular vote.
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People's Congress
Germany
Congo
Russia
South End Co weighs buying uniforms for members
South End Five Co appoints a committee to study the feasibility of purchasing attire for members. Rainsberger Jr and Winton Pope to report next. A ladies auxiliary reorganization panel named. May 12 is set as initial week. Demonstration of a walkie talkie given. radios could aid fire unit coordination at scenes.
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South End Five Co
Purchase Rainsberger Jr
Winton Pope
C. C. Gough
William Godenour
Mes
Saturday Vote Qualifying Deadline for County Elections
The Saturday deadline to qualify to vote in the August primary and November general election requires payment of the capitation tax at the treasurer's office. Frederick County residents use the courthouse office and Winchester residents use City Hall. Those not yet registered must do so with the local registrar and pay the tax.
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Frederick County
Winchester
County Farmers Seek Electric Pumps for Water Systems
The Frederick county agent partners with the Virginia Farm Electrification Council to educate about automatic electric water systems. About 1,450 farmers still haul water from wells, with 400 of 2,000 farms already using running water per the 1945 census.
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Virginia Farm Electrification Council
Fred Stine
Frederick County
Stine
Truman Leaders Decide to Await Action in Senate
The House failed to pass labor legislation as the Wood bill was recommitted to a labor committee by a 212 to 209 vote. Despite earlier gains, administration forces saw no path to repeal Taft Hartley through this bill, while southern Democrats backed the Wood measure. The plan now is to wait and see what the Senate may approve, keeping the issue in stalemate for the moment.
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Washington
Truman
House
Senate
Eee
Ad En Shearey
Rep
Priest
Toundieg
Labor Committee
Oere Speman Fallon
Garmats
Lasseer
Virginia
Pugate
Mardy
West Virginia
Bailey
Burnside
Hedrick
Kee
Ramsay
Staggers
Bowlers Banquet At George Washington Hotel Draws 350 Plus
More than 350 keglers and guests attend the annual bowling banquet at the George Washington hotel. The event features Southern fried chicken and corn fritters with a toastmaster from the B league and invocations by Father Heye. Lester D. Arnold presents the Evening Star Trophy to the Evening Star Ladies league.
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George Washington Hotel
Allen T. Hawthorne
Joseph Heye
Church League
Evening Star Ladies League
Lester D. Arnold
H. F. Byrd, Inc
Dudley Lichliter
Ruby Boyd
Myrtle Cooper
M. J. Billmyer
Anger Bros
Modernage
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Kerr School
Charles Henry
ORR
Braddock Headley
Buzzellas
Lieutenant
Caucelles
Clarke
Berryville Ave
Frank Pierson
Bluemont
Pauline George
Nations
Agree
Europe Council
Traveler
Hodgson & Brown
Pingley
Carper
Shelve Wood
Reds
South End Co
Democrats
Abbitt, Bland, Burton
Ee Smith
Ublicans
Maryland
Beail and Miller
Priendship Pire Co
National Ave
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