Winchester Hospital Admissions and Local Court Decree Notice
New patients admitted to Winchester Memorial Hospital include Mrs. Elmer DeHaven and Jean Grove, with addresses listed in Forest Lake and Bluemont. In the Corporation Court for Winchester, Idell K. Dotson admin of Harry W. Dotson deceased petitions for accounts and estate details, with a May 25 1950 inquiry date before Master Commissioner J Randolph Larrick.
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Winchester Memorial Hospital
Melhide
Elmer DeHaven
Jean Grove
John Grove
Kent St
Forest Lake Everhart
William Everhart
B. Clifford
Karen C. Armstrong
Wilmer M. Armstrong
National Ave
Chris Lemonis
N. Loudoun
Marion P. Vanscoy
E. Pall Mall St
Luther G. Williams
Bluemont
Winchester
Virgina Idell K. Dotson
Harry W. Dotson
V. Idell K. Dotson
Julia ‘Anne Dotson
DA Dotson
J. Randolpoh Larrick
Idell K. Dotson
Harry W. Doson
Hubert T. White
Virginia
Fast Boscawen Street
J. Randolph Larric
Public sale of county realty in Frederick County Virginia
Special Commissioner will auction on June 3 1950 at 11 30 A M in front of the County Court House Winchester Virginia a Middletown lot of half an acre with an eight room house and outbuildings on Church Street Lot 26 adjoining Harris and Larrick estates. Terms cash. Clerk certifies bonds filed. Auctioneer Coleman Dunn.
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Aileen Sperry
Dettra
Elsie Reese McDonald
Pearl Thomas
John Edward Sperry
Charles Sperry
Janet Sperry
Constance Sperry
Joan Sperry
Aileen Sperry Dettra
Frederick County
Virginia
Winchester
Middletown
Church Street
David Harris
James I. Larrick
Edward R
Bernice Sperry
Circuit Court
Randolph Layrick
I. Lee N. Whitacre
Air Force court martial injunction sought in Finney case
In Norfolk a request asks the U S District Court to halt a court martial punishment for Capt Drayton K Finney of Camp Stoneman California after a conviction for beating a Japanese officer The outcome could lead to his immediate dismissal from the Air Force A temporary restraining order was issued April 27 by Judge Sterling Hutcheson and a decision on permanence is awaited. In Alexandria Virginia Water Control Board Chairman E Blackburn Moore urged stricter enforcement of the states Water Control Act at a Potomac River Basin meeting citing ongoing pollution violations by industry and communities.
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Norfolk
U. S. District Court
Department of the Air Force
Drayton K. Finney
Niles
Ohio
Finney
Camp Stoneman
Calif
Air Force
Thomas A. Finletter
Sterling Hutcheson
Alexandria
E. Blackburn Moore
Virginia Water Control Board
Moore
Interstate Commission On
Potomac River Basin
Virginia
Air Force Major Grounded Amid Flight Investigation
Ninth Air Force at Langley stops Major Leland H. Waters Jr. from flying while investigation proceeds. Waters, 27, commands the 149th Fighter Squadron Virginia Air National Guard. Civil Aeronautics Administration already revoked his civilian pilot license for a year after finding multiple civil air regulation violations.
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Langley Air Force Base
Ninth Air Force
Leland H. Waters, Jr
Richmond
Waters
149Th
Virginia Air National Guard
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Jury Tamperer To Be Paroled
Richmond attorney Robert Lee Hicks, 56, jailed four years for jury tampering, will be paroled May 22 from Petersburg Federal Reformatory. Hick's release followed a parole hearing after eligibility on April 13. Pending Virginia Bar disbarment actions. Hicks was convicted in October 1948 for persuading Leslie Earl Martin to influence a juror in the Fredericksburg Bank case. Martin received three years.
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Richmond
Robert Lee Hicks
Federal Reformatory
Petersburg
C. O. Nicholson
Hicks
Nicholson
Third District Committee
Virginia State Bar
Leslie Earl Martin
Fredericksburg
Martin
Danville Outlines Plans for Expanded Local Services
Spokesmen for Danville will tell a three judge annexation court about plans for a school system recreation department social service bureau and library in Pittsylvania County's School field area the city seeks to annex. Danville plans two new fire stations an extra police station water department additions and expanded health services.
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Chatham (P
Danville
Schoolfield
Pittsylvania County
Columnist Denounces Government Handouts and Socialism
Columnist John Temple Graves argues Americans need character to reject government handouts. He warns that socialism threatens more than communism as he addresses the Virginia Federation of Women’s Clubs at their closing session.
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Roanoke
John Temple Graves
Virginia Federation of Women’s Clubs
Boston-Born King Crooned In Siam
Boston-born Phumiphon Aduldet lifted a nine-tiered crown and became Raman IX, King of Thailand. The coronation featured Chakri dynasty pomp with 101 guns and eastern music as 18 million Thais learned their new monarch’s rule. The ceremony began with the sacred bath.
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Bangkok
Phumiphon Aduldet
Raman IX
Thailand
Siam
Franklin’s 1752 Kite Experiment During Thunderstorm
Benjamin Franklin tested electricity by flying a kite with a key during a thunderstorm in 1752. The experiment aimed to prove the link between lightning and electricity and contributed to the understanding of electrical forces.
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Benjamin Franklin
Street Car Hit by Lightning in Pittsburgh
Lightning struck a Knoxville bound street car at Feu Avenue and Smithfield Street injuring 23 passengers in downtown Pittsburgh. Three are in serious condition. about 20 treated and released. Passengers described fire sparks and fumes and a man forced a window exit with injuries from jagged glass.
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Pittsburgh
Knoxville
Feu Avenue
Smithfield Street
Guardian Seeks Court Order to Transfer Ward’s Assets to California
W. H. McGarry guardian of Mary F. McGarry an incompetent of Santa Cruz California will petition Winchester Corporation Court Virginia on May 22 1950 to authorize removal of the ward’s property to California and to enable repayment of debts rents and other assets through the guardian and executor James P. Beardogg of the deceased J. D. O Connell.
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W. H. McGarry
Mary
California
James P. Beardogg
J. D. O’connell
W.W. H. McGarry
Mary F. McGar
Political Debate Over Commie Investigation Hits New Peak
Republicans attack the Truman administration over Communists in government. Senator Wherry accuses open loyalty files and McCarthy era changes, while Governor Dewey blasts Democrats for tolerating spies and sex offenders. He pledges honest government and notes no associates convicted of perjury.
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Commie
Washington
Wherry
Nebraska
GOP
Truman
Sunady
State Department
McCarthy
R-Wis
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dewey
Kansas City
Alger Hiss
Senator defends administration against Communist charges
A Democratic senator speaking off the record says President Truman should vigorously defend his administration against Communist charges in platform appearances next week. The remark centers on the case involving secret documents allegedly passed to a Communist courier.
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Truman
Edison early lab attempts and 1889 motion study noted
Historians cite Thomas Edison's initial laboratory trials from 1889 as early explorations into motion experiments, highlighting a man depicted in archival imagery as part of the period study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Edison
Edison
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Lee N. Whitacre
Coleman Dunn
St.Joseph
N. Cameron
Virginia News
Air Force Major
Pans
King
Stephens City
Plumbing & Sanitary Heating CO
Whitewade
Cammer Tire CO
Handley School
Seiberling
Saveia
Miller’s Hardware
N. Main St
Castile
Pine
Winchester’s Shopping Center
Deepwell Thrift Cooker
America
S. Loudoun ST
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