Boyce Student Wins State Prose Acting Award
Archie Robertson Jr. of Berryville High School won the boys prose acting division at the Virginia School League state contest held in Chai r. He read a prepared piece and a second piece in ten minutes. Driver of Stonewall High School received a superior rating in the same prose reading division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia School League
Archie Robertson
A. F. Robertson
Berryville
Young Robertson
Berryville High School
Robert, Driver
Stonewall High School
Frederick County
Cesete Royston
Bridgewater
Anna Marie Clark
Lemecean High School
Flemo
Jane
Berschool
Capitol clashes over Lewis power sparks bills to curb influence
Voices rose on Capitol Hill as lawmakers pressed to curb Lewis power. Senator Lucas proposed criminalizing conspiracies to control public utility services, while Maybank warned 700000 textile workers could lose power and jobs. R Burke joined coal producers in backing a bill to outlaw unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Capitol Hill
Lucas
Maybank
D-Sc
R. Burke
Neb
Father Coal Producers Associa
National Association of Manus
House Judiciary Committee
Answers to the Daily Quiz From the McNarney Page
Answers to the daily quiz are printed on a page by Gen Joseph T McNarney. Topics include Soviet Russia and the area of the atomic test program. The noted lines mention a 66 9 vote and a reference to an oil base spray. Other items recall dates 1909 Oklahoma and Normandy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph T. McNarney
Soviet Russia
Fale
Oklahoma
Normandy
Warren County Names New Trial Justice
Warren County Circuit Court appoints W LeRoy Corron as Warren County Trial Justice to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John H Downing. Corron, a Front Royal native and UVa Law School graduate of 1930, once ran a Front Royal law office and served in the Navy 1942 to 1945. He was commissioner of accounts of the Warren County Circuit Court at appointment time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. LeRoy Corron
Warren County
Burr P. Harison
John H. Downing
Front Royal
Corron
University of Virginia Law School
Navy
Warren County Circuit Court
Warren Driver Fined $50 in Reckless Driving Case
George R. Kuhn of Warren County was fined 50 dollars by a five member jury in the Warren County circuit Court for reckless driving. The case stemmed from a September 11, 1945 collision at Nineveh with a car driven by Lee Grant Winchester city manager, injuring Grant and two others. Kuhn claimed a tire blowout caused the crash. Commonwealth's Attorney William C. Armstrong Jr. led the prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Kuhn
Warren County
Warren County Trial Justice Court
Kuhn
Lee Grant
Winchester
Nineveh
Grant
Commonwealth
William C. Armstrong Jr
Richard 8. Wright
Turner Catlett
Howard K. Kruver
O. J. Frame
Hilbert Miller
A. W. Stowe
Front Royal Hosts Shepherd College In Return Baseball Date
Front Royal Viscose nine hosts Shepherd College for a return game at Shepherdstown after a 3 1 victory in the first meeting. Shepherd College then plays Park next week and a May 25 game with West Virginia Mountaineers may alter the schedule. Bakerton 4 11 was a separate scoreline in the same era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Shepherd College
Shepherdstown
Rams
West Mountaineers
Clothing drives under UNRRA provide free clothing
The answer states that all clothing collected for Victory Clothing Collection through the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration is distributed without discrimination and at no cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Doenitz Opens His Defense at War Crimes Trial
Doenitz opened his defense at the Nurnberg war crimes trial ten days after surrendering the Reich successor to Hitler. He followed Walter Funk, former Reichsbank president and minister of economy. Nine of twenty one defendants remain to be heard.
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Mernberg
Karl Doenitz
Reich
Hitler
Walter Funk
Reichsbank
Doenitz
Restoring Transylvania Voices and Balkan Peace Talks
European foreign ministers discuss peace treaties with Balkan nations while U S officials push to remove barriers in the Russian occupied zone of Germany. James Byrnes plans to use Potsdam and a four power disarmament pact to break down the Russian wall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern
Europe
U. S.S
James F. Byrnes
Germany
Byrnes
Spirited bidding for Jackson House sells for 7000 dollars
The Commercial and Savings Bank trustees under the will of the late Bette Jackson sold at 11 a m today the property at 106 South Cameron Street for 7000 dollars to John Sebright and others Auctioneer Roy P Duvall led a spirited bidding with many prospective buyers present in this city.
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the Commercial and Savings Bank
Bette Jackson
Cameron Street
John Sebright
Roy P. Duvall
U S Correspondents Flown To Mukden
Five American correspondents who had been held in protective custody by Communists in Changchun were flown to Mukden today in a U S special plane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mukden
Changchun
U. S
Clothing Shortages Persist As Stores Hit by War Limits
Government clothing officials could not explain why some retailers get only a small fraction of prewar suit allocations. Officials noted demand remains high as suits sell out quickly while producers say supply keeps pace with prior production levels.
Free Sheep Shearing School Monday At Front Royal
The Old Dominion Stock Yards in Front Royal hosts a free sheep shearing school starting at 10 am on Monday. Ed Warner of Chicago, a renowned shearer, will demonstrate to Valley sheep raisers and help ex service men F F A and 4 H Club members. Assistants include K A Keithley of the United Wool Growers Association and George W Litton of the Field Extension Service W P I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Dominion
Front Royal
Ed Warner
Chicago
Warner
Manccer
K. A. Keithley
United Wool Growers Association
George W. Litton
Field Extension Service
Berryville Girl Not Generous With Kisses
Mary Margaret Thoma daughter of Clarke County Court clerk Ed Thoma and his wife in Berryville demonstrated a knack for escaping tight spots. After J A Sherman repaired her tricycle in Berryville she asked for payment he jokily offered a kiss and hug. She replied Mama will pay you later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Thoma
Clarke County
Berryville
Operation Musk Ox Ends After 82 Day Arctic Trek
In Edmonton Alberta on May 7 the Canadian government’s musk ox cold weather test ends after 82 days and 3100 miles. Fifty soldiers used 10 snowmobiles but encountered gravel dust on the Alaska Highway forcing the final 107 miles to be completed by train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Alta
Grande Prairie
Alaska Highway
What Is Meant by a Vertical Union
A vertical union claims jurisdiction across all stages from raw material production to finished products and thus lacks a clean line separating it from an industrial union.
Sgt J L Denny returns to the states from the Pacific
Staff Sgt Joseph L Denny has arrived in San Francisco from the Pacific where he led the pharmacy department of the 90th Field Hospital. His wife Elizabeth Parsons plans a 30 day furlough visit to their home in this city to meet Sgt Denny and his mother Mrs Joseph Denny at 230 Wolfe Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph L. Denny
Pacific Area
90Th Field
San Francisco
Calif
Fort Sinlll
Elizabeth Parsons
Denny
Joseph Denny
Wolfe Street
Medical
Local Coal Shortage Tightens Supplies In Town
The coal strike reduces deliveries and depletes run of mine stock. W D Nixon reports extremely low supply. J L Berg Coal Yard has not brought coal since May 1 and hospital stock will last weeks. A C Slonaker and Son confirms reduced shipments, while receivers get limited hard and soft coal for self feeders and eateries. Warner Brothers Capitol Theatre to remove marquee lights tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Nixon
Haines and Nixon
J. L. Berg Coal Yard
Berg
A. C. Slonaker
Slonaker
Warner Brothers
Warners
Capitol Theatre
Winchester
One Killed as UMW Mine at Lynch Operates
Officials reported the UMW mine of the U. S. Coal and Coke Company in Lynch continued to operate as usual after a fatal incident. J. S. Galbswath, general manager of the Benham mine, said he was informed that shots were fired from automobiles nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UMW
U. S. Coal and Coke Company
Lynch
J. S. Galbswath
Benham
Theen
Benham mine hosts clash amid coal strike dispute
The Benham mine with about 50 workers under Progressive Miners Union contract engaged in gunfire during a dispute with the UMW walkout. Reports indicate several men possibly wounded as violence echoes a past Aug 1941 fatal outbreak near the Benham and Lynch mines, large UMW operations in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benham
Progressive Miners Union
United Mine Workers Union
UMW
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Boyce
Buller
Harrison
Warren
Bakerton
Whageriotl
John W. Rosenberger & Co
S. Braddock
Tredemark
Interedil Stes & Case Devision
Borg-Warner Corporation
Nancy Anderson
Shenandoah XIX
Winchester Golf and Country Club
Chester W. Nimitz
U.S. Naval Operations
Winchester Naval
J. G
A. W. Gilkey
C. A. Custer
Admiral Nimitz
Richard Evelyn Byrd
David McCambell
Nimitz
Agriculture Anderson
James M. Gavin
82Nd Airborne Division
Francis Patrick Devereaux
Winchester Company
Virginia State Guard
W. A. Baker
Handley Esplanade
Transylvania
Jackson House
CPA
Rhodes Drug CO
Boscawen At
Braddock St
Musk Ox
Sgt
J. L. Denny
States
Aberdeen
Angus
Fui
Oak Grove
William Bell Watkins
Virginia
SALE
Twine Shears _ Knives
Brumback’s Farm & Orchard Supply
Glaize
J. G. Holsinger & Son
Court Square
Esso
T. G. Adams Esso
Loudoun and
Gerrard Sts
Philco Radio
Anderson
Philco
National Music Week
Pnetna
W. Boscawen St
Virginia Loan & Thrift Corporation
Fea
Mamma
Carol
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