Military promotions and assignments announced in local notes
Marine Private First Class Jacob H. Perry, 21, earns a promotion after boat training at Parris Island and wins the Marine marksman medal with a 209/250. Howard S. Snapp Jr. completes basic training and joins Newport, Rhode Island, awaiting the destroyer USS Miller. Carroll W. Foreman, after three years in Germany, is stationed in California. Alfred L. Carter, USMC, promoted to Corporal aboard USS Belle Grove in the Mediterranean. Norton C. Shull completes training and heads to Camp Pendleton as a cook. may be promoted to Corporal. Ronald Baughman, ETSN USN, hospitalized in Portsmouth, Va. Also includes a Q&A on Siberia cold and Leonardo da Vinci left-handedness.
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Jacob H. Perry
Howard F. Perry
Valley Ave
Parris Island
S. C
Howard Snapp
Howard S. Snapp, Jr
National Ave
Bainbridge Naval Training Center
Maryland
Newport
R. I
Miler
Fleet Training Center
US Naval Base
Corm
Alfred L. Carter
USMC
Mt Falls
Cpl. Carter
Mediterranean
Uss
Belle Grove
I Battery
3Rd Battalion
8Th Marine
Carter
Naples
Italy
Palermo
Catania
Sicily
Athens
Greece
Sixth Fleet
United States
Marine Pfe
Norton C. Shull
Camp Pendleton
Cal
Pfc
Shull
California
Marine Corps
Boyd's Drug Store
Service members from area listed in Korea and Mediterranean
James Carpenter of Berryville serves in Korea with address shown in APO San Francisco. John M. Ewing of Stephens City advances in the Navy aboard USS Gherardi in the Mediterranean fleet after recruitment at Great Lakes. Samuel J. Good of Middletown serves in Korea with the 25th Infantry Division near the Punchbowl after enlisting in 1952 and training at Fort Hood.
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James Carpenter
William Carpenter, Jr
Berryville
Korea
James W Carpenter
Care
San Francisco
Cal
John M. Ewing
Tereman
USN
J. Earl Ewing
Stephens City
Ewing
Naval Service
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Ill
Navy
Good
25Th Division
Samuel J. Good
Middletown
25Th Infantry Division
14Th Infantry Regiment
Fort Hood
Texas
Bath County Trial Justice Indicted For Grand Larceny
Bath County trial justice Duncan M. Bird was indicted by a Pittsylvania County grand jury on grand larceny charges. He allegedly passed a worthless check to a woman he represented in an Appomattox County alienation of affection suit, keeping part of the winnings and paying $708 by check that later bounced. The matter is set for Circuit Court on May 22.
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Danville
Duncan M. Bird
Bath County
Pittsylvania County
Bird
Appomattox County
Pittsylvania
Three Believed Killed In Gasoline Barge Explosion
A gasoline barge explosion near Gretna across from New Orleans sent black smoke over the Mississippi River and caused an estimated 650000 dollars in damage. Three men aboard the Black Warrior tow of three barges were missing since dawn. The Black Warrior Towing Company owned the vessel and 750000 gallons were being discharged at the Gulf Refining Company dock when the blast occurred. cause is not yet known.
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New Orleans
Mississippi River
Black Warrior
Black Warrior Towing Company, Inc
Gulf Refining Company
Gretna
Mississippi
University of Wyoming Coed Found Unconscious on Prairie
Virginia Anderson, 24, of Manitowoc Wis, a University of Wyoming student, was found unconscious with a head injury on a lonely prairie north of Laramie. Sheriff Burnstad said a criminal assault attempt is suspected but there are no leads as of now. She was missing since Friday and remained unconscious.
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Laramie
Wyom
University of Wyoming Coed
Here
Virginia Anderson
Manston
Wis
Ted Burnstad
Arcaro to Ride One Count in Preakness This Saturday
Eddie Arcaro, the top stakes jockey, will ride Mrs. Walter M Jeffords One Count in the Preakness Stakes Saturday. He had been set to ride Hill Gail until an injury shifted him to One Count, a son of Count Fleet. One Count finished second in the Withers Mile at Belmont Park behind Armageddon from Cain Hoy Stable.
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New York
Eddie Arcaro
Walter M. Jeffords
Arcaro
Hill Gait
Hill Gail
Count Fleet
Belmont Park
Cain Hoy
Russians Get English Herring
A Russian delegation barred from strategic purchases in the west secured 150000 barrels of herring in London. They netted 80 million herring as quiet talks continued, the largest British shipment to Russia since before the Bolshevik revolution. Britain expects canned salmon from the Russians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
House of Commons
Arnold A Barrett Dies At His Home
Arnold A Barrett 55 died Saturday at his Sulphur Spring Road home after years of poor health. Born July 23, 1896 he was a farmer, son of Charles S Barrett and Florence Stickles Barrett. Survived by widow Lily Greenwalt three daughters two sisters two brothers and two grandchildren. Funeral 2:30 tomorrow Enders Funeral Home Berryville burial Green Hill Cemetery Berryville with Rev A D Lucas officiating.
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Arnold A. Barrett
Sulphur Spring Road
Charles S. Barrett
Florence Stickles Barrett
Clarke County
Lily Greenwalt
Isabelle Smallwood
Mary Copenhaver
Edith Barrett
Douglas Barrett
Carroll Lee
Stephenson
James Shipe
Bayard
Enders Funeral Home
Berryville
A. D. Lucas
Boyce Baptist Church
Green Hill Cemetery
Clifton S. Brown Dies Stepson of General Marshall
Clifton S. Brown 38 year old United States Army Reserve lieutenant colonel died Sunday at Walter Reed Hospital after a lung operation in February. Son of Mrs. Katherine Marshall of Leesburg and the late Clifton Stevenson Brown, he served in World War I across Africa Sicily Italy France and Germany. He later worked for Louis Marx Co. and IBM in New York and Washington. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at Fort Myer Chapel with burial in Arlington National Cemetery.
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Washington
Clifton S. Brown
George C. Marshall
Walter Reed Hospital
Brown
United States Army Reserve
Walter Reed
Katherine Marshall
Leesburg
Clifton Stevenson Brown
Baltimore
Africa
Sicily
Italy
France
Germany
Louis Marx Co
New York
International Business Machine Company
Fort Myer, Va
Arlington National Cemetery
Delegates per territory at 1948 party conventions
The Democrats allotted 6 delegates each to Alaska the District of Columbia and Hawaii, while the Republicans assigned 3 delegates each to those same territories.
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Territories
Alaska
District of Columbia
Hawaii
Sakers and Watson Named to Virginia Travel Council Committee
Eugene Sakers and L. V. Watson of Winchester are named to the 11-man production committee of the Virginia Travel Council, which will meet in the near future.
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Son
Winchester
Virginia Travel Council
State Conservation Officials Plan Winter Travel Program
Charlottesville May 25 26 meeting with State Conservation officials to map a winter travel program. Theodore Ceraves of Luray chairs the committee. Travel council groups including School tours Florida Virginia cooperation and advertising attend the session.
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Charlottesville
Theodore Ceraves
Luray
Travel Council
Florida-Virginia
Advertising and
Pub
Firefly Courtship Signals Compare Male and Female
The male emits a rapid sequence of three or more flashes while the female responds with one slower, less intense flash. The exchange forms a back and forth signaling pattern observed in firefly courtship behavior.
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Jin the
Carroll W. Foreman
Elizabeth DeHaven
N. Loudoun St
US Army
Carroll Foreman
Camp Stoneman
Alfred Carter
Pfe. Shull
Donald Baughman
Naval Hospital
Ronald Baughman
ETSN
Portsmouth
US Naval Hospital
Siberia
Leonardo da Vince
Leonardo
Hodgson & Brown
Optometrists
Meny Hay Tower
VA. Power CO
U. of Wyoming
Winchester Furniture
South Main
General Marshall
Eugene Sakers and
L. V. Wat
Licity
District of Columbia Promotion
Don Buckley
Warner Textile Co
Curtis Wilson
Loudoun Street
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Lions Club
Sarah Zane Hall
Lewyt Vacuum Cleaner
General Electric
Philco Table Model Radio
Boyer’s Cash Grocery
New Hi-Way
Virginia
Loudoun St
Philco
N. Cameron St
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