Efforts To Identify Plane Crash Victims Continued
Richmond May 17. Authorities continued work to identify victims of a DC 3 charter crash from Newark to Atlanta amid murky weather. An FBI role may aid gun serial checks and lab work as bodies identified by personal items in clothing. Names include Peter August Loustad and Jose Matarredona among nine victims.
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Richmond
Henrico County
Swamp Pinel
CAA
FBI
H. G. Myers
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Harry M. Kimball
Kimball
Newark
N. J
Atlanta
Peter August Loustad
Rutherford
Jose Matarredona
Spain
George T. Binnie
Donora
Anthony John Cordich
New York
Austin Dennis Zambrana
Ernest Rolfe Falardeau
Rockland
Mass
Hinton Albert Tipton
Flaco
Ala
Chester William Peake
Fairfield
Frederick James Spargo
Quincy
Antique Clock Sold For 600 Dollars At Bergville Auction
Auction sale of John Goldsmith personal property on East Main Street Bergville attracted out of state dealers. Total realized approximately 5988 dollars with notable items including a Hepplewhite dining set 1176 dollars and a four poster bed 231 dollars. Auctioneer C Preston Engle of Charles Town WV and clerks Julian Glascock W D Burtner Ed Vickers oversaw the sale.
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John 8
Goldsmith
East Main Street
Bergville
C. Preston Engle
Charles Town
W. Va
Julian Glascock
W. D. Burtner
Ed Vickers
Veterans enter civilian life as combat medics with Seventh Army
Winchester veterans join civilian work force as combat medics with the Seventh Army in Europe. Bee Chen, manager of Conoco Service Station at North Avenue and North Loudoun Street, and Harold Foreman, who served 21 months overseas with the 28th Keystone Division, are now employed. Employers of veterans are invited to contact the Star to share names of recently employed veterans.
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Winchester
Seventh Army
Bee Ie Chen Ont Meeager
Conoco
North Avenue
North Loudoun Street
Harold Foreman
28Th
Keystone
Nee See
Nationwide Rail Strike Planned Amid White House Talks
United rail workers vow to strike at 4 p m tomorrow despite President Truman urging wage talks at the White House. A F Whitney says members may stay on the job if government seizes railroads as union leaders defend actions under the Smith Connally Act.
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Washington
White House
A. F. Whitney
Trainmen Brotherhood
Truman
Patterson
Yets
Charles G. Ross
Ress
Smith- Conally
Compulsory arbitration proposal faces labor strike issue
Senator Wiley proposed an amendment to force compulsory arbitration of public utility strikes amid a wave of labor dispute debate. The CIO urged defeating the Case bill, calling it hasty and hysterical.
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Washington
Wiley
R-Wis
Truman
Senate
CIO
Congress
Nathan Cowan
Chamber
Scout Camporee Opens Tomorrow
The two day spring encampment assembles Scouts from Winchester, Frederick and Clark Counties at Handley School grounds under Camp Director E. B. Cooper. The program includes a Court of Honor, bonfire awards, religious services by Rev. N. B. Habel, and a mass for Catholic Scouts at Sacred Heart Church. An exhibit of Scout handcrafts runs Sunday afternoon with judges including Taylor Barr and Thomas G. Scully assisting Cooper.
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Handley School
Winchester
Frederick
Clark
E. B. Cooper
N. B. Habel
First Baptist Church
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Cooper
Laurens Jones
John H. Kern
Fred Bame
Pagel Louderback
Taylor Barr
Sirbaugh
Tevis Bailey
Thomas G. Scully
Forest Jones
Formal high school dance at Armory in May
Storage and repair work listing merged with a formal high school dance event at the Armory on Tuesday May 21. Music by Mac and His Band with admission set at $1.20 per person.
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Armory
Tues
Msuic
Mac
Smith Funeral Attendees at Jones Funeral Home
Notice states all who can attend Smith's funeral at Jones' funeral home are invited at the funeral hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Jones
Winchester Teachers Elect Walker Head of Local Association
Lorman Walker was elected President of the Winchester Education Association at a Handley School meeting after yesterday’s classes. He called for one hundred percent NA(E) membership. Kathryn Pannill spoke on Modern Art and led a tour of a State Art Museum exhibit loaned to the school.
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Lorman Walker
Winchester Education Association
Handley School
Mildred Lee Grove
Ellen Gregory
Mary Moore McCorkle
Mary William Calvert
Walker
National Education Association
Kathryn Pannill
State Art Museum
Richmond
American Association of University Women
Temperature to Average Above Normal in Area
The forecast shows five days with temperatures 3 to 6 degrees above normal and showers or thunderstorms late Sunday or Monday bringing 4 to 7 tenths of an inch. Cooler Saturday, warmer Sunday, cooler Tuesday, warmer Wednesday. District five expects 2 to 5 degrees above normal with showers Saturday or Sunday around one inch.
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United States Weather Bureau
Washington
District Five
West Virginia
Slaying Of Two Americans In Germany Solved
In Frankfurt on May 17 a private first class James C. Devone 28 of North Carolina confessed to firing three shots that killed two American sergeants in Nuernberg. He claimed the jeep blocked the last bullet. the weapon traced to him. Four other soldiers were detained for questioning as carbines were tested for the murder.
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Frankfurt
Germany
James C. Devone
North Carolina
Quartermaster Truck Company
Nuernberg
Devone
Claude Nichols
Wichita
Kan
Skelton
McKinney
Texas
William R.timmons
West Haven
Conn
Department of “Stars and Stripes
Byrnes Leads U S Delegation Home From Paris
In Paris on May 17 James F. Byrnes and 15 officials including Senators Connally and Vandenberg left Orly Field aboard the Caravan Crescent for Washington after the deadlocked Foreign Ministers Conference adjourned until June 15. Bevin also departed for Britain. Molotov left Le Bourget for Berlin, Dunn stayed to prep for June 15 talks.
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Paris
U. S
James F. Byrnes
Tom Connally
D-Tex
Arthur Vandenberg
R-Mich
Orly Field
Washington
Foreign Ministers
Byrnes
Russia
Ernest Bevin
Bevin
Britain
V. M. Molotov
le Bourget Field
Berlin
James Dunn
Resignation Demand From CIO Steelworkers Over Civilian Production Chief
Atlantic City May 17 The CIO Steelworkers urged President Truman in a convention resolution to demand the immediate resignation of Civilian Production Administrator John D Small over his proposal for a six month ban on strikes. Small said such a ban would be sensible for reconversion though labor and management unlikely to accept a holiday from strikes or voluntary arbitration. The worker group attacked Small’s record as devoted to anti social interests that profit from prohibition of strikes.
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Atlantic City
N. J
CIO Steelworkers
Truman
John D. Small
Small
Auto Accidents Reach New High
Virginia traffic reports show a rise in accidents from October to November. In October 2,479 crashes were reported and in November 2,531 incidents were recorded.
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Richmond
Virginia
Planes May Carry Cargo If Rail Strike Hits
Brig. Gen. Gordon Saville, deputy commander of air supplies, is under review as the officer to oversee plans for using planes to carry emergency cargo if a rail strike occurs. The move is listed among official considerations.
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Gordon Saville
Fighting at Camp Columbia Sparks Cuban Army Crisis
Reports from Havana say heavy shooting occurred at Camp Columbia near Havana as Major General Genovevo Perez says a small revolutionary movement aimed at seizing the army headquarters was frustrated. Officers reportedly refused to obey orders about transfers to San Antonio de Los Banos, to be handed over to the United States on May 20.
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Havana
Cuba
Genovevo Perez
Camp Columbia
Informacion
San Antonio de Los Banos
United States
Venevevo Perez
Gran San Martin
Seek To Speed New Draft Law
Senate leaders push for a swift extension as Truman raises the age limit, with Army estimates of 15 000 eligible men aged 20 to 29 and a July 1 expiration looming. Hill urges a full year extension without retaining 18 and 19 year olds, warning of manpower gaps for the Army and Navy. Austin cautions lawmakers to seek a permanent draft solution amid public pressure from veterans families.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Army
Navy
House
Hill
Alabama
Demjocemne
Military Committee
Congress
Austin (VI
Maine
Austin
William Bradford Clarke County Bank Leader Dies at 84
William A Bradford longtime Clarke County Bank director and treasurer died at Winchester Memorial Hospital after a months long illness. He was 84, survived by widow Julia V Bradford and two nieces and nephews. Funeral set for Sunday at four at his home with Berryville clergy officiating. pallbearers named. Bradford led Clarke County Bank 26 years as president and served as treasurer for over forty years.
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William Albert
Bradford
Bank of
Clarke County
Winchester Memoral Hospital
Julia V. Bradford
Chris Magill
Pennsylvania
Clifford D. Grim
Winchester
George Levi
Popal Church
Berryville
George S. Lightner
Meth_ Episcopal Church
Berrye
E. G. Coiner
J. M. H. Claggett
Roy E. Potts
Joseph F. Moore
Robert R. Smith
Richard B. Smith, Jr
George H. Burwell
Charles O. Dearmont
Frederick
William A. Bradford
Louisa C. Bradford
Wood Park
Philip Williams
50 000 Pairs Silk Hose Put On Sale
Miles Shoe Stores in New York announced a sale of 50 000 pairs of all silk hosiery at 3.50 a pair. The chain said this is the first postwar offering of women’s pure silk stockings by an American retailer.
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New York
Miles Shoe
Decline in Production of New Cars and Trucks Reported
Detroit May 17 Ward's reports this week for US and Canadian plants show 49,905 passenger cars and trucks produced. The figure drops from postwar highs of 71,335 last week and 127,255 in the same week of 1941 the last full civilian year.
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Detroit
United States
Ward
Clarke High Schools Announce June Graduation Plans
Clarke County schools Berryville and Boyce set graduation nights for June 6 and 7 with diplomas presented by Archie F. Robertson. Berryville valedictorian Anne Langwein and salutatorian Helen Royston. Boyce valedictorian Miss Hilda Goshslaberan. Baccalaureate speakers Rev George Lightner and Rev G Peyton Craighill.
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George Lightner
Beryville Methodist Church
Berryville
G. Peyton Craighill
Boyce Episcopal Church
Boyce
Archie F. Robertson
Clarke County
D. 4. Cooley
Anne Langwein
C. E. Miley
Toran
Hilda Gosh Slaberan Io Mi
German Prisoner Camp Closing
German prisoner camp to evacuate by May 15 and shipments of personnel began. Frederick County Fraters Association president Walker Mcc. Bond said authorities expect all personnel removed by Saturday. Camp property, including tents stoves and kitchenware, may be shipped to Fort George Meade Md unless permission for sale as surplus property is granted.
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Star
Walker Mcc. Bond
Frederick County
Oxygen Cocktail For Morning After
Report from Los Angeles on May 17 describes a hospital convention demonstration of an “oxygen cocktail” therapy. Delegates inhaled a mask delivered mix of nine parts oxygen to one part carbon dioxide for 20 minutes and some club members said they felt more optimistic afterward.
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Los Angeles
Eee
Optimist Club
Apple Crop Forecast Reveals 75 to 85 Percent Normal
Orchardists in Frederick and Clarke Counties estimate this year’s apple crop at 75 to 85 percent of normal with concern over a possible June drop. Dr A B Groves notes Clarke County freezes hit Clarke County hardest while other areas faced fewer frosts. The Appalachian Apple Service bulletin says freezes caused hardship for a small portion of growers but a bumper crop was prevented overall.
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Frederick
Clarke Counties
A. B. Groves
The
Appalachian Apple Service
Martedana Tacues
West Vieaate
Apel Clarke Counties
White House Reports No Change In Coal Deadlock
President Truman rejected arbitration and stayed at the White House amid a two month old coal wage dispute. Officials said no new developments emerged and warned the industry must decide wage terms locally.
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White House
Mr. Truman
Missouri
Ed Lewis
Anyame
Levis
Truman
Genevil
Char’ G. Ross
Strawberries Sent for Freezing Tests by Local Storage
T. I. Thomas of the Winchester Cold Storage Co. reports Welch Grape Juice Co. shipped about 3,000 pounds of fresh strawberries from southern growers to undergo freezing tests at a local plant.
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T. I. Thomas
Winchester Cold Storage Co
The
Star
Welch Grape Juice Co
Frederick County Game Association Banquet Notice
A brief notice announces the Frederick County Game and Fish Association banquet. Details on securing stalls or items from the Thrift Auto Stores are unclear in the fragment.
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Game Association
Frederick County Game & Pish Association
Big party at South End Fire Co tonight
Local notice invites residents to a social gathering at the South End Fire Company hall at 8:30 PM. Proceeds support community services.
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South End Fire Co
Pive rolls of 24 inch runners at Grove Furniture sale
Local ad describes five rolls of 24 inch blue tan marble and floral half runners for sale at J W Grove Furniture. Also notes a Friday night square dancing event at a place with music by Bob Abrell and Trio.
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J W. Grove
Bob Abrell
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Green Hornet
Fred Mooman Bowers
Piccadilly Street
John Rice
Bowers
William Bradford
Clarke
Selective Service Board
Leiner Grad
Bradford Gy
Boyce High Schools
Harold W. Ward
Ciles G. Ross
Lewis
Charles O'Neill
United Mine Workers
Ross
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