Tragic Chicago Street Car Crash Kills 33 in Fire
A street car and a double trailer gasoline truck collided near 63rd and State Street, causing a massive blaze that killed 33 and injured thirty or more. Many victims were unidentified or burned beyond recognition. the crash drew 400 police and 33 fire units as traffic froze and residents watched from nearby buildings.
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Chicago
63Rd and
State Street
Paul Manning
Chicago Transit Authority
Local Plant Ships Million In Goods At Winchester Plant
The Winchester plant of the American Brake Shoe Company has shipped goods worth over $1 million in 1950. James Green told the Rotary Club the plant now employs 150 people with a weekly payroll of 7500 dollars. He praised local workers and predicted future expansion.
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Winchester
American Brake Shoe Company
James Green
Rotary Club
Green
Culpeper
Detroit
National Automobile Parts Association
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Army
87Th Airborne Division
101St Airborne Division
Women’s Guild—Reformed Church
Cork and Catheron Sts
U.C.T
Elks Home
Stephens City HS Graduates to Hold Commencement
Seventeen Stephens City High School seniors are listed for commencement activities at 8 p m Sunday at the Methodist Church with Rev Earl C Day delivering the baccalaureate sermon. County Supt R E Ayler will award diplomas at exercises on June 1. Paul Beable is principal.
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Stephens City High School
Methodist Church
Earl C. Day
Stephens City
R. E. Ayler
Paul Beable
Bettie Ebersole
Peggy Hoover
Aline DeHaven
Gainesboro High to Award Final Diplomas Tonight
Nine seniors will receive Gainesboro High School diplomas in tonight’s ceremony, the twelfth and last graduation at the Rt. 522 campus near Winchester. Principal Fred C. Braithwaite will hand out diplomas and has overseen the school since 1935.
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Gainesboro High School
Rt. 522
Winchester
James Wood High School
Rt. 50
Fred C. Braithwaite
Braithwaite
Walter Baker
Wayne Miller
Warren Thompson
Bruce Whitacre
Wilda Jean Adams
Franice DeHaven
Eva Lamp
Thelma
Guess They're Hard to Find
Clarksville man Elbert Ferrell found a mangled bumper on his car and a note asking him to send an estimate to Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. of Nashville. He said it won’t cost the insurer a dime and praised the honest gesture.
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Clarksville, Tenn
Elbert Ferrell
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company of
Nashville
Ferrell
Surance Company
Apple Growers Get Welcome Bonus for 1949 Season
Apple growers received an extra 10 cents per cwt on No 1 apples (2 1/4 inches up) from C H Musselman Company in a May 25 letter. The note cites consumer acceptance, established markets, and fair pricing as reasons for the extra payment and includes a check and best wishes for 1950.
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C. H. Musselman Company
IUE Favored in General Electric Balloting
The CIO formed IUE appears to have won a 5-3 power struggle over the United Electrical Workers in a GE plant-wide election. Unofficial tallies show IUE leading 59 of 121 bargaining units and representing about 50,755 GE workers, with UE at 34,337 in 33 units.
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Electrical
IUE
General Electric
Baltimore
CIO
New International Union of Electrical Workers
United Electrical Workers Union
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
TUE
Western Powers Demand Free All German Elections
Three Western commissioners to the Soviet command in Germany urged V I Chuikov to permit a freely elected all German government with guarantees of individual freedoms and democratic rights. They outlined a seven point program including economic unity, four power halt on reparations, and removal of military police bands in Germany.
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V. I. Chuikov
Germany
Sarender
Strassburg and Davis Citizens Oppose County High School Consolidation
Citizens at Strasburg meeting oppose the State Department plan to consolidate Shenandoah County's six high schools into one central school and to a two high school system. They adopt a resolution urging a minimum of three high schools to serve the county, citing vast area and long travel distances.
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Strasburg
Davis
Shenandoah County
State Department of Education
Apple Spray Schedule Aimed At Codling Moth Control
C H Hill of Winchester Research Laboratory outlines a May week spray for apples to combat codling moths. The plan calls for 2 lb DDT 50 percent powder per 100 gallons plus ferbam fungicide or 10 lb wettable sulfur, with lead arsenate added if curculio is a past problem. timing targets late May and mid June.
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C. H. Hill
Winchester Research Laboratory
Weather Outlook and Memorial Association Meeting Notice
Five day weather outlook for Virginia shows Saturday showers or thunderstorms totaling one half to one inch. Temperatures near normal with a rise Tuesday and Wednesday. The Winchester Frederick County War Memorial Association will meet June 1 1950 at 8 PM in City Hall Court Room Winchester Virginia to receive the Site Committee report elect officers and address business. Barrs Studio closes for repairs for two weeks starting May 29 with orders due by Saturday.
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Virginia
Winchester- Frederick County War Memorial Association
City Hall Court Room
Winchester
BARR
Point Four Aid Bill Passes as 60 Nations Seek Shares
Congress approves a $3.12 billion foreign aid measure sending the Point Four program to the White House for signature. About 60 countries and dependent areas request aid, with ECA planning early projects likely including malaria control in the Middle East or Southeast Asia.
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U.S
Washington
U. S
Congress
State Department
Senate
Truman
Senate House
White House
Economic Cooperation Administration
ECA
Senate Republicans
Point Four Aid
Department
Middle East
Southeast Asia
China
Republic of Korea
International Children's Emergency Fund
Portsmouth business leader John A. Morris dies at 80
John A. Morris 80 prominent business man and churchman died today at his home in Portsmouth after an illness. He was first president of the Portsmouth retail merchants association.
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Portsmouth
John A. Morris
Former interns gather for Roanoke reunion at country club
About 60 former interns of Lewis-Gale Hospital met at Roanoke Country Club for their annual reunion and banquet. They elected Dr. W N Thompson Stuart as president of the ex-interns.
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Roanoke
Lewis-Gale Hospital
Roanoke Country Club
W. N. Thompson Stuart
Western Victory In German Rally Predicted Today
Berlin reports Maj. Gen. G. K. Bourne predicts a clear Western victory as Russia hosts a weekend propaganda rally by Communist led youth. British armored cars position near the disputed mid city boundary while German crowds show restraint during Sundays parade in the Russian sector.
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Berlin
Britain
Russia
G. K. Bourne
Freie Deutsche Jugend
Free German Youth
Wright Withdraws From Bid For Congress in First District
Former State Senator William A. Wright resigning as Director of Conservation and Development announces he will not run for Congress. The move leaves Edward J. Robeson Jr. Blake T Newton and Catharine Blow as Democratic candidates. Newton, Westmoreland and Richmond County school superintendent, has not yet decided on a candidacy.
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Richmond
William A. Wright
Congress
Wright
Edward J. Robeson, Jr
Newport News
Blake T Newton
Westmoreland
Catharine Blow
Yorktown
York River
First District
Blake T. Newton
Blow
York
Newton
Westmoreland and Richmond County
State Board of Education
Navy Officer Steals From Ship Then Loses $19,000 In Six Month Binge
Lt Bascom B Boaz a 19 year Navy veteran is jailed on federal charges of embezzlement and desertion after stealing 19 000 from the Navy tanker Navasota as paymaster. He says alcohol and domestic trouble drove a six month spree aided by many cash handouts to strangers and a blonde companion. He spent about six thousand on taxi rides and toured by train toCalifornia cities before arrest.
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LOS Angles
Navy
Bascom B. Boaz
U.S. Navy
Idaho
Aleutians
Gilberts
Marshalls
Saipan
Guam
Marion
Tenn
Long Beach
Navasota
Oakland
United States Imposes 35 Mile Travel Restriction on Romanian Envoy
The United States restricts Romanian diplomats to within 35 miles of Washington DC as retaliation for Romania's move against the American legation in Bucharest. Mihai Magheru and staff must obtain permission for travel outside the 35 mile zone, with further cuts expected and potential broader actions against other communist bloc countries.
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Bucharest
Romania
Webb
United States
Mihai Magheru
District of Columbia
Magheru
D. C
Washington
Department
Czechoslovakia
Bulgaria
Newspaper Man Speaks to Jaycees on Gambling and Corruption
Gordon Baxter of the Winchester Evening Star addressed the Junior Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the George Washington Hotel. He warned that large scale illegal gambling keeps corrupt powers in control as lawmen take payoffs, prompting gang violence and hidden crimes, while noting broader societal harm beyond killings.
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Gordon Baxter
Winchester Evening Star
Chamber of Commerce
George Washington
Baxter
U. S
Charles Campbell
Shirley Bly
Bob Dale
Charles Altman
Page Louderback
Jayceettes
Sale of bank stocks at county court house auction
Seven shares of Middle town State Bank will be sold in front of the County Court House in Winchester at 11 30 am Saturday June 3. Co C Dettra A B Solenberger admin est of E R Sperry dec d Coleman Dunn auctioneer. Also listed are classified notice for cocker puppies.
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Middletown State Bank
County
Winchester
Co. C. Dettra
A. B. Solenberger
E. R. Sperry
D. Coleman Dunn
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J. R. Brandon
Sec
Kernstown
Richard “Chapman
Chapman Motor Co
Lemley Studio
Linden Vann
Mary Ann Baggerly
Esther Williams
Elizabeth Courtney
George Giles
Lorraine Marker
Tunney Nicholson
Mary Hollar
Ernest Welch
Rebecca Loy
Louis Wilson
Ruth Grim
Dean Baughman
Betty Vonn Brill
Hansel Lindamood
Dorothy Boone
Alfred Snapp
Maureen Hausenfluck
Harold Wetzel
Dorothy Lamp
Randolph Seal
Patricia Barton
Luther Lowery
Nancy Ewing
Gainesboro High
The
CH. Musselman Co
John A. Hauser
Consolidated School
Weather Outlook
W. E. Edwards
Winchester-Frederick County _ War Memorial Association
Essex County
D.C
Jaycees
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