Jewel Robbery Guilty Plea Fades by Youth
Allen Joseph Place 19 of 215 Loudoun Street pleaded guilty to larceny of jewelry from the Jewel Box in corporation court. Judge Elliott Marshall postponed sentencing until June first term with pre sentence report. Richard Nail 20 of Winchester also pleaded guilty and awaits next month for sentence.
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Allen Joseph Place
Loudoun St
Dabdney
Watts
le Court
Place
Monay
Des
Elliott
Richard Nail
Winchester
Lace
Ail
Jack Sporkin
Nail
Garden grave found in family yard linked to double tragedy
In Lebanon Virginia on May 28 authorities disclosed a grim discovery after a husband Clayton Musick 39 and wife Edna 37 were found dead. The husband died by his own action and the wife’s body was found buried in a shallow garden grave with staining inside the house. Children aged 5 to 14 provided details linking the two deaths to a single ordered act.
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Lebanon
Russell County
Commonwealth
Aymond J. Boyd
Uple
Clayton Muck
Edna
Registration Pickup at Kerr and Virginia Avenue Schools
Registration for children turning six by September 20 is set at Doux s School and Kerr and Virginia Avenue Schools. Registration runs from 1 to 3 PM with a birth certificate and parent present. Lola V. Moore, Principal.
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John Kerr
Douxs School
Lola V. Moore
Kerr
Virginia Avenue
Short Apple Crop Seen After June Drop Across Appalachia
Appalachian Apple Service revisions predict a smaller crop due to a severe June weather drop. Virginia counties may reach about 11 million bushels, West Virginia around 60 percent of 1946 levels, and Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York, and New England show varying shortfalls amid frost and rain.
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Appalachian Apple Service, Inc
Carroll R. Miller
Appalachia
Appalachian Apple Service
Miller
Washington State
New York
New England
Apple Institute Tourists Plan Lunch in City
National Apple Institute plans its annual meeting June 17 to 19 in Harrisburg Pennsylvania with an orchard tour on the final day. Tour includes Winchester lunch and visits Adams County Maryland’s Martins Mountain and Byrd orchards as well as the Peach Glen plant.
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National Apple Institute
Harrisburg
Winchester
Adams County
Peach Glen
National Fruit Product Co
Byrd
Charls Town
Martins Mountain Orchard
Maryland
Appalachian Apple Service
Fred Motz
Rail Injunction Case Delayed to June 10 in Government Unions Fight
Judge T Alan Goldsborough postponed the legal battle between the government and three railroad unions over a potential rail strike. The temporary ban on union walkouts is extended to June 11. the case now resumes June 10 with the Justice Department seeking an injunction to prevent a strike while rail traffic remains under government seizure.
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Ina Justice Department
Union Leaders Hope To End Chrysler Strike Today
Detroit May 28 union spokesman said Chrysler Corp and the CIO United Auto Workers returned to the bargaining table hopeful of ending the 75 000 production worker strike. We think there is a good possibility of cleaning it up today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
P&_Chrysler Corp
CIO
United Auto Workers
Smuts Resigns in South African Premiership
Prime Minister Jan Christiaan Smuts resigned after Tuesday elections in Union of South Africa. Dr Daniel Francois Malan, Nationalist victor, to form new government. Malan advocates segregation while Smuts lost his seat and party coalition fate. Smuts offered a brief remark: These things happen.
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Johannesburg
Union of South Africa
Jan Christiaan Smuts
Daniel Francois Malan
Malan
Smuts
Last Farewell Paid President Benes by Brother from U. S.
Jan Benes elder brother of President Eduard Benes said the president is very ill and he has paid him his last farewells. He plans to return to Milwaukee Wisconsin due to his wife's serious illness. He had come from the United States in 1946 to tend family properties.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Jan Benes
Eduard Benes
Milwaukee
Wis
United States
Whisky and Beer Taken From Teenagers in Virginia Beach
Fourteen young men were fined 5 dollars each for drunkenness and disorderly conduct after house parties near hotels drew outsiders. Police say the teens were found drinking whiskey and beer on Atlantic Avenue and in curbstone crowds. officers confiscated the alcohol and discarded it into a gutter with no arrests due to age.
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Virginia Beach
Reeves E. Johnson
Johnson
Atlantic Ave
Graduation Week Starts Sunday for 108 County Pupils
Four county high schools Middletown Gore Stonewall and Stephens City will begin baccalaureate services Sunday for 108 seniors receiving diplomas. Religious leaders from Winchester and local churches will lead sermons at each school with choirs and special music.
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Middletown
Gore
Stonewall
Stephens City
Winchester
Paul Dick
First Brethren Church
S. J. Goode
Carl Hiser
First Evangelical United Brethren Church
Stonewall High School
E. S. Ellmore
Cephas Fahnestock
Melton Wright
White Post
Lutheran Church
Baler
E. C.*day
Stephens City Methodist Church
New Horizons
H. S. Crim
Strasburg
Mos in Jail Given Pair on Theft Charges
Robert Luttrell and Clayton Mason of Cross Junction received six month sentences for breaking and entering and larceny. They pleaded guilty after waiving indictment and admitted stealing a case of beer from Butler's store and later using the beer at a mountain camp where a hat caught fire. Deputy Henry Renner led the arrest. Dabney Watts and J F Larrick were appointed counsel.
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Robert Gerald Luttrell
Clayton Mason
Cross Junction
Elliott Marshall
H. K. Benham
Henry Renner
Butler
Renner
Luttrell
Mason
Dabney Watts
J. F. Larrick
Dorothy Eisenberg Wins Scholarship In Spanish Tourey
Dorothy Eisenberg of Handley high school won a college scholarship in the Virginia branch National Modern Language Assn state tourney for preparatory and high school students. She is a junior and winner in second-year Spanish, with a Mary Baldwin College scholarship offer. Betty Lou Mc Farland and Kitty Grant won French medals. Cary Marshall receives a book print for first year Spanish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Eisenberg
Handley High School
Virginia
National Modern Language Assn
Eisenberg
William E. Eisenberg
S. Stewart Sr
Mary Baldwin College
Betty Lou McFarland
Kitty Grant
Cary Marshall
Notice for Eagles A Class initiation on May 30
Notice lists a May 30 initiation at 2pm and urges all officers and members to attend. Signed by Secretary. Also includes an ad for Meat Prices Too High asking readers to compare prices at Winchester Cily Abattoir and Food Lockers with phone number 6601. Another notice states the Checkerocar Feed Store will be closed on Monday May 21.
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Checkerocar
Mustec
Rusty
Stoney Mountain Boys
Kurtz's
MacArthur seeks delay before U S return to aid Repub convention
General Douglas MacArthur said he does not want to return to the United States until after the Republican National Convention. In a cable to Senator Bridges the Allied supreme commander in Japan argued his return would be seen as politically motivated. Bridges planned to share MacArthur's reply with the full Appropriations Committee as the possibility of a presidential bid lingered.
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Washington
Douglas Macarthur
United States
Republian
Japan
Bridges
R-Nh
Senate Appropriations Committee
Tokyo
Pacific
MacArthur
Appropriations Committee
Senate Committee
Pacific Coast Flood Damage Runs to Millions
Flood waters the worst since 1894 drove hundreds from homes in three Pacific Northwest states and Canada. Damage runs to millions, 13 dead, Fraser Valley hit hardest as Canadian navy prepares Dunkirk style evacuation. Washington and Oregon face rising crests, Portland fears meat supply cut, Columbia crest overdue. Union County damage estimated at 500000, Kimberley and Agassiz BC report half that.
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Associated Press
Pacific Northwest
Canada
Fraser Valley
British Columbia
Washington State
Washington
Oregon
Portland
Columbia
Union County
Kimberley
B. C
Agassiz
Wallace Party Convention Call Issued for July Founding Meeting
The New Party led by Henry A. Wallace issued a formal call for delegates to a founding convention July 23 to 25. Wallace for president and Sen Glen H. Taylor for vice president are nominated for July 24 at the Philadelphia convention. They will deliver acceptance speeches that night at a rally at Shibe Park.
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New York
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Glen H. Taylor
Idaho
Philadelphia
Shibe Park
Richmond to Coast Traffic Reopened
State highway department officials reported 36 routes damaged by Wednesday rainstorms and flash floods between Richmond and Newport News. All but four routes including 623 628 632 and 627 have reopened. major road break near Windsor Shades repaired and opened. A separate classified note promotes Buttonhole Workers at Montgomery Ward and local drugstore ads.
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Richmond
State Highway Department
Newport News
New Kent County
R. 60
Windsor Shades
Big Party at South End Eire Co Tonight
For sale notice: electric hot water heater 52 gallon capacity practically new. Phone 3002. Party invites display at 8:30 PM tonight in the South End Eire Co area.
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South End
Eire CO
Old City of Jerusalem Falls To Arab Legion
Britain drafts alternative to UN plan for Palestine split. Bevin seeks ceasefire via UN Security Council as 21 British officers withdraw from the Arab Legion. Cadogan confirms British personnel will not serve in Palestine. Archbishop Canterbury appeals to UN for end to warfare in Jerusalem.
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Old City of Jerusalem
Arab Legion
Palestine
London
Britain
United Nations
Security Council
Foreign Office
Trans-Jordan
United States
Alexander Cadogan
Ernest Bevin
U. S
Lewis W. Douglas
Bevin
Douglas
Tras-Jordan
U. N. Security Council
Lake Success
Abdullah
Trans- Jordan
Cadogan
John Grubb Pasha
War Office
Women's Trade Unions
Convocation of Canterbury
Church of England
Episcopal
Archbishop of Canterbury
Jerusalem
Great Britain
Foster defiant of House approved communist control bill
American Communist Party leader William Z Foster said the party will not comply with the House passed anti red bill if it becomes law. The statement was issued from Washington on May 28.
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Foster
Washington
William Z. Foster
Communist Party
Drive in Movie Ready June 15 Says Promoter
Drive in theatre under construction on Route 11 north of Winchester aims to open June 15 owner R J Becker a Long Island native with two years drive in experience expects a 500 car capacity at completion on eight acres from the Stine estate. The New Yorker Becker plans two nightly showings March 15 to November 15 with light blocking fence and attendants directing parking. Admission under 12 free. Nearest drive in thought to be in Alexandria.
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R. 11
Winchester
R. J. Becker
Becker
Long Island
N. Y
New Yorker
Stephenson
Stine
wWorkmen
Washington
Alexandria
Zuckerman Family Honors Wife With Hospital Fund Gift
Louis Zuckerman and five sons donate 2100 to Winchester Memorial Hospital build fund, creating a memorial bed in ward 221. The scrap iron business family says the gift reflects the hospital’s value to the community and honors Celia Zuckerman. The Zuckermans operate in Winchester and Front Royal.
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Celia Zuckerman
Greater Winchester Memorial Hospital
Louis
Joseph
Samuel
Aaron
Charles
Irving
Louis Zuckerman
Zuckermans
Winchester
Front Royal
Decisive Battle for Latrun Ends in Jerusalem Surrender
Cairo May 28 King Abdullahs forces announced the decisive battle for the old city of Jerusalem ended with the surrender of the last Jewish fighters. The fall of the old city followed two weeks of fighting between the Arab Legion and a small Jewish force, signaling a potential wider Palestine war’s next phase.
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Cairo
Abdilah
Eric
Old City
Jerusalem
Israel
Latrun
Tel Aviv
Britain
Abdullah
Palestine
Glubb Pasha
Hurva
Seige
Tawall
Joseph
Goodwin
International Red Cross
Five Day Virginia Weather Outlook May 29 to June 2
Temperatures will run near normal around 70 degrees with little variation. Rain showers are forecast for Saturday, early Sunday and again Tuesday. Total rainfall expected near one inch across the period.
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Virginia
Memorial Day Services Call to Legionaires and Veterans
Memorial Day services set for Sunday May 30 with gathering at the Legion Home at 10 30 am led by B Clow Jr Com. Local ads promote Colonial Kitchen chocolates at 80c per pound and frying chickens from Fre B and 8 Poultry with order lines. Miller's Drug Store announces Sunday hours 9 am to 6 pm starting May 30.
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Legionaires
Intereans
Legion Home
Vtereans
M. B. Clow, Jr
Colonial Kitchen
Miller’s Drug Store
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Apple Institute
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Benes
Marie Tarzio
Haverhill
Mase
Harry James
Massachusetts Fre and Far Infirmary
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Mos
Gen. MacArthur
U.S
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Pacific Coast
Singer
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Damascus
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Henry F Seal
Rhodes Drug Store
Holy Land
L. Zuckerman
Brushton
Clarence McCee
Eliza Murray
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