McClellan Pushes Foreign Aid Cuts to Bolster Air Power
Sen. McClellan, on the Senate Appropriations Committee, urges reducing Eisenhower’s 4.9 billion foreign aid air budget to finance a faster U S air buildup. He notes a 1.5 billion Air Force request, with 10 billion for Navy and 7.5 billion for Army, amid interservice debate in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GTON
Mce
D-Ark
Eisenhower
U. S
mTcclellan
Senate Appropriations Committee
Navy
Army
McClellan
Pentagon
Airte
Sen. Chavez
DNM
House Foreign Affairs Committee
House
Senate
Five in one night: fatal traffic crashes peak 5 to 8 p.m
A report notes that roughly one in five fatal traffic accidents occur between 5 and 8 p.m., highlighting a dangerous evening window for drivers and pedestrians.
101 Traffic Deaths On Memorial Day
The holiday toll across the nation totaled 101 traffic fatalities, about 10 percent below the earlier forecast of 110 from the National Safety Council. Twelve states plus the District of Columbia had no deaths. Governor Knight of California urged action to curb traffic deaths, warning of a looming record without changes. The 30‑hour period ran from 6 p m Tuesday to midnight Wednesday.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
District of Columbia
Ned H. Dearborn
Safety Council
San Francisco
Goodwin J. Knight
California
Stowers Dies in Winchester Hospital at 44
Ross Douglas Stowers 44 of Middletown died Tuesday evening at Winchester Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient since April 30. He owned Stowers Cities Service Station and a Middletown grocery. a World War II Navy veteran. Survived by wife Mary Irene Gibson, daughter Reba Karen, his mother Nannie Stowers Fanning, stepfather George A. Fanning, three half brothers Walter Ray Fanning Hubert Fanning, and one half sister Jessie Thompson. Funeral Friday at 2 at Vaucluse Presbyterian Church with burial at Mt Hebron Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Douglas Stowers
Middletown
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Stowers
Bland County
Nannie Stowers Fanning
Henry Stowers
Mary Irene Gibson
Portland
Oregon
Reba Karen Stowers
George A. Fanning
Walter
Ray Fanning
City
Hubert Fanning
Albin
Omps Funeral Home
Louis Moser Dies At His Home Here
Louis Moser 84 local tailor died yesterday at his home 115 E Clifford St after long illness. Born June 15 1871 in Washington DC he lived here 19 years. Survived by wife Osa Kurtz Moser son Jack Moser Houston stepdaughter Mrs George Perry Wakefield sisters Mrs Amelia Jones and Mrs Carrie Cohan brother Abe Moser. Funeral tomorrow 2 pm Kurtz Funeral Home 21 S Loudoun St with Rev Whitten and Dr Fickinger officiating. Burial Mt Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers listed.
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Louis Moser
E. Clifford St
Washington, D. C
Joseph
Fannie Moser
Osa Page Kurtz
Jack Moser
Houston
Texas
George H. Perry
Wakefield
Mass
Amelia Jones
Carrie Cohan
Abe Moser
Moser
Rouss Fire Company
Robert Reed Dies in Martinsburg VA Hospital
Robert E. Reed 65 of Front Royal Road died in Newton D. Baker Hospital Martinsburg WV. He was born Oct 15 1891 in Broadway VA and married Mary Willis Sept 9 1917 in Meadow Mills VA. A WWI Army infantry veteran and mail carrier, he is survived by wife four sons four daughters two brothers one sister and nine grandchildren. Funeral service was Sunday at Jones Funeral Home with interment at Mount Carmel Cemetery Middletown VA. The remains arrive tomorrow morning at the Jones Funeral Home from Martinsburg.
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Robert E. Reed
Front Royal Road
Newton D. Baker Hospital
Martinsburg
Broadway
Harvey D
Mary Weaver Reed
Mary Willis
Meadow Mills
Virginia
Reed
Wardensville
Wilbur Reed
Arlie Reed
Garland Reed
Torrance
California
Donald Reed
Zella Pope
Hilda Reeding
Mary Likins
Burlington
West Virginia
Madeline o’Conor
Seattle
Washington
John Reed
Albert Reed
Cleveland
Ohio
Gertie Hershman
Sandusky
Jones Funeral Home
Joseph S. Ducknall
Mount Carmel
Middletown
Train wreck near Parkersburg halts line traffic in wet weather
A Baltimore to Parkersburg derailment left the first six cars derailed with the lead locomotive in a creek. Five rear Pullman sleepers stayed on track and were sent to Clarksburg then routed via New Martinsville. Officials expect delays until the main line is cleared. Riley and Hooten are identified locals. Riley is noted as a married man and father.
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Clarksburg
Parkersburg
New Martinsville
Hooten
Ohio River
West Virginia
Bond Creek
Riley
Mrs. Frances Shade Unger Dies at 85 in Staunton
Mrs. Frances Shade Unger 85 widow of A C Unger of Ungers W Va died yesterday afternoon at King's Daughters Hospital Staunton. She lived in Staunton with daughter Mrs E C Day and survived by two daughters in law grandsons A C Unger II Gale Unger Day and great grandson Tommy Unger plus four Shade and Unger nephews. Funeral services will be held in Staunton Greenwood Methodist Church with burial in Greenwood Cemetery after a sequence of removals and in state arrangements.
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Frances Shade Unger
A. C. Unger
Ungers
W. Va
King’s Daughters’ Hospital
Staunton
E. C. Day
Stephens City
Day
Gale Unger Day
Tommy Perry Unger
Earl
Walter
Wilmer Shade
Boyd Unger
W. W. McIntyre
D.D
Hunter Funeral
Berkeley Springs
Greenwood Methodist Church
James R. Robertson
de. Arlington
C. S. Beckley
Rosenberger of Front Royal Army Officer and Builder Dies
Captain Rosenberger, a Shreveport native who served in World War I and led John W. Rosenberger and Company, died aged after a long career in building supply and charity. He leaves a son, two grandchildren, a brother, three sisters, and a widow Nan Maynard. Funeral at Braddock Street Methodist Church with Cadet Corps pallbearers. Resting at Kurtz Funeral Home. Heart Fund contributions urged.
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Dolph Macon
Rosenberger
Shreveport
Fort Meyer
John W. Rosenberger
Stephen Maynard Rosenberger
John Henry Rosenberger
Jane Faulkner Rosenberger
Paul J. Rosenberger
Fairmont R. White
Newport News
W. E. Norris
Arlington
Elsie Rosenberger
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Forrest B. Oglesby
William Archer Wright
Randolph-Macon Academy
Front Royal
Academy
Mt. Hebron
Kurtz
S. Loudoun St
Heart Fund
Railway crew changes cited after Cornwallis incident
A son and two daughters. William Baum, a mail clerk, was treated here for shock and head cuts, then sent home. Railway officials at Grafton said diesel mechanics formerly rode on the passenger trains as a third member of the crew but the system was abolished last March 15. Now they are assigned only when a train is in trouble, and the National Limited was not in trouble when it approached Cornwallis. The conductor of the il car train was J. R. Utterback of Parkersburg.
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William Baum
Grafton
National Limited
Cornwallis
J. R. Utterback
Parkersburg
Eskimos Use Wooden Goggles With Slits
An Inuit practice is described where individuals wear wooden goggles with narrow slits to protect against sun glare reflecting off snow. The device is simple, functional, and tailored to high latitude light exposure.
Graveside Rites For White Infant
A graveside service for Allen Bean White infant son of Ray and Pauline Bean White of Stephens City was held at St. Pauls Cemetery. Rev Robert C. Bradford Jr officiated. The child born Monday died Tuesday in Memorial Hospital. Surviving are two brothers Roger and Stephen, paternal grandparents Charles and Mrs Minnis White, maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Frank Vinson of Long Beach California.
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Allen Bean White
Ray
Pauline Bean White
Stephens City
St. Paul's
Robert C. Bradford, Jr
Opequon
Presbyterian
Memorial Hospital
Roger White
Stephen White
Charles White
Minnis White
Frank Vinson
Long Beach
Calif
War dead honored as city marks Memorial Day events
Speakers urged citizens to honor fallen servicemen by safeguarding citizenship rights and practicing steadiness and unselfishness. Mayor Clowe laid a wreath as a firing squad delivered taps. District activities included visits to the War Memorial Building, pool openings, and a single minor traffic crash on W Boscawen Street.
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Lewis
America
M. B. Clowe
Claude B. Smalts, Jr
National Ave
Senseng Park
Willow Lawn
Valley Pike
James Sprint
W. Boscawen St
Pennsylvania Railroad
David Fahnestock
William Hampton Schuller
Rt. 3
Frederick County School Board
Plymouth
Richard Miller Fisher
Braddock St
Winchester Memorial Hospital
John Owens
S. Kent St
Fashion Show at Civic League Lunch Tomorrow
The Women's Civic League annual meeting at York Inn features a fashion show with models Mrs. James Shockey Mrs. William Butler and Mrs. Laurens Jones. Goods from Margaret L Hodgson and Huntsberry's. Narrator Mrs. Robert C. Creamer Jr. Speaker intro Mrs. George Jackson. Prizes from Hodgson Maldens Mulveys Royal Jewelers Lovett Brothers and The Powder Box.
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Women's Civic League
Henry P. Kern, Jr
York Inn
James Shockey
William Butler
Laurens Jones
Margaret L. Hodgson
Huntsberry’s
Robert C. Creamer, Jr
George Jackson
Arthur Wright
William S. Wheatley
John T. Wolfe
Preston Moffett
August Cahill
Fred Scott
Jackson
Caldwell-Sites
Margaret Hodgson
Maldens, Mulvey's
Royal Jewelers
Lovett Brothers
Powder Box
Weber and Sons
Eisenhower urged wage offer amid strike tensions
Vincent A. Catozella, president of the firm, called the mailed offer an honest effort and an advance in vacation pay. He said no reply had yet come from G. S. McCutcheon of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service about investigating the violence and lawlessness surrounding the strike begun at midnight on May 13 after failed contract talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent A. Catozella
Catarella
G. S. McCutcheon
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Estate Auction Listings in Winchester Area June Schedule
Sales directory notes multiple auctions in and around Winchester Virginia. Charles R Hoover estate sale at county courthouse front. Herbert A Clevenger farm items sale near Summit Point. Robert G Masters Ridgeway sale of furniture and appliances. W E Edwards Trustee sale of 775 acres near Star Tannery. Robert L Harrison estate sale northwest of Winchester with household goods and farm equipment.
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Charles R Hoover
Frederick County Court House
Winchester
Chas. R. Duvall
Herbert A. Clevenger
Summit Point
W. Va
Feea
W D. Orndorff
G. E. Vickers
Robert G. Masters
Ridgeway
Furn Ue
Lewis & Horner
C. W. Hensell
W. E. Edwards
Star Tannery
E. T Snider
Robert L. Harrison
Mrs. Pearson Dies in Ohio
News of the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Pearson on May 24 at the Cleveland Clinic Hospital Cleveland Ohio. A longtime local resident she had been ill eight weeks with cancer Survivors include three children Warren P Pearson Cecil M Pearson and Mrs Hazel V Davenport two grandchildren and two great grandchildren
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Elizabeth Pearson
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland
Ohio
Warren P. Pearson
Cecil M. Pearson
USAF
Hazel V. Davenport
How's Your I Q Answers From Page Four
Quiz solutions list various items including nobility roles, famous names like Sgt York and Lon Chaney, and a sound speed assertion. Answers cover questions on sets, people, and a historical reference to J Chandler Harris.
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Houses of Nobility
Justice of the Peace
Set
Woodfill
York
Whittlesey
Rainfall figures and averages from 43-year period
Record shows rainfall in the past 48 hours ending 8 30 a m on May 19 totaling 2.00 inches. It lists the 43 year average monthly rainfall from 1912 to 1955 with January 2.45 inches February 1.95 inches March 2.98 inches April 3.10 inches May 3.90 inches June 3.90 inches July 3.69 inches August 3.99 inches September 2.65 inches October 3.22 inches November 3.57 inches December 2.46 inches.
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U.S
Ll. Brumback & Sons
N. Cameron St
Ross D. Stowers
the Armory
Isaak Walton League
Ralph Lamp
The
Kountry Krackers
Chevrolet
New
Ferguson
PTO
Virginia Line
Electee
Menon
Robert G. Masters Lewis
Payne's Chapel Church
Robert Reed
Baltimore
Schenge Foods Co
Orkin
Niagara Chemical
Parathion
Wyck St
Butler’s Packing House
Civic League
Chivsch Vertical Sciwos
Famon Kirsch Co
E. Piccadilly St
Pearson
I. Q
Lon Chaney
Midas
True
J. Chandler Harris
Memoriam
John H. Rosenberger
A.C. Smith
Handley Brown
Esso Standard Oil Company
E. Piccadilly
Ee Pont Me Coc
Merck Agricultural Streptomysia
Niagara Chemical Division
Food Machinery & Chemical Corp
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