College Head to Speak At Homecoming Service
Dr. G Morrison Smith president of Susquehanna University will speak at 11 a m Sunday during the third annual homecoming at Trinity Lutheran church in Stephens City. He is the son of the late Dr L L Smith who for years led Trinity Lutheran and Paul Lutheran churches in the area.
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G. Morrison Smith
Susquehanna University
Trinity Lutheran Church
Stephens City
Smith
L. L. Smith
To Paul Lutheran Church
Cwill
Friends of Trinity
Local auction listings and church program details
A sequence of sales notes lists items for OCT sales including dairy cattle, horses, farm machinery and household goods in Kernstown Montgomery County Gore and nearby areas with dates October 10 through November 1. A separate program announces an event titled Committed Unto Us with church music by Lutherans and cooperation from Strasburg and Stephens City choirs and notes Dr. Smith's religious and educational background.
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James C. Sipe
Berryville
R. Schneider
Kernstown
S. Miller
Gore
Whitacre
Attie Shiley
Clearbrook
U. 8
Frank Royston
General Admits SS Slew Millions in East At War Crimes Trial
Otto Ohlendorf, a Nazi SS major general, testified at the Nuremberg war crimes trial that Einsatz commandos killed millions as a measure to protect German forces. He blamed Russians for genocide claims, said Himmler took responsibility, and asserted he never handled executions though he witnessed three mass killings.
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Stalin
S. S
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
S.S
Auto Production Slumps as Steel Shortage Slows Output
Detroit report notes the nation's auto factories produced 63 884 cars and 26 197 trucks this week, down from 97 206 total last week. Automotive News cites critically low steel supplies due to September schedules, with Plymouth plant bearing most of the drop followed by other plants managing with ingenious planning.
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Detroit
Automotive News
United States
Plymouth
Card of Thanks for Hiram M. Ritter
The Ritter family expresses gratitude to friends for kind remembrances and for car rides during the illness and death of husband and father Hiram M. Ritter, signed by wife, daughter, and son.
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Hiram M. Ritter
Major Property Listing at 109 N Loudoun St by Tommy D. Lockhart
A 2 acre parcel offers a store, stock and filling station with living quarters and large business on the main highway. Located at 109 N Loudoun St, with appointment-only viewings via phone 7470. Shown by appointment.
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Loudoun St
Tommy D. Lockhart
Brucetown Cemetery Restoration Progress Report
Brucetown Memorial Assn led by J R Smith reports near completion of cleaning and restoring the Brucetown Methodist church cemetery. Funds raised between 12 and 1500 dollars supported vegetation removal ground fertilization and grassing with only minor prep work near the church remaining. Earliest grave markers date to the 1700s and the current church was built in 1874. Vice chairman Wavery Hardesty and secretary-treasurer Mrs Ray R Russell are listed officials.
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J. R. Smith
Brucetown
Smith
Wavery Hardesty
Ray R. Russell
The
Memorial Assrr
World's smallest cattle herd found by Meyers in Illinois
Clint on October 9 report says Cecil Meyers completed a long roundup producing a dwarf cattle herd. Five calves and bulls total 1015 pounds with heights from 21 to 32 inches. Herd includes Champ Aberdeen Angus Lady Shorty Chic Brown Swiss and Babe Hereford from multiple states.
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Clinton
Ill
Cecil Meyers
Meyers
Chicago
Champ
Illinois
Montana
Iowa
Indiana
Babe
Herford
Texas
National Livestock Producers Association
Two Secure Roads For America Cited By H. F. Byrd Jr.
Harry F. Byrd Jr. urged at a Washington luncheon that American security rests on two roads: maintaining economic strength at home and advancing the United Nations. He spoke during a farewell for Marshall Farmer of Winchester who is leaving to lead Spring Valley Chamber of Commerce. He argued if scientists can master atomic energy, statesmen can devise a formula for permanent peace.
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Washington
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Winchester
Washington Junior Board of Commerce
Marshall &. Farmer
Spring Valley
United Nations
CIOs T H Boycott Crumbling Before NLRB Policy
In Boston on October 9 CIO leaders announced the boycott against the National Labor Relations Board is collapsing. The CIO convention next week will likely avoid backing a policy to continue the boycott and instead attack the Taft Hartley act while each of the 41 unions decides independently whether to file complaints or petitions with the reorganized NLRB under the new law.
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Boston
CIO
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Small Powers Press Palestine Policy Standoff
Delegates at the United Nations Palestine committee clash over secrecy as Pakistan's Sir Mohammed Zafrullah Khan urges immediate debate closure. Australia’s Dr. Herbert Evatt notes procedure while the US expected to deliver its opening statement next day and the Soviet Union delays its position awaiting the U S disclosure.
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Mohammed Zefrullah Khan
Pakistan
Palestine Committee
United Nations Assembly
Herbert V. Evatt
Australia
Khan
Russia
United States
Palestine
United Nations
Eggs served as usual at many U S restaurants
A nationwide AP survey shows mixed adherence to the president's poultry less-eggless Thursday. Some eateries banned eggs at breakfast while others served them, with bacon and sausage substitutions rising. Cleveland and Baltimore anecdotes show varied responses as demand shifted between eggs and meat.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Baltimore
Pearl Harbor Dead On Returning Ship Honda Knot
In San Francisco the army cargo ship Honda Knot will enter the bay with 3 012 caskets and 16 urns carrying the first World War II dead to return to the United States. Most remains are Pearl Harbor victims. others include soldiers who died in the China Burma India theater.
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San Francisco
Honda Knot
San Francisco Bay
Pearl Harbor
China-Burma-India
Answers to the daily quiz list
Answers printed on Page 4 reveal items including Ceylon and Brazil, a vocabulary clue about vexed, and references to Defense Bonds Lord Inverchapel Patient Walter Reuther clothing the National Bureau of Standards and fifteen pairs.
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Ceylon
Brazil
Lord Inverchapel
Walter Reuther
Clothing
National Bureau of Stan
Louisville Police Arrest Pickets at Harvester Plant
Jefferson County police arrested several pickets and Lloyd James international representative of the CIO Farm Equipment Workers on inciting to riot charges after a speech to several hundred strikers at the International Harvester Co. plant in Louisville.
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Louisville
Jefferson County
International Harvester Co
Fred Hauser
Lloyd James
CIO
Court Grants Appeal To Woman Convicted Of Slaying Teacher
Mary Macon a 48 year old divorcee and former secretary was granted an appeal by the State Supreme Court from a Southampton county circuit court manslaughter conviction over Andrew C. Thomas a former Sunday school teacher. The jury imposed one year with clemency. Macon admitted a long affair and her counsel argued Thomas choked her causing a struggle before a self inflicted death. Thomas was estranged from his wife and father of four.
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Richmond
Mary Macon
Ivor Baptist Church
State Supreme Court
Southampton County
Andrew C. Thomas
Southampton
Thomas
Navy ram jet tests reach 1400 mph in early flights
United States navy engineers report ram jet engine tests surpass 1400 miles per hour with unidentifiable officials noting the work by the NACA. A drop test program aims for speeds up to 2000 mph and a first test showed just over 1000 mph, with future tests planned near Virginia Capes to push toward 1800 mph and beyond.
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Cleveland
United States Navy
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
NACA
Virginia Capes
Missile Era Tests Describe Supersonic Flight Progress
Reports note that the aircraft in question has not yet exceeded the speed of sound, with tests in the country and in England more accurately termed missile experiments rather than flight milestones.
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England
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Ruth Joram Smith
United Lutherans Church
Women's Missionary Society
Strasburg Church
Br.g. Morris Smith
Wigan
Rosenberger
Braddock St
Ralph P. Yount
C.P.A
Lewis H. Hyde
Yount, Hyde & Company
Certified Public Accountants
American Institute of Accountants
Winchester, Virginia
C. H. Staub
Ridgeway
W. Va
Bunker Hill
Mary Cattle
Guernsey
McCormick-Deering
Victor
Oliver Barshear
John
Dunn & Lewis
Jolliffe
R. E. Price Ridgeway
Pine Motor CO. Inc
Ome
Ty Manent
Senden
Weeteweg
Rerege
Ween Com
Gacugy
America
H. F. Byrd Jr
U. N
Lake
Naras
Publc
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Airport Inn
Robert W
Emily A. Lowery
Airport
Props
Coleman Dunn, R. P. & C. R. Duvall
Jolliffe, Snider & Hershman
Kernstown Church
Venetian Blinds Valley Weatherstrip & Awning Co
Brumback. & Sons
N. Cameron St
Fairplay Market
Ralph
Ralph G. Hengeveld
Chapman Motor CO
W. Boscawen St
Hill’s
Loudoma
Order of TP Golden Rule
Loudoun
Chrysler Airtemp
Mervel W. Adams Plumbing & Heating
W. C. Beatty Coleman Dunn
Ruby Schneider
George Washington
GROVE
Pe. Arvin
J. W
Grove Furnithpf CO
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