Mrs Whitacre Dies at Gore After Stroke
Mrs Lula B. Whitacre 54, wife of D. S. Whitacre of Gore, died after a paralytic stroke. She was born November 6, 1892, in Frederick, married in 1908, and leaves twelve children and several siblings. Funeral tomorrow at the Gore home with Ebenezer Cemetery interment. son in laws to pallbear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lula B. Kate
D. &. Whitacre
Gore
Bas M. Whitacre
Frederick
Oscar H. Clinton Whitacre
York
Melvin Whitacre
Ruth
Ina Holiday
Whitacre
Holiday
Hope Whitacre
Shickle
Richard Whitacre
Betty Whitacre
Roanoke
Marie Mills
Winchester
DiNesselrode
Hayfield
Old Whitacre
U. S. Army
Clarence Macre
Wil Whitacre
California
Cora Mason
Ada DeHaven
Mar
Emma Zim
New York
Ebenezer Cemetery
Chiang to Oust Corrupt Officers
Chiang Kai Shek's post party government in China plans a purge of corrupt members including top leaders. The Kuomintang central executive committee will hold five plenary sessions to study charges from party units against several officials, aiming to remove undesirables openly.
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Nanking
Generi
Chiang Kai-Shek
Post
China
Kuomintang
Lottery Disclaimer Sparks Caution on Fund Raisers
A fragment from Page 1 warns that any device promising prizes in a lottery-like scheme can lead to up to one year in jail and a $500 fine. It urges organizers to ensure fundraising plans are not gambling ventures and to report illegal operations to local authorities if public harm is evident.
Retail food prices steady with mixed changes noted
Consumers report varied shifts in staples as butter climbs while oleo and eggs ease or hold. Fresh vegetables and seafood show limited movement with pea and chicken prices rising modestly, and flour retail prices unchanged alongside minor increases in corn meal and cereal costs.
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Oleoceter Cn
Win
Winches- Milling Co
Help Keep Virginia Green BE CAREFUL WITH your picnic campfires
A public safety notice urges Virginia residents to prevent wildfires by using campfires carefully and following regulations. It emphasizes supervising flames, fully extinguishing fires, and avoiding camping in dry conditions. Authorities remind residents to check local rules before lighting any fire.
Rail Strike Hits Steel Employment
Pittsburgh Sept 8 mounting unemployment threatens allied industries as basic steel operations of the Carnegie-Illinois Corp remain suspended for the fourth day by a wildcat strike of 1800 inter plant railroad workers. About half of U S Steel Corp subsidiary's 35000 employees are idled by the strike called by the Pittsburgh local Brotherhoods of Locomotive Engineers and the Railroad Trainmen.
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Pittsburgh
Allied Industries
Carnegie-Illinois Corp
U. S. Steel Corp
Brotherhoods of Locomotive Engineers
Mrs J B Smoke Dies at 70 Mt Williams Resident
Jerusha Belle Smoke 170, died 3 45 yesterday at her Mt Williams home from heart trouble. Born Nov 17 1876 in Frederick county, she was daughter of the late Morgan W and Mary C Snapp. Surviving husband Edgar Smoke, son Herbert L Smoke of Mt Williams, daughter Mrs Hilda L Long, brother Albert Sapp, six grandchildren. Funeral 2 pm tomorrow from residence. Rev R L Booze presiding. Interment St Paul Cemetery. Pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusha Belle Smoke
Mt. Williams
Frederick County
Morgan W
Mary C. Perry Snapp
Albert Sapp
Washington
R. L. Booze
St. Paul Cemetery
Jones
Howard Lamp
Burton Ritter
Newton Snapp
Raymond Snapp
Maynard Snapp
Stewart Womeldorph
Reds Claim 10000 Uraniun Workers In Saxony Mines
Hans Grassman, four months manager of mines near the Czechoslovak border, testified in Berlin that about 10 000 men were employed but he had not seen uranium or uranium oxide. He fled to the American zone weeks earlier as police officials testified about an attempted arrest. He described conditions as harsh and workers largely working voluntarily though poorly fed.
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Berlin
Hans Grassman
Saxony
Grassman
U. S
Woman to Face Jury for Slaying Quin
Mrs Sally Evelyn Ditamaso 28 faces Meade county grand jury Monday on murder charges in the stabbing death of Capt John D Quin a former Fort Knox soldier. She has been free on $2000 bond since the June 25 killing in the Mulldrag h ouse where she and the officer had been living together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradenburg
Rey
Sally Evelyn Ditamaso
Meade County
John D. Quin
Fort Knox
Ditamaso
Liberty
Quinn
Muldraugh
Winchester Frederick County Community Chest Election Meeting
The annual meeting of the Winchester Frederick County Community Chest will be held at 8 p m Wednesday in the chamber of commerce office at the George Washington hotel. President C Ridgely White announced that directors and officers for 1947 48 will be elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester -Frederick County
Flier Released as Rabbinic Plot Probe Expands
PARIS September 8 Reginald Gilbert an American flier was released from custody as court orders were issued holding an American rabbi and eight others for further investigation of an alleged plot to bomb London with Stern gang leaflets.
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Paris
Reginald Gilbert
London
Truman Begins Return Voyage From Brazil Mission
President Truman sails home aboard the USS Missouri after his Brazil goodwill mission. He plans 13 days afloat with no urgent domestic or foreign developments requiring a speedier return and enjoys steady communications with Washington via the battleship’s high speed radio system.
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U.S.S. Missouri
President Truman
Truman
Brazil
White House
Washington
Deeper Tax Cut Bill Predicted by Knutson
Rep. Knutson of Minnesota predicts a third and deeper tax cutting bill from Congress early next year. As chair of the Ways and Means Committee he sponsored two 4 billion dollar measures vetoed by President Truman. He doubts the line at 30 20 and 10.5 percent reductions will hold.
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Washington
Knutson
R-Minn
Congress
House
Ways and Means
Truman
Minnesota
Associated Press
Doolittle Airmen Tortured by Japanese Officials
Tokyo reports allege Japanese prosecutors used torture to obtain confessions from eight Doolittle fliers who bombed residences and a schoolhouse. The statements were not read in court and later helped condemn the airmen to death or life imprisonment. among the eight were pilots Hallmark Harrow and gunner Spaatz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
International Military Tribunal
China
Dave Edward Hallmark
William D. Harrow
Harold A. Spaatz
Sugiyama
Army
James H. Doolittle
President to Fill Defense Set-up Post
President Truman expected to appoint a civilian chairman for the new defense research and development board after returning from Brazil. The role carries a $14 000 yearly salary and is pivotal amid the global weapons race. Dr. Vannevar Bush is the leading candidate for the post.
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Washington
Truman
Unified Defense
Brazil
Research and Development Board
Vannevar Bush
Carnegie Institution
Army- Navy Joint Research and Development Board
Helicopter Taxi Service Approved In Cleveland Trial
The Civil Aeronautics Board authorized helicopter passenger service for the first time. It approved an experimental operation by the Yellow Cab Co. of Cleveland between downtown Cleveland and Cleveland Municipal Airport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Yellow Cab Co. of
Cleveland
Steelworkers Strike Shuts Liege Plants in Belgium
Ten thousand steel workers in the Liege area walked out for higher wages. The strike closed major iron smelting plants and steel works, disrupting production across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Belgium
Liege
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission Backs Report
The U N atomic energy commission political committee approved most sections of its second report by a 10 to 2 vote with Russia opposing all parts and Poland abstaining on the final section. The action completes broad proposals for an international atomic control agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Success
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Russia
Poland
Mary
Mrs Harry Lovett Admitted to Bar in Virginia
Mrs Harry L Lovett of Winchester appeared before the State Supreme Court of Appeals at Staunton and qualified as a practicing attorney. A Baltimore native and former Lee Snyder, she is a Goucher College and University of Baltimore law school graduate, with New York political science graduate work. She was admitted to the Maryland bar in 1937 and practiced in Maryland before moving to Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry L. Lovett
Winchester
State Supreme Court of Appeals
Staunton
CIO Candidate In Congressional Contest Tomorrow
In Pennsylvania a key primary pits Phil H. Storch CIO Lehigh Valley Newspaper Guild president aged 36 against Franklin H. Lichtenwalter 37, Republican speaker of the State House. The winner will fill the unexpired term of late Charles L. Gerlach in the Eighth district covering Lehigh and Bucks counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Congress
Pennsylvania
Phil H. Storch
Cio-Lehigh Valley Newspaper Guild
Franklin H. Lichtenwalter
House of Representatives
Charles L. Gerlack
Lehigh
Bucks
Answers to the Daily Quiz 1947 correction notes
The page lists quiz answers with dates November 20 1947 and responses for ten questions. It includes names Gen Carl A Spaatz Elliott Roosevelt and other figures, plus a meridian puzzle stating the mean sun and true sun align four times a year on April 15 June 4 September 1 and December 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl A. Spaatz
Elliott Roosevelt
Africa
Scotland
Farm sales listed near Berryville and Winchester
A series of sales entries note auctions and locations: Guido Thompson sale Sept 12 east of Berryville for livestock and farm machinery. Philip Kaplan Sept 13 east of Stephenson on Summit Point Road for household goods. W F Long Sept 17 west of Middletown on Broad No 627 for livestock farming equipment and household items. North of Winchester on Welltown Pike Sept 17 for livestock and farm machinery. E B Clevenger sale north of Winchester near Jordan Springs road for livestock and shop tools. John Myers est Sept 20 near Stephenson for household goods and shop tools.
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Berryville
Guido Thompson
Philip Kaplan
Stephenson
Summit Point Road
W. F. Long
Middletown
Broad No
Winchester
Welltown Pike
E. B. Clevenger
John H. Myers
Jordan Springs Road
Nelson County critic fights Virginia general sales tax
Delegate Robert Whitehead of Nelson County argues Virginia does not need a general retail sales tax despite a large revenue surplus. He cites past revenues running about 94 million above estimates and predicts 110 million by mid 1948, urging tax revisions instead of a broad tax that would raise living costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Robert Whitehead
Nelson County
Virginia
Nelson
Whitehead
Treasury
Hoagland Heads Bible Class at Braddock Street Church
Owen A Headland was elected president of the Golden Rule Bible class at Braddock Street Methodist Church. Officers include Bernard F Grove Jr Charles Lanahan C Ray Gatewood vice presidents Charles Zeilor secretary Roland Tharpe assistant secretary Archie Long and others. Installation is set for Sunday September 28 with a luncheon planned to honor outgoing officers September 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen A. Headland
Braddock St
Bernard F. Grove, Jr
Charles Lanahan
C. Ray Gatewood
Charles Zeilor
Roland Tharpe
Archie Long
Charles McVicaris
Robert Legge
Taylor Barr
James L. Miller
Cadwalladers Injured in Winchester Crash at Braddock Gerrard
Mr and Mrs Floyd Cadwallader of Stephens City were hospitalized with painful but not serious injuries after their car collided at Braddock and Gerrard Streets yesterday afternoon with a second car operated by Joan Mason colored. Mason was uninjured. Cadwallader a registered nurse may require several days in hospital.
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Floyd B. Cadwallader
Stephens City
Winchester Hospital
Joan Mason
Braddock
Gerrard St
Mason
J. T. Boyd
Boyce
Cadwallader
Mrs. Huyett Dies in Berryville at Cemetery Service Planned
Mrs. Linda M. Huyett died at her Berryville home after months of illness. She was active in civil and church work and belonged to Grace Episcopal church. She leaves two daughters Ruby Davis and Louise Huyett, a son Frank C. Huyett of California, two brothers T. R. Smith and R. N. Smith, and a grandson. Funeral is at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Grace Episcopal Church with burial in Green Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda M. Huyett
Berr
William and Mary Smith
Orange County
Clarke
John H. Huyet
Grace Episcopal Church
Berryville
Ruby H. Davis
Louise Huyett
Frank C. Huyett
California
T. R. Smith
Fredericksburg
R. N. Smith
Washington
Green Hill Cemetery
Century Club to Meet
The Century Club holds its regular business meeting at 11 a m tomorrow at Mrs L M Allen president 703 S Washington St The residence of Mrs Allen will host the gathering with members invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Century Club
L. M. Allen
S. Washington St
Farmers See Banner Year as Prices Hit New Highs
Farm values surge as per day price levels and wholesale gains set records. Cash receipts rise 21 percent in eight months led by a 24 percent rise in prices received and livestock profits up 30 percent. August receipts reach 1.4 billion, up 15 percent year over year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Love
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Chiang
Virginia Green
J. B. Smoke
Community Chest
Doolittle
John W. Rosenberger & CO
Atomic Energy Control Agency
U. N
Harry Lovett
CIO
Marvel W.adams Plumbing & Heating
N. Cameron
Hoagland Heads Bible Class
Vpi
S. C
Jap) Curl
South Loudoun & Monmouth Sts
Coleman Dunn
J. P. Reardon
RCA
N. H
Philip Kaplon
Cheney
Glaize & Bro
Cameron ST
Betel Aa
Weatherstrip
Valley Weatherstrip and Awning CO
Bayliss & Patterson Contractors & Dealers
C. I. Brumback & Sons
The
Order of the Golden Rule
Beil Winchester
Front Royal
Chapman Motor CO
W. Boscawen St
Fairplay Market
Loudoun St
Pine Motor CO
Braddock and
Cecil St
Firestone Stores
N. Braddock ST
Miller & Anderson
General Electric
Stewart - Warner Emerson
Sentinel
Philco Fada
Anderson
Castleman’s Ferry
Wickliffe Church
Guernsey
Ayreshire
Deering
Lew
White Chester
Robert Wright
William D. Burtner
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