Flower Show Plans Promoted By Winchester Garden Club
Plans for a October first flower show at Winchester armory under local garden clubs were discussed by Mrs. Harold Brown at the Jefferson Street meeting. Lily bulbs are to be ordered, roadside zoning urged, and corsage exhibits highlighted with top scores listed. The Jack and Jill school opened for winter enrollment with detailed lists of nursery and kindergarten students.
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Winchester Armory
Gaaden
Harold Brown
Brooks
Jefferson St
Brown
Paul Haldeman
Clay deGrange
Ralph Snapp
Virgil Strader
E. G. Rusk
Charles Coffman
Strade
Shower Honors Miss Gordon at Hawkins Grubbs Home
A miscellaneous shower at 312 E Piccadilly St honors Miss Cornelia Gordon ahead of her November wedding to Carrol Unger. Green and white decor, refreshments served, with a list of attending ladies and young guests.
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Mary Hawkins Grubbs
E. Piccadilly St
Cornelia Gordon
Carrol Unger
Hilda Miller
Mary Boyce
June Gordon
Kitty Rudolph
Roy Adams
Jackie Anderson
Margaret Taylor
Alice Dunlap
Annie Hawkins
Betty Campbell
Becky Lodge
Ruth Beard
Ruthie Lovett
Elouise George
Jenny Fox
Social notes and travels around Winchester and nearby towns
Mrs John McCormick of Winchester travels to San Fernando California to meet her husband arriving from Japan this month and enter college on the West Coast this fall. Communities host meetings and socials including Payne’s Chapel WCSC and Federated Council Church Women at Handley library.
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John McCormick
Winchester
San Ferendo
Calif
Japan
West Coast
Council of Church Women
Federated Council
Handley Library
Franklin Senger
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Payments To Vets And Dependants Surge To 145 Million Monthly
The Veterans Administration reports monthly compensation and pensions totaling 145 million dollars for 2,321,917 veterans and 907,000 dependents. Civil War veterans number 88 on the rolls. other groups include 829 Indian wars, Spanish-American 114,000, World War I 436,000, World War II 1,728,000, and peacetime service 43,000.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Gen Lee to Leave Italy After R Day
Lt. Gen. John C. H. Lee said he would depart the Mediterranean theater as soon after R day as possible and return to the United States. A day is Monday September 15, the Allied ratification date for the Italian treaty.
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Rome
John C. H. Lee
Mediterranean
War Department
United States
Minister Is Freed In Poison Death
The Rev. Gordon Miller was released to continue his snake handling and poison drinking services after being charged with manslaughter in the death of Ernest Davis who drank a fatal potion as a test of faith. Judge Claude H. Porter ruled no state law barred handling poison. Davis and Miller drank from the same glass.
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Summerville
Gordon Miller
Miller
Ernest Davis
Claude H. Porter
Davis
600-Lb Safe Stolen From Southern States Store
Front Royal police seek clues in a Wednesday night theft of a 600 pound safe from the Southern States store. Manager Winston Baker said the safe held about 300 dollars in cash and several hundred dollars in checks. Entry was gained by breaking the store door lock and a car was used to haul the safe away.
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Front Royal
Winston Baker
Rankin Signals Filibuster If Elected to Bilbo Seat
Rep. John E. Rankin warned he will filibuster FEPC poll tax and anti lunch measures to block passage if elected to succeed the late Sen. Theodore G Bilbo in the Mississippi special election. He is one of five candidates in the November 4 contest.
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Washington
John E. Rankin
FEPC
Mississippi
Theodore G. Bilbo
Rankin
King Haakon Salary in U S Money
The annual salary of one million kroner for King Haakon translates to about 201600 dollars given the kroner at roughly 20.16 cents in U S currency.
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Haakon
Norway
U. S
Mrs Alida Constant Wins Winchester Woman's Golf Title
Mrs. Alida Constant of Front Royal captured the Winchester club woman’s championship in a 36 hole match from Mrs. John Hedrick, ending with an 86 on the final 18. She also contends in the handicap final against Mrs. E P Turner.
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Alida B. Constant
Winchester Golf Club
John Hedrick
Front Royal
Constant
Duncan Gibb
August Savings Bond Sales Reach $13025 in Counties
Winchester and Frederick counties report August savings bond sales totaling $130,781.25. Clarke county invested $4,781.25, Warren county $18,231.25, Shenandoah $27,137.50 and Loudoun $16,068.75.
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Winchester
Frederick County
U.S
Clarke County
Warren County
Shenandoah
Loudoun
Fairfax DHIA leads Virginia milk per cow in July
Fairfax County No 1 Dairy Herd Improvement Assn topped Virginia DHIA's July with an average of 830 pounds of milk per cow. Patrick County group led butterfat with 59.2 pounds per cow. The Loudonoun No 1 DHIA herd of C R Hope and Son had 47 pounds butterfat per cow.
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Blacksburg
Fairfax County No. 1 Dairy Herd Improvement Assn
Virginia
DHIA
State Dairymen’s Assn
Patrick County
C. R. Hope and Son
Loudoun No. 1
Warehouse Fire Damages Atlanta Facility
Fire gutted a Peaslee Gaulbert Corp warehouse in Atlanta on September 12 causing about 1.5 million dollars in damage. The building stored general merchandise including furniture pots pans refrigerators and radios.
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Atlanta
Peaslee-Gaulbert Corp
Prefab Housing Faces Buyer Resistance And Regulatory Hurdles
Steidle cites city codes and FHA pressure as reasons prefabricated homes lag. He notes public unfamiliarity with factory built houses and calls the industry in a learning phase. Senator McCarthy remarks some view prefabs as temporary or expensive. Steidle argues efficiency will lower costs once competition returns, promising a bright future.
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Ing
Wyatt
New Steidle
Federal Housing Administration
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Steidle
Steel executives clash over gray market steel shipments
Martin cites estimates that 2,000,000 tons of steel entered the gray market this year at prices above normal. Fairless defends U.S. Steel, saying the company has blocked improper channels and will act if specific cases are identified. The gray market refers to high priced legal transactions resembling under‑the‑table deals during price controls.
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Martin
Fairless
U. S. Steel
Post Office Rules Allow Newspapers With Incidental Lottery News
The post office department ruled that newspapers carrying incidental lottery mentions are not barred from the mails, reversing prior policy. The decision came after a St. Louis Star-Times challenge over a North Carolina Negro winning a lottery car prize but being denied due to whites-only rules. The solicitor said news value and incidental lottery elements justify mailable status.
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Washington
Post Office Department
St. Louis Star- Times
St. Louis
North Carolina
Frank J. Delany
Robert E. Hannegan
Mathis Indicted On Murder Charge
Walter Ray Mathis a 40 year old Alexandria contractor and former army transport pilot was indicted by a Baltimore grand jury for murder in the August 9 death of Kenneth E Colbert a 31 year old Baltimore steel worker and husband of Mathis former wife Mathis remained jailed after pleading guilty at arraignment Aug 11 Colbert died from a thigh wound at his apartment after a scuffle over a .45 revolver Mathis said he visited when Mrs Colbert failed to keep a date with him and acknowledged dating her since she married Colbert
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Towson
Walter Ray Mathis
Alexandria, Va
Baltimore
Kenneth E. Colbert
Baltimore Steel
Mathis
Colbert
Ruby Colbert
Enola Gay Named Bomber That Dropped Hiroshima Bomb
The Bockscar? No, the aircraft that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima was the B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay piloted by Colonel Paul Tibbets. It departed Tinian on August 6 1945 and delivered the plutonium implosion device over the city.
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Hiroshima
R.M.L. A
Enola Gay
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Andrew Babb
Marilyn Bergan
Jerry
Dusty Chapman
Eddie Dunlap
Amy Gibson
Harrington Harrison
Lawson Hockson
Joey Kalbach
Ann Sargent
Howard Lewis
Shelia McGuire
Danny Riley
Susy Robinson
Bobby Radcliffe
Sally Seabright
Sally Bruce Scully
Edward Turner
G.A.A
Robert Grim
Claude Curry
Margaret Fauver
Ellis Ford
Virginia Goss
Miss Gordon
Clarke County Historical Society
Grace Episcopp
Parrish
Berryville
Clifton Price
J. D. Griffing
T. E. Bakckwell
R. G. Funkhouser
McKay Smith
J.D. Griffing
Secre
Gainesboro
Congregational Christian
Ladies Aid of the
Congregational Christian Church
Brooks’ Pharmacy
California
Paynes Chapel
WCSC
Payne's Chapel
Chuch
Bertha Kline
N. Lousoun St
B. J. Sager
Leicester St
Wyatt Richard
Lawrence Guiliani
Ward Thresh
Beverly N. Rice
Vincent Hollis
Ansel Solenberger
Glenn Seabright
Meyer Berman
David Grant
Ida Lycet
Elizabeth
Philomena Laren
W. Weedon Teets
Eston Rudolph, Jr
Uniontown
Edwin B. Clevenger
Tampa
Fla
W. Boscawen St
James Lee Courtney
Clarence Foreman
Barbara Jeanne
Gettysburg
Kermit Rhoaden
J. Lee Courtney, Jr
Hagerstown
Randolph Shields, Jr
Randolph Shields
Ben
Sophie Baker
Frances Page
Nelson Page
Shields, Jr
Atlanta, Ga
Shields
Memphis
Marshall Novick
A. J. Novick
Angernon Terrace
Durham, N. C
Duke University
Colorado
Wilson Bros
Haberdashery
N. Loudoun St
Gen. Lee
Italy
Parker
Handley School
Grunt’s Drug Store
Alida Constant
Miller Bros
Joseph Fleischer
Post Office
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Culligam
S. Braddock St
Fairplay Market
Loudoun St
the Arcadia
Out Front Royal Road
Haldeman’s
Cather & Moling
Timberlake
Huntsberrys
Gold Cross Shoes
Chambersburg
Hollywood
HED Cross Shoes
America
Mnchals Hoger
VALU
Hedy Lamarr
Miss LaMarr
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