Railroad draftee to be sentenced for wife slaying
A 40-year-old railroad draftee will be sentenced September 28 after pleading guilty to second degree murder in the beating death of his wife Lester C. Pearson. The plea came as a trial was about to begin in Roanoke during a weekend drinking spree at their home. Judge D A Kuyk presided as both sides argued.
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Roanoke
Lester C. Pearson
Rson
Hastings
D. A. Kuyk
Commonwealth
State Defense Data Due in October
Virginia civilian defense authorities should receive by October 1 copies of detailed civil defense plans from Washington. Governor Battle said the information was passed to him and other chief executives at the Chicago meeting of the National Governors Conference Executive Committee. Federal authorities will rely on states to develop proper operations of the National Defense plan across states.
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Richmond
Virginia
Washington
Battle
Chicago
City-State Financial Link Deemed Unsound by VA Officials
Virginia Beach address at the 45th annual convention of the League of Virginia criticizes the state city financial relationship as unsound. Dr Rowland Eger of UVA Bureau of Public Administration says dependence weakens local administrations and shifts decisions to Richmond, highlighting broader county and municipal fiscal strain.
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Virginia Beach
Virginia
Rowland Eger
University of Virginia
Bureau of Public Administration
League of Virnia
Cavaier
Beger
Virginia State Budget
Ocaynens Cal
Richmond
Floods Hit Virginia Communities After Weekend Rains
Clean day forecasts promise more showers as Virginia endures flash floods that caused multi million dollar damage. Rockbridge County reports two drownings and widespread losses to homes machinery and utilities while rail lines remain blocked in parts.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Rockbridge
Norfolk and Western
Chesapeake and Ohio
Richmond
Fredericksburg
Landlord charged with murder and assault in Hopkins Gap shooting
A 25 year old landlord Maynard Crawford pleaded innocent to murder and felonious assault charges for the shooting of 54 year old Thomas Clarence Reedy and his son Clarence Jack Reedy at both the Reedy and Crawford homes. Bail set at 5000 for murder and 2500 for felonious assault. The elder Reedy died at the scene while the son was in fair condition at a local hospital.
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Nburg
Maynard Crawford
Thomas Clarence Reedy
Reedy
Clarence
Jack) Reedy
Crawford
Rockingham County
Porter R. Graves
Hopkins Gap
Accor
Bulfin Kiser
Special Auto Course Opens At Hoffman Boston School
Arlington report states a new automobile mechanics course started today at the Hoffman Boston school for Negroes with one student. Richard O. Green, 17, a senior, requested the class which had not previously existed.
Estates Are Appraised by County Officials
Appraisals of ten estates totaling 58 6166 were filed in the office of County Clerk Lee N. Whitacre. Names include Cephag Fahnestock 11781 appraised by McCann Bailey and Clark. Charles B Headley 9690 appraised by Lineburg Staples and Lemley. Charles Spitler 6252 appraised by Cather McNally Edwards. Nora Ho Snapp 2315 appraised by Hershmar Glaize Sorra Snapp. Miller 2157 appraisers Dunn Bailey. Amy Susan Lee 671 appraised by Rhodes Lineburg and Shirley Smith. Rose Larrick 1025 appraisers Rhodes Brumback and Owings. H K Dick 2275 appraised by Hart Smith and Lewis. Minnie Ludwig 1354 appraisers Shipe Rhodes and Brumback.
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Gating
Lee N. Whitacre
Cephag Fahnestock
Harry L. McCann
Earll. Bailey
Earl Clark
Charles
F. M. Adams
E. W. Adams Jr
J. Earl Rinker
Charles Spitler
Carl T. Cather
Robert J. McNally
H. R. Edwards
Nora Ho So
Od Snapp
Hershmar
Harry Glaize
Percy Sora
Alfred L. Snapp
Miller
Minnie M. Ludwig
W. F. Shipe
Myrtle Rhodes
Byron Brumback
Friendship Fire Company backs rejoining Virginia Firemen’s Association
Members at the September session voted to reinstate their membership in the Virginia Firemen’s Association. Wade Guard is recommended as fire warden to replace Raymond Campbell who is called to active Navy service. Guard’s name will be submitted to Winchester Council. The company also allocates 10 percent of yard party profits to the ladies auxiliary.
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Friendship Fire Company
Virginia Firemen’s Association
Wade Guard
Raymond Campbell
Navy
Guard
Winchester Council
Ladies Auxiliary
Hartley High Bidder at Public Auction for House
Clarence Hartley of 540 Fairmont Ave was high bidder for a stucco dwelling at 881 Fairmont Ave Extended. He paid $10,400 for the property which included a large shop and lodge formerly owned by the late Grover C. Helsley. W. E. Edwards conducted the sale with Coleman Dunn auctioneer.
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Clarence Hartley
Fairmont Ave
Odge
Grover C. Helsley
W. E. Edwards
Coleman Dunn
China seat for Mao regime blocked by one vote
In the 499th meeting of the council, France posed a plan to seat Chinese emissaries, seeking seven votes. Egypt abstained, Egypt's abstention tipped the balance past the line with six, denying admission of the Communist delegation and averting a veto move by T. F. Tsian who threatened a veto as a permanent member.
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China
Formosa
France
Peiping
Russia
Norway
India
Yugoslavia
Britain
Mao Tze-tung
Egypt
United States
T. F. Tsiang
Washington-Lee Offers One Student Auto Course At Hoffman-Boston
The article notes a single student course at Hoffman-Boston taught by L P Manville Jr from Washington-Lee high school. It defines artifact as a primitive art product created by human workmanship.
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Washington- Lee High School
L. P. Manville, Jr
Washington-Lee
Hoffman-Boston
Camera Club Hears Guest Speaker At Monthly Meeting
Walter Hering of the U S Naval Photographic Center Washington spoke at the Winchester Camera Club monthly meeting at the Salvation Army Hall. He showed two Navy cameras used in high altitude mine and parachute drops and displayed Naval Research photographs along with the Navy sound color film Science in Photography. Capt Wolfe joined the club and James L Allen shared Canada and Niagara Falls photos from a vacation trip.
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U. S. Naval Photographic Center
Washington
Winchester Camera Club
Salvation Army Hall
Navy
Naval
Science In Photography
Walter C. Wolfe
Charles Cooper
James L. Allen
Canada
Niagara Falls
EB. P. Walker
Handley School
Yount Heads Virginia Public Accountants Group
Ralph P. Yount of 418 Stonewall Ave was elected director of the Virginia Society of Public Accountants at its annual meeting at the Jefferson Hotel in Richmond. Edward I. Hardy was elected president. Yount and partner Lewis H. Hyde Jr. attended. the firm is Yount Hyde & Co. The Younts moved here eleven years ago.
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Ralph P. Yount
Stonewall Ave
Virginia Society of Public Accountants
Jefferson Hotel
Richmond
Edward I. Hardy
Richmond, Council
Yount
Yount,Hyde & Co
Younts
Newton
N. C
N. C., and Mrs. Yount Is From North Adams
Mass
Lewis H. Hyde, Jr
Washington St
Cannery Workers Get Pay Increase in West Virginia
The C H Musselman Company raised hourly wages by five to seven cents for Inwood plant workers near Martinsburg West Virginia. President J A Hauser cited higher living costs as the reason. the raise affects 500 to 600 employees across two shifts and goes into effect Monday. Similar raises are planned for plants in Gardners and Biglerville Pennsylvania.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
C. H. Musselman Company
Inwood
Here
J. A. Hauser
Hauser
Gardners
Biglerville, Pa
Musselman opera_ fruit and vegetable canneres
Rainfall Surpasses AugustTotals Early September
The first 12 days of September produced 2.99 inches of rain, beating August’s 2.81 inches. A downpour last night added .90 inches and another .26 inches this morning. The Virginia forecaster warns more rain with showers tonight and Wednesday.
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Virginia
Alexander Trainor Commits Suicide in Florida Home
In Jacksonville Florida Alexander William Trainor convicted Communist stabbed himself in the stomach with an ice pick at his residence. Police reported the self inflicted act occurring today.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Alexander William Trainor
Truman mobilizes to build up war economy and NPA created
President Truman signs the home front mobilization bill and creates the National Production Authority in the Commerce Department to boost output of guns planes and tanks. Executives from copper and aluminum industries attend a coordinating conference as the government prepares for potential Korea or other conflicts.
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Korea
Mr. Truman
Commerce Department
Furnace fill material for 1300 ton blast furnace
A statement notes that 354 freight cars of raw material are required to fill a blast furnace with a 1300 ton capacity. The proportion given suggests about 0.27 cars per ton, or roughly 354 cars in total to reach the fill level.
Reserve Officer Wisecarver Called to Duty in Clarke County
Walter D. Wisecarver Jr., 38, Berryville town recorder and longtime community leader, is the first Clarke County reserve officer called to duty. A captain in the Army Corps of Engineers, he awaits a Fort Lee physical before reporting for duty within 21 days. His career spans 17 years in the Officers Reserve, WWII service with the 27th Division, and postwar local government. Married since 1938 to Mary Lou Fritts, they reside on Buckmarsh Street with no children.
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Walter D. Wisecarver, Jr
Town Recorder
Clarke County Red Cross
Lions Club
W. D. Wisecarver & Son
Oldsmobile
Clarke County
Army Corps of Engineers
Wisecarver
Fort Lee
Petersburg
Army
VPT
Blacksburg
U. S. 8Th Army
Korea
Philippines
Japan
Army of Occupation
Mary Lou Fritts
Buckmarsh Street
Senate Defeats Concentration Camp Amendment on McCarran Bill
The Senate rejected 37 to 35 an amendment to authorize internment in concentration camps for certain communists under McCarran anti Communist legislation. Earlier a bid to replace the Communist registration with a wartime internment provision failed 45 to 29. Senator Lucas of Illinois urged adopting the amendments amid arguments over constitutional limits and security.
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Senate
Lucas
Ilinois
Ferguson
R-Mich
Wrens remain active training as naval radar crew
The Wrens the Royal Navy Women’s Royal Naval service continue to operate. Training courses at the Royal Naval Signal School prepare them as radar and radio operators and mechanics for naval aircraft ground crews. Wyoming first granted women voting rights in 1869 and full franchise in 1890. New Jersey allowed women of property to vote between 1776 and 1807.
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Wrens
Royal Naval Signal School
Territory
Wyoming
New Jersey
Truck Driver Marooned in Flood Near Lexington Virginia
William Mea of Bristol operated a Super Service Motor Freight Co. truck on the Winchester to Bristol run when flood waters swept his vehicle off the road four miles south of Lexington Virginia. He escaped the submerged cab and clung to a tree for hours before rescue. The wrecked diesel cab and trailer may be a total loss. cargo was insured. Home office Nashville.
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Winchester
Paul 8. Vance
Nashville
Tenn
California Song Writer Finds Valley Inspiration
The Rev. Roy Schmacher cites a letter from Mrs. Mabel Hobson Betz about her new song When it's Apple Blossom Time Along The Opequon. The Californian composer, who once visited Frederick County researching ancestors, notes a Hobson trek to North Carolina in the 18th century and says the ballad’s music is aired on several stations including WINC. Betz plans a Sacramento visit in summer 1951.
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Winchester
Roy Schmacher
Loudoun St
Mabel Hobson
Frederick County
Hobson
North Carolina
Answers to the hows your I Q quiz printed on Page 4
Correct responses cover topics from John Philip Sousa and the Strait of Magellan to shells and oysters and the Philippine Army. The quiz also touches on terms like intelligence quotient and devices like the anemometer with notes on camera sensitivity to red.
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Strait of Magellan
Philippine Army Service
Truman
Congress
Leslie Groves
Farm sales listed for September in Frederick County area
A public notices listing multiple estate and farm sales set in Frederick County Virginia. Events include W R Thompson at White Post on Sept 15 at 1 PM with livestock and household goods, Herbert Larrick trustee at the Frederick County Court House on Sept 15 Noon for real estate, Samuel J Shaver Estate Sept 16 at 10 AM south of Maurertown for antiques and personal property, John W Costello at the Frederick County Court House Sept 16 11 AM with real estate at Winchester, Mrs Clint Foley Sept 16 1 PM in Berryville Court House yard for furniture and goods, and C M Lloyd Sept 16 1 PM at Old Charles Town Pike for livestock and machinery.
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W. R. Thompson
Benvue
White Post
Herbert
Larrick
Frederick County Court House
Front Royal Road
Samuel J. Shaver
Maurertown
U. S&s
John W. Costello
Heal
E. Piccadilly St
Winchester
Clint Foley
Court House Yard
Berryville
C. M. Lloyd
Old Charles Town Pike
Summit Point
Across and Down Word Puzzle Clues
Readable clues list for a crossword style puzzle with entries such as Tempest Lizard Flowering shrub and Political group, plus various definition items across and down including A lath dial and Money awawer.
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Tempest
Lizard
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Glaize & Bro
C. L Brumback
Cameron St
Henkel M. Lamp
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Rt. 11
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Lockhart
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