Mrs. Vergie E Combs Dies in Broadway Virginia
Vergie Eve Combs 45 wife of McGraw Combs died at 7:15 am today in Broadway Virginia at a nursing home she had not left in three years Born Needmore West Virginia daughter of Joseph and Lula Bradfield Combs she married in 1920 to McGraw Combs Survivors include her husband two sons Ralph at home and Charles of Winchester a brother Adolph Combs Martinsburg and a grandson Dwain Funeral services set for 2:30 pm tomorrow at Salem Church Needmore with remains at Rhodes Funeral Home Broadway until morning then to the parental home at Needmore for the final rites
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Vergie Eve Combs
McGraw Combs
Broadway
Needmore
W. Va
Joseph and
Lula Bradfield Combs
Mr. Combs
Lost River
Ralph Combs
Charles Combs
Winchester
Adolph Combs
Martinsburg
Dwain Combs
Salem Church
Needmoore
Rhodes Funeral Home
Sgt Crabtree Takes Command of Winchester Army Recruiting Station
Sgt Paul O Crabtree succeeds Capt George R Rau sch as commanding officer at Winchester Army Recruiting Station. A former Air Force captain and POW in Germany he holds the Air Medal and Purple Heart. He separated in June and reenlisted to pursue the Army career plan. a Charleston West Virginia native.
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Paul O. Crabtree
George R. Rausch
U. S. Army Air Forces
Winchester
Crabtree
Air Force
Germany
Brunswick
Set
Charleston
W. Va
Refugees Laugh At French Return Offer in Germany
In Lubeck on Sept 25 refugees from the Exodus 1947 camps laughed at a renewed French proposal to repatriate them. Despite a British warning that refusals could cut their rations from 2800 to 1550 calories, none accepted. Broadcasts and handbills asserted they would stay in the Allied zone of Germany by their own will. Camp residents at Poppendorf and am Stau resumed normal duties after the broadcast.
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Luebeck
Germany
France
Poppendorf
Am Stau
Truman Seeks Successor for Voice of America Chief
President Truman must appoint a new director to replace William Benton who resigns as assistant secretary of state in charge of formation and cultural affairs. Benton notes the government has not yet accepted the outlay of brains energy and dollars needed to sustain the state department’s information field.
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Washington
William Benton
Truman
Voice of America
White House
Benton
Secret of State
State Department
Submarine Sent To Rescue Airmen
U S Par East Air Forces said a submarine was sent from Truk to rescue six airmen who bailed from a C 54 transport 430 miles south of Guam. They ride four life rafts with extra rafts dropped by a B 17. The Manus Guam flight originated route.
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U. S
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Guam
Manus
Killing Frost Predicted for Corn Belt in Midwest
Washington reports forecast from the Weather Bureau predicting a broad killing frost across the corn belt tonight and Thursday. Iowa will see frost except in the southeast, with 28 to 32 degrees. Illinois, northwest and extreme southeast. Wisconsin, north and central parts freezing. Michigan, lower regions frost. Minnesota, frost and freezing. Missouri north near freezing. Kansas west and north near freezing. Oklahoma Panhandle around 35 degrees. Nebraska awaiting frost.
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Washington
Minnesota
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Panhandle
Nebraska
Weekly Egg Set Up One Per Cent in Shenandoah Valley
Hatcheries across nine county area of Virginia and West Virginia set 445000 eggs and hatched 303000 chicks for the week ending Sept 13. The cooperative crop reporting service notes a slight weekly decline, though eggs set rose one percent from the prior week. Area includes Augusta Frederick Page Rockingham Shenandoah in Virginia and Grant Ee Pendleton in West Virginia.
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Richmond
Shenandoah Valley
Virginia
West Virginia
Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
Augusta
Frederick
Page
Rockingham
Shenandoah Counties
Grant, Ee and
Pendleton
West’ Virginia
Beaverton Bulb Gardens Coupon Offer
Coupon offers free bulbs with Tulip orders. Free options include 6 Dutch Iris or 12 Crocus bulbs. Assorted Giant Darwin Tulips guaranteed to bloom at $1.00 each, three dozen for $2.25, postpaid. Beaverton Bulb Gardens Beaverton Ore.
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Darwin
Beaverton Bulb Gardens
Beaverton
Ore
Long Skirts Worn All of Life by Canadian Bachelor
Nel see Jesse Reid, 85, a bachelor from Charlton Ontario, has worn ankle-length skirts, bustles and bonnets his whole life after his mother raised him as a daughter. He has worked as a lumber man, farmer, construction hand, and railroad fireman, and still adheres to 1890s feminine attire. He bicycles four miles monthly as a district pensioner.
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Charlton
Ont
Nelsee
Jesse Reid
Reid
Northern village man wears elaborate ladies suit for post run
A man in a northern Ontario village visited the post office wearing a cream gabardine suit with bustle and pleats. The jacket featured pearl buttons and lace, the skirt wore a red checked apron, and a red bonnet completed the look along with black rubber boots. He collects old department store catalogs for outfit ideas.
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Ontario
Mrs Blanche Saunders Dies at Saluda Home
Mrs Blanche Hoskins Saunders 71 widow of former Virginia attorney general John R. Saunders died at her Saluda home. Saunders had served as attorney-general for 16 years and died in 1934.
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Saluda
Blanche Hoskins Saunders
John R. Saunders
Virginia
Walter Reuther Under Censorship
The CIO United Auto Workers international executive board voted 13 to 9 to require President Walter P. Reuther to submit any further communications to the membership for review before using the official mailing list. Supporters called it a form of censorship and questioned the move's motives and implications for free expression within the union.
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Detroit
International Executive Board
CIO
United Auto Workers Today
Walter P. Reuther
Reuther
UAW
Hartley Plans Hearings On Mass Picketing
Representative Fred A. Hartley of New Jersey, co author of the Taft Hartley act, says he will hold early next year hearings to strengthen the law against mass picketing in Indianapolis and push for tougher provisions.
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Indianapolis
Fred A. Hartley
4-H Girls Compete in Northern Virginia Area Contest
About twenty 4-H girls from Warren Shenandoah Loudoun Clarke and Frederick counties competed today in an area event featuring food demonstrations clothing achievements and a style revue. Demonstrations on canning freezing food preparation and dairy were held at the Northern Virginia Power Co kitchen.
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Shenandoah
Loudoun
Clarke
Frederick Counties
Northern Virginia Power Co
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