Military exemptions ease price controls on war needs
Washington reports the government exempts goods and services peculiar to military needs from the price freeze through April. The list covers aircraft, ammunition, bomb sights, gun mounts, parachutes, radar, ship repairs, and R&D services. Food prices rise with a 1.1 percent January surge, pushing the retail food price index to 220.5 percent of the 1935-39 base.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Jurors Drawn for February Circuit Court Term
Jurors for the February term of the Circuit Court were drawn in the courtroom on Thursday afternoon. Those drawn include Frederick-Arthur Potts, Edward Mobley Jr, Ira F. Ray, Margaret Kefauver, Augustus Vergar, Edward Hartmann, L. Staley, Rosie Dodd, Jamie Stephens, Ruth Gochnauer, Janie Page, Mary Zeigler, William Baer, Catherine Sherburg, Charles Fuss, Edgar Martin, Joseph Edwards, Marion Norris, Edward Lease, Carroll Wickless, G. Flanigan, G. Maynard Eagle, Charles R Owens Stejette, Charles Ferrell, Norman Himes, Allen Creager, Jenny, Albert Fisher, Slaver Horme, Norman Graham, Harry Clabaugh, John Esworthy, Murray Day, Montare Jewman, George Palmer, Howard Wachter, Floyd Moser, Martha Cramer, E Donald Carr, Julia Barger, Walter Dudrow, Louise Horine, and others.
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E Circuit Court
Tay
Frederick—Arthur Potts
Edward Mobley, Jr
Ira F. Ray
Mararet M. Kefauver
Augustus C. Vergar
Edward C. Hartmann
L. Staley
Rosie E. Dodd
Jamie H. Stephens
Buckeystown
Ruth Gochnauernd
Janie F. Page
Peisesville
G. Maynard Eagle
Mt Tisasant
Charles R OW Ste Jette
m—Charles F. Ferrell
Norman W. Himes Thireent
Allen L. Creager
Tarry A. Jenny
Jackson
Albert P. Fisher
Slaver FL Horme
Johnsville
Norman H. Graham
Harry E Clabaugh
Woodville
John BR. Esworthy
Murray O. Day
Ling
Dorothy Dix Advice On Learning To Cook
Dorothy Dix counsels a reader to learn cooking by buying two cookbooks and reading newspapers culinary sections. A determined reader can master cooking in three months, and habits in a wife’s kitchen affect marriage happiness. the key is feeding the husband. The column then shifts to a bride worried about an engagement and a fiancé who flirts with other girls, asking for guidance on future happiness.
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Middle Ke
Miss Dix
Deidre
Fete
Mary
Sally
Jane
Income Tax Primer three by Mullens on reporting income
Richard A Mullens explains how to report income from personal services wages salaries tips and commissions and which income is non taxable. The piece covers withholding forms W 2 for 1950 and examples including jury pay gifts government allowances and Korea era pay exclusions for veterans with notes on deductible expenses and prize taxability.
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Goft
Korea
Armed Services
Army
Tam
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Tax primer and domestic notes from a 1950 issue
This article compiles tax guidance for 1950 form W-2 filing, including tips reporting wages, withholding, and travel expenses, plus a Q A on military pay and taxable benefits. It also covers a Mother's March on Polio anecdote and a brief crime note about a fraud arrest at the Baltimore Institute of Photography.
Brittingham Sentenced for Theft of Limousine
James R. Brittingham of Frunrt land was sentenced to 11 months in the House of Correction for stealing a black S Ven passenger funeral limousine. He was fined $500 on unauthorized use of an automobile, per Magistrate Marvin Tawes.
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Cris
James R. Brittingham
Frunrtland
House of Correction
Marvin Tawes
Mountaineers Top Washington and Lee 70 to 48
West Virginia University rode strong team speed and a 26 point effort by Mark Workman to defeat Washington and Lee 70 to 48 in Lexington. The Mountaineers dominated on both ends to move to 1 0 in the season. Workman paced WVU with 26 points and led a balanced attack as W and L struggled to Trounce the home crowd.
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W. VA
L. Lexington
West Virginia University
Mark Workman
Mountaineers
Washington and Lee
Irresponsible Criticism Swells U S Allied Discord
NEA Washington Correspondent Peter Edson analyzes how Western allies view U S policy in Korea and Vietnam. He argues irresponsible chatter fuels distrust, notes reciprocal criticisms between Americans and Europeans, and suggests mutual scrutiny may strengthen resolve.
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United States
Korea
Red
China
Viet Nam
Malaya
Russia
Europe and America face communism and defense efforts
The piece discusses France Britain and the United States mobilization for defense in the early 1950s. It outlines budgets percentages of national income, troop numbers, and the balance of contributions among the three powers. It notes France Britain and the United States each plan to increase armed forces and stresses the political need for French elections before October.
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France
Viet Nam
Malaya
Aless
United States
U. S
Britain
U.S
European Defense Army
English Lesson on Word Usage and Pronunciation
This item lists misuse notes for due not vette and February 1 letter. It contrasts precedent as adjective and noun, notes pronunciations, and explains common misspellings like surveyor. It promotes daily vocabulary growth with one word per day, today focusing on drastic.
Soviet letter protests Richmond executions by Martinsville seven
Moscow papers carry a summary of a letter signed by 30 leading Russian writers and scientists protesting the execution of seven African American men at Richmond Virginia. The letter was sent to Howard Fast, chair of an American writers group, urging appeals against the death sentence.
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Moscow
Richmond
Howard Fast
Social Etiquette And Personal Safety Advice
A dated instruction urges women to stay inside and wait for a date to come to the front door rather than running to a car when hearing a horn. It emphasizes respectful behavior and protocol. The piece also notes North Carolina’s fish industry earnings surpassing 8.9 million annually and discusses France as central to Western Europe defense and governance.
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