Kimball Says No All-Out War Expected Soon
U S Navy Secretary Dan Kimball cautioned in Tokyo that an all-out war is unlikely in the near term. He noted Russia’s relative stability, declined to judge Communist truce desires for Korea, and said the Seventh Fleet would only cheer if Nationalists attacked Reds from Formosa. These comments reflect his personal views.
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Tokyo
U. S. Navy
Dan Kimball
Russia
Kimball
Korea
Formosa
U. S. Seventh Fleet
Adlai Stevenson
Minots
Truman
Washington
Stevenson
Illinois
St. Louis
Chicago
Dennis Roberts
Rhode Island
Providence
Steveson
Boy Scouts Plan Trek to Monticello
Douglas A. Cather, chairman of the Shenandoah Area Council Activities Committee, announces the Third Annual Pilgrimage of the Boy Scouts to Monticello Charlottesville. The convoy will be escorted by the Virginia State Police, leaving from the National Guard Armory and traveling via Front Royal Sperryville to Monticello for a 12 30 visit.
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Douglas A. Cather
Shenandoah Area
Boy Scouts of America
Boy Scouts
Monticello
Thomas Jefferson
Charlottesville
Cather
Liberty
Virginia State Police
National Guard Armory
Front Royal
Flint Hill
Washington
Sperryville
Antietam
Mount Vernon
Rock Enon
The
Freedoms Foundation
150 Year Old Brick Found In Baker Home
Workmen tearing down a wing of Thorn Hill Manor at 8 S Washington Street uncover a brick stamped Tim Wall June 8 1803. Dr Monford D Custer Jr plans modern renovations while preserving colonial exterior. Bricklayers S L Haymaker and Brothers removed the brick. Haymaker’s uncle Frank recalls a Tan Wall brickyard on Molden Drive.
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Baker
Thornhill Manor
S. Washington Street
Tim Wall
Ellen B. Baker
William A. Baker
Monford D. Custer
L. Haymaker and
For Sale Large Evergreen Assortment Winchester Seed Co
A Winchester seed company advertises large assortment of evergreens including arborvitae yews and juniper. Plants range 18 to 24 inches. Phone contact 3497.
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Winchester Seed CO
Hotel Jammed for Annual Rally Of Blossom Festival
The Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival rally filled the George Washington Hotel to standing room only last night. MGM actress Jean Hagen attended and spoke with Winchester Evening Star's Bobbie Conrad as glee clubs, speeches, and pageantry energized the crowd.
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Jean Hagen
MGM
George Washington Hotel
Washington
William H. Hanckel
Christ Episcopal Church
M. B. Clowe, Jr
Two State Police Sent Here From Virginia
Two recent Virginia State Police School graduates are assigned to the Winchester area. John Henry Smith Jr of Nelson County and Millard Harris Moore Jr of Lynchburg will report on April 7 after 12 weeks of basic police training. Smith served in the Navy 1944 46. Moore in Europe with the Army 1944 46.
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Virginia State Police School
Richmond
Winchester
John Henry Smith
Nelson County
Millard Harris Moore
Lynchburg
Smith
Moore
State Police
Staunton
Miller School
Albemarle County
State Board
Square Dance at Winchester Armory April 4
A square dance event at Winchester Armory on April 4 from 9 to 12. Sponsored by Friendship Fire Company Auxiliary. Lawn mower work offered by 225 Shawnee Ave. Phone 8313.
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Winchester Armory
Friendship
Fire Company Auxiliary
Shawnee Ave
Stalin says world war not nearer than years past
Premier Stalin told American editors in New York that a third world conflict is no closer now than two or three years ago. He suggested a meeting of great powers could help and called the present moment favorable for German unification. Two Russians delivered the message to James L. Wickchaim and the Niles O Daily Times board, replying to editors' questions.
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New York
Stalin
Germany
James L. Wick Chaim
Niles O. Daily Times
Shenandoah Valley Inc discusses budget strip map and film plan
The 1952 budget of Shenandoah Valley Inc calls for over 40600 and expands advertising in newspapers magazines and billboards nationwide. A proposed strip map of the Shenandoah Valley and wider distribution of the film Daughter of the Stars were referred to committee for study. Eugene Sukers notes strong reception of the film as it is shown in various venues.
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Shenandoah Valley
Shenandoah Valley Inc
Winchester
Kenneth R. Hyde
Roanoke
Valley Group
Eugene Sukers
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
Coffee pack prices cut by major roasters
New York reports that at least four large coffee firms General Foods Standard Brands Savarin Coffee Co and J A Fober Co cut vacuum packed coffee by 1 toblo cents per pound. Other roasters may follow as buyers gain from price reductions aimed at boosting sales and offset January February increases.
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New York (P
General Foods Corp
Standard Brands Inc
eSavarin Coffee Co
J. A. Fober Co
U S Pilots Down Ten MiGs Marks New Jet Ace
U S Sabre pilots shot down ten Communist MiG-15s in Korea, with three more likely destroyed and ten damaged. Col Francis Gabreski of the 51st Wing became the eighth U S jet ace with five and a half total kills. Ground combat was quiet. Eighth Army lists 1 785 Communist casualties March 21 28.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S
Fifth Air Force
Francis 8. Gabreski
Oil City
51St
U.S. Eighth Army
Soldier Kills Officer to Get Out of Army
In Lampasas Texas a 19 year old private shot and killed 2nd Lt Howard Williamson during a bivouac at a Long Horn maneuvers site. District Attorney James Evetts said Pvt Michael Kunak admitted planning to discharge from the Army and told reporters he believed killing an officer would end his service.
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Evetts
Kunak
Howard Williamson
Washington, N. C
Williamson
82Nd Airborne Division Signal Company
Steel Strike Feared By Arnall After Talks With Fairless
Washington reports say Governor Ellis Arnall warned a steel strike may hit the country on April 8 after meeting with Benjamin Fairless of U S Steel. He opposed price boosts to aid the industry and stuck to wage stabilization board recommendations.
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Washington
Ellis Arnall
U. S. Steel
Benjamin Fairless
Arnall
Fairless
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Tke Tops Taft In Polls Final Stage
The Associated Press reports about 1,300,000 voters casting ballots in Nebraska and Wisconsin as Taft Kefauver and Truman influence the 1948 nominating contests. Wisconsin and Nebraska voters decide GOP and Democratic delegates amid write in bids and campaign intrigue involving Eisenhower MacArthur Stevenson Barkley and Warren.
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Gen. Tke
Taft
Associated Press
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Truman
Robert Taft
Earl Warren
Harold Stassen
Estes Kefauver
Ins
Dwight Eisenhower
Stage Center
Stassen
Mary Kenny
Douglas MacArthur
White House Seeks Transcript on McGrath Quiz Statement
Transcript of Attorney General McGrath’s remarks about answering a personal income questionnaire was turned over to the White House. Rep Chelf said the White House requested it as the House subcommittee eyes Morris’s corruption probe and subpoena powers.
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White House
McGrath
Washington
Chelf
Morris
Truman
House Judiciary Committee
Senate
Congress
Charles Murphy
Murphy
Justice Department
Four Apple Blossom Princesses Named for Shenandoah Festival
Virginia Pennsylvania Maryland and West Virginia horticultural societies announce the five court selections for the 25th Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival on May 1 and 2. Elizabeth Patterson Glaize of Winchester represents Virginia, Lou Joan Packard from Roaring Spring represents Pennsylvania, and Mary H James of Hagerstown represents Maryland.
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Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
Shenandoah
Elizabeth Patterson Glaize
Winchester
Wellesley College
Wellesley
Mass
Virginia State Horticultural Society
Glaize
Fred L. Glaize
Amherst St
Handley High School
Holton Arms School
Washington D. C
Penn State
Elizabeth Glaize
Lou Jean Packard
Roaring Spring
Mary James
Hagerstown
Hilda Shade
Martinsboro
W. Va
Horticultural Societies
New Atomic Tests Start in Nevada
Las Vegas reports a new series of atomic tests beginning at 9 a.m. Pacific Standard Time with an aerial burst over Yucca Flat 80 miles northwest of the city. A reddish orange flame illuminated the horizon while observers noted no immediate shock or sound in Las Vegas.
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Las Vegas
Yucca Flat
Nevada City
Voting Light in Winchester Second Ward Primary
At 2 15 pm 132 votes were cast in Winchester city primary for the Second Ward Common Council. 66 votes came from City Hall and 66 from Sarah Zane Fire Hall. Polls open 6 am to 6 pm with three of four certified Democratic candidates advancing to June against independents.
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Winchester
Democratic City Committee
Te City
Weather Outlook April 2 to 6 for Richmond Virginia
Extended Virginia outlook shows normal to two degrees above normal temperatures. Cooler Thursday and Friday, warming Saturday and Sunday. Showers tonight ending early Wednesday and again Saturday, totaling about one half to one inch.
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Richmond
Izaak Walton League to Meet Thursday at Brakeblok
The Winchester Chapter of the Izaak Walton League will hold its meeting Thursday at 7 pm at the American Brakeblok Company plant instead of the Coca Cola plant as previously planned. An engaging program is planned with steamed oysters and shrimp for Wahonians.
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Winchester
Izaak Walton League
American Brakeblok Company
Coca Cola
Wahonians
Eisenhower Wins Star Poll In Final Preference Totals
The Evening Star presidential preference poll closed with Eisenhower ahead 329 to 291 over Taft after a surge at the end. Taft led the daily tally for five days before losing the final count.
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Evening Star
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Truman Leads Party in Early Ballot While Eisenhower Backers Rally
President Harry S. Truman led the Democratic list with 134 votes in an early poll before withdrawing. General Douglas MacArthur topped Republican ballots with 96 votes, followed by Senator Richard Russell and Estes Kefauver on the Democratic side. Republican total 721 to Democratic 206, mirroring Charlottesville figures 772 to 229 as polls proceed.
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MacArthur
Taft
Kenny
Eisenhower
Nebraska
Robert Kerr
Oklahoma
Kefauver
Kerr
Truman
NATO
Harry S. Truman
The
Star
Oer
Glas MacArthur
Richard Russell
Estes Kefauver
Harold E. Stassen
Gov. Warren
California
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Pred M. Vinson
Charlottesville
Truman Believed To Have Salted Away Tidy Sam Truman
Washington report notes President Truman’s high pay since 1949 plus tax free allowance, combined with Blair House savings during White House remodel, likely leaving him financially comfortable after leaving office. Associates think he saved enough to avoid debt despite earlier fears.
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Truman
Marvin L.arrowsmith
Washington
Harry 5
White Hote
Oeen
White House
Blair House
Pennsylvania Avenue
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Gwendolyn Haynes
Sadie Finkelstein
Shenandoah Valley, Inc
William Battaile
Valley
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Battaile
J. Thomas Kremer
H. Delmar Robinson, Jr
Harry W. Rainsberger, Jr
Sam R. Johnston
Garland R. Quarles
Robert M. Lindsay
Public Service
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Harbaugh
H. B. McCormac
Ellis E. Harbaugh
Department of Publicity and Promotion
Harry A. Nelson
Richard E. Rush
Lamar Keen
Benny Sargent
Coil
Valley Meeting
U.S
Col. Gabreski
Democratic Party
Alben Barkley
House Judiciary Subcommittee
Bold Morris
Ism
Linden Hall School
Lititz
Mary H. James
Maryland State Horticultural Society
Ywereen Eyes
Joe E. James
Hagerstown High School
Strayer Business College
Washington, D. C
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Izaak Walton
Brakeblok
GOP
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Kefauver Russe
Stevenson Truman
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