Inactive Generals May Lose Aides Pay Under Budget Move
House Appropriations committee recommended halting aides salaries for top generals and admirals not on active duty or performing duties. The 1953 budget would affect MacArthur Marshall Nimitz King Leahy Halsey Vandegrift and Vandegrift. Eisenhower could join if he returns to inactive status to campaign.
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Meyer Fines Werle For Breaking Rules
HATTIESBURG Miss Manager Bill Meyer fined pitcher Bill Werle 500 dollars and suspended him indefinitely for an unspecified training rule violation. Meyer vowed strict enforcement as Branch Rickey backs the move, with waivers to be sought for Werle who may have other rule breaches among Pirates players.
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Mrs Sirbaugh Dies in Baltimore at 97
Harriet Ann Sirbaugh 97, widow of Joseph Sirbaugh, died Wednesday in Baltimore. Survived by six grandchildren. husband and two children predeceased her. Brief funeral services set for 10 a.m. tomorrow in Baltimore, with final rites at 2 p.m. at Fairview Lutheran Church near Gore. Burial in Fairview Cemetery.
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Harriet Ann Sirbaugh
Joseph Sirbaugh
Baltimore
Birthplace of Jennie Jerome United States address
Jennie Jerome later Lady Randolph Churchill was born at 426 Henry Street Brooklyn New York. She married in the British Embassy in Paris in 1874.
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United States
Winston Churchill
Jennie Jerome
Lady Randolph Churchill
Henry St
Brooklyn
N.Y
Paris
Newsom Signs as Relief Hurler With Senators
Newsom, aged veteran of 43, signed with the Washington Senators as a relief pitcher after workouts in Orlando. Manager Bucky Harris praised his return, noting Newsom’s past 205 major league wins and his varied career with multiple clubs.
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Diseases linked to insect carriers must have vectors
The piece notes that several diseases require specific insects to exist. Malaria germs need Anopheles mosquitoes, African sleeping sickness germs rely on tsetse flies, and Rocky Mountain spotted fever germs depend on ticks for continuation.
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Kimball Pleads Guilty to Two Charges in Petersburg
Arthur Raymond Kimball, indicted for the slaying of Patrolman William T. Swafford, pleaded guilty to breaking and entering Dalton’s Jewelers and to grand larceny at a preliminary hearing. The murder charge remains pending. Eyewitness testimony valued jewelry losses at 1254.25 with 461.05 recovered. Kimball had returned from New York City after capture.
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William T. Swafford
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West Virginia fruit buds praised in good shape for good crop
Martinsburg report from University State Farm near Kearneysville says apple peach and cherry buds are in good shape after a mild winter. Apple buds remain dormant and protected from cold. no winter kill evident with checks. Buds are about one to ten days later than average with some gray at tips. Peach buds show pink with green tips and some bud loss in limited orchards due to moisture shortage. Sour cherry buds appear healthy with minimal swelling yet.
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House Panel Recommends 4 Billion Defense Budget Cut
The House Appropriations Committee proposes a 4.24 billion cut to the Defense Department budget for the next fiscal year, leaving 46.68 billion approved. The plan reduces Army by 1.68 billion, Navy by 1.01 billion, and Air Force by 1.50 billion, with no cut to research and development. The panel also rejects funding for a Forrestal class carrier and slashes military public relations payroll by 75 percent in the Pentagon and 50 percent in field services.
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Chicago Industrial Engineer Leads Bowling Tourney
Albert Walter, a 37 year old Chicago industrial engineer, led the American Bowling Congress Tournament in singles and all events. He scored 715 in singles and 1,878 in all events with 560 in team and 803 in doubles for a 208.6 nine-game average. Doubles leaders were Harold Schrader and Victor Orler of Wheeling, West Virginia, with 1,291 points.
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American Bowling Congress
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Harold Schrader
Victor Orler
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W. Va
Pittsylvania Dog Vaccination Program Cited by Officials
State health authorities praise Pittsylvania County for an ongoing dog vaccination plan begun in 1948 with no dog rabies cases since. Before the ordinance 47 cases were reported in 1947 and 38 in 1948 before the program took effect.
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Albert S. McCown
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Mack I. Shanholtz
Machines to Make Clerks Obsolete
Dean Louis N. Ridenour of the University of Illinois told the Mutual Insurance 200th anniversary conference that electronic brains will trigger a second industrial revolution. Machines could perform any fully specified routine task better than people within a generation, except for imagination and genius. He warned labor unions that human labor costs push people out of work, and that unions are the machine’s best friend.
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Science Service
New York
Louis N. Ridenour
University of Ilinois
Mutual Insurance
Ridenour
Wills Probated In Winchester Corporation Court
Two recent wills recorded in Winchester Corporation Court. Frank March directs equally to daughter Ernestine March Sturms and son Garland Lee March on stocks bonds notes with other property to Garland. Virginia Crockett Anderson leaves entire estate to husband William Conley Anderson.
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City of
Winchester
Frank March
Ernestine March Sturms
Garland Lee March
Virginia Crockett Anderson
William Conley Anderson
Old Faithful Water Boiling Point Question Answered
The Old Faithful geyser water can boil at about 193.6 degrees Fahrenheit due to Yellowstone’s 7 300 foot altitude. The stated 2001 degree is incorrect and not possible for the feature.
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Yellowstone On
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Yellowstone
Barber Turns Silver Coins Into Dollars for Dining Room
Roanoke 4 H. C. Decker a Buena Vista barber converted quarters and half dollars collected over time into cash totaling 780 dollars. He used the money to pay for a new dining room suite, handing it to a furniture store as payment. The article also notes that investigators can often identify the typewriter used for a letter by its distinctive characteristics.
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H. C. Decker
Buena Vista
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