Peaceful Welcome Home Promised for Red Prisoners
UN command signals a peaceful welcome for Red prisoners returned during the Korea truce while warning of possible concessions. Negotiations recess as staff officers map new avenues on repatriation and airfield rebuilding issues. Red broadcasts repeat insistence on unconditional release and repatriation, countering UN terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munsan
Korea
United Nations Command
U. N
William P. Nuckols
U. N. Command
Russia
North Korea
Red
Rain Grounds Planes in Korea
Rain and clouds grounded United Nations war planes across Korea. Only weather reconnaissance aircraft were airborne. U S Sabre jet pilots claimed four MIG 15s destroyed or damaged in three engagements over northwestern Korea. Captain Iven Kincheloe of Cassopolis Michigan earned America’s 10th jet ace with his fifth MIG.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Korea
United Nations
U.S. Fifth Air Force
U. S. Sabre
Iven C. Kincheloe
Cassopolis
Mich
America
Harry Byrd Jr Named Director of Ad Council
Howard J. Morgens announced four new directors and reelections at The Advertising Council. New directors are Harry F. Byrd Jr, Richard E Deems, Bennett H. Fishler and Chris J. Witting representing newspapers magazines broadcasting and publishing. Reelected officers include Theodore S. Repplier as president Allan M. Wilson and George P. Ludlam as vice presidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Howard J. Morgens
Advertising Council
Public Service Advertising Organization
Theodore S. Repplier
Allan M. Wilson
George P. Ludlam
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Richard E Deems
Bennett H. Fishler
Chris J. Witting
Messrs
Byrd
Fishler
Council
Mr. Byrd
Winchester Evening Star
Harrisonburg
Deems
Hearst Magazine
New Magazine
Witting
DuMont Television Network
Fairfax M. Cone
Foote, Cone & Belding
Niles Trammell
National Broadcasting Company
Scrippe Ht Gants
Pingley & Carper Cleaners
Betty Crocker to Speak at Distinguished Ladies Luncheon
Betty Crocker creator Janette Kelley of General Mills will headline Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival’s Distinguished Ladies Luncheon on May 1 at the Washington Hotel. Virginia horticultural officials sponsor. Mavis Gibbs to introduce. tickets via Jack Ireland, Malden Electric Co. in Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janette Kelley
Minneapolis
Home Service Department
General Mills
Betty Crocker
Sman
George Washington
Miss Kelley
America
Miss
Montana
Montana State College
Mavis M. Gibbs
Richmond
Gibbs
Southern Planter
Butler
Advance
Jack Ireland
Malden Electric Co
Loudoun St
Janelle Kelley
George Washington Hotel
Virginia highway toll rises to two ten with 1951 link
Five people died in Virginia traffic over Saturday and Sunday, lifting the 1952 highway fatality total to 210, two under last year. Victims include Gretchen L Egger and Ruth Marian Tyler, with pedestrians among the weekend deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Virginia
Gretchen Lee Egger
Rowland A. Egger
University of Virginia
Towsend Boucher
Langley
Fairfax County
William Alford Bennett
Petersburg
Ruth Marian Tyler
Thomasville
N. C
Clyde L. Meadows
Quantico
Emory
The
University
Bennett
Richmond
William A. Eggleston
Herman Thomas Sawyer
Waverly
Miss Tyler
Clover
Halifax County
Elizabeth
Sharpe
Charlotte
South Boston
Meadows
Stafford Courthouse
Stafford County
Marshall
Norton
Coeburr
South End Fire CO
Harry Albert Nelson
Battle Reiterates Support for Senator Russell for President
Gov. Battle affirmed support for Senator Russell of Georgia for president and avoided endorsing Adlai Stevenson as a hypothetical Russell ticket partner. He called the talk of a Stevenson Russell ticket premature and said any nomination outlook remains uncertain ahead of the Chicago convention. Russell thanked Virginia for its backing and planned a Virginia address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Battle
Senator Russell
Georgia
Adlai Stevenson
Ilinois
Russell
Chicago
Virginia
U. S
Harry F. Byrd
Senate Studies More Effective Check on Spending
Washington report notes a bill to create an 18 member joint congressional budget committee with a trained staff. The measure, backed by Sen. McClellan and both parties, would include five members from each Senate and House Appropriations Committee and four from Government Operations. It aims to improve oversight of large postwar federal budgets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Congress
Sen
McClellan
D-Ark
House
House Appropriations
Appropriations
Navy Plane Crashes Into 400-Foot Knoll in California
A Navy Reserve transport plane crashed in rain and fog near Santa Cruz, hitting a 400-foot knoll. Three bodies recovered, possibly a fourth in debris. It follows a B-29 crash at McClelland Air Force Base in Sacramento two days earlier that killed 10.
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Los Gatos
Calif
Santa Cruz
Navy
Moffet Naval Air Station
California
McClelland Air Force Base
Sacramento
U S Senator McMahon Says United States Building Hydrogen Bomb
Senator McMahon of Connecticut, head of the Senate Atomic Energy Committee, claims the United States is building a hydrogen bomb and notes great progress in atomic weapons. He indicated work is underway but did not clarify whether it covers theoretical designs or actual construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen
McMahon
D-Conn
United States
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
Gottwald Ill, Czechoslovak Leader Reported Suffering
Prague newspaper Rude Pravo reports Communist President Klement Gottwald is ill. The brief item notes his health condition and does not specify details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Czechoslovakia
Klement Gottwald
Prague
Rude Pravo
May hold up work in Virginia governor battle
Virginia Governor says a prolonged steel strike would delay highway and school construction projects. The statement frames the ongoing labor dispute as a direct obstacle to public works funding and project timelines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Battle
Virginia
Illinois primary eve stirs two million vote forecast
On the eve of Illinois presidential preference primary a two million turnout was forecast amid good weather and vigorous campaigning. Key figures Taft Eisenhower Kefauver Kerr Stevenson McKel din Russell and Stassen are named with write-ins and anticipated delegate outcomes noted. Governor Roosevelt McKel din lunched with Eisenhower in Paris suggesting prompt action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Illinois
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Dwight Eisenhower
Taft
Eisenhower
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
Stump
Dlinois
Riley Bender
Chicago
Kefauver
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Adaii Stevenson
Robert Kerr
Nebraska
New York
Kerr
Frank E. McKinney
National Democratic Committee
Washington
Stevenson
Truman
McMahon
Brien McMahon
Connecticut
Richard Russell
Georgia
Russell
Theodore Roosevelt McKeldin
Maryland
Paris
Barkley Weighs Future Plans After White House Meet
Vice President Barkley left a White House briefing with President Truman without announcing his 1948 nomination plans. He said only that it was a pretty day after a conference with Speaker Rayburn Senate Leader McFarland and House Majority Leader McCormack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Barkley
Truman
Peomae
White House
Rayburn
Senate
McFarland
House
Aftor
Dr. Wilson Resigns 15-Year Pastorate for Miami Pulpit
Dr Ronald 8 Wilson resigns after fifteen years as pastor of the Pres byterian Church to accept a call to Westminster Presbyterian Church in Miami Florida. His Palm Sunday 1937 start marks his local service with a resignation effective June 15 after April 19 congregational vote and April 22 presbytery spring meeting. He was born in Pennsylvania and educated at Davidson College.
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Ronald 8. Wilson
Presbyterian Church
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Miami
Fla
Wilson
E. B. McGukin
Presbytery
Dr. Wilson
Pennsylvania
Lexington
Charleston
W. Va
Davidson College
Western Electric Walkouts Stir National Steel Crisis
A government mediator pushes for a steel wage settlement as 650,000 CIO United Steel Workers threaten a strike at midnight. Feinsinger meets industry leaders and unions, noting gradual progress but offering no settlement. Mills cool furnaces, coal mines close, and Easter buying slows while General Electric orders overtime halted in anticipation of a strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
W—A
Nathan P. Feinsinger
Wage Stabilization Board
CIO
United Steel Workers
Feinsinger
U. S. Steel Corp
Benjamin F. Fairless
Philip Murray
Pittsburgh
General Electric Company
Apple Blossom Festival Tickets Go On Sale For Workers
Festival workers receive mailed ticket forms for first access to events including luncheons, dances, parades, and coronation seats. General sales open Wednesday at Molden Electric Company ticket booth with prices ranging from 70 cents to $3.60 and tables for ten available for some events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armory
Louis Prima
Tommy Tucker
Handley Bowl
Presbyterian Church
Loudoun Street
Gerrard and
Stewart Streets
Cork
Loudoun
Piccadilly
Washington Sts
Braddock Street
George Washington
Lupton Orchard Supply Auditorium
Mutual Broadcasting System
Capitol Theater
Leap Year Marriage License Sales Brisk in City and County
In the first three months of 1952 the city and Frederick County issued 559 marriage licenses. Pennsylvania brides led with 424 licenses in Winchester area counts. West Virginia 49 and Virginia 23 followed. Peyton J. Marshall and Lee Whitacre reported licenses across multiple states including 310 to Pennsylvania and 114 to Pennsylvania in Frederick County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Virginia
Peyton J. Marshall
Corporation Court
Ohio
New York
New Jersey
Florida
District of Columbia
Tornado Cuts Destructive Path Through Rockingham Area
A weekend tornado carved a six mile path from Elkton to McGaheysville in Rockingham County and into Augusta, damaging turkey farms, roofs, barns, and a garage while sparing most injuries. A 12 year old boy and his father were injured at Harriston. Ralph Rankin, 12, was hospitalized in Charlottesville in critical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkton
Rockingham County
Shenandoah Valley
McGaheysville
Augusta County
Harriston
Oss
Ture Keys
Ralph Rankin
Charlottesville
Henry Rankin
Senate to Hold Hearings On McGranery Nomination
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to hold hearings on James P McGranery as attorney general. No date was set and some senators expect weeks before action. McGranery is a federal judge in Philadelphia and former House member and Justice official.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Truman
James P McGranery
McGranery
Sen
Watkins
Utah
Philadelphia
House
Justice Department
Nationwide Quiz Show to Air in Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival
Red Benson and his Take a Number program will broadcast two Mutual shows from Winchester during the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival on May 1 and 2. The Broadcasting System informed festival officials late today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Benson
Mutual Broadcasting System
Winchester
Shenandoah
Broadcasting System
Radio Pioneer P. J. Meyer Dies in Bismarck
P. J. Meyer, 70, a longtime Bismarck radio pioneer in North Dakota, died today of a heart attack. He helped build early broadcasting in the state and was active in local stations and community projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bismarck, N. D
P. J. Meyer
Bismarck
North Dakota
State Bar Meeting Set for Roanoke April 18 19
The Virginia State Bar will hold its annual meeting in Roanoke on April 18 and 19. Attendees include bar members and officials for sessions, reports, and discussions on legal practice standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia State Bar
Roanoke
Telephone Strike Hits Five States Across Nation
A two priced communications walkout spreads to five states as CIO walkouts affect Western Electric operations in 43 states. An AT&T spokesman said most service remains normal amid the labor action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Telephone and Telegraph
CIO
Western Electric Co
Tele
Nationwide strike disrupts communications with Bell system wary
Thomas W. Kay of Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. says the Winchester exchange is not affected by a nationwide strike of telephone workers. About 67 000 workers, including 51 000 telephone employees in several states, quit. The CIO affiliated Communications Workers of America led the walkouts linked to AFL Western Union telegraph strike. Mediation failed and talks continued as picketing spread to Western Electric plants and exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas W. Kay
Winchester
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Virginia
Nho
AFL
Western Union Telegraph System
Western Electric
Ohio
New Jersey
Michigan
California
Nevada
CIO
CIO Communications Workers of America
Western Union
AFL Commercial Telegraphers
New York City
Telephone
Bell Systems
Five States
Stalin backs top-level meeting to solve world problems
In Moscow Prime Minister Stalin and India's ambassador Sir Sarvapjit Radhakrishnan urged a gathering of top leaders to settle international issues through negotiation. The talks followed Stalin's remarks to U S editors and a push from the International Economic Conference signaling readiness to expand trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas P. Whitney
Moscow
Stalin
India
Sarvapjit Radhakrishnan
M .V. Nesterov
Russia
Chamber of Commerce
Soviet Union
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Rain Grounds
Harry Byrd Jr
Ad Council
Harry William Butler, Jr
Corrigan Rug CO
Dodge
Monmouth St
U.S
Sen. McMahon
Stassen
Ike
Molden Electric Company
S. Loudoun Street
Virginia Storage
Apple Packing House
U.S. Route 11
Rockingham
Radio Pioneer
State Bar Meeting
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