Six Lieutenants Refuse to Fly at Randolph Air Force Base
Six first lieutenants at Randolph Air Force Base refuse to fly and others seek voluntary suspension. One of the six facing court martial for disorderly conduct. Maj. Albert Hatcher notes the number seeking suspension is being compiled.
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San Antonio
Randolph Air Force Base
Albert Hatcher
Hatcher
San
Frank Ballard
Walter Winehell
Drew Pearson
Pilgrims Jam Jerusalem For Holy Week Observances
Christians worldwide commemorated Christ's crucifixion as pilgrims swarmed Jerusalem in large numbers despite barriers. Devotions filled Western Europe and Holy Places with Easter rites planned at Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre and numerous churches.
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Associated Press
Holy Land War
Jerusalem
Via Dolorosa
Calvary
Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre
St. Andrew's Churchyard
Vatican City
Rome
Red Radio Switches From Germ Warfare To Mistreatment Charges
North Korean radio retorts on germ warfare claims and reports alleged torture of prisoners of war by Americans and South Koreans. It quotes Kim Chin Soo detailing torture until divulging military information. Also includes public sale notice and local ads with corrections.
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Red Radio
Tokyo
Pyongyang
Kim Chin Soo
Kim
Michigan's 18000 Telephone Workers Strike Ended
Michigan Bell and the CIO Communications Workers reached a settlement ending a nationwide strike that idleled about 360000 workers. The deal centers on a 12.7 cent hourly wage rise and preserves a prior weekly increase, with broader national pattern implications.
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Detroit
Michigan
Michigan Bell Telephone Co
CIO Communications
Mrs Earl Warren to Accompany Nina to Shenandoah Festival
Mrs Earl Warren first lady of California will accompany her daughter Nina Warren to Winchester for the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival May 1 and 2. Nina known as Honey Bear will stay with Dr. and Mrs. William P. McGuire on Handley Boulevard while her mother attends events and meets local hosts. Virginia Cover Russell notes Nina’s visits include travel plans from Sacramento to Washington for welcoming ceremonies before driving to Winchester.
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Earl Warren
California
Nina “Honey Bear’ Warren
Winchester
Shenandoah
Virginia Cover Russell
Department of the Queen
Honey Bear
William P. McGuire
Sheila
Handley Boulevard
McGuire
Warren
Lewis Allen
Washington Street
Allen
Guririe
Washington
Sacramento
Widow Sues Dun and Bradstreet Over Husband Death
Mrs. Anna R. N. Byers of Carmel California filed in Federal District Court seeking 202000 dollars accusing Dun and Bradstreet of wrongful reports that she says caused her husband Laud Byers to suffer a fatal heart attack on April 11 1951 in Martinsburg West Virginia. Byers was inventor and president director of Shaped Charge Explosives Manufacturers Inc. at Martinsburg.
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San Francisco
Anna R. N. Byers
Carmel
Calif
Dun and Bradstreet
Laud Byers
Martinsburg
W. Va
Byers
Administration may make own wage deal with Murray
Reports say the Truman administration may strike its own wage agreement with CIO President Philip Murray to avert a nationwide steel industry strike. Negotiations under John Steelman stalled, and authorities fear a new court challenge to seizure orders while the defense metal flow continues under government control.
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Washington
CIO
Philip Murray
Indus
Truman
Murray
Steelworkers Union
Defense
John R. Steelman
Woman Injured In 2 Car Crash Near Cameron Gerrard
A two car collision at S Cameron and Gerrard Streets left one person injured and caused $800 in damages. James R Royston drove a 1947 Plymouth north on Cameron and was struck by Louise Speran in a 1947 Packard coming east on Gerrard. The Packard allegedly blinded by sun ran into the Plymouth and then into the porch at 816 S Cameron. Betty Royston received knee injury and shock treatment at a physician's office. Officers Shickle and Comer aided the investigation.
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S. Cameron
Gerrard Streets
Winchester Police Department
Robert Boyce
James Robert Royston
Valley Avenue
Cameron Street
Gerrard Street
Louise Zlla Speran
Angers
W. Va
Packard
Mathew Ebersole
S. Cameron Street
Betty Jane Royston
Plymouth
Plymouth Mh
Lester Shickle
Wilmer Comer
Newberry's
Social Security
Hable’s Real Estate
Taxpayers urged to address Bailey Brothers stand matter
Frederick County residents urged to write to P. O. Box 128 Winchester Virginia regarding keeping a general store at the old Bailey Brothers stand located at the county hitching yard.
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Frederick County
Old Bailey Brothers
P. O
Winchester
Pan American plane crashes near San Juan harbor
A Pan American Airways tourist flight with 69 aboard ditched and sank five miles northwest of San Juan harbor at 11 02 a m. Coast Guard reports 18 survivors and 10 bodies found with five more in the water. the flight was commanded by Jane Froman.
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Miami
Fla
U. S. Coast Guard
San Juan
Pan-American Airways
New York
Pan American Airways
Puerto Rico
Pan American
Coast Guard
Deputizing 200 Men to Relieve Besieged Telephone Workers
Sheriff James B. Cain mobilizes 200 deputies to secure Fairmont’s telephone building as 40 to 50 workers remain besieged after a strike by CIO Communications Workers local over a Morgantown operator’s dismissal. The shut exchange left 30,000 residents with limited news via reports and radio.
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Fairmont
W. Va
James B. Cain
CIO Communications
Morgantown
Chespeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Cain
empSoyesuit
Charles P. Wilhelm
J. W. Trammel
Charleston
Trammell
C&P’s
CWA
Bread and pastry prices set to rise nationwide
The Office of Price Stabilization announces ceiling hikes for bread, cake, and pies within 30 days. Loaf prices rise about one cent, cakes up to five cents, affecting fresh pastries and frozen bakery items while crackers and similar items remain excluded. Prices tied to last two years’ increases, with regional variation and a 16 percent cap over 1949 highs.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
Picketing Still Tight as Virginia Phone Strike Expands
Striking Western Electric and CWA members widened picket action in Virginia with brief lines at C P offices in Staunton Radford Pulaski and Christiansburg extending prior protests at Hampton Roads and Northern Virginia. Operators honored lines while some workers crossed. C P said service remained normal as supervisory staff manned unmanned exchanges.
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Michigan Bell
New York
Ernest Weaver
Western Electric
CWA
Pittsburgh
Fairmont
W. Va
Richmond
Western Electric Company
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Virginia
C&p
Staunton
Radford
Pulaski
Christiansburg
Hampton Roads
Communication Workers of America Cio
Harrison to Run Again for Congress
Rep. Burr Harrison of Winchester will seek re election to Congress from Virginia seventh district. He advised the Augusta County Democratic Committee in a letter to Secretary J D Kramer that he will be a candidate for nomination at the May 3 Harrisonburg district convention. He also said he would be honored if Augusta voters support him at the April 25 county convention. Byrd also announced his candidacy.
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Staunton
Burr P. Harrison
Winchester
Virginia
Augusta County
Democratic Committee
J. D. Kramer
Harrison
Harrisonburg
Kramer
Harry F. Byrd
Byrd
Virginia Weather Outlook for April 12 to 16
Virginia region sees temperatures averaging two to four degrees above normal. Cooler conditions Saturday then warmer Sunday, cooler Monday, and warmer again by Wednesday. Rain likely Sunday or Monday totaling about a quarter to a half inch.
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Virginia
Viscoose Workers Recalled After Two Week Vacation
American Viscose Corp will recall about 500 workers in its spinning department in Roanoke on April 20 after a two week vacation that idled 1,800 workers and shut down the entire department.
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ROANOKE + American Viscose Corp
Truman Plans Civil Service Shift Triggers Senate Row
President Truman proposes moving over 21 000 federal workers from patronage to civil service. House and Senate have 60 days to act under the 1949 Reorganization Act, setting up a clash over postmasters marshals collectors and other officials. Democratic and Republican leaders spar over patronage politics as debate heats in Washington.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
House
United States
Customs
Sen. George
Georgia
Monroney
Oklahoma
Moody
Michigan
Humphery
Minnesota
Edwin C. Johnson
Dcole
Civil Service
Two Want to Be Middletown Mayor
Two candidates filed for Middletown mayor as filing neared midnight with independent hopefuls, while C. O. Hartman seeks re election against Jack Partlow. Middletown council hopefuls include Sperry Little Sperry Rhodes Hann Dwyer Carper Stickley Borden. Stephens City mayor French Reid filed with a slate of council applicants. Tomorrow is Jenkins sale at noon in front of the Court House. National Ave property and pre Easter sale items mark the event.
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Middletown
Lee Whitacre
Frederick County
C. 8. Hartman
Jack Partlow
Ainsworth Sperry
W. B. Little
T. W. Sperry
M. H. Rhodes
Martin Hann
Joseph D. Dwyer
Claude S. Carper
E. L. Stickley
G W. Borden
French T. Reid
Stephens City
Alfred Shryock
Harry M. Carbaugh
W. S. Cook
Harry 8. Ritenour
Frank E. Ewing
Ralph M. Wakeman
Jenkins
Court House
National Ave
House Probers May Adopt Newbold Morris Questionnaire
Washington lawmakers consider using Morris's questionnaire method to probe Justice Department operations. Chelf Day says the plan may reveal outside income gambling and family fur purchases, a tactic that led to Morris's firing. Morris supports the idea, while acknowledging no leads for the probes were provided.
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Washington
House
Newbold Morris
Justice Department
Chelf Day
Judiciary
Morris
Congress
Subcommittee
Chelf
Rep
Keating
N-Ny
J. Howard McGrath
Sabres Fire At Red Supply Train In Korea
Fifth Air Force reported 34 American Sabres attacked a Communist supply train after crossing from Manchuria. They destroyed the locomotive and crippled 17 box cars. Ground action was limited and US ships pounded the eastern front around the clock.
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Seoul
Fifth Air Force
U. N
Navy
Iowa
Mackenzie
Banks Closed Monday for legal holiday in Virginia
Banks to close all day Monday April 14 for Thos Jeffer son’s Birthday holiday in Virginia. The Farmers & Merchants National Bank will open until noon on Saturday.
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Virginia
Jefferson
Farmers & Merchants National Bank
Eisenhower Named Supreme Commander in Europe
The White House announced the release of letters showing Gen. Eisenhower was recalled to duty and named supreme commander of Allied forces in Europe with effective June. He wrote Secretary Lovett on April 2 that his recalled duties had largely accomplished their aims.
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Washington
White House
Gen
Eisenhower
Allied Powers
Europe
Secretary of Defense
Lovett
Eisenhower to Hold News Conference on Retirement Plans
General Eisenhower will hold a news conference at 10 a m tomorrow to comment on his retirement as Supreme Allied Commander Europe. Lovett notified of his release and inactive status by June 1 and a successor appointment will follow. President Truman and Eisenhower exchanged private letters about the step, but no public announcement was made today.
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Paris
Eisenhower
Allied Forces
White House
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Lovett
Allied Powers
Europe
United States
Allied Powers Europe
Joseph Short
Truman
Short
Tinsman Residence Gutted By Major Fire
A two alarm blaze at 9 p m destroyed the Tinsman home on Fremont Street while the family was at church. The entire frame house and contents burned. insurance and Red Cross aid are involved. A second, minor fire at Draper Corp on Paper Mill Road at 3 30 a m caused no damage.
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William Tinsman
Freemont St
H. L. Patton
Jefferson Birthday Legal Holiday Observed Monday
The article notes a legal holiday on Monday April 14 in observance of Jefferson's Birthday with offices closed all day and limited hours until noon the next day for service.
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Gen. Eisenhower
Randolph A.F
Shawnee Ave
Phare
Golden Glow
Bell System
New Jersey
Ohio
Western Electric Co
Nina
Nina Palmquist
Sweden
Dun
Bradstreet
Bulletin
Ae I Neue
Weather Outlook
Area Council
Eagle
Barr
Eagle Scouts
Shenandoah Area Council
Boy Scouts of America
N. Gregory
Butch) Orndorff
Eft
William S
Billy) Zirkle
BY Edwin B. Harkinson
Sabres
Ike
Tinsman
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