Council Approves Erection of War Memorial Building on Parking Lot
The Winchester city council approved placing a war memorial building on the Kent and Boscawen Street parking lot subject to site, plan, and contract approvals. The War Memorial Association aims to raise funds beyond the existing 75 000 and reconstitute its board to push a project budget between 150 000 and 200 000 with a gymnasium and room for a 1000 seat auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kent and
Boscawen St
Winchester-Frederick
War Memorial Association
Garland Quarles
W. Earle Edwards
Ben Belchie
Fred Glaize
F. Grove White
C. F P. Schenck
Quarles
Truman Ends His Fifth Year in Office Today
President Truman marks five years in office in a buoyant mood after a Florida vacation and readies a counter-offensive against Republican attacks on state and other policy. Senator Lucas praises his vigor as he looks to the next phase of leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Truman
Washington
Truman
Florida
Lucas
Illinois
Taft Demands Truman End Suspicion of Treason in State Dept
Senator Taft urged President Truman to eliminate any treason suspicion in the State Department. He linked McCarthy's charges to a broader fight over Communist influence. Lattimore denied Communist ties and said Budenz will testify April 20. Budenz, ex- Daily Worker editor, now at Fordham.
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Taft
Harry Truman
Department
Solon
Washington
Ohio
Truman
Senate
McCarthy
Rwis
State Department
Louis Budenz
Owen Lattimore
John Hopkins
Budenz
Lattimore
Communist Party
Tention
Russia
Latt
Hare
Senate Foreign Relations
Dent
The
Daily Worker
Party
Catholic Church
Fordham University
New York
Far Eastern
China
East
400 Acre Woods Fire Burns in Clarke County
A grass and woods fire burned about 400 acres yesterday west of Berryville in Clarke County near the C. E. Wise carver place and Senseng Road. The blaze damaged fence posts and briefly threatened structures on the Ralph Levi and Boy Ed properties before back-firing and firefighting efforts contained it. Charles Town, Berryville, and nearby units assisted with trucks staying on scene through the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke County
C. E. Wisecarver Place
Berryville
Senseng
Ralph Levi
Karl Boy
Boy-Ed
Charles Town
Woods
Ralph Miller
Lincoln St
Poston
Shenandoah River
Berry
Perry
Winchester
Sarah Zane
Beryville
Smithfield Motor Lines Approved for Daily Freight Run
The State Corporation Commission granted permission for Smithfield Motor Lines to operate daily freight service between Smithfield and Newport News.
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Richmond
State Corporation Commission
Smithfield Motor Lines
Smithfield
Newport News
Painter Named Director of General Welfare Division
Richmond announces William L. Painter a 47 year old native of Pulaski County has been approved as director of the Division of General Welfare. He brings local government experience to the post and will oversee welfare programs and related services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
William L. Painter
Pulaski County
Division of General Welfares
When You Get Old They Take It Away
In Atlanta a $50 587 federal tax lien was filed against 50 year old Elizabeth Spears who jailed after police found $65 000 in a flour sack while she faced a liquor possession charge and a state liquor license violation.
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Atlanta
Elizabeth Spears
U S Aims to Move Shanghai Refugees Halted by Communists
Secretary of State Acheson said plans to remove about 2000 Americans and other foreigners from Shanghai by sea were abandoned due to Communist obstacles. He said the group includes 300 Americans and 450 British citizens and efforts may shift to Hong Kong or a north China port.
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Washington
Acheson
Shanghai
North China
Hong Kong
State Department
United States
World Citizen Ready to Wed in Ellsworth
Garry Davis the returned world citizen plans to wed Audrey Peters a former Hollywood dance instructor. They have intentions on file with Ellsworth city clerk. Peters and Davis had not met until his return from France March 30 on an immigrant visa. Davis stays at the Sorrento summer house of his father Meyer Davis.
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Ellsworth
Garry Davis
California
Trans- Atlantic Mail
Davis
Audrey Peters
Hollywood
Miss Peters
France
Sorrento
Meyer Davis
New hybrid menace spotted in Adirondacks coydog described
The Fish and Wildlife Service reports a coyote dog hybrid, or coydog, has appeared in the Adirondacks and other areas. It is swifter, more wary, and more vicious than its parents, with colors from red to white and possible chow or shepherd ancestry. Authorities trained Adirondack workers to handle the threat. some hybrids were killed.
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Washington
Adirondack Mountains
United States
Fish and Wildlife Service
Clifford C. Presnall
Service
Kentucky
Adirondacks
Gov
Lewis
Franklin
Essex
St. Lawrence
N. Y
New York
Two Road Deaths Trigger Identity Hunt Near Strasburg
State Police investigate after a tractor trailer rammed into a hillside on U S Route 11 near Cedar Creek. A Buffalo New York driver Bart Francis Fallon Jr 34 survived with extensive burns while two hitch hikers remain unidentified. Local residents reported seeing Mc Farland 18 and Ornders 26 in Stephens City recently.
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Stephens City
Strasburg
Susie Carver
Frank McFarland
John Ornders
McFarland and
Orndorff
U.S. Rt. 11
Cedar Creek
Shenandoah
Francis Woolfe
Bart Francis Fallon, Jr
Gorton St
Buffalo
N. Y
Winchester Memorial
Shade Garage
Winchester
Frederick County
Truman Supporters Barred From Using Democrat Name in Mississippi
Acting Attorney General advised Secretary of State that only one party may use the word Democrat in its title. Mississippi States' Rights Democrats registered first, blocking pro Truman Democrats from using the name. Law requires unique party names in state registration.
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Jackson, Miss
Mississippi
Truman
George Ethridge
Heber Ladner
Hope for bus service in city hinges on negotiations
Winchester officials refuse to accept the voluntary surrender of Winchester Transit Lines and face the challenge of license renewal. Thomas Woodward, Suffolk attorney, says the line loses $40 daily and would require $850 for new licenses, threatening to end service after the last run Saturday night. Local leaders remain hopeful for a workable compromise while awaiting word from Woodward who is tied up in court today and tomorrow.
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Winchester Common Council
Winchester Transit Lines
Thomas Woodward
Suffolk
Lee Grant
Smalts
Woodard
Richmond
Woodward
Hoover
Winchester
Train wreck near Bareilly kills fifty in Uttar Pradesh
Fifty people died when a passenger train derailed and crashed into a stream about 45 miles south of Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh. Three were injured. A Railway Ministry official said sabotage was being investigated and that rail spikes appeared to have been removed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
India
Bareilly
Uttarpradesh
Baltic air clash sparks unlikely end to hot war scare
Sweden protests US rescue planes intruding near Karlskrona. In Wiesbaden the missing four engine patrol plane search continues off Bornholm with no confirmation of wreckage. Moscow Tass dispatches claim US maneuvers and Baltic air force build up while officials deny any US attack or downed aircraft.
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Stockholm
Sweden
U. S
Karlskrona
Baltic
Wiesbaden
Germany
Bornholm
U. S. Air Force
Copenhagen
Jack Klinger
Klinger
Moscow
Aboardi Ng
Copes Aos
Tass
Kastrup
United States
F i
Washington
Russia
Relcher
Vishinsky
Kirk
Foreign Office
Hoyt 8
Vandenberg
Air
Adm
Forrest P. Sherman
Naval Operations
Navy
Baltic Sea
Sherman
Air Force
Stephen J. Zacklin
Denmark
Fiery B-29 Crash Kills 13 Airmen at Sandia Base
Thirteen airmen died when a B-29 from Walker Base Roswell crashed near the Manzano Mountains after takeoff from Kirtland. secrecy rules barred reporters as flames towered 15 miles away and the wreck occurred in a remote Sandia atomic bomb base area.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Sandia Special Weapons Base
Walker Base
Roswell
Manzano Mountains
Kirtland
Sandia
Alba
U. S. Highway 66
United States
Air Force
Senate to pursue $150000 crime probe led by Kefauver
Senator Brewster said violence in Truman's home state pushed Senate leaders to approve a 150000 crime investigation. Senator Lucas defended swift action, while Kefauver signaled a clear, nonpolitical push to fully probe crime syndicates in interstate commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Brewster
R-Me
Truman
Senate
Lucas
Illinois
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Chilean President Greeted In Capital
President Gabriel Gonzalez Videla arrived in Washington to meet with President Truman and U.S. officials at National Airport. The Defense Department sent crack troop units and 12 jet planes for the reception with military bands armored cars and about 2000 soldiers along the march route to Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Gabriel Gonzalez Videla
Chile
Truman
Gonzalez
Videla
Department of Defense
U. S
Pennsylvania Avenue
King-Size Defroster Trial For Maryland Orchards
A mobile defroster device built by George J. Schecter on a Ford model A uses a propeller to mix warm air from higher altitudes with near ground air to raise orchard temperatures during frosts. Tested near Hancock, Maryland on R.8. Dillon peach orchards, it faced variable winds and limited effectiveness, but proponents claim potential to reduce crop damage and save costs.
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California
Hancock
George J. Schecter
Valley Airways
Earth
Dillon Peach Orchards
Baltimore Weather Bureau
Maryland Fruit Laboratory
B. T. Mason
Dillon
Mason
Maryland
Schecter
Chambers to visit Winchester for speaking event
Whittaker Chambers, former Time editor, will speak for 15 minutes in Winchester. On April 30 he will address the Rotary Club as a guest of Virginia Power Company in Front Royal. A tour of the Northern Virginia Power Company plant at Riverton will follow.
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School Board of
Frederick County
School Board
County Court House
State Department
Time Magazine
Rotary Co
Virginia Power Co
Front Royal
Northern Virginia Power Co
Riverton
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Ava
Naomi Hardy
Miss Hardy
West Virginia School of Beauty Culture
Alecia
KEN & Ham
Gore High School
Gore Ball Club
P. O. Box
Friendship Fire Co
Ladies of National of Catholic Women
Heart Church Hall
Priday
C. E. Wisecarver
U.S
North China Port
Beast of Prey
Bulletin
Council
Claude Smalts
Public Safety Committee
U. S. Navy
Whittaker Chambers
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