Housewife Guards Against Union Vandalism Threats
A Peoria family resists labor pressure during a union dispute over wrecking a 100 year old ice house. Mrs Swearingen says threats were made to hire union labor and a warrant was filed against Losh of the Hod Carriers and Comman ders Union. Frank Perrilles disavows the actions and says the union will take no action. The family aims to salvage materials to build a new home.
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Frank Perrilles
Swearingens
Os Perrilles
Q and A from Franklin quiz prompts naval history clues
Fragmentary quiz sheet titled How's Your 1 Q Answers lists varied items including a Secretary of the Navy reference and names like John Wilkes Booth and Commodore Perry. It blends questions and scattered responses with stray punctuation and unclear context.
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Menjaente Franklin
Secretary of the Navy
Soviet
Russia
France
Federalohn
Wilkes Booth
Prince Bernhard
Tarrias
Senator George Says Contempt Action Against Officials a Waste
Washington DC Senator George D Ga argues against Congress pursuing contempt against federal officials who ignored subpoenas on loyalty files. The case ties to McCarthy era charges that the State Department harbored Communists. Kohberg reveals he supplied McCarthy with Lattimore data after initial contact in March.
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Washington
George
D-Ga
Congress
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
McCarthy
R-Wis
State Department
Truman
State Acheson
McGrath
Civil Service Commission
FBI
Alfred Kohberg
Owen Lattimore
Kohlberg
Lattimore
Orchard frost warns of possible apple crop loss
Berryville and Winchester report temperatures from 10 to 20 degrees with buds damaged in places. Growers assess statewide frost impact on apples and peaches, noting some buds burned while others remain green and alive, with uncertain full damage until further appraisal.
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Berryville
Charles Town
Winchester
Bunker Hill
Kearneysville
Frederick County
Earl S. Bailey
Delmer Robinson
Stonewall
Henry Jenkins
National Fruit Product Co
National Fruit
Timber Ridge
H. W. Butler
Mt. Williams
Butler
Harry Sartelle
Ridgeway
Stephens City
C. E. Staples
Clarke County
W. D. Burtner
Ralph Dorsey
York
A. B. Groves
False Hopes Raised For Missing Plane
In Copenhagen Denmark a piece of wood found by fishermen sparked brief hopes of locating the U S Navy privateer patrol plane missing with its 10 crew since Saturday. The winged search continues with 16 U S planes over the Baltic while fog hindered operations and a smoke flare box fragment was identified by Capt Joseph Kuhn as part of the device.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
U. S
Baltic
Karlskrona
Joseph Kuhn
North
Baltic Sea
Nationalists Sink 20 Communist Craft
Chinese Nationalist warplanes sank about 20 red craft jammed with troops near Hainan Island in the South China Sea, air headquarters said. Reds claimed new landings on Hainan and absolute superiority, a claim not independently confirmed.
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Taipei
Formosa
Battle Defends The School Program
Governor Battle defended the emergency school appropriation of 45 million dollars while cautioning it should not become a permanent policy. He urged time will prove the Legislature wise in adopting it and said the grants should end once the current building shortage is resolved. He noted the 1950 session set about 78 million for two years for operating expenses and teachers salaries, up about 31 million from the present biennium.
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Richmond
Battle
Virginia State Chamber of Commerce
General Assembly
Cold snaps may not harm late apple varieties
The report notes buds and late apple varieties withstood the cold. County Agent I. Fred Stine says late varieties are not yet fully developed and unlikely to suffer serious damage from the chill.
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I. Fred Stine
Red protest against defense pact fails at French docks
Police and troops guarded the docks as about 50 demonstrators tried to disrupt unloading of American arms from the American Importer. Workers resisted Communist calls and unloaded the 9,000 ton cargo without incident, with 600 security troops enforcing the scene.
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France
Europe
Naples
Italy
DuPont Develops New Fungicides for Fruit and Vegetable Diseases
DuPont researchers presented to the American Chemical Society details on new fungicides aimed at fruit and vegetable diseases. Thiram Ferbam Ziram and chromium-enhanced copper formulations show promise, potentially cutting crop losses by substantial margins.
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DuPont
New York Times
E. I. du Pont
Tisdale
F. R. Whaley
Linde Division
Union Carbide & Carbon Corp
J. B. Harry
Boyce Thompson Institute
Coal Production in Week Ended April 8
The National Coal Association reported bituminous production for the week ended April 8 at 11,425,000 tons. The estimate reflects ongoing output levels across major coal basins in the United States.
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Washington
National Coal Association
Six Year Old Allen Ritchie Killed by Auto
A six year old boy Allen Lee Ritchie was killed instantly yesterday when struck by an automobile near here.
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Auto Remington
Allen Lee Ritchie
Here
U.S. to Aid Indochina with military and economic aid
U S plans to ship urgent supplies for French led forces fighting Ho Chi Minh guerrillas. Preliminary items may start within a month. Ambassador Jessup urged aid to help Indochina gain independence with targeted equipment and modest military materials.
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Ho Chi Minh
State Department
Indochina
France
Pelite Renee French Beirlkore
U. S
Philip C. Jessup
Far East
United States
Jessup
Truman
China
Thailand
Indonesia
GOP Head Derides Truman Claims on Prosperity
GOP national chairman Guy G. Garrielson blasted President Truman as failing in five years, accusing him of losing the cold war in Asia, fostering Socialism, and driving the largest peacetime debt and tax bite. The statement followed Truman’s boast of postwar prosperity.
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Washington
GOP
Truman
Guy G. Garrielson
Republican National Committee
Asia
April 15 River Valley sales and bidders list
Community sale notices include Mrs. C A Yancey in Stephens City Virginia at 10 a m with household goods and furniture R G Wolverton 2 miles east of Stephens City on April 15 10 30 am Ralph W Horst one mile east of Marion Pennsylvania tractors farm machinery Gertrude C Sumption 311 Amherst Street Winchester Virginia April 22 1 pm electric appliances furniture personal property and May 4 10 am George Helsley Greenspring Virginia all day
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C A. Yancey
Stephens City
R. G. Wolverton
Ralph W. Horst
Marion
Gertrude C. Sumption
Amherst St
Winchester
George Helsley
Greenspring
Petain seeks new hearing on treason conviction
Aging Marshal Philippe Petain plans a court reversal of his 1945 treason sentence, his lawyer said. The 94 year old would pursue a new trial next month, claiming new facts from Admiral William D. Leahy’s memoirs support vindication, with Petain still in fragile health on a French prison island.
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Paris
Philippe Petain
France
Jacques Isorni
Marshall
Vichy
Isorni
Petain
William D. Leahy
U. S
Atlantic
Marshal
Armed Forces Day Date Confirmed in Interview
A transcript notes a question about Leahy's book and a confirmation by President Truman. It states Armed Forces Day will be observed on Saturday May 20 and identifies the date as the first celebration.
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Veal
Leahy
Truman
L. A
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Salem Church Road
Chambersburg
John Deere
Case
Massey-Harris
Wagner
Sanger, Horst
P. W. Gibson
Finley’s Recreation Center
Prof
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Amuel Jackson
T. F. Finley
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Terry Jackson
Sale
Frederick County Court House
Civil and Police Justice Court
Roy Fincham
Theodore E. Haines
Preston Manufacturing Company, Inc
Gramm
G. G. Baker
City of
Coleman Dunn
American Chemical Society
Barr’s
Rchard & Farm Supply
Otter
Getter Price Your
Suy Is
Boung
Administrator's Sale
W. Bond St
John Jones
Snider & Schneider
Clerks
U.S
Pine Motor CO
Dodge — Plymouth
Heatwole Motor CO
N. Braddock S&t
Chapman’s
Ford
Dodge
Chapman Motor CO
W. Boscawen St
Errs
Omps Funeral Home
B. F. Goodrich
S. Loudoun St
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N. Loudoun St
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Northern Virginia Power Company
Molden Electric CO
Loudoun ST
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