Britain Election Set for May 26 Cites East West Tensions and Economy
Prime Minister Anthony Eden called general elections for May 26 as Britain faces two main issues: economic health and its stance on easing East West tensions. Labour attacks say the government fears worsening trade deficits and rising unemployment. Chancellor Butler will present the budget with economic outlook details next Tuesday.
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Britain
London
Anthony Eden
Labor Party
Eden
Hugh Gaitskell
Churchill
R. A. Butler
Butler
Nine Soviet Soldiers Accept Invitation To Reunion In U S
Pravda reports nine Soviet soldiers accepted an invitation to a Washington reunion on April 25 by American Veterans of the meeting on the Elbe. The organizer, Joseph Polowsky of Chicago, traced the soldiers after a letter inviting Elbe veterans to mark the 10th anniversary of the junction of American and Russian troops on the Elbe.
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Moscow
Elbe
Washington
Pravda
Joseph Polowsky
Chicago
Polowsky
Fairchild Publications
U. S. Army
Landslide Buries Up To Sixty in Sasebo Japan
Torrential rains loosened earth as a landslide swept into Sasebo, injuring and burying as many as 60 people. Police said 15 to 25 houses were swallowed, about 200 rescuers worked debris lines, three were brought out alive, with more slides expected nearby.
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Tokyo
Sasebo
Japan
Ngasaki
Two Youths Arrested After Brooklyn Rampage
Kings County prosecutors tied John Gilroy 17 and Mathew McGhie 18 to a drunken spree in Brooklyn. The pair allegedly car thefts robberies and gun whipped seven men with one victim critically beaten Atty Edward Silver said Gilroy threatened a man by pulling a gun trigger on an empty chamber during the holdup.
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Kings County Dist
Edward Silver
John Gilrey
Mathew McGhie
Silver
Brooklyn
Gilroy
Red Cross Drives Extended As Campaign Reaches 70 Percent
The 1955 Red Cross membership and fund campaign is extended through April. Total contributions reach 11 598 dollars, 77 percent of the 15 000 dollar goal. Kenneth C Patton urges more solicitations while Charles A Dorton Jr notes 200 of 550 business letters unanswered. City and county divisions show various donations including 3733 industry and business and 2525 residential.
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Red Cross
Kenneth C. Patton
Patton
Charles A. Dorton, Jr
Plane Lands Safely After Nose-Wheel Flat at Idlewild
A Pan American World Airways jet from Puerto Rico landed without incident at Idlewild Airport after a flat nose-wheel forced an emergency landing. The event involved the plane and Idlewild officials, with no injuries reported.
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New York
Pan American World Airways
Puerto Rico
Idlewild
Rioting Insane Patients Attack Hospital Staff at Rusk
At the Texas State Hospital in Rusk eighty criminally insane patients rioted, bludgeoned and stabbed five hostages, and released them while holding three other men. Among the captives is Dr. Charles W. Castner, the hospital's superintendent.
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Rusk
Tex
Texas State Hospital
Charles W. Castner
Shawnee VFD Plans To Build Hall
The Shawnee Volunteer Fire Department at its Thursday meeting chose building a combined fire house and community hall in Frederick County to be funded over the coming year. The plan divides the district into zones with captains in charge of fundraising, aiming for 20 000 dollars through pledges and benefit events. About 37 members attended the session where a Navy film on fire fighting was shown by a local recruiter.
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Shawnee Volunteer Fire Department
Brakeblok
Shawnee
Frederick County
Navy
W. W. Whitmore
Joseph A. Maggie, Jr
Commonwealth
Massie
Tractor Accident Claims Life of Loy Clem County Farmer
Loy Allen Clem 45 of Frederick County died after a tractor overturned on an embankment and rolled onto him. Found by his son Marvin Clem, he was pronounced dead on arrival. A Strasburg Christian Church member, survivors include wife Mary Virginia, three sons, two stepchildren, a sister and three brothers. Funeral Monday at Lebanon Lutheran Church with burial at Lebanon Cemetery. Body rests at Stoyer Funeral Home.
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Loy Allen Clem
Frederick County
Strasburg
Marvin Clem
Shenandoah County
Samuel
Lydia Elizabeth Clem
Strasburg Christian Church
Mary Virginia Ryman Clem
Clydus C. Clem
Gene A. Clem
Marlon Clem
Star Tannery
Helen Lewis
Woodstock
Bertha Bowers
Middletown
Russell Clem
Ernest Clem
Melvin Clem
Wheatfield
Edward Clem
Maurertown
Lebanon Lutheran Church
C. E. Crank, Jr
Lebanon Church
Stoyer Funeral Home
Tragic Detroit Father Kills Self and Two Children
William Vanaman a 24 year old Detroit man gave cyanide to his one year old daughter Sharon and two year old son William Jr before taking poison himself in a murder suicide sparked by his wife Gladys filing for divorce. Police said he mixed the poison, offered it to the children and then drank from the same glass. all three died after arriving at a hospital.
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Detroit
William Vanaman
Sharon
William Jr
Vanaman
Joanne Elizabeth Strickland
Tampa
Fla
State Orthopedic Group Will Meet Here Next Week
The Virginia State Orthopedic Society holds its annual scientific meeting at Memorial Hospital on April 22 and 23. Dr. Bradford Bennett chairs the program with Dr. Benjamin Wiltberger as chief speaker and a roster of surgeons and pathologists from Lynchburg Richmond Roanoke and Arlington. Dr Allen Ferry presides.
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Virginia State Orthopedic Society
Memorial Hospital
Bradford Bennett
Benjamin R. Wiltberger
Columbus
Ohio
Joseph L. Platt
Robert Morrison
Lynchburg
Bennett
George Murphy
William T. Deverle
Levi Hulley
Richmond
Roy Hoover
Roanoke
Marvin Nuckols
State Industrial Commission
Allen Ferry
Arlington
Ronson
Dmioe
Clowe’s Jewelry Store
Loudoun St
25000 Textile Workers on Strike in New England
About 25,000 CIO Textile Workers Union members at 23 New England cotton textile mills began a walkout at 12:01 a.m. to protest up to 10 cent an hour wage cuts and seek renewal of a contract expiring Friday. Mills owned by Berkshire Hathaway, Bates Mfg Co, Pepperell Co, Continental Co, and Wamsutta Co across Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Vermont participated. The strike targets northern firms arguing for competitiveness against Southern mills. many other mills planned to renew contracts or already did. Archbishop Cushing urged resumption of talks.
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Boston
New England
Maine
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Vermont
CIO Textile Workers
Southern Mills
Northern Mills
Berkshire-Hathaway, Inc
Bates Mfg Co
Pepperell Co
Massacutt
Luther Mfg. Co
Continental Co
Wamsutta Co
Richard J. Cushing
Explosion rocks Meier & Frank department store in Portland
A midafternoon blast on the third floor of Meier & Frank in Portland injured two people and damaged the area near the elevators. Police say the explosion likely involved homemade black powder. investigations continue with no comments from officials.
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Portland
Ore
Meier & Frank
Walter Stickney
James Purcell Jr
Aaron Frank
F. J. Ostrow
Emil Hanson
Sally Zea Wins Miss Shenandoah Valley Contest
Sally Zea 17, daughter of Mrs. Frank E. Zea of Strasburg, won Miss Shenandoah Valley 1955 over 42 contestants at New Market. Five Northern Virginia counties were represented. runner-up was Charlotte Hinkle, 15, of Timberville. Jury included J. Ashbury and William O. Shafner. Frank O Roark chaired the event with local volunteers.
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Sally Zea
Shenandoah Valley
Frank E. Zea
Strasburg
New Market
Virginia
Charlotte Hinkle
Broadway High School
Floyd Hinkle
Timberville
Frank O’roark
Jesse Sellers
Joanne Harter
Bill Baker
Lemuel Tidler
C. Hope Maloney
Bahamian Labor In Virginia Camp Sees Strong Year Ahead
Frederick County fruit growers hear that the Bahamian labor program and camp operation in Virginia are at their strongest level to date and ample Bahamian workers will be available for local crops. Virginia officials report continued use of Bahamians after local labor is exhausted and note 550 Bahamian workers requested along with hundreds of migrants.
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Frederick County Fruite Growers’ Association
Virginia
Walker McC. Bond
Frederick County Court House
U.S. Employment Service
Bond
Virginia Farm Labor Committee
National Committee
Fruitmen
Fairmont Ave
E. Blackburn
Moore
Virginia State Apple Commission
Nassau
Minnesota
New York
Florida
West Virginia
New England
A. P. Barnhart
Virginia State Employment Service
U.S
Midwest
Nation thanks Salk as vaccine orders plan northward
Grateful nation pays homage to Jonas Salk as East Coast supply plans begin from the South Up under Hart E. Van Riper guidance. Funds and drives spread nationwide from Richmond to Mount Vernon and Ann Arbor, with telegrams and donations pouring in to honor the Pittsburgh researcher.
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York
South
Hart E. van Riper
Mandation
Jonas E. Salk
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh University
Salk
Richmond
M. B. McReynolds
New York Daily Mirror
Mount Vernon
Chamber of Commerce
Ann Arbor
Mich
Ook Place
Wpag-Tv
Congress
Attempted Murder Charge Lodged Against Minister
Holiness minister Rev. Harry J. McVey aged 44 faces an attempted murder charge after admitting to striking his wife with an iron bar and staging a car crash to conceal the crime. State Police said the incident occurred on a Weyers Cave road as the couple returned home. Mrs. Sarah McVey, who was hospitalized, sustained non life threatening injuries. the couple has five children.
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Stainton
Set
R. C. Gaunce
Harry J. McVey
Sarah McVey
Gaunce
Weyers Cave
McVey
McVeys
Four Teenagers Killed in Pomona Car Crash
Four teens were killed and three others seriously injured when a speeding sedan left the highway and hit a tree in Pomona California. Investigating officers cited terrific speed and an ambulance driver reported a body hurled against a power pole, snapping the top. The group, including a 14-year-old boy and six girls, was returning from a movie near Tremont Junior High School.
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Pomona
Calif
Cancer Drive Reaches 80 Percent of 1955 Goal
Charles B. Baker announces the Winchester-Fredbeck County Chapter drive has reached 80 percent of the $32 700 local goal at the halfway point. The Winchester Rotary Club leads this year’s effort with no house to house canvass. donations may be mailed to Cancer in care of the local post office.
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Charles B. Baker
Winchester-Fredbeck County
American Cancer Society
Winchester Rotary Club
Baker
Turkish ex captain hanged for spying for Russia
Hayati Karashahin a former Turkish army captain was executed by hanging today after being found guilty of spying for Russia in Ankara. The case highlights ongoing tensions over espionage and national security in Turkey.
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Ankara
Turkey
Hayati Karashahin
Russia
Sabotage Charged After Nashville Dixie Flyer Derails
A Dixie Flyer derailment near Nashville, Tennessee, injured no one but prompted officials to call it sabotage. Nine cars left the track, with joints removed and track hardware found nearby. FBI assistance was requested as rail officials and unions weigh responsibility. Simultaneously Birmingham steel workers and Louisville and Nashville railroad staff staged strikes in sympathy with broader labor actions.
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Birmingham
Ala
Deep South
Nashville
Tenn
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis
Fred Whittemore
T. H. Gregg
FBI
Frank Clement
Whittemore
Gregg
Dixie Flyer
Jacksonville
Chicago
Atlanta
Louisville and Nashville
Communications Workers of America
CIO
Southern Bell Telephone Co
Southern Bell
Bimingham
Rome
Miami
Fla
Key West
Havana
Cuba
Truman Takes His Usual Walk In Washington
Former President Harry S Truman, in Washington for a Democratic strategy meeting, stepped from the Mayflower hotel at 1 a.m. for a 134 mile length walk along Connecticut Avenue toward the White House and back. He chatted with reporters and signed an autograph for Mack M Teague, an airport limousine driver.
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Washington
Harry
Truman
Mayflower
White House
Connecticut Avenue
Mack M. Teague
Rail Strike Threat Looms Over Britain May First
British railway engineers and firemen threaten a nationwide strike that could paralyze the nationalized railway system beginning May 1, projecting widespread disruption across the country.
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London
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