Pilot recovering after Winchester airport crash near field
William Ralph Rinker a 29 year old student pilot from Middle Road was injured when his Valley Airways Ercoupe struck a high tension utility line near Buffack Road during approach to Winchester airport. Witnesses say he was flying too low. The crash occurred two minutes after takeoff, power service was knocked out for about 30 minutes, and authorities will inspect the wreck for mechanical failure.
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William Ralph Rinker
Middle Road
Winchester Airport
H. S. Pifer
CAB
Washington
Valley Airways
Rinker
Earl Shipe
Buffack Rd
Bhipe
Ree
Northern Virginia Power Co
Chamber Seeks Visitors Rooms for Apple Blossom Week
The Winchester Chamber of Commerce calls for local hosts with rooms for visitors during the Apple Blossom Festival April 27 28. Secretary Gene Sakers reports huge inquiry volume and expects representation from nearly every state. Those with rooms may call 4811 between 9 am and 5 pm to offer accommodations.
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Winchester
Chamber of Commerce
Gene Sakers
Sakers
Lakers
Free Gas Prizes at Local Sunoco Stations Offer
Last chance to buy 10 gallons of New Blue Sun Oco gasoline and enter to win prizes of 1 000, 500 and 500 gallons at N Loudoun Serv Sta and Sunoco Super Service opposite G Wash Hotel. Prizes awarded April 18 at 7 p.m. by Chief J Thomas Boyd. Also carload sale of black and galvanized pipe by Snapp Foundry Inc at 413 N Cameron St. Phone 3877.
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Sunoco
N.loudoun
Sunoco Super Service
G. Wash
J. Thomas Boyd
Snapp Foundry, Inc
N. Cameron St
Rookie policeman chase ends with arrest in midtown
Detroit rookie Jerry Tankersley and Sgt Norman Werner chased four men after they tried to load a safe into a car. One suspect fired. Tankersley captured a second man after a pursuit. Werner questioned the method as the chase unfolded.
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Detroit
Jerry Tankersley
Norman Werner
Werner
Tankersley
Senator Tydings Opens New Line in Red Probe
Washington, Senator Tydings indicates a new investigative line in the Senate Communist inquiry run by his Foreign Relations subcommittee. Subpoenas were served on Louis Budenz, ex- Daily Worker editor, who is to testify at a public hearing Tuesday while McCarthy presses his charges. Budenz, once a Communist, says no testimony was discussed with Morgan, the committee counsel.
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McCarthy
Tydings
Senate Foreign Relations
State Department
Wisconsin
Edward P. Morgan
Louis F. Budenz
Budenz
Daily Worker
Owen Lattimore
Communist Party
Lattimore
Morgan
Westchester County
New York
Fordham University
Washington
Drew Pearson
Pearson
Elizabeth to Welcome Second Child This Summer
The London Sunday Pictorial reports Princess Elizabeth is expecting her second baby in late July or early August, signaling a royal family milestone this summer.
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London
The
London Sunday Pictorial
Elizabeth
Jury selection begins in Maragon trial in Washington
In Washington today jurors begin to be chosen for John Maragon’s trial on charges he lied to a Senate committee. The 55 year old Greek American ex aide to Harry Vaughan faces possible penalties up to forty years if convicted. The case centers on alleged falsehoods about business ties and finances linked to five percenters in government dealings.
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Washington
John Maragon
White House
Harry Vaughan
Senate
U. S
Jennings Bailey
Maragon
Kansas City
Charles B. Murray
Irvin Goldstein
Senate Investigating Committee
Vaughan
Albert Werley Perfume Company
Chicago
Truman
Teachers Plan A Turkey Dinner at Clarke County High
Clarke County High School faculty members Mrs. Margaret Cepelka and Mrs. Sarah Sipe will prepare and serve a turkey dinner Wednesday night to raise funds for cafeteria equipment. Tables and other needed articles will be purchased with the proceeds.
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Clarke County High School
Margaret Cepelka
Sarah Sipe
Delaware Officials Visit Virginia Comptroller for Study
Three top Delaware state officials visited the Virginia state comptroller's office to study the commonwealth's accounting and record keeping methods.
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Richmond
Delaware
Virginia State Comptroller’s Office
Commonwealth
Truman Veto of Kerr Gas Bill Sparks People’s Champion Role
President Truman vetoed the Kerr natural gas bill, a move supporters called sound and timely and opponents labeled purely political. The bill would have limited federal regulation of independents who produce about 80 percent of natural gas, potentially raising consumer prices. Senators Douglas Ellender Kerr praised or criticized the veto, framing it as a fight over gas supply and pricing.
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Washington
Truman
Kerr
Federal Power Commission
Congress
Esident
Douglas
D-Ill
United States
Ellender
D-La
D-Okla
Van Johnson to Lead Grand Feature Parade in Apple Blossom Fest
Hollywood star Van Johnson will fly to Washington and then to Winchester to head the Apple Blossom Festival grand feature parade. The plan includes a royal knighthood by Queen Shenandoah XXIII and a parade review with bands and floats, during which he will also star in a film role and discuss his past career and favorites.
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van Johnson
Thomas G. Scully
Marvin Weaver
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Hollywood
Washington
Van
Winchester
Samuel Goldwyn
Goldwyn
van Will
Shenandoah XXIII
Anne Hadley
Alben Barkley
Bob Hope
Margaret Thors
Iceland
Newport
Rhode Island
Red Invasion Force Gains on Hainan
Communist invasion forces crossed toward Hainan Island from the Luichow Peninsula and landed near Hoshow after heavy naval and air losses, with fighting continuing west of the island capital as Nationalist forces push back the assault.
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Red
Hainan
Taipei
Formosa
Hoshow
Luichow Penninsula
Grass Fire On Rosenberger Land Near Hayfield
Friendship Fire Co. fought a grass fire at noon today on the M. H. Rosenberger land west of Hayfield. Sheriff DeHaven said the blaze spread from a trash fire into a short yard and into woods where it was checked. A woodlot area burned on Wardensville Grade near Rt. 50 yesterday afternoon. Fire officials warn residents to burn cautiously due to extreme dryness.
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Friendship Fire Co
M. H. Rosenberger
Hayfield
Robert DeHaven
Wardensville Grade
Rt. 50
Franklin Bedford Mutual Telephone Company to dissolve
The State Corporation Commission authorized the Franklin Bedford Mutual Telephone Company to dissolve.
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Richmond
State Corporation Commission
Franklin-Bedford Mutual Telephone Company
West Virginia Gains Slowest in 1940s Population Surge
Washington State cites West Virginia as having the smallest population gain among middle Atlantic states over the 1940 to 1949 decade, highlighting restrained growth in the region.
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Washington
West Virginia
Business Outlook Reported Good
President Truman was told the six month business outlook is very strong despite unemployment. Leon Keyserling, acting CEA chairman, and fellow member John D. Clark delivered a confidential quarterly economic report to the president at the White House.
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Washington
Truman
Leon Keyserling
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Keyserling
White House
John D. Clark
Georgia's Election Wins Court Test
Georgia's county unit election system survived a Supreme Court challenge as the high court upheld a lower court ruling. The unsigned majority opinion was 7 to 2 with Justice Douglas dissenting and Justice Black concurring. Critics say the system protects rural power ahead of the June 28 Democratic primary.
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Washington
Georgia
Supreme Court
Douglas
Black
Vinson
Reed, Prankfurter
Jackson
Burton
Clark
Minton
Fireclaims Four Die In Shell Tanker Lingola Blaze
A Singapore area fire destroyed the Shell Oil Company tanker Lingola at Pulau Samboe island. Two sailors were killed on board and two Indonesian shore workers died later in hospital. Ten crewmen reported missing reportedly joined nearby ships after abandoning the burning vessel. The Lingola carried about 2,000,000 gallons of aviation gasoline.
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Singapore
Shell Oil Company
Pulau
Samboe
Lingola
Slaughter Acquitted on Lobbying Act Charge
Bulletin from Washington reports former Representative Roger C. Slaughter of Kansas City was acquitted today on a charge of violating the lobbying act.
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Bulletin
Washington
Roger C. Slaughter
Kansas City
Tody
US delays reply to Moscow over Latvia air incident
The United States, urging calm, will delay its Moscow reply to allow full information gathering and a calm, thorough appraisal. Moscow charges an American B 29 over Latvia fired on a Soviet plane. US investigation points to a missing Navy patrol plane, unarmed, on a training flight.
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Washington
United States
Russia
U. S
Moscow
Soviet
Latvia
Navy
Spring weather boosts Winchester orchards and peach crop hopes
Spring arrives in Winchester as 2 p.m. sun raises temperatures to 75 degrees. Orchardists report apple crops undamaged by last week's freeze and peach damage ranging from minimal to moderate, while Timberville reports extensive losses and a crop well under normal at about five percent.
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Spring
Winchester
W.D. Burtner
Clarke County
Timberville
Big Ten bars live TV for football games in 1950
The Big Ten bans live television of all 1950 football games, signaling a shift in intercollegiate sports policy. NCAA committees, school directors, and coaches weigh the impact on revenue and attendance while allowing postgame film broadcasts the next day.
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Big Ten
Chicago
NCAA
Tom Hamiton
Pittsburgh
Dallas
New York
Frité Crisler
Michigan
Midwest
Ted Payseur
Northwestern
Iowa
Indiama
Purdue
Middletown Only Local Contender for Council Vote
Middletown stands alone with a contest in the June 13 council election as voters pick a mayor and council members. Three candidates seek the mayoralty and ten run for six council seats amid tax rate dissatisfaction. B E Rogers joined the mayoral race while incumbent Leonard H Bell leads Berryville officers facing no opposition. Democratic voters in Chester chose McGuire and Steck as incumbents with Butler, Anderson, Coble and Sargent as candidates, with deadline day passing.
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Middletown
B. E. Rogers
Leonard H. Bell
Jory
Berryville
Chester
William McGuire
John Steck
H. William Butler Jr
C. R. Anderson
A. Lee Coble
William Sargent
Door Open For Chrysler Peace Talks
Detroit reports optimism as Chrysler and the CIO United Workers resume talks after rejecting Chrysler’s final pension offer. Workers said Chrysler might rewrite parts of its plan to reach a settlement on the 83 day strike.
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Detroit
Chrysler
CIO United
Chicken and Ham Supper at Opequon Church
The 2nd Opequon Presby Church in Opequon Virginia hosts a chicken and ham supper on Thursday April 20 starting at 5 30 p m. Proceeds support church activities with meals served in early evening.
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Opequon
Thurs
Clearbrook Fire Dept Annual Meeting Notice
Clearbrook Volunteer Fire Dept announces its annual members meeting for Monday April 17 at 8 p.m. Members will elect directors and conduct other business. A program and refreshments will follow.
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Clearbrook Firemen’s Meeting
Clearbrook Volunteer Fire Dept
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