Nationalists claim major Red invasion at Hainan Island
Nationalist forces report heavy clashes on Hainan Island with more than 7,000 Communist invaders at two beachheads. Ground, naval, and air units push to wipe out the landings within 48 hours while guarding against reinforcements from nearby areas including Lintin Island near Hong Kong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taipei
Formosa
Hainan
South China Island
South China
Hong Kong
Lintin Island
Royal Navy
Macao
Pearl River
Canton
Red Cross Drive Exceeds the Goal in Winchester
Final report on the 1950 Red Cross Fund Campaign in Winchester and Frederick County shows cash contributions of 13 308 and pledges 602 through April 15 totaling 628 above the 13 282 goal. Division heads and workers are credited for the strong response with 1 dollar memberships increasing to 1 count.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Fund
Winchester
Frederick County
Funch
Carl Campbell
Campbell
Permits Issued For Five Bungalows In Clinton
Clinton L Ritter a local contractor has received county building permits for five six room frame bungalows and one five room brick bungalow on Bellview Ave extended. Total construction cost listed at 48000 dollars. Ritter reports four houses nearly finished in the same neighborhood and two more underway all sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton L. Ritter
Bellview Ave
Ritter
Three named at Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival
The 23rd annual Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival announces the trainbearers and crownbearer for the queen. Crownbearer is Charles Ridgely White Jr of John Kerr School Winchester. companions are Susan Lee Robinson and Mary Susan Brown. Charles will carry the crown during coronation on April 27 and Anne Carleton Hadley will receive it from Alben Barkley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah
E. W. Barr
Charles Ridgely White
John Kerr School
Winchester
Susan Lee Robinson
Kerr School
Mary
Susan Brown
Virginia Avenue School
Charles
Anne Carleton Hadley
Alben Barkley
Susan Lee
Mary Susan
C. Ridgely White
Merriman’s Lane
Mary Brown
L. W. Brown
Maple St
Susan Robinson
Delmer Robinson
Selma
Amherst Street
North Dakota Flood Wreaks Havoc Displacing Thousands
Floodwaters from rivers creeks and ditches flood western Minnesota and North Dakota. The Red Cross declares an emergency estimates 1280 homeless families and sets up relief centers in four cities. Jamestown evacuates 400 families as the Piestem River overflows its banks. Bridges down and roads washed out isolate many communities amid spring blizzard aftermath.
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Bismarck
N. D
North Dakota
Minnesota
American Red Cross
Bridges
Brunett
Jamestown
Piestem
Tomorow
State Highway Department
Virginia Five Day Weather Outlook
Five day outlook covers Virginia from tomorrow through Sunday April 23. Showers tonight Wednesday and again Saturday total around one half to one inch. Mild Wednesday with cooler Thursday and Friday. Temperatures near normal for the period with a rising trend Saturday into Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
California Potatoes Dye Trick Draws Scrutiny
California agriculture official S. R. Whipple warns on dyeing and waxing cheap potatoes to mimic higher quality varieties. Some operators use wax with dye to sell dyed spuds as premium. If dyed potatoes are resold as quality, agents will crack down, Whipple said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Calif
S. R. Whipple
California
Whipple
Army Studies Chemical Warfare Research In US
Detroit reports Maj. Gen. Anthony C. McAuliffe says the Army spends over 12 million dollars yearly on biological radiological and chemical warfare research. He notes new nerve gases are being studied and emphasizes detection decontamination and protection for personnel and animals. He cites German experts exploited by Soviet Russia and stresses staying abreast of developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Anthony C. McAuliffe
Chemical Corps
McAuliffe
Bastogne
American Chemical Society
Soviet
Russia
Father who planted bomb on airline plane backs off plan
Los Angeles police disclosed that John Henry Grant 32 placed a time bomb aboard a United Airlines DC-3 at Los Angeles International Airport aimed at harming his wife and two children to collect life insurance. The device failed to ignite and no injuries occurred. Grant surrendered after expressing debt and intent. Betty Suomela of Hermosa Beach aided investigators with her claims of his love interest and impending divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
C. E. Ream
Betty Suomela
Hermosa Beach
John Henry Grant
United Airlines
United
Ream
Grant
Los Angeles International
San Diego
Harold Mayer
Ned G. Logdson
McCarthy Plans Subpoenas for Ex FBI Agents in Probe
Senator McCarthy announced plans to subpoena two former FBI agents in the investigation of Communist influence in the government. He said one may have joined the Communist Party to carry out undercover work and will name the witnesses to Edward P. Morgan. The inquiry also centers on Owen Lattimore and the loyalty files sought from President Truman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McCarthy
R-Wis
FBI
Communist Party
Edward P. Morgan
Senate Foreign Relations
Owen Lattimore
Russia
Lattimore
Johns Hopkins University
Louis Budenz
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Truman
Connally
D-Tex
Congress
Congress To Make An Issue of Mr. Truman
Senate
School Census To Start Here In Frederick County
A five year required census to enumerate persons ages one to nineteen as of September 1 begins immediately in Frederick County. Supervising official R E Ayler named Walter Samsel in Shawnee District Frank Whitacre in Back Creek Fred C Braithwaite in Gainesboro and H Dennis Hoover at Opequon to conduct the counts. The Stonewall district enumerator will be named soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
R. E. Ayler
Walter Samsel
Shawnee
Frank Whitacre
Back Creek
Fred C. Braithwaite
Gainesboro
H. Dennis Hoover
Opequon
Stonewall
Winchester Seed Co
Glass Headley
Republicans to Be Kept Informed On Foreign Policy
President Truman and Secretary of State Acheson pledged to keep Republicans informed and to solicit their views as part of a bipartisan foreign policy effort. Senator Bridges said he was summoned to the White House for a briefing with Truman and Acheson, signaling regular consultations with GOP leaders on foreign relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Acheson
Bridges
White House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Fishmen Warned About Fire Chances
Forester R L Dunn warned fishermen opening trout season Thursday to be extremely careful with fires as Virginia faces its worst fire season in years. He noted warming fires are illegal open fires and urged reporting fires to the sheriff if one starts, due to limited Forest Service coverage of streams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Dunn
Dunn
Virginia
Virginia Forest Service
Calf Wins Beef Contest At Virginia Livestock Market
The grand champion at the Annual 4 H Club Baby Beef Show and Sale at the Virginia Livestock Market was a Hereford calf owned by Patsy Wolfe. An Angus calf owned by Tony Blake was named Reserve Grand Champion. Shorthorns owned by Tommy McCann placed first and second in their class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Patsy Wolfe
Ridgely White
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
John W. Larrick Jr
Tony Blake
Frederick Sprenkle
Roxanne
Sidney Rogers
Tommy McCann
Alecia Beauty Salon opens in Braddock Street caption
Announcement that Mrs Buena Edwards and Mrs B Rinker formerly at Colonial Beauty Shoppe operate The Alecia Beauty Salon at 19 N Braddock St with phone 5815. Eagles announce installation of new officers Friday April 21 at 8 pm plus nomination and election for outside and inside guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buena Edwards
B. Rinker
Colonial Beauty Shoppe
Alecia
N. Braddock St
Priday
Maragon Had Two Bank Accounts Under Different Names
The perjury trial of John F. Maragon revealed an additional Texas account in the name J. H. Maragon while he had testified to Senate investigators that his only bank account was in Washington. The case involves his ties to a five percent deal network and government transactions with Allied Molasses of Perth Amboy and the Agriculture Department.
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Washington
John F. Maragon
Texas
J. H. Maragon
Bootblack
Senate
Carmine
Bellino
Maragon
National Bank of Commerce
San Antonio
Ervin Goldstein
FBI
Agriculture Department
Molasses
Perth Amboy
N. J
Milton R. Polland
Milwaukee
Benjamin M. Holstein
Jennings Bailey
Holstein
Agreewure Brannan
Soviet Fliers Accused of Shooting Americans Over Baltic Waters
The United States charged that Russian fighters shot down the missing U S Navy patrol plane over open Baltic waters. Washington demanded punishment and indemnity for ten lives lost and urged Moscow to issue strict instructions to prevent future incidents.
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Baltic Waters
Washington
United States
Baltic Sea
Russia
Latvia
Moscow
Alan G. Kirk
Weisbaden
Germany
Copenhagen
Dev
U. S
Baltic
Vishinsky
uJatvia
State Department
Mostow
Michael McDermott
Yugoslavia
Grass Fire at Winchester Park Quelled by Firefighters
Fire crews rushed to Winchester Recreation Park at 8 45 last night to extinguish a grass blaze in the hollow beside the softball diamonds. Friendship Fire Co. used its booster tank to douse the flames. Earlier in the evening equipment responded to a field fire opposite the new James Wood High School on Northwestern Grade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Recreation Park
Friendship Fire Co
James Wood High School
Untimely Deaths of Russian Brass Spark Purge Speculation
A wave of obituaries for Russian generals and high officials in the Soviet press fuels Western speculation about a new purge in the USSR. Yet Moscow offers no confirmation. Notables include Anatoli Kropytov and Nikolai Luzin, among others, with deaths ranging into the forties.
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New York
Moscow
West
Soviet Union
Peter Anurov
Foreign Ministry
Anatoli Kropytov
Cinematography
Cripps Declares Pound Trimming Turned Out Well
London reports Sir Stafford Cripps announced in Parliament that the pound devaluation since September has produced better results than expected. Exports rebounded, gold and dollar reserves rose to 1.984 billion, though terms of trade worsened by about 10 percent. He cited U S business activity as a key external factor.
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Cripps
London
Stafford
House of Commons
Exchequer Cripps
Britain
Parliament
United States
Ammonia Fire Damages Novick Warehouse In Covington
Officials estimate the Novick Transfer Co warehouse was struck by a flash fire causing ammonia gas explosions. Three blasts shattered nearby windows and sent the roof skyward while residents watched Covington firefighters battle the blaze for over an hour. One injury reported as Lester Carter cut his foot during the incident.
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Novick Transfer Co
Associated Press
Winchester Star
Leonard McLain
Amon
Nia
McLean Residence
Covington
Lester Carter
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Thaal
Piast
U.S
Hainan Island
Red Cross
William Schenck
Perry Wright
Ellis
Norfolk
Lee H. Baker
Coast Guard
B. Hillyard & Son
E. Piccadilly
Robert Brumett
Weather Outlook
Army
Mary Reardon Gucci
St. Louis
International
Alexander Petukhov
Communist Party Central Committee Organization Bureau
Nikolai Luzin
Berlin
Tagesspiegel
Pavel Kvashnin
Polland
Sweden
Stalin
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