Balky Airmen Controversy Grows Across Nation
The case of Lt. Verne Goodwin, sentenced to two years for refusing to fly a December mission to England, sparks calls to carry the matter to the President. Air Force leaders including Gen. Hoyt Vandenberg say the issue is a tempest in a teapot while critics blame unpreparedness and pay.
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Tex
Verne Goodwin
Goodwin
England
Birmingham
Adjt
Walter J.crack Hanna
Alabama
Texas
Vandenberg
Air Force
Dallas
Merced
Calif
Frank C. Hilton
Reading
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Hilton
Jack and Jill Nursery To Re Open Monday Morning
The Jack and Jill Nursery School will re open on Monday at Nine o clock in the morning.
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Jack and Jill
Jack and Jill Nursery
Body found in sealed car in New Jersey farm area
Police identified the man as Louis A. Adams 48 of Smithfield Virginia whose body was found slumped in a sealed car on Bistro Road in Monmouth Junction near a vacated farmhouse. A garden hose from the exhaust entered the car and two hats lay on the front seat. Autopsy planned to determine cause of death.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Louis A. Adams
Smithfield
Monmouth Junction
Bistro Road
Adams
Fairbanks Home Burglarized Jewelry Stolen in London
Daring thieves climbed to a first floor balcony at the London home of film star Douglas Fairbanks and stole about 5040 dollars worth of jewelry from a bedroom. Fairbanks and his wife alerted police and began aid in the investigation. Several family heirlooms were among the missing items.
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London
Douglas Fairbanks
Fairbank
Fairbanks
Korea
William Dean
Berkeley
Calif
International
London Daily Worker
Camp No. 6
Pyongyang
Dean
Father escapes grasp in Greyhound bus station extortion plot
Richter evades detectives at a Greyhound bus station after hiding a key in a phone booth and in a locker using gum to seal the key. Detectives, briefed by Alvin Richter, race to the scene as one extortionist slips into a second booth and seizes the key before police arrive.
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Greyhound
Richter
Alvin Richter
Source of motto E pluribus unum cited in Moretum line
The motto is traced to the Latin poem Moretum and is attributed to Virgil in the 103rd line. This locates the phrase within classical Latin literature and links it to Vireil as a carrier of the attribution.
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Cc. P
Vireil
Harrison decries phony controls in economy speech
Rep. Burry Harrison told Augusta County Farm Bureau that the nation’s economy suffers under “phony controls.” He attacked wage and price schemes, praised Baruch guidance for early Korean War plans, and criticized the steel seizure as fascist precedent threatening private property and due process.
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Staunton
Burry Harrison
Augusta County Farm Bureau
7Th District
Beverly Manor
Harrison
Witte
WSB
Phil Murray
Newsmen Await Verdicts in Anti Gambling Case
Verdicts expected today in Lake Charles in the cases of five newspapermen charged with defaming 16 public officials and three admitted gamblers in an anti gambling crusade. The defendants include Kenneth Dixon Hugh Shearman James Norton and Carter George. Judge Bernard Cocke postponed until oral arguments and briefs could be heard.
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Lake Charles
Kenneth Dixon
American Press
Thomas Shearman
Hugh Shearman
James Norton
Carter George
Bernard Cocke
New Orleans
Byrnes Attacks Truman Over Fiction in History Claims
Former secretary of state James Byrnes denounces President Truman in Collier’s over remarks on U S Russian policy. Byrnes denies a 1945 Moscow memo, insists Potsdam saw no push to war with Japan, and says Truman miscasts his views while he cites heart illness and cordial post‑resignation ties. The clash centers on who shaped the history of early cold war policy.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
Truman
South Carolina
Collier's Magazine
President
Byrnes
Moscow
East
Poland
Germany
Oder River
U. S
Potsdam
Russia
Japan
Ilas
Collier's
United States
Dr J Stewart French Dies in Bristol
Dr. J Stewart French aged 79 and a prominent Methodist minister and former president of two Virginia colleges has died in Bristol. He led regional church missions and higher education efforts, leaving a lasting impact on religious and academic communities.
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French
Bristol
J. Stewart French
Virginia
Two Canadian Planes Crash Off Nova Scotia
Two Canadian Navy planes collided in mid air during a training attack on the cruiser Quebec about 70 miles off Nova Scotia. Seven crew were aboard five officers and two seamen missing early today. Quebec reported wreckage but no survivors found.
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Halifax
N.S
Atlantic Ocean
Quebec
Nova Scotia
Commies Banned From Michigan Election Ballot
Michigan bans the Communist Party from the election ballot and requires all Communists and members of front groups to register with the state police. Governor G Mennen Williams signed the measure after a swift legislative approval.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
Communist Party
G Mennen Williams
Womeldorph Rites Saturday At Lovettsville Church
Lloyd A. Womeldorph a Lovettsville High School principal and Frederick County native died unexpectedly Wednesday night. He will be buried Saturday with services at 2 30 p m at the Lutheran Church after a gathering at 2 p m at Brown Funeral Home. Survived by brother Stewart Womeldorph of Washington DC.
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Lloyd A. Womeldorph
Frederick County
Lovettsville High School
Brown Funeral
Lutheran Church
Lovettsville
Stewart Womeldorph
Washington, DC
Answers to quiz page four about light year and names
The text lists quiz answers including light year distance, unabridged, rumored, predicate and names Lynde McCorkle Rossellini Hoover verse. It appears as a scanned newspaper item with a set of five items and a count.
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Admiral Lynde D. McCorck
May 17 Sales Directory listings for area auctions
Auction notices for Laura V. Ashley Estate at 803 Highland Ave and multiple other sales across Maryland and Virginia. Items include real estate, livestock, farm machinery, vehicles, antiques, and household goods with various auctioneers such as Kern, Lewis, Duvall, Brumback, and Duval ls.
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Laura V. Ashley
Highland Ave
Loudoun St
Kern St
Chas. Duvall
E. Mercer Jones
Charles Town
Lewis & Duvall
Henkel Lamp and Son
Lupton Farm
Kernstown
Winchester
W. D. Orndorff
G. K. Wagner
Elizabethtown
E. Baker
Middletown
Byron Brumback
Clarence E. Martin
Berkeley County Court House
Martinsburg
Inwood
W. J. Colfelt
Emma C. Colfelt
James B. Hawkins
Millwood
Duvalls
W. R. Thompson
White Post
High Court to Review Case Over Chinchilla Ranch Deal
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals agreed to hear Burrows McNeir of Warrenton versus Greer-Hale Chinchilla Ranch of New Market. McNeir appeals Fauquier County Circuit Court ruling he had no suit after buying six pairs of chinchillas promised 200-300 percent yearly reproduction but achieved only about 80 percent.
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Richmond
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Burrows
McNeir
Warrenton
New Market
Fauquier County
Chinchilla
W. W. Greer, Jr
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Cel Jones
Frederick Motors
Martinsburg Pike
M. BraDdock
New Jersey
Pai
Weyerhaeuser
John W. Rosenberger & Co., Inc
Braddock St
Wace
House
Bernard Baruch
Ops
ED Creagh
Burch
Buschelore
Barr
N. Cameron St
L. A. Womeldorph
I. Q
Roberto Rossellini
Herbert C. Hoover
C . Brumback & Sons
Fred M. Walthall
Gainesboro
DeHaven
Herbert S. Larrick
Scotti
Scotts
MO. S. Solenberger & CO
N. Loudoun St
High Court
Chinchilla Ranch
Armstrong
Aspirate Cement
Galion
P. W. Plumly Lumber Corp
Kent St
Frederick
James M. Strother
Shenandoah Valley National Bank of Winchester
Pennsylvania Railroad
Frank L. Barrett
Eta.db.n
Minnie G. Strother
Lee N. Whitacre
Ada C. Strosnyder
Raymond P. Carter
Circuit Court
Court House
Berryville Pike
Burnt Factory Road
S. L. Carter, Jr
Pearlon Aisles
Robert K. Woltz
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