Dinner and political moves dominate session notes
The report notes Truman’s preference not to seek another public office and his earlier decision not to run after January 1949. It tracks Russell’s Democratic slate in Louisiana and Eisenhower’s get out the vote campaign in Pennsylvania, with Taft urging no binding write ins. It also mentions early codices and the Book of Kells from circa A.D. 700.
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Senate
Truman
Russell
New York
Lousiana Democratic State Central Committee
Baton Rouge
Chicago
Robert Kennon
Kennon
South Carolina
Mississippi
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ike
Pennsylvania
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Eisenhower
Harold E. Stassen
Truman’s Choice Wins Presidential Stakes at Laurel Race Track
Truman’s Choice won the charity Presidential Stakes at Laurel Race Track by six lengths over I Like Ike and Taft No. 1. A crowd of 11,229 watched jockey Ronnie Nash ride the pony in 24.1 seconds with postrace prizes including a key to the White House, a Capitol cake mold, and a kiss from Denise Darcel.
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Truman’‘s Choice
Laurel Race Track
Laurel
Gallup
Truman
I Like Ike
Taft
United Cerebral Palsy Punch
Ronnie Nash
White House
Denise Darcel
Seven Wonders of the Modern World Noted by Popular Mechanics
In 1912 Popular Mechanics surveyed scientists globally and named seven wonders of the modern world: wireless telegraphy, telephone, airplane, radium, antiseptics and antitoxins, spectrum and analysis, and X-ray.
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Popular Mechanics
Girls Scout Clothing Drive Aids Flood Victims
Winchester Girl Scout troops organize a week long clothing drive to aid flood victims in the Midwest. Led by Mrs Ralph Larson the effort asks local residents to donate by April 25 with pickups Friday morning, continuing at the Scout office near Silco Store. The article notes the Kansas Missouri floods last July and the Scouts role in relief efforts.
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Winchester
Midwest
Ralph Larson
Minnesota
Larson
Virginia
Montana
Nebraska
South Dakota
Girl Scouts
Girl Scout
Girl Scout Office
Silco
Kaw
Missouri
Kansas
Senate group seeks better teamwork on wage price controls
Senator Maybank said the Banking Committee wont extend the Defense Production Act without improved cooperation among the key leaders. The panel delayed the extension, with the act set to expire June 30, and summoned the four top officials to testify on future coordination.
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Washington
Sen
Maybank
D-Sc
Senate Banking Committee
Congress
White House
Defense Mobilization
John R. Steelman
Truman
Defense
Roger L. Putnam
Ellis Arnall
Hair Growth Rates Differ by Sex Says Study
Studies show that a woman's hair grows appreciably faster than a man's does. Researchers note gender-based differences in hair growth rates, suggesting biological factors influence growth pace.
Bennett Wanger Seen Kiss Goodbye at Airport
Joan Bennett and producer Walter Wanger, estranged after his fatal shooting of agent Jennings Lang last December, were photographed at Los Angeles International Airport as he kissed her farewell before she heads to New York for a stage engagement. Wanger faces possible penalties next Tuesday for the serious wounding incident. He declined to discuss reconciliation, saying too much is at stake.
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Los Angeles
Joan Bennett
Walter Wanger
Jennings Lang
International Airport
Bennett
New York
Wanger
Lang
New Freight Rates Set to Rise May 2 for Rail Freight
Washington announces new railroad freight rates effective May 2 with a delayed increase for grains until May 17. The move, already authorized, affects commodities nationwide and outlines the timing for each category.
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Washington
Car Tractor Crash Hospitalizes Woman in Maryland Route 11 collision
Mrs Mildred Sasserville of Birmingham Alabama was hospitalized with minor injuries after a 1951 Nash sedan driven by her husband Roland Sasserville collided with an Associated Transfer Company tractor at the T G Adams service station on Route 11 Kernstown Trooper James Kincaid said. Damages to the car were about 1000 dollars and the tractor 25 dollars Richard Clem the tractor driver was unhurt. A second crash near Winchester on Route 522 left a 1946 Chrysler driven by Charles E Garber Jr of Pisgah Maryland with damages over 300 dollars but no injuries.
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Mildred Sasserville
Birmingham
Ala
Nash
Roland T. Sasserville
Associated Transfer Company
T. G. Adams
Route 11
Kernstown
James Kincaid
Richard O. Clem
Chrysler
Charles E. Garber, Jr
Pisgah
Winchester
Garber
Three Virginians Posthumously Awarded Silver Stars
Three Korean War veterans from Virginia were posthumously awarded military honors. Captain Frank B. Turner of Winchester received the Silver Star, Sergeant First Class Cooper K. Hall of Pulaski the Silver Star, and Private First Class Fred W. Cromer of Bridgewater earned the Bronze Star. The awards were announced by the Virginia Military District. Tucker, married to Cary Marshall Tucker, earned a third highest decoration for courage during a strong attack on fortified enemy positions near Uk.
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Richmond
Virginia Military District
Frank B. Turner
Winchester
Cooper K. Hall
Pulaski
Fred W. Cromer
Bridgewater
Hal of Pulaski Wins Posthumous Award for Valor Near Suwon
Kongai Korea reports Hall brother of Gilmer J. Hal of Pulaski received a posthumous valor medal for exposing himself under devastating small arms fire to urge his men near Suwon Korea. Cromer son of Mr and Mrs Carter Cromer of Bridgewater cited for brewery near Pokae Fovve where Communist taneuty threatened to overrun his company's positions.
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Kongai
Korea
Hall
Gilmer J. Hal
Pulaski
Suwon
Cromer
Carter Cromer
Bridgewater
Pokeae
Fovve
Taneuty
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Gov. McKeldin
Maryland
Gov. Warren
Dark Horse
Kerr
Stassen
Dorothy Perkins
Dorothy Parkin
Deodorant
Winchester's Shopping Center
American Locomotive Company
Schenectady
N. Y
Winchester’s Shopping Center
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Winchester Furniture CO
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