Hollyday disputes charge FHA felt no responsibility
Former housing chief Guy T. O. Hollyday defended FHA before the Senate Banking Committee saying the agency was greatly concerned for homeowners using government insured loans for repairs. He cited limited investigators and said he ordered tighter FHA rules amid shakeups and revelations of contractor abuses.
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Washington
Guy T. O. Hollyday
Justice Department
FHA
Hollyday
Senate Banking Committee
Warren Olney III
Public Service Agency
Olney
White House
Norman P. Mason
Howard M. Murphy
Murphy
Banking Committee
Senate
Department of Justice
Chou En Lai Arrives in Geneva for Conference
Chou En-lai flew into Geneva as Peiping’s premier and foreign minister entered the Swiss capital for the Geneva talks. He said the meeting could offer possibilities for settlement of Asian issues and hoped to elevate China as a major world power. Security was tight at the airport with Swiss guards and Western reporters kept at a distance.
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Geneva
Switzerland
China
Chou En-lai
Peiping
North Korea
Nam I
Chou
Six year old Raymond Jenkins Jr struck on head by book
Raymond Jenkins Jr of Nain was examined at Memorial Hospital after reportedly being struck on the head by a book while on a school bus. He complained of a headache and became unconscious before ambulance transport. His mother provided the account of the incident.
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Raymond Jenkins, Jr
Nain
Memorial Hospital
Shool
Rhodes Jewelry Co
Winchester
Virginia
Winchester Junior Fat Stock Show and Sale Preview
Twenty five 4-H and FFA youth from Frederick and Clarke counties enter 38 steers for judging Monday at 10 a.m. at the Farmers Livestock Exchange Winchester with a 7 p.m. sale. Beef breeding required. six months feeding. Classes include Hereford Angus light heavy and Short Horn. Grand Champion receives American Stores trophy and $5 from American Aberdeen Angus Breeders Association. (Continued on Page 5 Col 6.)
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Winchester- Frederics County
FFA
Virginia Division of Markets
American Stores Company
1000 City School Children Rehearse for Festival Pageant
Winchester prepares for the 1954 Pageant of Springtime titled Forerunners with over 1000 school children rehearsing. The three part production directed by Hunter Maddox Jesse Carter and Patsy Ritter features new sequences Parade of the States Ballet of the Blossoms and Aurora's Daughters with Handley Band accompanying. Performances set for next Thursday and Friday with reserved seats on sale at 48 S Loudoun St and a 50 cent chair charge for dress rehearsal next Wednesday.
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Winchester
Shenandoah
Handley School
Garland R. Quarles
Hunter Maddox
Jesse Carter
Patsy Ritter
Gwendolyn Haynes
Gaylen Strance
Handley Band
Mary Boxley
Katherine Pannill
Mr. Quarles
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Aurora
Shenandoah XXII
Festival
S. Loudoun St
Nehru urges nonintervention plan to end Indochina war
Indian Prime Minister Nehru called on the United States Britain Soviet Union and Red China to back a Geneva pact not to intervene in Indochina. He outlined a four power nonintervention framework to back a cease fire and advance independence for Viet Nam Laos and Cambodia while India pursues neutral peacemaking.
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New Delhi
India
Nehru
United States
Britain
Russia
Red China
Geneva
Indochina
Korea
U. N
France
Paris
Viet Nam
Laos
Cambodia
Clarke Historical Group Meeting May 2 at Long Branch
The Clarke County Historical Association will hold its annual meeting on May 2 at 3 p m at Long Branch. Harding Scholle from the National Trust and Historic Preservation will be the principal speaker. All members and interested persons are invited.
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Clarke County Historical Association
Long Branch
Harding Scholle
The
National Trust and Historic Preservation
Daylight Saving Time Quick Start Across States
Daylight saving time begins tomorrow at 2 a m in 18 states and the District of Columbia. Local clocks advance one hour signaling the start of lighter evenings for the spring season.
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New York
States
District of Columbia
Eisenhower Sets GOP Campaign Pattern in Kentucky
President Eisenhower may have set a campaign pattern for away from Washington efforts to keep Congress in GOP hands. He endorsed GOP nominees publicly while reserving withdrawal rights for unsuitable backgrounds and joined Sen. John Sherman Cooper in Kentucky amid Barkley challenge.
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Eisenhower
Kentucky
Augusta
Washington
Congress
Bluegrass
Alben W. Barkley
White House
John Sherman Cooper
Cooper
French Counterattacks Press Vietminh Hold on Dien Bien Phu
In Indochina the French launched counterattacks against the Vietminh at the Dien Bien Phu fortress northwest outpost. Brig. Gen. Christian de Castries led efforts to retake the captured outpost while Vietminh forces overwhelmed French assaults. French troops regroup to form a new defense line as reports claim heavy Vietminh losses. Rumors spread that forces from Laos may move to relieve the encircled fortress.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Christian de Castries
de Castries
Laos
Soviet and Australia sever diplomatic relations over envoy case
Moscow declares Australia hostile for refusing to hand back fugitive envoy Vladimir Petrov while Canberra faces a mass of alleged spy documents. The Soviet note demands the Australian embassy staff leave within days and recalls Ambassador Nikolai Generalov as the Canberra embassy prepares to close.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Australia
Canberra
Vladimir Petrov
Brian Hill
Petrov
Hill
Kremlin
Andrei Gromyko
Nikolai E. Generalov
Spring clearance sale ads for coats suits and dresses
Marianne's of Winchester promotes spring coats suits and dresses at reduced prices in an ad from April. Mutual of Omaha offers hospital insurance with contact numbers and a mailing address in Winchester near Miller's Drug Store. Worth's also runs a spring clearance sale advertisement.
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Marianne’s of
Winchester
Call Mutual of Omaha
P. O. Box
Miller's Drug Store
Sudden 0.51 Inch Rain Deluge Drenches Area
Intermittent showers culminated in a 15 to 20 minute cloudburst that dumped 0.51 inches of rain, flooding streets and sidewalks. The April total rose to 1.62 inches, still below the 3.14 inch monthly average with one week left. Cloudy, mild conditions to persist with temperatures around 62 during the day and 48 to 54 at night.
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Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Doctor Flickinger Relocates Office to Wolfe Street
Notice states Dr. E. B. Flickinger has moved his office to 30 Wolfe Street. The record lists identifiers 1p 4 19 20 22 24 41.
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Wolfe Street
E. B. Flickinger
Parke C Brinkley Set as Shenandoah Apple Blossom Guest
Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture Parke C. Brinkley will attend the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival as a distinguished guest next Thursday and Friday. He will arrive from Richmond for the coronation of Miss Patricia Ann Priest and participate in multiple events and parades with Mrs. Brinkley.
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Parke C. Brinkley
Virginia
Chamber of Commerce
Daii Domich
Sacramento
Cal
Brinkley
Brinkleys
Kenneth Robinson
Merriman's Lane
Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture
Nansemond County
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
City Decorated as Festival Preparations Begin
Winchester shifts to festival mood with pink and green decorations on streets. George Lindsay of J S Becher Co. of Hagerstown oversees banner erection for the two big days. Downtown shops cover fronts with new displays and festival memorabilia, featuring apple products and celebratory souvenirs.
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Winchester
George Lindsay
J. S. Becher Co
Hagerstown
Fuzzy seizure order tests McCarthy Army probe
Sen Mundt said the Senate subcommittee may rewrite its fuzzy order to seize records of telephone conversations in the McCarthy Army inquiry. He noted legal questions over public transcripts without consent and called for refining the motion before executive session next week.
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Washington
Sen
Mundt
Senate
Arenuta
Cailny-Aimy Qiliciud
Wdbule
South Dakota
McCarthy
R-Wis
the Army
Stevens
Roy M. Cohn
Committee
G. David Schine
Subcommittee
Army
Joseph N. Welch
Milwaukee
Ray H. Jenkins
Sen. McClellan
D-Ark
Citizenship Day Observance Urged by Eisenhower
President Eisenhower urges all United States citizens to join a Sept 17 rededication to the Constitution aloud in a proclamation noting Congress designated Citizenship Day in 1952 to honor the signing on Sept 17 1787. He asks flag display and appropriate ceremonies. The proclamation coincides with the end of Easter vacation as he returns to Washington.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
United States
Congress
Augusta National Golf Club
Washington
White House
United States Chamber of Commerce
Army's Case Hinges on Proof of Testimony in Dickenson Trial
In Washington the army prosecutes Cpl. Edward Dickenson for informing while a POW in Korea. Key witness Edward M. Gaither testified of beatings and an escape plot tied to Dickenson. The court may discard testimony not directly linked to Dickenson. The session recessed after Gaither’s hour long testimony.
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Washington
Cpl
Edward
Dickenson
Korea
Cracker's Neck
Edward M. Gaither
Philadelphia
Gaither
Reds
U. S
Yalu River
Fred Obroff
Corporations Report Profit Dip in Early 1954 Quarter
A 12 percent drop in profits is shown for 150 corporations that filed first quarter 1954 reports. Total profits were 454.6 million dollars vs 513.1 million a year earlier. Major firms like General Motors and U S Steel have not yet reported, possibly altering figures.
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New York
Associated Press
General Motors
Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Winchester JCC President's Luncheon April 30
The Winchester junior chamber hosts a President's Luncheon at 12 noon on Friday April 30 during the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival. It honors U S JCC President Davi Domich and is open to the public with 250 tickets sold through Harry Carpenter. Celebrities attending the festival will be announced soon.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
Shenandoah
U.S. Jcc
Davi Domich
Domich
America
Harry Carpenter
Gray and
Eddy
N. Loudoun St
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Richard Carter
U.S
Clarke Historical Group
Barkley
Truman
Ft. Knox
Abraham Lincoln
Hodgenville
Lexington
Transylvania College
McCarthy-Army Row
Winchester Jcc
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