Acheson Frames Freedom Keystone Of Progress
Secretary of State Acheson told 500 World Assembly of Youth delegates that freedom is the keystone of genuine progress toward a better world. He warned against regimentation and urged continued American backed technical aid to strengthen economies, health, farming, and literacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acheson
World Assembly
Washington
World Assembly of Youth
Ithaca
Connes
United Nations
Sister Kenny Declares Ill But Seeks Copenhagen Conference
Australia’s Sister Elizabeth Kenny, 65, says she is incurably ill and will leave for the United States en route to a Copenhagen poliomyelitis conference. She vows to fight polio until she dies and notes she has travel freedom granted by the U.S. Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Australia
Elizabeth Kenny
Sydney Sun
Copenhagen
Denmark
Toowoomba
United States
American Congress
Lafayette
England
America
Miss Kenny
Battle over General Morgan grave pits Winchester against Cowpens
A court petition seeks moving General Daniel Morgan's remains from Mt Hebron Cemetery in Winchester to Cowpens South Carolina. The filing sets a 21 day reply period, with Cowpens claiming rights via Mrs Callahan while Winchester locals oppose the transfer and plan to memorialize Morgan in Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Manning Poliakoff
Cowpens
S. C
Robert O'Neil
Stephens City
Cowpen
Josephine Neville Callahah
Redwoods
Calif
Daniel Morgan
Winchester
South Carolina
Peyton J. Marshall
Winchester Corporation Court
Mt. Hebron
Paliakoff
Ben Belchie
Winchester-Frederick County
Callahan
Taylor
Winchester’s
Palmetto State
M. B
Miff) Clowe, Jr
Clowe
Thomas G. Scully
The
Historical Society
Senate Finance Committee Begins Study of Tax Bill
The Senate Finance Committee opened a closed door review of a 7.2 billion tax bill with a briefing on alternative income tax hikes. Chairman George said no decisions were reached and voting by 13 senators will come after further days of discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
George
D-Ga
House
Senate
Treasury
Joint Congressional Committee On Taxation
Finance Committee
Congress
Streamliner Jumps Tracks in Atlantic Coast Line Crash
The East Coast Champion streamliner derailed two miles north of Four Oaks after a cloudburst. More than 500 aboard Miami to New York escaped, nine injured hospitalized, none killed. Cause cited as fill sloughing off during the passing over the embankment.
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Four Oaks
Atlantic Coast Line
New York
Here
Watson Wharton
Smithfield
CG. Sibley
ACL
Pennsylvania Boy Wins All American Soapbox Derby Title
Darwin Cooper, 15, of Danville, Pa., wins the All American Soapbox Derby in Akron, becoming Pennsylvania’s first national champion. He defeats 140 entrants from across the U.S., Canada, Alaska, and Germany’s U. S. Zone, finishing ahead of Raymond Marconi of Gary, Ind., and Freddie Albright of Jefferson City, Mo. Cooper built his car in his dining room and plans to use the $5,000 scholarship to pursue auto mechanics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Darwin Cooper
Danville
Susquehanna Valley
Pennsylvania
Williamsport Sun Gazette
U.S
Canada
Alaska
U. & Zone
Germany
Darwin
William
Elizabeth
Donalter
Cooper Roar Acoss
Raymond Marconi
Gary
Ind
Paul F.freddie Albright
Jefferson City
Truce talks stall over buffer zone in Korea
North Korean Lt. Gen Nam Il said truce negotiations will not advance unless the United Nations changes its demand for a buffer zone along the 38th parallel. The United Nations and Allied delegates rejected the Red plan, with no progress after a 1 hour 20 minute session. A U.N. map comparison showed general agreement but key divergences on center and flanks.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Nam II
Red
U. N
Pyongyang
38Th Parallel
Kaesong
U.N
Head On Auto Crash Kills 7 Near Albemarle
Seven die in a head on collision near Albemarle North Carolina two cars collide on a curve near the Pee Dee River bridge Five victims are New York residents all white women Geraldine Donovan Jeanette Donovan Bronica Donovan and Daniel Nolan Giansani The two men killed are Will Lilly of Mt Gilead North Carolina and Charlie Laurence Scarboro of Gilbert West Virginia.
Molden Youngster Fifth Polio Case
Dennis Molden nine year old son of Ed L Molden of S Loudoun Street is a polio patient in the Medical College of Virginia Richmond where he will be confined to the isolation ward for seventeen days. He arrived by ambulance after a spinal tap at Winchester Memorial Hospital and officials said the type of polio is not yet determined. Dennis had upset stomach and headache Friday night and stiffness in back and neck but no paralysis and fever was down when his father left Richmond. This marks the fifth polio case in Frederick County this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Molden
Ed L. Molden
S. Loudoun St
Medical College of Virginia
Richmond
Molden
Dennis
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Molcen
Saurens
Frederick County
Phillip Fowle Chosen Grand Chef de Gare of Virginia 40 and 8
Phillip R. Fowle of Riteway Cleaners Winchester elected Grand Chef de Gare of the Grand Voiture of Virginia 40 and 8 at Roanoke convention with no opposition. A longtime Legion member, he held eight Voiture offices, led Teen Age Activities Fund drive, and directed local service and rehabilitation efforts during 1930s and WWII.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillip R. Fowle
Riteway Cleaners
Winchester
Virginia
Roanoke
Fowle
Phil
The
Legion
Post No. 21
Robert Y. Conrad
Conrad-Hoover
Frederick County
U.S. Army Aircraft Warning
Exchange to Hear Rev Womeldorph and Picnic Planned
Winchester Exchange Club hosts a luncheon at the George Washington Hotel with Rev. H R Womeldorph of Old Stone Presbyterian Church as guest speaker on China mission work. The annual Boys Picnic will be Thursday at Willow Lawn Pool with free transport from 1 30 p m, led by William H Hanckel and a committee including Charles Aiken, William Fauver, Kenneth Lineburg, John T Thornton Jr and Otis S Sargent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Exchange Club
George Washington Hotel
H. R. Womeldorph
Old Stone Presbyterian Church
Womeldorph
China
Monford D. Custer, Jr
Willow Lawn Pool
William H. Hanckel
Charles Aiken
William Fauver
Kenneth Lineburg
John T. Thornton, Jr
Otis
Norfolk Girl Is Miss Virginia of 1951
Shirley Bryant, a 21 year old from Norfolk, won the Virginia title in the state pageant held Saturday night. She edged Anne Watkins of Danville for first place and Mary Anne Claude of Alta Vista took third. Bryant will represent Virginia in the national contest in Atlantic City and sang an operetta aria as her specialty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Virginia
Shirley Bryant
Bryant
Danville
Anne Watkins
Mary Anne Claude
Alta Vista
Byrant
Atlantic City
Navy Bomber Missing Off Kodiak Alaska
An Alaska based four engined PB4Y patrol bomber with 12 aboard is missing after last contact at 10 14 a m Sunday. Fog and rain hinder the search begun soon after loss. Names of the crew have not been released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kodiak
Alaska
Navy
Flood Relief Fund Quota Is Doubled
Winchester Frederick County Red Cross chair says local quota of 950 dollars met but national officials request doubling to cover rehabilitation needs. E Roland Harriman notes disaster fund expenditures have doubled, with more than 26 000 families registered and over 7 600 needing rebuilding or repair assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
mid-West
Red Cross
National Red Cross
Stewart Bell
Winchester - Frederick County
E. Roland Harriman
Russia to Attend Japanese Peace Treaty Conference
Moscow will send Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromoyko to lead a four man Soviet delegation to the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference opening in San Francisco on September 4. The Russians had not confirmed signing the treaty, having denounced the pact as a US device to bind Japan to Washington.
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Washington
Russia
United States
San Francisco
State Department
Andrei Gromoyko
Moscow
Michael J. McDermott
Japan
U S
John Foster Dulles
Oregon Primary To Carry Truman's Name for President
Washington notes that Oregon Democrats will file President Truman as a candidate in the state's May 1952 presidential primary after a briefing with Monroe Sweetland. Sweetland said the call reflected overwhelming Oregon support for Truman's reelection and noted petitions are already circulating for Douglas and Kefauver.
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Oregon
Truman
Washington
Monroe Sweetland
Sweetland
White House
Oregonian
Trunan
Douglas
Illinois
Kefauver
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
California
Thye
R-Minn
Minnesota
Cain
Wash
Nine Die In Weekend Virginia Wrecks
Virginia's traffic toll rose to 571 as nine people died in weekend crashes. Victims included Cecil Roosevelt Sands 21 of Lawsonville North Carolina killed near Stuart on U S Route 58, Roy Lewis Preston 27 of King NC killed on U S Route 52 north of Hillsville, and 29 month old Rufus Jacen Hamilton Jr of Pulaski County who died after a car plunged over a bank near Radford Three others were injured and John Alfred Parnell 43 of Radford was hospitalized in serious condition. Four more deaths occurred Saturday including Edward Forehand 55 of Chuckatuck John Henry Baugh 35 of Salem Clara Harris 49 of West Point and Georg Edward Henry 31 of Ruby SC. Forehand died after being struck at the intersection of U S Routes 13 and 17 four miles south of Portsmouth. Baugh died when a car ran off the road near Roanoke. Harris died in a Richmond hospital after a collision. Henry died on U S Route 1 in Brunswick County. Two New England men William Brady 25 of New London Conn and Robert Lamphear 20 of Westerly RI were killed Friday night on U S Route 13 in Accomack County.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Cecil Roosevelt Sands
Lawsonville
N. C
Roy Lewis Preston
King
Rufus Jacen Hamilton, Jr
Pulaski County
Sands
Patrick County
Stuart Preston
Hillsville
Carroll County
Hamilton
Radford
John Alfred Parnell
Edward M. Forehand
Chuckatuck
John Henry Baugh
Salem
Clara Harris
West Point
Georg Edward Henry
Ruby
Roanoke
Harris
Richmond
Henry
Brunsewick County
McKenny
New England
William Francis Brady
New London
Conn
Robert
Lamphear
Westerly
U.S Route 13
Accomack County
Metropolitan
Bath
Competition Is Tough on Apples
Victor H. M. Joseph of New York president of the International Apple Association told a convention of IAA members from 35 states that competition from hormones cold tablets and miracle pills threatens the industry. He urged a national apple selling campaign and asked where a better vitamin package than fresh apples and other fruits exists.
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New York
Victor H. M. Joseph
International Apple Association
IAE
Joseph
Elimination of All Christian Churches Seen Red China Goal
Report from Peiping claims the Red China regime aims to remove all foreign Christian churches except the Reform Church. It cites arrests of Catholic missionaries including Rev. Harold Rigney and the seizure of 12 of Peiping’s 17 Catholic parishes.
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China
Hong Kong
Red China
Reform Church
Peiping
Red Capital
Harold Rigney
Chicago
Rigney
Catholic Fujen University
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Nam Il
Pee Dee River Bridge
Molden Youngster
Phillip Fowle
Miss
Hopewell
J. J. Temple
Temple
Grand Jury
Ligon L. Jones
Judge Temple
Battle
Janes
All Mission
Catholic Church
Anthony Riberi
Monaca
Italy
Nanking
Francis Ford
Brooklyn
N. Y
Kaying
Kwangtung
Canton
Patalone Laccio
Changsha
Hunan
Frederick Melendro
Anking
Anhwei
Cuthbert Ogara
Yuanling
Eugene Fahy
Yanchow
Kiangsu
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