Odd cucumber puzzles Winchester youths at school lunch
Two Winchester boys Denny Mitchell and Jimmy Bowen study a snake shaped cucumber grown by Gene Brown on Jordan Spring Road. It drew attention at Mrs Mary Koons lunchroom on East Clifford Street where it was shown before classes resume at John Kerr School.
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Winchester
Gene Brown
Jordan Spring Road
Mary Koons
E. Clifford Street
Denny Mitchell
S. Cameron Street
Jimmy Bowen
John Kerr School
North Korea Air Attacks Hit Key Supply Routes
AP reports Communist shells threatening the Pohang Angang route while Allies keep the Taegu supply line open. North Korea presses along the Naktong and Nam rivers as American artillery and air power strike back, including B 29 missions targeting Songjin's steel plant.
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Kigye
Pohang-Angang
Taegu
Nam River
Masan
Uth Coast
Pusan
Ngjin
South Korea
Britain Rejects Matthews War for Peace Idea
Britain united in rejection of a proposal to use a creative war to compel cooperation for peace. The U S State Department repudiated the statement and a Foreign Office spokesman said Britain leans to the U S view. French Defense Minister Jules Moch criticized Matthews' suggestion in a Friday speech.
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London
Britain
West
U. S. Navy
Francis Matthews
U. S. State Department
Matthews
Kesman
U. S. Te Department
Ancis Matthews
Deense
Jules Moch
Cartoon Carnival winners win Porky Pig watches at Capitol Theater
Forty children attended the Cartoon Carnival at the Capitol Theater Saturday morning and drew names for Porky Pig wrist watches. Kay Davis named the winners from the audience, including Martin Claus Ann Miller Nancy Davis Charles Lewis Jerry Purcell Richard Arnold Ramona Powell and many others. The Shoecenter provided the watches.
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Capitol Theater
Porky Pig
Kay Davis
Martin Claus
Ann Miller
Nancy Davis
Charles Lewis
Jerry Purcell
Richard Arnold
Ramona Powell
Gibson Funk
Nancy Earblright
Betty Braithwaite
Charles Calp
Wendell Whitlock
Christine Jenkins
Joette Bailey
Teddy Whietlock
Gretchen Hicks
Tommy Glass
Ronny Rush
George Resseguie
Janet Browning
Shirley Kelchner
Billy Nirfield
Daniel Rainsberger
Ary Lee Molden
Marshall Crison
Gary Calvin Cain
Lamon Johnson
Jane Moyer
Billy Merson
III
Shoecenter
Evidence Found Of Russian Weapons Supplying Koreans
The Army reports new evidence of Russian shipments of fighting equipment to North Korea after 1949. Prisoners and UN observers corroborate claims of Russian weapons deliveries late in 1950 including 122 mm and 76 mm artillery and 120 heavy tanks from Dairen.
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Washington
Opment
North Korea
Pentagon
Soviet
Russia
United Nations
Dairen
U.S
50 000 Harvester Workers on Strike
Nearly 50 000 workers at 19 International Harvester plants nationwide walked out. The United Electrical Workers ordered 27 000 members on strike in 11 plants, halting farm equipment production. CIO United Auto Workers had shut eight more Harvester plants since Thursday, with Gerald Fielde calling the move a brazen double cross.
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Chicago
International Harvester Company
United Electrical Workers
Harvester
CIO
United Auto Workers
FEUE
Gerald Fielde
Harvester Council
Winchester Stores to Close Wednesdays at Noon
Winchester stores will close at noon on Wednesday June 21 and will remain closed each Wednesday at noon through September 1. Weeks with special events may alter hours. Store managers urge customers to plan shopping accordingly.
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Winchester
Visitors From Haifa Inspect Winchester Sewage Plant
Haifa Israel sanitary engineer A Erlich visited the Winchester plant on Friday to study sewage disposal methods. He toured grit removal equipment with W Cain and G R Talcott while Alexander Potter Associates plans Israel's future plant design and M H Klegerman prepares to travel to Haifa in October to assist construction.
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Haifa
Winchester
A. Erlich
Israel
W. Cain
Alexander Potter Associates
New York
N. Y
Mr. Erlich
G. R. Talcott
State Health Department
Samuel H. Reaves
Winchester Water and Sewer Department
Erlich
United States
Department of Health
Mediterranean Sea
M. H. Klegerman
New York Concern
Women Medics May Get Commissions
The Army offers Reserve commissions to women medical specialists who volunteer for active duty. Women physicians and medical specialists would receive commissions from first lieutenant to colonel based on age, experience, and qualifications, with pay and benefits equal to male officers. They would serve in all medical facilities except forward combat zones. Some served in World War II. commissions expired after hostilities.
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Washington
Army
Canada Remains Rail Strike Bound as Gov Delays Action
Ottawa reports the rail strike continues with talks collapsed after the weekend. The government plans no new steps until a special parliamentary session Tuesday to consider emergency legislation, following a personal report to Prime Minister Louis St Laurent from union leaders.
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Ottawa
Canada
Louis St. Laurent
Cleveland Municipal Airport Leads U.S. in Daily Landings Volume
Cleveland Municipal Airport ranks first nationwide by daily usage based on landings. It reported 318,597 landings last year, including 93,669 transports carrying 1,302,000 passengers.
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Cleveland
Ohio
United States
Cleveland Municipal Airport
Shirley Bly Reports From State Meeting
Shirley Bly returns from the Quarterly State Work Conference of the Virginia State Junior Chamber of Commerce held in Petersburg. She will report at the Winchester JCC luncheon at 12 15 p m Friday at the George Washington Hotel. Bly, a state vice president, says local Jaycees placed third in Class B for external projects with the Winchester prize for sponsoring the soap box derby. The Petersburg meeting set a 1951 goal to plant 400 000 tree seedlings, 10 000 per local Jaycee unit, across 42 organizations.
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Shirley Bly
Virginia State Junior Chamber of Commerce
Petersburg
Winchester Jcc
George Washington Hotel
Bly
Jaycees
Winchester
State
JCC
Day Nursery Wins Building Permit for 60 by 40 Structure
The Winchester Day Nursery Inc receives a building permit for a single story concrete block building 60 by 40 at 380 Woodstock Lane on land bought from Virginia Woolen Co. Mrs Elizabeth E Arthur vice president signs the permit app, estimated cost 8500 dollars.
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Winchester Day Nursery, Inc
Woodstock Lane
Virginia Woolen Co
Elizabeth 8. Arthur
Beekeepers Short Course Postponed in Charlottesville
The beekeepers short course scheduled for September 7 in Charlottesville has been postponed due to the gravity of the polio situation. County Agent I. Fred Stine announced the delay.
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Charlottesville
I. Fred Stine
MacArthur Settlement Sparks Editors’ Independent Judgement
Ross declined to advise other papers on MacArthur withdrawal and urged editors to follow their own judgment. He noted a weekend speech by Secretary Matthews on preventive war, disavowed by the State Department, and said President Truman spoke with Matthews by telephone. that incident is closed as well.
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Ross
Matthews
United States
State Department
Truman
New Social Security Coverage Estimates For Winchester Area
Nelson projects in Winchester area about 6 549 self employed non farm workers 3 980 farm workers 2 085 private home workers and 1 431 nonprofit staff plus 1 380 state and local government employees might gain coverage if the state opts in The new law also lowers qualification to age 65 with six quarters of coverage making about 750 000 older Americans eligible nationwide Many aged persons may claim benefits without long employment histories.
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Nelson
Winchester
United States
Social Security participation terms for government workers
The text explains that participation is optional for employees and requires two-thirds to elect to participate. State and local government employees may obtain Social Security coverage on an optional basis, but state governments must initiate participation if they choose. An estimated 2,505,000 people are involved.
Social Security reviews old claims for possible benefits
Nelson said many aged residents who once failed to qualify may now be eligible. The Social Security office has reviewed records for weeks and will send letters notifying claim renewals where benefits may be payable.
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Nelson
Social Security Office
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Carmelette
Loudoun St
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Anderson
E. Boscawen St
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Passar Seue
Winchester Business College
W. Boscawen
Hodgson & Brown
W. Boscawen St
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