Legion chief cites universal training and Korea evacuation
E L Klingstein, chairman of Virginia American Legion Foreign Relations, urges full mobilization and universal military training. He calls for using the atomic bomb only for military targets, brands Russia as No 1 world aggressor, and says Russia and satellites should be ousted from the United Nations. In Appomattox, Appomattox Garment Co seeks an injunction to halt a wildcat strike with 49 of 350 workers crossing picket lines. union from Baltimore supplied pickets, and the company and union had a new week-old contract granting $2 weekly raise.
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Harrisonburg
Korea
E. L. Klingstein
Virginia American Legion
China
Klingstein
Legion Committee
State Department
Russia
United Nations
Appomattox
Appomattox Garment Company
George Abbitt
Joel Flood
Virginia
Robert Englander
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
AFL
Baltimore
Englander
Wage Boost Under New Deal Contract Lock-in
The current contract runs until December 31, 1952, with a wage boost attached. This agreement sets pay increases and terms for the remainder of the period and outlines implementation timelines for affected workers.
Ike Seeks Readiness as Young Men Face Call to Service
President Eisenhower told soldiers at a camp with General Mark W. Clark that all young men may be called back to service and urged rigorous training. He warned there is no true peace and stressed unity of a free United States as the strongest force, addressing the 43rd Infantry Division and other units.
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Eisehower
Mark W. Clark
Army Field Forces
United States
43Rd Infantry Division
Roanoke Opens Second Regional Blood Center
Roanoke hosts the dedication of a new second regional blood center presented to the city. Vice Admiral Ross T. McIntire, director of the National Red Cross Blood Program, leads ceremonies forecasting great civilian and military benefit as transfusions save countless lives.
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Roanoke
Virginia
Ross T. McIntire
National Red Cross Blood Program
Judge Tavenner to Be Buried Saturday in Woodstock
Funeral services are set for Saturday in Woodstock for Frank S. Tavenner Sr. 84 former Shenandoah County Judge and State Senator who died yesterday. Honorary pallbearers will be Shenandoah County bar members at Woodstock Methodist Church. Burial follows in the Tavenner family plot at Massanutten Cemetery. Tavenner served as county judge from 1898 to 1904 and later as State Senator until 1916.
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Woodstock
Frank
Tavenner
Shenandoah County
Woodstock Methodist Church
Massanutten Cemetery
Senate
Commission weighs higher minimum price for milk in region
The Norfolk Portsmouth Suffolk Smithfield dairy market considers raising the minimum price to 24 cents per quart from 22. Virginia Tech dairy specialist R G Connelly says producers incur costs of 6.10 per unit to produce. Distributors seek half of any increase. A hearing shifts to Newport News for price structure in the Newport News Williamsburg area.
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Norfolk- Portsmouth- Suffolk - Smithfield
R.G. Connelly
Virginia Tech
Newport News
Newport News-Williamsburg
Negro School Group To Seek Full Membership
The Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, a Negro organization, will press to join the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Dr. T. H. Henderson of Virginia Union University said the rejection is not final and a special committee will study the request with a companion ACSS committee to cooperate in the process.
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Richmond
Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
T. H. Henderson
Virginia Union University
ACSS
Southern Association
Henderson
SACCS Study Committee Rejects Most Negro School Accredits Georgia High Schools
The SACCS heard from its Study Committee that most Negro schools failed accreditation requirements and recommended rejecting the membership request. Separately the Southern Association accredited 158 Georgia high schools while authorizing review of political interference charges in Georgia’s school system. The association plans to meet December 26 next year in St Petersburg Florida.
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SACCS
Southern Association
Georgia
Association
St. Petersburg
Fla
Elizabeth Taylor And Nick Hilton Separate After Seven Months
Elizabeth Taylor and Nick Hilton endure a temporary separation after seven months of marriage. Rumors swirl about reconciliations before Christmas as Taylor shops in Beverly Hills and Hilton’s whereabouts remain uncertain. The starlet, 18, returns to MGM for Love Is Better Than Ever while publicity from Europe Honeymoon reportedly strained the marriage.
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Hollywood
Elizabeth Taylor
Nick Hilton
Liz
Nick
Conrad Hilton
el Paso
Mary Saxon
New York
Scion
Stunner
Santa Monica
Beverly Hills
MGM _ studio
Tevalt 80 Dies in Winchester Hospital
C A Tevalt 80 of Marlboro Frederick County died at 3 10 am in Winchester Memorial Hospital after a weeklong illness He was born July 1 1870 in Frederick County a former Mine Bank merchant later a Klinere Middletown clerk He leaves widow Estella Stickley Tevalt a son Clarence Eugene Tevalt two grandchildren and several nieces and nephews Funeral services are at Stover Funeral Chapel Strasburg with Rev J S Peebles and burial at Mt Carmen Cemetery Middletown
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Charles Augustine Tevalt
Marlboro
Frederick County
Winchester Emorial Hospital
Joseph H
Lucinda Orndorff Tevalt
Tevalt
Mine Bank
Klinere
Middletown
Hites' Chapel Methodist Church
Estella Stickley Tevalt
Clarence Eugene Tevalt
Stover Funeral Chapel
Strasburg
Rev
J. S. Peebles
Mt. Carmen Cemetery
First heavier-than-air flights in Europe by Santos-Dumont
In 1905 Alberto Santos-Dumont from Sao Paulo Brazil built two experimental airplanes and achieved the first flights in Europe in 1906 during September October and November.
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Europe
Alberto Santos-Dumont
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Milk Producers Warn of Losses in Norfolk Hearing
J. W. Halstead testified before the State Milk Commission that 110 producers in the Norfolk area supply about 100000 gallons of milk daily and threaten to quit making milk unless price hikes are approved. The hearing featured requests from producers for higher prices to cover losses.
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Norfolk
State Milk Commission
J. W. Halstead
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