Chambers Quits Magazine Post Amid Espionage Probe
Whittaker Chambers resigns as Time senior editor as Mrs. Priscilla Hiss testifies before a grand jury probing communist spying. Chambers cites nine years fighting communism and exposes espionage as the reason for his departure. Alger Hiss denies charges as the inquiry resumes.
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New York
Whittaker Chambers
Timemag
Tony
Priscilla Hiss
Alger Hiss
Federal Building
Time Magaine
Espionag
Time
Pumpkin Papers Hidden for a Decade in Brooklyn Dumb Waiter
Congress investigative leaders report that the so-called pumpkin papers lay for ten years in a Brooklyn dumb waiter shaft. Nathan L. Levine, a Brooklyn lawyer and Mrs. Whittaker Chambers’s nephew, identified the microfilm copies as secret government documents. The committee seeks to halt public publicity as the grand jury probes the matter and names suspect No. 3 in Appleton, Wisconsin. Alger Hiss is named suspect No. 1 and subpoena rumors circulate in New York.
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Chambers
James A. Linen
Blisher
Time
Alger Hiss
Washington
Congressinal
Brooklyn
Nathan L. Levine
Whittaker Chambers
Maryland
New York
Justice Department
Levine
Appleton
Wis
National Bureau of Standards
State Department
Hiss
House
Grand Jury
Fellowship Club Bundle Drive Seeks City Help
The Winchester JBT leads a Sunday bundle drive 2 to 5 p m to fill Christmas baskets for the less fortunate. Citizens should place clothing bed clothes and canned goods on curbs or front porches for pickup by trucks manned by Jaycees and Boy Scouts delivering to Fellowship headquarters opening Monday at the old Cooper building corner Loudoun and Piccadilly.
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Fellowship Club
Winchester Jbt
Jaycees
Boy Scouts
Fellowship
Cooper Oil and Merchandise Co
Loudoun
Piccadilly
Capital Theatre
Howard Melton
JET
Wiliam Ligon
Shirley Bly
Jack Henshall
Cold Wave Brings Subzero Temps Across Dakotas to Ohio Valley
A pre winter cold wave sends readings down to 25 below at Pembina North Dakota and below zero across eastern Dakotas Minnesota Wisconsin and Iowa. The cold air extends to the Ohio Valley with lower readings forecast in the eastern North Central region as snow accompanies the cold across the Great Lakes area.
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Chicago
North Central States
Pembina
N. D
Dakotas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Ohio Valley
Great Lakes
Gun-toting pupil expelled after accidental shot
Dewey Carpenter Jr., 17, wounded in the arm by a classmate at Handley High School, was reported in satisfactory condition. The shooter, Jack Bowman, 15, was charged with unlawful discharge of firearms in a public school and carrying a concealed weapon and expelled from Winchester schools.
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Dewey Carpenter Jr
Handley
Carpenter
Jack Bowman
S. Loudoun St
J. Thomas Boyd
Bowman
Hattie C. Bowman
Dewey Carpenter Sr
S. Kent St
Garland Quarles
Winchester Schools
Eloise Strader
Quarles
Yuetide Mail Rush Starting Says Postmaster
Winchester postmaster warns of the annual Christmas mail deluge as cancellations rise from 10 000 daily to 12 000 and peak at 70 000 to 80 000 a day. Citizens urged to mail ready cards and gifts on Monday and Tuesday and to mail between 9 10 am or 1 30 3 30 pm to avoid crowds.
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Winchester Postal
Carl Campbell
Campbell
Gainesboro
Winchester
Bayliss
Patterson
Ebert
Bessie Teets
Bailey Brothers
Truman Margin Narrows With 49.5 Percent Win
National totals show Truman 49.5 percent with 24,104,836 votes and Dewey 21,969,500 as electors meet to cast ballots. Thurmond and others also tally, while overall turnout near 49.6 million presidential votes amid rising eligible voters. Major state races drew more than the national total.
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Washington
Associated Press
Senate
Truman
Tennessee
J. Strom Thurmond
Thomas E. Dewey
Thurmond
Dewey
Henry A. Wallace
Norman Thomas
Claude A. Watson
Edward A. Teichert
Farrell Dobbs
Martial Law Proclaimed Across Most of China as Crisis Deepens
Chiang Kai-shek extended martial law to all nationalist held territory except western provinces and Formosa amid civil war. Red forces threaten Nanking and Peiping while communications are targeted behind the Hwai river. Planes grounded by bad weather complicate relief for encircled government troops north of Hwai.
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Nanking
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Formosa
Peiping
Hwai
Nankine
Yangtze
Nanng
East China
Suchow
Pengpu
Shanghai
Sheng Pao
12Th
Fu Tso-yi
Pieping
Tientsin
Virginia Five Day Weather Outlook December 11 15
The outlook shows temperatures about two degrees below normal with cooler days over the weekend and warmer air by Monday and Tuesday. A storm system brings rain likely Sunday and again Tuesday or Wednesday with total precipitation around half an inch.
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Virginia
Watch Trade-In Sale At The Jewel Box In Winchester
Large selection of Diamond Watches for men and women priced 125 to 750. Trade in your old watch and receive up to 200. Location 153 N Loudoun St Winchester with shop notices. Also listings for Maiden Form bras at Wiener’s 128 N Main and local wood for sale with contact numbers. Includes a Market Street Methodist Church food and rummage sale notice for Saturday morning December 11.
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N. Loudoun St
Winchester
Wiener
N. Main
Women Lose Out By a Nose Says Hollywood Medico
Hollywood surgeon Dr Robert Franklyn says many spinsters he reshaped noses for married within four years. He notes only one out of 47 remained single and argues men seek a wife whose nose will suit their children.
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Hollywood
Robert Franklyn
Franklyn
Dr. Franklyn
Cost of Living Squeeze Cuts Christmas Sales Skids
The Federal Reserve Board reports department store sales have fallen for five straight weeks, the longest decline since the war, with only 13 shopping days left before Christmas. Inflation worries hit low income shoppers, as specials appear across ads and last minute sales hope to revive demand. Business loans and real estate loans also eased in late November, signaling softer spending and lending.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
FRB
Federal Reserve
Girl's Slayer Gets 10-year Penal Term
Duncan Livingstone, 25, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of his girlfriend Shirley Will, 18, who had been strangled. He was sentenced to 10 years in the penitentiary after driving around with her body and attempting suicide near Aberdeen.
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Baltimore
Duncan Livingstone
Livingstone
Shirley Will
Aberdeen
Hickens
B & S Poultry Coo
Baylis suit seeks 100000 damages from gas company
Raylass Department Stores sues Consumers Utilities Co. for 100000 after a June 23 Winchester blast killed one and injured many. The complaint cites negligent gas piping, lack of odorant, and failure to inspect or remove defective lines as causes, naming CUC of Harrisonburg Virginia. The case follows another similar suit filed by C.J. Owens, whose son died in the explosion.
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Raylass Department Stores, Inc
Consumers Utilities Co
Winchester
Bayliss
Virginia
Arrisonburg
C. J. Owens
Lawrence
Baylass
CUC
Kern and Kern
Sands Marks and Sands
Corporation Court
Consumers Utilities
Owens
Loudoun St
Bayliss Bldg
Harrisonburg
National group blasts Washington segregation policy
A national committee on segregation in the nation's capital denounces Washington's treatment of Negroes as a blot on America's freedom. The 91 page illustrated report says segregation is more entrenched in D C today than a half century ago and damages the U S image abroad. Leaders include Dr George N Shuster Hunter College, Bishop G Bromley Oxnam, Marshall Field Palmer Hoyt Melvyn Douglas Helen Hayes James B Carey Walter Reuther Hubert Humphrey and Eleanor Roosevelt.
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Washington
America
Hunter
National Committee On
George N. Shuster
Hunter College
New York
G. Bromley Oxnam
Marshall Field
Palmer Hoyt
Melvyn Douglas
Helen Hayes
James B. Carey
Walter Reuther
Hubert Humphrey
D.minn
Eleanor Roosevelt
Virginia official opposes sales tax for education funds
L. M. Walker Jr, Virginia agriculture commissioner and Gov. Tuck’s cabinet member, denounces a state sales tax. He warns farmers and others would bear the burden even with farm-education exemptions as the League of Virginia Counties presses for a special legislative session amid a projected 396 million dollar school building plan.
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Richmond
Education Department
Walker
Virginia
League of Virginia Counties
G. Ayler Miller
Churchill urges Britain to recognize Israel
Winston Churchill urged Britain to end her sulky boycott of Israel and told the House of Commons the government should not ignore the new Jewish state. He praised Anglo American unity and Eisenhower while defending the North Atlantic Pact and urging settlement of the Palestine issue.
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London
Winston Churchill
Britain
Israel
House of Commons
Palestine
House
Tel Aviv
United States
Russia
V. S
Churchill
Gen
Eisenhower
Eisehower
Europe
Hotel Fire Forces 150 to Flee in Freezing Chicago
An extra alarm fire at the Hubbard hotel, a six story, 208 room building in Chicago, forced more than 150 guests into the cold. No fatalities. Fire Chief Anthony Mullaney reported one smoke inhalation case and a 61 year old man overcome by smoke. Estimated damage set at $100,000.
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Chicago
Hubbard
Anthony Mullaney
British Dentists Profit Under National Health Service
In Britain under the nationalized health service dentists have surged into high earnings with many clearing around 48 000 dollars yearly. The Health Ministry plans cuts, proposing limits to incomes above 4 200 pounds, while the British Dental Association says costs run higher and many dentists work long hours to meet demand.
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Britain
London
Bevan
Timates
Health Ministry
British Dental Assn
L. C. Atkins
Public Dental Service Assn
Deatal Association
Stop the Music Also Stops Bergen Retirement Tilt
Edgar Bergen will retire from radio after the December 26 broadcast to study television and program trends. He cites radio and TV as an evolving industry and notes a lack of entertainment value in Stop the Music that draws listeners away from better shows.
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Hollywood
Edgar Bergen
Charlie McCarthy
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Richard Bryant
Lockwood
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