Allied Guards Kill 48 POWs in Korea Riot
Allied guards killed 82 mutinous Communist prisoners and wounded 120 on Pongam Island in a major Koran War riot. Col. C.V. Cadwell praised Lt. Col. George Miller for prompt restraint as U.N. troops faced rock throwing prisoners.
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USAN
Korea
Pongam Island
Allied
Prisoner of War Command
Col
C.V. Cadwell
Pongam
Koje Island
George P. Miller
Miller
U. N
I Reds
Cadwell
Koje
Mark Clark
U. N. Far
Sub Freezing Weather Grips South as Northeast Sees Snow
Sub freezing temperatures dominated the South with Gordonsville Virginia at 10 below zero and Pensacola Florida in the high 20s, while Northeast storms dumped up to 22 inches in Vermont and 12 inches in parts of New York. The weekend system disrupted travel and communications across New England and Buffalo area, causing 22 deaths nationwide.
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Canada
Gordonsville
Pensicola
Fla
Florida
New England
Buffalo
N. Y
Vermont
New York State
Weather Bureau
Great Plains
49 Killed When River Breaks Through Mine
Forty nine miners are trapped and presumed killed after a river breached a 400 foot deep shaft at United Parade Mining Co in the Philippines. J W Strapler said the mine is flooded and survival is impossible. this stands as the Philippines' worst mining disaster on record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Philippines
United Parade Mining Co
J. W. Strapler
Hodgson & Brown
Clearbrook Hall
Stonewall
White Swan
Virginia Traffic Toll Near 900 for 1952
The 1952 Virginia highway death count nears 900, likely below the 1951 total barring more holiday fatalities. Nine more names were added over the weekend including five sailors in a bus collision in Middlesex County and five other deaths across Giles County Norfolk Dinwiddie and Princess Anne.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Old Dominion
Middlesex County
Giles County
William Lee Echols
Pembroke
Sherman Aliff
Narrows
Echols
Giles
Clyde Midgette
East Ocean View
Hattie Davis
Norfolk
Girl Scout Leaders Get Thank Badges
Mrs Ralph Larson Girl Scout Commissioner for 1953 and Mise Helen Massey retiring Commissioner received thank badges at the Girl Scout Adult Appreciation Luncheon held Saturday at 12:45 p.m. in the George Washington Hotel. The luncheon featured music from the new Girl Scout Choir under W E Butten, and a blessing by Eugene Cooper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Larson
Mise Helen Massey
George Washington Hotel
Lamb to Succeed Joyner as DMV Commissioner
Governor Battle named Chester Hudson Lamb acting commissioner of the Division of Motor Vehicles effective January He will replace Crawley F Joyner who resigned December 31 after 30 years service Lamb a 46 year old Richmond native has spent 20 years with the DMV rising from mailing room clerk to deputy commissioner Married to Mildred Jenkins Lamb he is the son of Mrs Dean Inge Lamb and the late Coultey C Lamb Also noted is an advertisement for Christmas trees and local meat market listings.
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Richmond
Battle
Chester Hudson Lamb
Division of
Eer Vehicles
Lamb
Crawley F Joyner
Motor Vehicles
Bureau of Vehicles
Dean Inge Lamb
Coultey C. Lamb
Mildred Jenkins
Salisbury
N. C
Roebuck and CO
Ike Maps Positive Program for Peace in Korea
President-elect Eisenhower returns to New York ready to map positive programs to speed a satisfactory Korea peace. He cautions no simple formula exists and urges patience foresight and common sense, while signaling possible talks with Gen. Douglas MacArthur.
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Ike
Korea
Relman Morin
New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
LaGuardia Field
Truman Warns Against Efforts To Regulate Mind and Spirit
President Truman cautioned that liberty faces danger not only from Communism but from calls to regulate the mind and spirit. He spoke at the National Archives dedication for the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights, noting the shrine seals and a 20 ton safe for protection. He warned against hysteria and warned that embracing Communist methods would be a moral disaster that could kill the Constitution and the Declaration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
National Archives
Library of Congress
Reds strike at 3 Heights on Korean Front
Chinese forces attacked Pinpoint Hill Rocky Point and Triangle Hill on the central Korean front amid rain and snow. They overran two outposts but ROK counterattacks recaptured the main position. The action included a large push on Triangle Hill and multiple sorties at Rocky Point, with allied air forces engaging MIGs and targeting militia facilities near Pyongyang.
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George A. McArthur
Seoul
Pinpoint Hill
Rocky Point
Triangle Hill
Republic of Korea
Roks
Sniper Ridge
Eighth Army
Big
Little Nori
Korea
U. S
Kyomipo
Pyongyang
Supreme Court Invalidates Oklahoma Loyalty Oath Law
The Supreme Court struck down Oklahoma's loyalty oath law for penalizing individuals who may have joined subversive organizations innocently.
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Washington
The
Supreme Court
Oklahoma
Godfrey Miller Home to Open in Grace Church Vicinity
Grace Lutheran Church announced plans to open the Godfrey Miller Home for women on June 1 1953 under supervising director Mrs J George Baetjer The home at 28 South Loudoun Street will house 15 residents in a renovated 1800s stone house funded by gifts from B F Davis Joseph P Miller and others The dedication will parallel Grace Church bicentennial year activities with a 14 room facility and a mixed board of directors including Rev William Eisershower Ralph P Yount and Joseph P Miller
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Godfrey Miller
J. George Baetjer
Grace Lutheran Church
William E. Eisenberg
Margaretta Miller
S. Loudoun St
B. F. Davis
Davis
Joseph P. Miller
C. E. Aulick
Grace Church
Baetijer
Wilmington
N. C
Roanoke
Baetjer
William Eisershower
Ralph P. Yount
Robert K. Woltz
Mary Katherine Aulick
E. Homer Harlee
Prederick M. Ritter
John G. Posbrin
R. F. Cline
Richard P. Lucas
Red China Rejects UN Peace Plan Over Prisoner Repatriation
Peiping denounces the U N peace appeal based on the Indian plan for prisoner repatriation as illegal and unfair and demands immediate resumption of truce talks at Panmunjom along lines proposed by the Soviet union. Chou En Lai repeats call for unconditional speedy and total repatriation.
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Tokyo
Red China Today
Korea
United Nations
India
Peiping
Chou En-lai
U. N. General Assembly
Panmunjom
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Chou
Leste B. Pearson
Canada
U. N. Assembly
Pearson
U. N
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Sweden
Switzerland
Red China
North Korea
Record Blood Drive Hits High Donor Total at VFW Clinic
The VFW and Auxiliary sponsored a Red Cross Blood Donor Clinic attracting 186 donors in peacetime drive as 198 showed, with 12 medical rejections. Total pints reach 4052, from 1925 donors since 1948. locals and industries contribute, including National Fruit and Virginia Woolen. Six joined the Gallon Club.
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Priday
Red Cross
Veterans of Foreign Wars
W. F. W. Auxiliary
Howard Cahill
Red Cross Blood Donor Project
Peace Time Project
Phil Hollis
Earl Crowser
Robert Dailey
Jack Fretwell
Robert Fuller
Eugene Grant
Mike Grow
John Hoover
Robert Kellas
Bud Lewis
Bill Louthan
John Janzer
Philip Barnhart
Marion Bayliss
Nat Brown
Oscar Bywaters
Dick Eddy
Douglas Butler
Elmer Lauck
Elmer Kline
Warren Blodget
Dick Lineburg
Arthur Spaid
Ellwood Willey
Dallas Fogle
Kenneth Lineburg
John MecKown
Harold Patton
Bloodmobile Project
Joe Costanzo
Miller Saffell
Elsie McCormick
Shenandoah County
West Virginia
National Fruit
Super Service
O'Sullivan
Brakeblok
Virginia Woolen
Novick Transfer
Gallon Club
John W. Ebert
Margaret Schmidt
May Fritts
Richard K. Eddy
Lewis Sends 10000 Dollars to Help Strike in Japan
John L. Lewis sent a $10,000 check to support the nationwide strike of Japan's Federation of Coal Miners Unions. Akira Tanaka announced receipt as the government ordered a 50 day suspension. Dick Deverall of the AFL Bureau in Japan said Lewis was asked to back the strikers after inspecting Hokkaido. The Asahi noted miners might ignore the suspension and the walkout has curtailed industry and transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
John L. Lewis
Japan
Federation of Coal Miners
Akira Tanaka
United Mine Workers of America
Dick Deverall
American Federation of Labor Bureau
Associated Press
Lewis
Hokkaido
Asahi
Grommet Reefer Breaks in Half at Leghorn Harbor
The 3,800 ton U S Navy refrigerator ship Grommet Reefer ran aground in heavy seas at Leghorn harbor with 40 aboard. Rescue efforts saved three, others exposed and hospitalized. The stern settled on rocks while the bow drifted, breaking the ship in two.
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Leghorn
Italy
Leghorn Harbor
Carl F. Trendler
Bellaire
Wormsly
Philadelphia
George Jackson
Georgia
U. S
A. F. White
New Jersey
Trendler
U. S. Navy
Sea Transportation Service
New York
Casablanca
Treudler
Brooks Pharmacy Sells To Beavers After 29 Years
Samuel C. Brooks retires from Brooks Pharmacy at 12 E Piccadilly St Winchester after 29 years. Francis C. Beavers, longtime associate, will acquire stock, equipment and Rexall franchise and move into the corner store at Piccadilly and Cameron Streets after January 1 1953. Beavers plans to expand the prescription department and continue Brooks policy serving customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel C. Brooks
Brooks’ Pharmacy
E. Piccadilly St
Rexall
Francis C. Beavers
Brooks
Beavers
Piccadilly and
Cameron Sts
Wallace J. Lutz
Watson
Iron-Nerved Airman Saves B-29 Crew
Airman First Class Ernest P. Gooris crawled into the bomb bay during a North Korea mission in 40 below temperatures and defused a live bomb on a time fuse in eight seconds risking the B 29 crew of 13 as they headed home to Okinawa. The act prevented a possible in-flight explosion and loss of the aircraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Air Force
Okinawa
North Korea
Ernest P. Gooris
Glassport
Gooris
Christmas Parade Opens Local Holiday Season
Tonight Santa leads a parade at 6 45 p m from the George Washington Garage to the Plaza followed by candy and a program in front of the courthouse. The event will be broadcast on WINC as Winchester stores stay open 9 to 9 for Christmas shoppers with special hours on December 24.
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Santa Claus
Santa
Associatn
WINC
Winchester
George Washington
N. Loudoun St
Loudoun
Boscawen St
Boscawen
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