Peninsula Probes Third Death by Own Action
Newport News reports a seaman Arthur James Manice of Old Westbury Long Island found dead in a downtown hotel room with a pistol and a six page note. Fort Eustis is probing two soldiers’ apparent crises including Sgt Milton Freeman who died after a self inflicted wound in an apartment above the base.
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Newport News
Arthur James Manice
Old Westdry
Long Island
Manice
Fort Eustis
Milton
D. Freeman
Hancesville
Ala
Beman
Freeman
714Th
Camp Breckenridge
Military Reservation
Pete Luppino
Yakima
Wash
Hangme
Luppino
Transportation Center
Bell Elected Vice President of District 6
M H Bell Harrisonburg superintendent of schools was elected vice-president of District G of the Virginia Education Association to fill the unexpired year remaining after FE Browning Handley High School Winchester died in October. New District 6 officers take office January 1 1952 with Robert A McChesney Fisherville president Bell vice president Margaret Grabill Woodstock secretary treasurer. Retiring officers are Edvin E Will Warm Springs president and Mary Lou McCudheon Harrisonburg secretary treasurer. Both served three six year terms and declined another term.
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Harrisonburg
M. H. Bell
Virginia Education Association
FE. P. Browning
Handley High School
Winchester
District 6
Robert A. McChesney
Fishersville
Margaret Grabill
Woodstock
Edvin E. Will
Warm Springs
Mary Lou McCudheon
Harrisonbure
New Antimalarial Drug Used by Army
Tokyo reports the Far East Command says a new drug, Primaquine, is given to all troops returning from Korea aboard ships even if asymptomatic. The Army plans wider use across services as medical officers claim it cures Korean-type malaria in most cases.
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Tokyo
Far East
United States
Korea
King Idriss Proclaims Libya Independence in Western World Pact
Libya's pro West king Mohammed Idriss el Senussi proclaims independence of the former Italian colony. U N commission helped shape it after two years of prep as Wheelus Field air activity continues and Western powers discuss troop permissions and treaties with the new kingdom.
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Libya
Mohammed Idriss el Senussi
Italy
Uni Nations Assembly
U. N
Adrian Peit
Holland
Idriss I
Wheelus Field
U. S
Tripoli
Britain
France
Fezzan
United Kingdom
OPS to Protect Armed Forces
The Office of Price Stabilization and the Defense Department created a government committee to curb overcharging on military purchases including planes tanks and weapons. Senator Lyndon Johnson praised Army Secretary Pace for ending double inspection of food by the Quartermaster Corps and Agriculture Department.
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OPS
Defense Department
Lyndon Johnson
D-Texas
Secretary of the Army
Pace
Quartermaster Corps
Agriculture Department
Johnson
Senate Armed Services
Blind Brother Guards Bodies of Two Sisters
In Lingan Nova Scotia this weekend police found the emaciated bodies of sisters Ellen 81 and Mary 83 in a seaside cottage with their blind brother David Gracie 82 nearby. Authorities say malnutrition and exposure caused the deaths while the brother, found in critical condition, wandered the house as neighbors discovered the scene. A police dog remained the only other living presence in the four room dwelling. The Gracie family once owned extensive land in the village near New Waterford. Local neighbors were unaware of the sisters’ dire condition until a passerby alerted authorities after seeing the elder man crawling for help. The home reportedly contained only a few scant Christmas provisions and no food in the cupboard.
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Lingan
David Gracie
Ellen
Mary
David
Gracies
Cape Breton
New Waterford
Last Mexican War veteran Owen Thomas Edgar dies in 1929
R. B. A. A. Owen Thomas Edgar, the last surviving veteran of the Mexican War (1846 48), passed away in September 1929.
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Owen Thomas Edgar
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