Korean cease-fire line expires amid ominous notes in talks
The 30 day cease-fire line at Panmunjom expired with no extension plan shown. U N officials said no extension request came, while a Communist hint warned that many of 50 000 missing Allied POWs may have died. Front remains quiet as talks stalled and a possible 15 day extension loomed tentatively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munsan
Korea
U. N
Panmunjom
Adm
R. E. Libby
Palm
Washington
Matthew B. Ridgway
U S Sabres Shoot Down Two Red Jets in Korea
American Sabre jets claimed two Red jets shot down and another damaged near Heartbreak Ridge amid renewed air clashes in North Korea. The Fifth Air Force reported no American casualties as UN forces conducted counterattacks and sought to hold a captured outpost in bitter winter conditions.
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Seoul
Korea
North Korea
Fifth Air Force
Heartbreak Ridge
Fin
United Nations
U. S
Babysitting Case Is Marked Closed
In a juvenile justice matter three girls faced theft charges after stealing $18 000 from Dr Albert Covner at his home while his child was cared for. Eileen Jeffrey aged 17 received two years probation with one year at the House of the Good Shepherd. The girls used the money in New York and were later betrayed by three men in Times Square. Dr Covner killed himself weeks after the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahant
Youth Service Board
Eileen Jeffrey
House of the Good Shepherd
Albert Covner
Roberta
New York
Times Square
Injunction Sought Against Standard Drug in Richmond
A Richmond circuit court was asked to issue an injunction to bar Standard Drug Company Inc from selling cigarettes at less than cost as defined by the Virginia Unfair Sales Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Standard Drug Company, Inc
Virginia
Garbage collection moved due to holiday schedule
Plastic reader notices show January 1st holiday results in no Tuesday pickup and Friday collection instead. Local office closings listed for December 31 and January 1. Also notices about moves and closures from Molden Electric Co and Blue Cross Office and poultry marketing policy change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Molden Electric CO
Kenneth E. Henry
Blue Cross
North Braddock Street
Medical Arts
Explosions Hit Miami Area After Warnings From Dynamiters
In Miami and nearby Coral Gables two blasts occurred early today after dynamiters warned of more attacks. Police could not locate blast sites and no damage was reported. A call threatened churches, as authorities probed the incidents linked to a string of blasts since last June while Sheriff’s aides rushed to Mims after a deadly NAACP Florida coordinator shooting.
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Miami
Fia
Hialeah
Miami Springs
William G. Kimbrough
Coral Gables
J. B. Henderson
Dade County
Mims
Fla
Harry Moore
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People For
Florida
CIO Donates 10000 to Families of West Frankfort Mine Victims
The CIO provides ten thousand dollars for distribution among the families of 119 victims of the West Frankfort Illinois mine disaster. CIO President Philip Murray said the funds go through Local 1265 of the United Mine Workers of America to ease some of the suffering and called for stronger mine safety laws.
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Washington
CIO
West Frankfort
Ill
Philip Murray
United Mine Workers of America
Murray
Mine Workers Union
First Virginia Traffic Deaths Mark 1913 Record
Virginia’s first official fatal traffic case occurred near Winchester in 1913 when four year old Loring Fries was killed after a runabout hit a rock and rolled into a horse drawn wagon. The accident, witnessed by his family, was ruled an unavoidable accident. By 1951 the state had 978 automobile fatalities.
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Winchester
Virginia
Loring Abraham Fries
T. L. Fries
Holmes
James Boyce
Fries
Loring
Irwin Boyce
Fauver
Chambersville
Boyce
Loring Fries
J. B. Beverley
Commonwealth
James P. Reardon
Richmond
Gray Miller
Henry R. Miller
Civil Justice Court
Withers Addison
Medical College of Virginia
Miller
Commonwealth Club
Addison
Walter Henderson
Eddie Hedrick
Chatham
Mary Blanche Bass
Fancy Gap
Hubert C. Hilton
Mabe
Hannah Meyers
North Arlington
N. J
Herman Claiborne
Prince George County
Linda Blackford
Greenwich
Conn
Henderson
Hedrick
Bass
Carroll County
Traffic Accidents May Kill 350 Over New Year's Holiday
The National Safety Council estimated that 350 people may die in traffic accidents during the New Year holiday period ending Tuesday. Ned H. Dearborn urged a sober cautious drive, noting reduced speed and avoiding driving after drinking as key safety measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National Safety Council
Associated Press
Ned H. Dearborn
Dearborn
Stassen to Tell 1952 Plans Tonight
Harold E. Stassen plans to outline his 1952 campaign role in a Philadelphia address amid GOP hopes it will influence Dwight D. Eisenhower. The report notes labor polls favor Warren and Douglas for various party nominations and cites Stassen’s Paris meeting with Eisenhower.
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Washington
Harold E. Stassen
GOP
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Stassen
Philadelphia
Humphrey
D-Minn
Truman
International Association of Machinists
AFL
American Labor Union
Earl Warren
California
Warren
Machinists
Douglas Ofllinois
Eisenhower
University of Pennsylvania
Minnesota
Paris
Middletown Yale Decoration Contest Winners Announced
Middletown Mayor C.S. Hartman announced winners of the Christmas decorating contest. In class one for home decorations, John Kellys won first prize with William Moar taking second. In class two for outdoor natural-object decorations, B E Rogers won first prize and G W Borden earned second. Special mentions went to R Martin and Edna Long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
C.S. Hartman
John Kelly
William Moar
B. E. Rogers
G. W. Borden
U S Officials Refuse Comment on Chinese Troop Ferry Report
In Taipei Formosa American officials declined to comment on a Chinese Communist radio report claiming the U S Seventh Fleet is ferrying 70 000 Nationalist troops from Mosa to the mainland. Maj Gen William C Chase and Capt Henry T Jarrell gave no comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Taipeh
Formosa
Seventh Fleet
Mosa
William C. Chase
U. S. Military Assistance Advisory Group
Henry T. Jarrell
Peiping
Chase
Thailand
John T. Cole
Troo
Burma
China
Rioting Egyptians clash with police in Cairo and Alexandria
Police fired on protesting students injuring many as demonstrations spread for a second day over royal cabinet politics. Cars and streetcars burned near Parliament, with arrests and school closures escalating tensions in Alexandria and Cairo throughout the day.
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Cario
Egypt
Cairo
Alexandria
Pariament
Abbasia
Hafez Afifi Pasha
Farouk
Afifi
Mustapha Nashas Pasha
Afi
Hall Convicted Red Leader Sentenced to Prison
NEW YORK Gus Hall one of 11 convicted Communist leaders was sentenced to three years for criminal contempt of court. The sentence runs with his five year term for conspiring to advocate violent overthrow of the United States government. Hall fled to Mexico and was captured returning to Texas to serve his sentence. The judge rejected defenses for arrest of judgment and a new trial.
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New York
Gus Hall
Sen
United States
Hall
Mexico
Sylvester J. Ryan
Texas
Man's death pact ends in murder charge in Fairmont
Howard Daugherty, 45, admitted driving his car into the Monongahela River in a death by own action agreement with his wife Mildred Bruce Daugherty, 35, and their year old daughter. He swam to shore and was later charged with murder after police investigated the scene and an autopsy was ordered.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Howard Daugherty
Daugherty
Monongahela River
Veterans Administration
Martinsburg
John R Austin
Mildred Bruce Daugherty
Austin
Rites Saturday For Pvt Grim In Korea Death
Funeral services are set for Private Boyd Francis Grim son of Mr and Mrs Charles H Grim of 112 W Germain St killed in action in Korea on April 24 at 3 pm at Jones Funeral Home Dr William Archer Wright pastor Braddock Street Methodist Church will officiate Body arrives in Winchester Saturday morning and rests at the funeral home until the service Pallbearers named along with burial with military honors by Conrad Hoover Legion Post No 21 at Mount Hebron Cemetery The community honored Grim by dedicating Diamond 2 at Senseng Park as Bodie Grim Field and a local softball league member donated a trophy for most useful player won this year by Theodore Keller.
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Boyd Francis Grim
Charles H. Grim
W. Germain St
Korea
Jones Funeral Home
William Archer Wright
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Winchester
Paul F. Rosenberger
Howard Hart
Gus Bornscheuer
Eddie Levi
Beverly Lamb
Theodore Keller
Conrad Hoover
Mount Hebron
Grim
J V. Arthur
Rosenberger
Diamond 2
Senseng Park
Bodie Grim
Battle Casualties In Korea Reach 103,418 Total
Washington announces U S battle casualties in Korea now total 103 418 including 17 670 battle deaths and 11 048 listed as missing in action. The Defense Department released the updated totals after notifying next of kin through the latest reports.
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Washington
U. S
Korea
Defense Department
Unified European Army Goal Highlighted by Six Ministers
Six Western European cabinet ministers from Italy France Belgium Holland Luxembourg and West Germany met in Paris to discuss a unified European Army. They debated whether to appoint a single high commissioner or a board of commissioners and talked about a transitional period and a European defense minister coordinating 43 divisions over three years.
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Paris
Italy
Alc de Gasperi
Frince
Robert Schuman
Belgium
Paul van Zeeland
Holland
Dirk A. Stikker
Luxembourg
Joseph Bech
Walter Hallstein
West Germany
Foreign Office
Hallstein
Konrad Adenauer
France
Belgi- Luxembourg
Schuman
Morse calls Senate probe of four American fliers in Hungary
Senator Morse of Oregon urged a Senate Armed Services Committee investigation into the four American fliers who were forced down and arrested in Hungary. He telegraphed Chairman Russell urging an inquiry at the earliest time for the fliers to testify. Senator Humphreys proposed a United Nations inquiry, calling Hungary actions an act of aggression against the U.S. and its people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse
R-Ore
Senate
Hungary
Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Humphreys
United States
Armed Services Committee
Merchants Busy Taking Inventory in Winchester Prefest Sales
Winchester retailers report inventory work after two record busy days before Christmas. C J Ott of the Winchester Retail Merchants Association says stock on hand is about normal. Some stores plan sales this week while others wait for January clearances. Stores close New Year’s Day to observe the holiday. Gilles Bray shooting match at Stephens City Bat on Dec 29 and New Year’s Day with prizes turkeys and chickens.
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C. J. Ott
Winchester Retail Merchants Association
Winchester
Ott
Gilles Bray
Stephens City
Hungary Weighs US Offer to Pay Fliers Fines
U S Embassy says Hungary still considers paying fines for four jailed American fliers. Washington Legation had said $120000 in fines would ransom their release. Ambassadors Donnelly Abbott and Dowling pursue clearance as the fliers face possible new conditions amid their conviction for border violations during a Munich Belgrade flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
U. S
Hungary
Washington
West
Condins
Walter J. Donnelly
George Abbott
American Pest
Abbott
Donnelly
Walter A. Dowling
Austria
Chicago Girl and Former Priest Marry in Milan City Hall
Claire Young, a 21 year old from Chicago, wed Negrini, who was expelled from the priesthood after a romance that began in Chicago and China. The ceremony in Milan followed a period of legal and personal drama including Claire’s jail stay, a sanity hearing, and difficulties securing work under Vatican rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milan
Italy
Claire Young
Chicago
Negrini
Claire
Carlo Pedroglio
Sensor
Loyola University
China
San Vittore
Megrini
Vatican
Negwini
Miners Picket Union District Office Over Minton Charge
About 200 miners from United Mine Workers picketed the UMW District 28 office in Norton demanding a hearing on the charge against Field Worker Charles Minton. They demanded explanation from the union regarding Minton’s case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norton
Charles Minton
United Mine Workers of America
UMW
of Minton
William F
Minton
Frederick County Agriculture Board To Meet January 3
The Frederick County Board of Agriculture will hold its annual meeting on January 3 at 7:30 p m in the County Courthouse. The program includes a discussion of 1951 farm income tax returns by Charles A Campbell and an update on social security by Harry A Nelson. Committee chair talks and February guest visits are planned. The meeting is open to all farmers per County Agent I Fred Stine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County Board of Agriculture
Charles A. Campbell
Public
Harry A. Nelson
Social Ee
Kane
Process Club
James Wood High School
Marker
Fred Stine
End of 30 day buffer in Korea leaves linger risk
In Seoul reports indicate the ceasefire linger may extend beyond a 30 day provisional period. General James A. Van Fleet visited a Korea rear area Thursday. No major operations were planned, but the Army and United Nations stand ready to fulfill their mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Korea
James A. van Fleet
U. S. Army
U. N
Seaman Donald EB Pitts Seaman Held for Hearing
The seaman Donald EB Pitts Seaman was scheduled to be heard in the afternoon by United States Commissioner Harry Brinkley in a jail proceeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald EB
United States
Harry Brinkley
Illness Not Unusual For This Time Say Winchester Doctors
Winchester doctors report illness levels are normal for the season with many cases of stomach troubles sore throats and other winter ailments related to Christmas exposure.
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Winchester
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Frederick County Agriculture Board
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