Kremlin Accuses U S of Preparing For Germ Warfare
Moscow claims the United States runs a bacteriological warfare station near Washington and cites Camp Detrick in Maryland as a site for both defense and offense research. Pravda accuses U S officials of protecting Japanese germ warfare figures and expanding experiments to spread germs from plants.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Pravada
U. S
Washington
Ace Ton
Forrestal
Camp Detrick
Maryland
Shiro Ishii
Japan
Ishii
MacArthur
Khabarovsk
Siberia
U. S. Pravda
Pravda
Linden School in Millwood 1884 History and Figures
Local history recalls Capt. William N. Nelson opening Linden a small boarding and day school in Millwood Clarke county in 1884. It offered Latin Greek German and English branches with room for ten to twelve boarders at three hundred dollars for nine months. The school faded after 1888 when Clay Hill academy rose. Nelson wounded at Manassas remained a cherished Millwood figure. Also notes a recurring Big Party at Sarah Zane Hall and a New Year’s Eve dance at Winchester Armory with orchestra.
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Linden
William N. Nelson
Millwood
Clarke County
Shenandoah Valley
Nelson
William H. Whitine
Clay Hill Academy
Winchester Armory
Jack Fretwell
Winchester Jr. Chamber Commerce
Pension plans growth sparks deep studies by government
The United States faces a sweeping expansion of social security pensions with Congress aiming to bring about 11 million more workers under protection by spring. Massive private pensions rival federal programs, totaling about 5 billion dollars annually, reshaping the economy and prompting debate on funding and tax costs. Senator Taft argues a $12 billion annual federal pension is unaffordable and would require taxes, while officials warn of broader fiscal impacts. Continued on page 3, column 3.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
America
Congress
California
Tobin
Truman
Republican
Capitol Hill
Taft
Ohio
Mysterious Sky Object Chased Across Carolinas
A blue white object moving southwest was sighted from Fayetteville to Hamlet and Greenwood, with residents and four pilots pursuing it for several minutes. Observers described it as a blimp or neon tube, altitude around 6000 feet, not a weather balloon per Charlotte Weather Bureau.
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Hamlet
N. C
Fayetteville
Greenwood
8. C
Joele
W. C. Ashley
A. H. Woodle
Weather Bureau
Charlotte
Popfield
al Hamlet
Phillips Gibbons
Air Force
Gibbons
Fugitives Shot as Guinea Fowls Fall From Town Tree
Five guinea fowls escaped in a crate at Acme Store on S Braddock St. Winchester State police Sgt F L Woolf and Trooper Lawrence Coverstone shot the birds with .22 rifles after they fled to a nursery tree. The fowls weighed about three pounds each and were to be raised at W M Boyce's home. A crowd watched the execution as officers declared the birds had to be killed.
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Winchester State Police
W. M. Boyce
Acme
S. Braddock St
F. L. Woolf
Lawrence Coverstone
Gertrude Barton
Boyce
Grover Orndorff
Senseng ‘Rd
Orndorff
J. Thomas Boyd
Fire damages car beyond repair
Fire damaged a car owned by William R. Barr of 216 S. Kent St this afternoon. Barr said the blaze started after he returned home for lunch and fire crews arrived to find the upholstery already on fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Barr
S. Kent St
Barr
Apples Listed as Thrift Buy and Orange Shipments Held Back
Holiday menus feature smoked and fresh hams with meat prices down three to six cents a pound. Large turkeys ease after Christmas. other meat and dairy mostly unchanged as produce prices show small declines in several items. Florida orange shipments pause to push prices higher. nationwide, apples and oranges appear among the first 31 staple foods likely to be plentiful. The Dun & Bradstreet wholesale food index sits at 5.72, down one cent, below a year ago.
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Associated Press
Florida
Mexico
Pacific Northwest
Agriculture Department
California
Arizona
Virginia
Texas
Pahokee
Lake Okeechobee
New York
Dun & Bradstreet
Hungary Seizes Foreign Firms in Balance of Power Move
Hungary's communist government seized many foreign owned firms including Standard Electric Works a subsidiary of ITT. Two foreign officials an American and a Briton and a Hungarian manager face espionage and sabotage charges. The decree nationalizes all Hungarian firms employing more than 10 people and printing plants over five workers promising compensation. Western owned firms targeted while Hungarian Soviet joint ventures remain protected.
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Endre Marton
Budapest
Hungary
Ing
Standard Electric Works
International Telephone and Telegraph Co
Ente
Ernce Geroe
Air Force X-1 supposedly hits 1989 mph record
Los Angeles Times aviation editor Marvin Miles cites reliable informants claiming the X-1 rocket plane reached 1989 miles per hour in the stratosphere above Edward Air Force Base. Miles suggests Capt. Charles Yeager or Maj. Pete Everest may have flown it. official confirmation pending.
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Los Angeles
Air Force
Los Angeles Times
Marvin Miles
Miles
Charles Yeager
Pete Everest
Yeager
Everest
On-farm GIS training expansion eyed for Virginia veterans
Richmond Dec 29 The Virginia State Department of Education plans to expand on the farm training program for veterans. A survey sent to local vocational agriculture departments and county groups aims to gauge potential enrollment. Supervisor William R. Crabill notes about 6000 veterans are currently taught farming by 328 instructors.
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Richmond
Virginia
William R. Crabill
Crabill
Granges to Install Officers for Year at Middletown Tonight
Middletown and White Hall granges will jointly install officers at Middletown at 8 o'clock. The Great Falls installation team of Fairfax county will conduct the ceremony with William T. Moorland, Virginia State grange secretary, in charge. The meeting is open to all. Master-elect William M Aber of Middletown will name the standing committee chairman for the coming year.
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Middletown
White’ Hall
Great Falls
Fairfax County
William T. Moorland
Virginia State Grange
William 4. Aber
Middletown Grange
Scientist Pleads for Funds for Child Health Research
Dr. Leona Baumgartner of the Children's Bureau told the American Association for the Advancement of Science that federal child health research receives only a few thousand dollars annually while vast sums fund bombs and atomic energy. She outlined broad aims to raise a buoyant healthy generation and noted millions of American children suffer from poor teeth eyesight and disabilities, urging expanded research into school stress home worry and family guidance.
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New York
Leona Baumgartner
Children’s Bureau
Washington
American Association For the Advancement of Science
United States
Bouyant Health
M Society
Baumgartner
Congress
Federal tax takes as much as autos in 1948 spending report
A Federal Reserve Board study on consumer finances using 1948 data shows that nine of every hundred dollars of income funded Federal income tax and another nine went to purchases from autos to fur coats. Median family income was $2840 with $74 saved. Savings varied by bracket from ten percent at $6000 to four percent at $2000, with many households saving little or nothing.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve Board
America
Hardy
Third District
J. Vaughan Gary
Burton
Harrison
Heavy Quake Strikes Luzon Causing Cracks and Panic
A severe earthquake hit Luzon on December 29 lasting two and a half minutes. Isabela province suffered the worst damage with fissures and a drowned woman reported near Mercedes. Ships capsized near Malalan, a jeep swallowed by a fissure at Naguillan, and landslides isolated towns. Many buildings cracked in Manila while crowds fled openly.
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Manila
Luzon
Philippines
Isabela
Manila Bulletin
Akot
Mercedes
Naguillan
National Red Cross
Sagan
Cabanatuan
Truman to Deliver State of Union Paper Wednesday
President Truman will deliver the State of the Union message before a joint session of Congress next Wednesday. The White House says the timing, around noon, comes after talks with party leaders and reflects a tentative schedule for the economic and budget messages.
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Truman
Washington
Gants
House
White House
Barkley
City to Collect Discarded Christmas Trees January 9-14
City manager L. Grant announced trees will be collected Jan 9 through Jan 14 in open trucks if left on the curb with regular garbage. The service offers two collections and public cooperation is requested to maintain the regular schedule with the closed equipment.
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8. L. Grant
Grant
Virginias Jaycees seek federal tax cuts by cutting spending
In Richmond on December 29 the Virginia State Junior chamber of commerce queried congressmen about reducing federal taxes. Four congressmen urged spending cuts while comparing efficiency gains and potential savings, with positions on Hoover Commission recommendations and government reform.
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Richmond
Virginia
Hardy
Committee On Expenditures
Burr P. Harrison
Jaycees
Hoover Commission
Clearance Sale At G M Music Center In Winchester
Local notice announces a big clearance sale at G M Music Center in Winchester. Radio listings show a 6 30pm broadcast on WINC 1400 and WRFL with social security anniversary noted.
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ES G & M Music Center
Bescawen &J. Winchester
Sale of Evening Dresses and Shooting Match Announced
A sale of modern age shoppe evening dresses is advertised along with a shooting match at Esso Village, 342 miles south of Winchester. The event runs December 31 at 1 30 P M with turkeys and chickens and another match is noted for Monday January 2 starting at 10 A M.
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Esso Village
Winchester
Connally Aligns With Vandenberg On Foreign Policy
Senator Connally joined Senator Vandenberg in supporting a bipartisan foreign policy stance. He indicated U S influence should back Asia expansion and argued Spain deserve full recognition and potential entry into the Atlantic Pact. He suggested Europe arms aid after June 30 but below last year's 1 billion level.
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Connally
Sruniet Acceemmeeas
Consula
Tek Bamenan Anes
Gea
Asia
Truman
Spain
Europe
Messiah concert fills capacity at Central Presbyterian
A large audience attended the Central Presbyterian church choir performance of the Messiah. Notable solos were by Robert, baritone, and Mrs. Charlotte Yarrell, soprano, wife of the director, with praise for the overall soloists and choir.
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Central Presbyterian Church Choir
Robert
Charlotte Yarrell
U.C
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Kremlin
U.S
All America
Carolina
Wain
L.A
Air Force Base
Mit
W. Va
Winchester Evening Star
Sen. Connally
Sen. Vandenberg
Senate
Van+ denberg
Michigan
Acheson
Arthur M. Jackel
N. Loudoun St
Albert Toth
W. Hart St
Valley Pike
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