Ohio River Flood Crest Due Today In Cincinnati
The crest of the weakened Ohio River flood was due in Cincinnati today at 57.5 feet, five and a half feet above flood stage, with low-lying streets underwater and Manchester hardest hit. President Truman surveyed the area by air and praised flood control, while officials estimated total damage at 23 million dollars and declared the valley a disaster area for federal loans.
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Cincinnati
Kentucky
Indiana
Portsmouth
Manchester
Averdeen
Ripley
Adams-Brown-Clermont County
National Guard
Truman
Paschal N. Strong
Ohio River Division
U. S. Engineers
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Cross Disaster Committee
Coney Island
River Downs
Weather Bureau
Truman Calls McCarthy Pathological Character Assassin
President Truman accuses Senator McCarthy of being pathological and a character assassin and demands he answer questions about one of McCarthy's aides rather than resorting to name calling.
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Washington
Senator McCarthy
Wis
Truman
Navy Man Killed in Route 681 Car Crash Near Portsmouth
Norman Oliver Cornwell age 26 a Machinist's Mate first class in the US Navy was killed when his car left Route 681 and plunged into a ditch in Norfolk County one mile south of Portsmouth.
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Portsmouth
Norman Oliver Cornwell
Route
Norfolk County
Store Sales Lag In Fifth District Despite Brisk Overall Trade
The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond reports department store sales in the Fifth District for the week ending January 26 were 10 percent below the 1951 week and 13 percent lower for the four weeks, though the bank notes last year’s spike from a scare buying period and says, on the whole, business is brisk.
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Richmond
Federal Reserve Bank of
Rites Tomorrow For Mrs Miller
Funeral services for Mrs. Lula P. Miller who died Wednesday night at Winchester Memorial Hospital will be held tomorrow at 2 40 p m from Edgewood Farm Stephenson. Dr William Archer Wright and Rev Robert A Whitten will conduct with interment in Mt Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers are Joe Ritter Hugh Ritter Elmer Ritter William Ritter C L Smith and Frank Keyser.
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Lula P. Miller
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Edgewood Farm
Stephenson
William Archer Wright
Robert A. Whitten
Mt Hebron Cemetery
Joe Ritter
Hugh Ritter
Elmer Ritter
William Ritter
C. L. Smith
Frank Keyser
Local civic groups elect officers at annual meeting
Walker McC Bond heads the committee with Councilman J Jee Miller and city attorney Dabney Watts among the members. The Membership Committee names C B Smarhs Jr Ed Molden Ellis Harbaugh Marvin Weaver and Hoye Riley. National Affairs Committee lists J Kenneth Robinson William Battaille J A Hotinger and Harold G Brown. C B Smalls Jr becomes vice president replacing C J Ott who was transferred to Waco and J R Wilkins fills Ott’s unexpired board term through October 31 1952.
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Walker McC. Bond
J. Jee Miller
Thomas Boyd
Dabney Watts
C. B. Smarhs, Jr
Charue
Ed Molden
Ellis E Harbaugh
Marvin Weaver
Hoye Riley
J. Kenneth Robinson
William Battaille
J. A. Hotinger
Clarke Polio Fund March Brings $413
Clarke County Mothers March for Polio raised 413.50 dollars with Berryville residents contributing and volunteers aiding. John A. Miller promoted the event with a sound truck and Ed Levi helped publicize using the fire company siren. Several residents listed as marchers and donors on Bundy Lincoln Liberty and Josephine streets.
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Charles J. Enders
Clarke County
Junior Woman's Club
Berryville
Enders
John A. Miller
Ed Levi
John Henders
Jack Enders
William Bowerman
Eugene Dunn
Audrey, Jones
Farr Painter
Hugh Baker
Ann Cooley
Percy White
Barbara Lee Jones
Thomas Iden
Farl Hill
Norma Drury
Vivian Ritenour
Pam Murphy
E. D. Foley
Leona Kane
Paul Massier
Helen Rowe
Georgianna Gilascock
William Boyce
Harold Potts
Arthur Edmunds
George Burton
David Childs
Cecil Wolfe
Ruth Tillett
John Ley
Bundy
Lincoln
Liberty
Josephine Streets
Mattie Jones
Pearl Williams
Viola Lampkin
Helen Reynolds
McCormac Attends OPS Meeting On Woolen Filing Rules
H B McCormac Jr of Winchester Woolen Co participates in a Washington OPS subcommittee session on simplifying filing requirements for woolen and worsted manufacturers. OPS plans temporary relief from current filings and revises Ceiling Price Regulation 18 with standby revision.
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Washington, D. C
Columbia Press
H. B. McCormac, Jr
Winchester Woolen Company
Winchester
Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Thomas L. Kairsten
Consumer Goods Distribution, Textiles and Apparels Division
Local Court Records Outline Larceny and Traffic Cases
Police Court reports list Garrett T. Mason of Pineville Kentucky charged with grand larceny and bound for grand jury. Raymond Franklin Ward of Arlington cited for failure to stop at red light with $9.25 fine. Charley Willams Miller of Strasboro charged with petty larceny six months with 30 days served plus $4.25 costs and offenses of no operators license and improper registration totaling $12.25.
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Garrett T. Mason
Pineville
Grand Jury
Raymond Franklin Ward
Arlington
Red Light
Charley Willams Miller
Strasbore
Resolution labeling Russia treaty breaker approved by U.N.
The U.N. General Assembly backed an American backed resolution labeling Russia a treaty breaker for failing to honor the 1945 China pact. The vote 25 to nine with 24 abstentions and two absent highlighted the China Nationalist leanings of delegate Dr T F Tsiang. Burma India Indonesia and Israel voted with the Soviet bloc against the Chinese complaint.
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Paris
U.N. General Assembly
China
T. F. Tsiang
U.N
Russia
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chaing
America
Britain
Mexico
Netherlands
Burma
India
Indonesia
Israel
Yalta
Roosevelt
Stalin
Churchill
Tsiang
United Nations
U. N
Jacob Malik
U.S
John Sherman Cooper
Malik
U. S. Cooper
Which Spode Made the Finest Porcelain Ware
Josiah Spode II, son of the founder, ran the London branch and produced most of the finest Spode ware. He allowed only perfect pieces to leave the factory, destroying all others.
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A. Josiah Spode
London
Spode
Draft quotas for spring likely lower than earlier forecast
Washington officials say spring draft calls may run 275 000 to 300 000 rather than 430 000 as wartime conditions shift. A mixup over figures by Draft Director Hershey caused an initial projection of 90 000 monthly calls May June before correction.
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Washington
Korea
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
House Armed Services Committee
UMT
Illegal Gambling Halted by Tax Says Revenue Official
A Revenue Bureau expert states the federal gambling tax has largely shut down illegal gambling, claiming about 90 percent of the US 20 billion dollar yearly illegal market has been choked off. He notes big operators remain cautious about revealing legal ties to authorities.
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Washington
United States
Eugene Coyle
Revenue Bureau
Coyle
Communist Party's Second Team On Trial in California
Trial of 15 Californians opens in Los Angeles with conspiracy charges mirroring the 1949 New York case. A 100-strong venire panel begins jury selection as eight attorneys defend the defendants before Federal Judge William C. Mathes.
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Los Angeles
Communist Party
New York
William C. Mathes
Truce negotiators order quick move to new tent
In Panmunjom Korea Allied and Communist negotiators reached a swift agreement to vacate the current conference tent. Col Don O Darrow proposed relocating and the Communists concurred as smoke rose from a stove signaling the change.
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Panmunjom
Korea
U. S. Air Force
Don O. Darrow
Allies report limited action amid heavy casualty figures
Allies struck an east coast ammunition dump with no major ground battles reported. US Eighth Army noted 2,091 Reds killed or wounded from January 22 to 28, the second lowest weekly toll since Korea began. Red losses peaked at 29,352 in a single week while Allied losses remained light.
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A. U. S. Eighth Army
Korea
Harding signs peace with Germany and Austria
President Harding signed a joint congressional resolution that declared peace with Germany and Austria on July 2, 1921, after passage by the House on June 30 and the Senate on July 1.
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United States
Germany
Harding
Congress
House of Representatives
Senate
Austria
February sales directory listing on Middletown area estates
A compressed list of upcoming on premises and courthouse auctions across Frederick and Clarke counties. Items include real estate, farm machinery, livestock, household goods, furniture, shop equipment, and farm implements with dates from February 1 to February 27 at locations such as Middletown, White Hall, Gain esboro, Winchester, Stephens City, Boyce, Inwood and Greenspring.
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Winston Montague
Middletown
Opequon
Michael
Frederick County Court House
Gainesboro
F. F. Trimble
White Hall
Winchester
W. E. Edwards
Miller's
Stephens City
Carlton Dyke
Greenspring
W. P. Presgraves
Old Salem Road
Boyce
Clarke Coun
Katie C Punkhouser
Raymond Balanger
Inwood
Millie J. Bowman
E. Piccadilly
Jessie M. Huffman
Virginia
Stephens City Realty
County Court
Green Street
German Street
McCloud
J. W. Hartley
C. I. Brumback
Circuit Court
Frederick County
Busy Revenue Office Faces Tax Season Rush
A spokesman for the Bureau of Internal Revenue said the local office is operating at normal capacity for its busiest period. The staff of four handles several hundred taxpayers daily seeking help with income tax forms, with February typical but March 12 13 14 being the peak dates.
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Bureau of Internal Revenue
Staff Aims to Assist All Who Seek Advice
The article notes staff readiness to help every visitor seeking guidance. It emphasizes inclusive service and suggests no one will be turned away for lack of support or resources.
Quiz Answers From Page Four Reveal Curious Facts
Answers to the Page Four quiz include One million as a value for question one, India for question two, a rodent for question three, Chicago as the city for question four, a chemisette for question five, Maverick for question six, two for question seven, a Lt General for question eight, a feud for question nine, and a statement that she was with us throughout the holiday week for question ten.
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Damine Timke
Chicago
India
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Cell Jones
Insulating Building Board
Celotex Insulating Building Board
John W. Rosenberger
Braddock St
Reserve Bank
Mrs. Miller
Allis-Chalmers
Nebraska
H. P
Clarke Polio Fund
Johns-Manville
P. W. Plumly Lumber Corp
N. Kent St
Per
Larry
Judy Garland
Larry Jim Gross
March of Dimes
Douglas MacArthur
National Foundation For
Durocs
Hampshires
Poland
Berkshires
Vaulvestonk
Ass’n
California
Ebert
N. Loudoun Street
Chrysler
Civil Police Justice Court
J. V. Arthur
John Delbert Pugh
G. G. Baker
Coleman Dunn
Internal Revenue Office
Maverick
Pittsburgh
N. Cameron St
C. 1. Brumback & Sons
Desoto
Frederick Motors Inc
Martinsburg Pike
Heatvole Motor CO
N. BraDdock St
Philco
Mervel
ADAMS
Byron C. Brumback
Republic Oil Refining CO
Garland M. Canter
Hartley
Rouss Avenue
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