Humphrey to Carry Truman Banner In Minnesota Primary
Senator Humphrey of Minnesota says he will carry President Truman's banner in the Minnesota Democratic Primary on March 18 despite Truman calling primaries eyewash. A Humphrey slate as favorite son was filed in Minnesota. Republican entries for Eisenhower and MacArthur also appear in Minnesota.
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Humphrey
Truman
Minnesota
Washington
D-Minn
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Eisenhower
Harold E. Stassen
One Dead Five Missing After Coal Mine Explosion
An explosion at the Carpenter town No 2 mine in Greensburg Pa kills one miner and leaves five missing. Four miners were rescued, three of them seriously injured, as rescue crews faced debris and choking gas. The blast occurred with 65 men inside the mine. one body recovered about four hours later. State officials and the mine company await the cause as rescue efforts continue. The injured were Andrew Mundock Steve Safrankov and Joseph Hollis taken to Mt Pleasant Hospital. The mine is located about 45 miles southwest of Pittsburgh.
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Greensburg
H. F. Maroney
Carpentertown
Carpentertown Coal and Coke Company
Richard E. Maize
Pennsylvania
Uniontown
Maroney
Coal Company
Mt. Pleasant
Andrew Mundock
Steve Safra
Winchester Bicentennial Opens With Telling Pageantry
The February 22 kickoff features Dr. McGuire and Senator Byrd amid riders and reenactors led by Henry Keyser. Colonel James Wood appears beside Norman Marshall as William Fairfax and August Klepper as Gabriel Jones. McGuire and the Commission plan a full year of events with Massie Jr and Tom Wood Baldridge praised for pageant arrangements.
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McGuire
Senator Byrd
Henry Keyser
Winchester
James Wood
Frederick County
House of Burgesses
Norman Marshall
William Fairfax
Thomas Lord Fairfax
August Klepper
Gabriel Jones
Commission
Joseph A. Massie, Jr
Tom Wood Baldridge
Jurors Selected For Trial Of 15 Red Party Leaders
In Los Angeles Judge William C. Mathes seated a jury of eight women and four men for the trial of 15 California Red Party leaders accused under the Smith Act of conspiring to overthrow the government. The panel, plus four alternates, was chosen after questioning 47 veniremen. defense and prosecution agreed on the 12 jurors and alternates. The case could run three to four months with potential penalties up to 10 years and a $10,000 fine per defendant.
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Los Angeles
U.S
Wiliam C. Mathes
William Schneiderman
Veniremen
Communist Party
Eisenhower Defends Freedom Over Peace in European Troops Address
General Eisenhower told 700 troops at Fontainebleau Palace that while peace is desired, it cannot come at the expense of freedom. He urged unity among ground sea and air forces of the Central European Command, saying the great struggle is between dictatorship and freedom and they must stick together for mankind’s greater happiness. ROUSS MEMORIAL SERVICE notice follows with details for Braddock Street Methodist Church gathering and procession.
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Fontainebleau
France
Eisenhower
Central European
Fontainebleau Palace
Central European Command
Rouss
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Reuss Hall
Russia accuses U S of poison gas use in Korea
At a United Nations session Soviet delegate Jacob Malik charged the United States with using toxic gases in Korea. He cited a Central Telegraph Agency dispatch claiming American planes bombed Ulnim village in Munchon district on January 9, causing respiratory illness and nosebleeds among residents.
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Paris
Russia
United States
Korea
Jacob A. Malik
United Nations
Central Telegraph Agency of Korea
Ulnim
Munchon
Malik
Assembly Members Visit Eastern State Hospital
Richmond delegate Randolph Tucker and about 25 General Assembly members toured Eastern State Hospital in Williamsboro during the biennial session. He said mental hospitals need proper funding and noted patients idle in a dark corridor as he urged higher appropriations from Governor Battle's proposed 19 million dollars. A joint budget hearing heard leaders seek 24 million for state hospitals.
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Richmond
House of Delegates
Williamsburg
Eastern State Hospital
Randolph Tucker
Tucker
Virginia General Assembly
Eastern State
Williamsboro
Assembly
Battle
House
Senate
Charles Fenwick
Long
Egypt meets on mediation bid in Saudi attempt
Premier Aly Maher Pasha convened his cabinet as Al Misri reports a fresh Saudi mediation effort by King Ibn Saud to resolve the Egypt British dispute amid ongoing bloodshed.
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Cairo
Egypt
Aly Maher Pasha
al Misri
Ibn Saud
Saudia Arabia
Britain
Richmond Fire Damages Buckner Lumber Yard Stockpile
A fire at Bucker Lumber Company in Richmond caused about 100 firefighters to battle the flames last night. Damages are estimated at $10,000 with the lumber stockpile and a 135 foot long sheet metal shed listed as total losses. cause under investigation.
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Richmond
Bucker Lumber Company
Plans Completed For Building New Evans Orphanage
The Henry and William Evans Home Executive Board approved final plans for a new building to be designed by Smith and Boynton of Roanoke. Site chosen behind Hillcrest Nursing Home on 66 acres from E Cork St to Leicester St with access to water and sewer. Funding comes from sale of N Loudoun Street property to an Arlington development firm for Sears Roebuck lease. The 20 plus child facility will be a community project with Mrs Charles Godfrey Miller superintendent at 127 W Piccadilly Street.
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Henry
Hillcrest Nursing Home
E. Cork St
Leicester Street
E. Cork
Haddox
Rock Quarry
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Lillian Sheetz
N. Loudoun Street
Arlington
Sears. Roebuck and Company
W. Piccadilly Street
Charles Godfrey Miller
Passengers Subdue Drunken Pilot on Emergency Landing
In Nagpur nine foreign passengers restrained a drunken Australian pilot after he let the airliner plunge from 10 600 to 000 feet. The copilot stabilized the craft and landed the plane while the pilot was tied to a seat. Police took the pilot into custody after the landing.
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New Delhi
India
Nagpur
Civil Aeronautics
Company meeting to be held February 4 at 8 pm
The regular February meeting of the Company will convene at Company Hall on Monday February 4 at 8 pm. President Harry Albert Nelson urges all members to attend as important business matters will be discussed.
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Harry Albert Nelson
Allied Front Lines Bombed and Strafed by Unidentified Planes
Unidentified planes bombed central Korea front lines near Kumsong noon today, with as many as six propeller planes taking part in two attacks. Three South Koreans were slightly wounded. Also, 18 Sabre jets damaged three Red MIGs in a 30 minute battle near Sinuiju as Fifth Air Force reported no Sabre losses. Ground clash occurred northwest of Kumhwa at 7:11 am. Allied patrol withdrew at 8:40 am under tank support.
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Seoul
Korea
U. N
Kumsong
Parallel 38
Sinuiju
Fifth Air Force
Eighth Army
Kumhwa
Federal judge orders probe of newspaper in obstruction case
A federal grand jury in San Francisco is to probe whether the San Francisco Call-Bulletin published stories that obstructed justice. Judge Oliver Carter cited a series of articles linking Judge Harris to a California land deal and directed the jury to review possible interference with public duties. Randolph Hearst defended the paper's right to publish, while the judge noted a federal obstruction statute with penalties up to five thousand dollars or six years in prison per person.
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San Francisco
U. S
Harris
Sidney Kessier
Randolph Hearst
Call-Bulletin
Associated Press
California
Carter
Almond to Speak To Manufacturers Dinner Meeting
Richmond attorney general J. Lind Almond will address the Shenandoah Valley Manufacturers Association at a 6 30 p m Monday dinner in the George Washington Hotel. The session will also elect directors and officers with retiring officers listed from Plumly Lumber Paul Terretta and B F Arthur Jr. as current treasurer. Almond previously served as a Roanoke judge and as a U S congressman for Virginia Sixth District.
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J. Lindsay Almond
Richmond
Shenandoah Valley Manufacturers Association
George Washington Hotel
P. W Plumly
Plumly Lumber Company
Paul Terretta
O'Sullivan Rubber Corporation
B. F. Arthur, Jr
Virginia Glass Sand Company
Almond
Roanoke
Virginia
Byrd Praises Hampton Roads as Nation’s Asset in Norfolk Visit
U S Senator Harry F Byrd addressed Virginia General Assembly members in Norfolk praising Hampton Roads port facilities as vital for ship commerce He hinted at a possible Senate bid this summer and criticized federal spending while lauding Virginia debt free status The group rode the Accomac to view the harbor and will visit Virginia Beach before returning to Richmond for more events with officials and speeches by A Willis Robertson and Governor Battle
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Norfolk
Virginia General Assembly
Hampton Roads
U. S
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Virginia
Senate
Byrd
Chamberlin
Olid Point Comfort
Assembly
Accomac
Hampton
Naval Operating Base
Noralk
Virginia Beach
A. Willis Robertson
Battle
Richmond
Williamsburg
South Carolina
James F. Byrnes
Korea
Groundhog Day forecast hints at longer winter ahead
The piece notes the groundhog saw his shadow but suggests six more weeks of winter weather may still arrive. Clouds broke noon, sun appeared briefly, precipitation not yet here, and temperatures stayed in the fifties with regional variations across the central and northeastern United States.
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Groundhog
Great Lakes
Texas
Louisiana
Rocky Mountains
Lake Superior
Central
Southwest States
Idaho Potatoes May be Withheld From Market
Senator Dworshak of Idaho warns that Idaho white potato growers may withhold their produce from sale after OPS rejects a price increase. He notes few Idaho potatoes have appeared in DC stores and argues the price ceiling of 3.95 per 100 pounds for February follows a January 3.85 level with a 40 cent adjustment for a poor crop.
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Washington
Dworshak
Idaho
District of Columbia
OPS
Office of Price Stabilization
Britain to build supersonic plastic warplanes
Britain plans to build supersonic warplanes from plastics with potential cost cuts in defense. The first aircraft could fly within two years, officials announced.
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London
Britain
AAA Engineer Discusses Traffic Solutions at Civic League
LaVerne Johnson of the AAA Traffic Engineering and Safety Dept spoke at the Women's Civic League luncheon at the George Washington Hotel. He warned that traffic growth is costly to solve and outlined four local measures including by passes, one way streets, off street parking, and clearer street markings to ease congestion on Loudoun Street.
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LaVerne Johnson
American Automobile Association
Women's Civic League
George Washington Hotel
Johnson
Winchester
Loudoun Street
Stalin Fears War Could Ruin History Record
Washington based diplomatic source notes Stalin, aged 72, opposes full scale war with the West to preserve his place in history. He aims to keep Russia strong and warns the Politburo against starting a conflict that could jeopardize his legacy.
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Stalin
Washington
Russia
Politburo
Winchester Democrats file petitions for four council seats
Four northern Winchester candidates entered the Democratic primary for three Common Council seats this year. No southern First Ward filings or mayoral candidate announced. Incumbents in Second Ward J Lee Miller Claude Smalts and Pred Brumback weigh future plans. Miller and Dettra incumbents in First Ward say they will run or not.
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Common Council
City of
Winchester
City Democratic Committee
Penge Eee
M. B. Clowe
Cie
Petive Scully
Orville Wine
Fairmont Avenue
E. R
Elm Street
A. C. Oates
N. Loudoun Street
Sherman Dick
Smithfield Ave
J. Lee Miller
Claude B. Smalts, Jr
Pred J. Brume
Connell
Lee Miller
Belchic Named Vice Chairman for Winchester Bicentennial
Benjamin Belchic will head the Winchester Bicentennial Virginia Commission department of Historical Markers Recognitions and Organizations for the city birthday celebration. He leads the Winchester Frederick Historical Society and Shenandoah Area Council finance committee while serving on several local boards. Belchic a Philadelphia native has resided in Winchester 22 years and has a daughter Judith.
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Benjamin Belchic
Winchester
Virginia
Department of Historical
William P. McGuire
Belchie
Winchester Frederick Hisorical Society
Winchester-Frederick
Western powers win approval to delay UN Korea debate
Western powers secured overwhelming approval for a plan to postpone United Nations debate on Korean political issues until after a military armistice is signed.
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Paris
United Nations
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Fla
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American Federation of Labor
Kefauver
Massachusetts
Bay State
Steve's Delicatessen
Handley Campus
Fredericktown
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
England
Dudley Wilkins
Red Party
Mathes
University of Texas
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Veniremen Constant
Ihe
Robert C. Legge, Pres
New Evans
Steve’s Delicatessen
S. Braddock St
AAA
Walter A. Bowman
Belchic
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