Silent Country Pays Final Respect to King George VI
Crowds of villagers and workers viewed the king in Sandringham church as Elizabeth II and the queen mother paid their respects. The coffin lay with a Royal standard and wreaths from royal family members. The royal procession and private service preceded the body’s transfer to London for lying in state. Elizabeth, visibly moved, returned home to mourn her father.
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Sandringham
George VI
St. Mary Magadalene
Albert Frederick Arthur George Windsor
Elizabeth II
Princess Margaret
London
Westminster Hall
Elizabeth
Margaret
Nine U S Planes Lost Last Week Report From Korea
In the week ending Friday, Fifth Air Force losses numbered nine U S planes with no Communist losses recorded by the Air Force. Allied pilots claimed damage to nine MiG 15 jets while Red air defenses damaged or destroyed several U N aircraft. Casualties included one F 86 Sabre down and a mechanical failure crash.
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Seoul
Korea
U. 8
Fifth Air Force
Red Korea
U. N
Tokyo
Far East
Navy
U.N
Kumhwa
Fiehth Army
Winds Lash West Virginia and Pennsylvania Storm Toll Rises
Wind gusts to 85 mph sweep northern West Virginia and southern Pennsylvania. Two people killed by electrocution, 17 injured, and scattered property damage reported. Injuries include two boys at Potomac State gym in Keyser and glass injuries from dawn to dusk.
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Keyser
W. Va
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Joe Casino
Star City
Morgantown
Masontown
Michael Kory, Sr
Potomac State Gymnasium
Potomac
Fairmont College
Eddie Beal
West Virginia Tech
Alderson-Broaddust
Phillips
Cumberland
Wheeling
Pittsburgh
Trans-World
Greater Pittsburgh
SCC Tentatively Declines Hike In Home and Business Phone Rates
The State Corporation Commission rejected a general rise in local exchange and intrastate toll rates for most Virginians in a tentative decision. It approved a coin box rate increase and higher charges for certain services to raise part of Chesapeake Potomac Telephone Company’s $5,066,000 request, while basic home and business rates and in state long distance stayed unchanged. A public hearing is set for February 20 at 10 a.m. with a follow up hearing September 2, 1952 for further rate review.
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Richmond
State Corporation Commission
C&p Tele
Whitehead Moves to Undermine Byrd Tax Law by Indirection
Richmond Delegate Robert Whitehead says he will seek to nullify the Byrd Automatic Tax Reduction Law by urging the Legislature to appropriate more money than revenue estimates. The House re enacted the bill 87 to 10 after debate, while the Senate passed it 34 to 4. Senator Harry Byrd Jr. vows to fight any indirect move.
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Richmond
Robert Whitehead
House of Delegates
Senate
Whitehead
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Winchester
Taft Enters West Virginia Primary Contest
Senator Taft filed his presidential primary certificate with West Virginia officials in Charleston, a decisive move in a Republican contest against Harold Stassen. Both Taft and Stassen submitted their papers before the midnight filing deadline.
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Charleston
W. Va
Taft
West Virginia
Harold E. Stassen
Ohio
Capitol
Phil Conley
Stassen
Georgia Congressman to Speak At Rouss Banquet
Congressman W. M. Don Wheeler of Georgia will headline the 55th annual Charley Rouss Fire Company banquet in Winchester with a program by Kay Popper and Pat Seames. About 350 guests expected, gunwelcomed by toastmaster Rev Ronald S. Wilson, with two seating groups at 6:30 and 7:30.
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W. M .Don Wheeler
Georgia
Charley Rouss Fire Company
Wheeler
Army Air Force
Veterans of Foreign Wars
The
American Legion
Alma
Congress
Winchester
Burr Harrison
Virgil Chapman
Kentucky
Kay Popper
Pat Seames
Washington, D. C
H. C. McMurtey
Reuss
Cumberland Valley Firemen's Association
Northern Virginia Firemen's Association
Rouss
Charles Broadway Rouss
William Archer Wright
Chaplin
Braddock Street Methodist Church
C. Douglas Brown
Robert C. Leguze
Fire Company
Marvin D. Weaver
Brown
Weaver
Three Drown When Car Plunges Into Shallow Stream
A car careened into Ponoloway Creek near Hancock Maryland killing three occupants and injuring a fourth. Identified victims were Virginia Souders Ira Luckman and Roy Albert Faith. Maye E Peck survived after being rescued and hospitalized.
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Hancock, Md
Pennsylvania
Virginia Souders
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Ira Luckman
Cherry Run
Rt. 3
Roy Albert Faith
Hancock
Maye E. Peck
Memorial Hospital
Truman Family Theatre Night Sparks Quiet Mixed Reactions
Washington observers saw Cornelia Otis Skinner in a Paris 1890s satire at the Gayety. The Truman family entered with Secret Service escort and left as critics whispered about the risqué content and neighborhood setting.
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Washington
Truman
Cornelia Otis Skinner
Paris
Little Honkeytonk
Miss Skinner
Mrs Truman
Secret Service
Trumans
Autopsy Ordered In Death Of Railroad Worker
A 52 year old railroad worker Far M Reynolds of Pleasantville Maryland collapsed beside the Baltimore and Ohio tracks near Harpers Ferry West Virginia and died at Charles Town hospital. Coroner G P Morison ordered an autopsy and an investigation by a pathologist at Newton D Baker Veterans Administration Hospital Martinsburg West Virginia.
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Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio
Far M. Reynolds
Pleasantville
Charles Town Hospital
G. P. Morison
Newton D Baker Veterans Administration Hospital
Martinsourg
State Liquor Laws May Determine UMT Center Sites
Senate Armed Services Committee eyed 17 Army Navy Marine and Air Force installations in 12 states for six months basic training for 18 year olds. Lawmakers debated liquor sales to minors with most states enforcing 21 as the legal drinking age, Oklahoma being dry.
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Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
Army
Navy
Air Force
Hunt
D-Wye
House Armed Services Committee
UMT
Oklahoma
House
James W. Wadsworth
National Security Training Commission
Karl Compton
Compton
Two Men Hospitalized After Ridgeway WV Crash
A one car collision near Ridgeway Dance Hall in Ridgeway West Virginia at about 11 15 p m left two men hospitalized and a third slightly injured. Boone 23 of Albin driver of a 1936 Ford suffered head and face lacerations chest contusions and possible neck injury Mayhew suffered severe left leg lacerations Bowen treated and released for a hand injury. Police say Boone headed toward Martinsburg on Route 11 at high speed lost control when attempting a right turn hit a telephone pole after braking, car caught fire and was a total loss with $350 damage.
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Ridgeway
W. Va
Westley L. Boone
Albin
Ford
Memorial Hospital
Robert Mayhew
N. Loudoun St
Roy Bowen
Capehart Pushes Quick Senate Vote to Abolish RFC
Senator Capehart of Indiana said he will seek to set aside other business and force a quick Senate debate on a bill to abolish the Reconstruction Finance Corporation amid extensive investigations.
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Washington
Capehart
R-Ind
Senate
U N Accepts Part Of Red Three Point Korea Agenda
U N endorsed two thirds of a Red three point plan for a high level Korea talks conference and will discuss withdrawal of foreign troops and a peaceful settlement. North Korea urged rapid war buildup and bombing of UN held territory in a broadcast by Defense Minister Choi Yong Kun.
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U.N
Tokyo
Red Radio Tonight
Choi Yong Kun
Possit
Choi
Fastern
Korea
U. N
Peace settlement with Germany snagged by demanded terms
Bonn officials said West Germany’s high priced demands for joining western defense will delay negotiations for a peace treaty with the former enemy and stall plans to form a six nation European army. The Bundestag approved the principle by 204 to 156 but not conscription, awaiting a peace settlement, European army joining, and defense legislation.
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Bonn
Germany
West Germany
Konrad Adglauer
Bundestag
British Chutists Jump in Malaya Against Commies
Fifty seven picked paratroopers conducted an airborne raid in a rain swept Malayan jungle near the Thailand border. It was the first paratroop operation against Communist terrorists in five years. Initial reports said there was no opposition and everything was okay.
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Singapore
Thailand
Malta
Eisenhower Rally Draws 15000 In New York City
Fifteen thousand Eisenhower supporters flocked to Madison Square Garden for a late night rally led by young politicians. The crowd, from Texas to Brooklyn, filled streets and filled the arena with chants and banners. Eisenhower leaders praised the turnout as unprecedented for this stage of the campaign.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
New Hampshire
West Side
Madison Square Garden
Eisenhower
Arthur H. Vandenberg, Jr
Citizens For Eisenhower
Michigan
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
R-Mass
Young mother in Brockton bears 11th child surpassing rivals
Mrs Jom Lightford 25 of Brockton recently gave birth to her 11th child, living with all children. Rival Charley De Mello 38 of Tiverton Rhode Island has 21 children and was a grandmother at 35. Lightford natives of Huntsville Alabama have two sets of twins.
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Brockton
Mass
Jom H. Lightford
Southern New England
Charley de Mello
Tiverton
R. L
de Mello
Lightford
Huntsville
Ala
Clarke County Courthouse Alterations Planned Meeting
A Clarke County Board of Supervisors special meeting is set for February 13 at 5 30 PM with Chairman J M Fishpaw Judge Elliott Marshall and Contractor High N Ritter to revise remodeling plans for the Courthouse. The debate centers on jury room and judge's chambers locations and an addition to the north wall.
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Berryville
Clarke Board of Supervisors
J. M. Fishpaw
Elliott Marshall
High N. Ritter
Ritter
Marshall
Commonwealth's Attorney's Office
Congressional Report On Bribes In GI Bill Training
A House committee said many Veterans Administration staff accepted bribes and gifts from unscrupulous schools tied to GI Bill education. It urged new laws, cited overcharges, falsified records, and VA conflicts of interest while affirming overall benefit to millions yet condemning graft and waste.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Special House
Tague
D-Tex
Pennsylvania
Top Price Paid For Carpenter Hog At Pur e Bred Hog Sale
A Duroc bred sow consigned by Edward Carpenter of Route 3 Winchester sold for the top price at the Pure Bred Hog Sale held at Winchester Livestock Exchange. Maurice Carpenter of Tunstall bought it for $120. The sale grossed $3,318.50 from 47 animals with 29 bred sows averaging $80.40 and 18 boars averaging $54.80. Local buyers included William Sharp and others from Middletown Cross Junction Boyce Winchester.
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Edward Carpenter
Route 3
Winchester
Swine Breeders Association
Winchester Livestock Exchange
Maurice Carpeneter
Tunstall
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San Marcos
Tex
Ziggi
Detroit
W.va
SCC
Byrd
Sen. Taft
Ronald S. Wilson
of the Presbyterian Church
Here
Milwaukee
Ridgeway Crash
Steves Delicatessen
Munsan
United Nations Today
Malaya
Ike
Ann Fiero
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International Soundphoto
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Earl Shade
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