Russia vetoes Soviet neutrality for Korea policing
United Nations Command vetoed recognizing Soviet Russia as a neutral nation to help police a Korean armistice. Poland and Czechoslovakia were accepted as the other two Red representatives on neutral behind the lines inspection teams. Allies noted Russia’s prior support for Korean War war materiel and officers.
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Junsan
Korea
U. N
Russia
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Red
Third Avenue Barber Faces UN Name Dispute
New York barber Tom Fucarino registered the shop name United Nations Barber Shop in 1946. The UN opposed commercial use and asked Congress for federal backing. Fucarino, 32 years in business, says he will defer only if found illegal, highlighting a clash between a local business and an international body.
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New York
United Nations
Third Avenue
U. N
Korea
Tom Fucarino
Fucarino
United Nations Barber Shop
U.N. General Assembly
U.N
World Organization
Fucarina
V. J. G. Stravridi
Stravridi
Congress
Stonewall School
Millers’ Hardware
Sarah Zane Fire CO
Company Hall
First Baptist
Loryn M. Crabill
Two Sailors Die in Clarke County Crash
A 1951 Ford sedan driven by Paul M. McClain of Altoona and carrying four companions rolled off Route 50 near Ashbys Gap in Clarke County at 2:30 a.m. Two sailors were killed Paul M. McClain 27 and William M. Snopke 19 both stationed in naval facilities. Four others Gus Inman Farr Payne Thomas Tommeller and Gregory Romette suffered minor injuries.
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U. S. Route 50
Clarke County
Paul M. McClain
Altoona
Portsmouth
William M. Snopke
Trafford
Norfolk Naval Base
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Gus Abraham Inman
Tenn
Farr D. Payne
Alabama
Thomas Tommeller
Pennsylvania
Gregory Romette
Inman and
Payne
Romette
Noralk
James H Wood, Jr
McClain
Paris
Ashby's Gap
Enders Funeral Home
Berryville
Farm Boys Honored At Howard Johnson Dinner
About thirty young livestock producers from Loudoun Clarke and Frederick Counties, their leaders and parents, were guests at a George Washington Hotel dinner hosted by Cameron Corporation after its restaurant bought the Fat Livestock Show grand champion steer. Speaker Hugh Henderson spoke on Virginia 4 H projects and noted northern Virginia calves’ success, with plans for a Market Beef Project through Shen Valley Meat Packers Co Op of Timberville to feed and later show and sell steers or heifers.
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Loudoun
Clarke
Frederick Counties
George Washington
Cameron Corporation
Howard Johnson
Richmond
Virginia
Henderson
Market
Shen Valley Meat Packers Co-Op
Timberville
Shen Valley
Cc. C. Funkhouser
White
Winchester Bicentennial Commission Meets Monday
Dr. W. P. McGuire chairmen of the Winchester Virginia Bicentennial Commission calls a meeting of the commission at 8 p.m. Monday in the George Washington Hotel after an executive committee session at 7 p.m. Joseph A. Massie Jr. urges full attendance and detailed reports on February 22 opening day ceremonies and future plans.
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Winchester
W. P. McGuire
Winchester Virginia
Elizabeth Rests At Clarence House
London reports Queen Elizabeth II hiding grief for her father while at Clarence House. She faces sovereign duties including deciding her husband’s title and pending coronation plans with mourning through June.
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Elizabeth
Clarence House
London
Elizabeth II
Duke of Edinburgh
Crown Prince
Charles
Princess Anne
George VI
Fire Insurance Rates Are Cut in Virginia
The State Corporation Commission ordered premium reductions across a dozen fire insurance categories. Policyholders should save about 1,038,000 dollars in 1952 as company savings are passed to customers, per Commissioner George A. Bowles. The new rates were prepared by the Virginia Insurance Rating Bureau.
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Richmond
Virginia
State Corporation Commission
George A. Bowles
SCC
Virginia Insurance Rating Bureau
Six Candidates On Minnesota Primary Ballot
The Minnesota presidential primary on March 18 features six on the ballot with three Republicans and three Democrats. Declared Republicans include Harold E. Stassen Dwight Eisenhower and General MacArthur plus Edward C Sletterdahl of St Paul pledged to MacArthur. Democrats include Humphrey Kefauver and E Dudley Parsons with Kefauver filing last night and Parsons opposing Truman and Humphrey. Stassen Sletterdahl and Parsons may withdraw by Feb 20 while others can withdraw by Feb 25 with affidavits.
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Minnesota
Douglas MacArthur
Kefauver
Tennessee
Coonskin
Humphrey
E. Dudley Parsons
Minneapolis
Harold E. Stassen
Dwight Eisenhower
General MacArthur
Edward C
Truman
Humhprey
Sletterdahl
Birthday Bombardment Enters Second Year at Wonsan Harbor
Two U S destroyers continue offshore shelling Wonsan for a full year, marking the longest naval siege in U S history. The Twining and Gregory fired shells through a three day snowstorm while radar observation was limited and officers logged damage like a business ledger.
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Twining
Wonsan
U. S Naval
Gregory
U. S
Lind
Ozburn
Manley Osboro
Williamstown
William D. Kelly
Philadelphia
Woman Performs Own Dental Surgery With Razor Blade
In Wayne West Virginia a 25 year old wife of a coal miner extracts her own teeth using a sterilized safety razor blade and old foreceps after a dentist removed two teeth. She has pulled thirteen teeth and plans to pull the rest noting it hurts less than a dentist visit.
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Wayne
W. Va
Paul Naper
DAR to Hear Admiral Cope at Fort Loudoun DAR meeting
Rear Admiral Harley F. Cope USN Ret directs the American Sovereignty Campaign for the Veterans of Foreign Wars and will speak to the Fort Loudoun Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution at 218 S. Washington Street Thursday at 2 30 PM. Chapter members extend reach to five nearby counties.
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Harley F. Cope
Senate Sends Toll Road Bill to Finance Committee
The Virginia Senate sent the toll road finance bill to the Finance Committee, allowing revenue bonds backed by tolls while denying state obligations. Also, land warden bill moves to Courts of Justice after prior unanimous Senate passage. The Byrd administration backed tax relief and redistricting battles continue. public hearing set for next Thursday.
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Senate
Richmond
General Assembly
Assembly
United Nations
Virginia
Courts of Justice
H.F. Byrd, Jr
Robert ©. Norris
Senate Roads Committee
Finance Committee
State Highway Department
Byrd
Norris
Harry C. Stuart
Frank S. Richeson
Battle
Fenwick
10Th
Washington
House
Norfolk
Unmasked bandits rob Warwood Bank in Wheeling
Two masked men robbed the Bank of Warwood in Wheeling at noon closing time. They took about $40,000 from four tellers and a vault, leaving $5,500 in small bills untouched. Police blocked roads as investigators traced a Pennsylvania license plate for the getaway car.
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W. Va
Wheeling
Bank of Warwood
W. C. Steber
Steber
K. T. Robinson
Robinson
Pennsylvania
Warwood Bank
New York Detective Ida Fox Named Burglary Suspect
A New York City detective James J. Fox age 33 was booked as an alleged member of a burglary gang. Police charged Fox and three men with acting in concert in an attempted burglary and possession of burglary tools after surveillance showed them entering buildings and trying to access three apartments. The force labeled the group the best burglars in town and Fox faced open anger from Police Commissioner George Monaghan who described him as a bum. The other defendants Max Birner Seymour Biskind and Joseph Ganz had prior burglary records.
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New York
George Monaghan
James J. Fox
Monaghan
Fox
Department
Detective Bureau
Marine Is Injured In Route 522 Crash Near Cross Junction
Marine Gerald W. Roghan, 23, stationed at Quantico, was treated at Memorial Hospital for back injuries after a one car crash on Route 522 about 7:30 am two and half miles north of Cross Junction. Trooper C D Taylor investigated. Roghan was driving a 1951 Frazier sedan south on Route 622 when he ran off the road. He was later transferred to Quantico Marine Hospital.
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Gerald W. Roghan
Quantico
Memorial Hospital
Cross Junction
C. D. Taylor
Roghan
Marine Hospital
Baked Western Ham Roast Pork Kosher Meats Ad
Store advertises open until 2 am with contact phone number 8279 for baked ham roast pork and kosher meats. Includes product offerings and late hours.
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Steve's Delicatessen
Three Accidents In Three Hours In City
Three accidents in a three hour span sent one person to Memorial Hospital for cuts and bruises. The most serious crash at Amherst and Boscawen involved a 1948 Plymouth driven by Birda Lee Keesecker and two other vehicles, with damages totaling 500, 550, and 50 dollars. A 1951 Dodge rear ended a 1949 DeSoto at North Fork second, causing 50 and 15 dollars in damages. At Loudoun and Piccadilly a 1942 Chevrolet struck a 1949 Plymouth, causing 125 and 15 dollars in damages.
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Amherst
Boscawen
Birda Lee Keesecker
Martinsburg
W. Va
Keesecker
Donald Holiday
Gore
John Kaknns
Maurice Lake
Birda Keesecker
Memorial Hospital
Dodge
Charles William Rose
North Fork
DeSoto
Kinzel Grubbs, Jr
W. Cork St
Grubbs
Rose
Loudoun
Piccadilly Streets
Edgar Lee White
Berryville
George Jewell
A. L. Bailey
Washington, D. C. Snt
Robert C. Boyce
Officer Lake
Piccadilly St
Hen Party Held In New Jersey
At Mrs. Michael Sherry’s home in South Amboy a hen party honored a Plymouth Rock chicken named Pretty believed to be 15 years old. Sherry bought the hen as part of 10 chicks for her son, now 23, while Prof. Clarence B. Platt notes the bird’s age would be about 150 by human standards given a six year hen life expectancy.
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South Amboy
N. J
Michael Sherry
Sherry
Plymouth Rock
Pretty
Clarence
Platt
New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
New Brunswick
Funeral Scenes of King George VI Televised Tonight
Film of Britain's funeral for King George VI will air in the United States with footage flown in. NBC offers 7 to 7 30 pm EST coverage, CBS at 9 30 pm EST, ABC 7 to 7 15 pm EST, and Dumont plans to show ceremony films with time to be announced.
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New York
Britain
George VI
American Televiewers
National Broadcasting Company
Columbia Broadcasting System
American Broadcasting Company
Dumont TV Network
Navy builds world's most powerful radio station near Snohomish
The Navy reveals a classified million watt radio station being erected near Snohomish Washington to keep high command in touch with the fleet worldwide. It features three 200 foot towers on hilltops flanking a canyon with antennae reaching 7 200 feet.
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Washington
The
Navy
High Command
Snohomish
Wash
FBI Charges Ten Klansmen in October Beating Foray
Ten former North Carolina Klansmen including a deputy sheriff and a constable were arrested on kidnapping and flogging charges for a October 6 incident. Victims Miss Dorothy Martin and Ben Grainger, both white from Fair Bluff, were taken to South Carolina where Grainger was flogged on a car fender and Martin flogged on a roadside, prompting a wide raid by FBI and local police.
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Washington
FBI
North Carolina
J. Edgar Hoover
Dorothy Martin
Ben Grainger
Fair Bluff
Hoover
Pair Bluff
N. C
Klavern
Hooded Society
PBI
Miss Martin
Grainger
Moorer
South Carolina
Soldier Major Sentence Commuted in Korea Murder
An American soldier, Corporal John A. Bigger of Woburn Massachusetts, had his death sentence commuted to life imprisonment at hard labor. A Korean court martial in August found him guilty of premeditated murder of a Korean farmer, but a review board found insufficient evidence to support premeditation.
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Washington
E. M. Brannon
John A. Bigger
Woburn
Mass
Korea
Bigger
Judge Advocate
DiSalle Steps Down as Price Stabilizer
Michael V. DiSalle resigned as price stabilizer, with Filis Arnall, former Georgia governor, succeeding him. DiSalle signed his final order before a New York vacation, later returning to Ohio to campaign for the U S Senate. The order regulated selling prices on navy special fuel oil for Armet Services Petroleum Purchasing Agency.
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Washington
Michael V. DiSalle
Filis Arnall
Georgia
DiSalle
New York
Ohio
U. S. Senate
Navy
Armet Services Petroleum Purchasing Agency
W C Moreland Dies in Pittsburgh Former Steel Executive
William Moreland, former vice president of Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp, died at his home in Pittsburgh. The notice appears in the local page with other classifieds and public notices in the Star alongside business ads and service offers.
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W. C. Moreland
Pittsburgh
William ©. Moreland
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Hodgson and Brown Jewelers & Reg. Optometrists
Alam Catty
Medical Arts
N. Braddock
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