Reds Challenge Allied Rejection Of Russia to Truce Inspection Team
Communists in Korea challenge Allied rejection of Rus sias nomination to a neutral inspection commission to police the armistice. They argue Soviet forces are neutral since Russia did not fight in Korea and seek a plenary session to press their stance. The UN has proposed Switzerland Norway and Sweden with Russia and Poland and Czechoslovakia named for the panel. Vice Admiral Joy directs talks on post armistice conference with three conditions including troop withdrawal scope and narrow Korean focus.
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Munsan
Korea
Russia
Soviet Union
Panmunjom
U.N
Red
U. N. Command
Neutral
Oyesman
William P. Nuckols
U. N
Switzerland
Norway
Sweden
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Adm
C. Turner Joy Sunday
U N. General Assembly
Republic of Korea
U. N. Red
Three Hurt After Clarke County Two Car Crash
Three persons were seriously injured in a two car crash on Route 12 about two and a half miles south of Berryville at 6 o'clock yesterday evening. Injured are William Wynkoop 38 of Berryville driver of one car with a fractured skull and right ankle injury Oliver Payne 21 of Round Hill Korean War veteran with multiple fractures and internal injuries and William Pearson 33 of Leesburg driver of the other car with a fractured left ankle. Trooper J H Wood Jr said the 1939 Chevrolet coupe and the 1946 Plymouth collided at the center of the highway both cars demolished. In another Route 522 wreck near Hogue Creek at 8 30 p m Sunday only property damage estimated at 650 with no injuries. Trooper L P Coverstone said it was Army versus Marines as a 1948 Dodge carrying soldiers collided with a 1950 Plymouth filled with Marines.
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Berryville
Winchester Memorial Hospital
William Wynkoop
Oliver Payne
Round Hill
William Pearson
Leesburg
J. H. Wood, Jr
Wynkoop
Pearson
Hogue Creek
L. P. Coverstone
Edward Tortka
Pittsburgh
Douglas Dean
Detroit
Midh
Headley's
Valley Ave
Winchester
Corrigan Rug CO
Britain to Detonate Atomic Weapon This Year
Britain announces an upcoming atom test in Australia possibly at the Woomera range. Principal designer Dr William Penney and experts expect a high powered device for aircraft use, details kept secret with questions over the weapon type and timing.
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London
Britain
United States
Australia
Woomera
Chapman Pincher
Daily Express
William Penney
Penney
U. S. Atomic Laboratory
Los Alamos
N. M
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Lord Charwell
Three in Family Die Electrocution Saving Brother
In Douglasville a father Tommy Chapman mother Esther and sons Charles and Bryan were electrocuted while attempting to save a younger son from a fallen high tension line. A fourth child escaped as the line snapped across his wrist. Police say the tragedy unfolded as the children wandered into the field and the wire struck.
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Douglasville
Tommy Chapman
Esther
Charles
Bryan
U S Plans New Atomic Tests in Pacific Atoll
The Defense Department announced preparations for new atomic tests in the Pacific at Eniwetok. A joint team from the Army Navy Air Force and Atomic Energy Commission will conduct the tests with no details on their nature provided.
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Washington
Defense Department
Pacific
Eniwetok
Pacific Atoll
Army
Navy
Air Force
Atom
Energy Commission
Allies Strike North Korea Iron Triangle and Break Out
Allied pilots of the Fifth Air Force fought 19 Sabres against 40 MiG 15s over North Korea as Strangle the Line entered its seventh month. Ground forces penetrated the Iron Triangle, seizing Silver Star Hill south of Pyongyang, while another raiding party escaped encirclement after six hours of fighting.
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Seoul
North Korea
Fifth Air Force
Iron Triangle
Central Korea
U. N
Pukhan River
Korea
Air Force
Sibyom
Associated Press
Milo Farnell
Silver Star Hill
Pyongyang
Eighth Army
Douglas predicts Eisenhower loses nomination race
Senator Paul Douglas said Eisenhower unlikely to win the Republican nomination but could take the Democratic nod if he chose. He warned the general may “fall between two stools” as Taft gains GOP momentum ahead of a United Jewish Appeal address in New York. He spoke to newsmen before the speech.
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New York
Paul Douglas
D-Ill
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Douglas
United Jewish Appeal
Robert A. Taft
Robio
GOP
Taft
Buttons
Richmond City
Republican Committee
Andrew F Schoepper
R-Kans
Bristol
Snow Storm Strands Northeastern States Across Region
A wind whipped snow storm hit the northeast after a weekend of heavy snowfall. New England lay buried under six to 20 inches as highways clogged and travel halted. State police reported 500 to 1,000 cars stalled and motorists sought shelter at service stations.
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Associated Press
New England
New York
Maine
Lisbon Conference Could Shape GOP Nomination
NATO talks in Lisbon aim to unify Western European defenses. General Eisenhower will not quit his NATO post to seek the presidency, though he may reconsider if progress toward unification is shown. Lt. Gen. Alfred Gruenther attends for Ike. Senator Morse warns Allies depend on U.S. commitment.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Chicago
Jack Bell
Associated Press
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Dwight D. Eisenhower
GOP
Eisenhower
Western
Europe
Alfred Gruenther
Senator Morse
Oregon
Dallas
Tex
First U S Army Division Sent to Japan After Korea War
The 24th Infantry Division, famed as first to fight and lose a man in Korea, was withdrawn from combat and sent to Japan for defense on Honshu. Elements of the division arrived from Japan to Korea on June 30 1950 and engaged near Osan in early July. Pfc Kenneth Shadrick of Wy. West Va was killed July 5 1950 the war’s first American casualty. Only two of the early green soldiers remained after the long campaign.
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Seoul
Korea
Japan
William F. Dean
Honshu
24Th
U.S. First Cavalry Division
Kamsong
Osan
Kenneth Shadrick
Wyoming
W. Va
Big Three Meet With Adenauer On NATO Plan
London reports the Big Three foreign ministers told Konrad Adenauer West Germany could join NATO planning only via a European Army, not as a full NATO member. Talks at the British Foreign Office aimed to address German demands for equal NATO voice and Germanys defense contribution amid EDC relations.
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Big
Adenauer
NATO
London
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
European Army
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Britain
Foreign Office
France
Ppeals
Germany
Council Committee
W. Averell Harriman
Bonn Republic
U. S
Dean Acheson
Anthony Eden
Robert Schuman
European Defense Community
EDC
Mrs Paul Tomney Dies At Home After Long Illness
Mrs Paul L Tomney 48 wife of Paul L Tomney Sr of the Valley Pike died at home after about four years of illness. She helped run the Martha Washington Soda Fountain for 22 years and the Copper Lamp Motor Court for ten years. Born in Winchester September 20 1903 she was the daughter of Fred R Stryker Sr and E May Rawlings Stryker and a Handley High School graduate of 1922. Active in Centenary Reformed Church she served in the choir Sunday School and Women’s Guild and held leadership roles in the GAA Colonial Garden Club and church consistory. Surviving are her husband a son Paul Tomney Jr a brother Fred Stryker Jr and sisters Miss Marshall Stryker and Mrs Mary Kathryn Hershman and a granddaughter Deborah Ann Tomney. Final rites set at the Reformed Church with arrangements noted.
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Carter May Tomney
Paul L. Tomney
The
Valley Pike
Tomney
Martha Washington
Copper Lamp
Winchester
Fred R. Stryker
E. May Rawlings Stryker
Handley High School
Centenary Reformed Church
Circle One
Woman's Guild of the Church
GAA
Colonial Garden Club
Paul Tomney, Jr
the Valley Pike
Fred Stryker, Jr
Oates Ave
Marshall Stryker
Mary Kathryn Hershman
Deborah Ann Tomney
Reformed Church
Porterfield Signals Run for Congress in Ninth District
Virginia theater founder Robert Porterfield says he would run as a compromise or darkhorse candidate if Ninth District Democrats nominate him. Porterfield, born in Washington County, runs Barter Theater and notes ongoing district developments as Rep. Thomas Cravate retires for health reasons.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Robert Porterfield
Porterfield
Abingdon
Thomas Cravate
Lee County
Frederick Larrick dies at 79 long-time Middletown figure
Frederick Joseph Larrick 79 a Frederick County resident died yesterday at 2 54 PM at Pifer Nursing Home where he had been a patient for a month Born April 27 1872 in Middletown he was a VMI 1894 graduate World War II civilian with the AEF in Paris He served as Frederick County School Board member and chair Mayor of Middletown and helped bring the first Agricultural School to the 7th District He was a member of Grace Methodist Church Hiram Lodge and survived by two sons John Frederick and J Randolph Larrick plus brothers and sisters and other relatives Burial is at Mount Carmel Cemetery with rites at Grace Methodist Church in Middletown
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Frederick Joseph Larrick
Frederick County
Pifer
James Septimus
Mary Strowalter Larrick
Middletown
Anna Chambers
Larrick
Virginia Military Institute
Paris
France
Frederick County School Board
John Frederick Larrick
J. Randolph Larrick
Richard A. Larrick
Alexandria
Charles Victor Larrick
Mason and Dixon
Coranetta Hammock
Washington
Mary Augusta Everly
Front Royal
Stover
Stras
Swafford
Traylor
Kimball
Trailways
Halifax Street
Newport News
State
Richmond
Barton Brothers Plead Guilty in Frederick County Court
The Barton brothers James Dewey and Vernon Elwood Barton pleaded guilty to grand larceny for stealing auto parts and attempting to resell them. James Dewey Barton received four years in penitentiary and Vernon Elwood Barton two years with post sentence reporting recommended. A separate civil case involving an auto accident was settled by compromise.
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Barton Brothers
Frederick County
James Dewey Barton
Red Bud Road
Vernon
Gibbons Street
Zuckerman
Winchester
U. 8
E& FE
Bayliss
Vernon Elwood Barton
Elliott Marshall
Joseph E. Clevenger
E. W. C Venge
M. E. Edmondson
Sephnens City
Petersburg Officer Shot and Killed in Robbery Aftermath
Petersburg police officer William Swafford was shot and killed while investigating a jewelry store burglary. Authorities named Arthur Raymond Kimball as the suspect, sought for murder, and detained Edith Anderson who was with Kimball. The jewelry valued at 1702 dollars was recovered from Kimball’s wrecked car near Dalton’s jewelers on North Sycamore Street.
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Petersburg
Arthur Raymond Kimball
Colonial Heights
Willard E. Traylor
Kimball
William Swafford
Traylor
Edith Anderson
Bowe
Trailways
Richmond
Dalton’s Jewelers
Dalton’s
Sycamore Street
Swafford
Police Reach Plane Wreckage in Sicily Toll Conflicting
Police reached the wreckage on Mt Rose near Burgio Sicily and reported all aboard dead. Counts varied between 31 and 34 with 17 men 14 women and three children among the dead. The Viking chartered airliner was en route from London to Nairobi with many victims linked to British soldiers families in Kenya.
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Burgio
Sicily
Mt. Rose
Kenya
Britain
London
Nairobi
Gracie Fields Weds Isle of Capri in Quiet Ceremony
Gracie Fields, famed British stage and screen star, married Boris Alperovici, a radio repairman who won her heart, in a private ceremony at St Stephen's Cathedral. The wedding highlights a discreet union between entertainment royalty and a modest professional.
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Isle OF Capri
Gracie Fields
Boris Alperovici
St. Stephen's Cathedral
Best 50c Lunch and Dinner Served Anywhere at Metropolitan
A Metropolitan Restaurant ad promotes a 50 cent lunch and dinner served anywhere. The spot emphasizes low prices and versatile dining options with a wide service area and daily hours.
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Wnottce
Metropolitan
Avalanche of Bills Into Virginia General Assembly Deadline
General Assembly nears adjournment as both houses receive a flood of new measures. Bills seek to alter public utility labor rules, seize utilities under a Ferry Seizure Act, restrain picketing, bypass Byrd tax cuts for more mental hospital funding, and exclude dry counties from liquor profits. A war voters act revival is proposed in the Senate with an affidavit requirement. House and Senate leadership prepare for further action before adjournment.
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Richmond
General Assembly
Sesa
United States Supreme Court
Wisconsin
House
George Damm
Maynard Magruder
Avelington
Byrd
Carl Spencer
Norfolk
Virginia
Senate
Charlies R. Fenwick
Arlington
J. J. Williams
Henrico
House of Defec Gates
Mmn
Oetate & Gibate
Time for Congress To Act on Mine Safety
Secretary of the Interior Chapman urges Congress to grant federal power to close unsafe mines and enforce safety rules with penalties. He cites the Orient Number Two and Carpentertown disasters and says federal authority could have prevented 125 deaths and reduced coal mine hazards nationwide. House Labor Committee hearing includes Rep. Price proposing a mine safety bill with teeth.
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Washington
Chapman
House Labor Committee
Ep. Price
D-I
Congress
Fedreal
Orient Numeber
West Frankfort
Carpenetertown
Orient Number Two
Carpentertown
Watch repair ad urges trusted service at Hodgson and Brown
A compact ad warns that many watches and clocks are ruined by poor workmanship and directs readers to Hodgeson and Brown for superior repair service, suggesting reliability and careful craftsmanship.
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Hodgson & Brown Vee
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U.S
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Henri Bonnet
Col
Mary A. Halloren
Women’s Army Corps
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24Th Infantry
Paul Tomney
Porterfields
Barter Theater
Pat Jennines
Smyth County
Macon M. Long
Wise County
Washington County
Virginia Highlands
Murray
Philip Murray
United Steelworkers of America
International
Frederick Larrick
Bulletin
House of Delegates
John B. Roatwricht
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