Southern bloc forms around Russell for presidential bid
Eight Southern states including Alabama Georgia and Texas back Sen Richard Russell in a bid to deny Truman’s civil rights program. Leaders like Gov Talmdge Byrnes and Byrd rally behind the Georgian with North Carolina potential to join, totaling 106 electoral votes if aligned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Truman
Russell
Washington
Herman Talmadge
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
John
Battle
Virginia
Byrnes
Hugh White
Mississippi
Shivers
Robert Kennon
Louisiana
White
Byrd
Gordon Browning
Tennessee
Estes Kefauver
Dtenn
National Party
South
North Carolina
Thief Steals Marker At Cannonball House Corner
The historic marker at Cannonball House on Clifford and Loudoun Street was stolen and part of the cement chipped away. Frank N. McCormick, a resident, says the cannonball was fired into the wall during the Civil War and the site draws many visitors annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford and
Loudoun Street
Frank N. McCormick
Meyers Released From Federal Prison
Bennett E. Myers a former Air Force general was released from the Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary after a year and a day for income tax evasion plus 30 days for failing to pay a 15000 fine. Myers 55 pleaded guilty and was sentenced in Baltimore on April 16 1951 for dodging 61400 in taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewisburg
Bennett E. Myers
Air Force
Meyers
Baltimore
Army reports Korea casualties total 1 597841 through Feb 19
The Army estimates enemy casualties in Korea through February 19 at 1 597 841 an increase of 20 107 in two weeks The tally includes 1 148 077 battle casualties 317 476 non battle losses and 132 288 prisoners of war Civilian internees under UN control reach 37 780 United Nations casualties total 306 070 through Feb 5 with 47 138 killed 183 173 wounded and 76 659 missing or captured US casualties total 105 992 through Feb 22 including 16 463 killed 76 911 wounded and 12 618 missing
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Korea
U. N. Conpl
United Nations
United States
New club opens on East Piccadilly Street this Saturday
The new club on East Picca dilly Street opens tomorrow Saturday March 1 with weekend hours from 1 p m to 12 p m. The notice also lists a house committee and a used refrigerator sale by Bayliss & Patterson with prices from 39 to 200 and a phone contact 5526. Also a local restaurant promotes buckwheat cakes with beer and country sausage at Lee Jackson Restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Piccadilly Street
Sat
Sun
Bayliss & Patterson
Lee-Jackson
Envoys clash over UN role in Korea truce talks
Allied negotiators rejected Soviet Russia as a member of the neutral supervisory commission, a firm and irrevocable decision. Col. Don Darrow and Brig. Gen. William Nuckols defended the stance while the Communists denounced it. Subcommittee on prisoner exchange made little progress on voluntary repatriation, noting the Koje Island prison riot with 75 civilians killed and 139 wounded.
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Munsan
Korea
U. N
Soviet
Russia
U.N
38Th Parallel
Don Darrow
Reds
Soviet Union
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
William P. Nuckols
Darrow
Subcommittee On
Adm
R. E. Libby
Koje Island
January motor vehicle deaths drop below prior year
The National Safety Council reports 2700 motor vehicle fatalities in January 1952, down five percent from January 1951. It is the first January since April 1951 with a lower year earlier total, attributed to heavy Christmas snow reducing travel early in the month, with snow-belt states seeing declines and the south and far west higher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National Safety Council Today
Ned H. Dearborn
Council
Ensign Klieser Killed In Pacific
The death of Ensign George C Klieser was reported Tuesday aboard the USS Bataan at sea off the coast of Japan. His widow, Therese Koenig, is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul Koenig Sr of Stephens City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C Klieser
Bataan
Japan
Ensign Klieser
Therese Koenig
Paul Koenig
Stephens City
Necchi sewing machine demo at J C Penney Main Floor
Friday and Saturday demonstration of Necchi sewing machines at J C Penney Co Main Floor. Winchester Sewing Machine Co located at 111 W Boscawen St invites customers with phone line 3645 for sales and display events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Necchi
J. C. Penney Co
Winchester Sewing Machine CO
W. Boscawen St
House approves relief bills awarding 21000 to victims
The Virginia House of Delegates passed three relief measures awarding damages to victims of state actions. Mrs. J Bowman Webster receives 5000 for her husband’s death at Western State Hospital. T L Childress gets 6000 for damages to his Dinwiddie home when police killed a crazed patient. W C Mccormack is awarded 10000 after his wife was injured by a road gang convict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
House of Delegates
Senate
House
J. Bowman Webster
Franklin County
Western State Hospital
Staunton
W. C. McCormack
Roanoke County
Annie
Ernest Robertson
Byrd warns of insolvency from Truman era spending
Senator Byrd tells Rotary Club members in Salisbury that the nation nears insolvency due to government spending and dollar devaluation. He argues solvency requires stopping nonessential disbursements and trimming the 85 billion dollar budget by about 9 billion while preserving essential services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salisbury
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Truman
Delmarva Peninsula
Virginia
Planes and ships search NW of Guam for six missing air crew
Rescue crews hunted over the ocean northwest of Guam for six men missing from a B 29 weather plane that exploded Tuesday. Four crewmembers were rescued, and officials issued an immediate alert for others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guam
Winchester House
Leap Year Day Babies Born Here This Morning
Three girls born on February 29 join local residents with rare birthdays. The Mason baby arrived at 1 22 AM, joining offspring of Rinker and Duncan families. The infants will wait until 1956 for their first real birthday, while others mark their unusual day with eight or four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barr
Winchester
Philip Selvester Harris
Charles Wilson Harris
S. Loudoun St
Charles Bushrod Harris
Bushrod Harris
Philip
Charles
Douglas School
Edgar Mason
Route 2
John Rinker
Bloomery Star Route
Bryan Duncan
East Cork St
Jean Furman
Russell Furman
Paul Miller Herbert
Hallan Herbert
Acheson Presents Foreign Aid Appeal to Nation Tonight
Secretary of State Dean Acheson carries to the nation his appeal for more billions for foreign aid. He stresses European rearmament progress justifying aid and outlines decisions on German rearmament and the NATO defense buildup from his London Lisbon mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dean Acheson
State Department
Acheson
Department
CBS
NBC
Mutual
DuMont
NBC Television Network
ABC Radio Network
London
Lisbon
Congress
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Richards
Ds.c
North Atlantic Treaty Council
Illinois Delegates Favor Taft Truman
Illinois Republican delegates to the national convention split with 44 of 62 favoring Taft while Eisenhower six Dirksen five and MacArthur two. Five undecided. 29 of 91 did not answer. Democratic candidates tilt to Truman with 11 of 26 supporting re election and seven backing Stevenson with one for Douglas. seven undecided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Taft
Rohio
Ilinois
Associated Press
Eisenhower
Dirksen
Gen
MacArthur
Truman
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Senator Douglas
Virginia Weather Outlook for March 1 to 5
The Virginia forecast calls for near normal temperatures with a colder weekend. Warmer conditions expected Monday then turning colder again Tuesday or Wednesday. Rain or snow is possible Monday or Tuesday, totaling about a quarter to a half inch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Father to Fight Court Martial Sentence of Son
In ALLOWAY New Jersey the father of PFC Warren G. McConnell says he will appeal his son’s ten year court martial for sleeping on guard in Korea. The 20 year old soldier claims three days without rest led to the offense near the front lines November 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alloway
N. J
Korea
Dorsey McConnell
South Jersey
Washington
Pfc
Warren G. McConnell
Calif
Seventh Division
McConnell
Fox bounty surge sets county record in four weeks
Fifty five foxes, mostly greys, are turned in for bounty after Frederick County raised the payment to three dollars. Walter Bursey and County Treasurer Harry McCann report this as an all time high, noting many pelts may be sold only this month. Most kills came in the western county with Elmer Oates claiming eleven and Woodrow Taylor ten in the east.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Walter Bursey
Harry McCann
Virginia
Bursey
McCann
Elmer Oates
Gore
Foster Sargent
Whitacre
C. L. Ramey
Gainesboro
Woodrow Taylor
Bufflick Road
Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival names 60 aides for entertainment
Cather announces 13 committees totaling sixty one personnel for the 1952 Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival May 1 and 2. Lewis Hyde leads the Distinguished Guests panel with U S Sen Harry F Byrd Sr Rep Burr Harrison and other local officials. Band and dance committees list Randolph Larrick Carl Campbell Cabell Moore Eugene Kight William Baker Kenneth Lineburg and John Jones with assistants. Continuous coverage noted on page 11 column 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Public Entertainment
Shenandoah
Douglas A. Cather
Lewis Hyde
Cather
U. S
Harry F. Byrd
Burr P. Harrison
E Blackburn Moore
Virginia
House of Delegates
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Winchester Evening
Ostar
Mifflin
B. Clowe
Winchester
H. B. McCormac
Fred L. Glaize
H. Delmer Robinson
Frank Armstrong
Tom W. Baldridge
Joseph A. Massie, Jr
J. Victor Arthur, Jr
John Sencindiver
Randolph Larrick
Name Band Dances
Carl Campbell
Cabell Moore
Eugene Kight
William Baker
Kenneth Lineburg
John Jones
W. M. Turner
Charles Aikin
Lee Grant
J. Douglas Butler
Jack Fret
Allied Tank Raiders Smash Through Kumsong Front
Allied tank forces broke through the Kumsong Red supply base central front and attacked Chinese positions for over three hours. Western front clashes continued west of Chorwon as Fifth Air Force and Navy strikes hit rail lines and bunkers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Korea
Kumsong
U. N
Chorwon
Sabre
Fifth Air Force
Navy
U. S
St. Paul
Virginia law and school segregation fear jobs loss for Negro teachers
Dr. Lindley J. Stiles of the University of Virginia warned three-judge federal court that ending segregation would strip Negro teachers of jobs and limit vocational prospects for Negro students. He testified in a case brought by Moton High School parents against Prince Edward County and Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
Lindley J. Stiles
Department of Education
University of Virginia
Prince Edward County
Commonwealth of Virginia
Moton
Stiles
T. Justin Moore
New Mexico
Colorado
South
Lic
University of Virginia Offcial
Special Federal Tribunal
Commonwalth
Colgate W. Darden, Jr
Dowell J. Howard
Military Pay Increase Bill Passes Senate Committee
Senate Armed Services Committee approves a cost of living pay rise for U S servicemen, rewriting the House plan. The panel backs a 3 percent base pay boost for about 3.6 million personnel from private to general, with family allowances. The committee cites annual savings of about 375 million dollars versus the House 10 percent across the board proposal, which would cost about 650 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
Russell
D-Ga
Senate
House
Shryock Names 10 Festival Assistants for 1952 Apple Blossom
Amos Shryock head of Division I in the In Town Finance department announces ten co workers who will help raise the division's $5670 quota for the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival on May 1 and 2. The list includes Homer Alberti Victor Albright W H Bosserman Jr A J Bowen L W Brown R T Bryarly C R Cammer E T Clark Harry Cook and Eugene Cooper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos Shryock
Shryock
Homer E. Alberti
Victor F Albright
W. H. Bosserman
A. J. Bowen
L. W. Brown
R T. Bryarly
C. R. Cammer
E. T Clark
Harry T. Cook
and Eugene B. Cooper
Boston Faces Snow as Weekend Storm Moves On
Boston and Cape Cod received fresh snowfall today though it was not as severe as Wednesday’s paralyzing storm. The coastal region braces for travel disruptions and slow recovery as meteorologists monitor more blasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Cape Cod
Fire Rips Through Clinton Hotel In Philadelphia
More than 100 people fled a smoke filled midtown hotel as flames tore through the seven story Clinton Hotel on Tenth Street near Spruce. Fire crews from over 30 companies fought the blaze, with no fatalities reported and the upper floors still burning hours after ignition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Midtown
Clinton Hotel
Tenth Street
Spruce Street
City Hall
E. A. Patrick
Joe Golden
Patrick
Golden
Firemen Called To Trash Fire. Some Firemen Burning It
The Clearbrook Fire Company responded at 6 30 p m yesterday to a large trash fire near Route 11 toward Brucetown. Firefighters found some of their own members were burning the debris. Earlier, local units fought a grass fire at the old Fair Grounds property around 3 15 p m, damaging only brush and a small pile owned by A C Oa Lumber Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clearbrook
Brucetown
Lucy
Fair Grounds
A. C. Oa Lumber Company
Virginia House Kills Boothe Union Shop Bill
The Virginia House General Laws Committee killed the Boothe bill to permit union shop agreements with no recorded vote. The measure would have allowed employers to require union membership after a majority of employees voted for it, with a two thirds vote later sought by amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Boothe
Virginia
House
General Laws Committee
Armstead Boothe
Alexandria
State Milk Commission
Acres
Capitol
Senate Privileges and Elections Committee
Richeson
Frank S. Richeson
Senate
Moses-Fenwick
General Assembly
10Th
Davis
Walter Page
Norfolk
Elections Committee
Four-Ton Truck Crushes Carriage Baby Unhurt
A parked four ton truck rolled into a baby carriage in Cleveland injuring no one. Ten week old Pamela Lohman was uninjured and the driver Edward Gates pushed the mother Sylvia Lohman to safety. The incident was witnessed as the car riage was crushed under the truck’s front wheels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Pamela Lohman
St. Luke's Hospital
Edward Gates
Sylvia Lohman
Frederick County Court House
Farmers & Merchants National Bank
E. T. Snider
St. Methodist Church
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Kurtz Furniture Store
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Senate Group
A. W. Jones
Shawnee Ave
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