Taft challenges Truman on power to send troops abroad
Senator Taft declared in the Senate that President Truman lacks authority to deploy American troops without Congress approval. He urged limits to any European defense force and said Europeans must lead the effort, warning against an American commander in chief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Truman
Congress
82Nd Congress
North Atlantic
Eisenhower
Dwight D Eisenhower
Europe
Call
P&ct
United States
Attlee
Acheson
Brussels
Russia
Douglas
D-Ill
Western Hemisphere
Hoover
Western
Germany
Korea
United Nations
Five Day Weather Outlook for Virginia
The outlook shows temperatures two to four degrees above normal with a warmer Sunday and a cooler Monday. Rain or snow is expected Tuesday with total precipitation about one quarter to one half inch.
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Virginia
Seventeen Die On Frederick County Highways In 1950
Seventeen persons were killed on Frederick County highways in 1950. Nine residents of Winchester or Frederick County died, with three from other states and five from other parts of Virginia. Twenty drivers were involved, eight from the county, eight from other states, four from other Virginia counties. Ages ranged 18 to 70, with speed a factor in most accidents. Two pedestrians were killed, one a schoolchild. Fatalities were distributed across months, peaking in August with three. The report urges warnings to out of state motorists about wet roads and stricter speed enforcement to reduce highway deaths in 1951.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Winchester
George W. Jones
Winchester-Frederick County
Jones
Virginia
Evening Star
Withdrawal of U S Aid to Chiang Could Shift Korean War Policy
AP military affairs reporter notes debate over Formosa aid may hinge on Korea outcome. If Korea ends, the United States might shift from minimal Chiang support to naval blockades, air and ground equipment for Chiang Kai-shek, or direct actions against Communist targets near Formosa. President Truman maintains caution on bombing China pending UN approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Formosa
Korea
Pacific
Japan
Chiang-shek
China
United States
Truman
State Department
Capitol Hill
U. N
South Korea
Mies
Chiang
U.N
Puan
Taxpayers May Get A Short Breather Till July 1
Washington report indicates lawmakers may extend relief for many taxpayers possibly until July 1 before additional tax increases. Chairman Doughton of the House Ways and Means Committee signals a pause as discussions continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Uncle Sam
Doughton
D-Nc
Flight Cadet Steals Plane Dies In Crash Near Caldwell
In Caldwell Texas a young French cadet stole an Air Force T 6 trainer and flew it until fuel ran out crashing into a thicket near Caldwell Capt Alain Jourdan said the cadet admitted and laughed before the crash authorities report the incident as a fatal unauthorised flight by a military trainee near the town
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caldwell
Tex
Air Force
Texas
Alain Jourdan
Nationally Known Coloratura Soprano to Sing Here Jan 10
Virginia MacWatters coloratura soprano will give a recital at Handley High School on January 10 at 8 15 PM. She has appeared with the New York City Opera for three seasons in roles including Rosina, Gilda and Zerbinette. She has performed at Covent Garden and in leading festivals and concerts under conductors such as Ormandy and Kindler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia MacWatters
Handley High School
Miss MacWatters
New York
City Opera Company
Rosina
Gilda
Zerbinette
Gian Carlo Menotti
Laetita
Relands Bowl
New Orleans
Government considers thirty day price freeze plan
The government drafts a 30 day advance notice order before price increases, aiming to curb rising food prices. DiSalle signals action while wage controls debate continues and a wage conference is planned next week. Farm prices face limits under Defense Production Act, with wholesale and retail margins and some processor prices controllable.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Price
Michael V. DiSalle
Price Stabilization Office
Wage Stabilization Board
DiSalle
Truman
Congress
BLS
Esther's Hats Offers Reg Price Wool Apparel
Greatly reduced stock at 11 W. Boscawen St Winchester includes wool sweaters blouses skirts suits dresses scarves bags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther
Boscawen
Winchester
Chanticleer Inn
Rouss Fire CO
Charley Rouss Fire Co
Robert C. Legge
Sarah Zane Fire Co Elects Officers at Jan 5 Meeting
The Sarah Zane Fire Co will hold a Friday evening meeting January 5 at 8 p.m. for the annual election of officers. All members are urged to attend. Captain Loryn M. Crabill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Zane Fire CO
Chicago Gangland Boss Defies Senate Questioners Today
Anthony J Accardo a Chicago underworld gambling boss refused to answer most questions at a two hour Senate crime committee hearing citing constitutional protection. The committee approved a contempt citation and will refer the case to the U S district attorney for grand jury action with possible fines and jail time.
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Chicago
Senate
Washington
Anthony J
Tony) Accardo
Accardo
Mami
Senate Crime Committee
Tobey
RNH
Kefauver
D-Temmn
Rudolph Halley
Congress
U.S
Eagle Is Renamed Fire Company Head
George H. Eagle Jr. was reelected captain of the Friendship Fire Company at the annual meeting. Officers named include John Jones as first lieutenant Richard Hoover second Wade Guard third and Robert Boyd fourth. Other officers embraced secretary Robert S. Ryan assistant secretary Robert A. Geanious treasurer Harold Rowe and chaplains Dr. S. L. Flickinger and Rev. Edgar G. Hill. The treasurer was reelected for the 16th consecutive year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Eagle, Jr
Friendship Fire Company
John Jones
Richard Hoover
Wade Guard
Robert Boyd
Robert S. Ryan
Robert A. Geanious
Harold Rowe
S. L. Flickinger
Edgar G. Hill
George Snarr
C. R. Anderson
James P. Reardon
Gibson Ray Hoover
Louis Tepper
George Eagle
Marion Anderson
W. E. Jones
Ryland Conner
Anderson
Eagle Orin Ritter
Alvin Taylor
Eagle
White Hall
Raymond Campbell
Winchester
January Clearance Now In Progress At Hodgson Hat and Dress Shop
Applications are now being accepted for drivers by Friendship Fire Co. State reference and experience required. All applications must be in by noon Thursday January 25. Send to Robert S. Ryan, Secretary, 411 Kent Street, Winchester Virginia. Frederick County Board of Supervisors will hold a regular meeting on secondary road improvements and additions on Monday February 12, 1951.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret L. Hodgson
Friendship Fire Co
Robert S. Ryan
Kent Se
Winchester
Virginia
Frederick
British Commonwealth Leaders Begin Survey of Asian Crisis
British Commonwealth leaders open a 10 day meeting in London to craft plans for a Korean settlement. Jawaharlal Nehru reiterates bringing Red China into the UN as a path to talks, with Formosa and Japan's future rearmament on the agenda. Attlee reports on Washington talks to align American aims in the Far East.
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British Commonwealth
London
Jawaharlal Nehru
India
Red China
United Nations
Commonwealth
Formosa
United States
China
Cairo
Truman
Britain
Clement Attlee
Washington
Far East
Japan
Prim
Atlee
Four Burglaries Here Are Solved
Discovery of illegal sale of metal scrap and batteries in Front Royal this week led to the solution of four local burglaries and jailed two youths. Albert Nicholson, 18, of Clear Brook, charged with breaking and entering and larceny at the Southern Scrap Company, pled guilty and was held for the next grand jury. A 17-year-old youth was also taken into custody. juvenile authorities will act. Additional cases include a 18-year-old Gibson Ray Hoover fined for a red light violation and John Simpson, 46, fined for drunk and disorderly.
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Front Royal
Albert Nicholson
Clearbrook
Southern Scrap Company
John W. Rice
Frederick County Grand Jury
Nicholson
Francis Funk
Seret Warren Rudolph
Winchester Police
Southern
Acme
Valley Wrecking Company
A.C. Oates
Rhodes Hardware
Stephens City
Gibson Ray Hoover
E. Cecil Street
Boscawen and
Braddock Streets
John Simpson
Round Hill
Warehouse Fire Destroys Haymes Construction Frame Building
A five alarm blaze swept by winds destroyed a large frame warehouse owned by Haymes Construction Company near here yesterday. Fire crews battled the flames as the windy conditions hampered containment and caused extensive property loss.
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Chatham
Haymes Construction Company
Civil War Veteran Ruffin Collie Dies at 106 in North Carolina
Rocky Mount NC reports the death of Ruffin Van Buren Collie a 106 year old Civil War veteran. His passing leaves Sam E Bennett a 102 year old survivor from Yancey County as the last remaining NC veteran of the Confederate Army.
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Rocky Mount
N. C
Ruffin van Buren Collie
Sam E. Bennett
Yancey County
North Carolina
Polio Outbreak Statistics Across Virginia in 1950
Polio struck 1,197 Virginians in 1950 across 86 counties and 10 independent cities. Clarke County saw 12 cases in the seven area counties, Loudoun 17, Fauquier 5, Shenandoah 4, Warren 3, Page 1, Frederick 3. Four of 45 area fatalities occurred in the region, with three in Loudoun and one in Shenandoah. Hospitalization reached 97 percent statewide.
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Clarke County
Frederick
Virginia
Associated Press
Rappahannock
Loudoun
Clarke
Fauquier
Shenandoah
Warren
Page
A S McCowan
Bureau of Communicable Disease Control
State Health Department
Wythe County
Wythevile
Defense plans July call for medical draftees
The Defense Department stated that all physicians and dentists in the first draft priority and some in priority No 2 will be called to active service by July. The announcement specifies the selective service mobilization schedule for medical professionals.
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Washington
Defense Department
French Steel Makers to Sell Rail Rails to China
French steel makers plan to ship more than 450 miles of railway rails to Communist China to complete the Kwangsi Indo China border line. Officials approve the deal, with delivery not yet started, seen as a strategic move amid Sino-French tensions and massed Chinese forces on the border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Barth
Washington Star
Chicago Daily News
Geneva
Switzerland
Indo-China
China
Kwangsi
Chen Yi
Indo- China
Chna
Mukden
Korea
Gulf of Tontia
Retreat From Seoul Opens Final Southward Push in Korea
Allied forces fall back from Seoul as Chinese Red troops press toward Wonju 155 miles east of the capital. Gen Ridgway reports 210000 Communist troops moving from Chuchon toward Wonju while UN lines regroup and threaten a potential cutoff of retreating Eighth Army units. Air and sea actions intensify as Inchon harbor is blown and evacuation completes.
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Clen Clements
Tokyo
Woniu
Seoul
MacArthur
Chuchon
Wonju
United Nations
Korea
Kimpo
Inchon
U. N
U.N
Don Huth
Ridgway
Asia
America
Central Korea
South Korean
Tom Stone
Stone
Miss Sallie Boyd Succumbs In City
Miss Sallie W. Boyd died at 216 Fairmont Ave after a short illness. She lived in Winchester her whole life and was active in the Presbyterian Church and Highland Avenue Chapel. Survived by brothers Fred Boyd of Winchester Henry Boyd of Bernville and Dr John O Boyd of Roanoke. Funeral at her residence tomorrow at 11 conducted by Dr Ronald S Wilson with Rev J S Duckwall. Burial Mount Hebron Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sallie W. Boyd
Fairmont Ave
Philip Boyd
Winchester
Miss Boyd
Winchester Presbyterian Church
Highland Avenue Chapel
Fred 8. Boyd
Henry W. Boyd
Bernville
John O. Boyd
Roanoke
Ronald S Wilson
J. S Duckwall
Mount Hebron Cemetery
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Hans Kindler
Atlanta
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Richmond
San Francisco
Rouss Park
G. G. Brow
Winchester Rod & Gun Club
Loryn M. Crabill
Fire Company Head
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