Senators Propose $80 Billion Budget To Bar Aggression
Senators Douglas and Humphrey call for an $80 billion federal budget with a pay as you go tax hike to avoid borrowing. They say Taft’s $65 billion figure is too low and urge rapid defense buildup with millions in armed forces by fall. President Truman’s plan reportedly centers near $75 billion with higher taxes to fund defense.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
Douglas
D-Ill
Humphrey
D-Minn
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Europe
Truman
Congress
U. S
Mysterious Note Leads Virginia Sheriff to Grave’s Mountain Dig
Sheriff Pat Jennings plans to interview the former owner of an old Italian shotgun as he follows a note from 1923. The crumpled paper claims a buried gold stash with a map to a grave on Grave’s Mountain, prompting a dig despite heavy brush and trees.
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Rusty P
Jennings
Andrew McDaniel
Grave's Mountain
Banquet Update For Past Commanders Banquet
The Past Commanders Banquet moves to the George Washington Hotel from the Sarah Zane Fire Hall. Same day and time. Reply cards or call 3609 to confirm with Commander Charles Zuckerman.
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George Washington Hotel
Sarah Zane Fire Hall
Charles Zuckerman
Banker Looks At Middletown Garden Spot Of Old Dominion
Madison Herbert Rhodes president and oldest director of the Middletown State Bank proclaims Shenandoah Valley Virginia the only place to live and Middletown the Valley’s sole spot. He has spent his life on Main Street near Railroad Avenue and was born September 9, 1878 in his family home later rebuilt after a 1902 fire. his father James William Rhodes was a prosperous merchant.
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Shenandoah Valley
Virginia
Middletown
Madison Herbert Rhodes
Middletown State Bank
Rhodes
Mr Rhodes
Mr. Rhodes
Main Street
Railroad Avenue
James William Rhodes
Anna Keller Rhodes
Stork Reports Slight Drop in Winchester Memorial Births
Winchester Memorial Hospital recorded 1,215 births last year, a decline from 1,229 in 1949 and 1,244 in 1947, while the four year total reached 4,931. Boys led girls 592 to 583, with July the busiest month at 131 births. Monthly counts show April was the slowest with 81 births.
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Winchester Memorial Hospital
Legge Re elected Head of Charley Reuss Fire Company
Robert C. Legge of 379 National Ave. was re elected president for the fourth consecutive term. The company endorsed Civil Defense and set Feb. 4 for its annual sermon. New officers include Bernard Groves Jr and John Hawse as vice presidents, C Douglas Brown, Dorsey Hottle, Cecil Grim secretary and Marvin Weaver treasurer. Other appointees include J Sloan Kurkendall council, E C Stuart Sr surgeon, Rev. Robert Whitten chaplain with assistant chaplains Ronald Wilson W Archer Wright and John Mawse. Chief pipeman Jimmy Owens and chief boseman John Morrison lead the line with trustees William Reed W Huntsberry Joseph Hodgson W Nelson Page William Ar mel and F A Carper. Legge, a Frederick County native, has lived here 25 years and was with Rouss Fire Company since 1924. He is a machinist at Virginia Woolen Company. Mrs Legge is Viola M Keller. They have a son Teddy Legge in the U S Navy.
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Robert C. Legge
National Ave
Charley Reuss Fire Company
Defenserogram
Legge
Bernard F. Groves, Jr
John J. Hawse
C. Douglas Brown
W E. Huntsberry
Joseph Hodgson
W. Nelson Page
William R. Armel
F A Carper
Legee
Frederick County
Rouss Fire Company
Virginia Woolen Company
Viola M. Keller
Teddy Legge
U. S. Navy
Hospital Cornerstone Ceremony Set for January Fifteenth
The cornerstone laying for Winchester Memorial Hospital will be held Monday January 15 at 2 30 p m Homer E Alberti administrator announced Col Robert T Barton a Winchester native and Richmond attorney will be principal speaker Garland R Quarles Winchester Public Schools superintendent will preside over the public program J Sloan Kuykendall Winchester attorney will deliver a eulogy for Dr Hunter H McGuire a founder and former president of the hospital John H Rosenberger hospital president and executive committee chair will preside over the ceremony Construction began January 15 1950 and is to finish early in 1952 at an estimated 2 6 million for building and equipment adding 100 adult beds and expanding pediatrics.
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Winchester Memorial Hospital
Homer E. Alberti
Robert T. Barton
Winchester
Richmond
Garland R. Quarles
Winchester Public Schools
Clifford
J. Sloan Kuykendall
Hunter H. McGuire
Crabill Reelected Sarah Zane Fire Company Leader
Crabill was re elected captain of the Sarah Zane Fire Company for the 16th term at last night’s election meeting. Officers elected include Offutt Grapes Mason Robinson Omps Cooper Pifer Snyder Brown Jr and Brown Sr along with drivers Brown and McDonald. The group approved two 15 pound dry chemical extinguishers for gasoline and oil fires. Crabill is a Winchester native employed by John B Solendberger Co married to Elizabeth Lunsford with daughter Evelyn Ann Stotler.
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Loryn Crabill
Sarah Zane Fire Company
H. M. Offutt
Cecil Grapes
Elwood Mason
Albert Robinson
Wayne Omps
Grover ©. Cooper
H. I. Pifer
Fred Snyder
Richard 8. Brown, Jr
Crabill
Winchester
N. Loudoun St
Ext
John 8. Solendberger & Co., Inc
Elizabeth Lunsford
Evelyn Ann Stotler
Navy plans to double aircraft carrier fleet and build up ships
The Navy unveiled a expansion plan to nearly double its carrier fleet from 14 to 28 or 29 ships, add two battleships, several cruisers, and about 100 destroyers. It also details de-mothballing Tarawa and returning Wisconsin to active duty, with 9 large 45 000 ton and 27 000 ton carriers and about 17 smaller carriers planned.
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Washington
Navy
Wisconsin
Defense Department
Missouri
Korea
New Jersey
Taft
Ohio
Senate
U. S
Far East
Reporter Testifies on YCL Link in Perjury Case
Roscoe C. Giles testifies that William W. Remington recruited him into the Young Communist League at Dartmouth in 1937 38. The judge rules YCL membership not proof of Communist Party affiliation, leaving cross examination to the defense in the Remington perjury trial.
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New York
Dartmouth College
William W. Remington
Young Communist League
Remington
Commerce Department
Communist Party
Roscoe C. Giles
Berkeley
Calif
YCL
Giles
William C. Chanler
Gregory F. Noonan
Chanler
U N Diplomats Weigh Plans Behind Closed Doors
U N diplomats meet at Lake Success to keep the Far Eastern crisis united, aiming to localize the Korean War and preserve the U N as a world forum. They clash over strategy with the United States seeking a strong condemnatory stance and Asian leaders fearing broader conflict with Red China.
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Lake
United Nations
United States
Korea
Red China
China
India
Peiping
U.S
Warren R. Austin
Taft challenges Truman on authority to send troops
Senator Taft charged the President lacks power to deploy American troops to a European defense force without Congress approval. He noted the Korean War began without authority, urged limited American divisions for North Atlantic defenses, while Europeans lead the force formation. Truman defended his authority and named General Eisenhower as commander.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Truman
Europe
Senate
Congress
U. S
North Atlantic
Trusman
Dwight D. Fisenhower
United States
Winchester Year in Review 1950 Weather Highlights
Winchester records a 54 degree annual average in 1950 with January the warmest on record and December the coldest in five years. January saw 70s warmth and a 80 degree high, while April brought Spring official headlines. Snowfall in December reached 10 inches, the wet year totaled 44.77 inches with April driest in four years and a mid August drought threatening crops. County Agent I Fred Stine notes moisture shortages amid unusual weather patterns.
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Winchester
Winchester Research Laboratory
Elizabeth Beekman
Star Dare
I. Fred Stine
Frederick County Farm Meeting Names Officers and Officers
One of the largest Frederick County Board of Agriculture meetings in years convened in the County Court Room. Over 100 attendees heard nominating committee reports and learned new Social Security Law requirements for farmers employing workers.
Local Cemetery Receives Bequest From Dr Brown
Doctor John William Brown a retired Negro physician who died in Washington on November 5 left 30000 for the care of Orrick Cemetery in Winchester His estate valued about 200000 also provides 70000 to Lincoln University in Pennsylvania The remainder goes to his sister Nancy Fairefax Brown of Washington He practiced in Pittsburgh for years lived in Winchester when ill and was buried there
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John Willian. Brown
Washington
Orrick
Winchester
E. Hart St
Brown
Lincoln University
Pennsylvania
Nancy Fairefax Brown
Dr. Brown
Pittsburgh
Volunteers to Aid Religious Census in Winchester
Upwards of 300 volunteers are expected to join a religious census in Winchester sponsored by the Ministerial Association. Dr William Archer Wright says visitors will meet at Christ Episcopal Church at 2 p.m. for instructions before canvassing begins at 2 30. The city is divided into four districts with Rev E G Hill chairing the southern section and visitors from Market Street.
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Winchester
Ministerial Association
William Archer Wright
Christ Episcopal Church
E. G. Hill
Southerast
Market Street
Ford estate near final settlement after vast distribution
In Detroit the Henry Ford estate nears completion with a fourth final accounting in an $80 million estate. Tax take totals include $32.76 million to the federal government and $8.057 million to Michigan. Beneficiaries include four Ford grandchildren and the Ford Foundation with tens of millions in dividends already paid.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
James H. Sexton
America
Ford
Chigan
Clara Bryant Ford
Henry 2Nd
Benson
William and
Josephine
Ford Foundation
Ford Company
Wonju thrusts threaten South Korea's heartland hub
Military action near Wonju and Suwon intensifies as Chinese and North Korean units press a double offensive against the Allied line. The Suwon airfield is abandoned while Wonju endures mortar fire as Red forces mass to cut retreat routes toward Taegu and Pusan. Allied units counter with artillery and rear-guard actions as 4000 Red troops move southeast of Wonju.
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Wonju
Suwon
Seoul
United Nations
Reds
China
Red
Kim 1 Sung
William C. Barnard
Korea
Yongpo
Sea of Japan
South Korea
Taegu
Pusan
Eighth Army
Navy
MacAr
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Winchester Evening Star
New Defense Production Administration
William H. Harrison
Mobilization Board
Charles E. Wilson
DPA
International Soundphoto
U.N
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T. B. Rosenberger
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J. L. Hershman
Nelson Carpenter
Carroll Campbell
Harrry A Nelson
Social Security Office
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