Former Resident Visits City After 54 Years
E Ernest Bailey of University Park Maryland returned to his hometown for James P Reardon’s funeral and found no familiar faces. Bailey, who left in 1806, recalled classmates long gone and spoke of a long career with the B and O Railroad and Union Station later working as a NY Life Insurance agent. He noted his late wife Elizabeth Torreyson and said aging brings a sense of borrowed time.
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E. Ernest Bailey
University Park
James P Reardon
Mr. Bailey
Loudoun
John Kerr School
Will Cooper
Union Station
Bailey
New York Life Insurance Co
Elizabeth Torreyson
Frederick County
Virginia
P. H. Reardon
Officials outline new maximum security hospital for criminals
Dr. Brent and Dr. Barrett announced a near completion of a high wall max security unit for criminally insane patients. The current ward, deemed very insecure, will house noncriminal but troublesome patients. Recaptured inmates include Raymond Gladden 20 Lynchburg Otis Harris 34 Richmond Elijah Thompson 22 Chatham William Washington 27 Newport News William Wallace 24 Covington and Joe Wright 27 Palmer Springs.
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Brent
Joseph F Barrett
Barrett
Raymond Gladden
Lynchbore
Otis Harris
Richmond
Elijah Thompson
Chatham
William Washington
Newport News
William Wallace
Covington
Joe Wright
Palmer Springs
Auction Notices for Farm Goods and Livestock
A sales directory lists auctions with times and lot types. January 12 at 10 am Mrs. C. E. Alt on Bufflick Road offers household farm machinery and livestock. February 13 at 10 am Carlton Dyke on Greenspring near White Hall offers livestock farm machinery feed and related items.
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C. E. Alt
Bufflick Road
Carlton Dyke
Greenspring
White Hall
Winchester
Republican To Head RFC As Successor To Stuart Symington
A Republican prepared to head the Reconstruction Finance Corporation pledges loans on business merit not politics. Senate Banking Chairman Maybank ordered an inquiry into Stuart Symington’s resignation as RFC administrator, delaying Truman’s nomination of Harry A. McDonald. Symington leaves Jan 15 after six years in various government roles, with McDonald promising continued transparency and retention of key RFC staff.
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Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Harry A. McDonald
Spraia
Senate
Maybank
D-Sc
Beate Banking Committee
W. Stuart Symington
RFC
Truman
Symington
McDonald
Securities and Exchange Commission
Symington Symington
Stu
Yieldire
White House
Air Force
National Securities Resources Board
Cherokee
Iowa
Cleveland
Detroit
Hero Carlsen to receive hero’s welcome in Plymouth
Kurt Carlsen of the Flying Enterprise heads to Plymouth England where the town plans a massive hero’s welcome. Seaborne fame brings pressure from agents publishers and film interests as British papers bid to serialize his story at about 1250 pounds.
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Palmouth
England
Kurt Carlsen
Flying Enterprise
British Isles
Amethyst
Yangtze River
Woodbridge
N. J
Cornish
Carlsen
United Kingdom
Missing Coast Guard payroll leads to Atlanta search
A Coast Guard pay clerk Ernest L. Whetzel Jr and a waitress are missing from a Georgia city with $45,000 in payroll unaccounted for. Investigators say a stripper Michele Zion is sought in connection with the case as auditors note $45,339.99 missing from a Coast Guard safe.
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Atlanta
Augusta
Gaa
Coast Guard
Ernest L. Whetchel, Jr
Baltimore
Michele Zion
Whetvel
Egents
Whetzel
Washington
Coast Guardsmen
Byrd Improves After Minor Operation In Baltimore Hospital
Senator Byrd of Virginia is reported to be getting along nicely after a minor elective operation on December 26 at Union Memorial Hospital Baltimore. He is sitting up part of each day and no discharge date is yet set.
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Baltimore
Senator Byrd
D-Va
Union Memorial Hospital
FBI Smashes Series Of Car Theft Rings
FBI announces eight arrests in an international luxury car theft ring, seven in New York and one in Hoboken New Jersey. The rings trafficked Cadillacs to Cuba Mexico and other countries, with 94 cars involved and 66 recovered. Earlier 14 arrests noted.
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FBI
New York
Hoboken
N. J
J. Edgar Hoover
Cuba
Mexico
Venezuela
Hoover
New York City
United Nations Debates Anti-Aggression Plan at Security Council
Russia speaks at a Security Council meeting as votes proceed on two anti aggression resolutions. The plan urges NATO to back UN calls during aggression and asks member nations to earmark units for UN use. Britain and France accuse Andrei Vishinsky of disrupting Korean truce talks as voting continues.
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Security Council
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
U.N
Colective
Britain
France
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Poll backs higher pay for Virginia public school teachers
A Richmond The News Leader poll of Virginia General Assembly members shows strong support for increased teacher salaries, with many backing a 2000 to 3200 dollar scale proposed by the Virginia Education Association. Voters favor abolition of the absentee voter law and continued state aid for school construction at 15 million annually. Opinions split on amending high school attendance for students over 14, while current law requires until age 16 with exceptions.
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Richmond
Battle
Colgate W. Darden, Jr
University of Virginia
Hearing Today On McKinney Profits From Tractor Corp
Trustees of Empire Tractor Corp seek to determine if a stock deal which earned McKinney and others 68 dollars per 1 dollar invested led to the firm’s bankruptcy. Frank Cohen is to be the chief witness, though attendance is uncertain amid a pending subpoena.
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Philadelphia
Empire Tractor Corp
Frank E. McKinney
Frank Cohen
L LeRoy Deininger
Cohen
McKinney
Frank H. McHale
Republicans Elect Bridges Floor Leader
Senator Bridges of New Hampshire was elected floor leader for Republican senators today by a 26 to 15 vote. He defeated Senator Saltonstall of Massachusetts who backs Eisenhower. Bridges succeeds the late Senator Wherry of Nebraska as floor leader.
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Washington
Bridges
New Hampshire
Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Dwight D Eisenhower
Senator Wherry
Nebraska
Perry in fair condition after crash near Cedar Creek Bridge
Clifton J. Perry of Stephens City remains in fair condition after a Saturday night auto accident. His companion Emory Shifflet is improving. The two were injured when their 1948 Hudson crashed into the Cedar Creek Bridge, throwing Shifflet across the road and pinning Perry in the car.
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Clifton J. Perry
Stephens City
Fmery Shifflet
Cedar Creek Bridge
Shifflet
Perry
Watermelons Sent To Dying Child
Antioch California Dixie Kline sends watermelons for a dying girl’s sixth birthday. Watermelons arrive by plane, car and truck as a birthday present for the girl who is dying of leukemia.
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Antioch
Calif
Dixie Kline
Miss Huffman Dies In Woodstock Today
Miss Jesse Medore Huffman of Middletown dies at Shenandoah County Hospital Woodstock at noon. Born June 25 1873 at Flint Hill she was the daughter of Joseph B and Lenore Stephen son Huffman a Presbyterian Church member. Surviving are a brother J D Huffman a Middletown and two nephews and a niece. Funeral arrangements not yet completed.
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Jesse Medore Huffman
Middletown
Shenandoah County
Woodstock
Flint Hill
Joseph B
Lenore Stephenson Huffman
Huffman
Presbyterian Church
J. D. Huffman
Europeans React to Ike Candidacy With Mixed Feelings
Western Europeans show pleasure puzzlement and worry over General Eisenhower's U S presidential bid. French and British papers weigh defense implications while American officials in Paris fear shifts in Atlantic defenses, yet some outlets praise his balanced leadership style.
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Paris
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States
Truman
Eisenhower
Europe
Atlantic Pact Supreme Headquarters
Germany
Italy
L'Humanite
Atlantic
L'Aurore
White House
Weather Turns Ugly Across the United States
The Associated Press reports varied and mostly bad weather from rain sleet and snow across the nation. Midwest snow accumulations reach 3 to 6 inches while Colorado mountains see up to 14 inches. Strong winds and below zero temperatures affect the northeast and southeast regions with snow slides feared on mountain roads.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Ilinois
Ohio Valley
New England
Colorado
Texas
Ohio
Mississippi
Snow and Ice Hit Southwest Virginia Roads
Snow sleet and rain fell across the extreme southwest region from Bristol to Carroll and Montgomery counties. By noon temperatures rose above 40 degrees as heavy snowfall affected Buchanan and Tazewell counties, with closures and crews applying chemicals on routes 11 100 and 460. The Weather Bureau forecast five days of rain and above normal temperatures.
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Richmond
Qirsinis
Bristol
State Highway Department
Buchanan
Tazewell
Salem
Pulaski
Montgomery
Carroll
Highway Department
United States Weather Bureau
Truman and Churchill Close Talks in Washington
In Washington Truman and Churchill hold final White House talks focusing on recognizing Communist China and easing Sino-British tensions. They also tackle Iranian oil Egyptian troop withdrawal Suez security and Indo China Malaya and Middle East Command with two remaining sessions planned.
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Washington
Britain
China
Truman
Churchill
Korea
London
Peiping
Suez
Southeast Asia
Indochina
Malaya
Middle East
White House
New York
Ottawa
Canada
Congress
Virginians to Form Eisenhower Club
Richmond banker Thomas C Boushall announced a Virginians for Eisenhower Club will be organized at a Hotel John Marshall meeting Thursday at 3pm. He said the decision followed Eisenhowers announcement of a Republican nomination and that Virginia shows strong sentiment for Eisenhower among non political groups.
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Richmond
Thomas C Boushall
John Marshall
Virginia
Eisenhower
Boushall
Taft Eyes GOP delegates and Warren reacts to Eisenhower
Taft targets a large bloc of GOP delegates from New York Pennsylvania Massachusetts and Kansas as Warren notes Eisenhower would be a powerful candidate but pursues his own bid in California Honolulu. Democrats show mixed enthusiasm while Senator Kerr of Oklahoma questions Eisenhower s political readiness and vows to oppose him if nominated.
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GOP
New York
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Kansas
Eisenhower
Earl Warren
California
Warren
Honolulu
Kerr
D-Okla
Progress Report On Bicentennial Preparations In Winchester
The Executive Committee advanced the bicentennial program on March 31 with approved requisitions and accounting for funds. A design plan for a bicentennial insignia and a multicolor folder was finalized, and a report on disbursements to date was reviewed. Attendees at Dr W P McGuire’s Handley Boulevard home included Mayor Ray Garrabrandt and council members C Cooper Lewis Hyde Joseph Massie and others.
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Handley Boulevard
W. P. McGuire
Ray Garrabrandt
Allies Press Forward Near Panmunjom Amid Heavy Casualties
Allies, six miles northeast of Panmunjom, push to straighten the U S Eighth Army front. An Eighth Army briefing officer says Red casualties have been heavy in the twelve day see-saw struggle, and the Allies are paying in lives.
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Panmunjom
U.S
Eighth Army
Deputy Malenkov Honored on 50th Birthday in Moscow
Ge orgi M Malenkov deputy premier of the Soviet Union turned 50 as government party and press lauded him. He received the Order of Lenin and greetings from the central committee and ministers praising him as a lifelong fighter for communism.
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Moscow
Georgi M. Maenkov
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Lenin
Council of Ministers
Malenkov
Joseph Stalin
Stalin Areso
Stalin
Pavrenty P. Beria
Car Burns At Old Mill On Berryville Pike
Firemen from Winchester and Clearbrook responded to a blaze at the Old Mill four miles out on Berryville Pike at 6 40 p m. A 1936 Chevrolet was a total loss as flames threatened a nearby barn.
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Winchester
Clearbrook
Olday
Berryville Pike
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