Army Chronology Of Peress Case Sparks New Probe
The Army released a 10 000 word chronology stating Maj Irving Peress was discharged after review found no basis for reconsideration yet nine months earlier 1st Army intelligence reported sufficient disloyal and subversive tendencies. McCarthy pledged new hearings and subpoenas for Stevens Adams Weible Zwicker and others involved.
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Army
Peress
Sen. McCarthy
Washington
Maj
Irving Peress
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
John G. Adams
Walter L. Weible
Adams
Weible
1St Army
Ralph W. Zwicker
Charles L. Bolte
Gen. Weible
Sen. Saltonstall
R-Mass
Stevens
Ralph Zwicker
Camp Kilmer
N. J
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Mundt
McClellan
D-Ark
Senate
Rouss Elects John J Hawse As President
The Rouss Fire Company at its annual meeting named John J Hawse president for the coming year. Hawse has served 25 years with the company and held multiple officer posts. Officers elected include William Argenbright and A C Long, with several others named to senior posts and trustees re elected. The group reported 80 alarms and referred to continued executive board appointments.
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Rouss Fire Company
John J. Hawse
Bernard F. Groves, Jr
Hawse
Reuss Fire Company
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Mary Glenn Lupton
Parkway
William Argenbright
A. C. Long
Robert C. Legg
Dorsey Hottle
Joseph Haines
Carson S. Dettra
J. Sloan Kuykendall
E. C. Stuart
Robert A. Whitten
Congregational Christian Church
Bernard Groves, Jr
N. R
Pete) Kerns
Jack Owens
Stuart Dyke
Frederick Baker
William H. Reed
W. E. Huntsberry
W. Nelson Page
W. R. Armel
E. A. Carper
H. H. Hable
Marvin Weaver
C. Douglas Brown
Frank Dick
Town Wins Battle To Keep Steel Mill Operating
In Follansbee West Virginia mergers to move the 740 worker Follansbee Steel Corp plant were blocked by 47 minority stockholders and town opponents. A federal court shift kept the mill in place for at least three years with a celebratory banquet attended by 1200 people and leaders including Cyrus Eaton and U S Senators Kefauver Neely Kilgore and Wayne Hays.
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Follansbee
W. Va
Follansbee Steel Corp
Georgia
Follawsbee
Frederick W. Richmond
New York
Republic Steel Corp
Republic
Gadsden
Ala
West Virginia
Wayne Hays
Ohio
David J.mcdonald
United Steel Workers
Tom Millsop
Weirton
Fire at Orchard Ave causes bed covering blaze
A child playing with candles started a small fire at Mrs. Elsie Stubbs's home 1048 Orchard Ave. A neighbor reported the alarm and firefighters arrived. The candle flame touched bed coverings. no damage beyond the bed clothing was noted. Open house for new homes on Latane St advertised for tomorrow 1 to 5.
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Winchester
Etta Robinson
Harry W. Goshert
N. Loudoun St
Frederick County
Miss Robinson
Robinson
Appie Pie Ridge
Jackson and
Emmeline Wright Robinson
Elsie Stubbs
Orchard Ave
Richard Spurling
Stubbs
Friendship
Sarah Zane
Lions Mark 30th Anniversary and Honor Five Members
The Winchester Lions Club celebrated its 30th anniversary with about 400 Lions and wives attending at the armory. John L. Stickley urged Lions to stand up and show their colors, warning against smugness and indifference as they pursue future achievements. Five men—Hoye L. Riley, G. Gibson Baker, Joseph B. Newlin, Dr. A. T. Hawthorne, and Llewellyn Jackson—were named honorary members, each receiving a scroll.
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Winchester Lions Club
International Organization
John L. Stickley
Charlotte
N. C
Lions International
The
Lions Club
Hoye L. Riley
G. Gibson Baker
Joseph B. Newlin
A. T. Hawthorne
Llewellyn Jackson
Jackson
C. F. Schenck
Schenck
Church of God Almighty
Three Cities Bid For Republican Convention in 1956
Chicago Philadelphia and Atlantic City sent delegations to bid for the 1956 Republican presidential nominating convention site. Democrats chose Aug 27 for their 1956 convention, prompting analysis of planning timelines and potential impact on campaigning as GOP deliberations continued.
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Washington
Chicago
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
Paul M. Butler
Leonard W. Hall
Butler
Eisenhower
Sen
Douglas
D-Ill
GOP
Sen. Martin
Joseph Altman
Train Engine Catches on Fire in Berryville
A Norfolk and Western locomotive in Berryville station yard caught fire around 4 p m due to oil and grease above the booster. John Enders Fire Company extinguished the blaze with water. no damage reported and the train continued in good running order.
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Norfolk and Western Railroad
Berryville
John Enders Fire Company
Winchester Second Traffic Crash of 1955
Winchester police reported a second traffic accident of 1955 near S Cameron and Cecil Streets just after 11 pm. A 1953 Ford station wagon owned by Bowie L Grant from Oakland Maryland headed north on Cameron collided with a 1939 Pontiac sedan driven by Besley E Speaker of Williamsport Maryland as the Ford failed to yield the right of way. No injuries were reported.
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Winchester
S. Cameron
Cegil Sts
Winchester Police Department
Bowie L. Grant
Oakland
Cameron St
Besley E. Speaker
Rt. 1
Williamsport
Cecil St
Virginia Sees Deadly Two Car Crash Tally Rises
Seven people died in a Botetourt County two car wreck near Fincastle and three other fatalities occurred in separate Virginia crashes over a 120 hour period. Victims include Julian Wills 64 Bertha Wills 63 Wilmer Wills 39 George Brown 21 Robert Pettus 16 William Clay Jr 20 Gilbert Wiley 21 and Charles Ragan Jr 22 plus Thomas Goff RFC Rustburg. Police cited excessive speed and skidding marks as the cause and noted a fifth occupant was critically hurt.
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Associated Press
Botetourt County
Virginia
Fredericksburg
Rustburg
Julian Wills
Bertha
Fincastle
Wilmer Rea Wills
George Vincent Brown
Robert Pettus, Jr
William Henry Clay, Jr
Troutville
Gilbert Wiley
Charles Anderson Ragan Jr
U.S
Quantico
Thomas Martin Goff
RFC
Wills
Brown, Pettus
Clay
Wiley
U. S. 220
H. L. Holzbach
Botetourt
Holzbach
U. S
Roanoke
Eisenhower Relaxing With Grandchildren At Camp David
President Eisenhower spent time with his grandchildren Barbara Anne and Susan at Camp David in Thurman Maryland. The trip included his wife and First Lady’s mother and followed the completion of a foreign trade message to Congress. He planned to return to Washington tomorrow as three more messages on civil service pay raises postal rates and armed forces pay were prepared for next week.
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John S. Doud
Gettysburg
Eisenhower
David
Ft. Leavenworth
Kan
Kansas
Maj
John Eisenhower
Washington
Congress
White House
Capitol
Death of Shepherd College student ruled suicide
Vivian Elaine Brady 21, a Shepherd College senior from near Kearneysville, died after exposure to roach poison sodium fluoride. Coroner C G Bower ruled suicide. a note was found for a Shepherdstown instructor. She was despondent for days and survived by her parents Roger and the late Mrs Brady and six siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsburg
W. Va
Shepherd College
Vivian Elaine Brady
Kearneysville
Martinsburg Hospital
C. G. Bower
Berkeley County
J. E. Durst
Shepherdstown College
Durst
Roger L. Brady
Jefferson County
Sarah Zane Firemen Re elect Crabill and Officers
All officers of the Sarah Zane Fire Company were returned at the annual meeting last night at the fire hall. Loryn Crabill begins his 19th consecutive year as president. Re elected drivers are Lee A. Brown and Elmer R. Dorsey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Zane Fire Company
Loryn Crabill
Lee A. Brown
Elmer R. Dorsey
Mr. Brown
Americans Recovered From Siberian Slave Camp By Russians
Two Americans, Pvt. William Marchuk and John H. Noble, were released by Soviet authorities in Berlin after years in the Vorkuta slave labor camp. They appeared healthy and were to undergo extensive Army examinations while intelligence services questioned them. Marchuk may face court martial for desertion.
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Siberian
Berlin
U. S
William Marchuk
Norristown
John H. Noble
Detroit
Marchuk
Noble
U.S. State Department
Soviet Union
Vorkuta
U. S. Army
U.S
Norman K. Pratt
West Berlin
Karlshorst
East Berlin
Germany
Pvt
William Verdine
Starks
Dresden
Third Reich
Moscow
Verdine
Head On Crash Kills Seven in New Mexico
A Friday head on collision 21 miles east of Lordsburg New Mexico killed seven people including Ralph Osborn Mitchell 22 Adena Ohio soldier at Fort Bliss and Sgt and Mrs Richard Lavern Hursh 25 Silver Spring Maryland plus two unidentified young daughters Elwood H Vincent 66 Fairmont Minnesota and his wife 59. The five in the speeding car were from Ohio and the other auto carried the Minnesota couple.
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Lordsburg
N.M
Here
Neil Moore
Minnesota
Moore
Ralph Osborn Mitchell
Adena
Ohio
Ft. Bliss
Tex
Mitchell
Richard Lavern Hursh
Silver Spring
Elwood H.vincent
Fairmont
Minn
Vincent
UN Secretary Hammarskjold and Chou En-lai Hold Five Hour Talk
Peiping radio reports Hammarskjold and Chou En-lai met for more than five hours over the 11 U.S. airmen imprisoned by China as spies. The session was the longest closed door meeting of the three and no details were given. Another meeting was expected Monday.
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Tokyo
Peiping Radio
Dag Hammarskjold
Chou En-lai
U. S
Red China
Red Radio
San Francisco
U. N
Chou
Hammarskjold
U. 8
Peiping
Winchester Post
Post
Piccadilly St
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Elizabeth Lunsford
J. L. Stotler
Garvin Walter
Donald Larrick
Elwood Mason
Albert Robinson
Richard Brown, Jr
Grover Cooper
W. E. Edwards
Edgar Mason
Edwin Ritter
H. S. Pifer
Richard Brown
George Sumption
B. M. Sullivan
C. P. McVicar
William Jones
Winchester Star
New Mexico
Chou Cenfer
Miller Keckley
Chanticleer Inn
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