New Gore Fire Company Truck To Be Delivered January 25
Gore residents read of a 140 member volunteer fire company organizing last summer. A new one and half ton International chassis truck costing 7500 dollars is to be delivered January 25, with 4500 to be raised, shed construction underway at no labor cost, and donations aiding funding for the project spanning Gore and surrounding areas.
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Gore
Gore Fire Company, Inc
Fire Company
James C. Sawyer
Stanley Biggert
Beavers
Bigcert
Ber 28
Carroll Willis
Winchester
S. 50
Mt. Williams
Gainesboro
Whitacre
West Virginia Line
Capon Bridge
Hayfield
Volunteer Fire Company
Biggert
E. Earl Shade
American LaFrance Company
Oceana
Nor
Mundt Sees Public Favor Taft or Eisenhower
Senator Mundt reports a grassroots survey indicating the public prefers either Senator Taft or General Eisenhower as the next president. He says Truman likely won’t run and dismisses Warren and Stassen as front runners. Mundt notes Kefauver may seek the Democratic nomination.
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Mundt
Taft
Gen. Eisenhower
Washington
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Bob
Ike
Southwest
Middle West
Truman
South
Earl Warren
California
Harold Stassen
University of Pennsylvania
Minnesota
Kefauver
Korean Hero to Receive Medal Despite Father's Refusal
The family tale centers on First Lt. Robert M. McGovern who earned the Medal of Honor for valor in Korea and was killed in action January 20. His brother, 2nd Lt. Jerome F. McGovern, posthumously earned the Silver Star twelve days later. Their father, Halsey McGovern, rejected both honors saying the president was not worthy. An Army spokesman confirmed the Medal of Honor will be recorded for Robert, awarded in death to the son, not granted to the father.
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Washington
Korea
Robert M. McGovern
Jerome F McGovern
Halsey McGovern
McGovern
Truman
Army
Pentagon
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
White House
Arlington National Cemetery
Middletown Bank Directors Named
Middletown State Bank held its annual stockholders meeting with 83 in person and 128 by proxy. M. H. Rhodes was reelected president. J. J. Pickeral became vice president and W. R. Campbell cashier. Directors elected include Rhodes and Brumback among others.
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Middletown
Middletown State Bank
M. H Rhodes
J. J. Pickeral
Garland N. Snapp
W. R. Campbell
Bernice J. Burdette
Herbert G. Jones
M. H. Rhodes
Herbert S. Larrick
Byron Brumback
H. W. Owings
William 8. Sargent
J. D. Huffman
Ruby E. Campbell
Three Children Burned to Death in One Room Cabin
In Bunker Missouri three children Wanda Sue 5 Alfred Willard 4 and Charles Ray 2 died in a early morning fire. Their 24 year old father Jesse Willard Hill was jailed for questioning after a quarrel with his wife Georgia Marie 21 hours earlier. Neighbors Cleve Street and Mrs Hill said Hill carried a container toward the burning house as the blaze began. Witnesses described the ground around the cabin as scorched as if drenched with flammable liquid. Authorities, including Coroner James Pyrtle Prosecutor Roy Glidswell and Sheriff Charles Reed, investigated the deadly incident.
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Bunker
F. A. Findley
Jesse Willard Hill
Georgia Marie
Wanda Sue
Alfred Willard
Charles Ray
Cleve Street
Findley
Hill
Rolla
Charles Reed
Five Czechoslovaks Executed and Three to Life for Spying
Vienna report says five Czechoslovak nationals were sentenced to death and three to life terms for spying for the United States, according to Radio Prague. The case involves alleged espionage activities tied to U S intelligence.
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Vienna
Austria
United States
Radio iPrague
Smalts to Head Red Cross Drive
Claude B. Smalts Jr florist and Winchester city councilman was named chairman of the Winchester Frederick County Red Cross Fund Drive to be held in March Stewart Bell Jr announced Eugene A Kight District Land Superintendent Gulf Oil Corp was named vice chairman Both men cited civic and military service as they pledged full cooperation from Winchester and Frederick County workers and contributors for a successful drive
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Claude B. Smalts
Winchester-Frederick County
Red Cross
Stewart Bell
Smalts
Eugene A. Kight
Gulf Oil Corp
Bell
C B Smalts and Son, Florists
Winchester
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
Exchange Club
Kight
Frederick County
Norfolk
Parkview Avenue
The
Armed Services
British Tanks In Action At Suez Canal Zone
Ismailia Egypt four British Centurion tanks joined a heavy guerrilla assault on rail yard near Tel el Kebir Station. A Cameron Highlander was killed and three wounded by a mine as fighting intensified with Guards units and two Egyptians captured.
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Ismailia
Egypt
Tel el Kebir
Suez Canal Zone
Coldstream Guards
Suez
Search Intensifies As Wreckage Found From Pennsylvania
Debris and floating cargo from the freighter Pennsylvania lead searchers to a smaller zone southeast of the ship’s last contact. A hatch cover lumber boxes drums and an oil slick were spotted by aircraft and Coast Guard planes near the Stonetown weather ship, prompting a narrowing of the search to a 60 by 60 mile area.
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Seattle
Pennsylvania
Stonetown
Coast Guard
U S Rejects Russian Protest Over Mutual Security Act
Washington bluntly rejects Moscow's claim that funds from the Mutual Security Act were used for subversive anti-Soviet activity. Lincoln White said the United States stood by its earlier denial and dismissed the Russian note as false charges. The dispute centers on a 100 million dollar appropriation aiding victims of Communism in Europe and defense of the free world.
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Washington
United States
Europe
U 8
Moscow
Lincoln White
State Department
Russia
U. S
Free World
First Woman Banker In City May Attend F and M Anniversary
Mrs Lucy Brown Sonneborn of Dayton and sister of Richard B Brown of Hodgson and Brown may attend the 50th Anniversary of the Farmers and Merchants National Bank in Winchester on January 15. She was the first woman employed by the bank and among the first in the region to hold a banking job. The committee listed includes Clarence Robinson Allen Gray Frank Christopher Paul Haldeman and Joseph Kalbach.
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Lucy Brown Sonneborn
Dayton
Ohio
Lucy Brown
Richard B. Brown
Hodgson and Brown
Charles P. McVicar
Winchester
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
Clarence J. Robinson
Allen B. Gray
Frank E Christopher
Paul M Haldeman
Joseph L. Kalbach
Sonneborn
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Sue Duffey
J. W. Duffey
Three Sabre Jets and 13 UN Planes Downed in Korea
In the week ended Friday the Reds shot down three Sabre jets and 13 UN planes over north Korea. U N Air Forces reported 12 MiG 15s destroyed and 14 damaged as ground fire claimed losses, marking the costliest week of the war for UN air forces.
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Korea
Seoul
United Nations
U. N
U.S. Fifth Air Force
U.N
U. N. Eighth Army
Airforce
Fifth Air Force
Par East Air Forces
Ince
U. S
Red Air Force
Yalu River
Atomic Artillery Gun Shown as Conventional Charge Feasibility
A model of an artillery gun for atomic shells was presented to the Joint Congressional Committee on Atomic Energy. The weapon could be fired with a regular propelling charge, acting as artillery rather than a rocket launcher. Designers aim to minimize weight for battlefield practicality and focus on short range targets behind enemy lines.
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Washington
Joint Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
McMahon
D-Conn
Carlsen Describes Rescue of Flying Enterprise Crew
In Falmouth Capt Kurt Carlsen recounts the perilous rescue of the Flying Enterprise. He details the worst moment when the ship sank, the relief of having Mr Dancy aboard, his decision to stay by the vessel, and plans to continue at sea despite the danger.
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Falmouth
England
Kurt Carlsen
Carlsen
Mr. Dancy
Kenneth Daney
Capt
Enterprise
O'Brien
U. S. Naval
Leslie J. O'Brien
Norfolk
Keith
U. 5
Willard Keith
Henrik Kurt Carlsen
Kenneth Dancy
Local Apples Show Strong Movement in Winchester Storages
About 484,628 bushels are stored across Winchester Cold Storage 356,780, Virginia Apple Storage 109,848, and Old Mill Storage 18,000. Movement is good with shipments rising, some slow after Christmas, and exports planned to Britain as Belgium opens in February.
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Winchester
Winchester Cold Storage
Virginia
Old Mill
Robinson Cold
H. W. Butler, Jr
H.W Butler & Bro. Packing House
Mr. Butler
Belgium
Butler
New York
England
Wholesale prices steady while retail costs rise in week
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports wholesale prices unchanged for the week ending Jan 8, while retail food prices rise 0.4 percent from Dec 15 to Dec 26. The wholesale index stands at 177.2 with 1926=100. retail food index at 232.8, down 0.8 percent from the prior month and 15 percent above pre Korea levels.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Korea
Army trains 25 reserve divisions as infantry units
The Army will train all 25 reserve corps divisions as infantry due to limited airborne and armored training facilities and equipment.
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Washington
Army
Captain Carlsen Rejects Hollywood Offers for Flying Enterprise Saga
Falmouth England Captain Kurt Carlsen, 37, refused film and story rights offers totaling 30 000 to 40 000 pounds for his 13 day sea duel aboard Flying Enterprise. He returns to see his wife and two daughters before planning another command. Isbrandtsen Lines awaits insurance and a replacement ship.
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Falmouth
Eng
Kurt Carlsen
Hollywood
Flying Enterprise
Carlson
Atlantic
North Atlantic
Woodbridge
N. J
Hang
Carlsen
London
Justice of Peace Bans Pin Curls Five Children Taken in custody
Antioch California Justice of the Peace Yates Hamm seized five children ages 3 to 11 after fines of 10 dollars each were imposed on Mr. and Mrs. Amos Barton for sending home their 15 year old daughter Theola for wearing pin curls. The Bartons refused to pay and a petition was filed to make Theola a ward of the Juvenile Court.
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Antioch
Calif
Justice of the Peace
Yates Hamm
Amos Barton
Theola
Bartons
Barton
Board of Education
Everett Joseph
Hamm
Joseph
Missing Left Skirt From Ford At Woodland Ave Incident
A party removed a left tender skirt from a 50 Ford at 916 Woodland Ave on Wednesday night January 9. Return of the item in perfect condition will prevent further action.
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Ford
Woodland Ave
Plan A traffic signal system recommended by city panel
The Public Safety Committee chaired by Claude B. Smalta Jr met in a special session to discuss two plans for a city traffic signal system. Lee Grant, Mifflin Clowe Jr, J Thomas Boyd, George Jones, Kenneth Wilkinson, and James Wurst attended with manufacturers Crause-Hines Co. The panel will consider four vendors, including Raub Co., Koontz Equipment, and Electric Supply Co, on whether to replace all signals with a synchronized system and add neon pedestrian signs at eight downtown intersections.
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Public Safety Committee
Claude B. Smalta, Jr
Council Chamber
Lee Grant
Mifflin B Clowe, Jr
J. Thomas Boyd
George Jones
Kenneth Wilkinson
State Highway Department
James F. Wurst
Crause-Hines Co
Ta cm Teseteg Oveuane
Raub Company
This Co., Inc
le Electric Supply Co
Koontz Equipment Co
Pittsburgh
Raub
Money Hidden in Yard Sparks Local Cash Hunt
Jackson residents found 930 dollars yesterday as cash littered yards and a drainage ditch, with Mrs. Valentine and her husband Mr. Valentine recovering $200, a cab driver diverting rumors, and police collecting most of the money for safekeeping while a Hot Springs ride incident is noted.
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Jackson
Valentine
Valentines
Junior Clark
Clark
Hot Springs
Highway Toll Hits Seventeen in Virginia After Tragic Night
Two Camp Pickett soldiers Corporal Calvin N Wixby 24 and Sergeant Turrall W Lawson 22 died in a non collision crash on U S Route 460 in Dinwiddie County at 1130 p m A woman Marjorie Phillips of Big Stone Gap died four miles east of Elkton on Route 33 at 1105 p m in a non collision crash The State Police investigator R Gemmill was unavailable for details
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Richmond
Camp Pickett
Calvin N. Wixby
Turrall W. Lawson
Dinwiddie
R. Gemmill
Marjorie Phillips
Big Stone Gap
Route
Elkton
Rockingham County
Spain Joins Western Boycott Over Soviet Bloc Trade
Spain aligned with Western powers by joining a boycott of strategic goods shipments to Soviet bloc nations. The action marks a show of solidarity amid Cold War tensions and follows similar moves by allied nations.
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Madrid
Spain
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Middletown Bank
Red Cross Drive
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Air Force
Justice of Peace
Safety Committee
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