Boyce Officer In Korea Wins Bronze Star
First Lieutenant John R. Casey of Boyce serving with Battery B 37th Field Artillery Battalion 2nd Infantry Division Korea received the Bronze Star Medal with V device for heroic achievement during a Red counterattack near Piari on September 20 1951. He remained at his post directing artillery fire under heavy fire aiding the unit’s repulse of the attack.
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John R. Casey
Boyce
37Th Field Artillery Batallion
Korea
Casey
Piari
Fatal vehicle accidents recount in Frederick County year 1951
A historical fatality digest recalls several 1951 crashes in Frederick County and Winchester. A Greensboro man died when his overturned 1948 Auto car tractor-trailer failed a right turn near Cross Junction. A 79 year old man fell crossing Loudoun Street in Winchester during rain. A Maryland collision on Route 50 killed the Chevrolet driver. A Vaucluse head on crash near Stephens City killed a passenger while injuring others.
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Greensboro
N. C
Cross Junction
Winchester
Tork
Loudoun
Loudoun St
Frederick County
Route
Maryland
Fredrick County
Stephens City
Vaucluse
Winston-Salem
N.C
Someting
Egyptian tensions rise over canal defense and Sudan conflict
Egypt rejects a Middle East Defense Pact proposal while Britain contends with Sudanese violence. King Ibn Saud offers a plan to remove British troops from the Suez area within a year and train Egyptian forces to defend the canal. Britain seeks international help to keep the canal open as Egypt calls interference by other powers outright aggression.
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Sudan
Suez
Egypt
Middle East
West
Suez Canal
Coul
Ibn Saud
Saudi Arabia
Britain
Canal
Telephone facilities expand to meet rising Winchester demand
Winchester area lines are being expanded to handle higher demand for service. Projects include seven miles of added cable and increased long distance facilities to Washington. New dial switching gear worth 50 000 will be installed this summer to relieve capacity, as central office equipment runs at full use.
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Winchester
Washington
T W Kay
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Kay
Virginia
United States
Change of fiscal year start to July 1
The August 26 1842 Act set the Treasury fiscal year to begin July 1 from 1843 to allow complete annual reports. Congress met in December previously making full year reports impossible.
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U.S
L. LB. A
Treasury
Congress
Phillip Crabill Buried in Rockville
Funeral services held Tuesday for Phillip R. Crabill late of Frederick County died in a Baltimore hospital after a lingering illness. Burial at Good Shepherd Cemetery Rockville with pallbearers from Daniels Md. Survivors include wife Rhoda Dodson Crabill and many children siblings and grandchildren. The obituary notes birth near Opequon on September 14 1882 and service with the US Navy in Cuba. A quiz question about removing grape seeds at table appears at the end.
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Phillip R. Crabill
Frederick County
Baltimore, Md
Higenbothem
Ellicott City
Good Shepherd
Rockville, Md
Francis McKenzie
James Robey
Roy Robey
Guy Miller
Edward Stump
Charles Lohr
Daniels Md
Opequon
Wood Crabill
Delaware
Charles Crabill
US Navy
Cuba
M. B. Lee
E. H. White
E . Tewall
W E Woolford
Clearmont
Fla
P. S Crabill
Adamshoro
A. B. Crabill
Richmond
Daily Crossword Across 10 1l 12 13 4 16 19
Crossword clues and grid entries cover across and down terms including forbids knocks dropping paradise dull Mexican dollar beast of burden guard framework for flowers sheltered side type measure one spot card obnoxious person projecting rims on wheels Chinese money thrice must shilling abbri macaw a salad green refastened at present time prickly pear exhibition Ireland poker stake bodies of water cravats kind of tree town belgian kind of strong ale enemy scout conical tent am ind town arab crushing devices breathes noisily in sleep malt beverage perfumed stall high river so am saucy characteristic obtain black viscous substance rugged mountain crests tales chop as wood inclines join protuberances of skill obese keel billed cuckoo.
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Paradise
Tornadoes Tracked by Static in Radio Signals
Dr Herbert L. Jones claims tornadoes can be predicted by distinctive high frequency static patterns recorded with a radio receiver, oscilloscope, and camera. The Oklahoma A and M College engineer noted tornado-related static appeared hours before a tornado was sighted and persisted as the storm approached.
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Stillwater
Okla
Herbert L. Jones
Oklahoma A. and M. College
Jones
Bulletin
The
American Meteorological Society
Long Road to Education in Indio Student Drives Far
Fifteen year old Hatton Adams, a high school sophomore, commutes 85 miles daily to attend school from his home near a desert water-pumping station. His mother previously made the round trip twice daily until he received a special driver's license last year.
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Indio
Calif
Hatton Adams
Matthew Woll Labor Leader and Union Guardian
Matthew Woll born January 25 1880 in Luxembourg emerged as a prominent American labor figure. He serves as vice president of the AFL and treasurer of the Pan American Federation of Labor and has long advocated cautious responses to communist influence in the labor movement. He started as a photo engraver in his youth.
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AP Newsfeatures
Matthew Woll
Luxembourg
American Federation of Labor
Pan American Federation of Labor
Labor
Com
Father Watches Son Die in The Electric Chair
Raymond Jenko, 21, who killed 11 year old Patricia Swartz during a 1950 robbery, died in the electric chair after four shocks of 1900 volts. The execution occurred on the South Side while the victim’s father William Swartz watched among about 80 spectators and later told reporters it was a pleasure.
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Chicago
Raymond Jenko
Patricia Swartz
William Swartz
Jenko
Drive Carefully Don’t Speed Help Reduce Traffic Accidents
A public safety notice urges careful driving and adherence to speed limits to cut highway crashes. Officials emphasize attentive behavior, especially for new drivers and in heavy traffic areas. Community campaign highlights dangers of speeding and aims to raise awareness.
Signs of the Times Survey Confusing and Diverse
A collage of satirical forecasts from New York figures and groups. Predictions span politics flagpoles metaphysics and industry from Woman for President to revolving doors and dental hypnosis. The piece blends whimsy with brief nods to institutions and localities.
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Phillip Crabill
Rockville
C.B. Smalts & Son
National Ave
Daily Crossword
Imust
Exhibition
Ireland
Poker Stake
Bodies of
BY Science Service
New York
Manhattan
Woman For President
Inc
American Flaxpole Equipment Co
Association For the Protection of the Adirondacks
Albany
American Foundation For Metaphysical Arts and Sciences, Inc
Association of
Frank Stuerm
American Society For Friendship With
Switzerland
International Steel Co
American Society
Coney
Coney Island
American Rabbit and Coney Dealers Association, Inc
American Institute of Dermatetics, Inc
Diamond Calk Horseshoe Co
Foundation
Samuel Kirk&son
Towle Gorham
Lunt International
Reed and Barton Wallace
Frank Smith
Alvin
Rhodes Jewelry Co
W. Boscawen
County Court House
Purcell Ave
Braddock
Shenandoah Valley
Nat’l. Bank Executor
Buick
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