Asian Arab bloc agrees on Canadian peace formula
An Asian Arab group revised its Korean cease fire proposal to incorporate most of Canada’s six point plan. The 12 nations debated at a private meeting before the UN Political Committee session. The United States pressed for a quick vote and priorities, opposing major changes. Canada and Israel offered compromise ideas to bridge split among non Communist nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
U. N
Truman
Congress
China- Korea
Lake Success
New Delhi
Peiping
U.N. Korean Commission
Cuba backs proposal to brand communists
Havana reports that Cuban Minister of State Ernesto Dihigo backs the United States plan to label Communist China as an aggressor in Korea. Cuba will send troops, contribute 2,400 tons of sugar, 10,000 gallons of alcohol, and unlimited blood plasma.
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Havana
Cuba
Ernesto Dihigo
United States
U.N
China
Korea
Dihigo
Jaycees Name Ed Molden Outstanding Young Man of 1950
Ed L. Molden president of Molden Electric Co. was chosen as Winchester and Frederick County Outstanding Young Man for 1950 at the Jaycees Founders Day Dinner in the George Washington Hotel. Awards honored civic work for Salvation Army, Community Chest, Apple Blossom Festival and March of Dimes. Molden has led the Jaycees twice and employs 21. He is active in multiple civic groups and is married with three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed L. Molden
Molden Electric Company
S. Loudour Street
Winchester Junior Chamber of Commerce
Winchester
Frederick County
J. H. Yost
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
Jaycees
George Washington Hotel
Molden
Salvation Army
Community Chest
Apple Blossom Festival
March of Dimes
The
Warren County
Northern Virginia Power Company
Power Company
Tew
Clinton
N. C
Washington, D. C
C. Ridgely White
Chamber of Commerce
FE. L. Molden
Gene Lakers
Nelson Richards Dies Near Roanoke
Nelson F Richards 56 a former Winchester resident and War Veterans Claims and Service Officer for the American Legion in Roanoke died suddenly in his Salem home at 10 a m today. A sister Mrs R Gray Pollard of 449 N Braddock Street said he had heart trouble and nervous strain from duties. He earlier ran an apple business in Winchester, and opened the Veterans Claims Office in Roanoke after directing the Apple Blossom Festival for three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson F. Richards
Winchester
War Veterans Claims
American Legion
Roanoke
Salem
R. Gray Pollard
N. Braddock Street
Richards
Veterans Claims Office
Telephone Workers Get Pay Increase
About 3,000 Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company employees in Northern Virginia the District of Columbia and Maryland will receive wage boosts of three to five dollars. The raise was announced by the company and the CIO Communications Workers of America Division 50. The contract runs through May 17 1952, and the company said it will seek higher rates to compensate for the wage hike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Virginia
District of Columbia
Maryland
CIO Communications Workers of American Division 50
Government Places Controls On Wages and Prices
The government ordered an immediate wage and price freeze effective at last Thursday midnight. Wages fixed at the Dec 19 1950 to Jan 25 1951 levels, prices at their peak. rationing not planned soon, perhaps not at all. OPS to enforce with federal agency help. Adm John Hoover resigns as enforcement chief amid a staged disclosure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Michael V. di Salle
Office of Price Stabilization
DiSalle
Hoover
Congress
Wage Stabilization Board
Steel Freeze For Non-Defense Building Expected
Albany reports that a total steel freeze on non-defense construction is likely June 1. Gov. Dewey has been informally advised the order will halt most highway college and school building for 18 months after June 1, with hospitals possibly exempt. The measure may start in 30 days and be adjusted monthly as world conditions shift.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
U. S. Defense Mobilization Board
Definite Advantage to Living and Working in Winchester
Winchester shows lower tax burdens across many categories in the Tax Rates in Virginia Cities report. The city has no admission tax on events, lower or mid range business taxes, and a notably low property tax compared with peers, though some categories like manufacturers and professional services vary by city. The report compares fees for barbers, cleaners, funeral directors, laundries, and retailers among 17 cities, highlighting Winchester as comparatively favorable on several measures.
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Winchester
Virginia
League of Virginia
Bureau of Public Administration
University of Virginia
Norfolk
Suffolk
Bristol
Harrisonburg
Newport News
Charlottesville
Man
Citie
Fredericksburg
Lynchburg
Alexandria
Roanoke
Falls Church
Portsmouth
Death of Lt Allen K Legge in Korea Action
First Lieutenant Allen Kenneth Legge U S Army was killed in action in Korea on January 14, according to a telegram to his parents Mr and Mrs Clark E Legge of 311 S Loudoun Street The local man born May 8 1924 was a Handley High School graduate of 1943 and served in Germany in World War II before re enlisting as a paratrooper at Fort Benning He went to Korea with the 7th Division landing at Inchon September 18 and was with the infantry by December 6.
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Allen Kenneth Legge
Korea
Secretary of Army
Clark E. Legge
S. Loudoun St
Legge
Ann Wagner
Allen K. Legge, Jr
Braddock St
John Kerr School
Handley High School
U.S. Army
Germany
Fort Benning
7Th Division
Inchon
Freeze Order Exceptions in EBSA Price Freeze
The Economic Stabilization Agency lists exemptions and exceptions to its price freeze order. Exemptions cover real property prices, professional service fees, press materials, advertising rates, insurance rates, commodity exchange needs, common carrier rates, used personal effects sales, home produced commodities, and raw agricultural goods. Agricultural and commercial carve outs include live animals wool cotton seafood game hay badassa kernels whale oil stocks bonds stamps coins and native handicrafts.
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Washington
Economic Stabilization Agency
Press Association
Las Vegas Sees Atomic Test Burst Near Desert Range
The Atomic Energy Commission reported a periodic atomic explosion today at the Air Force Bombing Range near Las Vegas Nevada. Citizens across Las Vegas and Henderson felt and saw the blast described as lighting the sky like a sunburst.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Air Force
Las Vegas
Nev
AEC
Desert
Ronald Gardner
Government price wage freeze draws mixed reaction and protest
Labor and farm groups protest while some business leaders accept the measure. Markets halt cotton cottonseed and soybean oil trading as officials wrestle with freeze details. Congress members express concern that value erosion and defense costs rise unless taxes fund the effort. President Green of the AFL says prices have been rising.
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Washington
New York
New Orleans
Chicago
New York Produce Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
Congress
Rep
Spence
D-ay
House Banking Committee
Capehart
R-Ind
Economic Stabilization Agency
Douglas
D-Ill
U S Bans Import of Russian Crabmeat
The Treasury Department prohibited imports of Russian crabmeat citing it is processed by forced convict and indentured labor. This marks the first U S import ban on a Soviet product since 1933 relations were established.
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Washington
Russia
United States
Treasury Department
U.S
Dr. Edward A. Humston Dies at 94 in Winchester
Dr. Edward A. Humston, 94, longtime Winchester resident, died at 3:45 am at his home on Loudoun Street after a lengthy illness. Born November 6, 1856 in Kentucky, he practiced medicine in Lacie for 25 years before moving to Winchester in 1905 to focus on farming, fruit growing, and banking interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward A. Humston
Loudoun Street
Lacie
Kentucky
James A
Judith A. Massie Humston
Dr. Humston
Winchester
Annie Marie Humston
Lacie Stouffer
Alle Smith
Russellville
Louisville Medical College
Allies Have Lost War Militarily, Correspondent Says
San Francisco dispatch cites Hal Boyle after Korea front coverage. He claims Allies have lost militarily and that diplomacy, not arms, will end the war. He notes GI morale remains decent but hampered by unclear Korean policy and indecision on actions.
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San Francisco
Hal Boyle
Korea
Associated Press
United Nations
Boyle
Allied Tanks Reach 13 Miles From Capital Seoul
Allied troops and tanks push toward Seoul from multiple sectors as the advance along the Heartbreak Highway continues. American Turkish British and South Korean units drive through snow, recapture Suwon and Kumyangjang, and push toward Inchon and Yongwol with air and artillery support.
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Tokyo
Inchon
Seoul
Suwon
Korea
St. Paul
Cayuga
U. S
Hank
Heartbreak Highway
Eighth Army
First
Ninth
Kumyangjang
Nations
Truman warns Kremlin against propagandist tales of American decay
President Truman cautioned the Kremlin to resist propaganda portraying the United States as weak and decadent. He spoke at the Roosevelt Day dinner sponsored by Americans for Democratic Action. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt urged remembrance of the president's crisis decisions.
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Washington
Truman
Russia
America
Hitler
Kaiser
Kremlin
Americans For Democratic Action
Eleanor Roosevelt
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Omelei
J.H. Yost
Nelson Richards
Allen K. Legge
Miami Beach
Fla
William Green
American Federation of Labor
West Va
Beyond Va
Winchester Evening Star
A. Humston
OIL Heat, Inc
Cameron Dia
Mary
Elsie) Snapp
James P Reardon
George W. Jenkins
James P. Reardon
Pingley & Carper Cleaners
Ninth Corps
Ichon
Yongwol
Pyongchang
Wonju
Tanyang
Golden Glow
House OF Good Food
Smallwood
Wolfe Ot
Herbert. Larrick
Albin
L. A. Hudson
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