ESA Officials Tackle Wage and Price Inequities
Washington officials push to lift inequities from the Dec 19 to Jan 25 price freeze. The Wage Stabilization Board plans blanket wage increases and exemptions for federal state municipal workers and small firms. DiSalle seeks a clear policy while ESA braces for a 50,000 person payroll in 1952.
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Harold W. Ward
Washington
Wage Stabilization Board
Cyrus 8 Ching
Michael V. piSalle
DiSalle
Toledo
John B. Hoover
Harold Teventhal
New York
Scout Fund Drive Kick Off Tonight in Shenandoah Area
The Shenandoah Area Council Boy Scouts of America launches a capital funds drive with a 72,500 goal. Key workers from Morgan to Page counties attend a six thirty kickoff at the George Washington Hotel. Frederick County leads locally with William M. Battaile and about 30 attendees. The drive funds extension and program administration plus a 1951 operating packet across six counties.
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Shenandoah Area Council
Boy Scouts of America
Camp Rock Enon Development Fund
George Washington Hotel
Morgan
Berkeley
Jefferson
W. Va
Frederick, Clarke
Shenandoah
Warren
Rappahannock
Page
Virginia
Frederick
Draft policy clash over veterans and young men in 1950s debate
Washington lawmakers wrestled with a plan to raise the draft age to 28 for single men while opposing drafting veterans. Senate and House hearings pushed for prioritizing 18 year olds, with proposals to shift to universal military service and training and to draft childless husbands and 4-F youths, amid calls from Senator Johnson to enlist Western Europeans and from Defense officials for longer service periods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Capitol
Congressional
Senate
House
Defense Department
Universal Military Service and Training
UMST
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Colo
U.S
Johnson
Vinson
D-Ga
House Committee
Defense
Anna Rosenberg
Department
Rosenberg
Lyndon Johnson
Dtex
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Pentagon
NAACP Plans Additional Boycotts in Richmond
The Richmond chapter of the NAACP announced plans to boycott two more shows protesting audience segregation. Letters were sent to Sarah Vaughan and Fred Waring urging abstention from Mosque Auditorium performances on February 4 and February 8 respectively. The move follows past boycotts including Marian Anderson's January 16 concert and a cancellation of a Duke Ellington appearance, as promoter Leon Fields noted the boycott hurt his pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Sarah Vaughan
Mosque
Errol Garner
Lester Young
Fred Waring
Marian Anderson
Duke Ellington
Leon Fields
Committee Rejects One-Package Federal Spending Plan
The House Appropriations Committee voted 31 to 18 to abandon the one package method for federal appropriations and return to separate agency bills. Chairman Cannon faced opposition from both parties as 16 Democrats and 2 Republicans voted against discarding the plan. The panel also limited Cannon’s power to form subcommittees, requiring full committee approval of appointments by a 25 to 23 vote.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Cannon
D-Mo
Air Force Base Probes Start at Lackland in San Antonio
Assistant Secretary Eugene Zuckert began one of three investigations into Lackland Air Force Base living conditions after reports of pneumonia deaths and poor housing and uniforms. Maj. Gen. Charles W. Lawrence defended the base, noting only two deaths in 28 months and none from pneumonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Air Force
Eugene Zuckert
Lackland Air Force Base
Kelly Field
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Senate Armed Services
Charles W. Lawrence
Lackland
Lawrence
Nuclear blasts rattle Las Vegas as AEC tests continue
Las Vegas residents awoke to a new atomic detonation 24 hours after a prior blast as the Atomic Energy Commission publicly labeled it No 11. Civil aviation halted flying for seven hours, plane witnesses reported dramatic sky flashes, and authorities noted no radioactivity within 150 miles.
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Las Vegas
New
Atomic Energy Commission
Here
Tomic
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Nevada
AEC
California
Chinese Reds Die Resisting Allied Advance Toward Seoul
Chinese Communist forces fought stubbornly on frozen hills as U N troops pressed toward Seoul in Western Korea. The 50th Army and three North Korean divisions faced intense air strikes and ground assaults with heavy losses and delaying action noted by American commanders.
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Sen Clements
Tokyo
Seoul
Korea
Associated Press
Jim Becker
U. N
U. S Eighth Army
Becker
Suwon
Six New Highway Deaths in State Reported
The Associated Press notes six new Virginia highway deaths over the weekend raising the year total to 57. Among the victims are Neill Madison Carpenter 12 and Geddey Casey 13 who were struck by an ACL yard engine near Colonial Heights as they watched a passing train.
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Virginia
Old Dominion
Colonial Heights
Neill Madison Carpenter
Geddey Casey
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
William E. Coburn
South Norfolk
George Washington Fitz, Jr
Richmond
Gertrude Loch
Brooklyn
N. Y
Shirley Temple Johnson
Route 2
Crewe
James Hudson
James Ira Wince
Danville
Coburn
Norfolk
Fitz
Loch
East Elkton
Dimes Fund Lags 60 Percent In Winchester Area
The March of Dimes drive in Winchester and Frederick County trails last year's pace by 60 percent, per Postmaster Carl Campbell. The American Legion Auxiliary sent 245 volunteers to canvass households in Winchester Middletown and Stephens City during Wednesday evening’s Mother’s March On Polio urging residents to contribute even a dime to the fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Frederick County
Carl Campbell
American Legion Auxiliary
Middletown
Stephens City
President Truman likely to push 30 percent tax rise
Capitol Hill sources indicate President Truman will propose a $16.5 billion tax bill with higher top rates near WWII levels. The plan reportedly lowers personal exemptions, raises rates across brackets, expands excises on luxury items, and increases corporate rates from 47 to 55 percent, plus crackdown on unlisted income.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Truman
Stern
Courageous Station Operator Foils Bandit At Monmouth Corner
Clarence Shiley’s quick response after a hold up at his filling station at Monmouth and Braddock Streets led to the bandit's arrest. Ellis Franklin Phillips, 36, of Broadway Route 1, faces armed robbery charges with a $5,000 bond. Accomplices Donald Lee Phillips and Evalyn Irene Gilmer, both of Broadway Route 1, held on $2,500 bonds each for aiding and abetting armed robbery. Police followed the getaway car’s license number to nab the trio with help from Virginia State Police and local deputies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Shiley
Monmouth and
Braddock Streets
Ellis Franklin Phillips
Route 1
Broadway
Winchester-Frederick County
New Market
Donald Lee Phillips
Evalyn Irene Gilmer
French Premier Pleven Arrives for Cold War Talks
French Premier Rene Pleven arrived in Washington to meet President Truman for Cold War strategy talks at the start of conferences on global issues. Pleven sought assurances on immediate U S retaliation with the atomic bomb if Russian forces invade. The arrival drew along top U S officials including Truman and Acheson to Union Station on a rainy morning.
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Washington
Rene Pleven
Truman
United States
France
Union Station
Pleven
Mr.Truman
Acheson
Defense
Marshall
President to speak at chapel dedication in Philadelphia
President Truman will speak at the dedication of a World War II chapel honoring four chaplains who died aboard the Dorchester. The ceremony in Philadelphia will include a Catholic, a Jewish, and two Protestant chaplains. Truman plans to travel by train, speak in the afternoon, and return to Washington that evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Philadelphia
Dorchester
White House
Funeral planned for Mannerheim in Finland
Helsinki authorities announced a state funeral for Field Marshal Baron Carl Gustaf Mannerheim, national hero, who died Saturday night in Lausanne after major intestinal surgery. In Washington Harold E. Ambrose received a two to seven year prison sentence for a large stamp fraud while employed in a high post office position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helsinki
Finland
Baron Carl Gustaf Mannerheim
Lausanne
Switzerland
Washington
Harold E. Ambrose
Extra 30 day draft deferment for 30000 college men approved
Washington orders a 30 day extension for about 30000 college men in mid year graduating classes to keep seniors in essential industries. In Staunton Miss Nancy W. McFarland longtime Mary Baldwin College faculty member dies after months of illness. Dr Edwin G Nourse predicts continued price rises despite the freeze. General Omar Bradley reports an optimistic view on Korea to congressional leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Staunton
Nancy W. McFarland
Mary Baldwin College
Edwin G. Nourse
President
Omar Bradley
Congressional
Korea
Major naval exercise to feature British and U S fleets
London reports the largest postwar naval drill to date with three British and three American fleets set to operate in the Mediterranean on February 12 and 13, showcasing allied sea power and coordination.
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London
U. S
Mediterranean
Ways and Means Approves Three Year Trade Law Extension
The House Ways and Means Committee approved an 18 to 7 vote a three year extension of the reciprocal trade law after defeating a Republican sponsored peril point amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Ways and Means
Festival heads renamed to run Shenandoah Apple Blossom
The Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival plans its twenty fourth annual event for May 3 and 4 with department heads reappointed. Mrs Edward Barr directs queen and court. Garland Quarles handles pageant. Virgil Strader leads publicity. Ben F Arthur Jr oversees in town finances. Other reappointments include John Hawse firemen’s parade director. Douglas Cather public entertainment. Paul Anderson grand feature parade.
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H. M. McCormac
Edward Barr
Garland R. Quarles
Virgil Strader
Ben F. Arthur, Jr
John Hawse
Douglas Cather
Paul Anderson
Barr
Virginia
Garland Quarles
America
Alben Barkley
Winchester
Quarles
Virgil R. Strader
J. C. Penney Company
Strader
Winchester Merchants Association
Kiwanis Club
United States
Arthur
South Carolina
Kiwanis
Cussons, May & Company
Richmond
Attlee outlines vast rearmament plan to meet Red aggression
London Prime Minister Attlee announced a 30 percent defense spending rise with a labor draft if needed and the call up of 250,000 reserves for training this summer. He said the plan would largely use a pay as you go basis and avoid foreign debt. Churchill urged a defense debate. reserve forces include 235,000 army and 10,000 RAF, plus 6,000 Royal Navy personnel. The program costs 4.7 billion pounds over three years, with U.S. peacetime budget projections cited at 71.6 billion dollars and total aid and defense outlay reaching 94.4 billion dollars.
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London
Attlee
House of Commons
Europe
Free World
Britain
United States
Winston Churchill
Churchill
House
Army
Royal Air Force
Royal Navy
U.S
Truman
cOhegress
U. S
Harrisonburg Man Killed in 213th DoD Casualty List
Pfc. Alfred L. Knicley of Harrisonburg, son of Mrs. Bessie M. Knicley, is listed among the 213th DoD casualty report. The AP dispatch notes one Virginian wounded, one injured, one returned to military control, and six missing in action. no other local casualties are reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred L. Knicley
Bessie M. Knicley
Harrisonburg
Department of Defense
Associated Press
Diplomatic travel curbs placed on Communist Hungary officials
The United States barred Hungarian diplomatic representatives from leaving an 18 mile zone around the White House without special permission. This mirrors recent restrictions on Soviet bloc diplomats and follows similar limits imposed on U.S. movements in Hungary and Romanian diplomats in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Hungary
White House
Romania
District of Columbia
Esso Service Center Opens at Albin Virginia
Notice states L A Hudson opens an Esso service center on U S Route 522 in Albin Virginia with a mechanic on duty and the contact phone 4041.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albin
U. S
L. A. Hudeson
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Zombro
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