Byrd Tax Reduction Bill Status Fray in Senate
The Virginia Senate voted down amendments to the Byrd Tax Reduction Bill and moved the measure toward final passage. Amendments reducing income tax rates were rejected, workmen’s compensation boosts favored Governor Battle’s plan, and the Whitehead anti Truman measure prompted debate. Senator Byrd pressed for passage while McCue urged half reductions and conservative tax policy.
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Richmond
Senate
House
Battle
Robert Whitehead
Virginia
National Party
E. O. McCue, Jr
General Assembly
McCue
Senate Finance Committee
Harry F. Byrd
Winchester
Clowe Receives National Guard Promotion Here
Major Mifflin B. Clowe Jr of the 116th Infantry Virginia National Guard is promoted to Lieutenant Colonel by the Governor per January 10 orders. His career includes D Day service, multiple wounds in France, and postwar leadership in Virginia Guard units in this city.
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Gardner
Waller
Virginia
Mifflin B Clowe, Jr
Ara
116Th Infantry
Virginia National Guard
Col
Clowe
Omaha Beach
D Day
France
Oise
Rheims
Col. Clowe
National Guard
Guard
Court Rules Against Elliott Motor Lines
The Cumberland firm Elliott Motor Lines of Winchester Virginia was fined 1038 for an overweight truck. A circuit court jury found it guilty of violating the 20000 pound limit on the Wiley Ford Bridge. Attorney Harold E. Naughton has 30 days to file proceedings testing the legality of the truck weight law.
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Cumberland
Elliott Motor Lines
Winchester
Wiley Ford
Harold E. Naughton
W. Va
Washington subpoenas in contempt case against Grunewald and Maloney
The House Ways and Means Subcommittee in Washington opened contempt proceedings today against Henry W. Grunewald and his attorney William Power Maloney.
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Washington
House Ways and Means Subcommittee
Henry W. Grunewald
William Power Maloney
Lincoln MacVeagh Nominated for Spain Ambassadorship
Washington Lincoln MacVeagh, previously ambassador to Portugal, was nominated today to serve as ambassador to Spain, signaling a continued posting change in U S diplomacy.
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Spain
Washington
Lincoln MacVeagh
Portugal
Clarke Supervisors Seek Rabies Control Measures
Clarke County supervisors to hear a public rabies hearing next Monday after Loudoun County approves fox trapping and dog vaccination. Loudoun hires four hunters and sets a two month anti rabies drive with a $3500 budget. cases include 22 fox rabies, nine cattle and horses dead. Fairfax Warren and Prince William officials attend to coordinate regional control efforts.
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Berryville
John F. Fishpan
William B. Clagett
Clarke County Board of Supervisors
Loudoun
State Game Commission
Clarke
Charlies G. Souder
Loudoun County
Hurricane Kills 12 in Fiji Islands Suva Devastated
A hurricane with 150 mph winds struck Suva Fiji killing at least 12 people and injuring hundreds. The storm collapsed concrete buildings, wrecked harbor installations, destroyed hundreds of houses, and cut power and telephone service. Information from outer islands was scarce.
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Suva
Fiji
Fiji Islands
Contract Awarded For Rocket Ships
The Navy awarded a contract to Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Co. of Seattle, Washington for a new line of rocket ships designed for close support of beach head attacks. The ships will be 1,200 tons, 243 feet long, and 38 1/2 feet wide with rapid fire rocket launchers as main armament.
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Washington
Navy
Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Co
Seattle
Wash
Soviet Condemned For Failing To Honor 1945 Treaty
In a UN Political Committee vote of 24 to 9 with 25 abstentions, the Soviet Union was condemned for failing to honor its 1945 treaty of friendship with Chiang Kai-Shek’s government. The debate featured claims of U S backed Nationalist forces in Burma and charges of American military involvement, all denied by the United States.
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Paris
United Nations
Soviet Union
Chiang Kai-Shek
Jacob A. Malik
Burma
U 8
Malik
Yunnan
Peiping
U. S. 7Th Fleet
Thailand
U. S
U S
Chiang Kae- Shek
Red China
Us-Burma
John Sherman Cooper
Southeast Asia
U.S
China
T . Tsiang
Formosa
Garibaldi Malik
Poland
Julius Kats- Suchy
Cooper
Matik
Britain
France
Manchuria
Poultry Conference Set for February at James Wood High
The sixth annual Poultry Conference will be held February 13 and 14 at James Wood High School. Sponsored by the Poultry Improvement Council of the Winchester area, the event includes a chicken and broiler program, a welcome by Irvin Williams, and a panel on respiratory diseases with experts from Virginia Tech and West Virginia University. Roy E. Jones of Storrs, Conn., is listed among speakers.
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James Wood High School
Fred A Naegely
Poultry Improvement Council
Winchester
Frederick
Shenandoah
Clarke
Loudoun
Warren
Virginia
Hardy, Jefferson
Berkeley
Hampshire
Morgan
West Virginia
Irvin Williams
Harry L. Moore
Poultry Husbandry Department
VPI
A. L Dean
B. W. Moore
Extension Poultryman
West Virginia University
Granville Crabill
Charles Davis
FE. P. Johnson
W. R. Shaffer
Roy E. Jones
Storrs
Conn
Quarles to Direct School Participation In Bicentennial
Garland R. Quarles Winchester City Superintendent will be vice chairman of the Bicentennial Commission and oversee the Division of Schools Participation for the birth day celebration. He has served Winchester schools since 1923 and became superintendent in 1930.
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Garland R. Quarles
Winchester
William P. McGuire
Quarles
Virginia Department of
Caroline County
Randolph-Macon College
University of Virginia
Phi Beta Kappa
Tau Kappa Alpha
Sigma Upsilon
Phi Delta Kappa
Kiwanis
War Memorial Association
George Wilson Quarles
Nancy Reid Quarles
Handley High School
Supervisors Approve Police Use of Two Rooms in Store Building
Frederick County board of supervisors held a special meeting to authorize the State Police to rent two rooms in the Old Bailey Store Building at 50 dollars per month for four years starting January 1, 1952. Other actions set county salaries to 1951-52 levels and adjusted sheriff staff and expenses.
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Frederick
Paul Luttrell
Garber
Teets
B. O. Brumback
M. Rosenberger
Brumback
Luttrell
Rosenberger
Fee Commission
Richmond
DC Crime Investigation Extension Approved by Senate Committee
The Senate Rules Committee unanimously voted to extend the District of Columbia Crime Investigation for four months. The action aims to maintain investigative powers in the capital while awaiting further congressional decisions.
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Washington
Senate Rules Committee
District of Columbia
Delaney Given 1 Year Sentence and Fines in Tax Case
Denis W. Delaney, former Massachusetts Collector of Internal Revenue, received two years in prison and a total of 10,500 in fines after convictions for receiving 7,500 in bribes and falsifying tax lien certificates. The judge ordered concurrent sentences and disqualified him from government service. A second indictment on falsifying tax liens carried six months on each count, also concurrent, with a $1,000 minimum fine per count and six months suspended.
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Boston
Denis W. Delaney
Internal Revenue
Massachusetts
Charles FE. Wy~zanski, Jr
Delaney
United States
Wyzawski
Uder
Defense budget tied to nonwar forecast
The chairman of the House Military Appropriations Subcommittee said the 1953 defense budget is predicated on the assumption that the nation will not be in an all-out war within the next two years.
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Washington
House
Eden seeks Suez defense pact with Egypt aims
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden said Britain wants a defense agreement for the Suez Canal Zone that would meet Egyptian aspirations and reduce tension. The statement signals London's effort to secure a formal arrangement with Egypt amid ongoing regional concerns.
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London
Anthony Eden
Britain
Suez Canal Zone
Ohio flood relief as sub-freezing weather eases three-state sweep
Snow flurries persisted as Ohio River floodwaters receded from a crest near 44 feet. In Marietta 166th Infantry guards patrolled flooded streets by boat to deter looting while 7 000 were homeless and nine dead across the region.
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Marietta
Ohio
U.S. Weather Bureau
Cincinnati
Mississippi River
Wheeling
W. Va
166Th Infantry
Ohio National Guard
Green Street
Scioto
Chillicothe
Hocking
Athens
Russia Reports 16 Percent Rise In Industrial Output
The Soviet Union announced 1951 industrial production was 16 percent higher than 1950 with worker incomes up 100 percent. Output exceeded the state plan by 3.5 percent though three sectors lagged, and weather hurt grain crops but total grain reached 74 billion poods.
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Soviet Union
Central Statistical Administration
U.S
United States
IL Like Ike Buttons Going Like Wildfire
The Virginia Eisenhower Club reports rapid demand for I Like Ike buttons. Treasurer Thomas C. Boushall says 2 000 buttons distributed two days after the group's founding, with a 10 000 more on order and a third shipment planned. Chapters form in Danville Farmville Petersburg Winchester Berryville Williamsburg Clarke Hanover Counties with state HQ in Richmond.
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Richmond
Virginians-for-Eisenhower Club
Ike
Thomas C. Boushall
Boushall
Eisenhower
Danville
Farmville
Petersburg
Winchester
Berryville
Williamsburg
Clarke
Hanover Counties
Butchering Today at Willow Lawn Farm Market
Local farm market announces today’s offerings including sausage pudding pon hoss and Lord Willow Lawn Market on Valley Avenue from 1 pm to 1 am.
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Lord
Willow Lawn Farm Market Valley Avenue
Mothers March On Polio Tomorrow In Stephens City
The Auxiliary of the Stephens City Fire Company led by Mrs. Julian Steele will host a Mothers March on Polio tomorrow night from 8 to 9. Fire sirens will signal the start at 8, with many volunteers including Mrs. Carbaugh, Mrs. Shifflett, and others soliciting porch light donations during the hour and arranging pickup.
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Stephens City
Stephens City Fire Company
Julian Steele
Harry Carbaugh
Robert Shifflett
Robert Ayler
Roy Wisecarver
David Petrie
Ralph Mowery
Carolyn Seal
Rachael Clevenger
Ethel Williams
Charles Bass
Hasley Green
James Goliday
Paul Shifflett
Garland Strickler
Hayne Boozer
Weather Outlook for Berryville January 30 to February 3
Cold start with a warming trend from Thursday to Saturday. Temperatures 2 to 4 degrees below normal. Rain possible Saturday or Sunday with total around one tenth to two tenths of an inch. Also notes a Plantation Minstrel event at Community Building Berryville January 31 and February 1 at 8 PM with reserved seats at Wisecarver's Gents Shop. Floyd Williams Post American Legion sponsors.
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Virginia
Berryville
Wisecarver’s Gents
Floyd Williams
American Legion
House Judiciary Orders McGrath Probe into Justice Dept
The House Judiciary Committee votes to probe the Justice Department and Attorney General J. Howard McGrath. Seven members, four Democrats and three Republicans, will conduct the nonpolitical review of credible testimony only.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Justice Department
J. Howard McGrath
Celler
D-Ny
Truman
McGrath
House
King
D-Calif
Internal Revenue Bureau
Rep
Keating
R-Ny
MecGrath
Eleven Bodies Found After City Fire Tragedy
In Minneapolis a fire at an ice crusted edge of the loop apartment building killed eleven occupants. Fire Chief Malmquist said search teams expect to recover six more bodies. Firemen labored in subfreezing temperatures using floodlights and a wrecking crane to reach the ruins. The initial victims included a six year old boy and a young girl found among crib springs with a doll. The Red Cross lists six adults, two teens, and nine children as missing. All victims were third floor residents two blocks from downtown.
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Minneapolis
Minneapolis Loop
Reynolds Malmhaqquist
Malmquist
American Red Cross
U S and Canada Exchange Atomic Information
Washington reports a beneficial exchange of secret atomic data between the United States and Canada. Chairman Gordon Dean declined to detail the information, but speculation centers on Canada’s advanced heavy water reactor potentially informing future U S explosive-device programs.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Gordon Dean
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Wisemans Named to Salvation Army Post in Winchester
Lt and Mrs Wiseman of Grafton West Virginia assigned to the local Salvation Army Post replacing Capt and Mrs Wolfe who will lead the North Cumberland Post. The Wisemans and their three children begin duties February 6.
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Wisemans
Salvation Army
Winchester
Lyn Wiseman
Grafton
W. Va
Walter C. Wolfe
North Cumberland
Last Chance Savings on Dresses Coats and Suits
Local ad announces final markdowns on dresses coats and suits at Lovett's 156 N Loudoun St featuring racks priced at three and five dollars and other items on sale with limited stock and date note.
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Lovett
Seee & Dress
N. Loudoun
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