Yanks Press On In Korean Front Amid Stubborn Red Resistance
Diehard Chinese and North Korean forces slow the Allied push as U N units struggle to advance on a 40 mile western front while U N naval power pounds Kansong and targets rail bridges along the east coast. | Lt Col Bernard Peters says Reds well dug in. | Maj Gen Almond warns Fifth Corps poised for attack.
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Toky O
U. N
North Korea
Associated Press
Jim Becker
Bernard Peters
Park Falls
Wis
Becker
Suwon
Peters
Edward M. Almond
U. S
Fifth Corps
Won U
U.N
Missouri
Kansong
Festival Parade Entries Received
Edison High School Cadettes plan to return to Winchester for the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival Grand Feature Parades on May 3 and 4. Parade director Paul Anderson said the Cadettes are a top drill team with prize history. Many out of town groups have applied, including Har risonburg High School and William and Mary College Band, among others.
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Miami
Edison High School
Winchester
Paul Anderson
Anderson
Harrisonbure High School
Pulaski High School
Elizabeth City
N. C
Company C Boys Brigade
Martinsburg High School
Luray High School
William and Mary College
Wilson Memorial High School
Randolph Macon Academy
Francis Scott Key
Frederick
Virginia State College
Petersburg
Osbourn Band
Manassas
Proposed Federal Budget Burdens Virginia Taxpayers
Virginia faces a large share of President Truman’s $71.6 billion federal budget. The article estimates Virginia’s portion at 1.10 billion dollars, breaking down per capita and per family impacts and noting income taxes fund over two thirds of the cost. Winchester Frederick and Clarke counties are listed with specific shares.
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Virginia
William H. Stauffer
Virginia State Chamber of Commerce
Truman
United States Congress
Winchester
Frederick County
Clarke County
Governor rules out pardon for Martinsville seven
Governor Bat tle rejected any pardon talk as a waste of breath. He told a delegation from Labor civil rights and religious groups that their trial was fair and the crime brutal. He said the records spoke for themselves and there was no police brutality in obtaining confessions.
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Richmond
Battle
Martinsville
GOP Predicts 1952 Victory Rally Forecast by Taft and Duff
Senator Taft told over 2,000 Republicans that foreign policy will decide the 1952 race and predicted GOP victory for Congress and the White House. Duff urged a fighting campaign, while Taft outlined a program stressing a strong America and alliance with nations willing to join in defense. He supported a robust air force and sea power, and favored cautious Army deployment.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Congress
White House
Duff
R-Pa
America
Ohioan
Switchmen Stay Home on 6 Roads
Rail switchmen in Chicago and Detroit areas called in sick hampering freight and delaying service on six railroads including Santa Fe Belt Railway Chicago and Baltimore and Ohio. An Army spokesman said traffic is definitely hampered and worsening with about 90 percent of switchmen out on several lines and 53 of 69 in Detroit’s C and O area absent.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Detroit
Army
Santa Fe Railroad
Belt Railway Company of
Chicago and Illinois Western Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Chesapeake and Ohio
Wabash
C&o
Progress on hydrogen bomb remains top secret
One year after President Truman ordered work on the hydrogen bomb, progress is kept secret by a small circle at the Atomic Energy Commission. Officials say the H-bomb sits between possible and probable, with all resources devoted to beating the Russians to it while details remain undisclosed. The ninth semi annual report due tomorrow may offer little beyond that stance.
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Washington
Truman
Atomic Energy Commission
Korea
William L. Laurence
New York Times
David E. Lilienthal
Commission
Karl Fuchs
Fuchs
Russia
Severe Weather Lashes Nation With Extreme Cold
Waning January brought numbing cold across the country with little relief. Milwaukee reports Lone Rock Wisconsin at 53 degrees below zero, a temp the instrument cannot read. Cadillac Michigan registered 40 below as noted by Weather Observer John Budewitz.
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Associated Press
U. S. Weather Bureau
Milwaukee
Lone Rock
Wis
Cadillac
Michigan
John Budewitz
Snowy Roads Prompt Standby for More Winter Weather
Up to an inch of snow fell overnight leaving roads slick. A Virginia Department of Highways spokesman said plows were not needed yet chemicals were spread to reduce ice. All county school buses operated. The low temperature fell to 21 with a slight rise by morning and forecasters expected colder weather and possible more snow or sleet.
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Virginia Department of Highways
Virginia
Record of Severe Cold Across U S East and South
Forecasters reported bitter cold and freezing rain from the East to the South with snow in Houston and temperatures near 25 above in some areas. Ice storms caused closures, injuries, travel slowdowns, and power outages as colder air was forecast to move in across the region.
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Arctic Circle
Canada
U. S
Houson
Tex
Rio Grande Valley
East
Texas
Midwest
Virginia
Tennessee
Kentucky
Rayburn Surpasses Henry Clay Record as House Speaker
Sam Rayburn today surpassed Henry Clay to set the longest tenure as Speaker of the House. The Texan's gavel started session at noon as he aimed to exceed Clay's eight years four months and eleven days, noting the tenure was not continuous in either case.
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Washington
Sam Rayburn
House of Representatives
Henry Clay
Clay
House
Hopewell Boxes Stolen From Local Establishments
Police report three March of Dimes collection boxes stolen from counters in Hopewell establishments. Police Chief F C Gwaltney announced the incident today.
Plan to Control Prices by Limiting Profits Studied
The Wage Stabilization Board pressed for a policy statement as it studied curbs on wages and a new margin of profit system for price controls. Price Administrator Di Salle floated pegging prices at cost plus a fixed profit margin, potentially to be ordered by week’s end while wage freezes waver.
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Washington
Michael V. di Salle
di Salle
Wage Stabilization Board
Cyrus S. Ching
William H. Harrison
Baltimore
Marina Svetlova To Make Second Appearance Here
The Community Concert Association of Winchester brings back prima ballerina Marina Svetlova to Handley School Auditorium with her company led by Robert Calder and Delores Da Silva and concert pianist Theodor Haig for a Wednesday evening performance on February 9. The season concludes with duo-pianists Appleton and Fields on April 3.
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Community Concert Association of
Winchester
Marina Svetlova
Handley School
Concert Association
Miss Svetlova
Robert Calder
Delores da Silva
Theodor Haig
Appleton and Fields
Pleven outlines France’s buildup to aid Western defense
In Washington Premier Rene Pleven said France will deploy 20 regular divisions in Europe by 1953 with 100000 more troops than 1939. He pledged France as a steadfast ally, backed Western defense plans, and praised Eisenhower as NATO supreme commander while detailing France’s move to 900000 men under arms and expanded military service.
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Washington
Rene Pleven
France
Europe
Pleven
National Press Club
Truman
Indochina
Atlantic Alliance
Dwight D. Eisenhower
North Atlantic
U. S
Germany
Drafting 18 year olds and young married men may be necessary
A former defense official told the Senate Preparedness Subcommittee that both 18 year olds and young married men will likely be drafted within the next 18 months or two years. He favored starting with 18 year olds, while Congress weighs extending the draft to 18-year-olds and reevaluates the ages 19 to 26 currently covered.
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Washington
Defense
Tracy
Voorhees
Army
Senate
Defense Department
Saltonstall
R-Mass
Vannevar Bush
Wiliam C. Menninger
UMIT
Bush
Anna M. Rosenberg
Defense Marshall
House
Muse Named to Frederick County School Board
Robert M. Muse a Gore farmer was named to the Frederick County School Board to fill the unexpired term of G. Harry Richard who resigned January 9. The board chaired by Clarence E. Lemley includes R. Lee Smith and Jonas Chamberlin. Muse will qualify before the circuit court clerk. next meeting is February 6.
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Robert M. Muse
Gore Farmer
Frederick County
Muse
G. Harry Richard
Mt. Falls
Clarence E. Lemley
Stephens City
Back Creek
R. Lee Smith
Gore
Jonas Chamberlin
Clearbrook
Hooded masks banned in Georgia law
Governor Herman Talmadge signed a bill banning the wearing of hooded masks and burning crosses, symbols long associated with the Ku Klux Klan, in Atlanta. The law targets mask wearers and Klan demonstrations to curb intimidation and violence.
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Atlanta
Herman Talmadge
Government reports a July to January surplus of 7.1 million
Washington disclosed that government income exceeded spending by 7 113 499 dollars for the period from last July 1 through January 26 despite war costs. In London, Prime Minister Attlee urged Britons to restore wartime controls to fund a 4 7 billion pound three year defense program, signaling further sacrifices.
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Washington
Korea
Treasury
London
Attlee
Camp Rock Enon Drives Campaign for Scout Facilities
Camp Rock Enon in Gore hosts a fundraising drive led by Richard Pontz to raise 72 500 for a dining hall trading post campsite expansion and other improvements. Bowen and local leaders call the effort a sales organization for permanent boys’ facilities while Dr Ronald Wilson urges balance of material and spiritual values.
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Rock Enon
Capital Funds Campaign
George Washington
Richard Pontz
Pennsylvania
Gore
Shenandoah
Bowen
Andrew J. Bowen
Winchester
Pol
Area Council
Ronald 8. Wilson
Dr. Wilson
U N Defeats Delaying Action By Soviet Bloc
At Lake Success the Soviet bloc failed to delay a UN vote on labeling Peiping as an aggressor in Korea. The Political Committee rejected an adjournment 32 to 10 with 12 abstentions as it pursued the U S push for action on China and Korea.
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Russia
Poland
Czechoslovakia
U. N
U.S
Korea
China
India
Peiping
Benegal N. Rau
United States
Britain
France
Egypt
Canada
Republic of Korea
Formosa
Brittan
Security Council
General Assembly
Gladwyn Jebb
Assembly
Weather Outlook and Local Announcements
Five day outlook January 31 to February 4 shows temperatures four to six degrees below normal with cold conditions. Rain or snow likely tonight and Wednesday and again Friday totaling one third to one half inch. Heating oil promotions include kerosene No 2 and fuel oils. Esso Service Center opens in Albin with mechanic on duty. Dog tags due by January 31.
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Albin
U. S
L. A. Hudson
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