Gainesboro Area To Have Telephone Service This Year
The Gainesboro area will gain telephone service this summer with a new dial central office at Cross Junction. George M. Mann of Berryville won the contract to build the office on land donated by Lee N Whitacre. Western Electric will supply the equipment and construction starts immediately.
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Dial Central
Gainesboro
Cross Junction
George M. Mann
Berryville
T. W Kay
Winchester
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Virginia
Kay
Lee N. Whitacre
Frederick County
Western Electric Company
Whitacre
Ohio Flood Crest Recedes Amid Bitter Cold
The Ohio River flood crest reached Gallipolis at 53.7 feet and was expected to rise to 53.8 by 11 a.m. before moving south to Portsmouth. Damage remains limited with 250 rural families and a few Cincinnati warehouses at risk. Bitter cold slowed cleanup as refugees faced ice and hazardous roads.
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Portsmouth
Ohio River
Gallipolis
U. S. Weather Bureau
Cincinnati
Mother’s March on Polio Day Proclaimed by Mayor
Mayor Mifflin B. Clowe Jr proclaims tomorrow as Mothers' March on Polio Day in Winchester urging city residents to participate in the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis drive. About 150 volunteers will ring doorbells during an hour long event at 7 p m to collect funds for polio care and treatment.
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Mifflin B. Clowe, Jr
Clowe
National Foundation For
Winchester
Congress' Oldest Member to Run Again
Rep. Doughton of North Carolina, aged 88, announced plans to seek re election in the state's May primary. He had intended to retire next January but many people urged him to pursue renomination.
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Washington
Rep
Doughton
Taft to Challenge Eisenhower in New Hampshire
Senator Taft announced an open challenge in New Hampshire as the first test for Republican hopefuls while General Eisenhower and Harold Stassen had names entered for the March 11 presidential preference primary. Truman and Kefauver drew discussion for possible Democratic entries as the polit ical landscape shifts ahead of voting.
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Taft
Eisenhower
New Hampshire
Concord
N. H
Truman
Secretary of State
James D. McPhail
Manchester
Associated Press
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harold E Stassen
Stassen
Sherman Adams
Tobey
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
White House
Kefauver
Rus
Radioactive Strontium Identified as Hazardous By-Product
The Atomic Energy Commission cites strontium as the most hazardous fission by product and notes it can be absorbed by plants from soil if carried in dust or sprays. It warns it can lodge in bones and enter human blood forming organs via milk and leafy greens like spinach.
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Washington
Atomic Energy
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Commission
Legion Commander Urges Church Attendance by Virginia Veterans
Danville Virginia Commander W C Daniel of the American Legion Department of Virginia urged state veterans to go to church this weekend for the ninth anniversary of the Four Chaplains tragedy aboard the Dorchester. He noted ministers may reference the event in February sermons and that posts plan group or larger services at various churches.
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Danville
W. C. Daniel
American Legion
Department of Virginia
U.S
Dorchester
Daniel
Legion
Taft and Lewis Clash Over Stalin At Senate Hearing
In a heated Senate hearing Taft and John L. Lewis hurled sharp words about Stalin and the Taft Hartley act. Taft called Lewis a red herring while Lewis called the act a slave law. They later shook hands as a spokesman noted Lewis complimented Taft but criticized organized labor and American workers.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
John L. Lewis
Senate
Josef Stalin
Russia
Lewis
Taft Hartley
United Mine Workers
America
Mr. Taft
Joe Stalin
Workers of Ohio
Stalin
Cold snap chills eastern U S with record lows
A mid winter cold snap spreads across the eastern U S with sub zero readings in northern New England and New York City at 7 above. Deep freezes reach the Gulf states while western areas see moderation. Minn Wisconsin and northern Michigan report sub zero, with Limestone Millinocket Caribou among the coldest readings.
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Associated Press
New England
New York City
Southland
Gulf States
Atlanta
Mobile
Ala
Dakotas
Atlantic Coast
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Maine
Houston
Old Town
Caribou
Greenville
New York
Great Lakes
Washington
Oregon
General Assembly To Re-Enact City's Charter on Friday
Virginia’s General Assembly will re enact the Winchester charter on Friday during its biennial one day meeting at old Williamsburg. The action follows a March 1752 petition by Winchester inhabitants seeking streets to be laid out and town privileges granted, with Fairfax and Jones to prepare the bill.
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Virginia
General Assembly
Winchester
Joseph A. Massie, Jr
George William Fairfax
Gabriel Jones
Fairfax
Jones
Byrd Has Busy Richmond Day With Speeches and Hearings
Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr. spoke on three topics and attended three committee hearings in Richmond. He fought to defeat rivals who sought to kill the 1950 Automatic Tax Reduction Bill he sponsored and paid tribute to Roy C. Flanagan of the Richmond News Leader. He later urged the House committee on education to bring the public school system closer to the people. The Richmond Times-Dispatch praised Byrd’s tax reduction act as timely amid rising costs.
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RICHMOND — _ Winchester
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Byrd
Senate
Roy C. Flanagan
Richmond News Leader
Winchester
House of Delegates Committee On Education
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Nation's H-Bomb Plant Cost Doubles Estimates
The Atomic Energy Commission reports the nation’s hydrogen bomb plant will cost more than twice earlier guesses. Chairman Gordon Dean says current estimates rose to 14.0 billion dollars, due to higher reactor costs and design incompleteness. The semi annual report also notes expanding atomic weapons program and progress in fissionable materials output.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Gordon Dean
AEC
Dean
South Carolina
Congress
Battle Casualties Reach 105001 in Korea
Washington reports U S battle casualties in Korea rose to 105001, an increase of 357 since last week, reflecting ongoing fighting and status updates from overseas.
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Washington
U. S
Korea
Winchester Frederick County Chamber Sees Record 1951 Inquiries
E P Sakers reports 13 000 inquiries to the Winchester Frederick County Chamber office in 1951 including 4 300 personal visits 4 200 phone calls and 3 000 mail requests. About 25 percent of visitors were tourists and 20 percent locals seeking OPS information.
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Winchester - Frederick County
Winchester
Frederick County
Office of Price Stabilization
Chamber Co Mmerce
Sakers
Lakers
Chamber
Bakers
New Sea Boss From Clarke County Navy Family
Admiral Lynde DuPuy McCormick, named commander of the first international navy, comes from a Clarke County family with a long naval tradition. His three sons have served. one died in 1945, another serves aboard a destroyer escort, and the youngest works at the Navy Department while his wife and kin reside in Berryville. He recalls a 10 year old back injury but remains active and vows to rely on capable subordinates.
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Clarke County
Lynde DuPuy McCormick
United States Atlantic Fleet
Atlantic
Navy
Adm
A. M. DuPuy McCormick
Montrose G. McCormick
U. S. Naval Academy
Australia
Annapolis
Kirkpatrick
J. Jett McCormick
Princeton
University of Virginia Law School
Navy Department
Washington
Marine Corps
Okinawa
Byrd Tax Reduction Bill Clears Senate Passes House Next
The Virginia Senate approved the Byrd tax reduction bill with four dissenters and sent it to the House. Senator Ted Dalton objected on constitutional and practical grounds, while four other senators opposed. The session also advanced a run-off primary bill with amendments and debated liberalizing the right to work law under Taft Hartley.
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Ted Dalton
Radford
General Assembly
Dalton
John A. K. Donovan
Fairfax
Charles R. Fenwick
Arlington
Victor P. Wilson
Hampton
House
Senate
House of Delegates
Virginia
United Union
Warm Weather Deepens Korea Front Quagmire
Allied raiders fought through slush and mud on the western Korean front near Chorwon and Mundung Valley as snow melted into a muddy trench. A Russian-type jet was shot down in an air duel with American Sabres while UN aircraft hit Communist trucks and a locomotive. UN warships and carrier planes conducted coastal strikes.
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Seoul
Korea
Chorwon
VU. N
Mundung Valley
Heartbreak Ridge
United Nations
Second Annual Plantation Minstrel Show Planned
Berryville hosts the second annual Plantation Minstrel at the Community Building on January 31 and February 1 at 8 P M. Reserved seats available at Wisecarver's Gents Shop. Lloyd Williams Post No 41 American Legion sponsors.
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Berryville
Wisecarver’s
Lloyd Williams
American Legion
Red negotiators agree to monthly troop rotations in armistice talks
In MUNSAN Korea Communist negotiators reversed to allow 25 000 Allied troops to rotate monthly and Chinese join demilitarized zone administration. They balked at covert troop concentrations. U N said weeks reports on unit locations would be required as Panmunjom dialogue continued.
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Munsan
Korea
U.N
Panmunjom
U. N
William P. Nuckols
Grunewald Contempt Citation Moves House Action
The House Ways and Means Committee voted to urge the House to cite Henry W. Grunewald known as the Dutchman for contempt of Congress over a tax scandal mystery figure.
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Grunewald
Washington
House
Ways and Means
Henry W
the Dutchman
Congress
McCormick Named Head of NATO Naval Commands
Admiral McCormick, 54, a long time Navy veteran and Annapolis graduate, becomes head of NATO sea operations directing all nations in the North Atlantic area. He succeeds the earlier nominee Pechteler, who was removed after a promotion dispute. He has served with the British fleet in World War I and has tight ties to Britain.
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
North America
Great Britain
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Washington
London
NATO
Tg ER
McCormick
Pechteler
Atlantic Fleet
NATO Naval Plannes
Annapolis
MacCormick
Traffic Expert To Address Civic League
LeVerne Johnson of the American Automobile Association will speak at the Women’s Civic League meeting Friday at 12:30 pm. The George Washington Hotel hosts the event with a talk on Making Better Use of Existing Streets followed by a public Q&A. Johnson, a 15 year AAA traffic engineer and Iowa State graduate, travels nationwide advising governments and civic groups.
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LeVerne Johnson
American Automobile Association
Women's Civic League
George Washington Hotel
Engineering School
Iowa State University
Johnson
AAA
Gillespie Residence Damaged by Fire
Firefighters extinguished a blaze in a Berryville road residence belonging to Mr and Mrs Carl Gillespie. The fire started in a defective flue in the living room and caused about 1000 in damage, partly covered by insurance.
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Carl Gillespie
Berryville Road
Gillespie
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Richmond
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W. Va
Winchester Evening Star
New Sea Boss
John R. Beardall
USN
Mrs. Beardall
Admiral McCormick
Virginia Federation of Labor
United Daughters of the Confedracy
Civic League
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