Truman Withdraws Name From New Hampshire Primary
President Truman announced he will withdraw his name from the New Hampshire Democratic preferential primary on March 11 while leaving open the possibility of running for reelection. He said primaries are eyewash if the nomination is decided at the convention and declined to reveal future candidacy plans or a term announcement.
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Washington
Truman
New Hampshire
Jame McPhail
Ellis Arnall
Georgia
Arnall
Kefauver
Tennessee
Robert M. White
Mexico, Mo
Ledger
Missouri
The
United States
U. S. Senate
Brewster
R-Me
Senate
White House
Sub Freezing Merury Readings Continue In Winchester
Winchester records another stretch of sub freezings with lows of 8 and 10 degrees, contrasted with a Monday high of 42. Residents note a harsher blast than a year ago, while recalling the coldest spell on December 17, 1951 when temperatures plunged to five below.
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Winchester
Southland
Winchester Research Laboratory
Reconstruction Finance Corp declares Ohio River Valley a disaster area
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation today declared the entire Ohio River Valley a disaster area enabling government loans to flood victims in the region.
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Washington
The
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Ohio River Valley
Langley Jet Pilot Bails Out Near Elizabeth City County
A Langley based FP-84 Thunderjet pilot bailed out around 11 a.m. today near Elizabeth City County. The report notes the incident and ongoing response details. The second item mentions the Sarah Zane Fire Co. monthly meeting set for Friday evening February 1 at 8 p.m. All members are requested to attend.
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Langley Air Force Base
Elizabeth City
Sarah Zane Fire CO
Loryn M. Crabill
Mothers Rally For Polio March In Winchester Tonight
Winchester women prepare to knock on doors between 7 and 8 PM to collect for the March of Dimes. About 150 volunteers including captains Mrs. Kater and Mrs. Pollard will call on homes showing a light signal to seek donations for polio relief.
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Winchester
Frederick County
John L. Kater
Colleen Berry
Wesley Crisman
C. F. Germelman
James Merriner
Laurence Bell
Laurens Jones
Holmes Patton
Guy Jones
R. J. Laign
D. R. Doyle
R. Gray Pollard
Douglas Hardesty
R. B. Wickes, Jr
Robert Gaines
Charles H. Mason
W. Irvin Hoke
John Whetzell
Victor Albright
L. G. Sjostrom
W. H. Lawrence, Jr
Charles Anderson
J. A. Rosenberger
Robert Grove
Martha Kiracofe
Kenneth Patton
Clarence Butler
Charles Hartley
Harry Carper Stillmore
Roger E Laign
Douglas Sirbaugh
H. L. McCann
Robert W. Smith
John T. Wolfe
Frank Perry
Gladys Kern
Eugene Dearing
Retha V. Miller
Seymour Barr
Lester Linehass
Jane Gregory
Clarence Hoover
Virginia McDaniels
Colored Elks Auxiliary
Flaming Arrow
Boy Scout Troop 9
Ivan E. Jackson
Sammy Long
Daniel Rainsberger
Donald “Butch” Jones
Emery ‘Peanut’ Keyser
Nation-Wide Raids Staged by West German Police
West German police began nation wide raids on party headquarters of the Communist and the Nazi type Socialist Reich Party. The action was ordered to begin simultaneously at 6 a m in all West German cities by the Constitutional Court to gather evidence. Bonn asked the court to ban both parties as unconstitutional. No incidents were reported.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Socialist Reich
Constitutional Court
Bonn
Sharp Rise Seen in Draft Calls by Hershey
Washington Major General and Selective Service Director Lewis B Hershey told the House Armed Services Committee that draft calls could reach 430000 men from now through June 30 1952 an average just over 60000 monthly. He argued universal military training could run alongside the draft maintaining a large manpower pool.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
House Armed Services Committee
Selective Service
Burns Fatal To Clarke Woman At Home
Mrs. Janie Willis, 56, of Josephine Berryville died at Winchester Memorial Hospital after being severely burned while thawing a hydrant with paper and matches. A wind drove the flames back to her and enveloped her dress. Survivors include four children Corrine Willis Estelle McNeil Mary Rawlins and Howard Willis and three sisters Tenn Tracy Emma Slaughter and Annie Tracy. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Janie Willis
Josephine
Berryville
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Lester Willis
Estelle McNeil
New York
Corrine Willis
Pittsburgh
Mary Rawlins
Baltimore, Md
Howard Willis
Tenn Tracy
Emma Slaughter
Annie Tracy
Washington
Williamsburg scholarship winner named in talent search
Miss Ruth Harrell aged 18 of Norfolk is named among 40 high school students chosen as winners in the eleventh annual Westinghouse science talent search. John Hocutt dean of men at William and Mary College announced the results today.
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Williamsburg
Ruth Harrell
Norfolk
Westinghouse
John
Hocutt
William and Mary College
Workman Falls at Chester Power Station Fatality
Luther Barlow, 33, a boilermaker, died after a fall of more than 100 feet while working on a construction project at Virginian Electric and Power Company's Chester power station in Richmond.
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Workman
Richmond
Luther B. Barlow
Virginal Electric and Power Company
Chester
Truman Attacks McCarthy as Pathological
President Truman denounces Senator McCarthy as pathological and a character assassin at a news conference. He challenges McCarthy's claims about Phillip Nash and ties Nash to alleged Communist links, calling the senator immune from lawsuits while noting McCarthy’s wartime FBI insinuations.
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Truman
McCarthy
Washington
R-Wis
Wisconsin
Senate
Phillip Nash
White House
Nash
Ritter Promoted To Police Captain
Lt. Joseph C. Ritter of the local Police Department will be promoted to Captain effective tomorrow. He will head the second shift and supervise the third shift under Sgt. E. O. Rogers while serving as assistant to Chief J. Thomas Boyd. Ritter, a city native on the force since 1938, is an FBI National Academy graduate and a World War I Navy veteran.
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J. Thomas Boyd
Joseph C. Ritter
Tomrrow
Ritter
E. O. Rogers
Boyd
Staunton
FBI National Academy
Washington, D. C
Navy
Truck Uproots Tree Damages Sign On Valley Ave
A tractor trailer on Valley Ave at 7 30 morning struck curbing and trees, uprooting one and carrying it into a tourist home yard. The truck hit a neon tourist sign, demolishing it. Damages totaled 1950 with 1500 to the trailer and 450 to the sign. driver John William Gastrell of Westminster Md was treated for scalp lacerations and released.
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Valley Ave
John William Gastrell
Westminister
Stem Motor Lines
Robert Boyce
Katie Gutmann
Gastrell
Presidential Primary Plan Would Use Nationwide Primaries
Senators Douglas and Bennett propose a plan for nationwide presidential preferential primaries that would not bind delegates and could apply to 1952 campaigns. The plan calls for the attorney general to secure state agreements, with federal funding up to 20 cents per vote and a 10 million dollar expense cap.
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Washington
Congress
Douglas
D-Ii
Charlies E. Bennett
D-Fla
Bennett
Smathers
D-Fila
Costs Rise For Virginia Farms In 1952
A Virginia Tech specialist says farm production costs will grow five to twenty percent in 1952, pushing consumer food prices higher than 1951. He notes higher prices for cabbage carrots lettuce onions green beans potatoes and sweet potatoes amid shorter sweet potato supplies and shifting demand to white potatoes.
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Blacksburg
Virginia
VPI
J. L. Maxton
New York City
Run-Off Primary Bill Passes State Senate
The Virginia State Senate approved a run-off primary bill by 38 to 2. Senators Victor P. Wilson and W H Carter voted against. An amendment to exempt lieutenant governor and attorney general unless a run-off is needed for governor or U S senator was rejected. The bill calls for a second primary five weeks after a majority is not achieved.
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State Senate
Richmond
Senate
Victor P. Wilson
Hampton
W H. Carter
Amherst
Ted Dalton
U.S
A. 8. Harrison
Lawrenceville
Alten
Dalton
U.N. Warplanes Rip Up Red Rail Lines
Allied air and naval strikes target North Korean transport lines in heavy 652 daily sorties. U.N. forces report rail and truck routes hit, tanks and artillery damaged, while clashes on the ground yield minor patrol skirmishes.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S. Fifth Air Force
U.N
U. S. Eighth Army
Koera
Ebert Appointed Frederick County Surveyor
Ioe Ebert of this city has been appointed County Surveyor by the Frederick County Court effective January 1 1952 on the recommendation of the County Board of Supervisors. Ebert will succeed Walker McC Bond who has held the post for about nine years and did not seek re appointment. Ebert trained under Bond since 1948 on the G I Bill of Rights and is a licensed surveyor.
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Ioe Ebert
Frederick
County Board of Supervisors
Ebert
Walker McC. Bond
Bond
A. J. Tavenner
G. I
Execution of Puerto Rican Delayed for Oscar Collazo
The execution of Oscar Collazo, who attempted to assassinate President Truman, has been delayed from February 1 to an indefinite date. The automatic stay remains while legal proceedings, including potential appeals to the Court of Appeals and possibly the Supreme Court, unfold. Collazo is held in District Jail pending a new trial.
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Washington
Oscar Collazo
Truman
Harry M. Hull
U. S. District Court
Collazo
Hull
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
White House
Molden Elected at Shenandoah Valley Meeting
At the 28th annual Shenandoah Valley, Inc. meeting in Staunton, Ed Molden was elected chairman of the Frederick County Board. Kenneth R. Hyde was reelected president as the group adopted a 1952 budget of 40 000 to promote regional attractions, with most funds for nationwide newspaper and magazine advertising and a 24 minute color film already produced.
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Shenandoah Valley, Inc
Staunton
Ed Molden
Frederick County
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Tom W. Baldridge
Eugene R. Branch
LV. Watson
E. P. Lakers
Kenneth R. Hyde
Hyde
J. N. Hunter
Natural Bridge
Caskie Norvell, II
Rawson
W. Va
M. B. Whiting
Clifton Forge
J. G. Miller
New Market
James A. Payne
Front Royal
Snoke
Virginia Conservaton Commssion
Whch
Holcombe Parkes
Judeley
Roanoke
Berkeley
Jefferson
West Virginia
Panhandle
Invita
L. V. Watson
E. P. Sakers
New Sea Boss Receives Initial Instructions
Admiral Lynde D. McCormick, the newly named Supreme Allied Commander of the Atlantic, arrives in Washington to receive his initial instructions. He plans trips to the capitals of ten NATO nations for conferences and then to form his staff, with headquarters to be in Norfolk, Virginia.
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Washington
Lynde D. McCormick
The
Atlantic
Fire Damages House on Woodland Avenue
Fire discovered at about 11 last night at 916 Woodland Ave. damaged the residence of Paul D. Stultz, owned by Rev. Courtney Anderson, with an estimated 500 dollars in damage. Firemen blamed a defective chimney and said furniture mostly spared, house insured.
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Woodland Ave
Paul D. Stultz
Courtney Anderson
Northwestern Student Virginia Yates Sings on Breakfast Club
Miss Virginia Yates a Northwestern University student and daughter of Mrs. James B. Yates appeared on the radio program Breakfast Club this morning She sang a song she composed about meeting Don McNeill master of ceremonies during the interview.
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Virginia Yates
Northwestern University
James B. Yates
Don McNeill
Driver dies in West Virginia highway crash
A highway accident near Peterstown, West Virginia, killed 32 year old A H Moe Claugherty and injured four others from Cashmere Monroe County. The crash left authorities to investigate the cause and determine the exact sequence of events.
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Peterstown
W. Va
H. Moe Claugherty
Cashmere
Monroe County
Rouss Fire Co Sets February Meeting At 8 O'clock
Regular monthly meeting announced for Friday February 1 at 8 oclock. All members urged to attend. Robert C Legge president. For sale Fresh home dressed frying and roasting chickens with free delivery call 8396.
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Rouss Fire CO
Frieday
Robert C. Legge
Williamsburg Event Reenacts 1752 Winchester Legislation
Local citizens attend a Friday reenactment in Colonial dress of the 1752 bill establishing Winchester as a town. The ceremony features James Wood Gabriel Jones and George William Fairfax representations, with officials like Gov. James P. Times and U S Senator Harry Byrd invited. A Colonial rider will deliver the enacted bill to the Virginia frontier town.
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General Assembly
Williamsburg
Winchester
James Wood
Gabriel Jon
George William Fairfax
Frederick Town
Wood
Gabriel Jones
George W.liam We
Frederick County
House of Burgesses
Jones
House of Buresses
Council of
Cole- Virginia
James P. Tnes
South Carolina
U. S
Supreme Court of the United States
U. S. Evening Star
William P. McGuire
Joseph A. Massie, Jr
Commonwealth
Tom Wood Baldridge
E. Blackburn Moore
Harry F. Byrd
Burt P. Harrison
Elliott Marshall
Mifflin D. Clowe
Ji l Ham Hollis
H. B. McCormac
Benjamin Belchiec
Winchester-Frederick
Winchester-Frederick Historical Society; Lewis H. Hyde, C. FP. Schenck
Clark Cooper
Dan Leatherman
Garland Quar
Frida
Virginia
Winchester Chamber Board Meeting Tonight
The Winchester Chamber of Commerce board will meet at 7 30 PM in the Chamber office. Executive secretary P Sakers says the session will set the year’s work and appoint committees. Also notes available: new business location and local ads.
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Winchester Chamber of Comm. Ce
P. Sakers
North
Cameron St
Checkerboard
Bayliss & Patterson
Rt. 11
Bryan Stotler
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Barr
National Foundation For
George L. Miller
John C. Miller
James C. Miller
South St
Burns
Clarke
Webster's New International
Maxton
West Va
Winchester Evening Star
STAR
Molden
Shenandoah Valley
Woodland Avenue
Chamber
N. Main &T
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