Winchester Days sales promotion promises prizes and free rides
Winchester merchants launch Winchester Days a three day sale offering over $2000 in prizes including a RCA television and Hotpoint refrigerator. Free parking and bus rides are offered with coupons clipped from The Star. Grand prizes awarded Saturday at Court House Square after 9 p.m.
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Winchester
Merchants Association of Winchester
Court House Square
R.C.A
G. & M. Music Center
Molden Electric Company
Fron Schewel Furniture Company
Crosley
Bayliss and Patterson
Johnston's
Elgin
Jewel Box
Clowe’s Jewelry
Goodrich
Swimley Furniture Company
Baker & Anderson
Tric
Fron. Miller
Gene Lakers
Winchester Days
Chamber of Commerce
Merchants Association
Chambersburg
Pennsylvania
E. Rhodes Huntsberry
Huntsberry
Deserter in Theft of Three Mail Pouches Charged
Federal postal inspectors say 19 year old Army deserter Joseph Graham Ingram of Houston will be tried in Houston for stealing three mail pouches from Petersburg rail platform on May 9. The first class pouch contained a check over $2,000 and was bound for Suffolk.
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Richmond
Petersburg
Joseph Graham Ingram
Houston
Tex
Fort Jackson
D. C
Philadelphia
Suffolk
Ingram
Lady Luck
Quarles to Address Historical Society
The Winchester Frederick County Historical Society meets at 7 45 p m in Old Stone Presbyterian Church. Garland R Quarles will discuss Yost Hite a native of Alsace Germany who settled in Kingston New York and moved to Virginia in 1732 with 16 families credited as the first settler in Virginia’s valley.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Non-Swimmer Since 1933 Man Saves Three Lives
Virginia Beach principal Charles Evanosky, despite sinus troubles and a 200 pound frame, swam 200 yards to rescue Ruby Grimstead and her seven and six year old children after a mother and daughter ran into trouble in the Atlantic. He saved three in total before returning to shore.
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Virginia Beach
Charles Evanosky
South Norfolk High School
Atlantic Ocean
Evanosky
Ruby Grimstead
Critics to challenge Acheson payroll in looming showdown
Flood warnings ease along the Mississippi as Cape Girardeau braces for crest. In Washington, House Republicans and Southern Democrats push the Phillips Amendment to deny salaries of officials with past foreign ties, targeting Acheson and potentially Dulles, while VOA funding draw scrutiny.
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ST. Louis
Missouri
Midwest
Cape Girardeau
Washington
House
State Department
Secreer Acheson
State
Justice and Commerce Departments
Federal Judiciary
Truman Administration
Acheson
Rep
Phillips
R-Calif
Rooney
D-Ny
John Foster Dulles
Voice of America
Progressive Party to Enter Candidate in 1952 Election
The Progressive Party announced plans to field a 1952 presidential candidate, though the person was not named. The party, which won over 1.11 million votes in 1948, seeks a ticket promising peace, welfare economy, restored rights, and equal rights for Black people. Chairman Elmer A. Benson and Secretary C. B. Baldwin disclosed the plan. Henry A. Wallace led the ticket in 1948 but left the party amid Korea War objections.
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Elmer A. Benson
C. B. Baldwin
Henry A. Wallace
Annual Kiwanis Picnic Tomorrow at Delina Robinson Home
The Kiwanis Club schedules its annual picnic for tomorrow at 2 p.m. at Delina Robinsons residence on Amherest Street. A 12:15 p.m. round table gathering will occur at the George Washington Hotel for those unable to attend the main event.
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Delina Robinson
Amherest Street
George Washington Hotel
Governor Battles Key Trouble After Vacation Return
Virginia Governor John S Battles returns from vacation and finds himself locked out of the mansion. A passing policeman, possessing a spare key, assists the governor in gaining entry during the brief incident. Notice from Crisman Cleaners lists a vacation closure from July 30 to August 4.
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Richmond
Virginia
John 8. Battle
Crisman Cleaners
Kent St
Hearing On Kuhn Verdict Delayed
Judge Elliott Marshall postponed the motion to set aside the second degree murder verdict against George Kuhn for the June 9 shooting at Kuhn Mountain View Service Station. The jury in Frederick County Circuit Court found Kuhn guilty on July 12 and recommended a 10 year sentence. A rescheduled hearing and assignments were set for 2 p.m. next Tuesday July 31 to align with other hearings and prep time.
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Elliott Marshall
George Kuhn
Irving McCauley
Kuhn
Mountain View
U. 8 Route 50
Frederick County
State Penitentiary
Father Kills His Three Children Then Tries Knife
Raymond Wilson Conley shot his three year old son Wilson Lee Conley then slashed the throats of nine month Linda Sue and eighteen month William Emery after police say a gun jammed. One infant died, two survived in critical but improving condition. Conley was charged with murder as investigators noted a recent separation from his wife and a problematic wartime head injury.
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Charlottesville
Raymond Wilson Conley
Conley
Wilson Lee Conley Conley
Linda Sue
William Emery Conley
Wilson Lee
William Emery
Clemmie Hawley
Washington
Florence Johnson
Gilford
Baltimore
McCarthy Questions Acheson on Access to Secret Papers
Senator McCarthy charged Secretary Acheson with allowing 29 loyalty probe subjects to view secret State Department files. He questioned if it is safe for individuals under investigation for Communist ties to access such material, naming Ambassador Philip Jessup and diplomat John Carter Vincent among the cases.
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Washington
McCarthy
R-Wis
State Acheson
Acheson
State Department
Congress
Senate
Philip Jessup
John Carter Vincent
Will to Fight Revived in Europe Senators Agree
Washington reports senators say Western Europe has revived the will to fight but defenses remain short. Eisenhower calls the $8.5 billion aid essential, urging fast production of guns and planes as hearings on the measure begin. 60 defense divisions are planned, tied to arms availability.
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Europe
Washington
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Dwight D Eisenhower
Foreign Relations Committee
Paris
Eisenhower
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Acheson
House
North Atlantic
H. Alexander Smith
RNJ
Russell
D-Ga
Congress
Oil Talks Hit a Snag in Iran Negotiations
Tehran reports say U.S. envoy W Averell Harriman and Iran's Oil Nationalization Board hit a snag over terms to end the British Iran oil feud. After ten hours with Premier Mossadegh's cabinet, talks paused with no agreed basis to resume formal negotiations.
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Tehran
Iran
Truman
W. Averell Harriman
Harriman
Oil Nationalization Board
Mohammed Mossadegh
Britain
Anglo- Iranian Oil Company
Badan
Persian Gulf
Iraniadh
All-American Eight Bradley Players Admit Bribe Fixes
District Attorney Frank Hogan announced that eight Bradley University basketball players admitted taking bribes to fix games. Four named players, all from Peoria or nearby, face grand jury action as the investigation centers on fixes from the 1948-49 to 1950-51 seasons.
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NEW York
Frank Hogan
Bradley University
Bradley
Peoria
Hogan
Eugene Melchiorre
Highland Park
Ill
William Mann
Aaron Preece
Charles Grover
Michael Shore
Washington State
Oregon State
Madison Square Garden
Nick Englese
Nick
Sollazzo
Salvatore T. Sollazzo
Long Island University
City College of New York
New York University
Melchiorre
Philadelphia GOP Contests for Mayor Nomination
In Philadelphia the Republican mayoral race centers on Rev. Dr. Daniel A. Poling and Walter P. Miller. The Old Guard GOP fights a reform challenge while Poling claims independence. Democratic race sees City Controller Joseph S. Clark Jr. favored over Joseph Sharfsin.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Daniel A. Poling
Walter P. Miller
Old Guard
Miller
Dr. Poling
GOP
Joseph S. Clark, Jr
Joseph Sharfsin
Jealously Blamed In Knife Slaying
Police blame jealousy for the knife slaying of Robert E. Heskett 55 a divorced Oakland carpenter called Bob in Betty MacDonald best seller The Egg and I Ex husband of MacDonald Thelma Blake 37 Visalia Calif bulldozer operator charged with murder The killer said self defense after a fight and a hatchet threat
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Oakland
Calif
Robert E. Heskett
Betty McDonald
Heskett
Thomas J. Blake
Visalia
Blake
Thelma
Bob
Miss MacDonald
Weather Outlook for Virginia Storms and Warm Temps
Virginia forecast shows scattered thunderstorms in the south on Wednesday and Thursday and in the north on Thursday and Friday. Total precipitation expected from a quarter to a half inch. Temperatures will run slightly above normal with continued warmth.
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Virginia
Winchester Police Crack Down on Nuisance Mufflers
Chief J Thomas Boyd says motorists who violate nuisance ordinances in Winchester will face intensified enforcement. Several arrests have been made in recent days and officers will continue the crackdown on violators.
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Winchester
J. Thomas Boyd
Boyd
34 Lambs Bring Top Sale Prices at Winchester Sale
Thirty-four lambs sold at the Winchester Registered Ram Sale at the Farmer's Livestock Exchange averaging 116.84 dollars. Total receipts reached 3,972.50 with 19 Hampshires averaging 143.55, 10 Shropshires at 97.75, and 5 Southdowns at 53.50. The grand champion ram sold for 205 dollars to E. E. Hockman.
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Winchester
Hampshires
Southdown
E. E. Hockman
Lebanon Church
Hampshire
R. W. Sharp
the Plaines
Shropshire
Shenandoah Farms
New Market
Owen Thomas and Son
Loudoun County
H. B. Hook
Doe Hill
H. W Byrd
Strasburg
Frederick
Clarke Counties
C. C. Funkhouser
Gordon Larrick
Virginia Sheep Breeder's Association
Northern Virginia Livestock Producers Association
Father of Swimming Twins Patches Things Up With French Police
Russell Tongay, father of five and four year old swimmers Buda and Kathy, says relations are friendly with the French police. He claims he has signed a statement to keep his children from attempting the English Channel from the French shore and has recovered his passport. He plans to sail a yacht near Cape Griz Nez later this week, with aims to swim or fish, while asserting continued Channel ambitions despite British restrictions on child exhibitions.
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Paris
Russell Tongay
Ministry of Interior
Buda
Kathy
Tongay
England
Cape Griz Nez
Sentencing of Union Officials Protested
In Silver City New Mexico a mob of strikers in about 300 cars circled the Grant County Court House for two hours protesting the sentencing of six union officials for contempt of court. The officials received 90 days in jail amid continued coverage.
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Silver City
Grant County Court House
International Union of Mine
Mil
Pyongyang Radio Says Answer Will Be No on Armistice Talks
United Nations truce negotiators return to Kaesong for a yes or no from the Communists. Pyongyang Radio indicated the reply will be no and pressed for withdrawal of all foreign troops. United States insists troop withdrawals not on the agenda. Ground fighting and air raids continued around Pyongyang as U N delegates held firm.
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U. N
Korea
United Nations
Kaesong
Pyongyang
Red
Peiping
United States
U.N
Red Radio
U. S
South Korea
Kang-Dong
Adm
C. Turner Joy
Tokyo
Matthew B. Ridgway
Contino Passes Army Minimum Psychiatric Test
In San Francisco an army psychiatrist testified that Dick Contino met the minimum psychiatric standard for draft eligibility. Maj. Cloyce L. Duncan said Contino, a Modesto accordionist earning about $4,000 weekly, was not psychotic, though Contino claimed claustrophobia and fled Fort Ord after reporting late.
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San Francisco
Dick Contino
Cloyce L. Duncan
Contino
Fort Ord
Calif
Duncan
Con
Petain Gravestone Reads Only Philippe Petain
A simple gravestone bearing just the name Philippe Petain was prepared on Ile d Yeu France for Marshal Henri Philippe Petain the former World War One hero and head of the Vichy regime who died in exile after treason conviction. Admirers gathered in Port Joinville for the funeral rites as his contested legacy continues to provoke debate.
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Ile D’yeu
France
Marshall Henri Philippe Petain
Verdun
Port Joinville
Atlantic
Philippe Petain
Petain
Vichy
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