Molotov Returns to Geneva From Moscow Talks
Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov returned to Geneva for the Indochina conference after a two day trip to Moscow. Western observers think he reported to Premier Malenkov and aides on talks so far and future Soviet strategy. A French Vietminh meeting to set up armistice talks was also expected as the nine party conference paused over a neutral police commission proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
V. M. Molotov
Moscow
Molotov
Georgi M. Malenkov
Indochina
Panmunjom
JW Seniors Urged To Live on High Spiritual Plane
The Rev. B. W. Coe delivered the baccalaureate sermon at James Wood High School for 112 graduates and guests. He urged graduates to be united within themselves, live on a high spiritual plane, and heed inner spiritual impulses over material desires, citing Mark 3 25 and Christ’s warning about serving two masters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. W. Coe
Montague Avenue Methodist Church
Edinburg Methodist Church
James Wood High School
Coe
Paul Beable
God
Charles A. York
Stephens City
Konitz
O Divine Redeemer
Gounod
Beable
Lindley J. Stiles
School of Education
University of Virginia
Martha Washington
Smith-Pontiac Sales & Service
Gerrard St
Valley Ave
Eisenhower Urges Unity In Fight Against Communism
President Eisenhower denounced division over confronting communism and urged a crusade of truth both at home and abroad. He spoke at Columbia University's 200th anniversary dinner, calling for knowledge and understanding to defeat censorship and demagoguery, while avoiding names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Eisenhower
America
Columbia University
Temple of Freedom
White House
James C. Hagerty
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Hagerty
Waldorf- Astoria
Columbia
Holiday Deaths Hit New Record
The Memorial Day weekend saw a record 523 fatalities from traffic drownings and other mishaps. Traffic deaths reached 355, drownings 92, and other accidents 76, surpassing 1952 and 1950 figures. Ned H. Dearborn cited safety activity and federal highway safety efforts as mitigating factors.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
The
Safety Council
White House
Eisenhower
Sixth of June Program Plans Are Completed
The Stonewall Memorial Association and Turner Ashby Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy finalize arrangements for the Sixth of June program at Stonewall Cemetery Sunday at 4 p.m. Robert T. Barton Jr. of Richmond will speak, introduced by Joseph A. Mossie Jr. The service includes invoca tion, benediction by Dr. George D. Jackson, a Handley Band concert, and a volley by veterans groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stonewall Memorial Association
Turner Ashby
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Stonewall Cemetery
Robert T. Barton, Jr
Richmond
Joseph A. Mossie, Jr
George D. Jackson
Presbyterian Church
Taps
Handley Band
Conrad Hoover
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Corporation Court Room
City Hall
Old Chapel
Clarke County
Weather Outlook for Virginia June 2 to June 6
The Virginia outlook calls for temperatures two to four degrees above normal. A cooler Wednesday, warming by Friday, then cooler again over the weekend. Showers tonight and Friday bring expected rainfall of about half to one inch.
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Richmond
Virginia
Non-Communist Affidavit Signed By Cpl Batchelor
Cpl Claude Batchelor a Gitmo? No Fort Sam Houston prisoner signed a non-Communist affidavit clearing the way for about 4000 dollars in back pay. Part will fund his defense and the rest will help bring Kyoto his Japanese wife from Tokyo. He faces possible court martial over alleged collaboration with the enemy while a prisoner of war.
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San Antonio
Tex
U. S
Korea
Claude Batchelor
Kermit, Tex
Fort Sam Houston
Post Prison
Batchelor
Joel Westbrook
Kyoto
Tokyo
Army
Hospital Reports $1,100,000 Gross For 1953
Win chester Memorial Hospital tallies a gross business of 1 100 000 for 1953. Administrator H E Alberti tells the board the figure reflects cost adjustments to raise income amid operating expansion. New directors added include William H West Jr and Grover Teets.
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Hospital
Winchester Memorial Hospital
H.E. Alberti
Hospital Board of Directors
Alberti
William H. West, Jr
Grover Teets
H. E. Alberti
Frank Armstrong, Jr
Andrew J. Bowen
Douglas Brown
Harold Brown
George Burwell
T. B. Byrd
E.T. Clark
Hugh Clark
Charles F. Coffman
Harold R. Edwards
Erle Edwards
C. Vernon Eddy
George Greenhalgh
A.T. Hawthorne
Joseph L. Kalbach
Child Dies After Horse Accident Near Stephens City
Ralph Albert Messick nine dies from skull fracture after a horse knocked him into a barn door Sunday evening. He suffered jaw and arm fractures and a facial laceration. The third grader from Stephens City School was born March 6 1945 in Frederick County. Funeral Tuesday at Omps Funeral Home with interment in Green Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Albert Messick
Albert Messick
Bartonsville
Memorial Hospital
Frederick County
Albert
Gertrude Clark Messick
Kernstown Presbyterian Church
Stephens City School
Carroll Lee Messick
Saylor Messick
Winchester
Margaret Clark
Acorn Heights
Omps Funeral Home
Robert Bradford
Floyd Wine
Diane Brim
Judy Brim
Margaret Loy
Judy Ailes
Janet Petrie
Carolyn Huffer
McCarthy Blocks Files Until Names of Informants Deleted
The McCarthy hearings feature Roy Cohn denying threats to wreck the Army and disputes over Schine’s overseas transfer. Cohn cites a witch hunt while officials testifying recall heated exchanges and cautions about naming Ringler and Miller. Carr, Cheif of Staff, recalls the issue as testimony continues.
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McCarthy
Washington
Roy M. Cohn
Army
Robert T. Stevens
David Schine
Cohn
John G. Adams
Schine
New York Area
Adams
Stevens
Ray H. Jenkins
Ft. Dix
Earl L. Ringler
Dix
Ringler
McCarthy Subcommittee
Joseph Miller
John Bruce Blunt
Jenkins
Carr Cohn
Francis P. Carr
Carr
Sen. McCarthy
G. David Schine
Poultry Auction Charter And By Laws To Be Discussed
County Agent John T. Wolfe invites area poultry growers buyers and dealers to a meeting tomorrow night at 8 in the county courthouse. The session will finalize the Shenandoah Area Poultry Auction and review its charter and by laws prepared by attorney Joseph A. Massie Jr and the board of directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Wolfe
County Court House
Shenandoah Area
Joseph A. Massie, Jr
Massie
French Speed Defense Plans As Rebels Knife Toward Delta
In Chochen Valley French forces brace for a Vietminh push toward the Red River delta from Dien Bien Phu. Four divisions move from Dien Bien Phu toward the delta while a fifth reaches base near Hanoi. US airlift could deploy 2,100 men from North Africa to bolster defences.
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Delta
Hanoi
Indochina
Chochen
Red River
Dien Bien Phu
Black River
Saigon
Memorial Day Weekend Passes Quietly Across Frederick Clarke
Perfect weather and light traffic marked Memorial Day weekend in Frederick and Clarke Counties. Two crashes on U S Route 50 and one in Winchester. hospital and police reported no fatalities or serious injuries. Memorial Day observances included a 2 pm service at the National Cemetery with Rev Francis B Rhein as speaker and 150 to 200 attendees.
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Frederick
Clarke
Memorial Hospital
Winchester
Frederick County
U. B. Rt. 50
National Cemetery
Conrad Hoover
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Disabled American Veterans
Document outlines red plans for world revolution by 1973
Washington report states a memorandum allegedly taken to Moscow in 1953 outlines Mao Zedong’s program for a world revolution. It predicts a peaceful Japanese revolution by 1969, Soviet Chinese influence expanding across Asia and Africa, and a future of global economic collapse with Communist victory by 1973.
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Senate
Knowland
United States
Indonesia
Burma
Thailand
Japan
Soviet Union
China
India
Philippines
Africa
Asia
Ais
Europe
Canada
South America
Eight Are Killed In Plane Crash In Duluth Fog
A Minnesota National Guard plane crashed in heavy fog near Duluth Airport killing eight troopers and injuring six, four critically. Lt. Col. Ralph M. Jerome of the 179th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron said the craft was returning from a practice flight to Indianapolis after the Memorial Day speedway event. Bodies of five men were recovered at the scene. three died en route or after hospital arrival. Most victims were local squadron members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Minn
Minnesota National Guard
Ralph M. Jerome
Indianapolis
Jerome
Security Council Set to Meet Over Thailand War Crisis
United Nations announces a 10 30 a m EDT Thursday gathering of the Security Council to consider Thailand's appeal for U N observers amid reported large scale fighting near Thailand and possible foreign troop invasion. Thanat Khoman Thai delegate urged observers as Henry Cabot Lodge Jr reported council leadership and consultations among an 11 nation body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
N.Y
Security Council
Thailand
U.N
Southeast Asia
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
U. S
Thanat Khoman
U. N
Indochina
Flanders Attacks McCarthy On Senate Floor
Senator Flanders denounced Senator McCarthy in a floor speech accusing him of anti communism that mirrors Hitler tactics. He warned of foreboding among Jews and said McCarthy harms both parties as investigations of the Army dispute continue.
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Washington
Sen
Flanders
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Senate
Army
Eisenhower Seeks 1.1 Billion Increase for Defense
President Eisenhower requested Congress provide 1.1 billion dollars in additional defense appropriations for military construction. About 503 thousand dollars would fund Army communications site work in Alaska, with funds also covering Nike missile sites and troop housing. Legislation to authorize military construction and family housing projects is pending, with funds to be spent in the new fiscal year starting July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
White House
Alaska
Murray Snyder
House to debate Social Security expansion and tax plan
Legislation to add about 10 million workers to Social Security and boost benefits and taxes goes before the House for debate with near-certain passage expected. An advertisement urges customers to store furs at Worth's in Loudoun Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Security
Washington
House
Stand Initiates Angry Exchange With McClellan
Senate dispute erupts as McCarthy blocks access to Schine papers arguing informant names must be deleted. McClellan accuses him of unfair conduct while demanding a clear Eisenhower stance on alleged stolen classified information. The committee recesses without examining files Roy Cohn offered, and McCarthy vows to withhold names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Len McClellan
D-Ark
McCarthy
Eisenhower
McClellan
Roy Cohn
Ray H. Jenkins
Mundt
R-Sd
Congressional Committee
Roy M. Cohn
McCarthy Army
Pvt. G. David Schine
McCarthy Subcommittee
Mrs. Peery Named To Replace Miss Corkey At Handley
Winchester School Board selects Gertrude Peery for Handley School assistant principal to oversee grades four to twelve. Peery, former head of the Handley High Latin department, will start in the 1954 55 session and has held leadership roles in guidance and professional associations.
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Gertrude Peery
Winchester School Board
Handley School
Handley
Bessie L. Corkey
Peery
Handley High School
Randolph-Macon Woman's College
University of Virginia
American Academy In
Rome
Phi Beta Kappa Society
Winchester Educational Association
American Association of University Women
Winchester Schools
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Malenkov
JWHS
Mr. Kline
Winchester Star
Roland Tharp
James Wood
Woodbine
Goodwin Taylor
Charles Town
W. Va
Taylor
Frances Miller
Leslie G. Kline
Kline
Weather Outlook
Cpl. Batchelor
Colin
Mary Driscoll
North Africa
Francis B. Rhein
Christ Episcopal Church
Millwood
Charles A. Dorton, Jr
Defense
N. Loudoun
Stand
Mrs. Peery
Miss Corkey
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