Live Poultry Auction Opens Here June 15
The Shenandoah Area Poultry Auction to begin Tuesday June 15 at 2 p m with local birds sold to highest bidder. Irvine Williams named auction manager as the market plans weekly 45 minute to hour sales and lists listings to buyers by mail.
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Shenandoah Area
Frederick County Court House
Joseph A. Massie, Jr
Irvine Williams
Stephens City
L. C. Ellis
Stephenson
Charles Davis
Yellow Springs
W. Va
William S. Wheatley
Melvin Seldon
Above Normal June Temperatures Seen Across Much of U S
Forecasters from the Weather Bureau predict above normal temperatures for most of the nation in June with the East South and far Southwest hotter than usual. The northern half from the Great Lakes westward should run cooler than normal with above average precipitation near the Appalachians and on the Continental Divide. Rain near normal in most areas, less in the far Southwest and the south Atlantic states.
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Science Service
Washington
Weather Bureau
Great Lakes
Appalachians
Continental Divide
Gulf States
Far Southwest
South Atlantic
Bryarly
Expert Watch Repairing at the Jewel Box Prompt Service
Expert Watch Repairing offers factory trained workmen and reasonable prices with all work guaranteed. Located at the Jewel Box, Inc. in Winchester, Virginia. Weekly service available with Saturday hours.
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Jewel Box
Jewel Box, Inc
Winchester
Stacked Deck Claim Emerges in Army McCarthy Hearings
Roy M Cohn charged that Attorney General Brownell or his aide orchestrated the Army McCarthy hearings creating a stacked deck against the McCarthy side. The accusation came on the 26th day of the hearings as Senator Jackson pressed true or false questions to Cohn during testimony.
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Washington
Roy M Cohn
Atty
Brownell
McCarthy
Cohn
Sen
Jackson
D-Wash
Army
McCarthy Subcommittee
The
Stevens
John G. Adams
McCarthy Says Seaton Glad To Accept Data On Reds
Sen McCarthy quoted Assistant Secretary of Defense Fred Seaton as saying he would be glad to accept information from McCarthy about 130 alleged Communists in defense plants. The claim followed earlier remarks that the Defense Department had not decided on accepting the data. McCarthy spoke during the Army hearings and then telephoned Seaton, noting a possible misunderstanding in the third call.
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McCarthy
Seaton
GLAD
Washington
Sen
Fred Seaton
Defense Department
Sen. McClellan
D-Ark
Secretary of
Defense Wilson
McClellan
Jury Is Selected To Hear Congress Shooting Case
A jury of seven men and five women was chosen swiftly to try four Puerto Rican defendants for the March shooting of five congressmen in the House. The accused include Lolita Lebron and three men who face multiple counts of assault with intent to kill and with a dangerous weapon, each punishable by up to 75 years.
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Congress
Washington
House of Representatives
Lolita Lebron
U. S
Alexander Holtzoff
District of Columbia Board of Commissioners
Myron G. Ehrlich
Abe Goldstein
Ben Paul Noble
U. S. Dist. Atty
Leo A. Rover
John Conliff
Lebron
U.S
George H. Fallon
Kenneth A. Roberts
Ala
Clifford Davis
D-Tenn
Iowa
Best Twins Live Up to Their Name
PEORIA IL The Best twins Janet and Janice were the top scholars in the Our Lady Academy graduating class. Janet led as valedictorian and Janice as salutatorian.
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Best Twins
Peoria, Ill
Janet
Janice
Our Lady Academy
Rhee Thanks Fund for Work Ministered to Homeless Koreans
The Christian Children's Fund received a written thanks from Korean President Syngman Rhee for its aid to homeless Korean children.
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Richmond
Christian Children's Fund
Syngman Rhee
Mrs Heady Hinted Knowledge of Missing Ransom
The Globe-Democrat reports Mrs Bonnie Brown Heady told a federal officer the day before execution that she and Carl Hall knew what happened to the $300,000 Greenlease ransom. Hall denied ratting and was executed last December 18 along with Heady. about half the $600,000 ransom remains missing.
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ST. Louis
Globe-Democrat
Bonnie Brown
Carl Austin Hall
Greenlease
House Appropriations Committee
Washington
Hall
Bobby Greenlease
Kansas City
Heady
Shirley Ann Gilliam Wins Star Leadership Award
Shirley Ann Gilliam 18 year old James Wood High senior was named a winner of one of three Winchester Evening Star Leadership Awards of 350 dollars each to be given at area high schools. The awards honor character leadership and duty with Powell Kuykendall presenting at graduation.
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Shirley Ann Gilliam
James Wood High School
Winchester Evening Star
J. Sloan Kuykendall
Miss Gilliam
James Wood
Star
Kuykendall
J. H. Yost
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
B. B. Dutton
Winchester
Erle Edwards
J. Pinckney Arthur
Frederick County
Ralph N
Dorsey
Charles J. Enders, Jr
Berryville
Clarke County
Handley
Star Today
Berea College
Kentucky
Aubrey J. Gilliam
Sunnyside
James Dix
E. Piccadilly St
F. H. A. Work
Jury Deadlocks in Tax Case Against Norfolk Motel Operator
A federal jury failed to reach a verdict in the tax case of Spencer J. Faris of Norfolk, charged with failure to file income tax returns in 1949 50. After 24 hours of deliberation plus 30 minutes, Judge Sterling Hutcheson declared a mistrial and will consider a directed acquittal motion. Faris contended illness from 1948 to 1951 affected his ability to manage his business.
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Richmond
Spencer J. Faris
Norfolk
Sterling Hutcheson
Hutcheson
Faris
Atty L. S. Parsons Jr
Mrs. Linda Carruthers Brooks Dies at 237 Jefferson St
Mrs. Linda Carruthers Brooks 61 wife of Samuel Carroll Brooks died at home after a two year illness. Born September 15 1892 in Round Hill Loudoun County she married Samuel C Brooks in 1917. A Richmond Westhampton College graduate she led church and civic groups and served with Red Cross Legion Auxiliary and Civil Defense efforts.
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Linda Carruthers Brooks
Samuel Carroll Brooks
Jefferson St
Brooks
Round Hill
Loudoun County
James
Lutie Carruthers
Samuel C. Brooks
Women's College of Richmond
Westhampton College
The
Presbyterian Church
Women of the Church
Old Fredericktown
Winchester-Frederick County
American Red Cross
American Legion Auxiliary
Winchester ad promotes Nash inspection hours and sale
An advertisement urges readers to visit Nash to inspect cars before the rush, listing weekday hours 7 am to 9 pm and Saturday 7 am to 4 pm through June 15. It notes complete service and directs to Grove Furniture Co. for a seven piece sofa bed group priced at 159.50.
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Winchester “Nash
Grove Furniture Co
Winchester
Tues & Thurs
Sarah Zane Fire Co to Meet Friday Evening June Fourth
The Sarah Zane Fire Co holds a meeting Friday June 4 at 8 p.m. Members urged to attend. Loryn M. Crabill Captain. Also Rouss Fire Company announces regular monthly meeting June fourth at 6 p.m. at Rouss Hall to escort to Lion's Shelter for games and refreshments led by the drum and bugle corps. Bernard F. Groves Jr. President.
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The
Friendship Fire Co
Lion's Shelter
R. S. Ryan
Sarah Zane Fire CO
Rouss Fire Company
Lion’s Shelter
Rouss Hall
Rouss Drum & Bugle Corp
Bernard F. Groves, Jr
Belgian Freight Plane Attacked Over Yugoslavia
A Belgian DC3 freighter was shot at over Yugoslavia near the Hungarian frontier. A radio operator was killed and others injured as a Soviet style MIG attacked the aircraft. The plane made an emergency landing in Austria and a second Sabena transport completed its pig shipment to Belgrade. President Tito was in Greece at the time.
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Vienna
Austria
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Sabena Air Lines
Belgrade
Frankfurt
Britain
Grax
Graz
Maribor
Murska Sobota
Sabena Air Line
Sebena
Marshall Tito
Greece
Security Status Of Condon Reviewed
Dr. Edward A. Condon said Defense Department officials were reviewing his security status while he works as Corning Glass Works research director on nonmilitary projects with no access to classified information. He declined to say if the review means a suspension of clearance and noted the action relates to the firm's government contracts.
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Corning
Edward A. Condon
U. S. Bureau of Standards
Defense Department
Condon
Corning Glass Works
Navy Department
United States
Avery Returns to Desk After Bladder Ailment Surgery
Sewell Avery, 80 year old chairman of Montgomery Ward & Co., resumed duties at his Chicago office after bladder ailment surgery and told associates he feels fine.
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Avery
Chicago
Sewell Avery
Montgomery Ward & Co
Associates
UN to discuss Thailand request for Indochina study
The United Nations Security Council voted 10 to 1 to discuss Thailand’s request for a UN peace observing commission to study the Indochina war threat on Thailand’s borders. Only the Soviet Union opposed. France supported debate.
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Thailand
United Nations
N. Y
U.N. Security Council
U. N
U.N
Soviet Union
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Indochina
Geneva
France
Council
Tsarapkin
United States
Pete Sarasin
Sarasin
International Organization
U.S
State Dulles
Security Council
Southeast Asia
Sarasins
Moscow
Rotarian's Grandchildren Attend Handley Luncheon
The Rotary Club hosted Handley high school's senior class at luncheon. Rotarian Robert L. Jones sat between his two grandchildren, Jackie Jones and Douglas Jones, marking a first for the club as a member has two grandchildren in the senior class.
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Rotary Club
Handley High School
Rotary
Jackie Jones
Laurens Jones
Douglas Jones
George Jones
Robert L. Jones
New Jersey GOP Considers Police Action to Force School Aid Vote
In Trenton, 1955, Assembly Republicans warned they may use state troopers to compel Democratic participation in a vote on 28.5 million dollars in added school aid. Democrats skipped a session. Meyner, the governor, supported the bills but urged July 1 effect. Meyner called a meeting with Republicans. Democrats claim immunity in the governor’s office.
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Trenton
N. J
New Jersey Assembly
New Jersey
Assembly
Robert B. Meyner
Meyner
G. Clifford Thomas
Thomas
Air Force Academy Site Narrowed to Three Locations
The Air Force narrowed its academy site options to Alton Illinois Colp Colorado and Lake Geneva Wisconsin after a five man board recommended them Secretary Talbott will personally inspect the sites and study land acquisition engineering and other factors before choosing The search began in April after legislation signed by President Eisenhower authorized the academy and credit the separate Air Force in 1947
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Washington
Air Force
Alton
Ill
Colorado
Colp
Lake Geneva
Talbott
Academy Selection Board
Virgil M. Hancher
University of Iowa
Charles A. Lindbergh
Merrill Meigs
Hearst Corp
Festival Dept Heads Invited To Board Meeting
Eleven department heads of the 1954 Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival receive invites to the Board of Directors annual report meeting at the George Washington Hotel. The honored leaders include Catorell a Tevalt Snyder Riley Hunt Quarles Cather Carr Lindsay plus Mrs. Custer Jasper. Reports will cover 1954 festival activities.
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Shenandoah
Fete
George Washington Hotel
F. Schenck
Festival Board of Directors
Vincent A. Catorella
Eston H. Tevalt
James R. Snider
Hoye L. Riley
Wilkie W. Hunt
Garland R. Quarles
Douglas A. Cather
John Carr
Robert M. Lindsay
Public Safety & Public Service
Monford D
Navy Unveils Its Flying Pogo Stick
Moffett Field California hosts the first public vertical takeoff test of a delta wing Convair XFY1. Pilot J F Skeets Coleman flew the craft three tethered hops to about 100 feet, safety cables limiting horizontal transition. The project aims to give ships air cover and infantry cover near front lines.
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Moffett Field
Calif
Navy
J. F. Skeets Coleman
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Miller School
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Adams
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Army Loyalty Board
Dirksen
Sen. Dirksen
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Yangling
John Lucas Jr
Ralph
RHEE
Star Leadership Award
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Mr. Kuykendall
Loryn M. Crabill
Stephens City School
Rotarian
N.J. Gop
Air Force Academy
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