UN offensive nears main Red defense line in Korea
Allied troops press toward the core Communist redoubt in North Korea in heavy rain and brutal fighting. U N spearheads push from Yonchon Yongpyong and Hwachon toward Chorwon Kumhwa and Pyongyang while Chinese and North Korean fortifications resist with bunkers and natural camouflage. Ground action, artillery duels, and losses include two C 119 planes shot down and seven air crew missing or rescued.
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Tokyo
North Korea
United Nations
U. N
Yonchon
Kansong
Iron Triangle
Chorwon
Kumhwa
Pyongyang
Yongpyong
Yongong
38Th Parallel
Hwachon
Eighth Army
Triange
James A. van Fleet
van Fleet
Sakers Returns After Sudden Appendicitis Operation
Eugene P. Sakers executive secretary of the Chamber of Commerce returned to his Canton office after two weeks away due to a sudden attack of appendicitis. He was taken to Community Hospital in Troy for emergency surgery, spent a week in hospital, and drove home with his wife to Canton before resuming work.
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Eugene P. Sakers
Chamber of Commerce
Canton
Lost item and notices from local paper
A collection of small notices includes a lost box with name Margaret Hodgson found near the Division of Motor Vehicles building, a lawn mower sharpening ad by A W Jones at 225 Shawnee Ave, a notice for the South End Fire Co regular meeting on Monday June 4 at 8 pm, and word that Old Airport Inn is closed for two weeks opening June 18.
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Margaret Hodgson
Division of Motor Vehicles Bldg
Berryville
The
South End Fire Co
Co. Hall
H. M
Wanted Building Custodian For Permanent 40 Hour Week
Classified notice seeking a male under 40 for a permanent building custodian position with 40 hour weekly schedule. Desirable working conditions. must be sober and a long-term worker. Respond to RYZ Care et al lp 6 4 16.
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RYZ Care
Winchester One-Way Streets Divide Winchester Opinions
Two weeks into the one-way street plan in Winchester draws mixed reactions. Police report better traffic flow with some congestion on weekend Main Street, while merchants split with country shoppers largely favorable yet restaurant owners oppose the changes.
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Winchester
Bill Garrard
Loudoun Street
Piccadilly
Cork
City Council
J. Thomas Boyd
Loudoun
E. J. Ott
Retail Merchants Association
Ott
McCrory
N. Loudoun Street
Frederick
Handley Seniors Told God Replaces Fear With Love and Power
The Handley High School class of 1951 heard Rev. Leland Stark urge using God given intelligence grounded in Christian character. He linked courage in a troubled world to service to God and others, and urged immediate action on graduating resolves. The Winchester Ministerial Association led the baccalaureate service in Handley auditorium with glee club songs and prayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland Stark
Church of the Ee Washington
Handley High School
St. Paul
Timothy
Handley
Stark
Winchester Ministerial Association
Ducknall
Handley Glee Club
God of Our Fathers
Warren
E. T. Clark
Duckwall
Edgar G. Hill
William H. Han
Blue Ridge Asphalt Wins Paving Contract in Frederick Clarke
The State Highway Department awarded Blue Ridge Asphalt Paving Co of Winchester a contract for work on U S Route 50 and Route 17 in Frederick and Clarke Counties and Route 8 522 in Frederick County totaling 99 839. Overall contracts announced reach 503 052 for heavy asphalt resurfacing across about 100 miles of primary roads in 14 counties. The Highway Commission rejected nine project proposals in Warren Essex Mecklenburg Chesterfield Prince George Giles Wythe and Washington Counties as too high.
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State Highway Department
Blue Ridge Asphalt Paving Co
Winchester
Frederick
Clarke Counties
Cohen on Trial For Tax Evasion
Federal government brings Mickey Cohen to trial in Los Angeles on income tax evasion charges. He and wife Lavonne signed joint returns and are accused of underpaying 156,123.48 in taxes for 1946 to 1948. Cohen denies the charges and proposed to plead guilty to avoid trial costs if any tax payment is proven. They pleaded innocent at arraignment. Bond set at 5,000 for Cohen and 2,500 for Lavonne. Judge Ben Harrison orders 100 prospective jurors due to Cohen’s notoriety.
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Los Angeles
Mickey Cohen
al Capone
Hollywood
Cohen
Sam
Lavonne
Ben Harrison
Tragedy at Hikone Party Kills 23 Young Women
Kyodo News reports 23 young women died in a stampede at a Hikone silk plant party for new workers after a fire alarm triggered panic among about 700 attendees. The incident occurred as a projection machine fire led to a chaotic evacuation.
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Tokyo
Hikone
Kyodo
Round Hill Community Center
Indochina Church State Attacked Near Phatchem
Vietminh forces attacked the Catholic principality of Phatchem in the Red River delta, overrunning several outposts as French reinforcements moved in. The assault targets a 1,000 square mile Catholic enclave with over a million residents, including 400,000 Catholics in about 600 churches.
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Saigon
Indochina
Phatchem
Red River
Phatdiem
Fay River
Annam
Cigarette Production To Hit a Record High
Washington reports U S cigarette production set to reach a record 410 billion for the year ending June 30, with annual outputs rising from 383 billion in 1949 50 and 390 billion in 1948 49 The Agriculture Department May tobacco report notes per person cigarette consumption shows a dramatic rise since 1925
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Baltimore Campaign Aide Jonkel Fined Five Thousand
Jon M. Jonkel a 35 year old public relations man from Chicago was fined 5000 for violating Maryland election laws as campaign manager for Senator Butler. He pleaded guilty to six charges and received a partial pardon as the judge cited technical violations and circumstances.
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Baltimore
Jon M. Jonkel
Chicago
Maryland
Senator Butler
Jonkel
Butler
Millard E. Tydings
Tydings
Anderson
Sherbon
Washington
10 Die in Flying Boxcar Explosion
NEW BOSTON, Tex. An Air Force cargo plane the C 82 Flying Boxcar blew up over this city yesterday killing ten passengers. Wreckage covered a mile and a half area. Rescue crews recovered bodies after hours in the burning fuselage. Lt. P M Johnson at Donaldson Air Force Base said the plane was on a training mission from Greenville. The pilot alerted authorities at Texarkana as it flew from Campbell Air Force Base Ky to Fort Still Okla. minutes later the crash occurred.
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New Boston
Tex
Air Force
P. M. Johnson
Donaldson Air Force Base
Greenville
D. C
CAA
Texarkana
Campbell Air Force Base
Fort Still
Oklo
Yard Party At Fairview church June 9 a community supper
Fairview E U B Church in Nain Virginia sponsors a yard party on June 9 with homemade ice cream soup country ham and other foods. Willow Lawn Pool to close all day Tuesday June for repairs and reopen Wednesday at 11 am.
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Fairview E. U.B. Church
Nain
Willow Lawn Pool
America's 11 Top Communists Lose in High Court
The Supreme Court upheld the conspiracy convictions of 11 Communist leaders led by the parties target, with Chief Justice Vinson stating their plans to overthrow the U S government created a clear and present danger. Dissenters Black and Douglas argued otherwise in a 6 2 decision.
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Washington
Supreme Court
America
Vinson
Red
United Stats
Ciircumstances
Black
Douglas
Clark
U. S
Harold R. Medina
New York
U. S. Circuit Court
Aga Khan to be weighed in platinum gifts by followers
In Karachi seven Muslim followers plan to weigh the Aga Khan in platinum as he enters his 70th year as spiritual head. They base the calculation on his current weight about 240 pounds and platinum’s steady price, projecting a 1954 total near 3 million dollars. They note a Rita Hayworth divorce settlement connection to Aly.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Aga Khan
Rita Hayworth
Aga
Aly
Prince Aly
Mohammed
Earth
Cities May Compel Loyalty Oaths for Workers
The Supreme Court in a 5 4 decision held cities may require municipal employees to take loyalty oaths naming past non advocacy of violent overthrow and non membership in violent organizations. It ruled against punishing for past Communist Party membership, in an appeal from 17 former Los Angeles city workers fired for refusing to sign such oaths.
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Washington
Communist Party
Supreme Court
High Tribunal
Los Angeles
Myrna Loy Weds State Official
Washington report states actress Myrna Loy married Howland Sargeant deputy assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs. The ceremony occurred Saturday at Derby Photo Meyer in Virginia. Sargeant plans to depart for Paris Thursday to lead the U S delegation to a UNESCO meeting, with Loy a member of the National Commission for UNESCO.
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Washington
Myrna Loy
State Department
Howland Sargeant
Derby Fot Meyer
Sargeant
Paris
U. S
Unesco
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organizaon
Miss Loy
National Commission
Beatification of Pope Pius X Draws 200000 at St Peters
In Rome more than 200000 Catholics packed St Peters Basilica and square for the beatification of Pope Pius X who led the church from 1903 to 1914 known as the Papa Santo. The ceremony featured the late pope’s body in a casket and was attended by 20 cardinals 200 bishops and the Vatican diplomatic corps. Pope Pius XII asked for intercession for lasting world peace.
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Rome
St. Peter's Basilica
Pius
Pius X
Papa Santo
Vatican
Pius XII
Giuseppe Sarto
Rise
Mantua
Venice
Russia Accepts Parley On Fixed Conditions At Washington
Paris reports Soviet Deputy Andrei Gromyko delivered identical notes to the deputy foreign ministers of the United States Britain and France. Russia agrees to a July 23 foreign ministers conference in Washington if Western powers discuss the North Atlantic Pact and U S bases overseas as part of a Big Four agenda.
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Paris
Russia
Washington
Andrei Gromyko
U. S
France
Kremlin
Wednesser
Police Check On Vacant Lot Weeds Enforcement
Chief J Thomas Boyd called attention to a city ordinance requiring owners to cut weeds on vacant lots. Police have begun inspections to ensure compliance with the rule.
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J. Thomas Boyd
Camp Pickett Probe Sought by Morano
Rep Morano urges a full scale investigation of Camp Pickett Virginia where the 43rd Infantry Division trained including Connecticut Vermont and Rhode Island National Guard units and draftees He seeks inclusion of top command and removal of Maj Gen F Cramer based on letters from soldiers and parents
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Washington
Morano
Army
Congress
Camp Pickett
43Rd Infantry Division
Marshall
Senate
House Armed Services
National Guard
Connecticut
Vermont
Rhode Island
43Rd
F. Cramer
Time
Cramer
Court rules cities may ban peddling by door to door sellers
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that cities may prohibit door to door selling by book agents and magazine salesmen if they obtain prior permission. The Alexandria Louisiana ordinance aimed to curb door bell ringing, with over 400 similar measures cited. Breard, a magazine salesman, challenged the ordinance and was fined $25 or 30 days.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Alexandria
Louisiana
High Court
Reed
Vinson
Black
Justice Douglas
Jack H. Breard
Guerrillas Control Large Area in Western Kwansei Province
The Chinese Nationalist Defense Ministry said over 100000 guerrillas now hold eight counties in western Kwansei Province after a one month campaign in May that left about 7000 Reds killed.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Defense Ministry
Kwanesi
Red China
South China
Tells Senators Reasons Against Mac's Proposals
Acheson told senators that extending the Korean War to Chinese soil would give Russia a legal excuse to intervene and Chinese leverage to press Russia. He cited opposition to bombing Red bases as a reason and said Communist influence did not shape U S China policy. He spoke during the third day of questioning on MacArthur’s dismissal and presented five years of American policy in the Orient.
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Washington
Acheson
Russia
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
U. S
China
Orient
End of Price War Not in Light Yet Says Legislator
State lawmakers opened an all day inquiry led by Irwin Steingut into the price cutting spree sparked by Macy's 6000 items. Officials say there is no end in sight as Gimbels and others match the cuts. Price reductions reach over 30 percent on some goods with Memphis and San Francisco reports joining the trend.
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Irwin Steingut
Legisture
Joint
Steingut
Assembly Democratic
Macy
Gimbel's
Gimbel’s
Namm's
Brooklyn
Moe
Memphis
Tenn
San Francisco
Baltimore
Gutman’s
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Sakers
A.W. Jones
Shawnee Ave
Et al
Pappas
Worth's
Barr
Phoro
Virginia
Pope Pius X
Red China Province
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