Truman Denies Plot To Seek Democratic Nomination
President Truman said he will attend the Democratic national convention but will not seek its nomination. He denied a Republican charge of a devious bid and noted he plans no public friction at the Chicago gathering. He will meet with Kefauver and McGrath amid campaign chatter and travel plans.
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Washington
Truman
Chicago
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
New England
J. Howard McGrath
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
McGrath
Newbold Morris
White House
Narragansett
New London
Conn
Kefauver
California
South Dakota
Fence Splits Koje Island POW Camp Compound
Allied troops split one of Koje Island's large POW compounds with a barbed wire fence as 3,340 Communist internees watched. Brig. Gen. Haydon Boatner ordered the division into smaller camps as part of a plan affecting 80,000 prisoners. Rations were not used as a weapon, though sand was moved to compartment areas for fire control.
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Koje Island
Korea
Haydon Boatner
Kose
Boatner
Boamer
Koje
Pusan
Government halts steel mill exports to all but military needs
The government announced a suspension of exports on all steel mill products except those essential to direct military production, allied nations, or defense-supporting industries. The move aims to conserve materials for national defense and strategic allies.
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Washington
United States
James Wood High School 1952 Graduating Class Photo
A class portrait shows James Wood High School's 1952 graduates from Frederick County, totaling 216 students with 170 girls and 46 boys. The front rows list names from Ben Strawderman to Doris Clein, while the full caption mentions Ray Smith Hines serving in the Navy and awaiting a mailed diploma.
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Frederick County
James Wood High School
Ray Smith Hines
Navy
Ben Strawderman
Mary J. Webber
Susan Sargent
Mary Headley
Hel
President Says No Legislation Planned On Steel Strike
President Truman announced no plans to send Congress any steel strike legislation. The remarks followed a Supreme Court ruling that his seizure of steel mills was illegal. Congress weighs new strike curbs as about 750,000 workers are idled amid talks with Steelman and industry leaders.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Supreme Court
Philip Murray
CIO
Steelworkers Union
White House
John R. Steelman
Steelman
Senate
Wage Stabilization Board
Sen
Maybank
D-Sc
Taft
Ohio
Sen. Monroney
D-Okla
Monroney
Taft Apparent Winner in South Dakota Delegates
In South Dakota Taft appears to lead Eisenhower for 14 Republican convention delegates. With 10 precincts unreported the Ohioan holds a 590 vote edge, 64 740 to 64 159 zero and a 50.23 to 49.77 percent split, pending the official canvass.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Robert A. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
South Dakota
Ohioan
Eisenhower
Taft
Senate OKs supplemental bill for half‑million federal workers
Washington bulletin reports the Senate passed and sent to President Truman a supplemental funding bill to pay about half a million postal and other federal employees.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Do You Like One Way Streets Do You Like One Way Streets
Front page lead asks Winchester residents for opinions on the city one way street system after its first year and notes suggested changes for public input. A second item advertises an experienced alteration lady for ladies apparel via post box.
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Evening Star
Winchester
Winchester Star
Grow to be Tried By Court Martial
Maj. Gen. Robert W. Grow former military attache in Moscow will face court martial at Fort Meade Maryland after an Army inquiry found warrants for trial. The case centers on the theft and use of his diary by Russian agents and alleged mishandling of classified information.
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Washington
Robert W. Grow
Germany
Grow
Moscow
Army
Russia
Fort Meade
New GI Bill Wins Easy House Victory
The House approved a new GI Bill of Rights for Veterans discharged since Korea began on June 27 1950 by a 361 to 1 roll call. The sole dissenter was Rep Deneveraux Md a former Wake Island Marine commander. The bill advances to the Senate.
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Washington
House
Korea
Devereux
R-Md
Marine
Wake Island
Senak
Pilot averts disaster when airliner dives to dodge small planes
Captain Henry Glaser of Chicago piloted a twin engine airliner that avoided collision with two buzzing small crafts over Pittsburgh. He performed a violent sideslip at 4000 feet and landed safely at the unlit Allegheny County Airport. Nine passengers hospitalized, forty shaken.
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Pittsburgh
Washington
Burbank
Calif
Henry Glaser
Chicago
Allegheny County
Glaser
Civil Aeronautics
Arthur P. Keefe
Boston
Harry Swamberg
Duluth Minn
North Star Air Coach Co
Caribbean-American Airlines
Washington National Airport
Truman Does Not Expect War in Europe This Summer
President Truman stated he does not anticipate war in Europe this summer. He dismissed suggestions he would block an overseas trip if he believed conflict was likely. His daughter Margaret and Mrs Drucie Snyder Horton plan a European tour this summer.
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Washington
Truman
Europe
Margaret
Drucie Snyder Horton
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Dutch Jet Crashes Into British Ship
A Dutch thunderjet collided with a British minesweeper during NATO exercises at Den Helder. Fifteen sailors died and two survivors were rescued from the 112 foot vessel while the pilot was killed. The British admiralty warned casualties appeared heavy.
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den Helder
Netherlands
London
James Wood High to Diploma 70 Girls 46 Boys Tomorrow
Frederick County high school seniors at James Wood High prepare for graduation ceremonies tomorrow night in the school auditorium at 8 p m with 70 girls and 46 boys to receive diplomas. The yearbook The Woodbine will be distributed at a Senior Class Party tonight and the baccalaureate sermon was held Sunday.
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James Wood High
James Wood High School
Frederick County High School
Woodbine
The
William Swartz
Sidney Rogers
Betty Jaye Shryock
Patricia Larue
Thomas Biggett
Roy Morrison
Phyllis Campbell
Marian Copp
Douglas Carper
Jack Jenkins
Joyce Font
Margaret Pullen
Betty Ratzlaff
Tony Davis
Susan Sargent
Sally Loy
Harry Hodgson
Ben Strawderman
Jane Brumback
Linda Ramey
Sara Golden
Allen Barley
Mary Peyton
Jane Schumaker
JoAnn Alexander
Mary Fahnestock
Earl Sargent
Patricia Singhas
Barbara Hannum
Burr P. Harrison
Seventh Congressional District
Frederick Courty
Cass
Robert Bradford, Jr
Opequon
Presbyterian
C. A. York
Stephens City
Lynn Wolfe
Lewis Ewing
Faye Shryock
Luther Dorsey
James Hockman
June Font
George Turner
First June 6th Big News In Winchester Papers 1866 Memorial
The Winchester News reported the first Sixth of June Memorial Service for Confederate dead held June 6 1866. Thousands attended from Winchester and nearby towns with a large ladies procession, a brass band, and a long mile long column from the Episcopal Church to Stonewall Cemetery.
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Winchester News
Winchester
Gray
Old Episcopal Burying Ground
Stonewall Cemetery
Shepherdstown
Charles Town
Othe
Stonewall
Ashby
Chew
L. T. Moore
Virginia
Manassas
Correction notices frozen foods and produce prices listing
A correction in the back page ad lists items under Frozen Foods including Orange Juice Libbys two cans for 25 cents Snow Crop Grape Juice can 22 cents Snow Crop Cut Corn 7 oz package 19 cents and New Cabbage per pound 7 cents. Hot-house Tomatoes 35 cents per pound are not available. The notice is from The Great A and P Tea Co 116 N Braddock St.
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Libby
A & P Tea CO
N. Braddock St
Traditional June 6 Confederate Ritual In City Tomorrow
United Daughters of the Confederacy and American Legion plan memorial services at Stonewall Cemetery tomorrow at 11 45 a m. Rev Womeldorf will open services with Thomas G Scully as chief speaker on The History of Stonewall Cemetery. A luncheon with General George C Marshall as speaker follows at 1 p m. Tours, relic displays, flag ceremonies, a square dance, and a Tap Roots film comprise the day's events in Winchester and surroundings.
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Turner Ashby
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Kurz Store
Stonewall Cemetery
Conrad Hoover
American Legion
Raymond Womeldorf
Old Stone Presbyterian Church
Thomas G. Scully
Legion
Lucy F. Kurtz
Handley Library
Loudoun St
Armory
Armory With “Shorty” Billmyer
Clarke County
J. Victor Arthur, Jr
Palace Theatre
Rev Hickman Named New Catholic Pastor in Winchester
Rev. Robert O. Hickman has been appointed pastor of Sacred Heart Catholic Church Winchester effective July 1, following the death of Rev. Julian Bullock. The Most Rev. Peter L. Ireton announced 12 appointments. Hickman previously served as chancellor and has a long history in Virginia parishes and Catholic education. He succeeds as chancellor will be Rev. Justin D. McClunn who becomes vice chancellor.
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Robert O. Hickman
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Julian Bullock
Peter L. Ireton
Richmond
Carl Zeterberg
Winchester Church
Francis G. Bowler
St. Francis of Assissi Church
Staunton
Father Hickman
Fayetteville
N. C
American College
Louvain
Our Lady of Nazareth
Roanoke
St. Agnes’ Parish
Arington
Canon Law
Catholic University
Washington
Eisenhower outlines campaign positions on FEPC and policy
General Dwight D. Eisenhower told reporters that the key campaign issue is peace and security. He said states should handle fair employment practice questions and education policy, while he would consult Douglas MacArthur on Asia if elected and supported the Senate Republican declaration on policies.
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Abilene
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Gen. McArthur
Truman
FBI Charges Two With Diversion Of Surplus Rope
FBI arrests Capt Manuel Gonzales assistant chief of ship repair and maintenance for the U S Maritime Administration in Washington and Emile Schmidt in New Orleans on charges of diversion and receiving surplus rope from the Beaumont reserve fleet between 1951 and 1952. Rope valued at about 8500 dollars shipped under a 85 000 dollar retail figure. Eight people total have been taken into custody in the case.
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Washington
FBI
Manuel Gonzales
U. S. Maritime Administration
Commerce Department
Emile Schmidt
New Orleans
J. Edgar Hoover
Gonzales
Hoover
Schmidt
Maritime Administration
Beaumont
Tex
Navy
Hyattsville
Beaumont Reserve Fleet
Neches River
Sarah Zane Fire Company
Sarah Zane Fire Co
Loryn Crabill
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