Price Rises Virtually Checked Says DiSalle
Michael DiSalle announced price controls have effectively limited price rises and urged combined direct and indirect measures. He noted stability since February and cited the Cost of Living Index amid ongoing debate over controls versus tax measures. Wholesale food prices showed the sharpest weekly drop in eight months, with sugar the only rise among 31 staple items.
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York
Michael DiSalle
Criti
Office of Price Stabilization
National Association of Purchasing Agents
di Gallo
New York
Dun & Bradstreet
Local Boy Scout Plans Second Trip to Canada
Assistant Scoutmaster Paul Chamberlin of Troop 9, Market Street Methodist Church, targets a summer 1952 trip by chartered bus via Niagara Falls and Watkins Glen to Canada. The group aims to raise about 2000 dollars for the trip with an auction in July where donated and consigned articles will be sold. Previous trips occurred in 1947 to Algonquin Park and 1949 to Old Orchard Beach, Maine.
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Canada
Paul Chamberlin
Market Street Methodist Church
Niagara Falls
Watkins Glenn
N. Y
Finger Lake
Algonquin Park
New England
Old Orchard Beach
Maine
Anti-Trust Suit Against Petroleum Industry Dropped
The Government dropped its Mother Hubbard anti trust suit against the U S Petroleum Industry. Attorney General McGrath said the 1940 case was unwieldy as one suit and will press separate cases against industry segments with fewer defendants and limited issues. The action named the American Petroleum Institute and 367 corporations.
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Washington
Mother Hubbard
U.S
McGrath
Justice Department
American Petroleum Institute
U. G. Suaeies Sintere
Yard Party at Fairview Church Nain VA
Community fundraiser yard party sponsored by Fairview United Baptist Church in Nain Virginia. Tables offer homemade ice cream soup country ham and other goodies with proceeds supporting church programs.
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Fairview
U.B. Church
Nain
Handley High School Graduation Speakers Named
Handley High School announces graduation exercises at 8 p m in the school auditorium. Valedictorian Marilyn Hamburger 17 plans Cornell University this fall. Salutatorian William Daughtrey Jr 18 will enroll at VMI. Handley Glee Club opens program followed by diplomas from Superintendent Garland Quarles.
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WM. Daughtrey
Peter’s
Handley High School
Marilyn Hamburger
Myer Hamburger
S. Stewart Sr
William Hunter Daughtrey, Jr
W. H. Daughtrey
W. Cork St
Miss Hamburger
Marshall defends Korea policy criticizes stalemate cries
Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall assailed critics who labeled Korea policy a stalemate and praised Greece and the Berlin Airlift as successes. Speaking at Washington University, he cited the European recovery plan and Berlin airlift as proof that bold decisions avert war and yield strategic gains despite scrutiny.
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ST. Louis
George C. Marshall
Korea
Greece
Berlin
Marshall
Washington University
Berli
Eighth Army
Ridgway
Asia
China
Rotarians to Hear Farm Credit Speaker
J. R. Isleib Federal Land Bank Commissioner Farm Credit Administration will speak at the Rotary Club luncheon tomorrow at 1 pm in the George Washington Hotel. He will be introduced by J. Thomas Vanderburg president of the Federal Land Bank Production Credit Corporation of Baltimore.
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J. R. Isleib
Federal Land Bank
Farm Credit Administration of
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Rotary Club
George Washington Hotel
Mr. Isleib
J. Thomas Vanderburg
Federal Land Bank, Production Credit Corporation
Baltimore
Walker McC. Bond
Beginning Saturday June f We Will Close at 6 PM
Notice for Kurtz Furniture Store closing at 6 p.m. starting Saturday with an antiques auction sale at 10:30 the following day hosted by Headley’s Auctions, indicating sale times and organizer.
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Kurtz Furniture
Headley's
Confederate Memorial Day Observance Honors Civil War Dead
Memorial exercises at Stonewall Cemetery honor Confederate soldiers with Judge G K Kump as speaker. The event, hosted by the U D C Turner Ashby Chapter and Stonewall Memorial Association, honors Hampshire County units and four leaders Turner Ashby J E B Stuart Stonewall Jackson and Robert E Lee.
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United States
Confederate States of America
Stonewall Cemetery
G. K. Kump
Romney
W. Va
J. William Hollis
Turner Ashby
Stonewall Memorial Association
Union
Memorial
Lucy F. Kurtz
B. J. Sager
Turner Ante
Kump
Hampshire County
West Virginia
Virginia
Judge Kump
Dick Ashby
J. E. B. Stuart
Thomas J
Stonewall) Jackson
West Japa
Robert E. E
States
Gorge Cheshire
Millions of Caterpillars Stripping Michigan Forests
In Michigan’s upper peninsula millions of fuzzy black and green caterpillars cover acres of forests and blossoms. The invasion, worse than 1923, spreads across Highways and fences, threatening crops and prompting pesticide use with limited success. Downstate Kalamazoo reports serious crop damage.
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Michigan
Sault Ste, Marie
Mich
Upper Peninsula
Downstate
Kalamazoo
U S Demands Punishment for Red Soldiers in Vienna Killing
The United States urged Russia to punish two Red Army soldiers who shot and killed American Cpl. Paul J. Gresens in Vienna on May 4. The State Department demanded demnity for Gresens’s family and blamed occupation officials for obstructing investigation after the incident near the Vienna International Zone. Gresens, from Rochester, N Y, and Cpl. Jack Morgan of Keokuk, Ia, were on patrol when they tried to identify two suspicious Soviet soldiers.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Cpl
Paul J. Gresens
Vienna
Moscow
Alan G. Kirk
State Department
Gresens
Rochester
U. S
Vienna International
Jack Morgan
Keokuk
Court to Consider Stay of Execution for Seven Condemned Nazis
The Supreme Court would weigh a last minute stay of execution for seven condemned Nazis. Chief Justice Vinson reportedly assembled a quorum to hear Warren E. Magee's motion arguing unresolved constitutional questions. The government urged dismissal of the new appeal, with deferral of executions possible until final action.
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Washington
A _ Supreme Court
Vinson
Warren E. Magee
Supreme Court
Stratofreighter Crash Kills Eight Near San Antonio
A C 97 Stratofreighter crashed near the San Antonio city line after takeoff from Kelly Air Force Base at 10 19 a m killing nine air men and injuring others. Explosions occurred in the air and at a gas station as the craft struck a tavern and damaged power lines in a 300 yard debris field.
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San Antonio
Kelly Air Force Base
Glenn Kruger
Kite
Red Cross Bloodmobile tops quota with 138 donors
The Red Cross Bloodmobile clinic at Lou doun Street Presbyterian Church exceeded its 125 pint goal with 138 donors recruited. Ninety nine men and 34 women gave blood. Winchester led with 79 donors, Frederick County 36, and West Virginia 11. The event, sponsored by the Rotary Club chaired by W. Nelson Page, saw 11 medical rejections and 23 no-shows among 178 contacts.
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Red Cross
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Rotary Club
W. Nelson Page
Winchester
Frederick County
West Virginia
Clarke County
Shenandoah County
Bernard Gell
Bernard
France
Wardensville
University of Virginia Hospital
Roger C. Orndorff
Watson Orndorff
Benjamine Frye
James Baker
John D. Snyder
Woodrow Tharpe
Kenna H. McKeever
Etta Stine
Charles S. Renner, Jr
Margaret O. Teets
Ronald L. Smyre
Montague Ave
Leeleyn R. McNealy
N. Kent St
Betty Thompson Graduates Despite Terminal Cancer
Betty Thompson, an 18 year old Russell High School senior, received her diploma amid classmates and family as cancer spreads to her lungs. She wears engagement and graduation rings, watched by Tom Amburn who is hospitalized. the ceremony held for about 2,000 attendees.
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Atlanta
Betty Thompson
Betty
Tom Amburn
Russell High School
Martha Ann
David
Tom
Naval Hospital
Norfolk
Navy
Allied tanks hammer gates of Chorwon and Kumhwa stronghold
AP reports Allied tank patrols near Chorwon and Kumhwa in Korea’s central stronghold as UN forces push toward the Chorwon Kumhwa Pyonggang triangle. Estimates place 300000 Reds on the front with 120000 in eastern and western flanks and 180000 Chinese in the center.
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Red
Tokyo
Chorwon
Kumhwa
United Nations Army
AP Tokyo
Roberton Bunson
Eighth Army
Korea
Chorwon - Kumhwa - Pyonggang
Bunson
Yanggu
Inje
Drnp
Esti
Chorwon-Kumhwa- Pyongeang
James A. van Fleet
U N
Taipei
China Union
Red Korea
South Korea
Korea Republic
Eisenhower Warns Aggressors On D-Day Anniversary
In Ste. Mere Eglise France General Eisenhower spoke from the town hall marking the D-Day anniversary. He warned that the free world would rally again if Western civilization is threatened and noted soil of France as sacred. He placed a wreath on Milestone Zero and described Operation Progress as a new Western European maneuver.
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Ste. Mere Eglise
France
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Atlantic Pack Army
Normandy
Hisenhower
Iran delays oil seizure as Mossadegh faces criticism
In Tehran the government slowed enforcement of the Nationalization Law delaying seizures of Anglo Iranian Oil Company assets. Newspapers denounced the pace while representatives from the British owned firm prepared to meet Iranian officials for talks, signaling a definite showdown over the takeover.
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Tehran
Iran
Anglo Iranian Oil Company
Ess
Mohammed Mossadegh
No Peace Feelers From U S on Korea Situa tion
The United States asked nations with troops in Korea to report any hint of change in the Korean political situation. The request came during a 30 minute bi weekly session with representatives from 16 combatant nations. A State Department spokesman commented on the matter.
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Washington
United States
Korea
State Department
Resae
Haines of
Muniste
Neighborhood druggist sues Macy's over price cuts in New York
Adolph Rothbaum of Woodhaven Queens seeks a temporary injunction to stop Macy's from underselling price fixed items in New York State. Hearing set for Friday. The suit follows a six day city wide price war with Macy's cutting items including Sunbeam Mixmasters and aspirin.
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New York
New York City
Macy’s
Adolph Rothbaum
Woodhaven
Queens
Macy's
New York State
Rothbaum
Alaska
Sitka
Sunbeam
U. S. Supreme Court
Macy
Jamaica
Haspel Brothers, Inc
Palm Beach
Senators Told General Had 3 Month's Warning
Secretary of State Acheson testified that MacArthur’s HQ had a three month warning of a planned June invasion of South Korea by the North Koreans but did not believe it. He cited a March 10 1950 command note predicting a PA invasion and warned that the civil war would not necessarily be halted by military action.
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MacArthur
Acheson
Washington
Douglas MacArthur
South Korea
Bridges
Hilfenkoetter
Senate
Wedemeyer
Peoples Army
Star Newsprint Price Advances
The International Paper Company informed the Star that effective July 1, 1961 the standard newsprint price will be raised by ten dollars marking the seventh increase in recent years. WANTED Sober young man with high school education or its equivalent for bookkeeping and sales, veteran preferred. Apply J. W. Grove Furniture Company.
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The
International Paper Company
Star
J. W.grove Furniture Company
Rescue on Queensboro Bridge Ends With Safe Descent
Elden James McCue, perched 500 feet above the Queensboro Bridge, was coaxed down by police after a 90 minute stand off. Emergency crews secured the area as a heliopter attempt was shelved and a Catholic priest and officers urged him to come down.
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New York
Queensboroe
Elden James McCue
Goldwater Memorial Hospital
Welfare Island
McCue
Joseph J. McGowan
Chaplin
Harold Christensen
Gotham
John Warde
Brumback Seeks Reelect in Opequon District Supervisor Race
Brumback, a Middle town farmer and auctioneer, announced his bid for the Democratic nomination to be supervisor of the Opequon District, seeking reelection to a first term on the county governing board. Incumbents include Grover Teets, Tandon Whitacre, Elsworth Dodson, and Garber.
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Bryan
Brumback
Middletown
Opequon
Grover Teets
Stonewall
Tandon Whitacre
Gainesboro
Elsworth Dodson
Back
Garber
Toe ees Church service notice for Wednesday
A brief church notice dated Wednesday June 30 notes a service at Toe ees Church with no additional details.
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Toe Ees
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Los Angeles
Cohens
International Soundphoto
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