Eisenhower Heads For New York With Backers Jubilant
Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower heads to New York to step up his GOP presidential campaign with talks and interviews. Sen Frank Carlson says Abilene sessions shifted sentiment toward Ike and drew Taft delegates. Carlson notes messages from across the country and predicts first ballot nomination possible. Eisenhower will meet Gov John Fine and possibly Gov Theodore McKeldin in New York. The Abilene welcome and press conference drew hundreds of reporters.
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Abilene
Kan
Dwight D. Eisenhower
New York
Frank Carlson
Carlson
Eisenhower
Taftman
Chicago
Fine
John Fine
Pennsylvania
Theodore R. McKeldin
Maryland
Taft
McKeldin
Atlantic Seaboard
Taft seeks nationwide radio TV hookup
Senator Robert Taft of Ohio asks the FCC for a nationwide radio TV hookup similar to Eisenhower’s Abilene address. Taft and Eisenhower are Republican contenders. Kefauver also protests CBS for unequal air time. NBC says discussions continue while ABC and CBS did not comment.
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Washington
Robert Taft
Ohio
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Abilene
Taft
Eisenhower
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
CBS
Columbia
National
American Broadcasting Systems
NBC
New York
ABC
Auditor Faults Justice Dept Prosecution in War Contract Suit
Government auditor testified that the Justice Department failed to prosecute a war contract suit after visits by former Attorney General J Howard McGrath and former Democratic National Chairman William M Boyle Jr Walter Sprague of the GAO named the contractor as Bernard M Baur of Advance Plating Co Detroit Sprague testified before a House Judiciary Subcommittee investigating the Justice Department The committee heard that taxpayers were overcharged by at least a half billion dollars on war contracts.
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Washington
Justice Department
J. Howard McGrath
William M. Boyle, Jr
Walter Sprague
General Accounting Office
Bernard M. Baur
Advance Plating Co
Detroit
Honoring Confederate Dead At Winchester Armory luncheon
The sixth of June ceremony honors Confederate dead with Lewis H. Hyde Jr. and luncheon speaker Gen. George C. Marshall. The Winchester Star photo shows them standing before the flag at the Armory in Winchester England.
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Lewis H. Hyde, Jr
Gen
George C. Marshall
Winchester
England
Civil War Photo Exhibit Opens at Handley Library
Handley Library in Virginia presents a Civil War exhibit in the Virginiana Room through Monday. It features three photo albums Gardner’s Graphic Sketchbooks and Bernard’s Photographic views of Sherman's March with over 100 authentic wartime photographs. Also on display are maps by Jebediah Hotchkiss, four bound volumes of The Index, battle flags, and other relics illustrating battles like Atlanta and Gettysburg.
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Handley Library
Virginiana
Gardner
Bernard
Sherman
Sume
Atlanta
Fort Sumpter
Lincoln
Gettysburg
Manassas
Bull Run
Winchester
Jebediah Hotchkiss
Jackson
Lee
Hotchkiss
Library of Congress
C. Vernon Eddy
Hotchkiss’ Library
Index
England
Memorial services mark stonewall bicentennial with Marshall
Stonewall marks 200th birthday of Winchester with a noon memorial at Stonewall Cemetery. More than 300 attendees hear General George C. Marshall as chief speaker at a Bicentennial luncheon at the Armory, with Col. James M. Thomson introducing him.
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Stonewall Cemetery
Winchester
George C. Marshall
Armory
James M. Thomson
Gaylord
General Marshall
Western Union Seeks 93 Percent Rate Increase
Western Union Telegraph Co petitioned the FCC to raise domestic message and money order rates by 93 percent with a July 6 effective date. The company says the hike funds higher wages and forecasts about 13.2 million dollars in annual added revenue. The 30 day protest window and FCC review remain in play.
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Washington
Western Union Telegraph Co
Federal Communications Commission
Western Union
FCC
W. U
W. U. Employes
AFL Commercial Telegraphers Union
Cincinnati Enquirer Sold to Portsmouth Steel Corp
Bulletin reports The Cincinnati Enquirer was sold today to Portsmouth Steel Corp acting for a group of the paper’s employer for 7 600 000 dollars in cash. Also notes a Red Cross swimming instructor will offer private lessons during June. Call Jane Barry 7793.
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Washington
Cincinnati Enquirer
Portsmouth Steel Corp
Red Cross
Cal
Jane Barry
D Day Anniversary Observed by Ridgway at Utah Beach
General Matthew Ridgway marked the eighth anniversary of the Normandy invasion at Utah Beach. He warned the "lords of Communism" that a new war would bring ruin to them and suffered losses, then led his 82nd Airborne from Sainte Mere Eglise ahead of the invasion waves. He said the last time he came to wage war, this time he would wage peace.
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Normandy
France
Matthew B. Ridgway
Ridgway
Utah Beach
Navi Germany
82Nd Airborne
Sainte Mere Eglise
Europe
Extended Virginia Weather Outlook June 7 to June 11
Richmond area forecast calls for temperatures about three to six degrees above normal with warm days and cooler spells likely Tuesday or Wednesday. Total rainfall expected from half to one inch with scattered afternoon or evening thundershowers over the weekend and into early next week.
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Richmond
Virginia
Rouss Fire Company Monthly Meeting Notice
The Rouss Fire Company reports a regular monthly meeting at Rouss Hall on June 6 at 8 P.M. All members are requested to attend. Robert Legge, President.
Curb Exchange Sends Birthday Greetings to Winchester Bicentennial
The New York Curb Exchange sent greetings to Winchester Virginia on its bicentennial celebration. John J Mann manager produced the message read at a luncheon at the Armory after routing through Kay Richards Co. Rouss Ave. The tape message specified best wishes from the Exchange for the city’s event.
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New York Curb Exchange
Winchester
Curb Exchange
Kay Richards & Co
Rouss Ave
John Cussen
Lewis H. Hyde, Jr
Armory
Virginia
John J. Mann
Memorial Service at Stonewall Cemetery Highlighted by Scully Address
Mayor M B Clowe Jr introduced distinguished guests and Dr Ronald S Wilson gave the invocation as the group sang Dixie with Miss Philomena Laren at the piano. A luncheon followed after a Stonewall Cemetery memorial service conducted by the United Daughters of the Confederacy with Thomas G Scully, Winchester attorney, speaking on the cemetery's history.
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M. B. Clowe, Jr
Ronalds. Wilson
Dixie
Philomena Laren
Rovert T. Bosserman
Robert Barbour
George Kyle, Jr
Harry Newell
John Knight
Gordon Harmon
Eugene Sakers
Stonewall Cemetery
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Thomas G. Scully
Winchester
Scully
American Legion Color Guard
Mary E Stine
Vernon ‘Ichliter
Galvin Lioyd
Burwell Lutt
Scare Campaign Of East German Reds Backfires
East German authorities faced a backlash as their scare campaign sparked a mass exodus to West Berlin. Refugee stations in West Berlin welcomed about 1,510 East Germans in three days while frontier crossings reported 300 to 400 arrivals. Youths fled draft fears as the East plans a new army, with border forces and barricades intensifying at the frontier. The Russian controlled press assailed West Berlin and warned against perceived threats as patrols barred on the Berlin highway. Radio Berlin stayed under siege as British troops surrounded the city core.
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Berlin
West Berlin
West Germany
Radio Berlin
FBI Charges Youth Traded Draft Cards
A 20 year old Chicago man Richard Dean Phelan was charged by the FBI with evading the draft by trading his 1 A draft card with Robert Hybert 22 who had a 4 F classification Hybert answered Phelans induction call by enlisting in the Air Force Phelan hoped to reenter under Hyberts name after marriage in August Bond set at 2500 pending a hearing.
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Chicago
FBI
Richard Dean Phelan
Phelan
Robert Hybert
Hybert
Air Force
San Antonio
Tex
Erwin Cohen
U. S. Atty
Hubert
Cohen
U. S
Bentley Pike
Rouss Corps Launches Summer parade schedule
The Rouss Drum and Bugle Corps opens summer activities with an 8 p m parade entry in Hagerstown Maryland as Dorsey Hottle announces plans for a June 14 all day trip to Colonial Beach for the Potomac River Festival. The group, led by Frank M. Dick, will also join the Culpeper parade on June 27 with the fire company. Invitations for 40 to 50 events across West Virginia Pennsylvania Maryland and Virginia are pending decisions on attendance.
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Rouss
Hagerstown
Dorsey Hottle
Hottle
Colonial Beach
Culpeper
Northern Virginia Firemen's Association
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
Frank M. Dick
Principals Re appointed In All Clarke Schools
Clarke County school principals were re appointed for the 1952 53 school year announced by George W Barton superintendent These include Charles E Miley Clarke County High School and Berryville Elementary School William E Boyce assistant Herman E Lievd Boyce and L A Johnson Johnson Wiliams High School
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Clarke County
George W. Barton
Charles E. Miley
Clarke County High School
Berryville
William E. Boyce
Herman E. Lievd
Boyce
L. A. Johnson
Johnson-Wiliams
Wealthy Virginia farmer funds GOP delegates dinner with Eisenhower
In Virginia a prosperous farmer arranges for 19 delegates to travel to New York to dine with General Dwight D. Eisenhower. The group will meet at 11 a.m. in Washington and discuss his views. Delegates split: 10 Taft supporters, 1 Eisenhower backer, 8 neutral. two Third District delegates in dispute. Final two delegates to be chosen tomorrow in the Seventh District.
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the Plains
New York
Eisenhower
Robert E. McConnell
Ike
McConnell
Washington
Commodore Hotel
Treasury Department
Taft
Virginia
Old Dominion
Potatoes Jump After Price Ceilings Are Lifted Overnight
Wholesale prices for white potatoes rose sharply after price controls ended. Calif ornia long whites and North Carolina cobblers surged in New York and Pittsburgh markets with quotes climbing by as much as three dollars per hundred pounds. Officials expect a later drop as the new 1952 crop enters the market.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
Senate
OPA
Agriculture Department
Pittsburgh
New York
California
Carolinas
North Carolina Cobblers
South Carolina
North Carolina
Soviet Ambassador Panyushkin Leaves U S for New Post
Russian Ambassador Alexander Panyushkin announces he is returning to Moscow. Georgi Zarubin, former Moscow and London envoy, is picked to replace him here. Zarubin was recalled May 29 and is awaiting U S approval. Panyushkin has served since December 31, 1947.
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Washington
Howeer
Lee to Give Carnegie Diplomas at Hotel Commencement
Former U S Senator Josh Lee will address Dale Carnegie Course graduates at the George Washington Hotel tonight. He served as senator from 1936 to 1943 and is a Civil Aeronautics Board member.
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Sen. Lee
United States
Josh Lee
George Washington Hotel
Dale Carnegie
Lee
Oklahoma
Civil Aeronautics Board
Harold M. Bageant
M. C. Bailey
Curtis E. Blye
Donald Fletcher Buckley
Donald Cline
Myrtle B. Cooper
Allen H. DeShon
Charlies A. Dorton, Jr
Warren Driver, Sr
Wilbur M. Feltner
Robert B. Fuller
CFPF
Germelman
Anna M. Golish
Maynard
Harlee
Mary Ellen Havermale
Jack R. Ireland
Aubrey W. Jones
Nancy B. Jones
Ralph H. Larson
Negro Group Asks Ike to Reconsider FEPC Stance
The NAACP chief Walter White condemns President Eisenhower’s FEPC position calling it alarming and urging reconsideration in light of his stated commitment to fairness. Southern Democrats like Rep Colmer praise the stance on FEPC and socialized medicine, suggesting the idea of state administration if any FEPC exists.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter White
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Eisenhower
White
Rep
Colmer
Mississippi
FEPC
Winchester Drive-In Theatre Costs Less at Valley Values
Regular monthly meeting of Sarah Zane Fire Co. to be held in the Company Hall Friday June 6 at 8 PM. All members urged to be present. Lory Crabill, President.
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Winchester Drive-In
Theatre Valley
Sarah Zane Fire Company
Sarah Zane Fire Co
Lory Crabill
Clarke Treasurer Admits Shortage and Resigns
Clarke County Treasurer William D. Burtner of Boyce resigned after admitting a shortage in his accounts to Sheriff W. W. Smallwood Jr. and Commonwealth Attorney Edward M Williams. A warrant was issued charging embezzlement over $1,000. The Board of Supervisors closed the office pending audit. Judge Elliott Marshall ordered the office shut until the audit completes. Burtner was released on a $5,000 bond. a preliminary hearing set for June 12. Two state auditors were sent to Berryville to assist. Burtner notes his deputy had no knowledge of the shortage. The county carries a $40,000 surety bond. Burtner is 64, with a wife and two sons.
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William D. Burtner
Boyce
Clarke County
Mr. Burtner
W. W. Smallwood, Jr
Commonwealth
Edward McC. Williams
Williams
Burtner
Clarke County Board of Supervisors
Elliott Marshall
Marshall
Commonwealth Attorney
Berryville
09F
Roanoke
Board of Supervisors
Certified Public Accountants
State
Clarke
Ann H. Cooley
Industry Leaders Granted Access In Steel Talks
Washington reports a pause in government sponsored steel strike talks to 1 p m EST for industry leaders to study bargaining proposals. Ben Moree and Philip Murray joined by John R Steelman and Democratic Leader McFarland, with optimism for a settlement amid nationwide walkouts and a Detroit Steel Corp contract.
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Washington
John R. Steelman
Ben Moree
Jones and Laughin Steel Co
Steelman
Philip Murray
CIO United Steelworkers
McFarland
Arizona
Senate
Supreme Court
Truman
Detroit Steel Corp
Pittsburgh
CIO
Rexall One Cent Sale Continues Through Saturday
Brooks' Pharmacy advertises a Rexall one cent sale continuing through Saturday with items priced at two cents for a penny more, inviting customers to take advantage of the extended discount at the store location.
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Rexall
Brooks’ Pharmacy
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