Senate probes target higher ups in narcotics ring
Senate investigators led by Kefauver focus on top figures in a nationwide narcotics trafficking operation. Anslinger supplied a secret list of 800 names and officials warn of links between crime, gambling, and politics. The panel cites manpower limits and legal hurdles as obstacles and may pursue new penalties.
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Senate
Washington
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Efauver
H. J. Anslinger
E Narcotics Bureau
Nmittee
Rcotics
Ferguson
R-Mich
Rtics
Frator Tobey
R-Nh
Comwate
New York
Califor- Florida
United States
Oply
Istanbul
Turkey
Tobey
Anslinger
Narcotics Bureau
U S Opposes Rearming Plan For Western Germany
Secretary of State Acheson opposed rearming Western Germany as a security measure. He noted General Bradley did not advocate German arms and spoke only on military judgment. Acheson said the U N secretary general Trygve Lie proposed settlement ideas but no magic ends the Cold War as Lie visited European capitals including Moscow.
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Washington
Acheson
United States
Western
Germany
Geo
Omar Bradley
Bradley
West
Trygve Lie
Yard Party At Bryarly School Benefits P T A
Yard party notices list events at Welltown Church on June 8 and Bryarly School Route 522 on June 9 with rain forecast for June 10. Serving begins at 5 o clock with sandwiches soup cakes and pies to raise funds for the school PTA. A wanted notice asks for an experienced seamstress at Cain Cleaners in Stephens City.
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Bryarly School
Route 522
Cain Cleaners
Stephens City
Warren Wins California Governor Nomination Over Roosevelt
In California Republican Warren defeats James Roosevelt for the GOP nomination with Warren leading Roosevelt 369,900 to 41,062 in 6,533 of 18,022 precincts. Roosevelt leads in the Democratic race with 315,429 to 263,846, giving Warren a total 632,746 to Roosevelt's 356,491 across both tickets.
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Associated Press
Earl Warren
James Roosevelt
California
Roosevelt
Warren
South Dakota
Chan Gurney
Senate Armed Services Committee
Francis Case
House
New Quarters to Open as Legion Election Set
World War II veterans Charles Zuckerman and Carl Campbell will contest for commander of the Conrad Hoover American Legion Post in the July 6 election. The post will open its new headquarters on June 16 at N Cameron St, with 777 members reported.
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Charles Zuckerman
Carl Campbell
Conrad Hoover American Legion
Zuckerman
L. Zuckerman & Sons, Inc
M. B. Clowe, Jr
Eugene Dearing
L. E. Hill
William Louthan
W. K. Sirbaugh
Anna B. Bell
Courtney Thomas
L. L. Bell
Winchester
Robert Manuel
Kenneth Patton
Leroy Cahill
Bernard Groves
Manuel
Crowe
Eugenie Dearing
Bernard Grove
Carl Campapells
Charies Dorton
Percy Stultz
Tee
Robert Pizzano
Roy Wickes
Samuel McCarty
Legion Home
N. Cameron St
Roanoke
Virginia
Dayton
The
Legion's
Engine Derailment Near Virginia Apple Storage Plant
A Baltimore and Ohio yard engine derailed yesterday morning behind the Virginia Apple Storage plant on Valley Pike. Engineer T. A. Riley and five drivers were re-railed after about three hours of work by riggers from Brunswick. Local official E. E. Bowers blamed a bad track condition and noted slight track damage.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Virginia
Valley Pike
E. E. Bowers
Bowers
T. A. Riley
Brunswick
Four shot at Norfolk union meeting. one dead
In Norfolk a disgruntled electrical worker opened fire at a packed Union Hall killing Otis C. Freeman and wounding three others. Charlie W. Drury was detained by officers and faces murder and felonious shooting charges as witnesses detail panicked escape attempts and swift arrest.
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Norfolk
Charlie W. Drury
Otis C. Freeman
Freeman
Norview
W. S. Emig
Norfolk Rfc
Drury
C. R. Bass
AFL International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Bass
Emig
John C. Wilson
Jerome S. Byers
Portsmouth
Merchants Plan Better Service Campaign In City
Winchester merchants join state association after speech by Charles B. McFee Jr proclaiming closer cooperation to improve customer service. Clyde S. Campbell announces aggressive plans to expand shopping area, with Virgil Strader leading a promotion committee including Ralph Larson Samuel Johnston and Warren Eddy.
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Winchester
Winchester Retail Mechants Association
Charles B. McFee, Jr
Virginia Retail Merchants Association
Winchester Group
State Association
Mr. McFee
Clyde S. Campbell
Local
Merchants Association
West Virginia
Virginia
Virgil R. Strader
J. C. Penney Co
Campbell
Roller Rink Planned Here in Winchester
Winchester will gain a roller skating rink after city approval of a permit for Henkel M. Lamp of Kernstown. The plan adds a 30 by 40 foot extension to his garage at 412 Smithfield Ave to create a skating rink ready by early fall. Locals now skate at Ridgeway West Virginia or Berryville.
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Winchester
Henkel M. Lamp
Kernstown
Lamp
Smithfield Ave
Ridgeway
W. Va
Berryville
Smith to Enter North Carolina Runoff Vote
Willis Smith announced he will enter a June 24 runoff against Senator Frank Graham for the Democratic nomination in North Carolina. Graham led Smith by 53,000 votes in the May 27 primary but did not have a majority by about 5,600 votes. Smith, Raleigh lawyer, campaigned as a conservative opposing much of President Truman's fair deal program. Former Senator Robert Reynolds and Olla Ray Boyd were eliminated in the first primary.
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Raleigh
N. C
Willis Smith
Frank Graham
North Carolina
Graham
Smith
Truman
Robert R. Reynolds
Olla Ray Boyd
Man jailed for hurling bottle at deputy clerk
George Franklin Kline, 30, of 1003 S. Cameron St., fined 100 dollars and sentenced to 60 days of a six month jail term for throwing a soft drink bottle at O. J. Dorsey, deputy Police Court Clerk. He was arrested at Loudoun and Gerrard Sts. after being charged with drunkenness.
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George Franklin Kline
S. Cameron St
O. J. Dorsey
Kannard
Esso
Loudoun
Gerrard St
Kline
Dorsey
John Rice
Edgewood Motor Court
Winchester
Goldstein
Oxen Bolt in Kansas City Centennial Pageant
In a Kansas City pageant scene two oxen broke loose during a portrayal of a wagon train to Oregon. The frightful incident sent props and a horse colliding as an actor playing Daniel Boone and a technical adviser were shaken or injured. The narrator had started with a calm line about a wagon train.
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Kansas City
Daniel Boone
Oregon
Lie Urges End to Cold War and Chinese Seat at UN
UN Secretary-General Trygve Lie appeals to all members by letter and radio in 22 languages for support of his 10 point peace plan and for seating Communist China at the UN. He seeks Security Council action and a General Assembly session to push a 20 year peace program.
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Truman
Russia
Josef Stalin
Save-The-U.n
Moscow
Lie
U. N
U.N
Security Council
China
Formosa
Germany
Japan
U N
World Health Organization
U .N
Government Reds Dispute May End In Stalemate
In Washington Republican Senators clash with the State Department over McCarthy claims of Communists in the government. Aiken predicts a political stalemate as the department calls McCarthy’s charges false and outlines that no FBI chart existed or any current employees labeled as agents.
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Washington
McCarthy
R-Wis
State Department
Aiken
R-Vi
Department
FBI
Truman
Mundt
RSD
Senate
X x
Department of State
Department of Justice
Byrd Tax Cut Bill Cited By Speaker
Charles B. McFee Jr of Richmond, managing director of the Virginia Retail Merchants Association, called the Byrd tax reduction bill the most outstanding piece of legislation in 20 years. He praised Senator Harry Byrd Jr for pushing the measure, noting it caps taxes by refunding revenue surpluses. The plan provides automatic refunds of 10, 15, or 20 percent on income taxes if state revenue exceeds set thresholds, and drew initial opposition before gaining majority support.
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Virginia General Assembly
Charles B. McFee, Jr
Richmond
Virginia Retail Merchants Association
Winchester Retail Merchants Association
McFee
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Winchester
State Association
Byrd
Guardsmen questioned over use of Army gear at Morristown strike
The CIO textile workers union urged Defense Secretary Johnson to halt Tennessee Guardsmen from using Army equipment against Morristown strikers, accusing the guards of terrorizing workers during the dispute.
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Washington
CIO
Textile Workers Union Today
Defense
Johnson
Tennessee National Guardsmen
Army
Morristown
Tenn
Border Sets Permanent Polish German Frontier
Communist Poland and Soviet occupied East Germany announce a broad postwar economic political agreement. Both parties will regard the new Polish German border as permanent.
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Berlin
Poland
East Germany
Winchester may spend 435000 on four school projects
City School Superintendent Garland R Quarles outlined five year needs totaling about 435000 for Winchester schools. The plan prioritizes completing Virginia Ave addition, adding to Douglas School, renovating John Kerr, and building a new 300000 elementary school funded by the city with state grants for the first three.
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Eugene Miller
Winchester
Garland R Quarles
Virginia Ave
Douglas
John Kerr
Quarles
State Board of Education
Atendance
City
Handley
Johnston to Head Local Lions Club
Samuel Johnston of Winchester, a jeweler, was elected president of the Lions Club and will be installed at a June 27 meeting, succeeding Paul Anderson. Other officers include William Battaile, Howard Cahill, Robert Jasper, Marvin Weaver, Merkle Slifer, J Lee Miller, and Earl Mason, with directors John Blackburn.
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Samuel Johnston
Winchester Jeweler
Lions Club
Paul Anderson
William Battaile
Howard Cahill
Robert Jasper
Marvin Weaver
Merkle Slifer
J. Lee Miller
Earl Mason
John Blackburn
Senate Boosts CCC Price Support by Two Billion Dollars
The Senate approved a $2 billion increase in the Commodity Credit Corporation price support capacity, boosting the agency to up to $6.75 billion for basic crops. The measure now returns to the House for action amid talks on import controls and farm program funding.
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Washington
Senate
House
Commodity Credit Corporation
Congress
CCC
Williams
Cain
R-Wash
Lucas
Illinois
Chamber Board Members Named in Berryville Clarke County
Four new members Oscar Carr David Donovan Kenneth Gilpin and R L Withers join the Clarke County Berryville Chamber of Commerce board. Other directors include Edward Barnes J G Burch George R Green and John Friant with a next meeting set to elect officers. The group notes two Clarke County playgrounds for colored children and continued operation of the Berryville swimming pool.
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Berryville
Clarke County-Berryville Chamber of Commerce
Oscar Carr
David Donovan
Kenneth Gilpin
R. L. Withers
Edward N. Barnett
J. G. Burch
George R. Green
J. W. Olcott
R. E. Byrd
Harold G. Potts
J. L. Enders
John Friant
Garlang Canter
Clarke County
John R. Friant
James L. Kelly
United States Department of Commerce
Burr P. Harrison
Everard Kidder Meade
Blue Ridge Art League
Recreation Department
Ralph Dorsey
Boyce and
White Post
The
Friendship Fire Co
Raymond F. Campbell
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Joe Robbie, Jr
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Las Cruces
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Fernandez
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