Are You Qualified to Vote in 1952 Primary
The notice explains voting eligibility in detail for U S citizens age 21 or older, residency requirements, and poll tax rules. It outlines registration deadlines, proof of payment, and how moving within a county affects voting rights, urging timely registration and bringing poll tax receipts. It notes Armed Forces exemptions and directs readers to the Clerk of Court for more information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
General Assembly
Clerk of Court
Red Prisoners Often Eat Better Than Their South Korean Guards
Communist prisoners of war on Koje island in 1952 reportedly receive 2,842 calories daily with three meals a day and a varied menu including rice, fish, beans, peppers, and beef. Guards oversee 80,000 POWs in 17 compounds while meals are prepared by the prisoners and delivered at the gates.
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Koje Island
Koje
Argentina
Hoboken N. J
United Nations
Kinchee
Arkansas
California
Texas
Louisiana
Virginia
Bufflick Road and local visits in the region
A sequence of weekend visits and social calls connects residents around Bufflick Road including members of the Huffman, Tasker, Turner, Cowger, Golliday and Perry families. Separately a note explains how General Grant acquired the initials A G after a baptismal mix up and a Civil War era nickname.
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Bufflick Road
Joseph Huffman
Huffman
Manassas
George Tasker
Grimes
Burley Turner
William Mitchell
Winchester
A. M. Cowger
Local Delegation At Negro Women's School at Storer
Approximately 100 delegates from Virginia nearby West Virginia District of Columbia and Maryland gather for the first Christian Training School for Negro women at Storer College Harpers Ferry West Virginia. Mary Fisher Barbara Turner Helena Carter and others attend as local delegates with Mrs Vernon Dyer presiding and Mrs Josephine H Kyles delivering the opening address.
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Christian
Storer College
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Virginia
West Virginia
District of Columbia
Maryland
Women of the
Church of Winchester Presbytery
Mary Fisher
Barbara Turner
Helena Carter
Rosalie Bartlett
Shirley Bartlett
Beverley Richardson
Joan Brown
Audrey Willis
Nancy Grimes
Vernon Dyer
Josephine H. Kyles
Department of Christian Education
Washington Federation Churches
Ophelia Banks
Victoria Goens
Estelle Rideout
Police Court Clerks Handle INR DUI and Dog Violations
George F. Spears 27 of Abingdon Virginia faces DUI with a 104.25 fine and 30 days suspended sentence plus one year probation. Ben Baldassand 35 charged with reckless driving fined 15.25. Carl R. Crabtree 43 of 511 Highland Avenue held for Hampshire County authorities. Several others cited for unlicensed female or male dogs and minor traffic or dog-code violations at various addresses including Betty Long 520 N Kent Street Helen Roberts 572 N Kent Street Earl Smallwood 8 James Street L M Twigg 1007 S Cameron and Jack Lake 117 Pall Mall Street. Agnes Lowery 383 Liberty St noted for unsexed female dog status.
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George F. Spears
Abingdon
Ben Baldassand
Carl R. Crabtree
Highland Avenue
Hampshire County
W. Va
Harry Russell Potts
Vernon Lonas
Southwerk T
Betty Long
N. Kent Street
Helen Roberts
Earl Smallwood
James Street
L. M. Twigg
S. Cameronee
Jack Lake
Pall Mall Street
Alice Wines
Southwerk Street
Agnes Lowery
Liberty St
Suit clubs subject to wagering taxes
The Bureau of Internal Revenue says suit clubs or merchandise clubs fall under wagering taxes under sections 3285 3290 of the Internal Revenue Code. Merchants are liable for the excise tax and each agent clerk or employee handling wagers faces a fifty dollar occupational tax. If a winner is announced or payments are made into the club the excise tax applies to those amounts. The ruling takes effect July 1 1952 and details are available from the local Collector of Internal Revenue.
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Bureau of Internal Revenue
Collector of Internal Revenue
Presidential Candidates Truman Invited to Legion Parley
Republicans and Democrats along with President Truman will be invited to address the American Legion National Convention in New York from August 25 to 28. The invitation came from convention official James V. Demarest confirming the plan.
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Truman
Legion Parley
New York
American Legion
James V. Demarest
Fowl Vaccination Speeded Up in Vancouver
Mass vaccination of poultry flocks against pulmonary disease will arrive soon replacing the slow bird by bird method. Dr J C Bankier provincial pathologist says fowl can be sprayed with vaccine at ten thousand birds per hour.
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Vancouver
Canada
J. C. Bankier
John Mann Methodist Church Service Schedule
John Mann Methodist Church on East Cork Street lists Dr Julius S Carroll minister. Church School at 10 a m led by Mrs George A Davis superintendent. Worship services at 11 a m and 8 p m. Methodist Youth Fellowship presided by Miss Eva Beatrice Marshall. Prayer Service and Bible Reading Wednesday at 8 30 p m. Visitors welcomed.
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John Mann Methodist
Cork Street
Julius S. Carroll
George A. Davis
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Eva Beatrice Marshall
Low Rubber Price Forecast by Malayan American Plantations Leader
Dr W W E Cake president of Malayan American Plantations Ltd says rubber prices in Singapore may stay low due to US stockpiling completion. He notes current price averages 30 cents per pound and urges producers to operate carefully and economically to survive the prolonged downturn.
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Singapore
United States
W.W E. Cake
Malayan- American Plantations, Ltd
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By Jim Becker
Virginia Green
James Russell
Eva Perry
John Perry
Mt. Pleasant
Patsy Oates
Barbara Dolphin
Route 3
Leo Nichols
Lawrence Clark
Esther Golliday
Jean Golliday
Washington
Homer Golliday
Jasper Berg
Hilda Russell
Jean Turner
Dolores
Shelva Jean Miller
Ray Rosenberger
Paul Alley
Middletown
Homer Galliday
Cletus Goode
Wayne Baker
William Baker
Delmas Miller
Fabius
Roy Miller
Negro Women’s School
Storer
Harry M Crim
Josephine Hoyles
Raymond Radcliff
Lloyd Jones, Jr
Daniel Hill
Howard University
Washington, DC
Joseph Duckwall
L. B Grover
Moorefield
J. A. Hotinger
Winchester News
S. Loudoun St
Open ‘Tile P
B. F. Goodrich
Blondie
U.S
By Carl Anderson
Secret Agent X-9
By Mel Graff
Gat Ladd Bing
Fenreise Say
Philda
Big Sister
U.S. Patent Office
Etta Kett
By Les Forgraves
By Paul Robinson
Gee
Mugg and
Skeeter
T’whittle
Keeane Otal
Etta
Duke
By Wally Bishop
Hill
N. Loudoun St
Nih
Aes Novelty Store
Roy Rogers
King of
the Cowboys
Ozark Ike
By Ray Gotte
Ozark
RAMS
Chic Young
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