Hat Maker Harry Lev Signs $5,089 Restitution Check
Chicago hat maker Harry Lev, linked to government contracts for uniform caps, returns to Senate subcommittee for more questioning after signing a $5,089.38 restitution check. He denies bribes, cites a possible honest error by officials, and cites gifts to Mrs. Mella Hart while facing questions about alleged blackmail and prior testimony. The panel seeks evidence of graft in military clothing contracts amid ongoing inquiries, with related testimony about Captain Raymond Wool and payments denied by all sides.
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Washington
Lev
Leon M. Levy
New York
Hart
McClellan
D-Ark
Investigations Subcommittee
Armed Services
Air Force
Raymond Wool
Wool
Wright—Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Ohio
Levy
Eisenhower comments on Yugoslavia neutrality and Soviet aims
The president noted United States interests in neutral states and discussed possible strings on aid to Yugoslavia amid Soviet efforts to strengthen ties. He described Tito as rejecting neutrality and noted Yugoslavia's Communist government and its rift with Russia. The talk followed a Soviet visit to Belgrade and Tito's approval of some Kremlin aims in the Far East.
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United States
Congress
Yugoslavia
Russia
Belgrade
Marshal Tito
Kremlin
Far East
Eisenhower
Tito
Sun Exposure Risks for Babies Eyes
The National Society for the Prevention of Blindness warns against placing a baby where it must look at the sun. Harmful rays can cause discomfort or actual vision damage.
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National Society For the Prevention of Blindness
Clement Predicts Sweeping Demo Victory in 1956
Tennessee Governor Frank G. Clement predicts a nationwide Democratic landslide in 1956. Speaking at a Chicago dinner, he criticized Eisenhower and praised party unity while naming Adlai Stevenson as a potential rival. He touted strong party support among Illinois leaders and pledged unlikely collaboration with Stevenson.
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Clement
Chicago
Frank G. Clement
Tennessee
Eisenhower
Tennessee Govrnor
Cook County
Democrtic Organization
Stevenson
Budget Surplus and City Budget Adoption at June Meeting
The council approved the 1955-56 budget after discussing a $31,000 excess surplus projected to June 30. Mayor Clowe led a unanimous vote while two members were absent. The surplus may retire the $247,000 elementary school debt, and a separate resolution allowed the Winchester Armory area fair rides subject to health approval. A trunk sewer project contract was also authorized.
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Steck
Brumback
Claude B. Smalts
Hoye L. Riley
M. B. Clowe, Jr
Robert Y. Conrad
Justa Quick
Leslie E. Fries
Robert E. Heltzel
E. F. Smith
Dorsey C. Hottle
Harrison Keckley
James Himelright
William Sullivan
Wallace Lutz
Allen A. Gaunt
James Sirbaugh
Harold Patton
B. M. Sullivan
Frederick County Agricultural Fair Organization
Winchester Amusement Co
Winchester Armory
Galloway Career Highlighted by Berryville Council
Mr. Galloway born November 13 1890 at Castleman's Ferry served 1911 1950 with Armour Meat Packing Argentina Brazil Uruguay, married Zelda Mowen in 1912, later chief engineer for Armour plants abroad. After retirement he moved to Berryville in 1951 with family. council considered truck purchase and sought widening East Main Street with a 50 foot right of way.
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Galloway
Castleman's Ferry
Clarke County
Berryville
Armour Meat Packing Company
South America
la Plata
Argentina
Business
Hagerstown
Frick Ice Machine Company
Waynesboro
Zelda Viola Mowen
Frick Company
Armour Company
Uruguay
Brazil
LaVelle
John L. Enders
State Highway Department
East Main Street
John H. Enders
Norfolk and Western Railway
Highway Department
Uranium Found Only In Minerals Not Pure State
Uranium never occurs free in nature. It is always bound in minerals. Over 100 uranium bearing minerals exist, with some where uranium is the main constituent and others where it is only a small fraction.
VFW Leader to Attend War Memorial Groundbreaking
George S. Dalby, commander of the Virginia VFW, will attend the War Memorial groundbreaking. He served 1917 1919 in Europe with the 1st Infantry Division, earned the Silver Star Purple Heart Croix de Guerre and a Decorated career with Arlington groups.
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George S. Dalby
Department of Virginia
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Veterans Organization
Dalby
United States First Infantry Division
France
Germany
Mr. Dalby
Handley High graduation honors awarded to locals
Valedictorian honors go to a Madison College bound girl Betty Cochran with a 100 dollar scholarship. Final 100 dollar scholarship went to William Larrick. A Handley graduate gave a 75 dollar check to the Handley Memorial Fund and a piano fund gift to the student body. The class president handed the gavel to the incoming president Thomas Baker as the Glee Club performed with soloist Anna Headley Barnsley.
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Winchester - Frederick County
Madison College
Betty Cochran
William Larrick
Handley
Quarles
Francis Joseph Ducknall
George John Sempeles
Handley Memorial Fund
John Dale Hodson
Thomas Carr Baker
George D. Jackson
First Presbyterian Church
Glee Club
Gwendolyn Haynes
Sadie Finkelstein
Anna Headley Barnsley
Mary Ruth Whitten
I Am
Thy Heart
Answers to quiz questions from Page 4
A listing of quiz solutions includes Everglades National Park Reserve Officers Training Corps Roy Rogers a food from queen bee larvae Cary Middlecoff the statement false the word Baron bowls Sugar Bowl Orange Bowl Rose Bowl Secretary of State and North Dakota.
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Everglades National Park
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Roy Rogers
Cary Middlecoff
False
Baron
New Orleans
Miami
Fla
Pasadena
Secretary of State
North Dakota
Walkouts Hit GM Plants Coast to Coast in Labor Row
Several hundred UAW workers returned to jobs at GM’s Fisher plant near Pittsburgh after a brief walkout. Other walkouts slowed production at GM sites from New Jersey to California. The IUE joined a strike at a GM plant in New Brunswick, New Jersey and could back UAW in a company wide action. The union represents about 35,000 GM workers and faces wage plan or unemployment support choices ahead of possible strike.
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Pany
UAW
Fisher
Pittsburgh
New Jersey
Southgate
Calif
CIO International Union of Electrcial Workers
New Brunswick
N. J
IUE
Auto Workers
Detroit
Ford
Woman Freed On Bond After Admitting Fatal Shooting
A Dickenson County mother of three, Blanche Phillips, is free on $10,000 bond after telling police she shot and killed Ramonia Counts at McClure to save her home for her children. Phillips, wife of a local mine operator, surrendered at Clintwood after taxi transport from Counts' residence.
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Clintwood
Dickenson County
Blanche Phillips
John C. Rose
Wingless free flight tests show promise for future production
Pritchard reports wingless free flight tests as very encouraging and predicts good performance by the aircraft. If tests succeed, he plans to launch commercial production, ideally near Emporia, noting the current cost to date is about the stated amount.
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Pritchard
Emporia
Plane built by railroad man eyes speed and tests
The flyer, a railroad employee since 1924 except for wartime aircraft work, declines to reveal air speed data and other performance details until testing. He has invested hundreds of hours and $1,500 in development with assistance from Billy Davis of Emporia.
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Pritchard
Billy Davis
Emporia
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Kent St
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Trans World Airways
American Agricultural Chemical Co., Inc
Alexandria, Virgin
Green Chemical CO
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H. W. Butler
Hastings Alumi
Lyle P
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VFW
I. Q
Herman E. Kuykendall
Gladys I. Kuykendall
Circuit Court
Frederick County
Virginia
Back Creek
Frederick County Court House
E. T. Snider
Thomas G. Scully
Robert K. Woltz
W. Leicester St
Ella Mae Brooks
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