Grand Jury Indicts Gold and 2 Others for Spying
A Brooklyn grand jury indicted Harry Gold a Philadelphia chemist and two unidentified persons on espionage charges against the United States. The indictment names John Doe alias John and Richard Roe alias Sam, with true names unknown, and cites alleged exchanges of atomic secrets with Dr. Klaus Fuchs. Gold, 39, is held in Philadelphia and will have a hearing there Monday.
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Washington
Brooklyn
Harry Gold
Philadelphia
United States
Justice Department
John Doe
John
Richard Roe
Sam
Klaus Fuchs
Great Britain
Bam
Bam” Might Be. the Grand Jury
Fuchs
Grand
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Federal Grand Jury
Gold
FBI
Winchester Hospital Costs Lowers Than National Average
The 1949 operating costs at Winchester Memorial Hospital were $11.61 per patient day, $2.72 below the national average for general hospitals. The American Hospital Association report shows a national average of $14.33 per day, up from 1948. Hospital income per patient was $2.59 below cost nationwide, with local administrator Homer Alberti noting free services totaling nearly $40,000, the highest in the hospital’s history, and urging pre payment hospitalization plans.
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Winchester Memorial Hospital
The
American Hospital Assn
United States
Homer Alberti
Winchester
Alberti
Golden Glow
Handley
Truman warns against abandoning European aid
President Truman told graduates at the University of Missouri that ending aid to Western Europe after the Marshall Plan would threaten peace and global stability. He noted the need to sustain support to free nations to prevent Communist expansion and protect U.S. interests, while receiving an honorary law degree and Phi Beta Kappa membership.
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Columbia
Truman
Europe
United States
Free Nations
University of Missouri
Phi Beta Kappa
Scholarship Society
St. Louis
Russia
Crack-Down Sought In Coffee Dealing
A Senate agriculture subcommittee led by Senator Gillette urged the Justice Department to curb speculative coffee trading. Itcalled for injunctive relief against New York futures contracts, a civil anti trust action if foreign coffee stocks remain, an investigation into 1948 coffee purchases by Maxwell House, and U S attorney general representation at future coffee council meetings.
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Washington
Senate
Justice Department
Agriculture Subcommittee
Gillette
Iowa
Attorney General
Antitrust
New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange
United States
George W. Robbins
Maxwell House
General Foods Corporation
National Coffee Department of
Brazil
Special Commission On Coffee
Inter- American Economic and Social Council
Athletics for Sale in Connie Mack Era
Connie Mack announces the Philadelphia Athletics are for sale for the right offer marking a historic shift after five decades as manager and owner. The statement signals potential changes in leadership and club ownership pending bids.
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Athletics For Sale
Philadelphia
Connie Mack
Philadelphia Athletics
Students March To Handley Grave In Victory Ceremony
Winchester students marked the final day of the 1949 50 term by marching with the Handley Band to Mount Hebron Cemetery to place flowers on Judge John Handley and other benefactors graves. About 2 200 students led by the Handley Band processed past crowds as hymns were played and taps sounded.
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Winchester
Mount Hebron
John Handley
Handley Band
Garland Quarles
E. P. Browning
Mercury Climbs to 92 in City Heat Wave Draws Record Pool Attendance
The Winchester Research Laboratory reported a 2 PM high of 92 degrees marking a heat wave. Willow Lawn pool saw a record 450 swimmers, including 80 seniors invited by management.
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Mercury
Winchester Research Laboratory
Willow Lawn Pool
Presbyterian Chooses Lacy as New Moderator at Assembly
Dr. Benjamin Rice Lacy Jr. world War I chaplain and former Rhodes scholar was elected unanimously as moderator of the Presbyterian Church in the United States at the Southern church's 90th General Assembly in Massanetta Springs. About 400 lay and clergy commissioners from 87 presbyteries plus 200 others attended as committees began work for Saturday sessions. This marks the seventh Virginia assembly meeting with past locales including Staunton and Richmond.
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Massanetta Springs
Presbyterian Church
United States
Benjamin Rice Lacy
Union Theological Seminary
Richmond
Lacy
Southern Church
General Assembly
W. E. Price
Charlotte
N. C
Caldwell Memorial Presbyterian Church
Assembly
Virginia
Staunton
Winchester Gains 13.82 Percent In Population
Winchester Virginia shows a 13.82 percent population gain to 13 766 in the 1950 census. Mayor M B Clowe Jr questions the smaller rise while Census official John W Wheeler notes the figures are tentative and county data will follow.
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Winchester
John W. Wheeler
Bureal
Staunton
M. B. Clowe Jr
Clowe
Wheeler
Frederick County
Senator Demands Diary Of Forrestal In Amerasia Probe
Senator Knowland urged Senate investigators to subpoena the diary of James Forrestal in the Amerasia case inquiry. He argued Forrestal could reveal whether arrests were delayed and noted the diary is in White House custody, speaking for the late defense secretary who died after a tower window plunge.
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Washington
Knowland
Calif
Senate
Amerasia
James Forrestal
Forrestal
Naval Hospital
Here
White House
FBI Director Warns Communists Underground in U S
J Edgar Hoover told a Senate appropriations subcommittee that communists are going underground in the United States with a larger subversive presence than at any time since World War II. He cited 54174 party members and a potential 540000 party followers ready to act in defense industries and strategic areas nationwide.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Congress
U. S
United States
FBI
Hoover
Communist Party
New York
New Jersey
Ohio
Pennsylvania
California
Michigan
Senator Says Gen Eisenhower Has Presidential Platform Now
Senator Morse cites Eisenhowers warnings on military outlays and subsidies as sounding like an Eisenhower presidential platform. Brewster says Eisenhowers stance against inflation and corruption could shape 1952 GOP nomination debates amid mixed party views.
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Gen. Eisenhower
Washington
Dwight, D. Eisenhower
Columbia University
Morse
R-Ore
Eisenhower
Columbia
Senator Brewster
Maine
Brewster
Ives
R-Ny
Virginia Five Day Weather Outlook
The outlook covers Virginia from tomorrow through Wednesday June 14 with temperatures averaging four to seven degrees above normal. Expect continued warmth with scattered showers Saturday and Sunday and widespread scattered afternoon thundershowers otherwise. Total rainfall about half an inch.
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Virginia
Handley High seniors to receive diplomas in evening ceremony
Eighty Handley High School graduates will be awarded diplomas at an 8 o'clock ceremony in the 1,600 seat Handley auditorium marking the end of the 1949-50 school year with a glee club concert followed by student exercises. The Pilgrimage to Mt Hebron Cemetery preceded the events.
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Handley High School
Handley Glee Clubs
Mt. Hebron
Bradley says forces not enough for major war by July 1951
Gen Omar N Bradley testified before Congress that American armed forces would be insufficient to fight a major war by July 1951. He urged building up mobilization bases and industrial power to deter or slow an aggressor while mobilizing, and emphasized Alaska defense needs and radar warning nets.
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Washington
Omar N. Bradley
Congress
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senate Appropriations Committee
U. S
Bradley
Johnson
Nickle
Knowland
Frieda Emmerth To Give Address At Handley School
Frieda Emmerth daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Emmerth will deliver the valedictory address at Handley High School graduation tonight at 8. Salutatorian is Frederick Briggs son of Mr and Mrs J W Briggs, both families living on Millwood Ave three doors apart. Emmerth plans to be a nuclear physicist and will attend Immaculata Junior College in Washington for two years.
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Frieda Emmerth
Joseph Emmerth
Millwood Ave
Handley High School
Frederick Briggs
J. W. Briggs
Briggs
Emmerths
Emmerth
Immaculata Junior College
Washington
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Third Man
Clinton L. Ritter
Miller’s Drug Store
N. Loudoun St
Hawaii
Cara Nome
Brook’s Pharmacy
Richard Chapman
Chapman Motor Co
Handley Grave
Presbyterian
Ben R. Lacy
Diary of
Weather Outlook
Patsy Wright
Elizabeth Browning
Booster Club
Fritzi Emmerth
Virginia Wentz
Wade Emmart
Betty Jo Halterman
Handiian
Fritz Briggs
Jimmy Clark
Bobby Anderson
Pat Way
Pat Clevenger
Pat Levi
Peggy Greenawalt
Helen Hershman
Connie Spaid
Pat Adams
Dorothy Dick
Helen Johnston
Anna Fleming
June Butler
Barbara Brooks
Jean Davis
Joan Baker
Jo An Stone
Mary Lou Levi
Suzanne Pingley
Mildred Kellas
Ruth McKeever
Jean Smith
May Frances Sirbaugh
Nancy Salomon
Alice Elliott
Geraldine Painter
Elizabeth Cather
Jane Sowers
Dorothy Miller
Helen Sempeles
Dale Wilson
Julia Dolson
Mary Jagiello
Mary Virginia Bayliss
Eugene Dicks
Bill Russell
Pat Barr
Fred Boulineau
David Kinter
Richard
Peters Studio
Duncan
Douglass DeHaven
Leonard Braith- Waite
Eddie Barnett
George Vaught
Earl Strosnider
Loring Burkhart
Glenn LaVecchia
Albert
Lazazzera
Donald Grove
Richard Boxwell
Gilbert Streit
Gayle DeHaven
Milton Luttrell
Russell la Follette
Phil Slaughter
Jack Sheetz
Graham Rosenberger
Jack Johnson
Frederick Sprenkle
Donald Baughman
Charles Sanderlin
Don Hough
Bobby Huffman
Edgar White
Courtney Santman
al Slaughter
Gray Pollard
Doug Cochran
Handley School
Court House
Maud J. Brown
Caneron St
Whitacre
Martinsburg Pike
Will Miller
Valley Avenue
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G. G. Baker
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