Handley Graduation Exercises Highlight Oratory and Music
The Handley Class of 1952 held graduation in Handley Auditorium with 75 graduates as Clay Carr valedictorian summed up the night. The program opened with a processional and invocation by Rev. J. S. Duckwall, followed by a concert by the Glee Club A Cappella Choir and ViVace Club featuring songs from Katinka to So in Love. Marvin Hutchinson, class of 1949, performed two solos before the program continued on page 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Tait
Clay Carr
Handley
Garland R. Quarles
J. S. Duckwall
Gwendolyn Haynes
Sadie Finkelstein
Glee Club
Vivace Club
Frim
Gershwin
Haworth
MacCarthy
Sullivan
Rodgers
Wilhousky
Marvin Hutchinson
Manz-Zucca
Mr. Hutchinson
Quarles
Hutchinson
Weather shifts cool with rain near Middletown
Yesterday at Winchester Research Laboratory the high reached 83 and the low 66. After the Middletown storm the temperature dropped 17 degrees and hovered near 67/59 by late morning. Rain fell citywide and countywide but not at Valley Pike lab. no hail damage reported though some frail fell locally.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
Middletown
Valley Pike
Saturday Last Day To Register to Vote in July Primary
Winchester residents must register by June 14 with registrar Ralph Y Grubbs at 22 North Braddock Street or contact Grubbs Studio near the bus terminal. Frederick County and Clarke County residents may obtain registration information from their County Clerk offices by calling the listed numbers.
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Winchester
Ralph Y. Grubbs
North Braddock Street
Grubb
Frederick County
Clarke County
Berryville
Battle Casualties Reach 109,712 in Korea
Washington reports U S battle casualties in Korea total 109 712 a rise of 553 from the previous week.
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Washington
U. S
Korea
Thank You Messages From Winchester Voters
Card of thanks from E R Clark Hoye L Riley and A Harold Rowe thanking Winchester voters for support and confidence expressed at the polls yesterday. They pledge to act for the good of the citizens. The notices appeal to the first ward voters and note appreciation for the votes cast.
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E. R. Clark
Winchester
Hoye L. Riley
Tornado Strikes Gordonsville Causing Major Damage
A Blue Ridge Mountain tornado passed through Gordonsville Virginia causing over 100000 dollars in damage. Trees toppled, windows shattered, power lines down, and a drive in theater screen was hurled across Route 221. No injuries reported.
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Gordonsville
Blue Ridge Mountains
Orange County
Virginia
Mathews County
William Clowes
Gordonsville Junior High
Selection of MacArthur as GOP keynote draws Taft steamroller claim
Paul V Hoffman, adviser to Citizens for Eisenhower, charges Gen Douglas MacArthur as GOP keynotei r was chosen to push Taft faction tactics. He criticizes the arrangements committee and says the people will decide after the convention. Eisenhower continues with a packed schedule including Dulles and New Jersey delegates.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
Robert A. Taft
Paul V. Hoffman
Advisory Committee of
Citizens For Eisenhower
MacArthur
Eisenhower
Hoffman
Taft
Arrangements Committee
John Foster Dulles
New Jersey
Kiwanis Fun Carnival Sets Week of Family Rides
The annual Kiwanis Club carnival to benefit underprivileged children runs June 16 to 21 on Route 11 near Willow Lawn Pool in Winchester. Winchester Amusement Company provides rides including ferris wheel and merry go round. free transportation offered. nightly music by Winchester Municipal Band and Rouss and South End Drum and Bugle Corps. Open 6:30 p.m. daily and 2 p.m. Saturday.
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Kiwanis Club
Whester
Frederick County
Willow Lawn
Winchester Amusement Company
Winchester Municipal Band
Rouss and
South End Drum and Bugle Corps
V. F. W. Meeting Tonight at Richards Eddy’s Bufflick Road
Notice announces a V. F. W. meeting tonight at Richard Eddy's on Bufflick Road with a rain alternative at the V. F. W. Home. Also notes Ralph F. Beaver will continue custom threshing and bale pickup, contact Winchesters 7906.
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Richard Eddy
Bufflick Road
Winchester
Ralph F. Beaver
Red POWs Surrender After Night of Terror on Koje Island
Communists in Compound 77 killed 15 fellow POWs then surrendered to UN troops. American guards seized seven leaders, other prisoners remained on the central ground as paratroopers found dozens of bodies in wells and trenches. Sixty-six compound and higher numbers faced dispersal under Brig. Gen. Boatner.
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Koje
Koje Island
United Nations
Haydon L. Boatner
187Th Airborne Combat Team
Dorn Launches Scathing Attack on Truman in Cotton Seed Crushers Meet
Rep Dorn condemned President Truman at a joint South Carolina and North Carolina Cotton Seed Crushers gathering in Virginia Beach. He accused Truman of blocking air force buildup in 1947, misreporting Korean casualties, and termed the Korea war a major conflict.
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Virginia Beach
Rep
Dorn
DSC
Truman
Korea
South Carolina
North Carolina
Katharine Brush Dies Noted Novelist at 49
Katharine Brush, 49, famed novelist and short story writer, died at St. Luke's Hospital after months of illness. Her best known works were Young Man of Manhattan (1930) and Red Headed Woman (1931), both adapted for film. She once wrote as a movie columnist for the Boston Traveler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Katharine Brush
St. Luke's Hospital
Manhattan
Brush
Boston Traveler
Thomas Stewart Brush
Ohio
Hubert Charles Winans
Red Cross Inspections to Resume on Koje Island
United Nations Command says Red Cross representatives will be allowed to resume inspections in Communist prisoner stockades on Koje Island once U N control of the compounds is reestablished.
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Tokyo
United Nations Command
International Committee of the Red Cross
Koje Island
U.N
Senate Approves Immigration Bill Controversy Grows
The Senate passed by voice vote a bill revising and codifying the nation's immigration and naturalization laws and sent it to the White House. Opponents called it anti alien while Sen McCarran defended it as a fair measure to preserve fundamental institutions. President Truman's veto stance remains unclear.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Truman
Sen. McCarran
D-Nev
House Unit Votes To Drop Controls Over Real Estate
The House Banking Committee voted for dropping all controls over real estate and consumer credit while extending wage price and rent controls for a year. They also moved to replace the Defense Production Act and set min support prices at 90 percent of parity for major crops.
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Washington
House Banking Committee
House Committee
Congress
Treaties Do Not Increase President Power Says Acheson
Secretary of State Acheson told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Western Germany's anti communism treaty and the NATO protocol do not expand presidential authority to send troops abroad. He reiterated authority exists when troop deployment advances U S security. He also denied U S commitments to aid French forces in Indochina.
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Washington
Acheson
Western
Germany
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Senate
Britain
France
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Indochina
Hail Ruins Apple Crop at Summit Point
A freak hail storm near Summit Point West Virginia destroyed about 10 000 crates of York apples in the orchard of George Crim and Moore and Dorsey three miles from Summit Point. The storm hit at about 10 a m and spared neighboring orchards including Crims other orchard.
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Summit Point
W. Va
York
George Crim
Moore
Dorsey
Middletown
Crim
Note to Milkman Baked Into Bird Nest Displayed
George Clowser of 1703 Valley Ave placed a note on his back porch asking the milkman for one half pint of cream. The note was later found woven into a bird nest in a bush near his porch and is now on display at the Sanitary Dairy offices on Jerrard.
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George Clowser
Valley Ave
Mr. Clowser
Sanitary Dairy
Jerrard
Senate rejects new bid to give Truman seizure powers
The Senate backed Taft Hartley to handle the steel crisis, defeating Morse's motion to grant demanded seizure powers. No administration action expected soon as Truman urged action at a joint session, while Taft and allied lawmakers pressed to invoke the Defense Production Act instead.
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Truman
Washington
Senate
CIO
Morse
House
Near-Record Wheat Crop Forecast Poses Future U.S. Problem
Washington officials project a wheat harvest near record total of 1.326 billion bushels, second only to 1947 and about a third larger than last year. The Agriculture Department warns the extra supply could swell reserves and raise storage and price support challenges amid current international tensions.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Campbell Reelected By Postmasters In Virginia Chapter
Roanoke reports Carl L. Campbell of Winchester will serve another term as president of the Virginia Chapter National Association of Postmasters. Campbell and all officers were reelected for one year at the annual convention. Albert C. Thompson of Fort Monroe was appointed editor of the Virginia Postmasters.
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Roanoke
Carl L. Campbell
Winchester
Virginia
National Association of Postmasters
Campbell
Albert C. Thompson
Fort Monroe
Virginia Postmasters
Red Security Screws Tightened in Germany
Frankfurt reports tightened border controls across the Iron Curtain from the Baltic to the Banana. Refugees from the East Zone have dwindled to a trickle. West German police describe the border as deserted aside from patrols. Bavarian authorities say they can claim the body of a West German farmer killed by East police on Monday night.
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Frankfurt
Shrimp in Basket at Esso Village Restaurant
A brief item notes 21 shrimp in a basket at the Esso Village Restaurant with a 9 percent figure included in the entry.
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Esso Village
Brumback and allies win Berryville common council seats
Berryville voters ousted the mayor and one council member while approving a record turnout. Edward P. Berlin defeated incumbent Mayor Leonard H. Bell 255 to 205. Incumbent councilor Ernest F. Locke won re election with 214 to 122 over Daniel Morrison in Ward 2. Ward 3 saw Lonnie Levi defeat W. E. Henson 192 to 171. Unopposed Ward 1 candidate S. G. O Bry an received 296 votes. Ward 4’s Iden Mallory was unopposed with 260. Joseph Settle won recorder with 225. Write in votes occurred for Boyce campaign and several minor write ins. No mayoral switch outside Berryville.
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Berryville
Edward P. Berlin
Leonard H. Bell
Ernest F. Locke
Daniel T. Morrison
W. E. Henson
Lonnie W. Levi
Levi
Henson
S. G. O'Bryan
Iden Mallory
Joseph Settle
J. M. Casey
Mavyer
Wilton Stewart
Carl H. Pope
Robert McDonald
Edith Rogers
Dorothy Brown
Helen Lane
Mae Lanham
C. B. Carr
J. G. Burch
J. M. Hawkins
L. E. Clark
Hugh Copenhaver
John Zombro
C. W. Shepherd
L. L. Kephart
S. M. Lane
C. H. Pope
Frank Yowell
John Siler
R. H. Gardiner
Charles Creamer
Middletown Elects Hartman Mayor. two new councilmen chosen
In Middletown a heated election ended with C. H. Hartman defeating Jack D. Partlow 51 to 38 for mayor. Incumbents Walter B. Little Thorne W. Sperry Joseph J. Dwyer G. Wilson Borden held seats, while Claude E. Carper and Elonza L. Stickley won council seats, replacing T Ainsworth Sperry and Martin H. Hann. In Stephens City the slate was returned with seven officials, including Mayor French Reid and re-elected council members Alfred Shryock and others.
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Middletown
C. 8. Hartman
Jack D. Partlow
Stephens City
C.S. Hartman
J. D. Partlow
A. Sperry
Walter B. Little
T. W. Sperry
Martin H. Hann
Joseph J. Dwyer
Claude Carper
E. L. Stickley
G. W. Borden
Walter McCauley
Thorne W. Sperry
G. Wilson Borden
Claude E. Carper
Elonza L. Stickley
T Ainsworth Sperry
Mr. Little
Thorne Sperry
Mr. Stickley
Mr Hann
T. A. Sperry
G. E. Lemley
French T. Reid
G. W. Lemley
C. L. Galloday
Reid
Alfred Shryock
Harry M. Carbaugh
W. S. Cook
Harry L. Ritenour
Frank Ewing
Ralph M. Wakeman
U S Jets Down Three MIG-15s Near Yalu River Front
U S Sabres claimed to have shot down three Russian built MIG-15 fighters near Sinuiju on the Yalu River border as part of a clash with 12 Fourth Fighter-Interceptor Wing jets. The fight involved seven Sabres against 19 MIGs and 18 others remained.
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Yalu River
U. S
Seoul
Korea
Sinuiju
Yalu
Manchuria
U.S. Fifth Air Force
United Nations
Chorwon
U.N
JW Summer School To Open Monday
Frederick County Schools superintendent Rovert EF Ayler announced that registration and schedules for the summer school begin at 9 a.m. next Monday. Classes start Tuesday for an eight week term aligned with the State Board of Education. Principal Paul S. Beale leads the program taught by regular staff and open to grades 8 through 12. Students may take one new four hour course for a full credit or repeats for two failed courses, but not both.
Armistice Talks Resume Amid Protests and Walkout
The Korean armistice talks reopen at Panmunjom as Communists protest new bloodshed on Koje Island and UN delegates resume discussions. Maj. Gen. Harrison says no POWs will be forced to return. no progress on the exchange of prisoners. Negotiations resume tomorrow at 11 a.m. local time.
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Munsan
Korea
Koje Island
United Nations
Mark Clark
U.N. Far East
Kim I Sung
Peng Teh-huai
Clark
United Nations Command
Panmunjom
William K. Harrison
U. N
Harrison
U.N
McKay Named as Elector for Fall Ballot
B. B. McKay of Millwood has been chosen by the Republican Convention as an elector. He will appear on the ballot in the coming Fall election. McKay currently serves as Chairman of the Clarke County Electoral Board.
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B. B. McKay
Millwood
McKay
Clarke County
Winchester elects new council members and renames mayor
In Winchester Illinois yesterday Fred IL Brumback Claude B Smalts and Orville Wine won council seats from the north end while Hoye L Riley A Harold Rowe and Marvin D Weaver won in the south. Mayor M B Clowe Jr was re elected without opposition. Three current council members did not seek re election, ensuring three new faces in September.
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Winchester
Fred IL. Brumback
Claude B. Smalts
Orville Wine
Hoye L. Riley
A. Harold Rowe
Marvin D. Weaver
M B. Clowe, Jr
Local election results show Riley and Weaver win council seats
Unofficial tabulations indicate Riley and Weaver secured seats vacated by Percy D Miller and Carson C Dettra. Voters delivered narrow margins for Rowe, with George E Pully close behind in the Friendship precinct. Orville Wine won the Second Ward seat, while E R Clark fell short. Uncertain impact from A C Oates death on the final vote noted.
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Riley and Weaver
Percy D Miller
Carson C. Dettra
Miller
Dettra
Riley
Smalts
Clowe
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Rep. Dorn
RED Cross
R-Ore
U.S
Brumback
Weaver, Wine
Rowe and
Common Council
Berlin
Corder
Boyce
Hartman
George A. McArthur
City Hall
Sarah Zane
Reuss Friendship City Hall
Rowe
Wayne B. Omps
N. Braddock Street
Omps
Sarah Zane Hall
P. W. Plumly
A. C. Oates
Lynn Larg
W. W Baker
William Batt
Harrison Keckley
Alan Gaunt
Fred S Brumback
George EF
Polly
South
Loudoun Street
Claude
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