Middletown and Town Races Edge Toward Election Day
Voters in Middletown Winchester Berryville and Boyce face city and town races with three mayoral nominees and ten council seats in Middletown. Incumbents Hartman Wright and Hottel compete for mayor while six of ten council seats go to six incumbents and four newcomers. Ballots open 6:30 a m close 7:30 p m with various unopposed Democratic slates and blank ballots in some towns.
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Winchester
Frederick
Clarke Counties
M. Middletown
Berryville
Hens City
Boyce
Ckinchesterians
Sepber
Tridents
J. M. Steck, Jr
J. W. P. McGuire
C. R Anderson
A. Lee Cobl
Williams. Sargent
H. William Butler
Midletown
C. Leslie Wright
C. S. Hartman
Harold C. Hottel
S. G. Larrick
Trone W. Sperry
T. Ainsworth Sperry
Walter B. Little
M. Herbert Rhodes
Joseph Per
Claude F. Carper
M. H.ee
L. Stickley
James W. Galladay
Clarence
M. Terault
EF. Ewing
Hugh C. Racey
David Petrie
Howard E. Massie
A. R. Marks
Irbit
Ank
J. M. Iksey
Robert McDonald
Corder
Clay Carr
John Hawkins
W. H. Racey
J. G. Burch
Beryville
L. H. Bell
W. D. Wisecarver
Preston Kerchevel
S. G. O'Bryan
Ernest Locke
W. E. Henson
Winchester Man Gets 4 Year Term
Joseph R. Cather Jr., 23, of Winchester, was sentenced in Warren County Circuit Court to four years in the State penitentiary for assault in co action with an alleged armed robbery attempt of Ada Hudson at Adams Service Station on Route 322 north of Cedarville on January 26, 1950. He fled to Glen Burnie on Amherst Street, then held a gun to his temple for 20 minutes before surrendering to police. he pleaded guilty March 6 and was committed to Southwestern State Hospital for examination. doctor later reported him sane.
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Front Royal
Joseph Robert Cather, Jr
Winchester
Warren County
Adamy Hudson
Adson
Route 322
Cedarville
Republicans set for Connecticut convention to pick Senate slate
At a two day GOP gathering in Connecticut the party aims to nominate candidates for Senate races that could decide control of the chamber next year. Major contenders include John Lodge and J Kenneth Bradley for Bowles opposing McMahon, with Talbot and Bush as other likely rivals.
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Associated Press
Connecticut
Senate
Chester Bowles
GOP
Bowles
John Davis Lodge
Westport
Conn
J. Kenneth Bradley
Brien McMahon
William Benton
Joseph E. Talbot
Naugatuck
House
McMahon
Prescott 5
Dewey
Lehman
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Roosevelts
James Roosevelt
California
Four Big Bills Bottled In Senate
Washington reports four major House bills are stalled in the Senate as filibuster delays push back adjournment hopes. Controversial measures include FEPC creation, a 29 billion dollar government operation appropriation, expanded social security, and an extended draft law, with election pressures affecting timing.
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Washington
Rayburn
D-Tex
House
Senate
Cain
Fair Employment Practices Commission
FEPC
Russia Boycotts UN Conference
Russia and its satellite states boycotted the United Nations conference on technical assistance to backward areas in Lake Success. The Soviet bloc declined to attend the General Assembly meeting to form an international fund for technical aid, leaving no seats for them at the oval table. The boycott follows earlier withdrawals from 29 UN organs since January 10 over the Chinese Nationalists and a demand for Chinese Communists to sit in the UN.
Presbyterians Hear Reports On Church Property And Council
Minority reports addressed church property and the Federal Council of Christ in America at the 90th Presbyterian Church U S General Assembly in Massanetta Springs. The Atlanta Presbytery proposed guidance on a congregation that amended its charter to withdraw from the denomination and claim property. The Westminster Presbyterian Church of Atlanta is cited as a test case for potential withdrawal and property ownership under church law.
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Massanetta Springs
Federal Council of Christ In America
90Th Presbyterian Church
U. S. General Assembly
Presbytery of
Atlanta
Westminister Presbyterian Church
Oklahoma Farmers Are Leaving State
Preliminary census figures show a large migration from Oklahoma farms over the past decade risking a statewide population drop of over 250000 and potentially one or two congressional seats. Only two districts have full counts while counties statewide indicate continued farm-area losses.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Congress
Washington Milk Strike Thins Supply Across Capital
Washington and suburbs face severely reduced milk as nine large dairies remain shut in a strike over a 40 hour week. District officials organized temporary shipments to institutions and hospitals, while Maryland and Virginia producers divert milk along the Atlantic coast amid shortages. In Pittsburgh, Western Pennsylvania braces as striking dairy workers push for a 40 hour week and higher daily guarantees, with talks continuing after a six hour session failed to reach a settlement.
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Washington
District of Columbia
AFL Milk Drivers and Dairy Employees Local 246
Dairies
Maryland and Virginia Milk Producers Association
Atlantic Coast
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
AFL Dairy Workers Union
Greater Pittsburgh Milk Dealers Association
Allegheny County Medical Society
Efforts to Defend United States Are Stepped Up Today
President Truman’s warning that the Soviets prep for war spurs Congress to speed military buildup. Republican senators question focus on abroad threats versus home subversion amid McCarthy charges. Hill notes unified view against Communism at home and abroad. Congress to push large armed forces appropriations and a 70 group Air Force authorization.
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United States
Truman
McCarthy
R-Wis
GOP
Wherry
Nebraska
Brewster
Maine
St. Louis
Seme
Trumas
Hill
D-Ala
Congress
Tydings
D-Md
Armed Services Committee
Head-on Route 1 Crash Damages Cars and Injures Four
A head-on collision on Route 1 in Stephens City at 11 05 Saturday night wrecked two vehicles and sent four people to the hospital. The 1938 Packard club coupe driven by George Allen Graver, 18, collided with a 1940 Dodge sedan driven by Luther Marcus Robinson Jr. Miss Mary Ann Monk, 16, a Graver passenger, was seriously injured but listed as satisfactory later. Lincoln County authorities say Robinson faces reckless driving charges in Trial Justice Court.
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Stephens City
Lawrence Coverstone
George Gl. Graver
Braddock St
George Allen Graver
Luther Marcus Robinson Jr
Strnsburg
Mary Ann Monk
Graver
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Donald Eugene Blye
Strasburg
Robinson
Trial Justice Court
Fish Boat Tragedy Investigated Off Santa Catalina Island
Coast Guard and sheriff's office probe a fishing boat disaster near Santa Catalina Island that left four dead. Signal Hill carried twenty men when it sailed from Los Angeles harbor on a weekend fishing trip. 16 were rescued after a two hour search with Navy planes Coast Guard cutters and a Norwegian freighter joining the effort.
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San Pedro
Calif
Coast Guard and Sheriff's Office
Santa Catalina Island
Signal Hill
Los Angles Harbor
Navy
Coast Guard
S. Braddock Bt
Senate probes Mafia links to U.S. crime network
Senate investigators say evidence ties the Sicilian Black Hand or Mafia to major crime in the United States. Kefauver confirms inquiry aided by Narcotics Chief Anslinger as investigators seek immigration and citizenship records of suspected criminals and gamblers.
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Washington
Senate
Black Hand Society
United States
Kefauver
D-Tenn
U. S
H. J. Anslinger
Sicily
Killas
New Orleans
General Sessions Court
New York
Col
Garland Williams
Federal Bureau of Narcotics
Williams
Frank Costello
Senate Commerce Subcommittee
Costello
Joseph
Pip-the-Blind
Gajliano
Charles “Little Bullet” Albero
Senate Refuses to Shelve Rent Control Bill Today
The Senate voted 44 to 25 to reject shelving the rent control bill as a test of sentiment on continuing federal controls due to expire June 30. Senator Cain led a 12 hour filibuster with plans to resume if a favorable path emerged, while Senator Wherry had attempted to send the bill back to the banking committee. The extension would keep existing controls six months and allow local option to extend six more.
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Washington
Senate
Wherry
Nebraska
Banking Committee
Cain
R-Wash
Rayburn weighs tax moves with Truman amid adjournment doubt
House Speaker Rayburn and President Truman met in a Monday session to discuss proposed business tax changes and excise cuts while signaling no firm timetable for adjournment. The talk touched on raising the corporate income tax and broader fiscal policy without detailing a specific plan.
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Rayburn
Philip Jaffe
Truman
Washington
D-Tex
Congress
House
Frank Erickson Bookmaking Case Adjourned to Wednesday
The Frank Erickson bookmaking and conspiracy case was adjourned until Wednesday. A.D.A. Alfred J. Scotti plans to set a trial date on the 12.5 million dollar yearly bookmaker charged with 60 gambling counts. Erickson’s attorney asked to review the grand jury minutes claiming the testimony given before a Senate subcommittee should not be used. Judge Mullen reserved decision on the motion to determine Federal power over state policing.
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New York
Frank¢ Erickson
Alfred J. Scotti
Erickson
Sol Gelb
U. S. Senate
Congress
General Sessions
Joseph A. Mullen
Gelb
U. S. Supreme Court
Mullen
Washington
Whitman Knapp
Four Lives Lost In Lengthy Battle With Waters Of River
Four men died and four others were rescued after an Allegheny River spillway incident 15 miles northeast of Pittsburgh. Hull Wright, 50, perished while attempting to save six aboard a 25 foot cruiser as the craft went over the dam. Rescued were James Woffenden, James McHugh, Charles Reilley, and Jack Kreig.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny River
Hull Wright
Wright
James Woffendan
Woffendan
Hull
William Fisher
Carol Kreig
William Lahey, Jr
Woffenden
James McHugh
Charles Reilley
Jack Kreig
McHugh
Lahey
Chicago
Kreig
New Hungarian Lutheran Bishop Supports Government Cooperation
Budapest Hungary the Lutheran Church appoints Rev Laszlo Dezsery 36 as the new bishop of its largest diocese. He succeeds Lajos Ordass who was released from prison after nearly 20 months of a two year sentence for currency speculation. Previously in 1948 Mindszenty accused Mindszenty of royalist absolutism and is now serving a life sentence for treason.
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Budapest
Hungary
Lutheran Church
Laszlo Dezsery
Lajos Ordass
Ordass
Dezsery
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Supreme Court to Review Murderer of Wife and Child Case
The Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals agreed to review Charles Francis Holober who was sentenced to death for killing his wife and burying their infant in a Fairfax County nudist camp. His execution was stayed pending the writ of error petition.
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Supreme Court
Richmond
Virginia’ Supreme Court of Appeals
Charles Francis Holober
Holober
Washington
Willis D. Miller
J. Brooke Howard
Fairfax County
Fairfax
Virginia
Norfolk Corporation Court
Robert Edwards
Willie Savage, Jr
Three Accidents Reported In Winchester Over Weekend
Police logs detail three minor crashes in Winchester causing about 315 in damage. At 12 15 a m Sunday a 1938 Ford driven by Claude Costello and a 1941 Buick driven by Richard Lake sustained 65 in damage at Braddock and Boscawen. Saturday incidents include a rear collision at N Kent and Boscawen between a 1939 Buick and a city truck, causing 125 in damage, and another at Braddock and Piccadilly between a 1940 Chrysler and a 1939 Plymouth, totaling 84 in damage.
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Winchester
Braddock
Boscawen
Claude F. Costello
Stephens City
Richard H. Lake
Race St
N. Kent
Boscawen St
Robert Anthony Barbour
Front Royal
Willys
James Brandon
Brandon
Piccadilly St
Chrysler
A. C. Myers
Martinsburg
Plymouth
Willard Dunham
Woodland Ave
Dunham
Myers
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Middletown
Eugene Miller
Chanticleer Inn
A. Lee Coble
Ridgeway School Lawn
D.S.T
Payne's Chapel Church
Will Miller
Headley's
Stephens City Alumni Association
Patton's Hall
Russia
U.S
Justice Department
James Forrestal
Amerasia
Jaffee
O. John Rogge
Jaffe
Rogce
Rogge
James V. Forrestal
Forrestal
San Francisco
FBI
Porrestal
Lieut
Andrew Roth
New York City
Roth
Frank Erickson
Gem Theater
Gem
Norfolk
Edwards
Savage
State Corporation Commission
Atlantic Coast Line Railroads
SCC
Carson
Dinwiddie County
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