San Francisco Honors Air Ace Gabreski Parade Reception
San Francisco welcomed Col. Francis Gabreski, a 40 plane ace from two wars, with a Market Street parade and formal reception. The Oil City Pennsylvania native, who completed 100 missions in Korea, greeted his wife and eldest child Diont at the homecoming after landing yesterday.
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San Francisco
Francis
Gabreski
Market Street
Ovilot
Korea
Oil City
Diont 6
Battle Creek
Mich
Benjamin Franklin Barter Liberty for Security Quotation
The passage attributed to Benjamin Franklin states that those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. It appeared in a 1759 anonymous London pamphlet, with Franklin denying authorship but possibly adding the quotation while editing An Historical Review of the Constitution and Government of Pennsylvania.
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London
Franklin
Pennsylvania
County Auction Listings June 21 to July 5
Sales directory notes multiple auctions across Virginia and West Virginia with dates June 21 to July 5. Listings include antiques household goods real estate furniture and estates with auctioneers Charles Duvall W F Artrip Byron Brumback and Cary Neville Anderson. Locations include Boyce Frederick County Stephens City Front Royal Winchester and nearby roads.
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Episcopal Church
Boyce
Chas. Duvall
C. H. Feagans
Inwood
W. Va
U.S. Rt
Blue Ridge
John P Allen
Frederick County Court House
Stephens City
W. F. Artrip
Wm. H. Courtney
Shawnee Ave
Jacob L. Brown
Putnam
Coal Mine
Wheatfield
Shenandoah County
Byron Brumback
Cary Neville Anderson
East Germain 8&T
Winchester
Moose tribute set for Senator Byrd in Harrisonburg
Malcolm R. Giles director general of the Loyal Order of Moose Moosehart Il nois will present a Testimonial Scroll signed by over 2 000 candidates to honor Senator Harry Flood Byrd a life member. The ceremony July 13 in Harrisonburg Virginia marks the dedication of a new Moose Home with a large barbecue and more than 5 000 Moose members expected to attend.
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Malcolm R. Giles
Loyal Order of Moose
Moosehart
Ilnois
Harry Flood Byrd
Harrisonburg
Virginia
Mr. Giles
Moose
Somerset County
Maryland
America
Shrine
Knights of Pythias
Odd Fellows, Elks
The
American Legion
Byrd
U S Welcomes Security Council Meeting Tomorrow
The United States invites a Security Council session to rebut Russian charges of germ warfare in Korea. Erzest A Gross, acting head of the U S delegation, says the U S will expose what it calls propaganda and falsehoods.
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United Nations
N. Y
United States
Security Council
Russia
U. S
U.N
Korea
Ernest A. Gross
Jacob A. Malik
Malik
Council
U. N
Geneva
Swedish fighters join search planes after Baltic strike
Sweden, furious over the shooting down of a Swedish flying boat by Soviet MiG-15s, sent jet escorts with orders to shoot if attacked. Seven crew members from the downed DC-3 were rescued, six returned to Stockholm for inquiry, one wounded in hospital. Public protests demanded swift punishment of Russia.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Baltic Sea
Hangoe
Finland
Stalin
Constatine Rodinov
Four POW Pens Emptied of 22 500 Communists Today
Koje Island reports four large prisoner of war pens emptied of about 22 500 Chinese and North Korean POWs. About 11 000 North Koreans remain briefly in compounds while searches are conducted. Chinese and North Korean groups dispersed to smaller units as Brig. Gen. Haydon L. Boatner tightens control. Some Chinese prisoners applauded and presented a miniature tank made from ration cans.
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Koje Island
Haydon L. Boatner
Kose
Boatner
Cheju
South Korea
Boamer
Koje
Growth of Some Crops Retarded By Lack of Rain
Virginia crops suffer from drought as corn improves under heat while pastures decline and tobacco growth slows. Dry weather delays potato digging and barley and oats harvests begin, with wheat harvests expected to spread this week. Early truck crops are in poor condition across the state. Rain is badly needed in Accomack County to improve diggings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
Federal
Accomack
Two Killed by Car While They Talked On a Street Side
In Virginia Beach a police officer Charles Porteus and Navy chief Richard Montgomery were struck and killed while talking on a street side. Pvt. James Needham of Fort Story, the driver, fled the scene then was stopped after a witness halted him.
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Virginia Beach
Navy
Charles E. Porteus
Princess Anne County
Richard Montgomery
Portsmouth
Mobile
Ala
Norfolk
Atlantic Reserve Fleet
James W. Needham
Fort Story
Needham
Atomic Engine Plans For Supercarrier Reported Perfected
The Daily News reports designs for an atomic engine to power a 60 000 ton Forrestal class supercarrier at 50 knots have been perfected. The Navy aims to lay down the ship in fiscal 1954 and start building late 1953 or early 1954, with fuel from a plutonium core enabling extended at sea operations.
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New York
Daily News
Navy
Washington Dispatch
the News
Jerry Greene
Congress
Police Court records list traffic and animal fines
Herbert Lee Willis 23 of Ste phenson fined 1925 for speeding. Frank H Haymaker Jr 206 Dodge Ave fined 10.25 for allowing an unauthorized person to operate his vehicle. Austin E Dyke 23 Brucetown fined 104.25 and 30 days suspended for DUI. W D McKean 251 Millwood Ave fined 5.25 for unlicensed male dog. Dorothy Curry 436 Haddox Row fined 5.25 for unlicensed male dog. Sarah Ford 418 N Kent St Helen Newlin 307 Highland Ave fined 5.25 for unlicensed unsexed female dog. Richard D Green 37 W Clifford St fined 9.75 and 30 days in jail for drunk and dis orderly and destroying property. Roy L McKee 307 S Cameron St fined 9.25 for no city auto tag. Charles W Fisher 28 Grimes fined 10.25 for drunk. Harry Mathew Williams 24 colored fined 31.25 and 90 days suspended jail for assault and battery on Ann Williams. Alfred F Anderson city fined 9.25 for no city auto tag.
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Herbert Lee Willis
Stephenson
Frank H. Haymaker, Jr
Dodge Avenue
Austin E. Dyke
Brucetown
W. D. McKean
Millwood Avenue
Dorthy Curry
Haddox Row
Sarah Ford
N. Kent Street
Helen Newlin
Highland Avenue
Richard D. Green
W. Clifford Street
Roy L. McKee
S. Cameron St
Charles W. Fisher
Grimes
Harry Mathew Williams
Ann Williams
Alfred F. Anderson
Baltic populations claim 25 percent in slave labor
Baltic representatives in Bonn charged that 1,500,000 people from the three captive Baltic states have been sent into slave labor by Russia.
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Bonn
Germany
Alabama rallies to curb reckless driving during 14 county push
Gov Gordon Persons leads a nationwide style crackdown in Alabama with siren patrols and expanded force. He adds 50 highway patrolmen and directs liquor agents and inspectors to arrest violators on the roads. In a two day burst 557 speeding tickets were issued as part of the murder scare campaign.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Gordon Persons
Highway Patrol
Public Service Commission
Persons
Largest Non Rig Airship Reaches Lakehurst N J
The ZPN world's largest non rigid airship landed at Naval Air Station Lakehurst New Jersey after foggy approach. Built in Akron Ohio the ship left its plant last night and is 24 feet long 35 feet high with a gondola for engines and crew. Navy spokesmen call it superior to the K type used in World War II for submarine hunting.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Naval Air Station
Goodyear Aircraft Co
Akron
Ohio
Navy
Church of the Brethren Conference Opens
The Church of the Brethren opens its annual conference in Richmond with a push for equal rights for women in the ministry. A Colorado District petition asks that women gain full clerical rights, as women ministers now lack authority to administer baptisms or marriages.
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Richmond
Church of the Brethren
District Conference of
Colorado
Roanoke Sailor Sent to Prison for Murder
A 17-year-old Roanoke sailor, James David Higgs, received a 35-year sentence after a Circuit Court jury found him guilty of second degree murder in the Christmas night shooting death of Marine Private Clyde James Shapley, 19, at Attalla. Higgs had changed his plea from innocent to guilty at trial start under a deal to reduce the charge from first degree murder.
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Gadsden
Ala
Roanoke
James David Higes
Clyde James Shapley
Attalla
Higgs Nad
Boston Writer Praises Winchester in Strolling Series
Boston Globe correspondent Willard de Lue reports from Winchester in a Shenandoah Valley travel series titled Strolling Through the South with Willard de Lue. The May pieces describe orchards, the town’s early history, streets, and a pillared courthouse, with a Boston reader drawn to visit.
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Boston
Winchester
Willard de Lue
Boston Globe
Shenandoah
Valley of the
de Luc
Washington
Senate panel pushes faster buildup of U S air power
The Senate Preparedness subcommittee urged a quicker expansion of U S air power citing Joint Chiefs testimony. Led by Sen Lyndon Johnson the panel pressed to halt production slowdowns to reach 443 wings soon and counter Russian air superiority. It warned that delaying would lower defenses to unsafe levels and invite disaster following the Truman stretch out decision.
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Washington
Senate
U. S
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Lyndon Johnson
D-Tex
Truman
Nelson and Rush to Judge Miss Western Maryland
Marty A. Nelson and Richard B. Rush, assistants in publicity for the 1952 Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival, are invited to Cumberland to judge the Miss Western Maryland contest. They will drive there Friday afternoon for the 8 30 p m event in Cumberland.
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Marty A. Nelson
Richard B. Rush
Department of Publicity and Promotion
Shenandoah
Cumberland
William Guthrie Dies in Albuquerque New Mexico
William Guthrie of Albuquerque New Mexico a former Winchester resident died at a Veterans Hospital in Albuquerque yesterday from a heart attack. He was a retired policeman who moved to Albuquerque with his family five years ago from Philadelphia Survivors include his widow one son William Guthrie Jr of Los Angeles a daughter Mrs G Don Gray Jr of Albuquerque and three grandchildren Diana Donna Gray and Stephen Guthrie Funeral services and burial will be held on Thursday in Albuquerque.
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William Guthrie
Albuquerque
N .M
Winchester
Guthrie
Philadelphia
William Guthrie, Jr
Los Angeles
Calif
G. Don Gray, Jr
Diana
U N Envoys Walk Out on Reds at Korean Talks
U N truce negotiators again left the room in Munsan Korea as the senior Red delegate spoke. Maj Gen William K Harrison announced they would not return for three days and that liaison officers remain available for necessary meetings. Brig Gen William P Nuckols said Reds mocked as Harrison left, while urging them to consider the UN proposal on prisoner exchange.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Red
Nam II
William K. Harrison
William P. Nuckols
U. N
Harrison
Reds
How's Your I. Q. Answers Quiz Page Four
Correct answers printed on page four list items from a trivia quiz. It names answers for ten questions including the Treasury Department, Tiberius, Puerto Rico, Carpenter, fifteen pairs, Mount Vesuvius, California, Samuel F B Morse, Rome, and the phrase We discussed the subject.
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Treasury Department
Tiberius
Puerto Rico
Carpenter
Mt. Vesuvius
California
Samuel F. B. Morse
Rome
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M. B
Carrie J. Smith
Jones Funeral Home
Honor Sen. Byrd
U.S
John W. Rosenberger & CO. Quality Building Supplies
South Braddock St
the Order
Gover
By Gustav Svensson
Pat Sez
Ferguso
N. Cameron St
Clut
S. Loudoun St. Winchester
Alabama Spurs
Rex Thom
N.J
Church of Brethren
Roanoke Sailor
Boston Writer
Nelson
Rush
Miss Western Maryland
New Mexico
McCormick-Deering
C. J. Brumback & Sons
W. Baker
ESSO
Valley Ave
Willow Lawn Farm Market
Kiwanis
I. Q
Wedislan
Ittsburgd Es
Pittsburgh
Heatwoll Motor CO
N. Braddeck
Frederick Motors
Martinsburg Pike
Valuatte
Permiens Aa
Bungslow
Plantrie Etecticas
Mearl Putnam
Byron Breumbrock
County Court House
Snt
Jos. Ramey
Route 277
W.F
John P. Allen
Rosa Ramey
Artrip
Bly
BPS
John Stuart & CO
Clearbrook, Va
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