The Korean War Front at the 38th Parallel
A field scene near the 38th Parallel shows barbed wire and sand bagged positions along the corridor near Seoul and Chorwon. Allied trucks move dusty roads while green hills frame a war torn landscape with derelict trucks and a river crossing the front line.
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38Th Parallel
Western Front
Korea
Seoul-Uijongbu-Chorwon
South Korea
North Korea
First Cavalry Division
Estate and household sale notices near Clearbrook
June 30 sales listed for Eva Sargent two miles north of Clear Brook on Route 11 near Rest Church offering tools furniture and household goods. Also June 30 at 11 a.m. James P. Trustee auction in front of Frederick County Court House real estate 144 miles north of Clearbrook.
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Eva Sargent
Clearbrook
Rt. 11
Rest Church
James P
Prederick County Court House
Daily Worker Plans Page Cut and Price Increase
The Daily Worker, under financial stress, plans to shrink its daily edition from 12 to eight pages and raise the price from five to ten cents. The Communist Party newspaper calls on readers to form groups to boost circulation and invites public-spirited citizens to help preserve free expression amid alleged advertiser intimidation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Daily Worker
Appf
Communist Party
Worker
Why salts have additives says federal agency
A reader asks why table salt contains chemicals. J. V. A answers per the U S Food and Drug Administration that calcium carbonate is used to prevent caking potassium iodide prevents endemic goiter and hyposulfite of soda stabilizes potassium iodide.
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U. S. Food and Drug Administration
UN Meetings To Be Held At Flushing Meadow World’s Fair Building
The UN sessions will relocate from Lake Quneen to the Conference Area at the permanent New York City headquarters. Meetings will be conducted in Flushing Meadow inside the World’s Fair Building as the move progresses and the Conference Area nears completion.
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Lake Quneen
New York City
What animal is the most intelligent
The text notes no conclusive evidence but suggests chimpanzees rank first after years of observation and tests.
Three Virginians drown at Chesterfield swimming party
AP report recalls two 19-year-old Richmond roommates Willie Bankenship and Ewell Horning drowning at Hancock's Quarry on Route 340 while 19-year-old William Marrs swam to safety after a failed rescue. A fourth man, Lindsay Sprouse, 49, of Louisa, drowned in the South Anna River after signaling others to follow him into the water.
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Richmond
Chesterfield County
Willie C. Bankenship
Ewell Horning
William Marrs
Marrs
Horning
Hancock's
U. S. Route 340
Bankenship
Blankenship
Lindsay Cecil Sprouse
Louisa
South Anna River
J. C. Eckard
J. F. Bickers
Sprouse
Stern
Virginia's 1951 Traffic Toll Tops 400
Virginia's 1951 traffic fatality toll has surpassed 400 with less than half the year gone. Nine deaths over the weekend include four in a single crash near Williamsburg, lifting the year’s toll to 407. Names include eng Robinson of Newport News and John Arthur Rowe of Newbern among others.
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Virginia
Williamsburg
Eng Robinson
Newport
John Arthur Rowe
Newce News
David Honeycutt
Trie News
Harry Justice Wiltshire
Route 2
Covington
Lane Murray Fish
Martinsville
Claude Nathan Hall
Claudville
Loydmired Garett
Gala
Botetourt County
Winston-Salem
N. C
Hall
Stuart Hospital
Car Crash Victims Die In Separate Virginia Collisions
A man died after a vehicle struck a bridge abutment on State Route 645 about ten miles west of Stuart in Patrick County. Garett died Saturday from injuries suffered when his car left State Route 66 near its intersection with alternate U.S. Route 58 in Russell County. The Witherspoon girl died Saturday from injuries after being struck by a car in Hampton the prior Monday.
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Stuart
Patrick County
Garett
Russell County
Witherspoon
Hampton
Good Chance of 20 Percent Tax Cut Depends on Revenue
Richmond AP reports hope for a 20 percent automatic state income tax cut next December if General Fund revenues exceed 105 million. Byrd plan grants 10, 15, or 20 percent reductions as funds rise above thresholds. Governors will proclaim the cut in August. Local revenue notes and official estimates push optimism toward the higher ceiling, around 106.4 million.
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Richmond
General Assembly
Battle
Virginia professionals favor wage and price controls if effective
A Virginia poll of business and professional men shows a majority favor continuation of wage and price controls if administered effectively. Dr. William H. Stauffer notes 72 percent support with 28 percent opposed, while some supporters are unhappy with the administration and willing to abandon the Defense Production Act of 1950.
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Richmond
Virginia
William H. Stauffer
State Chamber of Commerce
Rene Oe
Stock Car Driver Fatally Injured in Richmond Race
The first fatality in stock car racing history was recorded in Richmond after a Saturday night crash. Details remain sparse, but officials confirmed a driver died as a result of injuries sustained during the event.
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Richmond
Henry Wisecarver Dies at 86 in Keyser Hospital
Henry William Wisecarver 86, a well known blind resident, died Saturday at 8 PM in Keyser Hospital while visiting his daughter Blanche Noonan at 118S Cameron St. He was born November 21 1864 on Paddy Pond Estate Frederick County, son of the late Henry William Wisecarver Sr and Mary Margaret Mowery. Survived by Mrs Noonan and two sons, Clark Church, with interment in Mt Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers named: James Hershberg, Russell Carpenter, Carl Lewis, Jack Swanson, Joe M. Carpenter, Miller.
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Henry William Wisecarver
Blanche Noonan
Cameron
States
Mary Margaret Mowery
Frederick County
Noonan
Clark Church
Mt. Hebron
James Hershberge
Russell H. Carpenter
Carl Lewis
Jack Swanson
Joe M. Carpenter
Miller
Dropo Optioned by Red Sox to Pacific Coast League
Big Walt Dropo, former Red Sox slugging first baseman, was optioned today to San Diego of the Pacific Coast League on a 24 hour recall. An American League sensation as a rookie, he struggled this year with a sophomore slump and a weakness for certain pitches.
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Boston
Big Walt Dropo
Boston Red Sox
San Diego
Dropo
How's Your I Q Quiz Answers
Answers to page four quiz: 1 Eddie Arcaro 2 James Boswell 3 Abraham Lincoln 4 Politburo 5 William Penn George Washington University 7 A corpse 8 Rural Electrification Administration 9 A cheating 10 He did not respond because he did not hear from you
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Eddie Arcaro
James Boswell
Abraham Lincoln
Politburo
William Penn
George Washington Univer
Rural Electrification Administration
Norfolk racer Joe Jernigan dies after Royall Speedway crash
Joe Jernigan a 36 year old Norfolk racer died after a crash at Royall Speedway Chesterfield County. His car hit slick track conditions on the eighth lap of a heat and overturned drawing three other cars that could not avoid him. He was rushed to a local hospital and pronounced dead on arrival. Jernigan had raced about five years and previously rode motorcycles roadster and modified stock cars.
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Chesterfield County
Joe Jernigan
Norfolk
Leee
Jernigan
Telephone contract talks resumed in Virginia
Negotiations resumed today between the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co and the Communications Workers of America CIO for about 6000 Virginia telephone workers. Both sides reported progress but avoided predicting a settlement date.
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Richmond
Virginia
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Communications Workery of America, Cio
Mrs Anna Ritter Burial in Greenwood Cemetery
Funeral services for Mrs. Anna H. Ritter widow of James Ritter of Frederick County were held yesterday at 2 p m at Kurtz Funeral Home. The Rev Edgar G Hill officiated with interment in Greenwood Cemetery east of the city. Survivors include four daughters Mrs Lillian Harmon of Arnaton Mrs Bernard Young of Eton Mrs Emory E Simmons of Mount Solon and Mrs Ruth Robertson of Bellaire Ohio and eight grandchildren.
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Anna H. Ritter
James Ritter
Frederick County
Bellaire
Ohio
Kurtz Funeral Home
Edgar G. Hill
Market Street Methodist Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Lillian Harmon
Arnaeton
Bernard Young
Eton
Emory E. Simmons
Mount Solon
Ruth Robertson
Extreme 2 and Metallic 44 headline not fully clear
The note lists terms Extreme 2 Metallic 44 Venture 1 Peril 2 and other words such as Poker stake pa ATH 37 Armadillo 39 Coming 40 Tablet without a cohesive narrative or identifiable events or names.
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Armadillo
Coming
Tablet
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Seoul-Chorwon
Call Jones
Haskin
Winchester Star Information Bureau
N. W
Washington
D. C
Ted States
England
Boony
Congress
Morgan Designs
Morgan Cotatog
John W. Rosenberger & CO
Braddock
Phone
Manchuria
N. Korea
Oldary
88Th Parallel
Manchurian
West Va
Beyond Va
Winchester Evening Star
Virginia News
The
Associated Press
Shappin, Turtle
In Deed CO
N. Cameron
Ferguson Tractored Son
N. Cameron &T
Henry Wisecarver
I. Q
Pikere
Pusey Lions
Ta AE Tao
Winchester
Anna Ritter
Sunaina Glaize
BRO
N. Cameron St
Chapman
Motor: Co
Mercury
Frederick Motors
Martinsburg Pike
Drum C. Lt. Brumback & Sons
Heatwolk Motor CO
N. Braddock St
Connell
Braddack St
Martinsburg Auction House
West King Street
Cushman
Potomac River
Trees Farm
C. $. Cookus
Gus
Martinsburg
Daily Crossword
Young He
Bay
Venture
ATH
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