Attlee accuses U S of imperiling Korean peace talks
In a Commons debate Clement Attlee condemned the bombing of North Korean power plants as a move that could provoke civilian distress and hinder armistice talks. He urged Britain to have been consulted and warned it could push toward general conflict in the East. Anthony Eden defended allied support while noting no prior consultation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Clement R. Attlee
United States
China
Britain
Attlee
House of Commons
Mark Clark
United Nations
Korea
Anthony Eden
Eden
President Truman vetoes immigration code overhaul bill
President Truman vetoed a bill to overhaul the immigration code calling it immoral and too costly. He noted some provisions he supports but rejected the package as a whole, saying the price is too high and some elements are worse than the infamous Alien Act of 1798.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
82Nd
Congress
House
United States
Firemen Auction At Stonewall School Tonight
Clearbrook Fire Company sponsors an 8 o'clock auction at Stonewall School featuring a Guernsey heifer and items like 1000 feet of clear oak flooring gasoline motor oil farm equipment box bushes and electrical equipment. Firemen and auxiliary prepared all day for the sale and for a country ham supper served from 5 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clearbrook Fire Company
Stonewall School
U S War Casualties Rise in Korea to 110 611
U S battle casualties in Korea reach 110 611, up 640 from last week, marking the largest weekly increase since December 12. Also items note live bait for sale at Branner's Sport Shop in Woscowen and local churchyard party notices with event dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S
Korea
W. Boscawen
Little Mountain Church
Cedar Grove
General Brink Found Fatally Shot in Pentagon Office
Brig. Gen. Francis G. Brink America's top military figure in Indochina was found fatally shot in a third floor Pentagon office. Authorities said it appeared self-inflicted with three chest wounds and a small automatic beside him as he died en route to Walter Reed Hospital. He is survived by wife Florence in Indochina and daughter Mrs. W. W. Wells of Falls Church Virginia.
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Washington
Francis G. Brink
America
Indochina
Pentagon
Brink
Far East
J. Lawton Collins
Army
Walter Reed Hospital
A. Magruder MacDonald
Collins
Florence
W. W. Wells
Falls Church, Va
Four Children Die As Window Falls In New York Tenement
Theresa Cadiz left her three infants with a 14 year old cousin in a fifth floor New York tenement. Four children fell from the window. 2 year old Socorro Cadiz died. Ramonita 3 Francisco Jr. 1 and the cousin were hospitalized in critical condition. Police say two children rolled from a bed near the sill while the third leaned over and fell with the cousin.
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New York
Theresa Cadiz
Rose Cadiz
Socorro Cadiz
Ramonita
Francisco Jr
Cherries This Week at Dick's Orchard
Local notice from L. O. Dick's Orchard in Clearbrook Virginia listing cherries available this week with pickup options You Pick or We Pick and dated June 24 1921.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherries
Dick's Orchard Clearbrook
Jaycees Set Friday Officers Install at Ladies Buffet
Winchester Junior Chamber of Commerce to install officers at a 6 30 pm York Inn Ladies Night banquet Friday. Speaker is Donald A. Young, Washington DC based newspaperman and Chamber of Commerce publicist. Officers include Jack Ireland president and others. Exhausted Roosters members named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Junior Chamber of Commerce
York Inn
Donald Young
Donald A. Young
National Chamber of Commerce
Washington D. C
Young
Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Jack Ireland
Paul Everly
Ferman Perry
John Knight
Robert
1148 Soviet Built Planes Knocked Out During Korean War
Lt. Gen. Glenn O. Barcus said U S Fifth Air Force pilots destroyed 1146 Russian built planes in Korea over two years. The tally includes 326 Red jets destroyed 59 probably destroyed and 509 damaged. Losses include 676 aircraft forward of the battleline. Units from Australia South Africa Marines and the RO K Air Force contributed. The count excludes B 29s.
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Seoul
Korea
Glenn O. Barcus
U. S
Fifth Air Force
Republic of Korea Air Force
Police Break Up Communist Mob at Tokyo Station
One thousand Japanese police clashed with 2,500 Korean and Japanese Communists at Shinjuku and Tokyo stations in a half hour battle. Rioting in Osaka and Suita City injured police and rioters and led to many arrests as demonstrations marked the Korean War anniversary. An American general was burned and MPs were wounded as U S bases and personnel were placed on alert.
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Tokyo
Shinjuku
Osaka
Japan
Mark Clark
Far East
U. S
Suita City
Carter W. Clarke
Cpl Douglas H Lamp Killed in Korea June 16
Word came to Mr and Mrs Henkel M Lamp of Kernstown that their son Cpl Douglas H Lamp 22 was killed in action in Korea on June 16 He was drafted March 20 1951 and trained at Camp Breckinridge KY He served in Company L 179th Infantry Regiment He is survived by his widow the former Peggy Himelright two sisters and his grandparents
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Henkel M. Lamp
Kernstown
Cpl
Douglas H. Lamp
Korea
Cpl. Lamp
Camp Breckenridge
179Th Infantry Regiment
Peggy Himelright
Michael R. D'Alessio
Baltimore
Lew Lamp
Senseng Road
Jerry Shade
Martinsburg
W. Va
President Rhee narrowly escapes assassination in Korea
President Syngman Rhee faced an assassination attempt in Pusan as a would-be killer from the Corps of Blood Justice fired at him during a public address. The pistol misfired and the assailant was seized. Rhee resumed his speech as diplomats and officials watched.
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Pusan
Korea
Syngman Rhee
Rhee
U. S
John Muccio
Herbert Harmon
Hempstead
N. Y
F. William Ig
Honolulu
Harmon
Tench
Ryu Shi Tae
Corps of Blood Justice
Taegu
National Railways
United Nations
Ryu
Muccio
China
Kim Woo Bong
North Korea
National Assembly
South Korea
New Market Fears Wholesale Speeding Arrests
New Market residents voiced concern at a Chamber of Commerce meeting over what they call wholesale arrests of out of state motorists for speeding. William MacWilliams cited that 90 percent of arrests were non Virginia drivers and New Market accounted for about half of court cases this year. Trooper Carwile urged more traffic signs and blinker lights, while A A A official George Hammond recommended warnings for minor offenses.
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New Market
Shenandoah County
Chamber of Commerce
William MacWilliams
MacWilliams
Woodstock
John W. Goode
George Hammond
Washington
American Automobile Association
Kenneth Hyde
Shenandoah Valley, Inc
A. D. Carwile
UN Top Military Chiefs Dare Reds to Attack
In Seoul Gen Van Fleet declares if Reds launch a new offensive the war could end on barbed wire. Gen Clark says UN forces stand ready, while Gen Barcus notes skies are under UN control and B 29 raids target North Korea and Manchuria power plants. Lovett says emergency bombing of Manchuria bases could be authorized. No renewed front fighting observed in the west.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
James A. van Fleet
Eighth Army
van Fleet
Tokyo
Mark Clark
U. N
Clark
Glenn Barcus
Fifth Air Force
Washington
Defense
Robert Lovett
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Manchuria
U.N
Building Permits Rise in City and County This Year
City and Frederick County issued ten building permits recently totaling 47 500, lifting year to date permits to 766 550, ahead of 1951 and 1952 county and city totals. City permits include Shenandoah Valley Bank addition valued at 20 000 and gas tank work at a Texaco station worth 500, with June totaling 67 400.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Shenandoah Valley Bank
C. M. Lockhart
S. Kent St
Senseny Road
Shawnee
Jack Lockhart
Berryville Road
Frank Swimley, Jr
Brucetown
Stonewall
E. D. Murphy
Dodge St
Brown St
Edwin L. Mason
Berryville
Lockhart Division
Lebar Silvius
Robert L. Miller
Middletown
Mine Bank Road
Opequon
City of
P. W. Boyd
W. Boscawen St
Will Richards
Loudoun St
Texaco
Orville Bloom
Community notices from June include sales and meetings
Quota Club rummage sale on Friday June 27 from 7 to 9 p m at 18 South Loudoun Street. Handley Council No 634 U C T meets at Lions Shelter City Park 8 p m Friday June 27. Bake sale Friday morning June 27 Singer Sewing Machine Store benefit Student Fund. Sidewalk Cafe Luncheon Episcopal Parish Hall Boscawen Street Friday June 27 12 19 2 p m Price 65 cents.
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South Loudoun
Handley Council No
Lions Shelter
City Park
J. R. Brandon
Secy
Singer Sewing Machine Store
Student Fund
Business & Professional Women's Club
Episcopal Parish Hall
Boscawen Street
Harrison to Deliver July Fourth Address at Winchester Celebration
Burr P. Harrison Seventh District congressman will deliver the Fourth of July address at the Winchester bicentennial celebration following a barbecue. Joseph A. Massie Jr., chairman of the Independence Day program, announced the plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burr P. Harrison
Winchester
Harrison
Rouss Park
Massie
Hottest Day Yet 94 Degrees in Winchester Region
The day marks the year’s peak so far in Winchester with a 94F reading. Night temps dipped to 54 with a 72F low last night and no cooler forecast. The five day outlook predicts five to ten degrees above normal across the area. several Virginia locations report 80s and 90s. Attention Eagles: Friday night June 37 nominating elections for president and trustee.
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Winchester
Wincheser Research Laboratory
Associated Press
Virginia
Pulaski
U.S. Weather Bureau
Richmond
Chincoteague
Lynchburg
Gordonsville
Roanoke
Danvide
Norfolk
Washington
National Airport
Quantico
Blackstone
Byrd Field
Congress Aims Taft Hartley Move To Halt Steel Strike
The House and Senate move to embed a Taft Hartley request into a wage price control bill to curb the steel strike. The amendment, supported by Republicans and Southern Democrats, seeks a court order under the Taft Hartley law for 80 days, while administration Democrats oppose direct use. Debate raged as 650,000 CIO workers and 100,000 allied idle workers loom over steel.
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House
Senate
Truman
Washington
Rep. Smith
D-Va
Rep. Brown
Ohio
Rep. Wolcott
R-Mich
Rep
Spence
D-Ky
Congress
CIO
Multer
D-Ny
Cahill Named Lion of the Year at Club Dinner Dance
Howard J. Cahill won the Lion of the Year award at the Lions Club dinner dance at the George Washington Hotel. Robert C. Jasper was installed as president, with Charles Campbell and August Cahill named vice presidents and other officers sworn in. Attendance and service awards honored members for fifteen to twenty years and perfect attendance.
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Howard J. Cahill
Lions Club
George Washington Hotel
Robert C. Jasper
William Battaile
Charles Campbell
August Cahill
J. Thomas Boyd
Merhle Slifer
William Hollis
Dabney Watts
Tall Twister
Carles Dorton
Bernard Groves
Paul Anderson
Earl L. Mason
Cecil Adams
Baker Lover
Howard Shockey
Roy Harper
Fred Ritter
Mr. Cahill
Llewlyn Jackson
John L. Glaize
James Snide
Cahill
Red Cross Blood Donor
Clayton Cochran
Poul Anderson
Edward Startzman
Charles Kabler
Brooks Flickinger
Charles Lanahan
March Re-Elected Exchange Club President
James W. March was re-elected president of the Exchange Club at a bi weekly luncheon at the George Washington Hotel. Officers for the term include Dr. P. T. Grove as vice president Carl Haines as secretary and Robert McNally as treasurer. New board members are John Anderson Harry Carpenter and Garner Edmonds. The meeting featured the Shenandoah Valley produced film Daughter of the Stars.
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James W. March
Exchange Club
George Washingon
P. T. Grove
Carl Haines
Robert McNally
John Anderson
Harry Carpenter
Garner Edmonds
Shenandoah Valley
Ine
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U.S
Laborite
Guernsey
Greenwood Church
Greenwood Road
Lions
Billy Stine
Abner Johnson
Johnson
Little League Baseball
Winchester Sear
Rouss
Loudoun Street
Sarah Zane Fire
Cork Street
Senseny Park
Jaycees
President Rhee
Secret Society
William Jorden
West Va
Beyond Va
Winchester Evening Star
Reds
Stan Carter
Jasper
March
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