Taft Attacks Dewey Backers in Eisenhower Campaign Charge
Sen. Robert A. Taft charged the Dewey organization now runs Eisenhower's GOP presidential campaign. He warned that if Eisenhower is nominated, a Dewey style campaign could cost him the November election. Taft also criticized Gallup polls as propagandist and urged the party to uphold conservative principles.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ohio
Eisenhower
Taft
Dewey
Gallup
Catheot Lodge
Massachusetts
Wendell Wilkie
GOP
Truman
Republican Party
Prison Riot Quelled at Kentucky State Prison
Troopers and state police rushed to Eddyville Kentucky to quell a prison uprising at the maximum security facility. Two guards were seized but released later and one guard Henry Darnell was injured. The warden said the trouble had brewed for four months and that hardened inmates were involved.
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Eddyville
Kentucky
Henry Darnell
Ellis Morris
Jess Buchanan
Buchanan
Lawrence Wetherby
Luther Goheen
Guthrie Crowe
Eisenhower to establish Chicago campaign headquarters
Sen. Henry Cabott Lodge announced Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower will move to Chicago next week to set up Republican presidential campaign headquarters and meet delegates at the national convention. Lodge, Eisenhower’s campaign manager, noted the shift aims to reach delegates who could not meet him at home and said details would be released by the Chicago office.
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Henry Cabott Lodge
R-Mass
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Chicago
Lodge
Eisenhower
Massachusetts
Associated Press
GOP
Taft
Nomi
Get Out the Vote Committee Names Adams as Chairman
Cecil Adams of the Winchester Lions Club was named chairman of the Winchester-Frederick County Get-Out-the-Vote Committee at a Lions Den meeting. The nonpartisan group includes civic clubs from Winchester and Frederick County to encourage voting in July and November elections and will coordinate transportation to polls.
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Cecil Adams
Winchester Lions Club
Citizenship and Patriotic Committee
Winchester-Frederick County
Lions’ den
Loudoun Street
Winchester
Frederick County
Joseph A. Hotinger
Kiwanis, Club
Robert S. Barbour
Junior Chamber of Commerce
J. Kenneth Robinson
Rotary Club
Marjorie Davies
W. W. Beattie
Women's Civic League
William M. Battaile
The
Chamber of Commerce
Robert L Pizzano
Lions Club
Beattie
Barbour
Battaile
Hotinger
George Washington Hotel
Chamber
Clearbrook Fire Company
Stephens City Lions
Army Says Delivery On Some Equipment Is Halted by Strike
The Army reports the steel strike halting delivery of some equipment and stopping production of various materiel. GM 2 1 2 ton trucks halted June 20, Chrysler 3 4 ton trucks June 23, Willys jeeps stopping today, Cadillac T 41 tank slated June 30, Federal 10 ton trucks July 1, and Allison GM combat vehicle transmissions. Reo Motors to continue 2 1 2 ton trucks until July 10.
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Washington
Army
General Motors
Chrysler
Jeeps Oy
Willys Overland
Studebaker
Cadillac
Federal Motor Trucks Company
Allison General Motors
Reo Motors
Mail ballot arrangements phone number listed
Will you be away Tuesday July 15 election day and want to vote by mail? Call Winchester 4256 between 9 am and 5 pm today to arrange a mail ballot. Bake sale Friday morning June 27 at Singer Sewing Machine Store. benefit for Student Fund.
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Winchester
Singer Sewing Machine Store
Student Fund Business & Sreeetoast Women's ‘Hui
Armor-Supported Chinese Troops Driven Off Hill
Allied infantry and armor repelled Chinese troops on a Western Korea hill after a 52 hour fight. Two armored vehicles seen, bunkers and artillery destroyed, airstrikes hit rails and supply areas, 6,925 shell bursts counted as fighting eased Wednesday.
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Seoul
Korea
U. N
Eighth Army
Fifth Air Force
Barber Rodents Give Close Shaves in Hairless Mice Study
In a Philadelphia study, Dr. Theodore Hauschka reports barber mice share habitats with other mice and eat whiskers, leaving companions hairless though healthy. Separate note announces Eagles election of president and trustees scheduled Friday night, June 27.
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New York
Saia
Theodore S&s Hauschka
Institute For Cancer Research and Lankenau Hospital Research Institute
Philadelphia
Journal of Heredity
Hauschka
Steelworkers Wage Loss Tops 253 Million in Strike
Washington report notes the steel strike of about 50 000 workers has cost more than six million tons of steel and may extend another week despite congressional pressure to invoke the Taft Hartley Act. Bethlehem Steel tentative pact looms amid union demand for a union shop and questions of good faith bargaining. House and Senate calls push for a court order to end the stoppage.
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Rowland Evans
Washington
Truman
Congress
House
Senate
White House
Bethlehem Steel
Bethlehem
Halleck
R-Ind
Virginians Expected to See Another Tax Saving This Year
Virginia fiscal authorities say taxpayers likely will get another tax cut as general fund revenues for 1952 reach the Byrd act threshold. Through May 31 the general fund totaled 93.37 million dollars, 5 million higher than 1951, with 105 million needed for an initial saving and 115 million for the full 20 percent in 1952.
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Richmond
Virginia
Old Dominion
General Fund
Henry G. Gilmer
Final House vote looms on lean controls bill
The administration's stripped down wage and price controls bill faces a final House roll call amid fierce debate. Republicans and Southern Democrats chipped away at powers, with debates over wage and price expirations, rent control, and a potential quick extension.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
House
Martin
Massachusetts
Big Washington Water Main Break Hits Hot Day
In Washington on a record hot day, a huge water main burst causing a seven hour drought in Capitol Hill. More than 20 million gallons were wasted as the heat intensified the impact and disrupted daily life. The cause was not immediately known.
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Big Washington
Washington
Capitol Hill
White House
Truman
Steel Strike Nears Week Two With Broad Hardship
The 1952 steel strike enters its 25th day with growing hardship across the nation. Some 650,000 idle steelworkers and 216,320 allied workers have been affected, with auto plants cutting vacations. Canton and Youngstown relief efforts prompt work-off requirements as Canton officials declare a state of emergency near Pittsburgh.
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Philip Murray
Allied Industries
Steelworkers Union
Canton
Youngstown, O
Stark County
Ohio
Chicago Welfare Office
Chicago-Calumet-Gary
Duquesne
Frank Kopriver
Truman
Today's 96 Degrees Ties Record as Heatwave Persists
The Star notes 96 degrees tied the year’s high after rising from 72 overnight. Yesterday’s heat kept people from outdoor recreation, with Willow Lawn Pool hosting 500 bathers and Senseney Park drawn by two girls’ games and Little League. Breathing humidity and strong breezes persist, with forecasts for more heat and no heat-related cases yet reported in Winchester.
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Winchester Star
Ronnie Rush
Dave Warren
Robinson Ice
Warren
Robinson's
Mercury
Star
Capon State Park
Willow Lawn Pool
Senseney Park
Winchester
Joey Maxim
Barry's Drug Store To Open July 15th
Barry's Drug Store will open around July 15 in reconditioned quarters at 20 W Boscawen Street Winchester. Barry a licensed pharmacist has led People's Drug Store here 15 years and resigns July 1. Douglas Ways will succeed him. The new store will focus on physicians prescriptions with hospital supplies drug sundries cosmetics and hours 9 am to 9 pm closed Sundays. The building formerly housed Shawnee Building and Loan A sociation A B Solenberger real estate Solomon's Tailoring Shop and will feature birch fixtures willowy blue walls white ceilings and asphalt tiling. The exterior keeps colonial Williamsburg front with two entrances.
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W. Ford Barry
Barry's
W. Boscawen Street
Barry
People’s Drug Store
People's Chain
Douglas Ways
Martinsburg
W. Va
Boscawen Street
Stewart Bell, Jr
Shawnee Building and Loan Association
A. B. Solenberger Real Estate
Solomon's Tailoring
Solomon
E. C. Stuart
Truman orders armed services to quit recruiting farm workers
President Truman instructed the armed services to stop recruiting farm workers deferred from the draft for essential production. He warned about a six million drop in farm labor over the past four years, alarming the agricultural sector.
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Washington
Truman
Armed Services
Road Contracts Awarded by State Highway Commission
The State Highway Commission announced the award of 17 road construction contracts for 44 miles of secondary roads 65 miles of primary highways and four special design bridges. Contracts total $1 364 491 with bids received June 19.
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Richmond
State Highway Commission
Berryville Dentist Opens Office at 114 West Boscawen Street
Dr. D. Blanton Allen of Berryville announces a new prosthetic dentistry office at 114 W. Boscawen St. The practice will focus on tooth replacement and consultations. Dr. Allen, a 1935 Medical College of Virginia graduate, leads Virginia boards and associations, with Dr. Joseph O. Cain joining for general dentistry.
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Berryville
W. Boscawen St
Allen
University of Richmond
Medical College of Virginia School of Dentistry
University of Michigan
Ohio State University
Columbia University
New York City
Virginia State Board of Dental Examiners
Darden
Virginia State Dental Association
Shenandoah Valley Dental Association
Northern Virginia Dental Study Club
American Dental Association
Omicron Kappa Upsilo
Joseph O. Cain
Charles Town
W. Va
John B McKee
Child Eats Lottery Bond Worth 3500 Kroner
A Danish scientist says his two year old daughter ate a state lottery bond before it drew a prize of 25 000 Kroner. The treasury gains 3500 dollars in value.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Heat Wave Triggers Eleven Deaths In Two Days
A blistering June heat wave across half the nation caused eleven deaths in two days. Cities reported record highs and hundreds treated for heat exhaustion while officials canceled events and warned of further high temperatures across the South and Northeast.
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Associated Press
U. S
Truman
Washington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York City
Upstate
New York
Macon
Augusta
Savannah
Nashville
Chattanooga
Local Guardsmen Depart for Two Weeks Summer Camp
Headquarters and Headquarters Company and Company I of the National Guard leave Saturday for two weeks training at A. P. Hill Military Reservation near Fredericksburg. Sixty five from H and H Company and forty five from Company I join the 29th Division comprising Maryland Pennsylvania West Virginia District of Columbia and Virginia. Captain Roland White commands H and H and Captain James Himmelright commands Company I. Lt Colonel M. B. Clowe, returning after ten years, leads as commander of the 3rd Battalion 116th Infantry with companies in Harrisonburg Staunton Charlottesville and Winchester.
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A. P. Hill Military Reservation
Fredericksburg
O. I
29Th Division
Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
District of Columbia
Virginia
Roland White
James Himmelright
M. B. Clowe
Clowe
116Th Infantry
Harrisonburg
Staunton
Charlottesville
Winchester
Winchester Drive-In Theatre ad and fruit auction notice
An ad promotes Winchester Drive-In Theatre values and lists a Brown property sale for Saturday June 28 at 11 am. It advertises sour cherries at 80 cents per gallon and mentions Robinson Cold Storage and two local orchards with June 30 picking start.
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Theatre Valley
Robinson
Middle Road
Robinson Orchard
Merriman’s Lane
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