State Department files may be opened to senators
Senate aides may review loyalty records next week as part of a probe into charges by Senator McCarthy that Communists work for the State Department. President Truman may allow limited senate access despite past bans, with Acheson defending Hiss and urging restraint amid calls for wider disclosure.
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State Department
Senate Ae Relations Subiv
McCarthy
R-Wis
Truman
Senate Appropriations
Ferguson
R-Mich
Congress
State Acheson
Alger Hiss
Department of
Sheriff Returns Here with Prisoner
Sheriff Robert DeHaven returned from New York with Eugene Maphis of Winchester who is held in the local jail pending trial on a charge relating to a selling fee. Police Chief J. Thomas Boyd of Winchester accompanied DeHaven on the trip.
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Robert DeHaven
New York
Eugene Maphis
Winchester
Maphis
J. Thomas Boyd Aa
de Haven
Miss Nancy Slonaker Excels in National Cherry Pie Contest
Ma Winchester notes 16 year old Handley High School junior Nancy Slonaker competed against bakers from many states. Though not top winner she earned praise for skill and boosted her community as a notable producer of fine cherries. Friends hail her as a first rate cherry pie baker with notable know how.
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Nancy Slonaker
Handley High School
Unemployment Near 600000 Amid Soft Coal Strike
Unemployment nears 600000 as the soft coal strike widens with 200000 furloughed workers joining 372000 United Mine Workers. Soft coal supply drops to 5.6 days. Anthracite diggers on a three day week with talks dragging into week 13 amid protest from strip mine operators in western Pennsylvania.
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United Mine
UMW
Pennsylvania
Negro Is Grabb ed In the Wrong House
An ex serviceman and his father overpowered an 18 year old colored man who entered their home at 1008 S Loudoun St early yesterday morning. The intruder claimed to be Louis Boyden Ranson Junior of Boston saying he entered the wrong house. He was charged with burglary and breaking and entering and held for grand jury action while on conditional release from a federal reformatory.
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S. Loudoun St
Marvin Nichols
John Robert
Nichols
Louis Boyden Ranson, Jr
Albany St
Boston
Rawson
Federal Reformatory
Parliament Opens In Britain
Britain's new parliament opens as Labour seeks to bolster its slim seven vote majority in the 625 member House of Commons. Prime Minister Attlee reshuffles the cabinet to shore up support against a strengthened Conservative opposition led by Winston Churchill.
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London
Britain
Labor Party
Labor
House of Commons
Attlee
Winston Churchill
House of Lords
Labor M. P
Wood for Sale at Oates Lumber Yard
Lumber yard advertises wood for sale with phone contact 6414. Oates Lumber Yard lists address ip-1-28-1 and invites inquiries for available timber and pricing.
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Oates Lumber Yard
Union Maintains Efforts To End Coal Strike In Court
In a contempt trial a union witness says officers sent two back to work orders by UMW President John L. Lewis aimed to resume mining with no reservations. Government argues the 1946 order was clearer and more binding. Judge Keech denied dismissal as miners continue striking despite court order. Owens testifies as union defense continues cross examination.
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Owens
UMW
John L. Lewis
Lewis
H. Graham Morison
Richmond B. Keech
Welly K. Hopkins
Morison
Hopkins
International Union
Reech
Owens_y
Death by Own Action Victim Returned Home
Miley A. Fleenor 28, World War II veteran, died by self strangulation in his Winchester home. Coroner Dr. John Troxell ruled death by own action. body found suspended from clothesline in basement. Neighbors found him after neighbor's search. his wife and child were visiting relatives in Chadbourn NC. Fleenor, a Standard Brands route salesman, was born March 15 1921 in Salem Indiana. His funeral plans include burial in Indiana with body shipped from Omps Funeral Home.
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Miley A. Fleenor
Indiana
John Troxell
Boyd Ave
Holmes M. McFarland
Mr. Fleenor
Standard Brands Inc
That City
Jay Preenor
U. S. Marine Corps
Gundal
First Baptist Church
Omps Funeral
Revenue Estimates Challenged By Delegate Robert Whitehead
In Richmond Delegate Robert Whitehead of Nelson challenged the $598 million budget figures as the House debated the revenue estimates. He urged more funding for health and welfare while Chairman H. H. Adams warned of possible overestimates. The session also covered annexation debates and tax-cut proposals tied to general revenues.
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Richmond
Robert Whitehead
Nelson
House of Delegates
H. H. Adams
House Appropriations Committee
House
Del
Ernest Robertson
Roanoke County
Roanoke
Senate
Virginia Advisory Legislative Council
Assembly
Fenwick
Senate Finance Committee
House Committee On
Virginia Chamber of Commerce
Battle
Byrd-Breeden
James Wood School Nears Completion in Frederick County
James Wood Consolidated High School near completion with 75 percent buildout. Ninety workers, painters next week, plastering mostly done, and asphalt tile floors to be laid. School board to tour next Tuesday before March meeting to review lockers and science lab equipment. Turnover expected mid July if materials arrive on schedule.
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James Wood Consolidated High School
Frederick County
J. M. Saunders
R. E. Ayler
John H. Pence Co
Roanoke
Flowers School Equipment Co
Richmond
Ayler
Saunders
Leopard Dies After Capture at Lincoln Park Zoo
Oklahoma City reports the leopard, after escaping and eluding hunters for 61 hours, crawled back to its den and died. Veterinarian W O Bowerman attributed death to a collapsed lung from exertion and low mood, noting a bait drug did not cause the death and that pneumonia a year earlier may have weakened the animal.
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Oklahoma City
Lincoln Park Zoo
W. O. Bowerman
Bowerman
Mae
Tate
Physician Says Patient Was Dead in Mercy Murder Trial
In Manchester New Hampshire Dr. Albert Snay testified that Mrs Abbie Borreto was dead before Dr Hermann Sander reached her bedside Sander faces a first degree murder charge for allegedly injecting air into her veins on December 4 The defense cited Snays statement to challenge Sander verdicts of life and death to judging life and death may be mistaken in high emotion cases
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Manchester
N. H
Abbie Borreto
Hermann N.sander
Albert Snay
Sander
Snay
Hillsboro County Hospital
Robert E. Biron
Dr. Biron
Shooting Match at Esso Village Sponsored by North Mountain Club
A shooting event at Esso Village located 342 miles south of Winchester on Route 11 features 12 and 16 gauge guns. The North Mountain Baseball Club sponsors the match offering heat and shelter for participants.
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Esso
Winchester
North Mountain Baseball Club
Weather and Orchard Outlook as February Ends in Winchester
February brought 3.03 inches of rain and 28 days of cold in Winchester, ranking as a harsh month with 12 of 15 rain days and no above freezing days for much of the period. The month’s low of 12 degrees on Feb 21 and a max of 40 on Feb 28 capped a cold spell, while March began at 45 degrees. Dr A B Groves notes sap movement but no fruit tree harm. Henry Jenkins reports no damage in Timber Ridge peach orchards, with 10 000 Ambergem trees on high ground set in three plantings and expected good production this year.
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A. B. Groves
Henry Jenkins
National Fruit Product Co
Timber Ridge
Jenkins
National Fruit Orchard
Red Cross Drive Begins in Winchester Virginia
The Red Cross Pond Drive started with no kickoff event as Mayor Clowe proclaims March 1950 Red Cross Month. Campaign Chair Carl Campbell expresses optimism and urges local citizens to donate to support disaster relief blood programs and military service.
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Red Cross
M. B. Clowe
Carl Campbell
American Red Cross
Winchester- Frederick County
American National Red Cross
Miplin B. Clowe JR
Winchester
Virginia
Estate of W C Miller Valued at 86337
The estate of the late W C Miller of Winchester who died last March from injuries in a car pedestrian crash is valued at 86337. Appraisers J S Grant Harry M Copenhaver and Charles H Harper list personal property at 18337 and real estate comprising 16 parcels in city and county at 67835.
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W. C. Miller
Winchester
Wen
J. S. Grant
Harry M. Copenhaver
Charles H. Harper
Mr. Miller
Fuchs Sentenced 14 Years for Atom Secrets to Russia
Klaus Fuchs, the German-born physicist, was sentenced to 14 years in prison at the Old Bailey after pleading guilty to providing top atomic secrets to Soviet Russia over seven years. Lord Goddard condemned his betrayal of Britain and the United States, with witnesses noting his cooperation with authorities.
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London
Klaus Puchs
Atomic Research
Russia
Old Bailey Court
Baron Goddard
United States of America
William J. Skardon
Fuchs
Ee Ee
Court of
United States
Los Alamos, N. M
Air Strike Begins Today Across 34 Cities
A nationwide strike by ground crew and maintenance workers of American Airlines began at 7:30 p.m. EST with picket lines at LaGuardia. The CIO Transport Workers Union says 4,600 workers in 34 cities are affected while talks with the company collapsed last midnight. The union demands a 20 cent hourly wage increase and a job security clause.
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New York
American Airlines
la Guardia Field
CIO Transport Workers Union
TWU
Guards join fight as 66 fires burn coastal plain
National Guardsmen joined today in battling 66 forest fires raging across the coastal plain timberlands. The fiery emergency stretches the resources of the region as crews work to contain the spread and protect communities along the coast.
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Walterboro
8. C
National Guardsmen
Coastal Plain
Murder charge dropped in widow case after accidental shooting ruling
Health's attorney I R Dovel said evidence shows Robert Franklin Parks 38 was shot accidentally. Authorities including Sheriff Brubaker and Sgt Seal conducted tests for days. Mrs. Parks, widow, was jailed four days before a murder warrant was issued and she was released on $10 000 bond.
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Feeley State Police
Robert Franklin Parks
Parks
Dover
Divorce Cases Heard by Judge Elloitt Marshall
Three divorce cases heard by Judge Elloitt Marshall concluded with Margaret W. Nicholson granted absolute divorce from Van C. Nicholson. they wed in 1947. Virginia Vincent Anderson’s board fee from John Edward Anderson, filed in March 1948 for desertion, merged into an absolute decree. Betty Jane Ridgeway Armel granted bed and board divorce from Daniel Armel on cruelty grounds, married August 1944 in Hagerstown.
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Elloitt Marshall
Margaret W. Nicholson
van C. Nicholson
Virginia Vincent Anderson
John Edward Anderson
Betty Jane Ridgeway Armel
Daniel Armel
Hagerstown
Women to Meet Dr John B McKee at luncheon
The Wo men’s League hosts a luncheon at George Washington Hotel at 12 p.m. Friday with Dr John B McKee as guest speaker on socialized medicine. Friends and patrons interested in this vital topic are invited to attend at 1 15 p.m.
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John B. McKee
Women's League van
George Washington Hotel
McKee
Return Engagement of The
Rug shop promotes all types of rugs and carpet underlay from COERRIGAN'S RUG SHOP at 413 E Cork, contact number 7221. The notice hints at a return engagement of a show or performer with unclear details.
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Coerrigan’s
E. Cork
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Puchs
Birmingham
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