Top Politicians Converge on N H For Stretch Battle
National figures converge on New Hampshire for the final stretch of the primary battle ahead of the March 11 vote. Taft Stassen and Kefauver lead camps with Eisenhower MacArthur Truman also involved. Taft gains in polls while MacArthur hints influence. Kefauver campaign intensifies as Truman contemplates re election.
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New Hampshire
Robert A. Taft
Harold E. Stassen
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Hampshire
Paul Hoffman
Carlson
Kansas
Lodge
Connecticut
Rep
Herter
R-Mass
Taft
Stassen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
Kefauver
Truman
Eisenhower
Gen
MacArthur
Democratic Party
Wisconsin
Burlington
Milwaukee
March Weather Mix Mild Days Snowfall Totals
March has been mild early, with an overnight snow adding to a monthly total near five inches in the city. In Frederick County, accumulations range one to three inches more, while northern and western Virginia saw snow yesterday turning to rain today. Temperatures varied from freezing to 34 degrees, with milder readings expected tonight.
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Winches
Frederick County
Virginia
Associated Press
Front Royal
Pulaski
Chincoteague
State Highway Department
Fairfax-Leesburg
Highland
Alleghany
Bath Counties
Chance Pinay Seeks New French Cabinet Amid Political Crisis
Paris France Antoine Pinay 60 conservative signals he may form a new middle of the road cabinet to pull France from its political and financial jam. He will consult friends and report to President Auriol with a definite reply. Pinay wants ministers chosen for talent not politics to bolster the franc curb inflation and cut prices.
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Antoine Pinay
Paris
France
Pinay
Vincent Aur
Auriol
Reynaud
Ead
Edgar Faure
Paul Reynaud
Rene Pleven
Independent Republican Party
Piney
Ariel
Henri Queuille
Pea-nay
Sant Chamond
State's Traffic Fatality Toll Mounts to 140
A weekend rash of Virginia highway deaths raises the 1952 toll to 140. Claude Bowen of Duffield and William Speer of Kingsport were killed when their car plunged off Route 52 in Lee County. Walter Taylor of Hopewell and James Bradford of the Norfolk Naval Base died crashing into a bridge on Route 1 near Stafford Courthouse. Other victims include David Sutherland, Andrew Hall, Bill Collins, Grover Cleveland Boyd, Charlie Brown, Benjamin Calhoun, Percy Burrow, Russell Prater River drowning, and a driver killed near Petersburg, with several injuries and a sailor seriously hurt.
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Old Dominion
Claude Randolph Bowen
Duffield
William Fred Speer
Kingsport
Tenn
Hopewell
James Warren Bradford
Norfolk Naval Base
David J. Sutherland
Bee
Dickenson County
Andrew Hall
Splashdam
Bill Collins
Rose Hill
Grover Cleveland Boyd
Ferrum
Charlie Brown
Prince George County
Benjamin Calhoun
Yorktown Naval Depot
Percy Burrow
Stony Creek
Sutherland
Hayal
Hall
Russell Prater
Haysi
J. R. Mullins
Collins
Lee County
Boyd
Franklin County
Brown
Petersburg
Fredericksburg
Calhoun
Burrow
Sussex County
Four Soldiers Survive Gas Fume Car Tragedy Near Camp Lejeune
Pfe Ronald Roebuck 23 of Betterton Ohio drove three fellow servicemen to hospital after carbon monoxide fumes struck their car. Pfc William Burns Detroit Cpl Robert Overcashier Milford Mich Cpl Richard Whitmer Cleveland Ohio were all overcome. Roebuck faded but kept driving to reach care.
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Pfe
Ronald Roebuck
Betterton
Ohio
Roebuck
Pfc
William Burns
Detroit
Robert Overcashier
Milford, Mich
Richard Whitmer
Cleveland
Camp Lejeune
N.C
Sabres Down Two MIG-15s as Reds Bombard Yalu Front
In Korea, American Sabre jets claimed two MIG-15s shot down and five damaged amid a large Red sweep south of the Yalu. Fifth Air Force reported 200 MIGs destroyed in air battles, including dogfights near the Yalu while Allied tanks pressed Communist hill positions near Chorwon.
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Seoul
Korea
Yalu
Ongyang
Manchuria
Chorwon
Retail Merchants Plan Closing Hours in Summer
Winchester Retail Merchants Association will map its 1952 program at a 7 30 p m meeting in the George Washington Hotel. Plans include closing hours for summer months and holidays such as the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival and the Bicentennial, plus Christmas shopping. Other agenda items cover Winchester Days sales, Christmas promotion with parade, expanding trade territories, and appointing committees. A 22 minute Technicolor Shenandoah Valley film Daughter of the Stars will be shown if time permits.
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Winchester Retail Merchants Association
George Washington Hotel
James R. Wilkins
Winchester Days
Shenandoah Valley
Virginia Travel Council
Winchester - Frederick
Supreme Court Dismisses Challenge to New Jersey Bible Reading Law
The Supreme Court dismissed an attack on a New Jersey law mandating daily Bible reading in public schools. The ruling ends legal challenges to the policy amid debates over church state separation and student rights.
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Washington
Supreme Court Today
New Jersey
Senate OKs mandatory jail term for bootlegging
Richmond AP reports the Senate approved by 20 to 16 a bill making bootlegging conviction carry a mandatory jail sentence. The action tightens penalties with a clear punitive stance amid ongoing crime debates.
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Richmond
Senate
X-ray merry-go-round fights cancer at conference
An experimental rotating chair using a two million volt X-ray beam has treated 286 patients at the Sec ond National Cancer Conference. Since treatment, 157 show no signs of cancer, with 1 and 2 year clearings. 47 died, 19 with spread, 12 with persistent disease, and 46 remain under care.
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Cincinnati
John G Trump and
Sutton threatens to reveal names of weekend party attendees
Rep. Sutton says he will expose the names of high Pentagon brass and their companions who attended weekend parties at the A. P. Hill Lodge if requested by Congress or General Brooks. Brooks denies overnight stays at the post while Col. Raymond notes the lodge is an officers club used monthly for dances and not for sleeping quarters.
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Richmond
Sutton
D-Tenn
Richmond News Leader
Pentagon
A. P. Hill
Congressional
Branch
Congress
Edward H. Brooks
Brooks
Bowling Green
A. P. Hill Post
News Leader Today
House
Senate
Congressional Committee
General Brooks
Col
Julian E. Raymond
Raymond
Firemen Plan 50th Cumberland Valley Convention
Plans advance for the Cumberland Valley Firemen's Association 50th anniversary convention to be held in Winchester August 21 to 23 at the George Washington Hotel. A July yard party funds the event as officers and a parade prize schedule are finalized.
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Cumberland Valley Firemen's Association
Winchester Firemen’s
George Washington
E. W. Argenbright
Association
Winchester
Argenbright
Bernard Groves
John Boyd
Frank Loy
Elwood Mason
Harry A. Nelson
Seattle Named 12th Team In NIT Field
Seattle University, a noted Pacific Coast basketball power, earned a National Invitation Tournament berth as the 12th team. The NIT opens with a tripleheader at Madison Square Garden on March 8.
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New York
Seattle University
Pacific Coast
Madison Square Garden
Reds concede UN can reject Soviet as truce observer
In Munsan Korea Communist negotiators charged the United Nations with lying and stalling while acknowledging the UN may reject Russia as a neutral armistice inspector. Col Chang Chun San and Maj Gen Lee Sang Cho led a tense session as Don Darrow and Adm Libby pressed for a workable two neutral nation plan. Washington sources say Russia may push to derail talks, while the U.N. insists no lies are involved and seeks a clear supervisory framework.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations Command
U.N
Russia
Chang Chun San
R. E. Libby
Lee Sang Cho
Libby
Don Darrow
Reds
U. N
Darrow
Chang
Soviet Union
Washington
U. S
Lee
American ballet dancer among 37 killed in crash
A Air France four engine airliner crashed near Nice killing 37 including Brooklyn born dancer Joan Harriet Katzman known as Harriet Toby and two French actresses Lise Toart and Michele Verly. One survivor in critical condition. Plane had just left Nice airport.
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Nice
France
Air France
Riviera
Mediterranean
Paris
Joan Harriet Katzman
Harriet Toby
Marquis de Cuevas
Cannes
Lise Toart
Michele Verly
Italy
Millionaire Victim Details Brazen Burglary Loot
Laverne V. Redfield says burglars plundered his Reno safe of 2.5 million dollars including 300 thousand in large old bills and two ten thousand dollar notes. The haul also contained negotiable securities and distinctive jewelry. Redfield defended, fought a robber, was hospitalized. Police received many tips and found prints and clues at the home.
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Reno
Laverne V. Redfield
Redfield
Edward Stone Dies After Long Illness
Edward E. Stone died yesterday evening at 7 30 at 319 Fairmont Ave after a long illness. Born in Shenandoah County on September 25 1469 he was a son of the late Dr. Robert Winn Stone and Elizabeth Erb Stone. He is survived by cousins Mr and Mrs Frank Wissler of Mount Jackson. The body will rest at Kurtz Funeral Home 218 Loudoun St until 2 pm tomorrow then proceed to Christ Episcopal Church for 4 pm funeral services. Burial will be in Mount Hebron Cemetery family lot.
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Edward E
Ed) Stone
Fairmont Ave
Shenandoah County
Robert Winn Stone
Elizabeth Erb Stone
Frank Wissler
Mount Jackson
Kurtz
Loudoun St
Christ Episcopal Church
William H. Hanckel
Mount Hebtog
Court upholds Feinberg anti Communist Teacher Law
The Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 to uphold New York’s Feinberg law aimed at barring subversive individuals from state schools. It requires listing subversive organizations and disqualifies members from state teaching posts, though no teacher has been fired under the statute yet.
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Washington
Supreme Court
New York
Minton
Douglas
Black
Frankfurter
Vinson
Reed, Jackson
Burton and Clark
Feinberg
State Board of Regents
Communist Party
Board of Regents
Injured Captain Directs Battered Ship Toward Port
Captain William R Thomas of the 7100 ton Rachel Jackson directs the freighter toward New York after a storm damaged its bridge and steering. He governs from bed while passengers aboard the vessel and 37 crew members remain uninjured. The Mendota escorts the ship 350 miles southeast of New York as the crew contemplates a European coal cargo voyage from Norfolk.
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New York
Rachel Jackson
Coast Guard
Mendota
William R. Thomas
Norfolk
Europe
Elizabeth May Be Expecting Hinted by London Newspapers
Two London papers suggest Queen Elizabeth II may be expecting a third child. They hint a royal birth could delay the coronation until summer 1953, while avoiding direct confirmation.
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London
Elizabeth II
Sunday Pictorial
Sunday
Senate panel kills Page poll tax repeal in 1952 session
In Richmond the Senate Privileges and Elections Committee halted the Page poll tax repeal resolution passed by the House. Senators Breeden and Baldwin also saw their Senate poll tax measures defeated. only Senator Fitzpatrick supported both. The vote effectively ends repeal efforts this session as the measure would require two sessions and a referendum. The Assembly enters its final week in 1952.
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Richmond
Senate Privileges and Elections Committee
House of Delegates
Senate
Breeden and
Baldwin
Norfolk
Virginia General Assembly
Earl A. Fitzpatrick
Roanoke
Robert C. Vaden
A. E. Stephens
Isle of Wight
Stephens
Fitzpatrick
House
Walter Page
Assembly
McCue Attacks SCC on Senate Floor in Virginia
Senator E. O. McCue Jr. of Charlottesville blasted the State Corporation Commission and AT T in a Virginia Senate floor speech. He urged a measure expanding SCC power over telephone companies and introduced a joint resolution condemning the SCC for approving a 13.6 percent financing charge on a 900000 dollar preferred stock issue, arguing it harmed public confidence.
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Richmond
McCue, Jr
Charlottesville
State Corporation Commission
Virginia Telephone and Telegraph Company
Senate
SCC
House
McCue
AT & T
General Assembly
Flat License Fee Approved For Private Cars
Richmond AP report notes House Roads Committee passes Baldwin Senate Bill to set a flat $10 license fee for private passenger car operators, replacing the current 30 cent per hundred weight rate. The measure aims to simplify licensing by fixing a single charge.
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Richmond
House Roads Committee
Baldwin Senate
Archibald Alexander resigns as Undersecretary of the Army
Archibald Alexander announces resignation effective April 18 to run for U S Senate as a Democrat from New Jersey. Closing notice: office closed for death in the family until Tuesday March 6. End Drum and Bugle Corps to fit uniforms March 4. South End Fi notes meeting at Company Hall on March 4 and 8 p.m. District updates include Monc and Lot F discussions.
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Senate
Washington
Archibald Alexander
U. S
Jersey
Bryan Stotler
T! End
South End
Monc
Lot
Harry
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