Senators Call For Aid Slash In Truman Foreign Plan
Democratic Senators McCarran Nevada and Ellender Louisiana urged cutting from one to two billion dollars from President Truman s seven point nine billion dollar foreign aid fund They question the 90 percent direct military aid and 10 percent economic and technical assistance share noting the Marshall Plan has lifted Europe economy Ellender suspects camouflage in the defense support earmark for Europe McCarran opposes new foreign aid program citing already strong European economies The first action will come from a joint session of four committees including Senate and House Foreign Relations and Armed Services committees.
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Washington
McCarran
Nevada
Ellender
Louisiana
Truman
Senate Appropriations Committee
Congress
Europe
Ais McCarran
State Department
Cognress
Senate
House Foreign Relations and Armed Services Groups
Pinay Forms Cabinet as France Charts European Army
Premier Antoine Pinay formed a cabinet to back Atlantic defenses and advance a European Army plan with German troops. Robert Schuman remains foreign minister, Rene Pleven becomes defense minister, while Pinay also takes finance and premiership amid a fishingly fragile government awaiting National Assembly approval next Tuesday.
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Paris
Antoine Pinay
Atlantic
Robert Schuman
West Europe
Rene Pleven
Georges Budault
National Assembly
Pinay
Finance
France
Assembly
Festival Room Bids Ahead of Apple Blossom Festival
The Chamber of Commerce reports many requests for room reservations for the May 1 and 2 Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival. Secretary Eugene P. Sakers says Bicentennial publicity drives early planning as visitors from Maryland, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Ohio, Florida, New Jersey, New York and South Carolina contact hotels and tourist homes near the city.
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Shenandoah
Chamber of Commerce
Eugene P. Sakers
Sakers
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Ohio
Florida
New Jersey
New York
South Carolina
Candidates Step Up New Hampshire Oratory In Primary Fight
Presidential contenders and their backers ramp up high voltage speeches in New Hampshire two days before the preferential primary. Taft and Eisenhower clash over foreign policy while Stassen attacks Taft. Kefauver and Truman vie for Democratic delegates. Warren Johnson and MacArthur feature in state campaigns with unity calls and filing updates.
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New Hampshire
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Dwight D Eisenhower
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Truman
Taft
Manchester
Eisenhower
Stassen
Taft Stassen
Jauver
Republican Party
Key West
Fla
Byrd
Virginia
Maybank
South Carolina
South
Sen
Russell
Georgia
Earl Warren
California
Wisconsin
Filing
Oregon
Fisenhower
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Len Wayne Morse
Stepsen
Warren
Kefauver
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Supreme Court
William O. Doulas
Associated Press
New Jersey
Stevenson
MacArthur
Southern senators foresee power shift in November race
Sen. Byrd of Virginia and Sen. Maybank of South Carolina say the South will hold the balance of power in the November presidential election. They back Dick Russell of Georgia for the Democratic nomination, arguing a platform acceptable to the South, and note Truman’s possible bid will shape strategy.
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Sen
Byrd
South
Washington
Maybanks
D-Sc
Russell
Georgia
Maybank
Truman
Dick Russell
Sen. Kefauver
Tennessee
Stolen Car Recovered as Marylander Faces Theft Charge
A 1951 Buick sedan owned by Clinton L Ritter was recovered after being stolen from Kernstown Monday night. A Baltimore man pleaded guilty to theft and waived preliminary hearing when arraigned before Judge W Erle Edward. James Selig 19 of Baltimore and a Shenandoah County juvenile were arrested near Woodstock and jailed in Winchester. Selig will face Frederick County grand jury March 17.
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Robert L. DeHaven
Clinton L Ritter
Kernstown
Baltimore
W. Erle Edward
Woodstock
James Selic
Parksley Avenue
Shenandoah County
Winchester
DeHaven
Garland E. Weaver
Selig
Frederick County
Ritter
Head On Auto Crash Kills Five
Five men died in a head on crash on U S Highway 25 about a mile north of Erlanger Covington Kentucky. Three other people were injured. The deceased were Leland Ryle 25 Burlington a University of Kentucky student in Covington Jack Rowland 22 Florence another student Harry Foster Jr 27 George L Alcorn 42 and Jarome Paul Ferguson 36 all of Florence.
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Covington
U. 8 Highway 25
Erlanger
Leland Ryle
Burlington
University of Kentucky
Jack Rowland
Florence
Harry Foster, Jr
George L. Alcorn
Jarome Paul Ferguson
Paper Mill Road Sub-Division Begun By Weaver Ritter
A new sub division called Wee Villa is planned for Paper Mill Road near Shawnee District outside Winchester. Marvin D. Weaver and Clinton L. Ritter form a co ownership to develop land sold by Clyde Logan farm weaver owns Woolen Shop. Lots of 80 by 150 and 70 by 200 feet will be offered from 350 dollars with easy terms on asphalt streets. Houses will be built to restricted specs along school bus and mail routes. Ritter will begin after two Bellview Avenue homes finish. he has built 34 houses there in two years.
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Marvin D. Weaver
Clinton L. Ritter
Winchester
Kernstown
Logan Farm
Clyde Logan
Weaver
Shawnee
Ritter
Bellview Avenue
Three-Judge Tribunal Upholds Segregation In State Schools
A three judge Federal tribunal in Richmond ruled that Virginia statutes mandating separate public schools do not violate the U S Constitution though the Prince Edward County Negroes won a ruling that facilities at the Moton School were not substantially equal. The decision leaves appeal open as lawyers vow to take the case to the U S Supreme Court.
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Richmond
Virginia
U.S
Prince Edward County
United States Supreme Court
Oliver Hill
Prince Edward
Libby Accuses Reds of Hidden Prisoners Outside Korea
UN negotiator Libby charged communists with secretly detaining Allied prisoners in camps outside Korea, including in China Manchuria. North Korean General Lee denied the claim as a fabrication while UN aides cited multiple sources as evidence and warned of pressure on armistice talks.
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Libby
Korea
Munsan
UN Ce
Red
China
Lee Sang Cho
Adm
R. E. Libby
U N
North Korea
United Nations
Manchuria
U. N
William P. Nuckols
United Nations Command
Infant Bones Aid Korean War Wounded
Babies' bones are used with parental permission to aid wounded servicemen. Freeze dry preservation by Navy Medical School at Bethesda enables grafts for hands feet and other bones. Grafts performed at Naval Hospital under Captain Bartholemew Hogan. bone bank mainly uses adult bones but infant bones are utilized when available.
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Washington
Navy
Naval Medical School
Bethesda
J. L. Enyart
Naval Hospital
Bartholomew Hogan
Three Children Die in Halifax Farmhouse Fire
A Crossroads area two story frame home burned killing Richard Hampton Canada six Mary Ann Canada four and Frances Lorraine Canada. Their father who escaped with the other child was badly burned and admitted to a South Boston hospital. The mother was in Richmond at the time.
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Halifax
Crossroads
Richmond
Richard Hampton
Canada
Mary Ann Canada
Frances Lorraine
South Boston
Air Force Plane Crashes Into Jungfrau Blizzard Peak
A U S Air Force twin engine transport with eight aboard crashed on a glacier near Jungfrau Peak in Switzerland. Rescue teams face severe blizzards and avalanches as they search amid bitter cold. The plane was en route from Madrid to Fuerstenfeldbruck, with the crew and passengers feared lost.
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Bern
Switzerland
U. 8. Air Force
Jungfrau Peak
Swiss Air Force
Jungfrau Hotel
Wengernalp
U. S. Air Force
Frankfurt
Germany
Madrid
Spain
Fuersten
Feldbruck
U. S
JW High Students Attend State DECA Meet in Richmond
James Wood High School will send James Hockman and William Swartz to the Ninth Annual Convention of the Distributive Education clubs of Virginia in Richmond March 10 and 11. Hockman and Swartz will compete in public speaking and represent the school at the statewide event with delegates from 41 clubs.
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James Hockman
James Wood High School
Distributive Education of
Virginia
Richmond
Leroy M. Buckner
Hockman
Ira D. Godlove
Gore
James Wood
William Swartz
Porter Hardy, Jr
Richmond Professional Institute
Distributive Education Club
the Distributive Education Clubs of America
Kansas
Winchester Milk Producers Banquet March 20
Edward B. Lee will be toastmaster at the Annual Banquet Meeting of the Winchester Cooperative Milk Producers Association. The event at Round Hill Community Hall Thursday night March 20 at 7 includes a talk by G H Clark on dairymen opportunities and election of two board members. President M G Hannum notes growth potential for Grade A milk amid busy markets.
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Edward B. Lee
Winchester Cooperative Milk Producers’ Association
Round Hill
G. H. Clark
Extension Service
M. G. Hannum
Washington
Governor’s emergency clause bid fails in Senate
In Richmond the Senate rejected adding an emergency clause to the congressional redistricting bill by a 30 to 9 vote, denying summer primaries in new districts. Governor Battle had urged the clause, but Lt. Gov. L. Preston Collins cited constitutional requirements for a four-fifths majority, and Republican senators joined Hampton Roads members to defeat the amendment.
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Richmond
Senate
Battle
L. Preston Collins
Charles R. Fenwick
Arlington
Hampton Roads
Lloyd Bird
Chesterfield
Moses-Fenwick
Robert C. Vaden
Eight Red MiGs Bagged Last Week
Seoul reports U N Sabre jets downed eight Communist MiG 15s with no losses. The period March 17 saw nine U N war planes lost, with ground fire causing five MiG losses and mechanical failure one. Air and sea forces claimed numerous railroad, vehicle, and building targets damaged or destroyed.
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Seoul
Koorean
U. & Fifth Air Force
Air Force
U. N
North Korea
United Nations
U. S. First Marine Division
Tee Leones
Antietam
Valley Forge
U. S
Murder Charge Follows Shooting In Rockingham
In Rockingham County 27 year old Loorary Caldwell is charged with murder after the body of 58 year old farmer John Rawley Carr was found in a roadside ditch near his farm. Caldwell, Carr's neighbor, allegedly admitted firing a rifle after saying Carr killed his brother years ago.
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Harrisonburg
Loorary Caldwell
John Rawley Carr
Rockingham Court
Carr
Caldwell
Commonswealth
George F. Concrad
Quo Caldwell
Wookine Gap
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R. O. Norris, Jr
N.H. Oratory
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Lee-Jackson
Bailey Sue Buddin Ll
Supro
C. M. Rosenverger
Golden Glow
Paper Mill Road
U.S. Supreme Court
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J. Lindsay Almond, Jr
Swiss
JW High
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South End Fire Co
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