Acheson Sees Korean Truce Talks Likely to Succeed
Secretary of State Acheson told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee he expects Korean truce negotiations to succeed but warned against optimism or pessimism. He urged approval of the $7.9 billion foreign aid bill, citing allied troop contributions in Korea and NATO efforts to curb inflation and bolster defense.
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Washington
Acheson
Senate Foreign Relations
Sen
Wiley R-Wis
United States
Korea
Bank To Release 100 Giant Balloons
The Shenandoah Valley Bank will release 100 helium filled balloons at 3 30 p m on opening day of its new banking home. Each balloon carries a card redeemable for a dollar and the balloons rise to about three feet wide and up to 20 000 feet, remaining aloft for hours to days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah Valley Bank
Voice of America
Atlanta
Clarke County Students Hear of Driving Safety
At Clarke County High School a broad assembly heard safety patrol guidance led by William Boyce with Lt. Blythe Trooper Wood and Chief Day stressing safe driving. The program was attended by students and staff and focused on road safety awareness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Clarke County High School
William Boyce
W. M. Blythe
James H. Wood, Jr
State Police
Carl E. Day
Virginia
Winchester
Clarke County Lions Nominate Walter Flory for District 24 C Governor
The Clarke County Lions Club nominates Walter Flory for Governor of District 24 C at the state convention in Virginia Beach May 22 23 24. Leaflets with a life sketch note his past club presidency deputy district governor community leadership and business success. Dr Flory is professor of experimental horticulture at the University of Virginia and vice director of Blandy Experimental Farm. He earned a PhD in philosophy at UVa in 1931 and did horticultural work in Texas for eight years. He is listed in Who's Who in America International Blue Book author of scientific articles and a sought after public speaker active in civic affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke County Lions Club
Walter 8. Flory
Virginia Beach
Boyce
Flory
University of Virginia
Blandy
Texas
Morris Launches Corruption Search
Newbold Morris opened a nationwide probe by mailing questionnaires to about 25 000 high paid federal officials seeking their sources of income. He warned officials to fill the form or resign and urged full cooperation from the executive branch. Meanwhile McCarran called the Senate Judiciary Committee into session to oppose Morris powers. The Justice Department noted Morris did not receive a standard FBI background check. Monroe D Dowling was fired in New York for irregularities in an income tax return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Newbold Morris
Morris
Will
Truman
Executive Branch
McCarran
D-New
Senate Judiciary Committee
FBI
Justice Department
Department
Monroe D. Dowling
New York
John B. Dunlap
Dowling
Allied guns rout 1000 attacking Chinese Reds on Korean front
Allied guns repelled 1000 Chinese Reds attempting to break U N lines in a four mile sector northwest of Korangpo before dawn. U S Eighth Army said the attacks failed to dent the Allied line amid prior bitter winter battles. North Korea skies saw warplanes while clouds hid many targets. Fighter-bombers hit 57 gaps in the Red rail system before noon. Air raid sirens sounded in Seoul but the targets turned out to be snow geese.
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Seoul
Korea
U. N
U. S. Eighth Army
Korangpo
Fate of World Rests On Dollar Says Byrd in Waynesboro
Senator Byrd D Virginia told about 800 people at a civic meeting in Waynesboro that the fate of the world rests on the value of the American dollar. He warned that a drop in value would pull down the rest of the world and urged government economy and support for the free enterprise system. He spoke at an open gathering sponsored by local groups.
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Waynesboro
Byrd
D-Va
Handley
G & M Music Center
Eisenhower Letter Sparks GOP Hope for Nomination
A March 10 Eisenhower letter suggests he may campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. The general says he could answer a clear call to political duty but would not leave NATO early, signaling possible support from GOP lawmakers while noting no pre-convention campaigning.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Congress
Rep
Hope
R-Kas
House
Eisenhower
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Brewster
Maine
Mrs. Eddy Heads VEW Auxiliary in Local Meeting
Mrs. Richard K. Eddy was elected president of the VEW Auxiliary at a meeting last night at the new Post Home on Piccadilly Street. Officers include Mrs. Joe Costanzo, senior vice president. Mrs. Russell Grayson, junior vice president. and others serving as secretary, treasurer, chaplain, conductress, guard, trustees, color bearers, banner bearer, historian, and patriotic instructor. The group approved $5 donations to the Red Cross and the National Cancer Fund, and named delegates to the Infantile Paralysis meeting and the 7th District Encampment. Robert Teets won a plastic luncheon set. installation of officers is set for April 6 at the Friendship Fire Hall followed by a dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard K. Eddy
Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
New Post
Piccadilly Street
Joe Costanzo
Russell Lamp
Boyd Grayson
Harry Miller
S. L. Flickbeer
Eleanor Cross
Albert McCormick
Holmes Grimm
Albert Pingley
Calvin Cain
Lee Doyle
Esther Funk
Vernon McClintock
Roy Adams
Charles Hitt
Vernon Lichliter
Red Cross
Auxiliary National Cancer Fund
Eleanor Ross
Flks
V F. W
Rhodelle Cain
Robert Teets
Friendship Fire Hall
Miller Wins 1721 Dollar Accident Suit
Percy D. Miller doing business as Miller and Anderson won a judgment of 1721 dollars in Frederick County Circuit Court against Robert Martin and his mother Cora Marti. The decision includes 6 percent interest from August 29, 1951 and court costs. The suit stemmed from an August 29 automobile collision at Route 522 and Route 639 Ninevah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy D. Miller
Miller and
Robert Martin
Ray Hinkle
Miller
S Cout
Tommy Tucker Band Set for Princess Ball at Armory
J Randolph Larrick announced Tommy Tucker and his Orchestra will perform at the Princess Ball on May 2 at the Armory, second night of the Apple Blossom Festival. The Name Bands Committee led by Douglas Cather arranges the entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Randolph Larrick
Name Bands Committee
Tommy Tucker
Armory
Name Band Committee
Douglas Cather
Tommy
Canadian Given 1 Year Sentence For Auto Larceny
Larry Deagle of Hamilton Ontario was sentenced to one year in the state penitentiary by Judge Desmate C. G. Quesenberg in Frederick County Circuit Court for auto larceny the theft of a Ford sedan belonging to Carl Bauserman of Front Royal. He pled guilty after indictment. others received 18 month sentences for similar charges. A capias was issued for Francis Carl Cline to appear March 31 to face forgery and illegal uttering of checks charges.
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Larry Deagle
Hamilton
Ont
Canada
Carl Bauserman
Front Royal
Stephens City
State
Desmate C. G. Quesenberg
Frederick County
Deagle
Elliote Marshall
James Selig
Baltimore
Gilbert Leach
Gore
Capias
Francis Carl Cline
Russell to Open Campaign Office
Senator Richard Russell of Georgia announced the opening of his national campaign headquarters in Washington for his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. He said the campaign will be nationwide and active while his Senate duties continue. Cocke of Fulton National Bank of Atlanta will be national treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Richard Russell
Georgia
Russell
Senate
United States
Three File for City Council To Represent Southern Ward
Winchester awaits three new council seats as Hoye L. Riley Marvin D. Weaver and A Harold Rowe filed for the southern ward vacancies. Riley is a Grocers Wholesale secretary and real estate operator, Weaver a former Virginia Woolen Co plant manager and ex council member, Rowe an assistant manager at Sanitary Dairy and current district representative. All three are active in civic and church affairs.
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Winchester
Hoye L. Riley
Marvin D. Weaver
A. Harold Rowe
Riley
Valley Avenue
Grocers Wholesale
Jefferson Street
Virginia Woolen Company
Rowe
S. Cameron Street
Sanitary Dairy
Fruit Growers to Elect Directors at March Meeting
Frederick County Fruit Growers Association will elect two three year directors at its seventh annual meeting in the county courthouse at 7 30 Tuesday evening March 25. D K Russell and J Kenneth Robinson terms expire Walker McC Bond will preside Henry Brumback is program chairman. A report on the labor camp will be given Marvin Powell and A H Teske will speak on labor plans and fruit outlook. Light refreshments will follow.
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Frederick County Fruit, Growers Association
I. Fred Stine
Allied Industries
D. K. Russell
J. Kenneth Robinson
Walker McC. Bond
Henry Brumback
Marvin Powell
Virginia Employment Service
A H. Teske
Fire Destroys Shrubs On R. E. Byrd Lawn
A brush and grass fire swept the lawn of R. E. Byrd’s Berryville home around 11 am. The John H. Enders Fire Company quickly extinguished the blaze, with only two evergreens lost as the notable damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Byrd
Berryville
Byrd Orchards
John H. Enders
Labor Board Chief Praises Labor Unions Over Communists
Paul M. Herzog, chairman of the National Labor Relations Board, testified that leading labor organizations have done a vigorous job of routing Communists from the ranks.
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Washington
Paul M. Herzog
National Labor Relations Board
Fierce Duster Ravages Texas and New Mexico
A massive dust storm swept Eastern New Mexico and West Texas with winds up to 110 mph lifting dust to 15 000 20 000 feet. A tornado struck Wichita Falls causing property damage while Hobbs saw heavy highway crashes injuring eight. Rain fell in Kansas City and Wichita as the system moved east with further tornado risk warned by the Weather Bureau.
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Albuquerque
California
New Mexico
Texas
Wichita Falls
Tex
Hobbs
New Mexico Oil Center
Pacific Coast
Oklahoma City
Ardmore
Oklahoma
Kansas City
Wichita
Kans
Weather Bureau
Veteran of Korean Fighting Indicted In Cabbie Slayings
New port News reports a grand jury indicted Lee Jones, a Korean War veteran, on charges for the murder of two taxicab drivers Anthony Michael and Luther Callis. Michael was found December 1 near here. Callis’s body was located near Fort Eustis within 24 hours. The Army notes a 114 day bad time record.
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Newport News
Harold Lee Jones
Newro
Pennsylvania
Jones
Anthony Michael
Luther M. Callis
Michael
Here
Callis
Fort Eustis
Korea
Armed Services Take 14 Local Men
Fourteen inductees left Winchester today to enter the military services. Ordered to report by Selective Service Boards 44 and 45, the group includes Grover Leight Grimes Charles Cook Horace Leight Charles Burkes Bobby Shupe John Williams Jr Claude Costello James Hoover Charles Miller Henry Clark Robert Dean David Hinkle Charles Newlin and Earl Bailey with addresses in Winchester Berryville Stephens City Middletown Hayfield and Marlborough.
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Winchester
Selective Service Boards
Grover Lee Leight
Grimes
Charles Edward Cook
Loudoun St
Horace Oscar Leight
BE. Water Bt
Charles Wilbert Burkes
Kerns Rd
Bobby Curtig Shupe
Berryville
John Oakes Williams, Jr
Freemont St
Claude Prederick Costello
Stephens City
James Leroy Hoover
Winchhester
Charles Harold Miller
Middletown
Henry Calvin Clark
Marlborougsh
Robert Allen Dean
E. Piccadilly
David Donald Hinkle
Hayfield
Charles Harry Newlin
Earl Swires Bailey
Faire View Ave
Virginia Weather Outlook March Nineteen to Twenty Three
Temperatures should run somewhat above normal with a mild midweek. A cooler Thursday followed by milder conditions later in the week. Substantial precipitation is forecast Wednesday and again Saturday totaling about a quarter to a half inch.
Red negotiators seek port changes in Korean truce talks
Communist negotiators proposed four changes to ports of entry for the armistice and refused to answer seven prisoner exchange questions. The UN Command rejected the port ideas, noting the Reds showed interest in influencing neutral inspection access.
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Red
Munsan
United Nations Command
William P. Nucko
U. N. Command
Sai
Pyongyang
Sinanju
Hamhung
Hungnam
Seoul
Inchon
Korea
Minnesota primary backs wide open popularity contest
In Minnesota today a nine district delegate election accompanies the presidential primary. Three Republican candidates, Harold Stassen Edward Slottedahl and others compete for 25 Republican delegates while Hubert Humphrey leads the lone Democratic slate. Write-in votes are allowed and will be counted.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
Harold, Stassen
Edward C. Slottedahl
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Hubert Humphrey
Truman
Atty
J. A. A. Burnquist
Mountain Falls Man Guilty By Loudoun Jury
Mountain Falls resident Guy Edward Strosnider 28 was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Roy Q. Mulkey Sr. of Arlington after a Leesburg collision on State Route 7. The jury recommended a $500 fine and one year in prison with sentencing delayed for a motion.
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Lesburg
Guy Edward Strosnider
Mountain Falls
Roy Q. Mulkey Sr
Arlington
Loudoun County
Strosnider
Mulkey
Leesbore
Seventh Arrest Made in Reno Robbery Case
The FBI announced a seventh arrest in the $1 million Reno robbery. Benton Henry Robinson, 65, a handyman at a guest ranch near Reno, was taken into custody and $36,731 of the loot was recovered from his living quarters.
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Washington
FBI
Reno
Lavere V. Redfield
J. Edgar Hoover
Benton Henry Robinson
Wheeling Steel Cop-A-Log roofing sale
Glaze and Bro advertise 28 gauge Cop-A-Log roll roofing at 8.40 per square and corrugated at 8.00 per square with phone contact 345. ad copy notes pricing and supplier details in a compact classified item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glaize & Bro
Truman Byrnes feud over bawling out over Russia
President Truman and former Secretary of State James Byrnes clash publicly about a claimed rebuke over postwar Soviet policy. Byrnes says the accusation is absolutely untrue, amid sensational book disclosures based on Truman diaries and private papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
South Carolina
President
William Hillman
Byrnes Hillman
Mutual Broadcasting System
Sawa
Berlin
United Nations
Kremlin
Stalin
Missing Parachutist Found Alive After Dallas Crash
A Marine transport crash in Dallas sent 21 parachutists hull down after an order to bail out. One missing man Joseph John Jasso was found alive at Lisbon Veterans Hospital with minor injuries. Two others, Lt Cmdr Lewis Joseph Garfield of Downey California and Cpl Carl L Doctor of Cherry Point North Carolina, died. Pilot Capt R C Wesley from Pensacola parachuted to safety, the plane exploded in a field near a residential area.
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Dallas
Tex
Lisbon Veterans Hospital
Joseph John Jasso
Cmdr
Lewis Joseph Garfield
Downey
Calif
Marine
Carl L
Cherry Point
N. C
R. C. Wesley
Pensacola
Fla
Seid
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By Jerry T. Baulch
Square Dance Community
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VEW
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