VPI Expert To Advise Garden Growers On Pests
Frederick court house hosts a 7 30 p m talk by F H Scott VPI garden specialist. He will show slides on tomatoes celery squash beans and other crops and identify pests such as Mexican bean beetle striped cucumber beetle 12 spotted cucumber beetle squash bug and harlequin cabbage bug. He will answer questions and may discuss commercial tomato production and late tomato blight plus soil cultivation fertilizer and seed. Local farmers and Winchester residents with home or market gardens are invited.
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Frederick
F. H. Scott
VPI
Scott
Winchester
Dr Groves to Speak at Woodstock Fruit Growers Meeting
Dr A B Groves pathologist at the Winchester Research Laboratory will speak at 8 p.m. tomorrow at the Shenandoah County Cooperative Fruit Growers Assn annual meeting in the Woodstock courthouse. A H Teske horticulturist at WPI also on the program with R J Rea of Mt Jackson presiding as president.
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A. B. Groves
Winchester Research Laboratory
Shenandoah County Cooperative Fruit Growers Assn
Woodstock
A. H. Teske
WPI
R. J. Rea
Mt. Jackson
Girl Fatally Stabs Father in Quarrel
In Seattle a 17 year old high school senior Loretta Jean Minneker fatally stabbed her father W E Minneker after a dispute over boyfriends. The girl accused in the killing was detained at the county jail and taken to King County hospital for observation.
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Seattle
John P. Brill
Brill
Loretta Jean Minneker
W. E. Minneker
Minneker
Ann
Loretta Jean
King County Hospital
State Department sees New York meeting as communist front
State Department reports describe a New York conference and similar events as part of a World Congress of Partisans of Peace led by Soviet influence. Moscow’s seven member delegation included Dmitri Shostakovich with Alexander Fadeyev chairing, and notes charges against British and American leaders.
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Washington
New York
Paris
Russia
Eee
Hne
Poland
Soviet Union
Germany
Hemisphere
Kremlin
Moscow
Dmitri Shostakovich
Alexander Fadeyev
Soviet Writers Union
Wroclaw
State Department
Andrews Retained For State Survey Of School Needs
State Senator Garland Gray announced the commission studying state and local revenues has retained T. Coleman Andrews to conduct a school building survey. The team includes Dr. George H. Denny and Raymond V. Long with assistance from Alan S. Donahoe, Richmond architects, and others.
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Richmond
Garland Gray
Waverly
T. Coleman Andrews
George H. Denny
Denny Commission
Raymond V. Long
State Planning Board
Alan S. Donahoe
Richmond Chamber of Commerce
W. I. Dixon and
Marcellus H. Wright Sr
J. M. Walton
Arlington
State Department of Education
Bureau of Public Administration
University of Virginia
Latta Lawrence suit seeks separate maintenance from navy officer
Mrs Latta Lawrence, from Chattanooga and now in Los Angeles, sues Capt Latta Lawrence for separate maintenance and an accounting of their joint property. A clause hints at possible future alimony of 300 dollars monthly if a divorce is pursued. She alleges Mrs Rogers influenced her life before the 1948 marriage, noting delays to obtain Rogers' consent.
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Latta Lawrence
Toledo
Ohio
Rogers
Roosevelt
White House
Los Angeles
Navy Department
Saco
Washington
World Council meeting probes capitalism clash
A World Council session in Amsterdam last summer condemned unregulated capitalism and Protestant based faire notions. A controversial report urged replacement by a framework termed a responsible society.
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Amsterdam
World Council
Johnson Confirmed as Defense Secretary by Senate Vote
The Senate approved Louis A. Johnson to be secretary of national defense succeeding James Forrestal in a swift unanimous voice vote. Chairman Tydings urged urgent action with bipartisan support from Senator Gurney and Majority Leader Wherry. Krug announced plans to swear in James Boyd tomorrow as director of the Bureau of Mines, noting the cleared log jam on Truman appointments.
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Washington
Senate
Louis A. Johnson
National Defense
James Forrestal
Tydings
Armed Services Committee
Johnson
Gurney
R-Sd
Tyding
Wherry
R-Neb
Republican Committee
Interior
Krug
James Boyd
Bureau of Mines
Truman
Mayors Back Federal Rent Controls At Conference
The United States Conference of Mayors supported the administration’s push for stronger rent controls without the home rule clause approved in Congress. In its final session, 17 resolutions were adopted. Birmingham Mayor W. Cooper Green was named president and Pittsburgh Mayor David Lawrence vice president.
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Washington
United States Conference of Mayors
Congress
W. Cooper Green
Birmingham
Big City
David Lawrence
Pittsburgh
Truman pushes housing aids and rent control extension
A broad housing package backed by Truman is approved by unanimity, including housing grants and slum clearance, public works planning, and social security for municipal workers. The rent measure would extend federal controls, allow local opt outs with state governor approval, and permit limited rent increases. The Senate moves to 15 months while the House previously passed a 15 month extender.
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Truman
Congress
Senate
Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Banking Committee
Lucas
House
Acheson Denies U S Is Making Iran a War Base
Secretary of State Acheson called Russian charges that the United States plans a military base in Iran "altogether false" and reaffirmed U S interest in Greece Turkey and Iran. He noted intensified Soviet propaganda against Iran and stressed U S aid to free peoples.
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Washington
Acheson
United States
Iran
Russia
Greece
Turkey
Middle East
Tehran
Soviet Union
Pittsburgh Autoists Injured in Car Skid
Two Pittsburgh residents were hospitalized after a skid on a wet spot off Route 522 near Ridge West Virginia. Samuel Charison 2915 Norton Ave suffered a fractured ankle and Mrs James Darling 5414 Beacon St received scalp and scalp and right hand injuries. Mrs Charlson and Mr Darling escaped uninjured. The car left the highway and the accident was witnessed by West Virginia State Police.
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Pittsburgh
Ridge
W. Va
Samuel Charison
Norton Ave
James Darling
Beacon St
Charlson
Crippled Aid Drive Details from Local Society
McNally explains the fundraising method for crippled children and adults, with funds deposited locally and requested by the Roanoke based State society. Posters by Girl Scouts promote the collection, cans placed in Winchester stores, and in person collection at Shenandoah Valley National Bank location.
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McNally
State Society
Roanoke
Loudoun St
Girl Scouts
Winchester
Shenandoah Valley
Easter letter recipients urged to contribute to society
McNally said individuals without Easter letters still owe contributions. Handley teacher Miss Eleanor McCartney aids in speech correction and reading defects. Last fall the society offered 150 for an operation at Johns Hopkins for Claude Line of Mountain Falls blue baby. Frederick county board of supervisors planned 125 toward the surgery, but Johns Hopkins doctors deemed it inadvisable.
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Johns Hopkins Hospital
Claude Line
Mountain Falls
Frederick County
CBS
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Communist Front
Best Buy
Thriftmaster
Molden Electric Co., Inc
S. Loudoun St
Andrews
Aki
Westinghouse Tak
Westinghouse Tank
Baker & Anderson
Boyd
U.S
Chas. W. Stephenson
Webber
Memoriam
John I. Sloat
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
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