Six Tornado States Bear Grim Funeral and Rebuild After Week End
In six tornado torn Southern states 235 died and 1,100 were hurt. Funeral services held in small churches as bulldozers, trucks, and debris fill streets. Arkansas reports 131 deaths and 711 injured with 1,452 families homeless. Joplin area and Judsonia among hard hit towns. Salvation Army and Red Cross aid efforts continue amid strained hospitals and requests for funds.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Tennessee
Mississippi
Kentucky
Missouri
Alabama
Salvation Army
Red Cross
Sid McMath
Truman
Lexington
Tenn
Judsonia
Busines
Tilionis
Indiana
Red Cross Seeks Aid For Tornado Victims In Four States
The Red Cross appeals for emergency relief after a major tornado across Arkansas Tennessee Mississippi and Missouri. Dozens of communities were crushed with at least 235 dead and 1 100 wounded. The organization dispatched doctors nurses and supplies and has pledged one million dollars for emergency needs.
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Arkansas
Tennessee
Mississippi
Missouri
Dean
Red Cross
Stewart Bell
Winchester-Frederick
Twa
Disfigured Greek Girl Seeks Kiss and Healing Through Surgery
Seven year old Martha Stamatia Dou and two Greek children scarred by guerrilla warfare arrived in New York for plastic surgery under the Foundation for Orphans in Greece. Martha said she longs to be kissed and loved and hopes to be pretty like other children after treatment.
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New York
Martha Stamatiadou
Martha
Foundation For Orphans
Greece
Salonika
Marthat
Legion Commander Defends Censoring Covington Speech
Virginia Legion commander DANVILLER W C Daniel says he censored parts of a Covington banquet address as unsafe for publication. He stated the deleted material related to a Washington security conference and that reporting those details could threaten national security. The Covington Virginian criticized the action as an attack on democracy.
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Legion
Covington
Danviller
W. C. Daniel
Virginia
American Legion
Daniel
Schoolfield
Washington
The
Covington Virginian
Four Korea air clashes leave MIGs destroyed or damaged
U S jet pilots destroyed or damaged 14 Russian made MIG-15s in four clashes over Northwest Korea. F 84 Thunderjets damaged two of eight attacking MIGs while escaping damage. In three morning fights, F 86 Sabres shot down three Reds, probably destroyed two and damaged seven. Allied losses reported weekly.
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Seoul
U. S
Eisenhower to Report on Military Buildup by Radio and TV
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower will report by radio and television on April 2 the Western military buildup during the first year of his Supreme Allied Command. He may ask Truman to relieve him, enabling a return to the US and May campaign for the Republican nomination.
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Paris
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Supreme Allied Command
Truman
Eisenhower
Chicago
Alfred Gruenther
Ridgway Says Korean Truce Stakes Are World Peace
General Ridgway warns the Korean armistice talks carry world peace stakes. He urges American patience as UN negotiators face Communist deceit and stall tactics. He also calls Russia’s germ warfare charges a disturbing lie fueling hatred and instability.
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William C. Barnard
Tokyo
Matthew B. Ridgway
United Nations
Ridgway
Red
Russia
North Korea
U. S
Finnegan Sentenced to Two Years and $10,000 Fine
James P. Finnegan, a personal friend of President Truman, was sentenced in St. Louis to two years in prison and fined $10,000 on two misconduct charges as an internal revenue collector. The terms run concurrently after a March 15 conviction, with a pending appeal.
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ST. Louis
James P. Finnegan
Truman
Internal Revenue
Rubey M. Hulen
Finnegan
Shenandoah Apple Blossom Rally scheduled for May 1 2
Winchester residents mark March 31 at 8 p.m. for the annual Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival Rally at the George Washington Hotel. H. B. McCormac Jr. headlines as festival president with Richard E. Bush as rally chair. Civic leaders from Virginia nearby states and DC will attend, with program details promised by Marvin K. Hutchinson.
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Winchester
H. B. MecCormac, Jr
Richard E. Bush
Virginia
West Virgina
Maryland
Pennsylvania
District of Columbia
Marvin K. Hutchinson
Rush
McCormac
Eugene Branch
Howard Holland
Lamar Keen
Harry A. Nelson
Gwendolyn Haynes
Ross Mohney
Hutchinson
Nelson
Keen
California AVC condemns bombing of Negro homes
At a California American Veterans Committee convention, about 70 delegates adopted a resolution condemning the bombing of two Negro homes in Los Angeles. They challenged law enforcement agencies to prosecute racial terrorists fully. No agencies were named. Also listed is an apartment rental ad offering three modern units for immediate possession.
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Fresno
California American Veterans Committee
California
AVC
Los Angeles
Rabies Test Sought After Dog Attacks Boy
Staunton authorities await rabies results to explain why a pet dog turned on a 5 year old boy in his yard Saturday. The boy, John H. Davis Jr. of Grottoes, is in fair condition at a local hospital after the attack near a tree stump where his parents say a bone may have been buried.
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Staunton
John H. Davis Jr
Grottoes
Frederick County Apple Orchards Shrink as 100000 Trees Cut
County Agent I Fred Stine reports Frederick County has cut 100000 apple trees in two years eliminating 2500 acres and leaving about 500000 trees on 12500 acres. He notes a 45 percent drop from 1930, when 900852 trees were on 22500 acres, and suggests 400852 trees were lost since then.
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Frederick County
Frederick
Virginia
U. S
I. Fred Stine
Taft Leads Ike By One Vote In Star Poll
Senator Robert A. Taft led Dwight Eisenhower by one vote in the Star readers poll with Taft 10 Eisenhower 9 from 28 votes cast. Richard Russell had 3, MacArthur 2, Kefauver 2, Truman 1, Stevenson 1. Ballot instructions urge one vote per person for a fair result.
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Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Dwight Eisenhower
Star
Taft
Eisenhower
Richard Russell
Georgia
Douglas MacArthur
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Harry S. Truman
Adlai Stevenson
Delaware Man Finds First Bank Balloon
The Shenandoah Valley Bank reports the first balloon released for an Open House was found seven miles south of Milford Delaware by Edgar K Bennett of R F D 1. Bennett will receive one dollar from the bank.
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Shenandoah Valley Bank
Milford
Delaware
Edgar K Bennett
Bennett
16 Die in Plane Crash in Gao French West Africa
Sixteen people died when a Lockheed touched down and crashed during takeoff at a desert field in Gao French West Africa. Three passengers survived with injuries. All three crew members were among the dead, and most of the passengers were French officials and government employees returning home.
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Algiers
Gao
French West Africa
Eisenhower says handling men key to White House success
In a 1950 off the record interview published by U S News & World Report Eisenhower argues that experience in selecting and managing people may be the essential factor for presidential effectiveness. He notes his war time efforts to reconcile Allies taught him settlement of disputes rests on working with individuals.
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White House
Eisenhower
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U.S. News & World Report
New Hampshire
Minnesota
Cile
Columbia University
America
Father Bullock Dies In Hospital
The Rev. Julian F. Bullock longtime Sacred Heart Catholic Church pastor died at Winchester Memorial Hospital at 10 10 am today after a heart attack on March 4 He was born in Portsmouth June 22 1897 and ordained in 1924 He served at St Pauls Richmond Danville Staunton Petersburg Colonial Beach and Sacred Heart before leading the local parish since 1942 Surviving are three brothers and an aunt Wake and funeral mass are set at Sacred Heart Church with burial in Sacred Heart Cemetery.
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Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Father Bullock
Portsmouth
William A. and
Mary Thersa Pace Bullock
St. Paul's Church
St. Charles College
Baltimore
St. Mary's Seminary
St. Paul’s
Bullock
St. Paul's
Richmond
Sacred Heart
Danville
St. Francis
Staunton
St. Joseph's
Petersburg
St. Elizabeth’s
Colonial Beach
William and
Pace Bullock
Norfolk
Bowden Bullock
John T. Kivell
Peter L. Ireton
Sacred Heart Church
Harold Nott
Sacred Heart Cemetery
One of three youngsters survives winter storm in Wisconsin
In Lakewood Wisconsin a five year old girl Mary Ann Church was found alive at 10 a m and taken to Dr J F Dougherty in Suring her condition listed as fair Two other children Cathy Church and Steven Kennedy were found dead in an abandoned outhouse on the grounds of a closed resort in the Ni clique t National Forest The trio had been missing since Saturday with hundreds of snow shoe searchers seeking them
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Lakewood
Wis
Nicolet National Forest
Mary Ann Church
J. F. Dougherty
Suring
Joseph Foral
Clarence McMahon
Mary Ann
Cathy
Steven Kennedy
Foral
National Forest
Rev Figg Accepts Call to Rivanna Parish
The Rev. Alfred Figg of Meade Memorial Episcopal Church White Post will leave July 1 to serve Rivanna Parish in southern Virginia. A native of Prince George County he graduated from Virginia Episcopal Theological Seminary and St George's College Kentucky. He came to White Post ten years ago from Christiansburg and Mrs. Figg is from Christiansburg.
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Alfred Figg
Meade Memorial Episcopal Church
White Post
Rivanna Parish
Virginia
Figg
Virginia Episcopal Theological Seminary
Alexandria
St. George’s College
Kentucky
Prince George County
Christiansburg
Virginia 1952 Road Toll Near 200 Mark
The 1952 Virginia traffic toll edged toward 200 with 187 deaths after a weekend of crashes. Three killed in a head on collision on U.S. Route 01 near Glasgow, including Ambrose Twitty and Homer Fretwell. A Waynesboro Parkway plunge killed Ernestine Bloom. Others died in South Hill, Port Royal, Norfolk and Bedford area incidents.
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Virginia
Glasgow
Rockbridge County
Ambrose Twitty
Buena Vista
Lois Hockman
Stuarts Draft
Homer Packson Fretwell
Staunton
Ernestine Violet Bloom
Blue Ridge Parkway
Waynesboro
Jim William Hodge
South Hill
Henderson
N. C
Linda Diane Lambros
Falmouth
Port Royal
King George County
Joyce Ann Vaniluik
Norfolk County
Thomas Joel Olsen
Fargo
N.D
Mount Olympus
Norfolk
Ernest Woodrow Throckmorton
Ladysmith
Caroline County
Earl D. Bowden
Thaxton
Bedford
Experiment Fatal To Medical Student
Seattle reports that 16 year old James Stanley Leedom, a Seattle University freshman, died after an injection of bacterially contaminated blood during a war reward project at the University of Washington. Doctors noted contamination likely grew during refrigeration. the father said no one was at fault.
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Seattle
University of Washington
James Stanley Leedom
Seattle University
Robert H. Williams
University of Washington Department of Medicine
Dr. Williams
Stanley P. Leedom
Riots Reported in Oaxaca Kill Three Wound Twelve
A dispatch from Oaxaca reports that riots incited by communists left the city an armed camp. Three men are dead and twelve wounded as protests against a state tax increase take hold before the law’s April 1 enactment. The report cites Morgan Monroe as the author.
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Phoenix
Ariz
The
Arizona Republic
Oaxaca
Mexico
Morgan Monroe
Monroe
Tokyo surrender signer regains right to public life
Mamoru Shigemitsu, signer of Japan's surrender aboard the U S Missouri, today had his civil rights restored allowing participation in public life. A separate notice sells a large assortment of patented rose bushes including Hybrid Tea Floribunda and Climbing roses from Winchester Seed Company.
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Tokyo
Mamotu Shigemitsu
Japan
U. S
Winchester Seed Company
Truman seeks 300000 European immigrants over three years
President Truman asked Congress to admit 300000 Europeans over three years to aid victims of Communist tyranny. The plan calls for 100000 annual arrivals, with 7000 under Provisional Inter-Government Committee ships, replacing the displaced Persons Act which ends this year.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
Congress
White House
Europe
Eisenhower
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Hitler
Relin Provisional Inter-Government Committee
Intrnational Refugee Organization
United States
MacArthur Visits City of His Birth in Arkansas
General Douglas MacArthur toured his birthplace in Little Rock drawing about 25 000 cheering fans over a five hour visit He avoided political talk and recalled his youth while his wife Jean and son Arthur accompanied him The visit followed his controversial remarks in Jackson Mississippi about the administration.
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Little Rock
Ark
Douglas MacArthur
Jackeson, Miss
Europe
Jean
Arthur
Mississippi
Christ Episcopal Church
Capt
Arthur MacArthur
Hable
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