Lattimore Denies McCarthy’s Top Russian Spy Claim
Owen Lattimore rejects McCarthy's charge that he is the Soviet Union's chief spy in the United States. He says the accusation is moonshine and will respond in detail upon return to the country. The affair ties to Senate probes into State Department loyalties and requests for FBI files.
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Owen Lattimore
Washington
Owen Lat
United States
Lattimore
Associated Press
Afghanistan
United Nations
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Ent
Soviet Union
Aleeve
Owen
State Department
Senate Foreign Relations
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
J. Howard McCarthy
Scouts Lead Easter Seal Drive For Crippled Children in Virginia
The Shenandoah Area Council Boy Scouts organize for the Easter Seal Drive aiding crippled children and adults. Troop 2 of Winchester Presbyterian and Troop 70 of Kernstown Methodist promote posters and donations to raise funds, with cans placed around town.
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Shenandoah Area Council
Virginia Society For Crippled Children
Winchester Presbyterian Church
Methodist
Kernstown
Bob Sutton
Presbyterian
Winchester
Virginia
Ralph Rinard
Bob McNally
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Four Princesses Named for Festival Schools in Virginia
Four more princesses are selected to join the Court of Queen Shenandoah for the 23rd Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester on April 27 and 28. The entrants include Jane Garrett Harris from Richmond Professional Institute, Eloise Elizabeth Clark from Mary Washington College, Mary Lee Rankin from Westhampton College, and Shirley Green representing the College of William and Mary. Each comes from notable Virginia schools and families, with prior leadership roles and campus activities cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Fredericksburg
Williamsburg
Shenandoah
Winchester
Jane Garrett Harris
A. R. Harris
Roanoke
Richmond Professional Institute
Jefferson High School
Eloise Elizabeth Clark
Francis E. Clark
Don
Mary Washington College
Clark
Cleveland High School
Bristol
Westhampton College
University of Richmond
Mary Lee Rankin
Miss Rankin
Theron Rankin
Mortar Board
Thomas Jefferson High School
College of William and Mary
Williamsbuy
Shirley Green
Ruth Green
Noble Ave
Pi Beta Phi
John Marshall
Mayor Proclaims Easter Seal Week in Virginia
Mayor M. B. Clowe Jr. proclaims April 2 to 9 as Easter Seal Week urging support for the Easter Seal Drive by the Virginia Society for Crippled Children and Adults. He notes thousands of disabled Virginians need expert care and rehabilitation funded by the drive to help them lead normal, hopeful lives.
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M. B. Clowe, Jr
Virginia Society For Crippled Children and Adults
Virginia
Virginia Society For Crippled Children
Virginia Society For
Traffic Deaths Rise Over Weekend In Virginia
Nine traffic deaths over the weekend raise Virginia’s total toll to 180. Among the victims were two young soldiers, Pfc Manuel Gonzales, 20, and Pvt Blair Grimes, 18, of the Third Armored Cavalry Regiment from Fort Meade Maryland. Their convoy overturned on the A P Hill military reservation in Caroline County after leaving a movie party, injuring five others.
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Associated. Press
Virginia
Third Armored Cavalry Regiment
Fort Meade
A. P. Hill Military Reservation
Caroline County
Manuel Gonzales
Blair Grimes
Mock Rainfall Is Rained Out
New York aborts planned artificial rain test as natural rain arrives. The city expected the test to replenish reservoirs but rain fell Thursday through today, delaying the experiment.
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New York
First Baptist Church and Handley Board Buy Miller Property
The First Baptist Church and Handley Board of Trustees purchased two major Miller estate properties at a Saturday auction totaling 34,525 dollars. The Winchester church paid 16,500 dollars for a 111 room brick house at 125 N. Washington St, while the Handley board paid 13,500 dollars for a brick dwelling at 116 W. Piccadilly St. Other high bids included Lawrence Sullivan 300 dollars for an unimproved lot off 115 feet on an alley west of Fairmont Ave Irvan OConnell 3900 dollars for a small dwelling at 128 N. Washington St and Ralph Shafer Jr 325 dollars for 13 acres with a log cabin two miles northeast of the Boy Scout camp at Rock Enon. Dr E T Clark pastor announced the purchases at 11 a m service saying the Miller property would be renovated for educational and recreational use, including moving the kindergarten into the building next fall and using the yard as a playground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Handley Board of Trustees
Sallie
Peggy Miller
Winchester Church
N. Washington St
Handley Board
W. Piccadilly St
Handley Library
Lawrence Sullivan
Fairmont Ave
Irvan O'Connell
Ralph Shafer Jr
Rock Enon
E. T. Clark
First Real Spring Day Arrives Here
The city enjoyed a springlike day with a high around 76 degrees. Residents welcomed the return of milder weather after a brief warm spell in January and bid winter farewell as the new season began.
Plains States Hit Hard by Dust Storms
Blinding dust storms swept across the plains with winds near 60 to 80 mph and gusts higher, causing eight highway fatalities and about 50 injuries in Kansas and Texas. Topsoil loss, fire damage, and relations to drought were reported as Oklahoma Texas and Kansas bore the brunt. Three Navajo children perished in a New Mexico fire linked to sparks from a chimney.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Texas
Plains
Oklahoma
Missouri
New Mexico
Nebraska
Galchip
N. M
Kansas State College
Weather Bureau
Weather Service Issues Southwest Storm Warnings and Small Craft Advisories
The Weather Bureau issued a special advisory from Block Island to Cape Hatteras with small craft warnings on Chesapeake Bay. Winds will rise this afternoon and tonight to 30 to 45 mph offshore and 20 to 30 mph inland as the storm center moves from Minnesota northeastward.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Block Island
Cape Hatteras
Chesapeake Bay
Minnesota
Telephone Rates To Be Increased In Virginia
The State Corporation Commission approved new intra state rate increases for Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia effective April 1. Majority supported a 6 percent return with a $4 million annual revenue rise. chairman King dissented, proposing 5.5 percent and a $1.29 million smaller increase. W 4H Trapnell expressed disappointment over the lower concession.
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Richmond
State Corporation Commission
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Virginia
W. Marshall King
H. Lester Hooker
Ralph T. Catterall
King
W. 4H
Trapnell
Telephone Company
Commission
Increase Approved for Miller Manual Labor School Debt
Judge Harold F. Snead in City Circuit Court approved raising the debt ceiling for the Miller Manual Labor School in Albemarle County to seventy five thousand dollars, expanding the school’s financing limit.
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Richmond
Harold F. Snead
Miller Manual Labor School
Albemarle County
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Reports February Deficit
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad reported a deficit of $489,646 in its February net income, largely due to the coal strike.
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Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Death mystery lingers as VA worker Alice Taylor laid to rest
The funeral for Alice Marie Taylor a Veterans Administration worker was held amid ongoing questions about her death. Police and investigators continue to review evidence as family friends seek answers about the circumstances surrounding the death in Roanoke.
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Roanoke
Alice Marie Taylor
Veterans Administration
Civil defense plans in atomic age examined
An Associated Press report analyzes civil defense readiness for an atomic attack, noting limited federal funding and staffing, no national blueprint, and a reliance on state and local planning. It explains the NSRB central role and assigns departments to specific defense tasks while urging governors and mayors to appoint planners and organize volunteers.
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Associated Press
Douglas B. Cornell
Pearl Harbor
Washington
Adees
Comet
Aowuete
Ernors
Truman
National Security Resources Board
NSRB
Paul Larsen
Larsen
Defense Department
General Services Administration
Mrs. Brunauer Defends Loyalty in McCarthy Probe
Washington Mrs Esther Brunauer a State Department official told a Senate subcommittee she has fought communism for years and defended her husband Dr Stephen Brunauer a former Navy commander with explosives research. She denied Communist ties and affirmed loyalty to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Esther Caikin Brunauer
McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate
Brunauer
Senate Foreign Relations
State Department
United Nations
Stephen Brunauer
Navy
Navy Department
Joseph H. Ball
Minnesota
Ball
Brunauers
Stephen
Esther Brunauer
United States
Recreation Board To Elect Members At Meeting Monday
The Winchester Recreation Council will hold its semi annual Spring Meeting on Monday April 3 1950 at 8 p m in the Corporation Court Room City Hall Three members will be elected to the Recreation Board Nominations come from a Nomination Committee Additional nominations may be made from the floor Organizations should have their representatives or approved alternates present The public may offer suggestions.
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Recreation Council For
Winchester
Corporation Court Room
City Hall
Recreation Board
Dorcas Society of the
Maurertown
Bullet-Pierced Slaying Steps at a Winchester Home
Walter Johnson held in Winchester Jail on $10 000 bond for the slaying of Andrew Burks at 114 W Leicester St Burks died from a bullet wound through the left chest that pierced his heart. The shooting followed a family argument with Johnson allegedly returning downstairs to fetch a .22 sawed off rifle. Neighbors gathered as officers recovered the weapon and conducted a preliminary scene and suspect recount. Burial plans for Burks were set with funeral arrangements in Middletown and survivors listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Miller Walter Douglas Johnson
Leicester St
Winchester
Andrew J. Burks
John Troxell
Burks
Troxell
Frobe
J Thomas Boyd
Johnson
Joseph Ritter
Oficer
Boyd
Charles Kanener
Jarles
Warren Rudolph
Commonwealth
Dabney Watts
D. H. Whitacre
Middletown
David
Annie Burks
Pennypacker
Isabel Butler Burks
Helen Hogans
Katherine Burks
Mitchell
Wesley
Alston
David Burks
Pearl
Mary
Ruth
Helen Burks
Cartwright Funeral Home
Roy Sisk
Braddock
Robert Collier
Stephens
Boy Killed by Elephant While Feeding Peanuts
Sarasota report details a boy fatally mauled by an elephant named Dolly at a Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey show. Attendants failed to halt the elephant as frightened parents watched. the pupil Roger Schooley from Las Vegas, New Mexico, was killed while feeding peanuts.
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Sarasota
Fla
Dolly
Roger Schooley
Elmer Schooley
Las Vegas
N. M
Roger Winter
al Hanes
E Bros. Barnum and Bailey Chrneee
Mrs Lane Dies at Home in Berryville and Richmond Interment
Mrs Lane died at home in Berryville after a long illness. She married Rev Henry Gardner Lane in 1907, now rector of Grace Episcopal Church in Berryville. Surviving are her husband and two sisters, and services will be held at Grace Episcopal Church, Berryville, with interment in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond.
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Fife Gordon
Henry Gardner Lane
Grace Episcopal Church
Berryville
Schuyler A. Obenshain
Columbia
Gordon
W. T. Waterhouse
Front Royal
Episcopal Arch
Hollywood Cemetery
Richmond
Morton C. Mumma
Joseph F. Moore
Ralph N. Dorsey
John R. Beardall
Gilbert McKnown
H. B. Harris
Truman Rallies Forces to Keep Secretary Acheson in Office
President Truman pledges administration support to defend Secretary of State Acheson amid Republican Senate efforts to remove him. He conferred with leaders including Barkley, Rayburn, and McCormack and indicated talks cover the broader legislative picture. A possible Army secretary successor is discussed for Gordon Gray.
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Truman
Acheson
Key West
Fla
Administration
Senate
State Department
Bridges
Big Four
White House
Barkley
Rayburn
Lucas
House
McCormack
Mr. Thomas
Frank Pace
Gordon Gray
University of North Carolina
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Clowe
Plains States
By Douglas B. Cornell
Gov
V.F.W
Congregational-Christian Church
Stockton
Gould
Richard Chapman
Chapman Motor Co
Handley Auditorium
Jr. C. of C
Lane
J. Edgar
McGrath
Tydings
D-Md
Department
State
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