Hagerstown Man Charged In Stock Theft Case
A Hagerstown man faces charges in a case involving a bull a steer a shoat and eight hogs stolen from the Virginia Livestock Market on N Kent Street The bull was recovered at the Hagerstown stock yards while other stock remains outstanding Investigators traced several hogs sold in the area and linked them to a Greencastle dealer and Baltimore buyers The suspect allegedly butchered and sold the steer and the shoat was found on the defendant s farm John Larrick Jr head of the market could not be reached for comment
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Virginia
N. Kent St
Shaffer
Plumly Lumber Co
Virginia Livestock Market
Lovett
Marvin Massey
Hagerstown
Greencastle
One& Co
Baltimore
John Larrick, Jr
Sewage Group Elects New Officers At Virginia Meet
J A Rives of Virginia Polytechnic Institute Blacksburg elected president of the Virginia Industrial Wastes and Sewage Works Assn succeeding Bryant L Strother of Richmond. New officers include J N Millar Merck & Co Elkton vice president and W L Scott State Water Control Board Richmond secretary treasurer. R Stuart Royer Richmond headed the nominating committee. A second vice president may be added next meeting. Approximately 150 registered.
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J. A. Rives
VPI
Blacksburg
Virginia Industrial Wastes and Sewage Works Assn
Bryant L. Strother
Richmond
J. N. Millar
Merck & Co
Elkton
W. L. Scott
State Water Control Board
R. Stuart Royer
W. R. McCann
Solvay Process Division
Hopewell
Samuel H. Reaves
City of Winchester
Eugene Sakers
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
Eugene Branch
George Washington Hotel
Citizens of
Winchester
School Board Set for Tuesday Agenda at James Wood High
Frederick County school board meets at 10 a m Tuesday to consider teacher appointments bids for cafeteria kitchen and auditorium equipment at James Wood High School. Notice to creditors in the Rhucy Chapman estate. P E Lineburg administrator Stephens City Va.
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James Wood High School
Frederick County
Rhucy Chapman
P. E. Lineburg
Admr
Stephens City
Magazine burns 3000 copies over Bethe hydrogen bomb article
Scientific American halted presses burned 3000 copies and melted the type of a Bethe article on the hydrogen bomb under Atomic Energy Commission pressure. The magazine said the action raises questions about suppression of information for public judgment on a major issue. Bethe warned limits on discussion. the article’s remaining text was published.
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New York
Scientifice America
Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
Hans Bethe
Cornell
Los Alamos
Orig
AEC
Dr. Bethe
Scientific American
Bethe
Arsonist Admits Starting Belle Vista Sanatorium Fire
Nicholas Verna, 29, a World War II veteran, confessed to starting the Belle Vista Sanatorium blaze in Springfield Township. He said a sick feeling in the stomach prompted him to light towels in the basement, killing nine patients. He had prior arson offenses and was institutionalized at Belle Vista after a 1949 conviction. Verna was questioned at Valley Forge General Hospital after his arrest.
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Philadelphia
Nicholas Verna
Belle Vista
Springfield Township
Charles Taylor
Verna
Army
Valley Forge General Hospital
Phoenixville
Howard T. Cohen
Cohen
Delaware County
Spring Nudges The South Today
The article notes a frosty start for Dixie with a light frost in many areas and temperatures dipping into the thirties as far south as Florida. It forecasts improving weather with increasing warmth, while the West and Northeast face rain snow and chilly conditions. In Yuma temperatures reached 95 while Caribou recorded 26.
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Associated Press
Spring
Dixie
Florida
Everglades
Pacific Northwest
New York
New England
Yuma
Ariz
Cariboue
Neff Couple Granted Permit to Erect Home Near Winchester
J. R. and Bertha E. Neff of Brunswick Maryland received permission to build a three room dwelling three miles south of Winchester on Route 11. Estimated cost is 2000 dollars.
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J. R
Bertha E. Neff
Brunswick
Winchester
Excitable people and radiation sickness risk from A bomb
Dr. Russell H. Morgan of Johns Hopkins warned at a medical seminar that psychological factors could amplify radiation sickness signals after an atomic attack. He noted fear and expectation might worsen outcomes in some patients despite similar physical effects, and discussed limited knowledge and variable tissue responses to radiation.
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Russell H. Morgan
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Dr. Morgan
Hopkins
Fire sweeps hospital dormitory at Manhattan State Hospital
A midnight fire ripped through a staff dormitory at Manhattan State Hospital for the mentally ill. 69 nightgown clad women fleeing the 24 story brick building. one woman injured. Fire department deployed four alarms fearing a repeat of a prior fatal blaze. Nearby 4,000 patients remained calm as flames extended visibility for miles.
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New York
Manhattan State Hospital
Philadelphia
Housing Sought For Visitors Here During Festival
Eston Tevalt seeks housing for visiting bands and drum corps for the Apple Blossom Festival. Local volunteers are asked to house 28 men and 27 girls from the Graham High School Band and 22 men with 34 girls from the Bluefield Drum and Bugle Corps, plus other units without lodging. Organizers list tents as a possible option and urge contact with Tevalt.
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Eston
Cameron St
VPI
National Guard
Blacksburg
Tevalt
Graham High School
Bluefield
W. Va
Good Cheer Clown Band
Washington, D. C
Co. L
150Th Infantry
Princetown
Belle Vernon Pa
Blue and Gold Cadets
Fairfax High School
Fairfax
Handley Band
Warwick High High School
Morrison
Round Hill
Giles County High School
Narrows
Pearlsburg
Moose Hall
Sarah Zane Hall
West Virginia University
Morgan
Bing Crosby Day in Front Royal Highlights Six Appearances
Bing Crosby will make six official appearances in Front Royal for Bing Crosby Day. He attends a parade at 11 a.m., dedicates a new athletic field at 1 p.m., and hosts a 3 p.m. screening of Riding High for 550 students and band participants.
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Bing Crosby
Front Royal
Peta
Millionaire For a Moment Succumbs to Banking Gaffe
Toledo appliance dealer Ed Shea thought he had won one million three hundred dollars after receiving a cashier's check for 1 000 300 from a local bank. The bank cashier admitted an error but could not explain the misprint.
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Toledo, O
Ed Shea
Toledo
Shea
Special Buses Sprint Crosby Day Parade to Crosby
Special buses will run between Winchester and Front Royal tomorrow for Crosby Day festivities. A 8:30 a.m. departure from the city is planned with extra buses dispatched as needed. The parade starts at eleven, with Bing Crosby in the lead and local groups and officials riding along. Pharmacy Towne.
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Warren County High School
Park Theater
TWUA
WCHS
ABC
Rayburn and Finch
Swansdale
Front Royal
University of Virginia
Bing Crosby Stadium
Skyline Caverans
Winchester
Greyhound
Bing Crosby
Frederick County
VFW and Legion
Blue Ridge Avenue
John Marshall Highway
Main Street
Main
Royal Avenue
Eighth Street
Commerce
Sixth Street
Bing
Gas Firm Wins Case in Virginia Natural Gas Route
Commonwealth Natural Gas Corp gains authorization to deliver natural gas in Virginia with a 200 mile pipeline from Green County connection to Virginia Gas Transmission Corp. It will serve Richmond Norfolk Newport News Portsmouth Suffolk Petersburg and Hopewell and aims to supply by next winter. Piedmont denied certificate to Virginia and Carolinas but can apply later for Carolina markets after hearing.
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Washington
Commonwealth Natural Gas Corp
Natwral
Virginia
Piedmont
Carolinas
Carolina
Commonwealth
Green County
Virginia Gas Transmission Corp
Columbia Gas System
Richmond
Norfolk
Newport News
Portsmouth
Sufolk
Petersburg
Hopewell
End of National Service Life Insurance Checks Nears
J Russell Bucher of 690 Woodland Ave received a NSLI dividend check yesterday as the distribution based on the last three digits of serial numbers nears its end. His serial number 33657999 qualified him for a $330 payment. he served seven months in France and Germany with the Combat Medics from Oct 1943 to Oct 1945.
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National Service
J. Russell Bucher
Woodland Ave
Bucher
France
Germany
Mystery Submarine Sought by Ship In Pacific Waters
The Navy destroyer Colahan hunted a mystery submarine sighted five miles off northern California. Planes joined the search after reports of unidentified submarines in the area. A UK Royal Air Force veteran, Al Chisholm, previously sighted a similar craft. The Colahan rushed from San Francisco Bay to pursue the object, with Navy pilots noting that foreign subs outside the three mile limit may be challenged.
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Erueka
Calif
Colahan
Pacific
California
United States
San Francisco
San Diego
al Chisholm
Navy
San Francisco Bay
Mendocino
Trinidad Harbor
Eureka
Bridges Case Goes to Jury
After 81 days and over two million words of testimony the Harry Bridges perjury trial goes to a jury. Judge Harris will instruct the jurors who must decide if Bridges lied about being a Communist when naturalized in 1945. Bridges and two aides face conspiracy charges tied to his oath refusal.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
George B. Harris
Bridges
U.S
CIO Longshore
J. R Robertson
Henry Schmidt
CIO International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen’s Union
ILWU
AFL Teamsters
CIO Ilwu
Vincent Hallinan
James Macinnis
Harris
Hallinan
Macinnis
F. Joseph Donohue
Five Day Virginia Weather Outlook
Virginia forecasts show warmer temperatures into Sunday then cooler Monday. A rising trend continues by midweek with near normal averages. Expect showers Saturday night into Sunday and again midweek with total precipitation around half to one inch.
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Virginia
Secretaries deny meeting Lattimore amid foreign policy clash
Secretary of State and Senator McCarthy clash over Owen Lattimore and Soviet influence. Acheson says Lattimore not architect of policy and may not have met him. FBI holds documents backing McCarthy claims, while White House contemplates ambassador at large selections amid partisan tension in Washington.
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Washington
Truman
Kremlin
Key West
Fla
State Department
Aters McCarthy
R-Wis
Bridees
R-Nh
Wherry
Senate
United States
McCarthy
East
Russia
Bridges
N Hampshire
Ew Nt
Aetloorgy
State Acheson
FBI
Civil Service Loyalty Appeal Board
Seth Richardson
Vandenberg
Michigan
Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Henry L. Stimson
Philip C. Jessup
Owen Lattimore
Jessup
Connally
D-Tex
Foreign Relations Committee
Vandenberg, Saltonstall
Stimson
GOP
John Foster Dulles
New York
Acheson
U. S
Ory
Lattimore
Johns Hopkins University
Capnania Ie Te M Department
Denise
Ofice
PBI
Senate Foreign Relations Subco
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
McC
Com
Motorist Accused Of Aiming Vehicle At Motorcyclist
In Van Nuys California Miss Czernn Faubion 23 faces charges after allegedly aiming her car at a motorcycle officer who had ticketed her for speeding A wild chase followed ending with her car crashing into a fire plug water spraying 80 feet The officer said Faubion appeared unconscious then fled when help was sought.
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van Nuys
Calif
Miller
Decline in Apple Trees Surges While Peach Plantings Climb 75 Percent
A Virginia survey shows apple trees in the county fell 25 percent since 1937, while peach trees rose 75 percent. Since 1945 peach plantings surged and 46 percent of trees are under five years old. The report covers 333 commercial apple orchards and 111 peach orchards on 17,994 acres. Apple total 596,073 on 16,070 acres. peach 168,867 on 1,924 acres. Leading apple varieties are York Imperial and Delicious. peach leading variety Elberta with 90,137 trees. Appleists planted 67,187 trees since 1945. fewer than 40,000 were planted before 1945.
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Division of Markets and Agricultural Statistics
Virginia Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agriculee U. S
Ture
York
Greenings
Duchess
Shipper
Hale
Correction note on Plymouth 1940 model ad
An ad correction clarifies a Plymouth four door model was a 1940 not a 1950, offered at $395 by George Washington Used Car Lot. The page promotes auctions and sales including Maury Farm near Angers Store and Bryarly School equipment listings.
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George Washington
Maury Farm
Angers
M. Parming
Bryarly
Albin
Ynom
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