Valley Airways project uses old store counters for youth model planes
George Scheder asks residents with unused grocery store counters to donate to a Winchester CAP led project. About 30 boys would assemble seven foot gasoline powered models at the airport, supervised on Tuesdays and Saturdays, with radio control work and engine assembly among tasks. The CAP would fund part of the effort and provide working sections for each boy.
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Peete
Ray Scheder
Ieair
Hans
Pianet
Frank
Beatleheder
Otler
Acorn Heights
Bey
Gardner
Pine Crest
L. J. Sjostrom
Gary Whitfield
Whitfield
Miller St
Schecter
Winchester
Frederick County
George
Personal ad offer for pickup at Glaize Avenue
The ad lists Schecter at 27 Glaize Ave offering to pick up items or respond by telephone 6460. The message invites contact for collection.
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Schecter
Glaize Ave
British Ship To Be Assisted In Incharran Seizure
The Royal Navy sent the frigate Moats Bay to aid the British freighter Incharran seized by Chinese Nationalists. Incharran, en route from Hong Kong to Macao with rice from Thailand, was taken to an island midway between Macao and Hong Kong outside British waters. This marks the third such incident since Saturday.
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Hong Kong
Royal Navy
Moats Bay
Macao
Ien
Thailand
London Dock Workers End Strike
London harbor resumes full activity as 14 000 dockworkers return to work after a two week wildcat strike. Government labeled the action Communist inspired and linked it to the Transport and General Workers Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Transport and General Workers Union
Aviator Herrmann Jr. Killed in Camp Lejeune Crash
Naval spokesmen identified Midshipman Harry Kenneth Herrmann Jr. USN from Trinidad Colorado as the aviator killed in a plane crash on Saturday at Camp Lejeune North Carolina. The report notes televisions commonly contain 26 tubes.
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Norfolk
Naval
Camp Lejeune
N. C
Harry Kenneth Herrmann,Jr
USN
Trinidad
Colo
De Havilland Jet Crashes At Blackbushe Airport
A De Havilland jet experimental craft crashed near Blackbushe Airport after witnesses saw it dive to the ground. The pilot reportedly parachuted clear but did not survive the incident. The article recalls prior disasters involving DH jets and notes advancements tied to the Comet program and historic speed records set in 1949.
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Blackbushe
Thames Estuary
Geoffrey de Havilland
Farnborough
Brd
John Derry
Ernest Huyett Dies After Heart Attack at 68
Ernest A Huyett 68 died April 20 from a heart attack at Suburban Hospital Bethesda Md born in Winchester son of the late Eugene Temple and Margaret Timberlake Huyett Brucetown he retired May last after 48 years with the Bureau of Engraving and Printing serving as assistant chief of the printing division Survivors include his wife Mrs Susan B Huyett a daughter Mrs Catherine H Early a son Ernest A Huyett a brother Temple Huyett of Winchester three sisters Miss Emma Huyett Mrs Milton Blairstow of Washington and Mrs Hubert Powell Gooding of Arlington
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Earnest ‘A. Huyett
Suburan Hospital
Bethesda
Winchester
Eugene Temple
Margaret Timberlake Huyett
Brucetown
Washington
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Bureau
St. Albans Episcopal Church
Huyett
Acacia Masonic Lodge
Order of the Eastern Star
Susan B. Huyett
Catherine H Early
Ernest A. Huyett
Temple Huyett
Emma Huyett
Milton Blairstow
Hubert Powell Gooding
Arlington
Court Refuses Dennis Request on Contempt Conviction
The Supreme Court refused to reconsider its ruling upholding Eugene Dennis' contempt of Congress conviction. Dennis argued the trial was unfair and the jury biased. He was sentenced to one year in prison and a $1,000 fine.
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Frank Erickson
New York
Washington
Ahe
International Soundphoto
Supreme Court
Eugene Dennis
Gteacoe Party
House UN- Amernians Activities Committee
Dennis
Auto inspections due to begin in spring period
Auto inspections start today and run for 45 days until June 15 with about 1,900 inspection stations and 8,000 certified mechanics ready. State police Superintendent Colonel C. W. Woodson Jr. says no extension this year and urges motorists to have cars inspected early. an estimated 850,000 vehicles will be checked.
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Richmond
C. W. Woodson
State Police
Textile Workers Begin Convention in Boston
President Emil Rieve of the CIO Textile Union addressing 2,000 delegates at the sixth biennial convention argues it would help the economy to give away surplus goods rather than import foreign products. He cites unemployment and calls for correcting the surplus disposal by aid rather than foreign purchases.
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Boston
Emil Rieve
CIO Textile Union
Rieve
Students End Their Strike Reforms Calm After Week
Students returned to classes in New York peacefully after a week of riotous demonstrations over pay and extracurricular activities. No disorders were reported on the first full school day since last Tuesday’s protests.
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New York
Riots in Johannesburg Kill 13 Natives
Rioting flared in native areas around Johannesburg with police clashing, killing 13 natives. Six died at Alexandria, three at Heneni, and four in outlying areas as tensions rise under Malan’s segregation policy amid South Africa’s race program.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Alexandria
Heneni
Daniel Malan
Cancer Fund Grows After Berle Appeal
New York reports show the Damon Runyon Memorial Cancer Fund near 1.4 million as pledges and contributions rise after Milton Berle's marathon amounting to entertainment money appeal. Berle ended his long television session at NBC Radio City after a demanding 12 hours.
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New York
Damon Runyon
Milton Berle
Entertainment Money
National Broadcasting Company
Berle
NBC
Radio City
EBT
Construction Authorized for UVA and William and Mary
Richmonds governor today authorized heating plant construction at the University of Virginia and at William and Mary College.
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Richmonds
Battle
University of Virginia
William and Mary College
Bristol to award memorial hospital contracts Thursday
Bristol plans award of contracts for a new Memorial Hospital and medical center valued at 1.5 million dollars. The item notes the origin of lowering flags to half-mast, tracing to naval practice signaling distress and mourning dating back to the 17th century.
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Bristol
Memorial Hospital and Medical Center
Captain Smith
Sold Out Says Machine Scalds Worker at Minneapolis Vendor
Northwest Airlines employee Carl Hixon inserted a nickel in an automatic coffee vendor in Minneapolis. He pressed the cream and sugar button. the machine rattled, red lights flashed, and hot coffee sprayed his suit before a “Sold out” sign flashed above the nickel slot.
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Minneapolis
Carl Hixon
Northwest Airlines
Minneapolis A
Hixon
Mary Alice Shackelford, 100, dies at home
Mrs Mary Alice Shackelford who celebrated her 100th birthday on February 14 died yesterday at her home in Harrisonville Stafford County. The obituary notes her long life and residence.
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Fredericksburg
Mary Alice Shackelford
Harrisonville
Stafford Coun
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Loudoun St
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N. Loudoun St
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Kia Ae USA
de Havilland
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Krestova
British Columbia
Dog
Marvin Lyons
Patey Jean
Punky
Oakland
Calif
Woute Loudoun BeSes
Reanahtone
Shoe Center
Winchester Front
America
Congoleum
Tessias
J. W. Grove Furniture CO
Cancer Fund
Berle Appeal
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Handley
the Colonial Beauty Shoppe
E. Piccadilly St
Abe
Philip Morris
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