Army Prisoners Stage Night Long Riot At Fort Leavenworth
At Fort Leavenworth a night riot by inmates left one dead and seven injured. About 250 Negro prisoners in cell block 7 surrendered after an ultimatum from Col. Graeme Parks. A separate group of 514 white prisoners in cell block 6 remained inside as tear gas filled the wing. The clash, rooted in racial tensions over dining together, began Thursday and continued overnight before authorities regain control.
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Fort Leavenworth
Graeme Parks
Parks
Gerow
Fort , Leavenworth
No. 6
Roosevelt Trustees To Testify In Capital May 8
The Senate War Investigating Committee said it will call trustees and executors of the late President Roosevelt's estate to testify at a closed session in Washington on May 8 regarding Arabian Oil dealings. Executors indicated they will send Roosevelt papers to Washington if relevant.
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New York
Senate War Investgating Committee
Washington
Roosevelt
Brewster
R-Me
Truman
Hyde Park
N. Y
Hershey
Grand View Farm
Will O'Neal
Governor Crowns Apple Queen at Shenandoah Festival
Governor Crowns Apple Queen Shenandoah XX Jean Cartwright Lane, a 19 year old Vassar sophomore and daughter of Governor William Preston Lane, during coronation ceremonies Thursday at the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival.
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Tuck
Shenandoah
Jean Cartwright Lane
Vassar
William Preston Lane
Maryland
Jean Cartwright
Virginia
Massie Hawthorne
Helen Miller Brown
Winchester
Marshall Writes Molotov About Korean Affairs
Secretary of State Marshall told Molotov that the United States will insist on consulting all Korean political elements in forming a provisional government. He warned the May 20 U. S. Russian commission meeting at Seoul may be boycotted if Russia does not accept broad Korean participation. Korea remains split along the 38th parallel with American and Russian zones governing the peninsula.
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Washington
Marshall
Russia
United States
Molotov
Seoul
Korea
Commission
Japs Welcome New Constitution With Ceremonies
Tokyo May 3 Japanese welcomed their new no war constitution with ceremonies in Imperial Plaza as 5000 Japanese cheered Emperor Hirohito a silent symbol of state under MacArthur rule. He arrived in rain wearing a brown hat and tan overcoat and bowed briefly to the crowd amid solemn pageantry.
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Tokyo
Hirohito
Imperial Plaza
U. S
Nelson Will Not Seek Virginia State Senate Seat
Virginia State Senator Burgess E Nelson announced he will not run again in the Twenty fifth Senatorial District covering Frederick Shenandoah Clarke counties and Winchester City. He cited business interests and a desire to step back from public life after four years in the Senate and resignation from Shenandoah County School Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burgess E. Nelson
Frederick
Shenandoah
Clarke
Winchester
Nelson
Burr P. Harison
State Senate
Chicago
Senate
Shenandoah County Schoo Board
Fhowing
Shenandoah County School Board
France Faces Crisis in Socialist Communist Rift over Ramadier
Paris May 3 France's Socialists and Communists confront a possible break that could reshape Western Europe as Ramadier's coalition faces a confidence vote. Communists are expected to oppose or abstain, leaving Socialists to seek higher party guidance on continuing or reshaping the government amid a wage free program dispute.
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Paris
France
Western
Europe
Paul Ramadijer
National Assembly
Ramadier
Leon Blum
Vincent Auriol
Party National Council
Auction Sale Antiques Auction Notice
Antique auction sale announced with list to be found on page 3. Official notices indicate sale by S Auctions. Further details and dates not included in available text.
Public Auction in Kernstown May 7 at 1 PM
Public sale listing Henry Grim of Kernstown Virginia offers a living room and dining suites a washing machine bedroom set tools and other items in one lot. Auction scheduled for Wednesday May 7 at 1 p m local time.
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Henry Grim
Kernstown
Apple Blossom Barn Dance at Patton Hall
The Apple Blossom Festival features a two night barn dance at Patton's Hall South Loudoun Street Winchester with Don Patton's Swing Boys providing music. All types of dancing available with admission set at 1.75 dollars.
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Patton
South Loudoun St
Winchester
Don Patton
Swing Boys
Winchester physician Dr DuPuy found dead in garage
Dr Henry Rolfe DuPuy a 40 year old Winchester physician was found dead around 11 30 yesterday in a car in the garage at 15 South Stewart Street his widow Marion Hopkins DuPuy and two daughters survive Funeral services are set for Sunday at 3 00 at the Winchester Presbyterian Church with cremation in Washington DC to follow pallbearers include Dr Leslie Bell Dr Chester Riley Dr B B Dutton Garland Spillman Ford Barry and Hunter Gaunt his body is at Jones Funeral Home
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Henry Rolfe DuPuy
Winchester
DuPuy
South Stewart Street
City
E. W. Lacy, Jr
Dr. Puy
Norfolk
Luke Walker DuPuy
Kentucky
Rolfe W. DuPuy
Mississippi
Norfolk Second Presbyterian Church
Martinsburg
W. Va
Berkeley County Health Unit
H. I. Pifer
Marion Hopkins
Williamsport
Marion Hopkins DuPuy
Ellen Walker DuPuy
Winchester Presbyterian Church
Ronald S. Wilson
D. D
Washington, D. C
Leslie M. Bell
Chester L. Riley
B. B. Dutton
Garland Spillman
Ford Barry
Hunter Gaunt
Jones Funeral Home
Only America Can Break Deadlock Declares Wallace
Henry A. Wallace told a 3000 strong Cleveland audience at Music Hall Public Auditorium that only America has the resources to break the deadlock from the Moscow Conference. He criticized President Truman’s anti-Soviet loan plan and faulted European policy while accusing Vandenberg and Dulles of exploiting the crisis for political ends.
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Cleveland
America
Henry A. Wallace
Music Hall
Moscow
Greece
Turkey
Europe
Wallace
George C. Marshall
Arthur Vandenberg
R-Mich
John Foster Dulles
Chiang Kai-Shek coalition plan meets rejection in Nanking
May 3 report from Nanking says Li Hwang of the Young China Party refused the post of minister of economic affairs, turning down the only important cabinet offer, signaling the coalition government proposal may fail.
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Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Li Hwang
Young China Party
Leeb to be tried at Nuremberg war crimes trial
An American source says Field Marshal Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb will be tried as a war criminal at Nuremberg. He commanded German forces that failed to capture Leningrad. The same source notes Field Marshal George Von Keuchler and other Eastern Front officers will be named in the indictment by a U.S. war crimes prosecutor.
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Ter von Leeb
Leningrad
von Leeb
George von Kuechler
Eastern Front
U. S
Festival Crowds Parade In Orderly Fashion
Winchester police say the festival crowds were among the most orderly on record with fewer than 35 arrests over two days. State police reported very orderly traffic and 25 arrests. two city accidents yesterday caused no personal injuries. Arrests were mainly for drunkenness with a few drunken driving charges and one auto larceny. Three accidents were investigated by state officers in the Winchester area, two involving personal injury but not serious.
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Winchester
East Piccadilly S Street
Berryville Avenue
Weather disrupts festival but events run as scheduled
Despite 1.27 inches of rain in Winchester during Apple Blossom Festival week, officials completed the program with only the pageant delayed briefly by a morning rain. Two night rains earlier and a Friday storm spared further disruption, while temperatures swung from 84 to 53 and back to about 80 as showers and a hail-adjacent thunderstorm lightly affected blossoms.
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Winchester
Fireworks Draw Many Despite Bad Weather
Thousands braved the rain to watch Winchester firemen host the Apple Blossom Festival display at Handley Bowl. Crowds gathered after the parade, filling Handley School grounds for the coronation and pageant. The shower scattered some viewers but the spectacle continued after the start, featuring pinwheel fountains aerial devices and other pieces.
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Winchester
Handley Bowl
Handley School
Apple Blossom Festival Concert Draws 1000 Instrumentalists
The mass band concert on the Handley grounds drew about 1000 instrumentalists under Henry Weber from the U S Marine Band Washington D C after the parade. Tom Breneman recalled last year’s celebration during his coast to coast broadcast and sent best wishes for this year. First Aid Stations operated by the District Nurse Association assisted by Boy Scouts treated about 15 people for heat and fatigue with no hospital transfers. Cleanup crews led by Paper Revere City Manager 8 Leent worked from five A M to eight A M cleaning streets and parade routes amid heavy rain.
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Handley Grounds
Henry Weber
U. S. Marine Band
Washington,d.c
Tom Breneman
Hollywood
Breneman
District Nurse Association
Mary Farmer
Fernoon
Revere
Leent
Ceapaee
Handley
Grant
Man Falls From Tree Near Washington Street Parade
A man named E. W. Maiden of Front Royal fell from a tree he climbed to view a festival parade on Washington street. He was treated at the hospital and released. The ambulance crew connected to the parade transported him to care.
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Washington Street
Friendship Ambulance
E. W. Maiden
Front Royal
Firemen's Parade Draws Big Crowd To City's Streets
About 25 000 spectators lined the streets Thursday night for the Apple Blossom Festival firemen's parade. Units arrived as planned and the show featured honorary chiefs wardens and Miss Connie Crisman as honorary fire chief. The Warrick County High School Band from Morrison Virginia drew praise for its high stepping majorettes and an appealing young marcher.
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Winchester
Connie Crisman
Jennie Lou Miller
Thelma Carrol
Holmes Newcome
Chickie Brewster
Lucy Wilt Bragg
Warrick County
Morrison
Festival Officials Say Crowd One Of Biggest In History
Festival officials reported up to 85 000 visitors attended the Apple Blossom Festival grand parade amid rain delays and damp morale. The two hour procession featured queen Shenandoah XX and floats including apple trees and a bathing beauty scene, with Army Navy and Marine planes flying overhead and prize wins listed for Kiwanis Club and others.
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Pic Ly Street
Handley School
Sec
C. A. Hobert
Aren Tuck
M. Allen
Apule
Clifton Farm
Jean Lane
Shenandah XX
Appalachian Apple Service, Inc
Colonial Beach Chamber of Commerce
Cadet Corps
Winchester
Army
Navy
Kiwanis Club
Waswoh
BPOE
Plumly Lumber Company
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Katy
Chamber of Commerce
Wal
Elson
Colition
Bulletins
Leeb
Nuernberg
Wilhelm Ritteday
Blossom Fete
Mammoth Line
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