Steelworkers Stay On Jobs After Peace Talks Collapse
In Pittsburgh the United Steelworkers and its leaders urged restraint as workers remained at mills despite Washington peace talks breaking down. Production rose with U S Steel Corp and Jones and Laughlin saying operations were normalizing. Some unrest surfaced in Buffalo with talk of ignoring government seizure plans, while Pittsburgh officials warned of possible action if the Supreme Court rules against seizure.
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Washington
Pittsburgh
White House
Philip Murray
CIO United Steelworkers
Murray
U. S. Steel Corp
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
Buffalo
Julian Bruce
USW International
TSW
Walter Elis
Jones and Laugh
Supreme Court
Truman
Sailor Kills Wife After She Refuses to Return
A Navy sailor from the USS Shenandoah killed his wife, Floree Kirkland, after she refused to return to him. Henry Tennyson Kirkland was arrested at the hospital where Mrs. Kirkland died an hour later. The couple, natives of Cobbstown, Georgia, had separated following a domestic dispute.
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Norfolk
Floree Kirkland
Henry Tennyson Kirkland
Kirkland
William Linder
Linders
Cobbstown
Fredericksburg
Williams
Newport News
Shiflett
Alexandria
Warrenton
Firemen Put Out Blaze In Cook Stove Saturday
Firemen answered a 7 p m call to a fire in an oil cook stove in a house at 605 S Cameron St. No damage beyond the stove. The house belongs to Joseph Bayliss. Occupants could not be identified. Grocers to close Wednesdays at noon starting May 7 through summer.
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Joseph Bayliss
NEW Hi-Way
Lewis Cash Grocery
Grayson’s Grocery Buyer’s Cash
Seabright’s
Brown’s
Jasper’s
Keffer's Grocery
L. C. Kremer & Son
Benton Refuses Testimony Over Tape in McCarthy Slander Case
Sen. William Benton declines to answer at a pre-trial hearing in the McCarthy two million dollar libel suit after finding a tape recorder set up in the room. Benton follows legal advice to avoid testimony while the device remains. McCarthy seeks court order to compel Benton’s testimony, insisting on an accurate record. The suit stems from Benton’s claim that McCarthy perjured himself about Communist infiltrations in the State Department. Pre-trial hearings aim to narrow issues before a possible trial.
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Washington
William Benton
Joseph McCarthy
McCarthy
Senate
Benton
Connecticut
Theodore Kiendl
New York
Kiendl
Wisconsin
U. S District Court
Ben
Connecticut Democrat
State Department
Miss McCone Receives Virginia Outstanding Nurse Award
At the 1952 Graduate Nurses Association of Virginia convention in Bristol, Miss Mary Jane McCone, Winchester Memorial Hospital director of nurses, won the Nancy Vance Pin A ward for 1952. The award honors Nancy Vance, a former health official who funded cancer work at the University of Virginia.
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Bristol
Mary Jane McCone
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Nancy Vance
State Department of Health
Bureau of Child Health
University of Virginia
Ellen Smith
Miss Smith
Miss McCone
San Francisco
Europe
Hunter McGuire
Virginia
Hospital School of Nursing
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Mt Zion Hospital
Winchester
Africa
State Board of Nurse Examiners
Western Railroads Seek 10 Percent Passenger Fare Hike
Nine western railroads filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission for a 10 percent fare increase on interstate travel west of the Mississippi. The plan would raise basic coach fare per mile from 2.5 to 2.75 cents and sleeping car rates from 3.5 to 3.85 cents, as carriers say they are operating at a loss amid rising costs.
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Washington
Western Railroads
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mississippi River
Western T
Wasp Expected In New York After Hobson Collision
The crippled aircraft carrier USS Wasp, bearing 61 Hobson survivors, is en route to New York after colliding with and sinking the destroyer-minesweeper Hobson in mid Atlantic April 26. The Wasp to anchor in Gravesend Bay for fueling and arming before dry dock, carrying parts of the Hobson’s shaft in its hull.
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Norfolk
Wasp
mid-Atlantic
Hobson
New York
Navy
New York Harbor
Graves End Bay
Rodman
McGranery Vows to Expose and Prosecute Crime
Federal Judge James P. McGranery told the Senate Judiciary Committee that if confirmed as attorney general he will expose and prosecute corruption wherever found in government. He promised to fire any incompetent or disloyal employee, regardless of status, and seeks confirmation after President Truman nominated him to replace J. Howard McGrath.
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Washington
James P. McGranery
Philadelphia
Department of Justice
McGranery
Truman
J. Howard McGrath
Senate
McGrath
Newbold Morris
Senate Judiciary Committee
Final Clearance Spring Coats Dresses Blouses Suits
Storewide sale at WORTHS 25 North Loudoun St with discounts on coats dresses blouses and suits. Limited time window indicated by shop hours 1p to 5 5 2t.
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WORTH
North Loudoun St
Truman Proposes National Flood Disaster Insurance Plan
President Truman asked Congress to create a national flood disaster insurance system backed by 15 billion dollars. The plan would use RFC to provide direct or reinsurance with initial 500 million dollars, rising in 500 million steps on July 1 1953 and July 1 1954. Insurance would cover homes businesses farms and agricultural commodities with a 250 000 limit per person or business and a 90 percent loss payment cap.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Senate
House
Reconstruction Finance Corp
RFC
Wert Quits Police To Become Warden
Officer John Wert of the Winchester Police Department resigns effective May 15 to become Game Warden in Clarke County. Wert joined the force June 15, 1951, as one of eight candidates for the Clarke County post. He will move with his wife and son. two police vacancies exist and applications are being taken.
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John Wert
Winchester Police Department
Clarke County
I. T. Quinn
Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries
Wert
Donald Levi
J. Thomas Boyd
Nunan Defies Questions on Personal Finances Before Congress
Former Internal Revenue Commissioner Joseph D. Nunan refused to answer a congressional panel about unexplained income totaling 161 609 traced to 1945 1950, citing constitutional protection. He invoked the fifth amendment and argued the inquiry exceeds the committee’s scope while acknowledging a cash deposit of 10 650 in 1945 and debts totaling 24 000 that year.
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Washington
Internal Revenue
Joseph D. Nunan
Nunan
King
D-Calif
House Tax Investigating Subcommittee
Adrian W. Dewind
Dewind
Cites Constitution
Walker resigns from Cotton Branch after Senate probe
Washington reports that Clovis D. Walker, central figure in a Senate investigation of government cotton buying deals, resigned today as director of the Agriculture Department's Cotton Branch.
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Washington
Clovis D. Walker
Senate
Agriculture Department
Richmond air service trimmed as fuel shortages bite
Capital Air Lines canceled seven of eight Richmond flights due to aviation gasoline shortages. Representatives from four other airlines serving Richmond said they expect flight eliminations and consolidations in the near future.
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Richmond
Capital Airlines
Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival Brightens Winchester
Hal Boyle reports on Winchester in Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival, a lavish two day event drawing 200000 visitors amid 700000 apple trees. Volunteer run, 2300 workers, 1600 students and teachers prepared The Harvest of the Years. Queen Nina Warren crowned by Bernard Baruch. 5000 parade participants. festival valued at 250000 dollars with free public viewing.
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Winchester
America
Europe
George Washington
Stonewall Jackson
Blue Ridge
Nina ‘Honey Bear’ Warren
California
Bernard M. Baruch
Baldridge
Miami
Pepper Backs Kefauver in Florida Presidential Primary
In Florida's first presidential preferent ial primary Kefauver gains support from Claude Pepper a late move that drew criticism from Len Russell. Pepper aims to help Kefauver while backing Russell delegates for the May 27 second primary and Florida delegates to the Democratic National Convention.
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Miami
Fla
Claude Pepper
Kefauver
Tennesee
Len Russell
Georgia
Pepper
Russell
Sen
Kefauver Russell
Dade
Russel
Florida
Coonsk
Senate
Smathers
Kefauver Ir
Eisenhower Leads Taft in GOP delegate count at convention
With over half the delegates chosen the survey shows Eisenhower ahead of Taft by three votes 278 to 275 based on elected delegates pledged or leaning. 724 delegates have been chosen with 141 undecided. 31 remaining favor Stassen Warren or MacArthur. Taft backers claim 344 delegates and lead Eisenhower by about 80. Firemen meet Monmouth Street tonight.
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Washington
Republican Nation
Dwight Eisenhower
Robert Taft
Associated Press
Eisenhower
Taft
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
Earl Warren
California
Douglas MacArthur
Eisenhowere
Virginia Week End Road Toll Reaches 13 Victims
The Associated Press reports Virginia’s 1952 weekend traffic toll rose to 278 with 13 more deaths. Names include George Holman Gregory Jr. and Florence Marie Edward among others from Martinsville, Brandy, Petersburg, Lynch Station and Hamp ton. Several crashes occurred near Martinsville Culpeper Burkeville Hanover Caroline Newport News Warrenton and Alexandria.
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Virginia
George Holman Gregory Jr
Martinsville
Florence Marie Edward
Brandy
Shirley Jean Edwards
Junior Moore
Kidd's Park
Herbert B. Whitehead Jr
Petersburg
Wound Fatal To A. P. Staples Jr In Roanoke
Abram Penn Staples Jr a 36 year old attorney and son of a Virginia Supreme Court justice was found shot to death at his Roanoke home. Coroner Dr Charles M Irvin said the wound in the head appeared personal safety related and an official verdict was expected. Staples had been in poor health and despondent. He was found by his mother in a first floor bedroom with a heated hotel room nearby. Survivors include his mother sister and two brothers.
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Roanoke
Abram Penn Staples, Jr
Virginia
Supreme Court of Appeals
Charles M. Irvin
Irvin
Staples
University of Richmond Law School
Newport News
Merchant Marine
Army Transportervice
Abram P. Staples
English Showalter
Allen Watts Staples
W H. Staples
Portsmouth
Oil wage settlement seen as pattern for nation
The Independent Union of Petroleum Workers, among 22 on strike, announced a wage deal with Standard Oil Co. of California covering 5 000 workers in Los Angeles. The agreement boosts pay by 18 percent with retroactive raises to May 1 and January 1, adds shift differentials, and is hailed as potentially guiding other oil industry settlements amid a nationwide strike that has disrupted refineries and aviation fuel, with broader supply impacts and government controls.
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Independent Union of Petroleum Workers
Los Angeles
Standard Oil Co
Clifornia
AFL
CIO
Texas
Potato Black Market Probe in Virginia Under OPS Crackdown
Richmond district OPS launches anti fraud campaign to curb price violations in Virginia. Agents pursue truckers selling Florida potatoes above ceiling and retailers and restaurants buying them, with civil damage suits possible, said OPS Director Harold R Stephenson.
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Richmond
Virginia
No Signs of Headway In Truce Session
In Munsan Korea Allied and Communist truce delegates made little progress in the armistice talks. Gen Nam Il spoke most of the 11 minutes and proposed a recess until Tuesday at 11 am local time. Vice Admiral Joy declined to comment and said the session would reconvene tomorrow.
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Munsan
Korea
Nam _ Ii
Red
Pahmunton
Adm
C. Turner Joy
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