Eisenhower Warns Cuts in Foreign Aid Hit U S Security
General Eisenhower told Congress that any reduction from Truman s 7.9 billion foreign aid plan would curtail or retard defense. He noted moderate cuts could be absorbed but larger cuts risk drastic revision and endangering the military build up vital to U S security. Congress already cut about a billion dollars, with further reductions debated by committees.
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Washington
Dwight Eisenhower
Congress
Truman
Eisenhower
Sen
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Western Defense Forces
Foreign Relations Committee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
U. S
Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Man Missing Two Days Taken Walk Found Safe
Elmer Landis, 71, who had been missing from his daughter Bertha Welch’s home on Senseney Road since 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, was found this morning at White Post by Clarke County Sheriff W. W. Smallwood and returned home. Mrs. Welch had alerted Winchester Police at 9 p.m. after fearing for his heart condition. He had last been seen on Millwood Avenue and said he had been taking a walk.
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Elmer Landis
Bertha Welch
Senseney Road
White Post
W. W. Smallwood
Clarke County
Rouss Fire Company Meeting May 9 at 8 PM
Regular monthly gathering of Rouss Fire Company set for Friday May 9 at 8 PM in the hall. All members urged to attend. Also notices of sales, flower shop promotions, and local photographers warnings included in community notices.
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Rouss Fire Company
Peters
Barr
Rush
Grubbs
Jones Photography Valley Photo Center
Sarah Zane Fire Company
Sarah Zane Fire Co
Loryn Crabill
Federal Reserve Suspends Down Payment and Term Limits
The Federal Reserve Board suspended controls on down payments and time to pay for most purchases indicating inflation pressures eased. Bank of America pledged more lenient terms while auto dealers expect little change in real estate financing remains regulated. Trade groups anticipate modest boosts in sales and longer loan terms may extend to 24 months for new cars.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Bank of America
Radio and Television Manufacturers Association
National Automobile Dealers Association
Truman Turns 68 and Says He Feels 28
President Truman marks his 68th birthday with reporters hearing him say he feels 28. His physician Brig. Gen. Wallace Graham notes that despite seven crisis years in the White House the president remains in good health and well being above average for his age.
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Washington
Truman
Wallace Graham
White House
Police Seek AMA Cadet Missing From Apple Blossom Festival
David Gregory Costa a 14 year old cornetist from Augusta Military Academy Band vanished in Winchester during the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival after last seen looking at store windows. Authorities issued a nationwide alert. he is 5 feet 11, brown hair hazel eyes with a scar above the left eye and may have had $10 to $15.
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Winchester
Shenandoah
Augusta Military Academy
Herndon
AMA
Defiance
David
Louise C. Costa
Falls Church
Young Costa
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Ft. Defiance
Kirk Urges U S to Foster Russian Friendship
Admiral Alan G. Kirk urged that the United States stress its quarrel is with Soviet rulers not the Russian people. He spoke at the Overseas Press Club dinner warning journalists to avoid aiding Soviet propaganda and noted two imprisoned AP correspondents among award winners.
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New York
Alan‘ G. Kirk
Moscow
United States
America
Overseas Press Club of America
Kirk
William N. Oatis
Associated Press
Czechoslovakia
Frank Noel
Korea
Oasis
Winchester Transient Photographers Face City Fee Challenge
Olan Mills inciting a test of Winchester Virginia ordinance imposing 100 dollar daily license fees on transient photographers. Judge Elliott Marshall granted a temporary injunction pending hearings set for May 16. Suit argues the fee burdens interstate commerce and violates constitutionally protected rights.
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Winchester
Elliott Marshall
Olan Mills, Inc
Tennessee Photographic Corporation
Winchester Common Council
Olan Mills
Virginia
United States
Scully
T. G. Scully
Scully and Woltz
Corporation Court
Tanker Explosion Injures Six at Chelsea Dock
A tanker named Harold Reinauer exploded at its Chelsea dock injuring six people, including a woman 300 yards away. A five ton section of the vessel was hurled 75 yards onto a busy street. Skipper John M. Pyre of Brewer Maine estimated damage at about half a million dollars. A crewman suggested a spark from an acetylene torch caused the blast.
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Chelsea
Mass
Harold Reinauer
Thesskipper
John M. Pyre
Brewer
President Truman Calls World Situation Graves Still
President Truman on his 68th birthday cautioned that the international situation remains very grave and some Americans do not grasp the danger. He voiced hope for ultimate peace, teased future personal freedom, and warned Congress that defense aid remains necessary against Soviet pressure.
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Washington
Truman
Stand by Truman Leaves Peace In Korea Up to Reds
Truman pressed the Koreas armistice issue as the United Nations three point proposal was offered in full. If rejected, options included prolonged stalemate, Red China port blockades, and external diplomacy with Russia was explored as Deputy Defense Secretary Foster said every alternative was considered.
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Truman
Korea
Elton C. Fayap
Washington
United Nations
Red China
China
United States
Defense
William C Foster
Russia
Foster
Richmond man issued wagering stamp for Fort Center
James A. Vaughn trading as Fort Center in Norton has been issued a wagering stamp by the Internal Revenue Bureau.
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Richmond
James A. Vaughn
Fort Center
Park Ave
Norton
Internal Revenue Bureau
Robertson Says Local Issues Reduced Russell Vote in Fla
Richmond senator Robertson argues Florida primary results were shaped by local factors and Governor Warren's stance on Kefauver. He says Kefauver's national ties and Warren's involvement limited Russell’s margin while praising Byrd and Miller comments on the Florida vote.
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Russell
Fla
Richmond
D-Va
Florida
Richmond News Leader
Washington
Warren
Kefauver
Miami
Dade County
Truman
Communists blame UN talks as Korea truce delays loom
North Korea accused the United Nations Command of slowing a Korea armistice by stalling on prisoner exchanges. Gen Nam Nam II blasted the Allied position during a Panmunjom session, while Vice Admiral Joy dismissed the speech as propaganda. Ridgway and Clark arrived in Korea as talks continued with a Friday meeting planned.
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Korea
United Nations Command
Fuler
Nam II
Nam
Panmunjoa
Adm. C. Turner Joy
U. N. Command
Matthew B. Ridgway
Mark W. Clark
Ridgway
Washington
Truman
United States
Gen
Eisenhower
NATO
Europe
Joy
Reds
Truman Works Hard To Settle Oil Strike
President Truman said he is working very hard to settle the oil strike and hopes for a settlement. He indicated he is not considering using the Taft Hartley Act now. He refused to discuss the steel case, noting it is before the Supreme Court.
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Washington
Truman
Supreme Court
White House
Nathan P. Feinsinger
Wage Stabilization Board
House OKs federal support for state fair trade laws
The House passed the measure by 196 to 10 to grant federal sanction to state fair trade laws. It now moves to the Senate for consideration.
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Washington
House
Senate
Camp Commander Held as Hostage By Koje Prisoners
The Army reports Red prisoners on Koje Island seized Brig. Gen. Francis T. Dodd and another officer, holding Dodd in the stockade while the companion escaped. A note from the stockade was read but contents not disclosed. no harm to Dodd was confirmed.
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Pusan
Korea
Koje Island
Francis T. Dodd
Dodd
Red
Kose Island
U. S. Eighth Army
Kose
Selective Service Test Set For May 22
The draft director Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey announced a May 22 screening for college students who missed the December 13 and April 24 qualification quizzes. The test offers another chance to assess eligibility for military service.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Gore Firemen Fight Mt Falls Brush Blaze
Gore Fire Company fought a brush fire near the Fishback property at Mountain Falls two miles south of Route 50 at Hay field around 1 30 p m. The extent of damage was not determined by press time.
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Gore Fire Company
Fishback
Mountain Falls
Hayfield
Illinois Democrats Meet Amid Talk of Drafting Stevenson
Illinois Democrats convened in Springfield amid talk of drafting Gov. Adlai Stevenson for the presidential nomination despite his plea not to be placed in an awkward spot. Stevenson, Truman’s implied favorite, is in Camp Cooke California and spoke by phone with Jacob M. Arvey, Illinois Democratic committeeman, who pressed for convention endorsement. The Springfield gathering will name 20 at large delegates to the July convention, each with a half vote, shaping Illinois 60 vote delegation.
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Robertson
Chicago
Charles Fenwick
Arlington
Florida
Russell
Kefauver
Fenwick
Byrd
D-Va
Francis Pickens Miller
Miller
Coonskin Cap
Tennessee
Associated Presslinois
Springfield
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Truman
Camp Cooke
Calif
Jacob M. Arvey
Natinal
Illinois
Arvey
Richard Russell
Georgia
Estes Kefauver
Dawn to Dusk Raid Destroys 165 Buildings in Korea
The Fifth Air Force reported a day-long air raid on Suan 46 miles southeast of Pyongyang destroying 165 supply buildings and damaging 81. Jets and propeller planes conducted more than 300 attacks, with two MiG-15s shot down and another damaged.
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U.S. Fifth Air Force
Air Force
Suan
Pyongyang
Gordon F. Blood
Upshure
Washington, D. C
Pitt Ruth Air Air Force
Red
Korea
Manchurian
U. S. Eighth Army
Kumhwa-Kumsong
William Fox Dies Pioneer Movie Producer at 73
New York reports William Fox 73 pioneer film producer and former chain operator of 250 theaters worth over 100 million dollars died at Doctor's Hospital. His moving picture empire collapsed amid debt, creditors and lawsuits. he had served a five month prison term at 63 for conspiring to obstruct justice and defraud the government.
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New York
William Fox
Doctor's Hospital
Fox
Pennsylvania
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