Allied Airplanes Smash Red Air Field In Major Raid
More than 300 Allied aircraft bombed Sinuiju Air Field on the Korean Manchurian border. The raid aimed to thwart a planned Communist offensive and was described as the war’s biggest air strike. Reports noted smoke, flames, and radar of 70 to 100 Reds on the ground.
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Tokyo
Fifth Air Force
Sinuiju
United Nav Partridge
Yalu
Owever
Robert Dix Newton
Iowa
U. N
Hongchon
Inje
Whitacre Reelected To Frederick County School Board
Fred A Whitacre of Whitacre was reelected to the Frederick County School Board from Gainesboro District. The four year term begins July 1 1951 after selection by the School Trustee Electoral Board chaired by Clarence Lemley with R Lee Smith and J O Chamberlin as members.
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Fred A Whitacre
Whitacre
Frederick County
Gainesboro
Clarence Lemley
Stephens City
R. Lee Smith
Gore
J. O. Chamberlin
Stephenson
Soil Stewardship Sunday Declared Across the South and Southwest
May 20 is designated Soil Stewardship Sunday with ministers urging nationwide devotion to soil conservation. The message links soil fertility to future living standards and stresses stewardship beyond immediate needs, citing biblical duty and the idea that the earth is entrusted to this generation for future generations.
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David
Truman outlines concrete mobilization plan for possible Soviet war
President Truman told about 400 industrialists a concrete plan for greater military strength and rapid mobilization exists if Moscow starts a world war. He warned inflation will worsen and urged extending controls, higher taxes, and long term price and wage measures to fund expanded armed forces and civilian defense.
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Washington
Truman
Moscow
Interior Department
Industry Council
Korea
U. S
Kremlin
Food Prices Expected to Stay Steady Through Summer
Washington The Agriculture Department projected that high food prices will hold fairly stable through early summer barring shocks to the international situation. Supplies seem adequate to meet civilian consumption, with first quarter retail prices averaging about 15 percent higher than a year earlier. Meats eggs fats oils and fruits and vegetables saw larger increases. Civilian meat supply for the year is forecast at 148 pounds per person carcass weight up from 144.5 last year and 126 before the war, after a recent peak of 153.4 in 1946.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Mae
Genantenans
Adams Fined in Tire Theft Case
M M Adams local filling station proprietor pleaded guilty in Corporation Court to accepting stolen tires valued over 50 dollars from the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey theft last month. Judge Elliott Marshall fined him 300 dollars and ordered costs. Adams had bought 10 tires from the principals. three youths involved had previous guilty pleas and suspended prison sentences.
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M. M. Adams
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
Elliott Marshall
Adams
Friendship Fire Co. Closing Out Notice Prompts Members
The Friendship Fire Co. announces a closing out notice to be held Thursday May 10 at 8 pm. All members are urged to attend. George H. Eagle serves as president.
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Friendship Fire Co
Shooting and Mob Attacks Hit Panama City
In Panama City a general strike against President Arnulfo Arias sparked violence as a radio station backing the president came under mob attack. Eyewitnesses said equipment was damaged and some people were wounded as police rounded up firearms and Arias supporters arrived from outside areas.
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Panama
Arnulfo Arias
Arias
Cencern
Ridgway Raised To Full General
The president sent to the Senate for confirmation the promotion of Ridgway to full general in the Far East. General MacArthur remains a five star general of the army as head of occupation forces in Japan after Truman ordered him to relinquish those commands on April 11.
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Far East
Senate
Ridgeway
MacArthur
Japan
Truman
Shinberger to Talk On McArthur Theme
The Rev. John B. Shinberger, Episcopal Rector from Purcellville and former Army paratrooper colonel, will address Winchester Rotary Club at the George Washington Hotel at 6:30 p.m. His topic is the MacArthur Truman controversy, reflecting on his Pacific War experience and Philippines service.
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John B. Shinberger
Purcellville
U. S. Army
Winchester Rotary Club
George Washington Hotel
Rotary
Shinberger
Much Decora
Pacific
Philippines
Strikers Fired Upon by Police in Pampolna Spain
Police fired on a crowd of strikers in Pampolna Spain during a general strike protesting high living costs. Five were seriously wounded and about fifty workers were arrested as instigators after an ultimatum from Civil Governor Luis Valero Bermejo. The demonstrators returned to discuss a skirmish with police from the prior night.
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Pampolna
Spain
Luis Valero Bermejo
Soldiers clash in German cafe injures dozens in brawl
In Karlsruhe Germany nearly 100 U.S. troops, white and Negro, fought a wild battle in a local cafe last night. The U.S. Provost Marshal's Office says nine soldiers were taken to a medical facility for treatment and police earlier reported 40 hospitalized.
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Karlsruhe
Germany
U. S
South Winchester zoning approved by city council
Citizens packed the Council Chamber for a zoning hearing as the council voted 10 to 1 to designate the South Winchester section a residential district. The zoning had been debated for over a year with petitions supporting the measure, while several property owners protested and questioned future rights.
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South
Winchester
Committee On
Common Council
Zoning Commission
Dr. C. R. Anderson
Dut Ag
H. W. Butler, Jr
W. 8. Sargent
S. Loudoun Street
Albert C. Halvosa
Fipal
Herman Hable
Hart Street
J. Henkel Henry
Papermill Road
John P. Allen
Hable
Henry Christian Gutmann
Commonwealth
Dabney Watts
Iceland Airfields Forecast U.S. Military Utility Decline
The United States built four World War II airfields in Iceland but their runways are too short for modern heavy bombers like the B-36 and jet fighters. U.S. forces remain in Iceland under a defense pact, using two radar and patrol roles to monitor the Arctic, while old fuel dumps and piers may still be usable after repairs.
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Iceland
United States Army
Navy
Arctic
U S Casualties Rise in Korea to 64055
Defense Department figures show 64055 U S casualties in Korea as of last Friday, up 1256 from the prior week. The tally lists 9765 killed, 43350 wounded and 10940 missing in action, with 11001 total combat deaths including 1135 wounded who died later.
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W. U
Korea
Defense Department
U. S
Interior panel backs land purchase to protect Manassas Battlefield
The House Interior Committee unanimously approved a bill to acquire 2,500 acres to preserve historic portions of the Manassas Battlefield not currently inside Manassas National Battlefield Park in Virginia.
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Washington
House Interior Committee
Manassas Battlefield
Manassas National Battlefield Park
Virginia
Sealock Freed of Felonious Assault Charge
A 12 juror panel acquitted W W Sealock of felonious assault against Nancy Grimes a 15 year old girl of 638 North Loudoun Street. The incident on February 23 involved a board strike after a yard quarrel amid family disputes. The trial concluded with the not guilty verdict in Winchester Circuit Court.
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The
Commonwealth
Sealock
Nancy Grimes
Loudoun Street
Grimes
Winchester
Scully and Woltz
Dabney Watts
Edwin G. Brown
Alexandria
Marsha County
Marshall
Iarte County
Strasburg Woman Seeks Help in Missing Daughter Case
Naomi Rinker Stoke seeks police aid to locate her 16 year old daughter Mable V. Stokes who vanished after leaving for a movie. Stokes is 5 feet 5 inches, 135 pounds with brown hair and eyes. Authorities in five states were alerted for the missing Strasburg High School freshman.
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Strasburg
Naomi Rinker Stoke
Mable V. Stokes
Strasburg High School
Clarke History Exhibits By Clarke County Schools Friday
Clarke County schools present Virginia history exhibits and essays by students of all grades at the Clarke County Historical Society meeting Friday afternoon at 3 and evening 7 to 9 in Grace Church Parish House. Principal Milton F Wright will show motion pictures of county historic buildings. Judges will award ribbons in high school elementary and primary divisions to Powell Harrison C Gordon Higgins Thornton Perry and Miss Emily McCormick.
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Bill Garrard
Berryville
Clarke County
Virginia
Rose McDonald Skoges
Clarke County Historical Society
Grace Church
Milton F. Wright
Boyce School
Soggs
State Board of Education
Society
George W. Burton
Powell Harrison
Leesburg
Cecil W. Taylor
Lynchburg
MacArthur policy clash unsettled allies in Korea fight
Marshall testified that MacArthur's policy quarrel left allies uneasy and warned the United States risked going it alone in Korea. He noted allied pressure and questioned if actions irked partners and could end cooperation, while MacArthur warned the free world must fight communism even if the U.S. must go it alone.
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MacArthur
Marshall
U.S
United Nations
Wiley
United States
Strathmore Orchards Sold for 150000 in Shenandoah County
The 633 acre Strathmore Orchards near Mt. Jackson in Shenandoah County sold for 150000 cash to Edmund M. Jenks and Warren R. Richards of Shinnston WV for the Strathmore Farm and Orchard Company. Bernard B. Jones, former owner, retires to Audley Farm Clarke County and a Washington DC address. Possession set for May 23 with new owners planning beef cattle operations.
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Berryville
Strathmore Orchards
Shenandoah Valley
Shenandoah County
Mt. Jackson
Edmund M. Jenks
Warren R. Richards
Elliott L. Jones
Audley Farm
Bernard .B. Jones
Audley
Clarke County
Wyoming Avenue
N. W
Washington
U. S. 11
Shenandoah River
MM . Wissler, Sr
Frank M. Wissler, Jr
Vanderbilt Farm
Valley Pike
Harold Vanderbilt
Shenandoa City
Bernard B. Jones
Pares
Strathmore Farm and Orchard Company, Inc
Frank M. Wissler
Jones
Orkneyes Road
Mt. Jackwo
West Virginia
James Wood High School Names Band Instructor
James Wood High School announced the appointment of a band instructor for the 1981-82 calendar. The school board approved lighting projects at Roundboro and Gore Schools and discussed a heating and plumbing project at Bryarly School. The board also authorized county buses to transport 125 School Safety Patrol members to Washington for a May 19 baseball game between Washington and St Louis. A 50 foot flag pole was ordered to be erected in front of James Wood School.
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James Wood
Prederick Mens
Ae R. E
Roundboro
Gore
Yon
Anderson
Bryarly
Aylor
Washington
St. Louis
16000 Enemy Vehicles Seen In Korea War Effort
The Defense Department reported 16000 enemy vehicles entered North Korea in the week ending Sunday, most moving south. A spokesman clarified that vehicles include anything on wheels except bicycles, covering animal carts wheelbarrows and human powered transports.
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Washington
Korea
Defense Department
Fight Renewed For Insurance Rate Hike
The Virginia Insurance Rating Bureau renewed its push for higher fire insurance rates on churches peanut factories and tobacco warehouses with a 25 percent hike sought and a 15 percent rise for certain fertilizer plants. A 25 percent theater rate was requested but later withdrawn for further study.
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Richmond
Virginia Insurance Rating Bureau
State Corporation Commission
DiSalle Defends Beef Price Rollback Order
Kansas City reports Michael V. DiSalle stating no pressure will alter his stance on the beef price rollback. The OPS director told a television interview the public disturbance over the order questions its fairness and necessity to stabilization.
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Kansas City
Michael V. DiSalle
Office of
Price Stabilization
Covington High Athletes Suffer Injuries in Collision
Covington High athletes report injuries after a collision with Natural Bridge forces. Outfielder Addie Myers sustains a fractured collarbone and a teammate suffers a left thigh injury while the car involved was demolished.
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Addie Myers
Covington
Strawberries Bring Higher Prices at Princess Anne Auction
Strawberries sold at the Princess Anne County farmers auction block with capped crates fetching up to 7.05 per crate and uncapped berries 3.75 to 4. Caps on berries reduced yield by more than 50 cents per crate, as farmers report losses when caps remain. Growers face labor shortages and new child labor law enforcement as 2,000 pickers are still needed for the harvest.
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Princess Anne County
Ac c
Hudgins
Straarariien
Acheson Says Russia Demands Too Much for Big Four Meeting
Secretary of State Acheson indicated Russia seeks harsh terms for a Big Four session. He warned the United States may run out of patience and hinted at Paris talks by deputy ministers could pave a foreign ministers session.
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Acheson
Russia
Washington
U. S
Paris Ou
United States
Elevator strike paralyzes New York offices for second day
Operators and service workers walked out striking multiple commercial buildings. Thousands of workers remain stranded as skyscrapers lose service. Classifieds note a job ad and a car listing with contact numbers amid the disrupted business day.
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New York
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