Driver acquitted in highway death of nine year old
George Johnson of Bloomery West Virginia was found not guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the April 6 death of Jean Elaine Pont, nine, after a deputy jury concluded the incident was an accident. Johnson testified he slowed to stop for a school bus and the child darted into traffic. The jury deliberated about an hour before acquitting him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Johnson
Bloomery
W. Va
Jean Elaine Pont
Nain
Johnson
Commonwealth
West Virginia
A. Kline Foreman
Corn Planting Slowed by Rain But Crops Look Good
County Agent J. Fred Stine reports about half the corn is in the ground with 50 percent or more planted, and expects acreage to match or exceed the 10 000 acres sown in 1949. He says rain slows field work but crops such as barley wheat and spring oats look good. Alfalfa cutting should start in 10 days to two weeks with home grown strawberries arriving about the same time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Fred Stine
Stine
County Census Nears Completion in Frederick County
Enumeration of Frederick County should wrap up this week per crew leader EB Clay Rog ers. Completed areas include Stephens City by Grover Schlack, Middletown by Mrs. Cora Owings, and Back Creek District by Mrs. Martha Richards and Mrs. Gladys Wolfe. Uncounted individuals are urged to call 4733. Farmers invited to Allis-Chalmers Service School at 7 PM Wednesday on N Cameron St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
EB. Clay Rogers
Stephens City
Grover Schlack
Middletown
Cora Owings
Back Creek
Martha Richards
Gladys Wolfe
Allis-Chalners Service
N. Cameron St
Barr's Orchard Farm Supply
Formosa Holds as Nationalists Abort Chushan Islands Defense
Taipei reports the abandonment of the Chushan Islands by Nationalist forces after vows to defend the area. 150,000 troops evacuated as Communists press and Red forces claim Tungshan. Chiang Kai shek pledges to die defending Formosa if necessary, last Nationalist stronghold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taipeh
Chinao
Chushan Islands
Shahai
Formosa
Kuomingtang
Nationalist Party
Tungshan
Amoy
Chen Yi
Peiping Radio
Tokyo
Hong Kong
China
UN Official Talks with Stalin and Red Chinese Ambassador
UN Secretary General Trygve Lie met with Joseph Stalin for 90 minutes in Moscow and then conferred with Wang Chia hsiang the Chinese communist ambassador. Talks focused on China's UN representation while Stalin signaled continued refusal to seat Chiang Kai shek's Nationalist government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Trygve Lie
Stalin
Lie
Wang Chiahsiang
Peiping
United Nations
Lie-Stalin
Save
U. N
Chiang Kaishek
Russia
Mao Tzetung
China
V. M. Molotov
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Truman
Washington
London
Paris
U.N
Vishinsky
Andrei Gromyko
United Nations Information Center
Left wing assessment from British War Minister Strachey
Oxford comments by War Minister John Strachey calling the U S administration one of the more left wing governments in the world. He praised American student interest and contrasted U S policy with Western Europe and Britain’s Labour government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
England
John Strachey
U. S
Strachey
United Kingdom
Western
Europe
Planning Board to Decide on School Area Restrictions
E Earl Shade, chairman, said the Frederick County Planning Board would decide Friday night on a 2000 foot area around the James Wood High School. The board plans to meet with the Board of Supervisors to set building restrictions near the school. The specific area and rules remain undecided after a recent public hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Earl Shade
Frederick County
Stations to be dropped in Virginia railroad service
The State Corporation Commission authorized Norfolk and Western Railroad to discontinue agency stations at Groseclose Wallace and Taylors Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
State Corporation Commission
The
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Groseclose
Wallace and
Taylors Valley
Taft to Speak for Republicans Tonight About Truman's Tour
Senator Taft of Ohio will reply to President Truman's Chicago appeal and discuss the west tour in a 10 30 p m EST address. Meanwhile Pennsylvania voters choose in a close primary as Duff factions back Kunkel for Senate and Grun dy era backs Cooke for Governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Truman
Chicago
Ohio
West
Pennsylvania
ABC
NBC
MBS
CBS
James H. Duff
U. S
John J. Kunkel
Kunkel
Senate
Joseph R. Grundy
Jay Cooke
Duff
John S. Fine
Victor A. Johnston
Republican National Committee
Washington
House
Johnston
Kellam to Succeed Wright as State Conservation Chief
Sidney S Kellam 49 year old Princess Anne County treasurer is named state director of conservation and development by Governor Battle to replace William A Wright who resigns May 19 to run for Congress in the First District. Kellam has long served in local and Democratic party roles and is active in Rotary Masonic Lodge and other groups. Wright is a lawyer and World War I veteran who served in the House and Senate before heading the conservation agency since 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Sidney S. Kellam
Princess Anne County
Kellam
Battle
William A. Wright
Congress
John 8. Battle
Floyd E. Kellam
Princess Anne
Isle of Wight
Portsmouth
Princess Anne Courthouse
A. E. Kellam
Clara O. Kellam
Virginia Beach
Wright
Conservation Agency
Darden
Tuck
House of Delegates
State Senate
Washington and Lee University
Egypt Rejects California Marriage For Fathia Princess
Cairo reports the royal council refused to recognize Princess Fathia’s California marriage to Riad Ghali and ordered control of involved properties. Queen Nazli’s secretary, the bridegroom, and Fathia’s sister Faika are affected as the council deems the union annulled for Egypt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Egypt
California
Farouk
Fathia
Nazli
San Francisco
Riad Ghali
Faika
United States
Muhammed Zulfoukar Bey
Muhammed Ali
al Ahram
Virginia Five Day Weather Outlook May 21
Five day outlook for Virginia calls for rain Thursday and again around the weekend, totaling about half an inch. Temperatures average near normal for the period with no major deviations expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Population Drop In Clifton Forge From 1940 Census
Preliminary census figures from the Roanoke District Office show Clifton Forge with 5 769 residents, down from 6 461 in the 1940s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Clifton Forge
Discharged Miner to Talk Tonight
John L Lewis refused to testify before a House labor sub committee while denying secret signals to miners during last winter's coal strike. Chairman Jacobs aims to hear Sidener's claim that Lewis issued whistle stop orders, though Sidener was fined by his local union for failing to pay the $50,000 assessment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John L Lewis
House
Jacobs
D-Ind
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lloyd Sidener
Canton
Sidener
Utt
United Mine Worker's of America
Cant&, Inl
Kiwanis Fun Festival Set Near Winchester
Winchester Kiwanis Club plans a week long Spring Fun Festival at the Ashby Sprint property near Willow Lawn on Valley Pike to aid underprivileged children. Proceeds benefit Winchester Day Nursery eye glasses program and Salvation Army camp, with rides including the Octopus and Ferris wheel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Kiwanis Club
Ashby Sprint
Willow Lawn
Valley Pike
Winchester
Winchester Day Nursery
Salvation Army
Shade’s Park
Opequon
Winchester Amusement Co
Kiwanis Club
Newspaper
Carrier Boys
Winchester Star
Sol Nuger
Plaza
Nager
Winslow Porter
Gordon Baxter
Howard Cather
Albert Hillyard
Ronald Stayre
William Rooker
Charles A. Pine
Motorist Is Freed Of Manslaughter In Winchester Case
A Frederick County Circuit Court grand jury declined to bring a true bill against Walter Glenn Compton of Marlboro Route Winchester on involuntary manslaughter charges tied to an April 28 Rt 7 accident that killed Walter O. Richard of Chambersville. Foreman A W Conner led jurors Eli A. Garber J Robert Bywaters Henry Brumback and H R Mills. The same panel indicted Robert Fletcher for forgery for allegedly signing Allen Bond’s name to a 32.18 dollar check on May 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Walter Glenn Compton
Marlboro Rt
Winchester
Rt. 7
Walter O. Richard
Chambersville
A. W. Conner
Compton
Eli A. Garber
J. Robert Bywaters
Henry Brumback
H. R. Mills
Robert Fletcher
Allen Bond
Optometrists Convene at 26th Southeast Congress Session
Sessions featured technical talks and election of officers at the 26th annual Southeast Educational Congress of Optometry held in Point Comfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Point Comfort
Southeastern Educational Congress of Optometry
Milk price fixing conspiracy conviction in Washington area
The Maryland Virginia Milk Producers Association secretary treasurer Bruce B Derrick and two Washington area dairies were convicted today of conspiring to fix milk prices leading to a fraud case grounded in antitrust law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Maryland-Virginia Milk Producers’ Association
Bruce B. Derrick
Washington, Area
Apple Crop Here Shaping Up Well
Winchester apple crop shows good size and quality says Dr. Walter Hough of the Winchester Research Laboratory. Frost danger is past with only hail and pests remaining concerns. Leaves grow fast and two thirds of spray is applied. first cover spray due May 16 to 18. Storage figures show scarce apples left. Winchester and local storages moving 2000 to 3000 bushels daily with Winesaps Bens and Ganos dominating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Walter 8. Hough
Winchester Research Laboratory
Hough
Winchester Cold Storage Co
Virginia Apple
Robinson Ice and Cold Storage Co
All 33 Passengers Escape In Crash
A Norwegian Airlines Sandringham flying boat crashed at takeoff from Harstad Norway on the Oslo Tromso leg. The craft sank six minutes after touching water but all 33 aboard were saved with minor injuries reported. The right motors stopped and the right wing was smashed in the sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oslo
Norway
Norwegian Airlines
Sandringham
Harstad
Rail strike ends as firemen return to work nationwide
The six day walkout by 18 000 locomotive firemen disrupted rail service and left 200 000 workers idle. A new agreement equalized pay across oil steam and diesel locomotives and ended the hiring of a second fireman on diesels. Full service was expected to resume by extensive recalls and normal operations swiftly underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Brotherhood of Locomotive
Nation (Railway) Mediation Board
New York Central
Santa Fe
Fisher Body
Cleveland
General Motors
Midland Steel Products Company
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
AFL
Pennsylvania Railroad
David B. Robertson
Can Goldfish Carry Bellyaches From Humans Or Vice Versa
A Yale led team reports that certain aquarium fish may be infected by the same microbe that causes human intestinal illness. They isolated a germ from catfish guppies and red swordtails that killed goldfish mice and guinea pigs. They pose two questions whether infection comes from fish to humans or vice versa and urge further study at least by bacteriologists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Man
The
Society of American Bacteriologists
Philip J. Griffin
8. F. Snieszk
Yale University
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Station
Kearneysville
West Virginia
Yalemen
Yale
Truman Vows Fight to Rid Congress of Obstructionists
President Truman told 22,000 Chicago supporters that he will press to remove obstructionists from Congress and push the Fair Deal through the 81st Congress with plans to carry on the fight in the 82nd. He warned both parties that backward looking lawmakers hinder progress and pledged to back Democratic candidates after primaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Congress
Ernest B. Vaccaro
Congr
Washington
Chicago
Democratic Party
Senate
House
Northwest
Permits Issued To Build Homes In Rural Areas
Howard and Rosie Grubb of Star Tannery receive a permit for a frame dwelling add on Rt 104 a mile south with estimated cost 3000. Marie R Conner of Stephens City gets permit for a two story two room addition with porches near Refuge Church five miles SE of Stephens City cost 2. Leonard E and Madelire Mura cher of Stephenson seek permit for a 12x24 ft concrete block building to be used as temporary dwelling and later a garage on road from Red Bud to Jordan Springs with estimated cost 600.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard
Rosie Grubb
Star Tannery
Rt. 104
Marie R. Conner
Stephens City
Leonard E
Madelire Muracher
Stephenson
Red Bud
Jordan Springs
Student dies of injuries in Richmond accident
A second Hampden Sydney College student died in a Richmond hospital from weekend automobile crash injuries. He was 22 year old Edmond Baker Davenport, son of a Richmond financier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Edmond Baker Davenport
Arlington appoints Battle Creek principal as assistant superintendent
Charles G Hass aged 35, principal of Battle Creek Michigan, has accepted an appointment as assistant superintendent of Arlington School. The announce ment was made locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Charles G Hass
Battle Creek, Mich
Arlington School
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