U S Second Division Beats Off Red Attacks in Korea
U S Second Division and allied units repelled a major Chinese offensive near Seoul as North Korean forces attacked. The drive on Seoul began at sunrise with four battalions, producing thousands of enemy casualties and eighty prisoners captured. U S armored patrols moved toward Uijongbu but faced no fire.
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Tokyo
U. S
Seoul
Pukhan
Uijongbu
U. N
U. S. Eighth Army
Reds
John C. Coughlin
Santa Fe
N. Mex
Red
Coughlin
Tragedy at Fishers Hill Fatal head on crash near Strasburg
Three women die and four are seriously injured in a head on collision on Route 11 at Fishers Hill south of Strasburg at 11:20 last night. Victims include Miss Anna Elizabeth Snapp Strasburg town clerk and Mrs Marcelus Copp Maurertown. The injured include James and Lucille Richbourg of Winchester area. Coroner and state troopers investigate cause. Copp and Richbourg cars demolished. victims transported by ambulances from Strasburg and Woodstock.
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Winchester Memorial Hospital
Fishers Hill
Strasburg
Anna Elizabeth Snapp
Marcellus Copp
Maurertown
Harold Miller
Zombro
Richbourg
Pennsylvania
Woodstock
Chrysler
Hudson
Truman urges unity amid Korean crisis during Armed Forces Day
President Truman appeals for national unity as MacArthur controversy swirls. He warns that if free nations fail the Korea test casualties will dwarf potential nuclear damage, urging Americans to quit bickering. Secretary Marshall echoes renewal for the U N and allied forces. Senator Wiley Reed accuses the Senate committee of trying to whitewash the MacArthur dismissal.
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Washington
Truman
MacArthur
Korea
United States
U. N
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Free World
Marhall
Mr. Truman
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific
Nator Wiley ‘Reis
Senate
High Court to Hear Mother's Appeal
Waterloo mother Jeanette Watson 37 was jailed for contempt after refusing jury duty in a murder case. The Iowa Supreme Court agreed to hear her appeal of a six month sentence in the State Women's Reformatory, imposed by District Judge Shannon B. Charlton. Watson cited child care at home for her refusal. her sons are 8 and 5.
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Waterloo
Jeanette Watson
Black Hawk County
Iowa State Supreme Court
State Women’s Reformatory
Shannon B. Charlton
A Legion Leader Faults Leadership At News Conference
Erle Cocke Jr national commander of the American Legion said America needs better diplomats after declaring Our whole trouble is one of leadership at a news conference in Pittsburgh. He urged improved leadership to represent the country abroad.
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Pittsburgh
America
Erle Cocke, Jr
American Legion
Cocke
Wage Board opens pay barrier gate
The Wage Stabilization Board voted 8 to 4 to allow a nine cent hourly raise for 220,000 packing house workers, signaling broader use of higher boosts beyond the 10 percent ceiling. It plans hearings next Thursday to discuss productivity based increases and deferred wage raises.
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Washington
Wage Stabilization Board
Congress
Manty Fleischmann
National Production Authority
House Banking Committee
NPA
Ray Willoughby
San Angelo
Tex
Texas and Southerwestern Cattle Raisers Association
House Agriculture Committee
Leon Keyserling
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Leader of Coxey's Army Dies at 97 in Ohio
Massillon, Ohio reports the death of Jacob Coxey at age 97. He led the 1894 Coxey's Army, a unemployed march to Washington advocating easy money and road-building programs. He sought political office multiple times but never won.
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Coxey
Massillon
Jacob
Washington
Congress
Labor Party
Pvt Boyd F Grim Killed in Korea Breakthrough Drive
Pvt Boyd F Grim 22, son of Mr and Mrs Charles H Grim Sr of 112 W Germain St, was killed in action in Korea on April 24. Inducted Oct 17, 1950, he trained at Camp Atterbury and left Seattle for the South Pacific in late March as a replacement. He was born August 18, 1928, in Winchester and attended Handley High School class of 1946. He played second base for local teams and was active in Brad dock Street Methodist Church and South End Fire Company. Surviving are his parents, siblings Charlena and Charles H Grim Jr, Robert M Grim, and Mrs Dora G Rosenberger.
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Boyd F. Grim
Charles H. Grim
W. Germain Street
Korea
Pvt. Grim
Martinsburg
Camp Atterbury
Ind
South Pacific
Seattle
Wash
Japan
Winchester
Handley High School
John W. Rosenberger and Company
Braddock Street Methodist Church
South End Fire Company
J. W. Arthur
Richmond Park
Rosenberger
Charlena Grim
Charles H. Grim, Jr
Robert M. Grim
E. Cork Street
Dora G. Rosenberger
N. Braddock Street
Bad Check Writer Caught in Roanoke
James Price Davis allegedly passed five bad checks in Winchester last week and was arrested in Roanoke and turned over to Richmond authorities on forgery related charges. He used his own name with fictitious addresses and drew checks with insufficient funds at Leggett's Sears Roebuck Montgomery Ward People's Drug Rhodes Drug and Malden Electric. A detainer for his return to Richmond for trial was filed by local police.
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James Price Davis
Winchester
Roanoke
Richmond
Leggett’s
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Sears Roebuck and Company
Montgomery Ward
People’s Drug Store
Rhodes Drug Store
Malden Electric Company
Washington Street
Golden Glow
House OF Good Food
Baseball Sunday at Rouss Park Feature
Baseball Sunday schedule lists North Mountain versus Mahons City at Rouss Park at 3 p m Ip 5 18 2t. Park closed all day Sunday May 20 8 am to 8 pm. Local grocery Ip 5 19 1t highlights store timing.
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Rouss Park
North Mountain
Mahons City
Cash Grocery
Senate and House Agree to Lower Draft Age to 18
Washington reports a conference agreement to lower induction age to 18 years and six months with registration at 18 and a 5 million man power ceiling. The plan keeps volunteers and reserves outside the change and sets a 1955 termination date while expanding training and service length.
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Senate
House
Washington
Senate House
Russell
Dga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Vinson
House Armed Services Committee
Focal
United States
Pittsburgh Group Arriving Tonight for Photo Tour in Winchester
About 100 visitors from Pittsburgh Pa arrive in Winchester this evening around 10 to photograph historic sites. They stay at the George Washington Hotel during a Kaufmann’s Sponsored bus excursion arranged by Oscar Harter. Clarence Lamp leads the Winchester Camera Club as guide with George Washington Headquarters opening tomorrow.
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Pittsburgh
Winchester
George Washington Hotel
Kaufmann’s Department Store
Oscar Harter
Union Bus Terminal
Clarence Lamp
Winchester Camera Club
Harry T. Cook
George Washington
Handley School
H. B. McCormac
Maybe Aikin
Stonewall Jackson
Three Drowned In Pier Boat Fire Tragedy in Philadelphia
A mill ion-dollar blaze on a Delaware River pier in Philadelphia trapped workers and a British freighter crew. Three men believed drowned and about 100 people affected by smoke and exposure as flames forced evacuation from the pier and ship Pineland.
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Philadelphia
Delaware River
Delaware
Two French Youths Study On Frederick Fruit Farms
Part of an ECA Educational Plan sends Edmond Fougeirol and Bernard Gell to Frederick County for a 10 week training on local farms. They stay with the Brumbacks and the Bells, study fruit growing, with aims to practice scientific methods and foster U S European understanding.
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Frederick Fruit Farms
Frederick County
Edmond Fougeirol
St. Lorent du Pape
Ardeche
France
Henry Brumback
Middle Road
M. Fougeirol
America
Fougeirol
Brumbacks
Florida
California
French Morocco
North Africa
Stewart Bells
Bernard Gell
Gell
Montpellier College of Agriculture
Geli
Economic Cooperation Administration
Ministeries of Agriculture
Washington
American Farm Federation Bureau
The
National Grange
National Farmers Union
United States Land-Grant Colleges
Cooperative Extension Service
USDA
ECA
Tornado Rips Olney Texas Leaving Ghost Town Aftermath
A blue black tornado struck Olney Texas at about 3 15 p m causing extensive damage to 24 to 36 homes with over 100 more damaged property losses near a million dollars Twenty people remained hospitalized with fractures and injuries and Mrs J T Temple and her husband died in the disaster Mayor Hallman reported businesses leveled and gas shut off to guard against fires Fire alarms sounded as residents searched through wreckage near collapsed church and schools Olney lies in Young County about 60 miles south of Wichita Falls.
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E. C. Hallman
Geme
Hamilton
Hallman
J. T. Temple
Joan Wilkins
Hazel Brown
Bob Hutson
Olney
Young County
Wichilem Falls
Baltimore Market Fire Devours Crags Street Market
A massive blaze tore through the Crags Street Market in Baltimore, prompting six firefighters and three residents to evacuate. About 70 fire apparatus fought fires for six hours. no deaths were reported though homes were evacuated and arson investigators probed the scene.
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Baltimore
Festival Leaders To Meet Monday Night In Mansfield
Festival President H B McCormack invites department heads and key workers of the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival to an interim session at Mansfield Handley Deepe at 7 30 p m Monday night. About thirty five participants are expected to attend.
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Shenandoah
Traffic Routing System Implemented by City Police
Police Chief J Thomas Boyd announced a new traffic routing system approved by the City Council and Virginia State Highway Department will start at 8 am next Tuesday May 22. Signs will show routes with Route 11 North Valley Avenue to Gerrard Street Gerrard to Cameron Street and to the city limits then out of town. Route 50 West will go in by Millwood Avenue to Cameron Street north Piccadilly Street then eeeees Street south on K Street to Amherst Street and west out of town.
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Virginia State Highway Department
J. Thomas Boyd
Valley Avenue
Gerrard Street
Gerrard
Cameron Street
Eudoun Street
Millwood Avenue
Piccadilly Street
Eeeeees Street
K Street
Amherst Street
PRR Train Wreck Probed In Pennsylvania
Investigators examined the PRR wreck near MAWR Pennsylvania where thirty three men were injured and sixty three others rushed to hospitals. The probe found that one driver had little vision in his right eye and used no eye protection while another said examinations were not thorough. A PRR spokesman noted routine biennial checkups for crews and praised the railway’s safety record.
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Oe Mawr
Ventaler
PRR
Government Directive Reserves 75 Percent for Defense Metals
A government directive allocates seventy five percent of all specified metals for defense use, directing control over materials distribution and prioritizing military needs.
United States Rejects Russian Peace Treaty Proposal
A U S official rejected a Russian proposal urging the Pacific Rim to embark upon a peace treaty with J stenoi grapher. An insurance claims office advertises experience preferred but not required. contact via phone 0228.
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Stan
Washington
United States
E Pacific Bisee
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Step
ECA Educational Plan
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Lexington
Herbert Hatfield
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