Local Amateurs In Strasburg Show
Four amateur vocalists from Winchester and nearby communities compete in the fourth round of the Lions Club Amateur Contest tonight at the Home Theatre. Contestants include Bonita Starleter Green Alger Colleen Largent. Winners advance to the Grand Finals Friday for a New York trip and Ted Mack Original Amateur Hour audition, plus cash prizes.
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Winchester
Lions Club
Bonita Starleter
Rebecca Ann Green
Betty Jane Alger
Middletown
Colleen Largent
Cross Junction
New York
Ted Mack
Judge Extends Injunction Against Battletown Fruit Company
Federal judge A. D. Barksdale prolongs a 90 day preliminary injunction against Battleton Fruit Company of Staunton and Berryville to allow remedying unsanitary conditions. Yesterday's hearing considered whether the injunction would become permanent.
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Roanoke
A. D. Barksdale
Battleton Fruit Company
Staunton and
Berryville
Battle Favors Change In Primary Date
Governor Battle supports moving the Democratic primary from August as ill advised timing. He said the VALC study on date options will explore spring or autumn possibilities and offered no firm preference. He declined to discuss a runoff primary proposal.
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Richmond
Battle
Govenor Battle
Virgina
VALC
General Assembly
Virginia
Protest Over Game Warden Tactics At Hampton
The Peninsula SPCA protests Game Warden A. O. Smith to the State Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries calling his conduct rude discourteous intimidating and bullying. The group had earlier urged his removal. the commission ordered him to be courteous and kind to animals.
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Hampton
Peninsula Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
State Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries
A. O. Smith
Elizabeth City
SPCA
Smith
Game Commission
Officer Retires from Top Intelligence Post
Maj. Gen. Charles A. Willoughby, General MacArthur's intelligence chief for nearly a decade, sailed for the United States today to begin retirement.
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Tokyo
Charles A. Willoughby
MacArthur
United States
Berlin Refuses License for German Socialist Party
West Berlin officials blocked the party license saying 20 of its 24 platform points mirror Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime rules. The move underscores ongoing tensions as the city weighs far right organization activity.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Ban on Rubber Shipments to Communist China
Singapore based company British Malaya Rubber Limited announced a ban on any further shipments of rubber to Communist China. The firm notes it has sold over 120,000 tons of rubber to China since the Korean War began.
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Singapore
British
Malaya
China
Cartoonist Clifford McBride Dies at 50 in California
Pasadena newspaper obituary notes cartoonist Clifford McBride age 50 creator of Napoleon the top-eared dog and Uncle Elby the canine’s rotund master died last night at Huntington Memorial Hospital.
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Pasadena
Calif
Clifford McBride
Napoleon
Elby
Huntington Memorial Hospital
County school board denies segregation elimination petition
The Prince Edward County School Board rejected a petition requesting the elimination of racial segregation in the county's schools. The vote decision stands, maintaining the existing separation policies pending further action.
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Richmond
Prince Edward County
House committee approves electricity tax on public power
The Ways and Means Committee voted to tax electricity sold directly to domestic and commercial users by federal state or local government units. Industrial electricity would be exempt from the 3? percent levy already applied to privately owned utilities for commercial and home use.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Kefauver Named Father of the Year by National Committee
Senator Estes Kefauver former head of the Senate Crime Investigating Committee is named Father of the Year by the National Fathers Day Committee. He has four children Lada age 9 David age 5 Diane age 3 and Gail Ester due next October. U S Army personnel in Japan shift from wool winter uniforms to lightweight summer garb at 12 01 am May 20.
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New York
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
National
Fathers’ Day Committee
Kefauver
Senate
Lada
David
Diane
Gail Ester
U. S. Army
Japan
Ollie Levi Rites Tomorrow
Funeral services for Ollie M. Levi 60 who died yesterday at his Berryville home after years of ill health will be held tomorrow at 2 PM at John H Enders Funeral Home Berryville. Rev Percy D White will officiate with interment in Green Cemetery. Pallbearers Walter Rutherford L H Bell James Crim William Fenton Eustace Jackson Mortie Thompson. Born Boyce April 5 1891 he was son of the late William and Ellen Levi. He married Nada Marie Stickles. Survivors include ten children and five grandchildren a sister and in laws in Berryville and elsewhere.
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Ollie M. Levi
Berryville
John H. Enders
Percy D. White
Stanley Stout
Baltimore, Md
Earl Phillips
Philadelphia
Henry Osler
Bus-Truck Crash Injures Seven Near Burlington
Seven persons were injured in a crash at the intersection of highways 49 and 62 eleven miles north of Burlington at 8 50 this morning. James Newman of Roxboro driver of the truck was taken to a Burlington hospital unconscious and believed to have a broken shoulder. Bus driver William Bennett Gatewood of Chatham Virginia was shaken but unharmed. The Virginia Stage Lines bus was en route from Charlotte to New York and left Burlington at 8 30. Five bus passengers were treated in Burlington.
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Burlington
N. C
Here
James Newman
Roxboro
William Bennett Gatewood
Chatham
Virginia Stage Lines
Charlotte
New York
Alcoholic Anonymous Meeting to Present Washington Speaker
An AA open meeting at Parish Hall on Boscawen Street will feature speakers from Washington DC and a West Virginia non alcoholic speaker. A spokesman notes AA has helped over 120000 cases and urges attendance to learn how to help friends and relatives affected by alcoholism.
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Alcoholic Anonymous
Washington
Boscawen St
A. A
Washington, D. C
West Virginia
Menberg
S&k
Wiley in inquiry labeled white wash and washout
Wiley calls the inquiry a white wash and washout while Russell notes Wiley s letter doesn t meet procedures for obtaining information from government departments. Wiley agrees. The dispute follows last week s 18 to 8 committee vote against demanding Gen Omar Bradley testify about Truman s advisers private conversations on firing MacArthur.
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Russell
Wiley
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Truman
MacArthur Wiley
Bradley
Senate hearing urges no controls on automotive sales
Senatorial testimony argues withholding auto controls aids the defense by letting workers reach jobs. Builders group warns current price controls risk a new housing shortage worse than postwar times. Households face meat rationing as a consequence of price controls, with predictions of ample labor and materials for output.
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Ator
Scott W. Lucas
D-Il
Senate Banking Committee
E. M. Spiegel
National Association of Home Builders
Association
See-Saw Battle Reports Eighth Army Pushes North
AP correspondent Nate Polowetzky describes Eighth Army advances as Communist withdrawals shrink the front. South Koreans push toward Seoul’s outskirts while British American and Korean forces press along the Hongchon and Pukan rivers. U S Second Division clashed with Chinese forces near Hangyeon and Chuncheon as Maj Gen Clark Ruffner lauds breaking the Chinese offensive and readiness to repeat.
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Nate Polowetzky
U. S. Eighth Army
Eighth Army
Mjin
Seoul
Mupsan
Hongchon
Pukan
Changgong
Kapyong
Red
Chunchon
U. S
Hangyeon
Clark L. Ruffner
Mrs Emmart, 84, Dies in Winchester Hospital
Margaret Ella Emmart widow of Rodney Emmart of 314 North Kent Street died at 6 40 this morning in Winchester Memorial Hospital after a week-long confinement. Born May 4 1867 in Frederick County she was daughter of the late Robert Page and Amy McDonald Brannon. She leaves two children Clara Barrett and Ray Lewis eight grandchildren eight great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. Funeral Thursday at 2 pm at 314 North Kent Street with Rev. Carl W. Hiser. Burial in Old Stone Church Cemetery Green Spring. Body moved from Omps Funeral Home to the home this afternoon at 5 o clock.
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Margaret Ella Emmart
Rodney Emmart
N. Kent St
Winchester
Frederick County
Robert Page
Amy McDonald Brannon
Pleasant Valley
Clara Barrett
White Hall
Ray Lewis
Cora Crim
Carl W. Hiser
Old Stone Church Cemetery
Green Spring
Omps Funeral Home
RFC shaken as Symington reshapes agency amid Rowlands dispute
The RFC boss vows reforms after controversy over a deal with Portage Warehouse holdings. Rowlands denies knowledge while a Minneapolis stockholder is cited. Symington proposes public loan disclosure, new top staff, and a nationwide policy directive system to standardize lending.
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Commodity Credit Corp
Department of Agriculture
RFC
Rowlands
Minneapolis
Portage Warehouse Co
Symington
Truman Administration
Handyman
Military Viewpoints on Korea and China in April Talk
He recalls early April talk that Truman weighed firing MacArthur. Officials oppose losing Formosa to enemies and maintain Chinese Nationalist troops in Korea. Sanctions on Communist China long argued, while MacArthur sought naval action and bombing of Manchurian bases. Bradley opposed blockade and bombing.
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Truman
MacArthur
China
Ching
Bradley
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Winchester Corporation Court
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John H. Conard
Standard Oil Company of
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Emmart
Elm St
WRU
Tam Olen
Oia
Delco
Rm Storm Wy
Braddock
Crona
Bergeree
U.S
Shoecenter
Atens Weather Ag
Front Royal
Formosa
America
Calrods
Voox
Ron
Molden Electric CO
Loudoun ST
Mercury
Bo Sullivan
WTOP
George Washington Garage
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