Senate votes to cut 1 billion from foreign aid bill
The Senate defeated a move to reduce the President's foreign aid package by another billion, 35 to 27, after committees already cut a bill from 7.9 billion to about 6.9 billion. President Truman denounced further cuts as aiding the Communist threat in Europe and Asia.
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Washington
Truman
Sen. Welker
Idaho
Sen
Carlson
R-Kas
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Paris
Kansas
Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
House
Europe
Asia
White House
Kremlin
Kfar Truman
Israel
Richards House Burns on Rt. 50
A two alarm fire destroyed a frame house five miles west of town on Route 50 owned by Adolph Richards. The blaze started on the second story and spread, two alarms bringing firemen who saved lower parts and contents before total loss. Richards, who runs a Civil Service coaching school in Washington, was not in the city. County offices will close at noon Wednesday for a funeral.
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Route 50
Adolph Richards
South End
Clearbrook
Mr. Richards
Washington
Richards
Civil Service
Commissioner of Revenue
Commonwealth Attorney
Romney Man Killed in Hayfield Car Truck Crash
Ernest W. Gosnell 37 of Romney West Virginia died in a two vehicle crash on U S Route 50 eight miles west of Winchester at 1030 last night. Four other people including Mrs Pauline Gosnell and Mildred Gosnell were critically injured and hospitalized at Winchester Memorial Hospital. The 23 ton Ford poultry transport driven by George Glenn Wardensville was returning empty from New York when it struck the Gosnell car a 1935 Ford sedan. Glenn was uninjured. Gosnell family survivors include two more sons a mother a sister and a brother plus church membership and Moose Club ties. Funeral plans were not announced.
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Ernest W. Gosnell
Romney
W. Va
Hayfield
Winchester
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Pauline Gosnell
Mildred Gosnell
Roger E. Gosnell
Jean Hockman
Gosnell
Virginia
Righ
Tway
Ford Poultry Transport
George William Glenn
Wardensville
Glenn
Elmo Orndorff
New York
Orndorff
Martinsburg
Moose Club
Moorefield
Bryan
Gary
Harry Gosnell
Myra Gosnell
George B. Gosnell
Baltimore
St. Luke's Evangelical United Brethren Church
Harrison to Speak at JW Graduation
Congressman Burr Harrison will deliver the annual address to the James Wood High School graduating class of 116 at 8 p.m. Friday in the school auditorium. Principal Beable will present diplomas. Katherine Kaes and Janice LaFollette are salutatorian and valedictorian.
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Burr P. Harrison
James Wood High School
Paul D. Beable
Rep. Harrison
Robert E. Ayler
Frederick County
A. Hayne Boozer
Lutheran Church
Stephens City
Katherine Kaes
Anton P. Kaes
Gainesboro
Janice LaFollette
John LaFollette
Gore
Beable
Robert Bradford, Jr
Presbyterian Church
Kernstown
C. A. York
Stephens City Methodist Church
Lynn Wolfe
Lewis Ewing
Faye Shryock
Luther Dorsey
James Hockman
Jane Fout
George Turner
McGranery Sworn In As Attorney General
James P. McGranery took the oath as attorney general and pledged to arrest prosecute and convict violators with civil rights protections. He left a Philadelphia judgeship for a $22 500 post amid a House probe into the Justice Department and potential focus on private power firms’ advertising. President Truman hinted McGranery may review the corrupt Practices Act regarding corporate political contributions.
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Karl L. Bauman
Washington
James P. McGranery
McGranery
Justice Department
House
Rep
Chelf
D-Ky
Barkley
Philadelphia
Truman
McGraney
Doctor Treats Iee Paris
General Dwight D. Eisenhower is being treated for conjunctivitis, a minor eye inflammation.
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Paris
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Guerrillas Overrun Army Camp Kill Five Americans
About 30 guerrillas overran a gravel pit camp eight miles north of Pusan, killing five American soldiers and a Korean houseboy. Two Americans wounded, two escaped injury. Raiders seized two .30 caliber machine guns seven rifles and 2,000 rounds. A jeepload and police found the burning camp at 2 a.m. Survivors reported the raid was well planned and occurred while convoy trucks were away.
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Tongnae
Korea
Pusan
U. N
Bishop Goodwin To Open Diocesan Council Tomorrow
The 157th Annual Council of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia convenes in Christ Church Winchester for a two day session with a 10 a.m opening service and pastorals by Bishop Goodwin and Suffragan Bishop Gibson.
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Episcopal Diocese of
Virginia
Christ Church, Winchester
F . Goodwin
Robert F. Gibson, Jr
Nomi
Ridgway in Paris To Command NATO Fighting Forces
Gen. Matthew Ridgway arrived in Paris to assume command of NATO fighting forces and stressed that a strong defense against communism requires multinational cooperation. He traveled with Gen. Eisenhower amid large police presence as protests and propaganda from the Communists surrounded the visit. Ridgway noted that any military action depends on capability and declined to forecast specifics.
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Paris
NATO
Matthew
Europe
Korea
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United Nations
Orly Field
Normandy
D-Day
Ike
Eisenhower
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Mrs Gates Speaks at UDC Fourth District Conference
Mrs. David P. Gates of Norfolk presided as Virginia Division president and led the UDC Fourth District conference at the Presbyterian Church. Topics included memorials for Gen. Lee and Gen. Jackson, plus a Richmond headquarters.
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John Page Williams
Richmond
Woman's Auxiliary
Henry P. Taylor
Walkerton
Virginia Council of Churches
Thomas G. Faulkner, Jr
Fredericksburg
David P. Gates
Norfolk
Virginita
United Daughters of the Confederacy
UDC
Robert E. Lee
National Cathedral
Washington
Stonewall
Jackson
Berkeley Caffee
Culpeper
Wyatt Richard
Winchester
Turner § Ashby
Anna D. Watson
J. S. Duckwall
Mifflin P. Clowe, Jr
Richard
Steward Edgar Walker
Warren Rifles
Front Royal
Richard E. Griffith
Suwanee
Leonard Sirbaugh
Stonewall Cemetery
Old Stone Church
Stonewall Jackson
Turner Ashby
Virginia
Presbyterian Church
Pentagon Brass Hats Blamed For Soviet Lead In Air Power
Representative Gross accuses Pentagon brass of inertia delaying U S air power buildup. He says Russia beat the United States to German press technology, and that U S delays and funding gaps push completion into 1953. Senator O Mahoney opposes extending the air buildup from 1954 to 1955 and urges at least 21 4 million for the next fiscal year.
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Washington
United States
Russia
U. S
Gross
U.S
Germany
Sen
O’mahoney
D-Wye
Senate App
House
O'Mahoney
Police Seek Man Who Gave New Twist To Forgery Racket
Winchester police hunt a 58 year old Black man in blue overalls linked to a forgery scheme two weeks earlier. He used a typewritten payee with a fake signature to cash a 72.80 check at Hillyard's, paying cash for paint and wallpaper and leaving 60 in difference after the bank flagged insufficient funds.
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Winchester
Chevrolet
Chris Rallis
Hillyard’s
E. Paccadilly Street
Rallis
Robert Davis
R. L. Smith
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
Lauck and Butler Lead 1952 Buddy Poppy Sale
Commander Philip Hollis named Elmer Lauck and Douglas Butler as chairmen of Post No. 2123s 1952 Buddy Poppy sale to be held May 30 and 31. Both veterans of the 15th Army Air Forces in Italy will oversee a campaign aimed at selling 8000 Buddy Poppies with a large volunteer corps.
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Philip Hollis
Elmer Lauck
Douglas Butler
Lauck
Butler
Hollis
Italy
15Th Army Air Forces
POWs Reported Ready to Come To Terms With Gen Boatner
AT KOJE ISLAND KOREA Communist prisoners of war in Compound 95 say they are ready to come to terms with Gen Haydon L Boatner and will meet him. They want burial bodies of eight slain POWs used for propaganda. Boatner requires compliance before talks. Disciplinary actions were taken against an American soldier for disobeying orders.
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Koje Island
Korea
Haydon L. Boatner
United Nations No
Reds
Fitzgerald
Red
Boatner
Associated Press
Stan Carter
Pusan
U. N
North Camp
Carter
South Korea
Big Three Back New Pact For European Army Unity
In Paris, the United States Britain and France proclaim that any communist attack on Berlin or Free Europe threatens their security as Allied leaders sign and link the six nation European army pact with NATO. The ceremonial signing unites France West Germany Italy Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg into a single one million man force.
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Carter L. Davidson
Paris
Berlin
West Germany
Free Europe
France
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Bonn
East
West Berlin
Matthew
NATO
Dean Acheson
Anthony Eden
Robert Schuman
United Kingdom
United States
European Defense Community
Britain
Germany
European Army
Atlantic Alliance
Fascist Movement Gains in Italy Surges in Southern Strongholds
In Italy new Fascist and Monarchist alignment expands in Salerno Naples Bari Foggia and other southern towns while the Christian Democrats hold Rome. MSI and allies win several towns challenging Communists for second place though CDP remains strongest in national results. Rome tally shows CDP 384,020 vs Leftists 314,243 and Fascist Monarchy 206,819.
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Rome
Italy
Christian Democratic Party
Mussolini
Salerno
Naples
Europe
Bari
U. S
Foggia
U.S Air Force
MSI
Alcide de Gasper
Christian Democratic Bloc
Christian Democrats
de Gasperi
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Warsaw
George F. Tittmann
Arlington
Bishop Gibson
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Francis W. Hayes, Jr
Falls Church
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Bishop Goodwin
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Baron von Haspen
William Jorden
W. Germany
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Willow Lawn Farm
Kathryn Lineweaver
Virginia Pruit
N. Loudoun
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