Senator George urges German manpower for Western Europe defense
Senator George of Georgia argues Western Germanys manpower must be used to build an adequate defense of Western Europe against possible Communist aggression. He signals support for a foreign arms aid program and notes changes aiming to fuse German industry with Atlantic Pact nations. Taft criticizes arming nations but agrees on a strong American air force. The White House and Senate positions frame a likely approve stance with Republican opposition anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George
D-Ga
Germany
Western
Europe
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Taft
Ohio
United States
Tft
Russia
Senate
State Department
East Germany
Gore High School seniors to receive diplomas in Gore
Fourteen Gore High School seniors will receive diplomas at 8 p m Wednesday in exercises after attending baccalaureate services at the school auditorium. Rev Benjamin Coe of Winchester preached the baccalaureate sermon. Principal Frank L Whitacre presiding. Paul D Beable will deliver the commencement address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gore High School
Benjamin Coe
Winchester
Montague Avenue
Frank L. Whitacre
Richard Nesselrodt
Elda Triplett
Loyd Michael
Farris Lupton
Helen Linaburg
Junior Barr
Charlotte Boyer
Martha Brill
Mary Dodson
William Palmer
Blanche Roe
Beverley LaFollette
Patricia Hollis
Charles Hoak
Paul D. Beable
James Wood High School
A. C. Walker
Testaent
Mr. Beable
Mr. Whitacre
Mr. Walker
Original Teachers to Attend Ceremony Stonewall High prepares final graduation for 18 graduates
Four teachers from Stonewall High School faculty who helped open the school in 1941 will attend the final commencement at 8 p m Wednesday. Dr Oliver S Ikenberry Shepherd College president will address the 18 graduates as diplomas and awards are presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stonewall High School
Bryant Harper
Lucille Kersey
Mary Jane Jolliffe Light
Grace Carpenter
Stonewall
James Wood School
Oliver S. Ikenberry
Shepherd College
Betty Fishback
Andrew Todd
Denver Carr
Convicts Die After Drinking Cleaning Fluid in Indiana Prison
Two Indiana state prison inmates died and four others were gravely ill after consuming typewriter cleaning fluid over the weekend. Warden Alfred Dowd said one man had bought the fluid believing it was grain alcohol and an inquiry is under way to identify the supplier. Victims include Henry Hurst, 54, Evansville, jailed 1947 for second degree burglary, and Kenneth B. Kestler, 42, Jeffersonville, serving a life term for murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan City
Ind
Indiana
Alfred Dowd
Dowd
Henry Hurst
Evansville
Kenneth B. Kestler
Jeffersonville
All Girls Graduating At Middletown
Middletown High’s 1950 graduation features eight senior girls at Grace Methodist Church. The graduates present their program with Rev L P Tedrick giving the address and Rev J S Peebles delivering the invocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown High
Grace Methodist Church
L. P. Tederick
J. S. Peebles
Hilda Steel
Catherine Galliday
Jean Headley
Explosion Kills Two at Ritz Tavern Joliet
An explosion at the Ritz Tavern on Plainfield Street Joliet results in two deaths and at least two injuries. The blast occurred early today at 1222 Plainfield Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet
Ill
Ritz Tavern
Plainfield St
Woman Plunges From Tenth Floor in Richmond
Mrs. Wirt H. Hatcher, 50, wife of Philip Morris vice president, died after leaping from the tenth floor of the Mutual Building in Richmond. Police said death was by own action. a witness saw her fall from a hall window. Papers in her purse identified her as Mary P. Hatcher with Virginia Beach and Richmond addresses. divorce from her husband was pending. She is survived by her husband, a son, and her mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Wirt H. Hatcher
Philip Morris Tobacco Company
Mutual
C. C. Eddleton
Henry J. Thomas
Mary P. Hatcher
Virginia Beach
Hatcher
Second Street
Ninth Street Bridge
Truman Gets Report On the Cold War
In Washington President Truman received confidential briefings on cold war developments from Secretary of State Acheson and UN Secretary General Trygve Lie. The sessions, totaling 65 minutes with a prior 70 minute State Department talk, included Lie stating he carried no message from Stalin. Lie recently returned from Moscow and European capitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
United Nations
White House
State Department
State Acheson
U.N
Trygve Lie
Stalin
Lie
Moscow
Acheson
All-Star game set at Suffolk June 12 in Virginia League
Eastern and Western all-star teams chosen by newspaper polls will clash in Suffolk on June 12 in a Virginia League all-star contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
Suffolk
Man Shot by Policeman In City Is Reported In Good Condition
James Mahoney fifty six year old man from 21 W Clifford Street is said to be in satisfactory condition at Winchester Memorial Hospital after a police shooting Saturday. Police Chief J Thomas Boyd says Officer George Conard shot Mahoney as he resisted arrest and attacked the officer with his son Roger Mahoney. Both Mahoneys face charges of disorderly conduct and assaulting an officer.
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James Mahoney
W. Clifford St
Winchester Memorial Hospital
J. Thomas Boyd
George Conard
Mahoney
Roger Mahoney
Conard
Boyd
Clifford St
Mahoney House
Mahoneys
Elks Square Dance At Armory Tonight
Elks host square dance tonight from 9 to 12 at the Armory. Members and guests encouraged to attend for community entertainment and social dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elks Square
the Armory
Berlin Parade Masks Battle for Berlin Show
In Berlin the publicized Battle for Berlin proved a large Communist parade, not the feared putsch. About half a million youths showed loyalty to Soviet Russia while East Zone police framed a potential army nucleus. Despite the spectacle, officials marked a deadlock with no Western storming of sectors.
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Berlin
East
East Germany
Soviet Russia
Wilhelmstrasse
Hitler
Reich
Unter den Linden
Russia
East Zone
Wehrmacht
Services Slated For Death by Own Action Victim
Funeral services set for James Otto Riggleman 38, Rosenberger Lumber Co. employee, found dead yesterday in woodland near his Mountain Falls Road home about 512 miles west of Winchester. Coroner Dr. John Troxell ruled suicide with shotgun near body after hours of searching by officers and neighbors. Body taken to Omps Funeral Home for arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walnut Springs Christian Church
James Otto Riggleman
Rosenberger Lumber Co
Winchester
John Troxell
Hunter Finds Stolen Jeep in Clarke County
A hunter along Route 50 in Clarke County found a Jeep stolen from Winchester over two weeks earlier. Belonging to R. E. Rodgers of 12 W Clifford St, the vehicle was pushed down an embankment and damaged by 75 to 100 dollars.
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Clarke County
Winchester
J. Thomas Boyd
R. E. Rodgers
W. Clifford St
Route 50
Boyd
Rodgers
Holiday Accident Toll Mounts To 275 Dead Nine in Virginia
Nine highway fatalities were charged to the Memorial Day weekend, lifting Virginia's toll for 1950 to 311. The ninth fatality was Furman Limeburner Jr of Philadelphia, who died at the University of Virginia Hospital from a two car crash in Madison County. Other victims included Harriett Ames 22 and her mother 53 of Pensacola Florida, Hyden Prickard 38 of Ferrum, Clifford Wade 28 of Corapolis, John Pines 64 of Boydton, Pierce Devor 20 of Bluefield, Melvin Taylor 25 of Norfolk County, and Deane McDaniel 40 of Standardville. The Madison crash killed Miss Ames instantly, injuring several others.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Furman Limeburner, Jr
Philadelphia
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
Madison County
Harriett Louise Ames
Pensacola
Fla
Allen Ames
Copenhaver Antique Shop Fire Causes $8,000 Loss
M Copenhaver estimates eight thousand dollars in losses from a Saturday fire at his Copenhaver Antique Shop on South Braddock Street. About half insured, the blaze began in the southeast corner and spread through the lumber filled lower floor. Water damage hit the finishing room and mahogany stock. the bathing machinery in a rear building was spared. Firemen contained the blaze with multiple hose lines and aerial ladder apparatus as onlookers gathered.
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M. C. Copenhaver
Copenhaver
South Braddock St
Taylor Barr
Braddock St
Boscawen
Cork
Wolfe
Braddock
Washington
Reuss
Washington St
Friendship
Memorial Day Observance In Winchester With Citywide Closings
Winchester prepares for Memorial Day with stores closing in tribute. The Conrad Hoover Post hosts a 2:30 p.m. ceremony at National Cemetery led by Chaplain and the Newmarket Methodist pastor, introduced by State Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr. Handley band to perform, flags placed on graves, and floral tributes at Mt Hebron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
C. 8
Campbell
Winchester Retail Merchants Assn
American Legion
Conrad-Hoover Post
National Cemetery
Newbare Ket Methodist Church
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Handley Band
Mt. Hebron
Washington
Arlington
Va.) National Cemetery
George C. Marshall
White House
Adam Eisenhauer
Truman
United States
Alaska
Puero Rico
Hawaii
Coal Miner Sidener Reinstated After Union Backing Bid
Lloyd H. Sidener of Canton once ousted and fined 50000 by United Mine Workers Local 7455 for dual unionism was told he could return to his job. The local dropped the action and union and firm will share lost time pay, with Sidener expecting reinstatement as president. An NLRB case remains pending in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton, Ul
United Mine Workers’ Union
Lloyd H. Sidener
Canton
UMW
Sidener
Clarence Campbell
United Electric Coal Companies
Union
Presi
National Labor Relations Board
Senate
NLRB
Federal District
Chicago
Commerce Official Called Poor Risk As Government Man Shows Up for Work
Washington reports two Commerce Department officials facing dismissal for poor security risk are under fire in Congress. Michael Lee appeared for work despite calls to resign, while William Remington planned a holiday. Sawyer seeks resignations to protect administration. The case ties to Amerasia documents and OSS era testimony.
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Washington
Michael Lee
Commerce Department
Congress
Sawyer
William W. Remington
Remington
Department
Tomorow
New York
Lee
FBI
D. Ladd
Edward P. Morgan
Tydings
Ladd
Amerasia
Senate
Morgan
William J. Donovan
Office of Strategic Services
OSS
Archbald van Beuren
State Department
Philip Jaffe
Emmanuel Larsen
Naval Student Hurt In Accident Near Loudoun and Boscawen
Frank Shipp a Naval Medical School student from Bethesda was cut in a car crash at Loudoun and Boscawen streets at 7 30 p m. His Plymouth sedan driven by Audrey Davis of Brady Texas collided with a 1950 Frazer driven by Lewis E Curtiss of Elwood Place. Shipp was taken to Winchester Memorial Hospital with non serious injuries and will be moved to a naval base hospital. The Plymouth suffered heavy right side damage and the Frazer front damage. Lt Joseph C Ritter led the ELKS big time square dance and a Locke Mill antiques sale was announced nearby.
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Frank Shipp
Naval Medical School
Bethesda
Plymouth
Audrey Davis
Brady
Texas
Frazer
Lewis E. Curtiss
Elwood Place
Loudoun
Boscawen
Shipp
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Naval Base Hospital
Joseph C. Ritter
ELKS
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Western Europe
White Cross
Bankers Life & Casualty Co
Richard E. Shanholtz
E. Clifford
Kernstown
Middletown State Bank
Dettra A. B. Solenberger
Admis
E. R. Sperry
D. Coleman Dunn
Main
New Highway
Front Royal
Second Grace
Summit
Newlin CO
Court Square
Winchester- Frederick County War Memorial Association
City Hall Court Room
W. E. Edwards
Winchester-Frederick County War Memorial Association
Elk’s
Armory
Gore
Middletown
THE
Evening Star
Hunter
Miss Ames
Madison
National Safety Council
Secretary of Commerce
Naval
Locke Mill
Berryville
Locke’s Mill
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