ROK Troops Press Gas Attack After Red Shell Barrage
South Korean forces on the Central Front fight to regain Sniper Ridge after Chinese Red artillery fired gas shells and overran the height for the 14th time in a month. U N officers note the attack aimed to drive ROK infantry from Pinpoint Hill and Kumhwa ridges amid heavy artillery and air strikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Front
Korea
John Randolph
Pinpoint Hill
Pinpoint
United Nations
Kumhwa
Republic of Korea
ROK
U. S
Sniper Ridge
Triangle Hill
South End Memorial Service Sunday at Fire Hall
The annual memorial service for the South End Fire Company takes place Sunday at 8 p m at the Fire Hall on Monmouth Street. The Rev. S J Goode will lead and Mrs Jack Widmyer will be pianist. Honorees include Frank Brown Frank Dick Robert Grim and Clade Grim. Open to the public.
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South End Fire Company
Monmouth St
J. Goode
Hapwin
Jack Widmyer
Frank Brown
Frank Dick
Robert Grim
Clade Grim
Army Takes Custody Of MacArthur Documents
Twenty eight remaining packing cases of Gen Douglas MacArthurs papers brought from Japan and stored in a Brooklyn warehouse have been moved to Army custody in New York Brig Gen Frank Dorn deputy chief of Army information said the transfer occurred about two weeks ago and was not due to political pressure Demands had been made that MacArthur surrender the papers a personal history was the stated cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walington
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Brooklyn
Army
New York
Frank Dorn
Army Information
MacArthur
Leads Symphony to Conduct National Orchestra at Shandley Hall
The Winchester Exchange Club sponsors a special National Symphony Orchestra concert at Shandley Auditorium at 8 30 p m tonight. Over 500 tickets have been sold and a near capacity crowd is expected. Instruments arrive at 4 30 p m and club members help set up. Musicians arrive at 8 p m and proceed to the venue. Dinner guests include Dr one Mrs Mitchell and businessman John Edwards. after the concert all orchestra members dine as guests of the Exchange Club at the Metropolitan Restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Symphony Orchestra
Shandley Auditorium
Winchester Exchange Club
Doo
Exchange Club
Mitchell
John Edwards
F. T. Grove
Democrats Should Welcome Morse into Democratic Caucus
Sen. Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota urged that Wayne Morse of Oregon be welcomed into the Democratic caucus if he joins the party. Morse quit the Republicans to support Adlai Stevenson and may face GOP reprisals in the new Senate with committee assignments under consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
Wayne Morse
Oregon
Morse
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican Party
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Senate
Armed Services and
Labor
New Deal
Hunt
D-Wye
Price Daniel
Texas
Eisenhower
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Stevenson Sparkman
News Blackout Expected During Ike's Korean Visit
The Eighth Army hinted at a possible news blackout for President-Elect Dwight Eisenhower's Korea tour with Lt. Col. Rosengren saying the decision remains probable. Reporters will accompany the trip, and any embargo would lift once security allows. A Seoul meeting with Syngman Rhee may occur in near secrecy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Eighth Army
Dwight Eisenhower
R. P. Rosengren
Eisenhower
Korea
U. S
Tokyo
Pusan
Syngman Rhee
Personal Income Taxes to Set a New High in Virginia
Virginia State Tax Commissioner C. H. Morrisett said the state will collect more personal income tax revenue than ever before, despite a Byrd automatic tax reduction. He estimated next month’s payments on 1951 income will total about 30 million dollars, nine percent lower due to the reduction, with individual income taxes expected to hit a new high. Morrisett noted rising personal income and a slight dip in corporate earnings, and he favored continuing the automatic tax reduction as policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
C. H. Morrisett
Morrissett
Teske to Speak to Fruit Growers at Courthouse Meeting
Dr. A H Teske horticulturist at Virginia Polytechnic Institute will speak on The Fruit s an of Work for 1953 at a Freder ick County Fruit Growers Association meeting in the county courthouse tonight at 7 30 o'clock. Board directors will join committees in the called meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Teske
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Frederick County
Coal Miner Ira McCoy Is Killed in Virginia Mine
Buchanan County coal miner Ira McCoy 39 father of six was killed in a state fall at a mine near Big Rock Virginia yesterday. The accident occurred as McCoy worked the shift at the local mine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Rock
Ira McCoy
Buchanan County
McCoy
Friendly Deer Stirs Concern as Hunting Season Nears
In Woodstock Virginia a deer known as Mr Buck visits Bill Symonds store at Kings Crossing near Edinburg. Neighbors say the deer trusts people and nuzzles for candy leaf and celery. With hunting season opening next week the storekeeper worries for the tame animal and plans to secure it if possible. The game warden checks legality of taming a wild deer for protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodstock
Bill Symonds
Symonds
King's Crossing
Edinburg
Upper Fort Valley
Bill
Mr. Buck
King’s Crossing
Bricker seeks security data on mid Pacific atomic tests
Senator Bricker of Ohio questions whether tight secrecy rules were needed at the Eniwetok Atoll tests and whether enforcement lagged. He cites anonymous eye witness accounts and notes the AEC and Pentagon have offered no comment. An Army spokesman says censorship at the test grounds may have rested on the test commander’s discretion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen. Bricker
Senate
House Atomic Committee
Columbus
Ohio
Eniwetok Atoll
Atomic Energy Commission
Pentagon
AEC
Army
Fort Shatter
Hawaii
P. W. Clarkson
Virginia Farmers Seek Soil Conservation Aid
More than 40,000 Virginia farmers requested soil conservation aid in a statewide survey by the Production and Marketing Administration. Over half of the 139,000 farms were checked and about 40 percent sought federal funds. Virginia received 4,726,000 dollars for constant-year conservation grants to be distributed as direct cash to farmers for lime or seed based on need farm size and type.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
Production and Marketing Administration
U. S. Agriculture Department
Perfect Whist Hand Stuns Fakenham Whist Drive
Baker Edward Parker dealt a perfect four hand at a local whist event in Fakenham England. Experts calculated odds at 2 235 197 406 895 366 368 301 560 000 to one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fakenham
England
Baker Edward Parker
Correction notice on Page 7 ad prices
A correction states two items were quoted incorrectly in the page seven ad. Correct prices list oranges 176's dozen at 35 cents and Cranberries per pound at 33 cents. Collectors are advised to note the update from A and P Tea Co Braddock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A & P Tea CO
Braddoc
Eisenhower to Meet Truman Tuesday in White House Talks
Eisenhower and President Truman are set for a 2 PM Tuesday meeting at the White House. Associates say Ike will listen and avoid committing to Republican policy, stressing unity and orderly transition with no pre inauguration pledges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ike
Truman
Marvin L. Arrowsmish
Augusta
Dwight D. Eisenhower
White House
Eisenhower
President Elect
U N Aide A Hi Feller Dies In Window Fall
United Nations officials report A Hi Feller special counsel to Secretary General Trygve Lie fell to his death from his home window. He lived at 50 Central Park West in Manhattan and helped draft Lie's policy statements. He would have turned 48 next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
N. Y
U.N
A. Hi. Feller
Trygve Lie
Feller
Central Park West
Manhattan
Lie
U. N
Washington
Farm Bureau Names Five Directors
More than 200 people attended the Frederick County Farm Bureau annual meeting Wednesday night electing five new directors for a two year term plus five new Associated Women directors. C. W. Sollenberger led remarks on legislative agricultural policy as members debated resolutions for the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation convention in Richmond next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Frederick County
Virginia Farm Bureau Federation
Richmond
Round Hill
C. L. Williams
Shawnee
J. C. Whitacre
Gainesboro
G. G. Teets
Stonewall
Paul Richard
Back Creek
C. W. Sollenberger
Frederick
Shenandoah County
State Farm Bureau Convention
Hugh Dailey
Northern
Navy Plane With 11 Aboard Crashes on Olympic Peninsula
A four engine Navy PBY-4 Privateer with 11 men aboard crashed and burned on a hillside of the Olympic Peninsula near Shelton Washington. Rescue teams searched by land and air through night rain and morning fog. A farm couple reported seeing two white flares about three hours after the crash, offering slim hope of survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelton
Wash
Olympic Peninsula
Sandpoint Naval Air Station
Seattle
Don Ragan
Ragan
Meningitis Kills Two in Virginia Family
A rare mildly contagious form of meningitis has killed two children in a Black family in Chatham Virginia. A third child is ill but expected to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chatham
Virginia crops largely survived last summer drought
State Agriculture Department figures show most crops endured the drought with only corn and a few staples taking notable hits. Corn dropped 25 percent to 31,944,000 bushels and yield per acre fell from 43 to 33. Wheat and oats rose, tobacco held steady, and hay recovered to 1,645,000 tons from 1,678,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
State Agriculture Department
Deadline for Auto Inspection Not Extended
Richmond reports State Police Superintendent C. W. Woodson Jr announced no extension to the Fall auto inspection deadline set for midnight Saturday. The rigid schedule remains in force despite public concern over delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
C. W. Woodson, Jr
Electrical Hook Up Gives Failing Hearts a Second Chance
Cambridge report in the New England Journal of Medicine describes a thyratin stimulator as large as a table radio hooked to AC power. Hypodermic needle electrodes deliver impulses to the chest to keep the heart beating, with potential to resume normal rhythm if the heart doesn’t fail long-term. Dr. Paul Zoll, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Hospital, says at least two lives saved, one heart pumped for five days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
New England Journal of Medicine
Journal of Medicine
Paul M. Zoll
Associated
Harvard Medical School
Beth Israel Hospital
Fire destroys Hutteman apple plant main wing in Berryvale
A morning blaze at the F C Hutteman plant in Berryvale gutted the main wing and damaged a connected building. One man died, F H Hall of Staunton, believed trapped in the center section. Fire crews from Berryville Winchester and Charles Town contained the fire with heavy damage to kilns and storage, while the remaining wing suffered extensive loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Hutteman and Allen
Winchester Star
Yville
F. C. Hutteman
Barryvale
Winchester End
Charles Town
W. Va
F. H. Hall
Staunton
Fall
Wall
Hall
F C. Hutteman
Serryville
C. J. Allen
Steunton
Marshall Locke
Poppy Sales Hit $800 for Legion Auxiliary Effort
Mrs H W Butler Sr reports $600 gross from Poppy Days with help from Girl Scouts and Handley School girls. Record set by Mrs Clarence Himelright selling 740 poppies at $1 each. Proceeds support child welfare and veterans hospital programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W Butler
American Legion Auxiliary
Auxiliary
Handley School
Clarence Himelright
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Foreman
South End Memorial
U.S
M’arthur
Sunnyside
David Fahnestock
Singer Sewing Center
Evandale H. D. C
Sacred Heart Church Hall
BROY
White Post Rd
Stephens City
Farmers & Merchants National Bank
Hyward Mitchell
William C. Barnard
Dr. Teske
Bricker
Bulletin
Navy
Hutteman
F.H. Hall
By Charlie Tait
Legion Auxiliary
Margaret L. Hodgson
Delia
Watermelon Park
Mt. Williams Community Hall
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