Struggle Over Acheson Grows Amid White House Debate
Washington reports a behind the scenes fight over Dean Acheson as Secretary of State. Officials split between removing him as a political liability and keeping him to defend the administration’s foreign policy. President Truman shows support for Acheson, while critics argue his influence wanes after the Hiss episode and McCarthy charges.
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Washington
Dean Acheson
Truman
Acheson
Hiss
Ee Beype
Senne
Democratic Party
Van
Democratic National Committee
Alger Hiss
McCarthy
R-Wis
State Department
Department
Martinsburg Winchester Kiwanis Banquet Tonight
The Martinsburg Winchester Kiwanis Football Banquet is at 6 30 PM in the George Washington Hotel. Speaker is Joe Tereshinski Redskins end and ex Georgia star. Includes school officials coaches captains remarks and Handley High Vivace Club songs before the address. The event helps foster sportsmanship between the two city schools and has run for nearly 25 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsburg-Winchester Kiwanis
George Washington
Kiwanis
West Virginia
Joe Tereshinski
Washington Redskins
All Southeastern
University of Georgia
Handley High School
Tereshinski
Garland R. Quarles
Valley Ave
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Winnpenter
Virginia
Truman urges quick action on excess profits tax bill
President Truman pressed for prompt passage of a 4 billion dollar annual excess profits tax on corporations as the House Ways and Means Committee began drafting the measure. Secretary Snyder testified on details while recession concerns and defense financing shaped the urgency and political obstacles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Arbogast Washington
Truman
House Ways and Means
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Congress
Doughton
D-Nc
House Taxwriting Committee
Credit curbs threaten auto buyers say high payments cut sales
Alan G. Rude of Universal C I T Credit Corp told about 800 delegates that new Federal Reserve Board terms restricting installments to 15 months will push thousands from the market. Monthly payments on low priced cars could run 88 to 100 dollars, midrange 139 to 154, worsening living-cost strain. He predicted 1951 auto output would stay high unless military demand expands. Martin H. Cochran warned of possible record tax increases in the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alan G. Rude
Universal C. I. T. Credit Corporation
Federal Reserve Board
Rude
Martin H. Cochran
National Tax Research Institute
Road hazard warning for Virginia motorists in holiday season
Virginia officials warn drivers of increased fatal crashes in November and December due to heavy holiday traffic. Col. C W Woodson Jr cites Thanksgiving and Christmas shopping, darker hours, drinking, and bad weather as main factors and urges slower driving and strict law obedience to prevent deaths.
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Richmond
Virginia
C.W. Woodson
Woodson
Governor’s Highway Safety Committee
New York Labor Expert Anna Rosenberg Sworn Assistant Secretary
Mrs Anna M Rosenberg a New York labor relations expert was sworn in as assistant secretary of defense today.
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Washington
Anna M. Rosenberg
New York
Berryville Adopts Street Signs and House Numbers
Berryville farner town council approves city delivery changes after 40 years with no street signs. John L. Enders to assign consecutive house numbers. signs installed, numbers sold at cost to residents. Postmaster says Berryville now meets postal rules for city delivery.
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Bill Garrard
Berryville
Clarke County
John L. Enders
Council
H. B. Harris
Harris
Ment
Washington
City council blocks War Memorial building on parking lot
The Winchester Frederick County War Memorial Association failed to secure legal use of the City Parking Lot at Bos cawen and Kent Streets for a memorial and community building. City Solicitor Dabney Watts ruled land use requires General Assembly enactment. opposition from local groups cites downtown congestion.
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Winchester-Frederick County War Memorial
Boscawen and
Kent Streets
Mifflin B. Crowe, Jr
Dabney Watts
General Assembly
Harry K. Benham
The
Memorial Association
Park Memorial
War Memorial Association
Kent-Boscawen Corner
Ban Benham
Washington
Wth
Winchester Automobile Dealers Association
Retail Merchants Association
Third Annual National Symphony Concert at Handley High
Readied for tomorrow 8 30 p m at Handley High School auditorium. Winchester Exchange Club sponsors with Dr P T Grove as general chairman. Program opens Overture to Donna Diana then Suite for Strings Purcell. 90 musicians perform Haydn Symphony No 101 The Clock and Franck Symphony in D minor. Howard Mitchell conducts after joining in 1933 as first cellist and assistant conduct.
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Handley High School
Winchester Exchange Club
P. T. Grove
Donna Diana
Reznicek
Purcell
Haydn
Franck
Howard Mitchell
The
National Symphony
Mitchell
Royal Portables Ad and Rouss Hall Notice
An OCR fragment notes no hunting or trespassing on a property by W. M. with a 1p 11 13 15 17 3t tag. It mentions Kenneth E. Henry Co. 1951 models and a weekly Wednesday Rouss Hall party at 8 o clock with patronage requested.
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W. M
ROYAL
Kenneth E. Henry CO
Rouss
Rouss Hall
Sue Med
Equalization Board Opens Planting Complaints on Assessments
The Winchester Equalization Board opened yesterday with about 30 real estate assessment complaints. Chairman T. G. Scully said many complained due to misunderstanding, then accepted explanations. Session in Corporation Court Room covered surnames A through C with D through G following today and H through L tomorrow. Next week’s schedule lists M through P on Nov 21, Q through 8 on Nov 22, and J through Z on Nov 24, with Thanksgiving off. The board aims to adjust inequalities before next year’s assessments take effect, with Scully joined by Howard Cahill, E. Babb, and secretary J. Benath er.
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Winchester Equalization Board
T. G. Scully
Corporation Court Room
Morrow
Scully
Howard Cahill
E. Babb
Millwood Rd
J. Benather
Communists Drive S Koreans Back on Two Fronts
Red forces smashed two UN fronts in Korea with battalion strength. At Tokchon on the western front the RO K Eighth Division fell back four miles to the Taedong River. On the northeast front six NK assault battalions opened five gaps in the ROK Capital Division line, later closed by counterattacks.
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Seoul
Red
United Nations
Republic of Korea
ROK
Tokchon
Taedong River
U. N
U. S. 10Th Corps
North Korea
Manchuria
Yongbyon
British Commonwealth 27Th
Pakchon
MacArthur
A. U. S. First Corps
Changjin
Pujon
Korea
U.S
Hagru
U. S. Aeredth Division
Seventh Division
Manchurian
Kaplan
David Barr
Ungi
Two Youths Held On Theft Charges
Two Frederick County youths, Donald C. Bowen 19 and Lewis M. Fletcher 22, are jailed on burglary charges tied to a Stephens City area break in. Bond set at 1000 dollars each for grand jury action next Monday. Guns recovered and two men admit theft of firearms, clothing items disputed.
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Frederick County
Stephens City
Donald C. Bowen
Winchester
Valley Pike
Lewis M. Fletcher
Robert DeHaven
Henry Renner
John Hoover
Raymond Mintz
Washington
Rt. 11
DeHaven
Communists Fail to Register Under City Ordinance
Martinsburg West Virginia report notes no Communist signs up under a city ordinance requiring party registration at City Hall. The regulation, passed ten days earlier, sets a November 13 deadline and bans Communist literature. Penalties include a $100 fine and 30 days in jail. each unregistered day is a separate offense.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Cumberland
Building Permits For Homes Issued In Frederick County
Frank Clevenger of 330 Kern Street granted permission to erect a 112 story frame dwelling at 332 Shenandoah Ave with an estimated cost of 5 000. Frederick County permits issued to Vance Whittaker for a 3 000 dwelling on Paper Mill Road John G Taylor for a 2 500 dwelling on Bufflick Road and Eugene Lupton for a 500 machine shed on Route 3.
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Frank Clevenger
Kern Street
Shenandoah Ave
Frederick County
Vance Whittaker
Paper Mill Rd
John G. Taylor
E. Leicester Street
Bufflick Rd
Eugene 8. Lupton
Allies Unwilling to Decide Formosa Future in UN Debate
United Nations plans to place Formosa's future on the agenda but U S allies show reluctance to engage. Acheson proposed a UN commission to study options including Red China trusteeship or return to Japan, while Russia and Chiang Kai-shek's regime push for recognition of Formosa as Chinese territory.
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Stanley Johnson Lake
United Nations
Formosa
America
U. S
Big Island
Chiang Kai-Sehk
Chiang
U. N
Russia
Jacob A. Malik
Soviet Union
State Department
Dean Acheson
U. N. Commission
Winchester Council Adopts One Way Loudoun Street Traffic Plan
Winchester moves to implement a one way southbound traffic on Loudoun Street between Piccadilly and Cork starting Monday November 2. The measure aims to ease congestion and improve safety, with the police to install signs and enforce the new rule.
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Winchester
Loudoun St
Piccadilly
Cork
Clairesane
J. Lee Miller
Cae
Loudoun &J
Efi
a#0
Loudoun Street
Loudon Street
Miller
MB. Clowe, Jr
Claude Smalts
Henry N. Stephenson Dies at 60 in Martinsburg Hospital
Henry N. Pat Stephenson 60 of 115 S Washington St died at Newton D Baker Hospital Martinsburg after a two week illness. He served in the Mexican border and WWI as a Second Lieutenant in Company I Europe. Survived by widow Colleen Hughes Glass and two daughters Helen Patricia and Catherine Cover Stephenson. Funeral 10 am at Thewa Funeral Home with burial in National Cemetery and American Legion military rites.
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Henry N
Pat) Stephenson
S. Washington St
Newton D. Baker Hospital
Martinsburg
Henry and
Helen Marburg Stephenson
Stephenson, Va
Colleen Hughes Glass
Robert M. Glass
Winchester
Episcopal Church of Winchester
National Cemetery
Conrad-Hoover American Legion Post
Lee Coble
John W. Riley, Jr
Yost
J. _V. Arthur, Sr
F. J. Lakgent
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By John M. Hightower
Committee For Economic Development
CED
Frederick Ritter
Frederick M. Ritter
Shenandoah Motor Company
Automobile Trade Association of Virginia
Walter H. Rogers
Hampton
Henry G. Luhring, Jr
Norfolk
William A. Mooers
Charles T. Moses
Appomattox
John A. Stoneman
Hillsville
R. Carey Mountcastle
Covington
Harry W. Bendall
Alexandria
J. J. Stump
Norton
W. G. King
Tom Frost
Warrenton
Landon R. Wyatt
Danville
Symphony
Grubbs Studio Equalization Board
Eugene Miller
Henry Stephenson
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