Shipments to Red China unravel under inquiry
Senator O Conor said information on shipments of strategic materials to Communist China may be sensational as investigators probe oil moving from U S occupied Japan after the Korean war began. He cites about 13 000 drums sent to Red China since June and 11 500 since the Korean crisis with hearings to resume next week.
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Washington
O’conor
China
U. S
Japan
Army and Commerce Department
Red China
United States
Ban
O'Conor
Korea
State, Commerce and Defense Department
Quincy Adams
Army
Edward Guinane
Commerce Department
Office of International Trade
Guinane
Trade Office
Edna Millay Dies Of a Heart Attack in Austerlitz
Poetess Edna St. Vincent Millay died of a heart attack at 58 in her East Hill home Austerlitz New York. She was found near the foot of her staircase after reportedly working overnight editing proofs and had been living as she did since her husband Eugen Jan Boissevain died about a year earlier. The body was moved to a funeral home in Chatham and a caretaker discovered it in the afternoon during a search of the house. Millay, a Pulitzer Prize winner, was known for writing late into the night and preserving her handwriting despite difficulties.
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Austerlitz
N. Y
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Eugen Jan Boissevain
Miss Millay
White House
East Hill
Oscar Wilcox
James Pinnie
Chatham
Berkshire Hill
Geqre
China Aids Red Forces as U S Mulls Indochina Policy
US officials report substantial Chinese weapons and training support to the Viet Minh in Indochina aiding Communist advances. A policy review weighs options from US combat involvement to UN action, with Paris stating France bears primary responsibility and a UN compromise is unlikely.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Indochina
United States
Korea
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Wake Island
United Nations
Clarke's Seventh Polio Case Reported in Clarke County
A seventh polio case in Clarke County was reported yesterday. Danny White seven son of Rev and Mrs Percy D White of Berryville was taken to the Medical College of Virginia Hospital in Richmond after diagnosis at Chester Memorial Hospital He showed some improvement this morning with reduced fever and ability to swallow His father traveled to Richmond while his mother accompanied him in the Friendship ambulance The child contracted polio Tuesday and attended Berryville Elementary School The doctor arranged a spinal tap for a second grader at Winchester Hospital Mrs Stacey B Lloyd of Millwood admitted with bulbar paralysis was placed in an iron lung The Whites moved to Berryville last October as the new Methodist pastor and they have two other children aged four years and five months
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Clarke County
Danny White
Percy D. White
Berryville
Medical College of Virginia Hospital
Richmond
Thechester Memorail Hospital
Danny
Stacey B. Lloyd
Millwood
Mercury Reaches 70s For Fourth Straight Day
The day saw temperatures cling to the 70s as predicted rain again failed to arrive and hazy Indian summer persisted. Winchester Laboratory reports a low of 53 last night with the day warming to 71 under cloudy skies. Cooler weather and possible occasional rain forecast for tomorrow.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
Military Praised By Rotary Speaker
Deputy Undersecretary of State Carlisle H Humelsine hailed the military effort in Korea praising South Koreans for guts urgency and wise use. He countered claims Koreans didn t fight noting higher casualties and as many as 5000 South Koreans serving in American divisions. Rotarians heard the appeal to support United Nations goals.
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Korea
Carlisle H. Humelsine
Winchester Rotary Club
Humelsine
United States
U .N
Rotary International
Gene Krupa Set to Swing Winchester Halloween Dance
Winchester Junior Chamber of Commerce officials confirmed a contract with the Music Corporation of America for Gene Krupa and His Orchestra to appear October 31 at the Winchester Armory for a Halloween dance. The Jaycees plan a pre show for those who do not dance, with other holiday dances planned for Thanksgiving and New Year. Krupa toured south for a college date and will be the first name band here since the Apple Blossom Festival balls.
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Winchester Junior Chamber of Commerce
Music Corporation of America
Gene Krupa
JCC
Winchester Armory
Howard Melton
Jaycee Committee
Krupa
Jaycees
Melton
Front Royal
Donations Push Chest Drive Toward One-Third Goal
The 1950 Community Chest Campaign reaches $10,437.90 or 29.8 percent of a $35,000 goal as the Service Division led by Paul Rosenberger reports over $1,000, with several divisions showing progress and county volunteers listed. New contributors include Virginia Loan and Thrift Corporation. county workers and many named volunteers are also noted.
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Service Divivision
Paul Rosenberger
Community Chest
Virginia Loan and Thrift Corporation
National Attention Focused on New York Senate Campaign
The AP reports a second personal letter about the New York Senate race keeps national focus on the contest. Senator Herbert Lehman defends a two year old letter for Alger Hiss while Republican Joe Hanley faces accusations of being paid off to run for Senate. President Truman comments on the letters and election prospects. James Roosevelt links Hanley withdrawal to California politics. Warren dismisses the charge and Knight explains his withdrawal. The Lehman letter applauds Hiss after Hiss denied ties to a Russian spy network.
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Associated Press
Cade
Senate
New York
Herbert H. Lehman
Dlib-Ny
Alger Hiss
State Department
Lehman
Hiss
Joe R. Hanley
Hanley
Truman
House
Francis J. Myers
Pennsylvania
Myers
James H. Duff
California
James Roosevelt
Ent
Earl Warren
Goodwin J. Knight
Roosevelt
Dewey
Dewey and Warren
Warren
Knight
New York World- Telegram
Sun
House Un-American Activities Committee
Drug Salesman Killed in Highway Accident
Thomas H. Lewis 70, a drug salesman for Leon Drug Co. of Luray, died in a highway crash between Front Royal and Luray. Born September 7, 1880, he is survived by a son and a daughter, plus several cousins. Funeral at Grace Episcopal Church Luray with interment Mt Hebron Cemetery Winchester.
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Boyce
Thomas H. Lewis
Leon Drug Company
Luray
Front Royal
William T
Franklin Davis Lewis
William T. H. Lewis
James W. Meigs
Eugene Timber
Gardner B. Hillyard & Son
E. Piccadilly St
Death march survivors recount brutal beamings near Pyongyang
Three American POW survivors tell of a Red death march from Seoul to Pyongyang where prisoners were beaten and murdered. They say Maj. Gen. William F. Dean may have died in Seoul. US losses near 25 000 across dead wounded and captured.
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Pyongyang
U. S
Seoul
William F. Dean
U. S. 24Th Infantry
Taejon
Dean
United Nations
Stalin Street
Waegwan
Alexander Makaroumis
Lowell
Mass
Hadong
Takeshi Kumdai
Honolulu
Kaesong
World leaders urge united front against communism
Three veteran figures Herbert Hoover Dwight D Eisenhower and Bernard Baruch urged the United States to strengthen military and economic defenses to counter Soviet power. Hoover proposed unified Western European military支 and a reorganized United Nations while Eisenhower warned against preventive war and called for sacrifice and production to meet global obligations. Baruch urged a two year mobilization of military and economic power to balance Russia without expanding central government control.
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Associated Press
America
Herbert Hoover
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Bernard M. Baruch
Hoover
Europe
United Nations
United States
New York
Stalin
Pittsburgh
Eisenhower
Columbia University
Carnegie Institute of Technology
U.S
Rochester
Minn
Baruch
Russia
Mayo Clinic
Plummer-Judy
Virginia Five Day Weather Outlook Sees Rain and Warmth
Five day outlook for Virginia predicts rain on Saturday and again on Monday or Tuesday totaling at least one inch. Temperatures average four to six degrees above normal with warmer conditions Sunday and cooler days Tuesday or Wednesday.
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Virginia
Yugoslavia seeks U.S. aid to ease drought food shortage
Yugoslavia formally asked the United States today for aid to address a food shortage caused by drought. The move signals a push for relief assistance from Washington as grain and staple supplies tighten.
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Washington
Yugoslavia
United States
Red Registration Rules Laid Down By Justice Department
The Department of Justice issued rules for forcing Communist groups to register under a new anti-subversive law. Groups have until Monday to register voluntarily. after that, forced registration requires the five member bipartisan board once appointed by the President. The FBI-identified Communist Party with about 54,000 members may resist, and hearings are expected.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Truman
Communist Party
FBI
Communist “Action
Communist Action
Russia
Bus and auto crash near Roanoke kills elderly couple
An elderly couple died when a car collided head on with a Greyhound bus on U S 220 near Roanoke. Three others were critically injured and nine bus passengers suffered lesser injuries as five ambulances ferried victims to local hospitals. Bus driver C E Wilmouth of Danville described attempting to hug the road to avoid the collision.
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Roanoke
Greyhound
Here
C. E. Wilmouth
Danville
U. S. 220
Marcus Allen Stickley
Dayton
Allen R. Stickley
Chesapeake St
Washington, D. C
Stickley
Naval Research Center
Washington
Lewis Gale Hospital
Dunreach Stickley
S. W
Jefferson Hospital
Roanoke’s Memorial and Crippled Children’s Hospital
R. J. Harris
Parachute Attack Aims to End War in Korea
Thousands of American parachute troops carried out a major airborne assault directed by General MacArthur, deep into North Korea near Pyongyang. The mission sought to finish the UN war and free alleged captured Americans, with reports that escape routes were cut and some prisoners may have been liberated though confirmation was lacking.
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Paris
South Korea
India
U.N
Ho Chi Minh
Russell Brines
Tokyo
Red Korea
U. N
MacArthur
Pyongyang
Seoul
Opera’ N
United Nations
Red Heart
North
Senator Proposes Gas Tax Use for Roads and School Board Reform
Virginia politics feature Senator Byrd urging gas tax funding strictly for roads while pushing shift of school board appointments to county governing bodies. Norfolk leader E J Schul backs octane rating change to favor research methods in state fuel testing. A committee will present the resolution to Parke Brinkley and the Division of Chemistry.
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James A. Anderson
Byrd
Virginia
E. J. Schul
Norfolk
Association
Parke C. Brinkley
Division of Chemistry
State Agriculture Department
Brinkley
Victor
Kenneth E. Henry CO
cExAit
LIFE
Colliers
EVE
POST
Brooks’ Pharmacy
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Ray Butler
Food Center
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Pastor
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Myrtle Garvin
Maud Kerns
Harry Carbaugh
Ida Guard
Henry Ritenauer
Elsie Miller
Lomax Parker
Caroline Seal
Mary Gilbert
Marian Hammock
Amos Lillard
Hugh Solenberger
Vergie McIntire
de Luttrell
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Rose Hottle
B. E. Rogers
Juanita Whitacre
Curtis R. Story
C. N. Stitt
Fred Snyder
Clyde Belford
Calvin Shirley
Ernest Adams
Boyd Ramey
Chas. Duvall
Louise Bragg
Homer Burns
Ralph Marker
H. T. Snapp
Stanley Hoover
William Boyce
Grover Carper
Bruce Arnold
T. H. Cawthorne
Elsie Armel
George Washington Hotel Corp
Clarence J. Robinson
David Greenglass
Los Alamos
Reds
General Dean
By Tom Lambert
E. W. Armstrong Company
Mt. M. E. Church
Lecar Urove
South Loudoun
OIL Heat, Inc
N. Cameron Dial
Eisenhower and
Weather Outlook
Sign of the Times
OLICE
James Williams
Po- Nce Departme
By Joseph C. Goodwin
Pingley & Later Cleaners
Winchester Quota Club
Old American Legion
Shen
Valley Bank Cp
Rouss Fire CO
Charley Rouss Fire Co
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