War Claims Commission pace on POW payment schedule
The War Claims Commission says POW compensation claims are paid in order of receipt. Payments are going out as rapidly as possible with 77,000 claims currently being adjudicated and paid.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1952
Page
12
The War Claims Commission says POW compensation claims are paid in order of receipt. Payments are going out as rapidly as possible with 77,000 claims currently being adjudicated and paid.
Supporters of Dwight D. Eisenhower in Frederick County plan a public meeting at the Mt. Airy Community Center tonight at 8. J. Kenneth Robinson, sponsor of the Winchester Frederick Eisenhower for President Club, will address the gathering with a picture projector and additional presentations are arranged.
A dense TV radio prime time slate lists CBS ABC and related network programs. Highlights include News & Comment discussions, Beulah and Silhouette sketches, Cavalcade of America and Michael Shayne, plus Fibber Molly and Red Skelton Comedy segments.
Radio and TV listings show WNEW Channel 4 WTTG Channel 3 WMAL Channel 7 and WTOP Channel 3 with a dense slate of programs from 3:00 p m to 11:18 p m including news talks dramas and children's fare. Prominent names and shows include Dinah Shore Dwight Eisenhower Adlai Stevenson Captain Video and Western Tales along with late night cinema and suspense features.
Winchester Lions Club shifts its weekly meeting to 6 pm at the George Washington Hotel. The program features the Lionettes ball club and the Little League team sponsored by the club.
Inspector A S McNeil leads a Mountie riding team at the Los Angeles Horse Show and tours studios to explain real duties. He notes Mounties favor regular haircuts, few ride horses nowadays, rely on cars boats and planes, and operate advanced labs like the FBI. The motto is Maintain le Droit not We always get our man.
Most of the nation's 350000 soft coal diggers return to work heeding United Mine Workers President John L. Lewis order. Press details show widespread compliance across mining regions as labor actions ease.
A week-long wage dispute strike ends as miners declare to return to work after leadership wired UMW officials to bring men back. Special meetings sweep coal fields, production resumes unevenly in Pennsylvania West Virginia Illinois and other states amid safety checks.
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