National Guard Drives Out Puerto Rico Rebels in Jayuya
National Guard forces in Puerto Rico used strafing planes and ground troops to clear Jayuya of Nationalists amid a spreading revolt. About 30 dead and 25 wounded reported so far with fighting centering on Jayuya and Utuado, while police guard key sites in San Juan and arrest operations target nationalist leaders including Albizu Campos.
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San Juan
Peurto Rico
Nation Guard
U.S
Jayuya
Utuado
Puerto Rico
United States
Insular
Pas
Entonio Carretjer
Pedro Albizu Campos
Albizu Campos
Atlanta
Ponce
Nationalist Party
Munoz Marin
Communist Party
Francis Riggs
P. O
Winchester
Shenandoah
County Election Officials Named for General Election
John W. Harper lists Frederick County officials for the November 7 general election and says ballots will be issued at the County Clerk’s Office Saturday. Voters in Winchester will receive two ballots. Congress candidate Burr P. Harrison faces Republican Jacob A. Garber in Harrisonburg. The second ballot covers two non-controversial constitutional amendments.
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John W. Harper
Frederick County
Dry Run
H. S. Brill
Elijah Pifer
R. P. Sager
Willie McIlwee
Susanna Cooper
Gore
Robert Muse
W. N. Oates
J. J. Pugh
J. F. Morrison
A. M. Pugh
Lamps
Clinton Barr
J. R. McKeever
W. H. Lamp
Maynard Snapp
Bank Robbery In Broad Daylight Hits Hong Kong Bank
Police surrounded the Nan Yang Commercial Bank in downtown Hong Kong as three robbers staged a midday holdup. After officers entered, the trio had vanished with 20,000 Hong Kong dollars about 3,500 U.S. dollars.
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Hong Kong
Nan Yang Commercial Bank
U. S
Halloween Parade Promises Record Turnout In City
Tonight’s Halloween events include a city parade at 7 p.m. starting from City Hall guided by the Handley Band, with prizes for costumes bicycles floats and pets. A plaza party follows with numbers drawn by Police Officer Ernest Dove and magic tricks by John Lewis, plus a drum corps and ginger cakes.
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George Washington Hotel
Douglas School
Inchester Armory
Gene Krupa
Armory
City Hall
Cameron Street
Handley Band
Piccadilly
Loudoun
Cork
Cameron
Boscane
Plaza
S. C. Broooks
Leon Slavin
Maybel Aikin
Stewart Bell, Jr
Walter Wolfe
Kathryn Ford
Gladys Crawford
Gibson Drum and Bugle Corps
Ernest Dove
Ralph Hengeveld
John Lewis
Edith Largent
Expected metal cuts hit civilian use in coming days
National Production Authority officials anticipate 20 to 30 percent reductions in copper nickel and aluminum for civilian goods within days with Dec 1 as the likely effective date. The plan uses a base period and varies by metal while excluding military orders and allowing manufacturers to choose which items to produce.
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Max Hall Washington
National Production Authority
NPA
NPR
Parliament Opens In Britain With Avoid War Theme
King George VI opened a new session promising measures to avert war through nationalization of the beet sugar industry, price controls, leasehold reform, civil defense, and boosted home food production. Attlee's government faces a likely election as Conservatives oppose state economic powers.
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London
George VI
Attlee
Police Chief Warns Against Halloween Vandalism
Police Chief J. Thomas Boyd urged local youth to enjoy Halloween while warning that vandalism and property destruction will not be tolerated. He said adults in masks will be barred from the streets as pranks are expected to be minimal and the department is doubling night patrols and hiring extra officers.
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J. Thomas Boyd
Boyd
Martinsburg Buses Sold to City Coach Lines in WV
The Martinsburg bus service is purchased by City Coach Lines led by Floyd E. Wilburn, who notes Potomac Coach Lines operated the service for about a year. The sale covers Potomac equipment and city operating rights, with price undisclosed. Potomac had acquired the route a year earlier from a Pittsburgh bank that foreclosed on the former operator.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
City Coach Lines
Floyd E. Wilburn
Potomac Coach Lines
Potomac
Wilburn
Francis Urner
Hagerstown
Food prices may climb to record levels next year
The U S Department warned of higher food prices in 1951 due to reinforced demand from rising employment and incomes. It projected prices could reach or exceed the 1948 summer peak unless anti inflationary steps counter the rise, with potential for price controls on meats and fats but not general farm goods.
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Karl R. Bauman
Washington
Auere Department
Korea
Congress
Former Roosevelt son-in-law dies in fall from hotel
John Boettiger, 50, former son-in-law of Franklin D Roosevelt, leaped from a seventh floor hotel suite at 6 20 AM. He had been mentally troubled, four days earlier overdosed on sleeping pills. He left two notes to his wife, one illegible, one addressed to his current spouse.
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New York
John Boettiger
Roosevelt
Anna
White House
Boettiger
Darling
Mercury Soars in City as Heat Wave Persists
The day showed a near eighty five degree peak at the Winchester Research Laboratory before cooling. Weather forecasts promise a mild night with mostly sunny skies and highs near eighty to eighty six. Virginia reports its first general killing frost on October 26-27 caused no crop damage as pastures and fall crops gain from recent rains.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
Virginia
Virginia Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
Virginia Five Day Weather Outlook
Five day outlook for Virginia shows above normal temperatures. Early period is quite warm with a trend toward cooler conditions later in the week. Precipitation is expected to be little or none.
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Virginia
Voters weigh undecided votes as campaigns push for late momentum
In a final week before Election Day, undecided voters may decide outcomes in key House Senate and gubernatorial races. President Truman considered last minute campaign support and scheduling Congress to reconvene, while Boyle warned of close contests in California Pennsylvania Indiana Colorado Utah Wisconsin and New York. Governor Lane of Maryland faces a tough re election as campaigns tighten.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Truman
William M. Boyle, Jr
St. Louis
Congress
House
Senate
Boyle
California
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Colorado
Utah
Wisconsin
New York
William Preston Lane, Jr
Maryland
Large Scale Open Intervention By the Chinese Not Expected
American officials express surprise at Chinese troops in Korea but do not anticipate large scale open intervention. The report cites two motives for the delay: protecting the Suiho Supon power dam on the Yalu and keeping Korea from a non communist path by delaying UN efforts. The dam complex powers North Korea and Manchuria with major plants on both sides of the river.
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C. Yates McDaniel
Washington
United Nations
Pentagon
Korea
Red China
Suiho-Supong
Yalu River
Harbin
Port Arthur
Yalu
Manchuria
North Korea
National Geographic Society
U. S. Army
Japansee
U. S. Tenth Corps
Chosin
Winchester Chamber appoints five new directors
P W Plumly Lamar Keen F Amos Shyrock C J Ott and C Ridgely White are elected directors of the Winchester Chamber of Commerce. They take office tomorrow and will meet 7 30 p m Monday with holdover directors to organize for the new year.
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Winchester Chamber of Commerce
P. W. Plumly
Lamar Keen
F. Amos Shyrock
C. J. Ott
C. Ridgely White
A. J. Bowen
L. V. Watson
Philip Glaize
C. F. Schenck
L. B Sirbaugh
Mr. Plumly
The
Grant Store Opens with Streamlined One-Stop Shopping
Preparations complete for the W. T. Grant Co. store on 134 N. Loudoun to open at 9 a m Thursday. B L Gipe named manager. the two story basement building houses 13 000 square feet of selling space with wide aisles and accessible counters. Daylight lighting and pastel decor highlight a four stores in one concept aimed at convenience.
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B. L. Gipe
Forts Wayne
Ind
Harrisonburg
W. T. Grant Company
N. Loudoun
Grant
Sing
Winchester
Bitter Front Fights Extend Across Korean War Battle Lines
U S columns push toward Manchurian border as 24th Division nears Sinuiju and Seventh Division advances from Iwon toward Pungsan. Allied 100000 men press north while Chinese Red rumors and unconfirmed reports of North Korean help surface. U S observers note night fighting and possible cross border aid as Paik Sun Yup calls front “very serious.”
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Seoul
Sinuiju
Iwon
Eighth Army
Pungsan
Hyesanjin
United Nations
U's. 24Th Infantry
Hing
Peninons
Tokyo
Korea
Heid Sommaire
Pyongyang
Manchurian
Unsan
Paik Sun Yup
Republic of Korea
ROK
Manchuria
Ana Adisor
Ericanado
Bowe Second Corps
Frank W. Gillett
Cincinnati
Jack Anized
Red China
Parallel 38 Sula
Penin
Formosa
Red
Lin Piao
Fourth Army
Nationalists AP
Bem Price
Hamhung
North Korea
U. S
Chongju Sonchon
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ROUSS
Fire CO
ip-Ev
Tues
Ds Wed
Grubbs
Kenneth McDonald
E. Piccadilly Street
Larry Grubbs
Ralph Grubbs
National Avenue
Melvin Dick
Mary Dick
National Ave
Gainesboro
Ashton
A. P. Whitacre
C. Lee Whitacre
William Baker
Ernest Gray
Arnold Dailey
Bakers Mill
Fred Braithwaite
R. L. Smith
J. L. Dailey
H. M. Fout
G. C. Peacemaker
Dolans
Russell Fletcher
H. B. Dick
C. G. Baker
Roy Bohrer
R. E. Patterson
Nat Smith
C. T. Adams
Boyd Ramey
Parliament
Britain
OIL Heat, Inc
N. Cameron Dial
Pingley & Carper Cleaners
Chanticleer Inn
Remington Portables
Kenneth E. Henry CO
Sissie & Buzzie
Anna Roosevelt Boettiger
Weather Outlook
W. Plumly
Battaile
Chamber
Bulletin
Brooks
Corner Valley Ave
Hart St
H. W. Jackson
W. Boscawen
Henkel-Harris Company
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