Presbyterians Called on Today To Aid the Church
The 183d session of the Synod of Virginia, Presbyterian Church meets in Lexington with Dr J J Murray urging Presbyterians to support their church amid luxury spending trends. Dr Murray noted Virginia ranks 16th in donations among 17 Southern Synods and highlighted upcoming events at the Old Stone Church.
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Synod of Virginia, Presbyterian Church
J. J. Murray
Lexington
Presbyterian Church
Robert Bell Woodworth
Windchester
John A. MacLean
Ginter Park
Weenene Church
Richmond
Virginia Synod
Southern Presbyterian Church
Murray
Virginia
ABC
General Assembly
Old Stone Church
Piccadilly St
Ben R. Lacy
Union Theological Seminary
Dr. Macails
C. Jameson
Keith R. Crim
Ib G. Seibert
Hugh McClure
Julian T. Owen
J. W. Sherman
Hunter J
General Council
The
World Missions
Winchester
Synod
George Washington Hotel
Grubbs Studio
Burlington
W .Va
Synod of Virginia
J. A. MacLean
Ginter Park Presbyterian Church
Ronald 8. Wilson
Wm. P. Martin
Frederick County Agricultural Fair Slated for Sept 28 29
The third annual Frederick County Agricultural Fair will be held September 28-29 at the Farmer's Livestock Exchange. Warren Thompson to supervise. Future Farmers of America 4-H Clubs and Future Homemakers of America sponsor. Exhibits due by noon Thursday. judges named for livestock poultry and product categories. Catalogues available at County Agent I Fred Stine office.
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Frederick County
Farmer's Livestock Exchange
Warren Thompson
Future Farmers of America
Future Homemakers
Amerca
Lynn Wolfe
Roxanne Rogers
Carroll Dalton
FFA
Margaret Brumback
W. R. Legge
R. Belle Burke
Ina Glick
Elizabeth Trainham
Truman echoed by critics over Marine Corps remarks
President Truman described the Marine Corps as a propaganda machine in a reply to Representative McDonough. Lawmakers condemned the wording as indiscreet and insulting while Marine leaders and veterans urged a presidential retraction amid wartime strain and public debate.
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Elton C. Fay
Washington
Truman
Stalin
Marine Corps League
White House
Marine
Representative McDonough
R-Calif
Marine Corps
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Marine Corps Isa
Aiken
R-Vi
Thye
Minn
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Sena
Tor Kefauver
D-Tenn
Cne
D-Ill
Douglas
Mr. Truman
Whit House
Congressional Record
Marine Veterans
Clay Nixon
League
Korea
X Ray Unit to Visit Winchester for Chest Examinations
A mobile X ray unit from the State Health Department will be in Winchester from Monday to Thursday next week. Appointments are required due to limited capacity for large chest films. The unit supports a five day city and county mass chest X ray clinic starting November 27, organized with Winchester and Frederick County Tuberculosis Associations.
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State Health Department
Winchester
Paul Chapman
Chapman
Frederick County
Malik protests incident at Lake Success in UN note
Jakob A Malik delivered a United Nations note stating the Soviet plane shot down off Korea on September 4 was a training flight aircraft.
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Lake
Russia
Jakob A. Malik
United Nations
Korea
Marines React To Truman Stalin Propaganda Comment
Marines in Korea expressed confusion and anger over President Truman's remark about a Stalin like propaganda machine. A veteran sergeant and frontline squad leader questioned the claim while others urged restraint to protect allied relations. A field officer declined to comment, deeming the statement unfair to discuss.
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U.S
Korea
Truman
No-Name
Naktong River Bulge
Supporters of Preventive War Publicly Arm The Debate
James Marlow reports on Secretary of the Navy Matthews proposing preventive war to stop Soviet expansion. President Truman and Secretary Acheson criticized the idea as immoral and contrary to U S tradition of peaceful settlement. Proponents argue we are already in a war with communism and would act to prevent takeover.
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James Marlow
Washington
Matthews
Truman
Acheson
Congress
Russia
War News At a Glance From Front Frontline Moves North of Kyongju
Communist guerillas advance north of Kyongju and threaten an Allied road junction. Reds deploy eight Russian built tanks toward the northern front while U S Marines and infantry push on the Naktong front. Allied air power returns with 17 tanks and Red supply lines targeted. Security Council debates veto on North Korea aid.
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Kyongju
Norim
Hern
Ameri Balk
U.S
Naktong Front
$5,000 Damage Suit Filed Against City
Carl Strickler of Valley Mill Rad filed in Corporation Court a motion for judgment against the City of Winchester for $5,000 over an February 24 sidewalk accident on S Loudoun Street. He alleges negligence for a protruding iron post near a parking meter causing injuries and long disability, seeking $757 special and $4,243 general damages.
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Carl Strickler
Valley Mill Rad
Harrison, Benham and Thoma
Corporation Court
City of
Winchester
S. Loudoun Street
Strickler
Palace Hotel
Herman Hable
Fred Larrick
Harrison, Benham and
Harrison, Benham and Thoma Was Delivered To Mayor M. B. Clowe, Jr
Dabney Watts
Edwin C. Yost
Nevada Senator McCarran Wins renomination in Democratic primary
Senator Pat McCarran, 74, won a large lead in Nevada's Democratic primary for renomination, totaling 12,720 to 4,614 over George Franklin Jr., 34, Las Vegas lawyer and WWII bomber pilot, with 217 of 324 precincts counted. Republican nomination was tight between Kendrick Johnson of Reno and George Marshall of Las Vegas, 3,394 to 3,753 in those precincts.
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Associated Press
Pat McCarran
Nevada
George Franklin, Jr
Las Vegas
McCarran
Franklin
Kendrick Johnson
Reno
George Marshall
Johnson
Marshall
Headley's Auctions Sets Antique Sale At 10 30 A M Tomorrow
Notice for regular antique auction sale starting at 10 30 A M with a large inventory including a modern dining room suite a Thor washer dryer and dishwasher a large refrigerator and hundreds of pieces of china and glass Headley's Auctions listing details.
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Thor
Headley’s
Allies Retake Yongchon But Reds Attack in North
Russia expected to veto anew to block a U N resolution urging all nations not to aid the North Korean aggressors. Jakob Malik charged the U S measure hides aggression while the North Koreans fight a just war against foreign invaders.
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Yongchon
North Korea
Lake Success
Russia
Security Council
Jakob A. Malik
Council
U.S
Korea
U. S
Malik
Warren R. Austin
United Nations
Stabbing Victim Recovering In Local Hospital
Levi Harris, 418 N Kent St, is recovering at Winchester Memorial Hospital from four stab wounds in the back after a Saturday night fight at Finleys Recreation Center 567 N Kent. Police say Henry Lesane and Thomas Belton, migratory workers, were charged with disorderly conduct. Lesane fined 35.75 and Belton 29.75, both given 90 day sentences suspended to five days by Judge John Rice.
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Levi Harris
N. Kent Street
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Finley’s Recreation Center
N. Kent
J. Thomas Boyd
Harris
Henry Lesane
Florida
Boyd
Lasane
Thomas Belton
Belton
John Rice
Water usage in Winchester up four percent
Water pumpage for the year ending June 30 1950 totaled 801 198 000 gallons up from 771 744 000 the prior year a four percent rise City Manager 8 L Grant reported October was peak month at 79 457 000 gallons peak day 3 322 000 on August 14 1949 monthly figures July to June show varied usage with October highest and February lowest plus a fire company notice and meeting reminder for Friendship Fire Co. on September 7 at 8 00 Robert 8 Ryan secretary lp-9-6-30
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Winchester
8. L. Grant
Grant
Russia says downed plane unarmed on training flight
Moscow radio quoted a Soviet statement asserting the downed bomber carried no armament and was on a training mission. It claimed the United States and allies attacked without grounds, citing witnesses among other Soviet planes and locating the crash eight kilometers south of Hai-Yun-Tao Island.
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London
Russia
United Nations
Trom
United States
Moscow Radio
Port Arthur
Hai-Yun-Tao Island
Korea
Jai-Yun-Tae Isnd
U.S
U.N
Moscow
Residents Organize to Stamp Out Speeding on Highway 11
A Martinsburg area citizens committee led by John M. Hepfer forms to curb speeding on U S Route 11 between Winchester and the West Virginia line after a fatal five car crash near Stephenson. The group plans a mass meeting at Stonewall School to establish a permanent organization with enforcement and education efforts.
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Highway
Martinsburg Pike
Winchester
West Virginia Line
John M. Hepfer
Walter Massie
C. Irvine Cather
R. H. Carpenter
Claude Gore
Charles W. Webber
Hepfer
Stephenson
State Line
Stonewall School
Clearbrook
Route 11
State Pot Department
Hopfer
Hearing on Beer Permit For Winchester Steak House
An AB C Board hearing on the Winchester Steak House beer license rejection was held yesterday. Carl Lewis attended with his attorney Harry Kern Jr. Opposed by C E Bass T Newton Cather Frederick County School Board members R E Ayler and others as well as a five member neighborhood committee and Landon Whitacre.
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Winchester Steak House
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Carl Lewis
New James Wood High School
Harry Kern, Jr
C. E. Bass
T. Newton Cather
Frederick County School Board
R. E. Ayler
Commonwealth
Joseph Massie, Jr
Landon Whitacre
Wilson acted secretly to purge disloyal workers
H. B. Mitchell, head of the Federal Civil Service Commission, says President Wilson secretly moved to remove disloyal employees from the government during World War I.
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Seattle
Wash
Federal Civil Service Commission
H. B. Mitchell
Woodrow Wilson
Casualties Reported in Korean War Update
The Defense Department reported 8,863 American casualties to next of kin through September 1, an increase from 6,886 for the period ending August 25. Of these, 599 were killed in action, 5,366 wounded with 83 later dying, and 2,898 missing. breakdown shows 465 Army, 9 Navy, 97 Marine Corps, and 28 Air Force killed.
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Washington
Defense Department
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Air Force
Hospital Invites Charity to Complete New Martinsburg Building
Martinsburg King s Daughters Hospital votes to invite Catholic Charities to take over a partially built facility. Estimated cost to complete is 450000 dollars, to be matched by 1050000 dollars in Federal funds.
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Martinsburg
King’s Daughters
Catholic Charities
Who Founded Stonewall Cemetery and Its First Officers
The question asks who established Stonewall Cemetery and names the Association’s first officers. It also asks who participated in Winchester’s most tragic duel.
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Stonewall Cemetery
Association
Winchester
Big Battle Imminent as Allied Forces Hold Reds East Korea
Allied troops recaptured Yongchon and halted North Korean thrusts at Taegu, with 84 Russian made tanks and 12 ton Patton tanks appearing on the front. U S 8th Army reports rough fighting east of Yongchon and north of Kyongju as Reds push toward Taegu. South Korean units with American air power broke a Red roadblock near Yongchon to resume supplies.
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Russell Brines
Tokyo
Yongchon
Taegu
Fifth Air Force
Carri
Pohang
Sea of Japan
Guerrill
Prensa
Tabu
Yongsan
Prochow
U. S.8th Army
Kyongju
Kigye
Boy Shoots Own Father to Death Near Patna
An 18 year old from the Highland County area shot and killed his father after witnessing a domestic attack on his mother. Kenneth Wright a 47 year old prison guard was killed by a bullet to the head. Sheriff Glenn Hammer said Nelson Wright has been charged with murder in the Patna home incident. The widow Mary Splaun Wright sustained facial bruises and hair pulled out.
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Monterey
Highe
Tony
Highland County
Patna
Glenn Hammer
Nelson Wright
Kenneth Wright
Hammer
Wright
Staynton
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Stephens City
E.R. Conner
Willow Lawn
Singer
Loudoun
Stanley Johnson
MacArthur
War Department
Say
Austin
Council Chamber
Yongyang
N. Korea
S. Korea
Parther
U. S. State Department
38Th Parallel
Naktong River
Central Press
Friendship Fire Co
Robert 8. Ryan
Hospital
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