Cold War Melts Language Barriers Between Soldiers
Freiburg Germany report on cross nation training shows Western troops building cooperation in Europe. Yonkers GI and Metz poilu illustrate language gaps bridged by action and daily drills. French paratroopers learn one English phrase “Prepare for action” to execute missions. Danes Norwegians join with British in large maneuvers signaling broader Allied participation. Soldiers admire French paratrooper grit and American resolve beyond factories.
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Freiburg
Germany
Yonkers
Metz
West Europe
U. S
Ac Ees
Police Court in Madison Crowser Case at 314 N Kent Street
A Madison police court entry lists Crowser of 314 North Kent Street charged with drunkenness. The case involves a $14.21 amount linked to the offense.
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Madison Crowser
N. Kent Street
Sales Directory Listing Dates and Auctions
Sept 15 1 PM sale at Cedar Creek Grade Operas Terrace for one property. Sept 22 1 PM vault sale Stephens City. Sept 15 1 PM Ettie Miller Highland Ave household and kitchen goods. Sept 22 10 AM Wilkins route 12 Boyce household furniture antiques. Sept 22 1 PM C L McCarty White Hall livestock and furniture.
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Alabaugh
Place Bros
Cedar Creek
Operas Terrace
C. M. Tevault
Stephens City
Ettie Miller
Highland Ave
Charles W. Wilkins
Boyce
C. L. McCarty
White Hall
William Adams Returns To Fort Knox
Pfc. William E. Adams has returned to Ft. Knox Kentucky after a 14 day furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs R M Adams of 115 W Germain St
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William E. Adams
Ft. Knox
Kentucky
R. M. Adams
Germain St
Lt Randolph M Gaunt Returns to Active Duty at Erie Depot
1st Lt Randolph M Gaunt formerly of 418 N Braddock St Staunton Va reports for active duty at Erie Ordnance Depot Lacarne Ohio as a reserves member. He entered the Army at Camp Lee Va in Sept 1942 served three years in World War II including a two year European Theater tour. Before returning to active duty he was a salesman for Schenck Cheese Co. Mrs Gaunt and their five year old daughter Mary Marshall plan to join him in a few weeks at Erie Ord Depot.
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Randolph M. Gaunt
N. Braddock St
Lillie Belle Gaunt
Staunton
Erie Ordnance Depot
Lacarne
Ohio
Gaunt
Camp Lee
The
Schenck Cheese Co
Conway B. Fitzwater Returns to Norfolk Base
EM 3 Conway B. Fitzwater of the US Navy came back to his Norfolk base Monday night after visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Raymond Fitzwater Route 1 over the weekend.
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Conway B. Fitzwater
EM 3
USN
Norfolk
Raymond Fitzwater
Route 1
Pvt Courtney L Fitzwater Returns Home After Weekend
Pvt. Courtney L. Fitzwater USA came home to Fort Lee Monday night after visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Raymond Fitzwater Route 1 for the weekend.
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Pvt
Courtney L. Fitzwater
USA
Fort Lee
Raymond Fitzwater
Route 1
Lieutenant Daniel V. Marshall Jr. advances in rank aboard USS Essex
Daniel V. Marshall Jr. USN was advanced to lieutenant and serves as a jet pilot with Fighter Squadron 51 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Essex. His Panther jet fighters have seen extensive action during the Korean War.
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Daniel Marshall, Jr
Daniel V. Marshall, Jr
Usn
Betty Ann Marshall
W. Cork St
Marshall
Essex
Fireman Sylvester Lawston serves aboard Owen destroyer
Sylvester R. Lawston a fireman in the US Navy and son of Mr and Mrs Lacy Christian of 1010 S Loudoun St is serving aboard the newly re commissioned destroyer Owen. He helped re activate the vessel at the US Naval Station Long Beach California Following post activation overhaul at a west coast naval shipyard the Owen will join the Destroyer Force USS Atlantic Fleet
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Sylvester R. Lawston
USN
Lacy Christian
S. Loudoun St
Owen
Long Beach
Calif
West Coast
Quiz answers reveal broad U S knowledge on history geography and law
The item lists ten quiz answers including Democrats Ceylon Italy cheroot the look for the woman Adams and Jefferson Indiana Lake Superior Panama Canal Zone and a criminal ID error. It then states Central Park's size 840 acres versus Rock Creek Park's 1 752 acres confirming Rock Creek Park is larger.
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Democrat
Ceylon
Italy
Cheroot
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Indiana
Lake Superior
Panama
Canal Zone
Central Park
New York City
Rock Creek Park
Washington, D. C
Rock Creek
King George VI Undergoes X-Ray Examination in London
King George VI, ill with a lung infection since last winter, had a one and a half hour X-ray exam by a London specialist and then flew to Scotland for vacation. Two physicians had urged the checkup after he complained of a cold. He recently hunted grouse near Balmoral before catching a cold again.
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London
George VI
Scotland
Balmoralgar
Balmoral
Braddock Street Church Completes Decorations and Resumes Services
Redecoration of the Braddock Street Methodist Church sanctuary is finished and regular services will resume. Pastor Dr. William Archer Wright will speak at the 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. services.
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Braddock Street
Wm. Archer Wright
Tass Correspondents Considered Foreign Agents Says Celler
Rep. Emanuel Celler says the Justice Department regards Tass correspondents as agents of a foreign power not necessarily reporters. He cites a department official who also says three Washington writers registered as foreign agents. DOJ says no official opinion has been issued on Tass status.
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Tass
Celler
New York
Emanuel Celler
Justice Department
Washington
William Herin to Teach Golden Rule Bible Class
William F. Herin will guest teach the Golden Rule Bible Class at Braddock Street Methodist Church tomorrow morning. Regular teacher John Leatherman is on vacation, and Mr Herin of St Louis Missouri is in Winchester temporarily.
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William F. Herin
Braddock Street Methodist Church
John Leatherman
Mr. Herin
St. Louis
Winchester
Supervisors Hear Berlin Discuss Zoning Ordinance
Clarke County Board of Supervisors discuss proposed zoning ordinance at monthly session. Edward P. Berlin of the Berryville Clarke County Chamber of Commerce leads the measure with Mrs. James Lindsay and Mrs. Ernest Woodworth from the Clarke County Senior Women's Club also speaking.
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Clarke County Board of Supervisors
Edward P. Berlin
Berryville
Clarke County Chamber of Commerce
James B. Lindsay
Ernest Woodworth
Clarke County Senior Woman's Club
McFaden Bible Class To Welcome Guest Speaker
The Frank T. McFaden Bible Class of the Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church will meet tomorrow morning at 9:45. Dr. William R. Van Buskirk will be the guest speaker.
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Frank T. McFaden
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
William R. van Buskirk
Resort Hotel Hilltop House For Sale In Harpers Ferry
Hilltop House, a 65 room summer resort perched above the Shenandoah Potomac River junction, is for sale. An agency in Charles Town handles the deal for the owner, whose other interests require sale. The hotel has mainly drawn Washington and Baltimore residents in recent years.
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Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Hilltop House
Shenandoah Potomac River
Charles Town
Washington
Baltimore
Engineer Indicted Over Bryn Mawr Train Collision
In Norristown Pennsylvania an engineer from the Pennsylvania Railroad has been indicted by the Montgomery County Grand Jury for the Bryn Mawr crash that killed eight and injured 63 last May 18.
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Norristown, Pa
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bryn Maw Pa
Montgomery County
Grand Jury
Court hears claims on home duties and enforcement role
In a testimony session a woman described efforts to manage housework while ill and caring for children. The judge was asked to appoint an enforcement officer as a potential remedy, with magistrate Brown noting the yard’s responsibility lies with Everhardt and questioning officer authority in private homes.
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Everhardt
Brown
Air Superiority Is U.S. Choice, Says Vandenberg
Gen. Hoyt Vandenberg told the Senate Appropriations Committee that the United States must maintain air superiority to avert a swift military disaster. His testimony followed approval of a 61.1 billion defense bill for expanded air power, arguing 95 wings would deter but not win against superior forces.
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Washington —.P
America
Hoyt § Vandenberg
Air Force
Senate Appropriations Committee
Vandenberg
Russia
Burroughs Denies Wife Died in William Tell Act
In Mexico City police plan a hearing on whether adding machine heir William Seward Burroughs killed his wife by a Willian Tell style shot or by dropping his gun. Burroughs, 37, says the gun went off accidentally as he showed it. his wife Joan Vollmer was hit in the forehead and died at Red Cross Hospital.
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Mexico City
William Seward Burroughs
Willian Tell
Burroughs
William Tell
St. Luis
John Healy
G. I
Minneapolis
Healy
Red Cross Hospital
Joan Vollmer
Ossining
N. Y
Loudounvile
Swank
Albany
David Vollmer
General Aniline Works
Rensselaer
Pharr
Tex
Prize Steer Saved From Slaughterhouse
Dayton Ohio 14 year old Sherry Ann Eby raised Angus steer Black Champagne for eight months at the county fair where it won grand champion 4 H Club status. The steer was sold at auction for 492.45 dollars to a local food chain, and Sherry Ann wept as the money was handed over. She hopes for assurances the steer will not be sent again to the auction ring and would like to show him at the International Livestock Show in Chicago next month.
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Dayton
Sherry Ann Eby
Sherry Ann
Marvin Burick
Burick
Chicago
British officials to inspect U.S. food plants
In Washington ECA announced that 16 representatives of the British Food Manufacturers Federation are in the United States to determine if American production methods suit British industry. The visit includes inspections of processing plants in Winchester Virginia and other locations.
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Washington
ECA
British Food Manufacturers’ Federation
United States
Winchester
Byrd Calls for Court Martial of General Crawford
Sen Byrd demands a court martial for Brigadier General David J. Crawford over alleged malfeasance at the Detroit Ordnance Tank Automotive Center. He cites accepting free hotel accommodations and other improper acts plus a push to punish misconduct to preserve public trust.
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Sen
Byrd
Gen
Crawford
Washington
Byrdo
Dem -Va
David J. Crawford
Senator Byrd
Secretary of the Army
Detroit
Heidelberg
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Aberdeen
Ordnance Tank Automotive Center
Michigan
General Crawford
Odinance Tank Automotive Center
Fort Wayne
Maryland
Armed Services
Senate Armed Services Committee
Ice Cream War Draws Crowds in Suburban Price Fight
In Maplewood and Wellston rival Katz and Walgreen drug stores started a price war on ice cream, selling as low as three cents per half gallon. Crowds formed as supplies ran out, requiring extra police on duty while stores restocked and prices rose back toward 64 cents per half gallon.
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ST. Louis (P
Katz
Walgreen
Maplewood
Wellston
Virginia Bond Sales Rise in August Led by Norfolk
Frederick and Winchester ranked 15th among Virginia Savings Bond units with 44 152 25 in August. Norfolk led at 781 979 and Portsmouth and Norfolk County second at 679 773 75. Statewide August sales totaled 4 395 599 up 230 934 from 1950. Payroll Savings boosted Series E Bond purchases as the first Defense Bond campaign began on Labor Day chaired locally by Mayor M B Clowe Jr.
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Frederick
Winchester
Virginia
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Norfolk County
M. B. Clowe, Jr
Frederick and
Inwood Plant to Receive Apples Monday
The Inwood West Virginia Musselman plant will begin fall and winter production of applesauce and apple juice Monday with two shifts. Growth in the four state area served is heavy and good. growers should schedule deliveries with apple buyer Donald Schill to avoid delays.
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Inwood
W. Va
C. H. Musselmanoo
Donald Schill
Stills Destroyed in Powhatan County Raid
Police and ABC agents arrested four men and destroyed two illegal stills in a Powhatan County raid conducted early today.
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Powhatan
ABC
Powhatan County
Russia Walks Out Then Rejoins at Peace Conference Stalemate
Gromyko led a heated clash at the 48 Nations conference over the pacific treaty actions. He called Dulles a warmonger and claimed the pact serves to stage American troops in Japan. After a brief walkout he returned as Britain’s Foreign Minister Morrison was expected to speak on signing the pact. Forty-nine nations pledged to sign. Russia, Poland, and Czechoslovakia did not.
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Far East
U S
Japan
Russion
John Foster Dulles
Gromyko
Herbert Morrison
Argentina
Vietnam
Warren Kelchner
Russia
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Huge Rattlesnake Killed in Virginia
Hubbard Cunningham a Buckingham County farmer killed a rattlesnake in Norwood Buckingham the snake had 17 rattles and a 60 inch body Cunningham could not reach around it with both hands the dramatic encounter occurred in Warminster Virginia.
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Warminster
Hubbard Cunningham
Cunningham
Buckingham County
Norwood
Buckingham
O Sull ivan Stockholders To Get Dividends Oct 1
Vincent A. Catarella president of the O Sull ivan Rubber Corporation announced after a board meeting this week that a regular quarterly dividend of 25 cents per share on the five per cent cumulative preferred stock would be paid October 1. An additional 25 cents per share on arrears will also be paid October 1 on stock of record September 1, 1951, making total arrears $1.00 per share.
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Vincent A. Catarella
O'Sullivan Rubber Corporation
Virginia Highway Death Toll Rises With Two New Fatalities
The report states Virginia’s highway death toll climbed to 63 percent with two more deaths. William Daniel Walton, 23, of Bruington in King and Queen County, died in a noncollision crash on State Route 620. Edgar Wilburn Robertson, 27, of Alexandria, died in a hospital after a motorcycle collision on U S Route 1 three miles south of Alexandria.
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Virginia
William Daniel Walton
Bruington
King and Queen County
Edgar Wilburn Robertson
Alexandria
Funeral Services For John Cook In Clarke County
Funeral services for John Cook 80 of Millwood who died Wednesday in Petersburg will be held tomorrow at 2 p m at the Little Chapel Church in Clarke County Interment will be in the church burial ground He was born in Clarke County son of John and Sally Blue Cook His wife Francine Mayo Cook preceded him in death He is survived by two nephews and three nieces.
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John Cook
Millwood
Petersburg
Little Chapel
Clarke County
Mr. Cook
John
Sally Blue Cook
Francine Mayo Cook
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William Adams
Fort Knox
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Sylvester Lawston
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Eny
Belle City
Farmrite Good
NEW Idea
Lh.c. General Implement
N. Cameron St
Braddock St
William Herin
Berlin
McFaden Bible Class
L. J. Luby
U.S
Chevrolet
Frederick Motors
North En Mart
Tilley
Grant
C. J. Brumback & Sons
N. Cameron &T
O'Sullivan
Associated Press
Cameron St. Wong Es
Hucninener IH
Willys
Chapman Motor CO
Opequon Terrace
Duncan Phyfe
Piace
Carl Alabaugh
Coleman Dunn
William E. Cochran
Ruby J. Cochran
Circuit Court
Frederick County
Sunnyside
W. E. Edwards
Refuge Road
Clarence A. Franklin
Gladys F. Franklin
A.m. E.S.T
Orndorff
Joseph Conner
Leroy Franklin
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