Acheson Morrison Open Big Three Talks on Western Front
Secretary of State Acheson and Britain’s Morrison begin a four day Big Three meeting with France to map postwar strategy. They aim to finalize a Bonn sovereignty contract linking West Germany to the Western bloc amid Suez and Iran tensions and Far East concerns.
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Washington
Acheson
Britain
Herbert Morrison
West Germany
Egypt
Suez
Morrison
Robert Schuman
France
San Francisco
Russia
Schuman
Germany
Bonn
Far East
United States
High Commission
West
North Atlantic Council
Rome
Former Berryville Man Receives Air Force Commendation Ribbon
At Columbus Air Force Base Mississippi about 500 officers and cadets honored Wilton G. Weaver a Berryville Virginia native and basic flying instructor. The 28 year old son of Mr and Mrs Paul W Weaver Flamingo Farm Brookeville Maryland earned the Commendation Ribbon for Meritorious Service with high praise from his former Randolph AFB commander.
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Columbus Air Force Base
Miss
Air Force
Berryville
Wilton G. Weaver
Randolph Air Force Base
Texas
Paul W. Weaver
Flamingo Farm
Brookville
Randolph Afb
Robert E. Dawson
Weaver
Headquarters
Air Training Command
Scott Air Force Base
Ill
Garnet B. Palmer
Columbus Afb
Randolph
Advanced
Mysterious Death Probed at Staunton
Arlington, West Virginia youth Norman William Madison aged 19 was found bleeding on a Jack Mountain hillside near Staunton. He died twelve hours later from head injuries and a broken leg. Police offered no comment on how injuries occurred. A meeting at Corn Hall is planned for Monday September 10 at 8:00 p.m. with H. M. Layman presiding.
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Staunton
Arlington
W. Va
Norman William Madison
Jack Mountain
Madison
Corn Hall
Ou.s
McCarthy Attacks Administration Policy in Asia
Senator McCarthy charged the Truman administration with failing in Asia saying U.S. policy signed the death warrant of every American who died in Korea. He alleged U.S. aid was misused and accused General Marshall of aiding a sell-out between Chinese Nationalists and Communists. He spoke at a Hager Family Reunion Association meeting in RAMAGE W VA and was to address the Huntington Rotary Club.
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Ramage
W. Va
McCarthy
R-Wis
Truman
Asia
Korea
United States
China
Hager Family Reunion Association
Charleston
Acheson
San Francisco
Wisconsin
State Department
South Korea
George C. Marshall
Defense Secretary
Manchuria
Dang Huntington Rotary Club
Two Local Korean War Veterans Arrive for Leave
Sergeant Calvin C. Coffelt of 102 West Southwerk Street and Sergeant Daniel B. Dunlap of Gore arrive in the United States from the Korean Theater of Operations. They travel aboard the USS Thomas Jefferson with 1,060 returning Army combat veterans to San Francisco for leave re assignment or discharge.
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Calvin C. Coffelt
Southwerk St
Daniel B. Dunlap
Gore
San Francisco
United States
Army
Wanted man for sales work at Sherwin Williams
Wanted man for sales work. Must have a car. Excellent opportunity for advancement. For personal interview write W. M. Southard Sherwin Williams Co. 28 E. Pice.
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W. M
New Rules Target phony no money down trade in ads
Washington reports new Federal Reserve Board regulations to curb fake no money down offers on appliances. Violations carry up to 5000 dollar fines and up to a year in jail. Rules allow trade in credits if not used to evade down payment requirements and require clear records of values and transactions.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Vwederal Reserve
Papagos Leads Greek Election Victory Seen for Greece
In Athens Field Marshal Alexander Papagos led in Greece’s vote for government leadership. With 60 percent of precincts reported, his Royalist Greek Rally Party held about 36 percent, predicting a strong majority in Parliament and potential premiership. Papagos, famed for suppressing communist resistance, was expected to command 90 to 100 of 260 seats.
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Athens
Alexander Papagos
Papagos
Greek Rally Party
Greece
Russians Head For Home After Diplomatic Defeat
Andrei Gromyko returns to New York after fierce opposition at the San Francisco peace conference. American diplomats foresee a major propaganda push in Asia to undermine the Japan peace treaty. The signing of the Japanese peace pact followed by a U S Japanese defense treaty at the Presidio.
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Japan
U.S
Dean Acheson
Shigeru Yoshioi
San Francisco
Opera House
Missouri
Andrei Gromyko
Russia
Asia
Far East
Gromyko
New York
Orient
Red China
United States
Shigeru Yoshida
Presidio
Iate
Old Autos Stage Race to New York for Gas vs Steam
Two vintage cars depart Chicago at 10 a m in a race to New York to settle whether steam power or gasoline engines win. The 1913 Stanley Steamer driven by Jack Brause and the 1911 Stoddard Dayton driven by Rube de Launty race toward Rockefeller Plaza with Museum of Science and Industry backing the event and Popular Mechanics Magazine as sponsor.
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Chicago
New York
Rockefeller Plaza
New York City
Martin H. Kennelly
City Hall
Stanley
Dayton
Jack Brause
Brause
Rube de Launty
Museum of Science and Industry
The
Museum and
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Eisenhower Seen as Likely Republican Candidate in 1952
Kansas City Star president Roy A. Roberts said in a radio discussion that Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower could be persuaded to run for president in 1952 and that he doubts Harry S. Truman will seek re election. Roberts cited Eisenhower's own words that he is a good Kansas Republican.
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Washington
Roy A. Roberts
Kansas City Star
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truman
Roberts
NBC
Eisenhower
Kansas
Robert
U N Officers and Reds Clash Over Suspected Strike
U N officers and Red liaison officers spar over a claim that an Allied plane strafed Kaesong. Investigators found one bullet mark and twelve 50 caliber slugs but called evidence not conclusive and said findings would be studied further for Ridgway and other officials.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Kaesong
U. N
U.N
Red
Tacoma
Wash
Col. Chang
Matthew B. Ridgway
Supreme Allied
Adm. C
Puamet Joy
U. N. Negotia
Mrs. Ruth Austin Killed In Wreck At Capon Springs
Mrs. Ruth Austin wife of Porter Austin of the Philadelphia Capon Springs Hotel family died in a car crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Harrisburg. The wreck also killed one other person and injuring five, including Mr. Austin who suffered multiple fractures. The Austins were returning from West Virginia to Philadelphia to move furniture. Mrs. Austin leaves her parents Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Burtt and two young sons. Funeral services will be private in Philadelphia Wednesday.
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Ruth Austin
Porter Austin
Philadelphia
Capon Springs
W. Va
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Harrisburg
Mr. Austin
Austin
West Virginia
Lloyd Burtt
Quadruple Amputee Weds Girl Met Through Letters
Pvt. Hubert Reeves a 19 year old quadruple amputee from the Korean war wed Beverly Jean Hall an 18 year old from Wilmington Illinois in a First Baptist Church ceremony. The couple received nationwide gifts including $10000 in cash from Joliet residents a television set from Eddie Cantor and $4000 in gifts from a radio program. The Rev Ralph Blatt reminded them happiness comes from inside not material things. Reeves lost feet and parts of both hands from freezing in Korea and had been in combat less than a month. His bride began writing him at Valley Forge State Hospital in March and they later met.
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Joliet
Hubert Reeves
First Baptist Church
Reeves
Beverly Jean Hall
Wilmington
Eddie Cantor
Ralph Blatt
Korea
Valley Forge State Hospital
Phoenixville
Metropolitan Restaurant Ad for 24 Hour Service
An old advertisement promotes the Metropolitan Restaurant offering breakfast lunch and dinner with Bir conditioned air and 24 hour service. The note lists hours Tuesday through Friday and an ev. Mon and Fri schedule reference.
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Metropolitan
Weekend air crashes claim many lives across continents
An Associated Press report details multiple airplane accidents from Brazil to Vermont, including a Sao Paulo airliner crash that killed 16, a Phillipsburg New Jersey crash killing four teens and their pilot, and a Northeast Airlines belly landing in Massachusetts with no injuries. Additional fatalities occurred near Duluth Minnesota, Spotsylvania Court House Virginia, and outside Philadelphia.
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Associated Press
Air Force Today
Greenland
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Duluth
Minn
California
Massachusetts
North Atlantic
Tinker Field
Oklo
Phillipsburg
N. J
Elwood White
Kerry Phillips
Joan Wolfe
Charles Noto
James Mayrosh
Northeast Airlines
Weymouth Naval Air Field
Forest Ranger
John P. Connelly
Dayton, O
Janet
Henry C. Mackall, Jr
William A. Caswell
Schenectady
N. Y
Spotsylvania Courthouse
Fredericksburg
Philadelphia
Gerald C. Crockenberg
Lower Moreland
Nashua
N. H
Chester
Nine Die In Virginia Highway Crashes Over Weekend
Virginia toll rises to 640 highway deaths since January 1 with nine more lives lost over the weekend. Names include Newling, Dunn, Standbeck, Sweat, Gibbs, Covington, Walton, Robertson, and Williams. Accidents involved crashes with cars, buses, pedestrians, and a motorcycle on routes 50 1 60 1 and interstates near Fairfax, Shirley Highway, Newport News, Whaleyville, and Suffolk.
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Virginia
Rot Newling
Douglas B. Dunn
Fort Myer
Roosevelt Standbeck
Rt News
Jolly Sweat
Whaleyville
John Bannister Gibbs
Portsmouth
A Williams
Asheville
William G. Covington
Miller’s Tavern
William Daniel Walton
Bruington
Edgar Wilburn Robertson
Alexandria
Newling
Fairfax County
Arlington
Dunn
Shirley Highway
Standbeck
Williams
Newport News
Lynchburg
Suffolk
Gibbs
Covington
King and Queen County
Walton
King and Queen
Robertson
Dewey to Report to Truman on Far East Trip
Governor Thomas Dewey of New York will meet President Truman in Washington to report on his Far East and Korea visit. The White House announced the noon appointment, the first Dewey White House call since 1948, with no lunch invitation for reporters.
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Washington
Thomas Dewey
New York
Truman
Korea
Far East
White House
Dewey
Ashington
Joseph Short
Short
Two Atlantic Hurricanes Meet and Pass Over Open Sea
Two major Atlantic hurricanes Easy and Fox crossed paths off Bermuda and disrupted each other. Easy slowed from 160 mph to 100 mph while Fox weakened from 100 mph to 80 mph before curving away harmlessly over open water. No land impact reported.
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Bermuda
Easy
Fox
Miami Weather Bureau
Newport News City Manager Summoned In Traffic Case
Newport News city manager Joseph C. Biggins was summoned to traffic court on a charge of failing to yield the right of way to 28 pedestrians, according to police reports.
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Richmond
Joseph C. Biggins
Newport News
Rockets and jets clash in Korea wide air battle
U S Army reports rockets used by Russians landed behind Allied lines on the east central front. In the air clash 30 F 86 Sabres tangled with 80 MiG 15s over northwest Korea with no Allied losses. Ace Col Francis Gabreski led Allied planes in a fierce engagement.
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Eighth Army
Korea
East Central Front
Red Army
I Rede “Ceuetien
Francis Gabreski
America
Gabreski
Fifth Air Force
Recs
Pusan
James A. van Fleet
Reds
United Nations Army
van Fleet
East
Destroyer Escort Seiverling Damaged at Wonsan
The UV. 8 Destroyer Escort Seiverling suffered three direct hits from shore guns at Wonsan but had no casualties. The number two fire room flooded yet the ship proceeded by own power to Sasebo. Navy reports air and surface bombardments silenced enemy batteries, nine guns knocked out. Seiverling is the 13th U.S. fighting ship damaged or sunk in Korea.
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Seiverling
Wonsan
Sasebo
Japan
U. S
Korea
Korean
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