Drought Prompts Emergency Action Across Several States
Agriculture officials designated Alabama Georgia Kentucky and Mississippi as disaster loan areas because of prolonged heat and scarce rainfall. Rhode Island and eight eastern Massachusetts counties closed forests. Gov Dever ordered forest closures in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Farmers may borrow from the Farmers Home Administration for hay feed and 1953 crop production. Connecticut tobacco and potato growers hire rain-making firms amid record dry spell. Maine reports major forest and crop losses. Baptist pastors urged prayers for rain.
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Alabama
Georgia
Kentucky
Mississippi
Agriculture Department
Tennessee
Missouri
Arkansas
New England
North
South Carolina
Louisiana
Virginia
Florida
Paul A. Dever
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Farmers Home Administration
Eastland D-Miss
Connecticut
Worcester
Mass
Boston
Maine Agricultural Department
Maine
the
Baptist Convention
South
Bedford Fair Opens Monday With Enlarged Grounds and New Attractions
Bedford’s 79th Annual Fair starts Monday August 4 for a full week of entertainment. Improvements include a modernized entrance with underground wiring for night lighting, enlarged parking and picnic area, new gates and paths, and expanded exhibit space for Future Farmers of America. Livestock entries lead in exhibit interest as space fills across all buildings. The opening night features Joie Chitwood’s auto daredevils and the world record aerial rocket leap in a 1952 stock sedan.
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Bedford
A. C. Brice
Joie Chitwood
Kay Armen to headline Bedford Fair Grandstand Show
Kay Armen, famed TV and radio singer, will star at the Bedford Fair Grandstand Show on Saturday night as officials confirm. She travels to Atlantic City for a one week engagement at Steel Pier and is noted for introducing There Ive Said It Again and Come On My House. Armen began on WSM in 1943 and rose to national fame via Milton Berle, Stop the Music and TV variety programs.
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Kay Armen
Miss Armen
Atlantic City
Steel Pier
William Saroyan
Vaughan Monroe
Kay
WSM
Nashville Tennessee
New York
Milton Berle
ABC
NBC
Joe Pasternak
MGM
Worker buried after sewer cave-in in Pottstown
Lloyd Cook, 35, of Stowe died when buried beneath tons of debris in a sewer excavation at High and Berks Streets. His father and fellow workers battled to reach him as Cook lay at the bottom of a 10 foot pit. Andrew Lorick, 32, Reading, escaped injury after freeing himself.
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Pottstown
Lloyd Cook
Stowe
high
Berks Street
Cook
Andrew Lorick
Reading
Weather update for Friday and Saturday
Mostly sunny Friday with warmer conditions in the western portion. Afternoon high around 82. Saturday turns partly cloudy and warmer.
Bosomy Beauty Seeks Damages in Treasure Chest Row
Patricia McQuillan of Peters burg Indiana known as Evelyn Treasure Chest West filed a Federal Court complaint against Charles J. Fox operator of burlesque theaters alleging unfair competition. She claims Treasure Chest and related names are her trademark and seeks 25000 dollars plus profits Fox earned from the phrases.
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Milwaukee
Patricia McQuillan
Petersburg
Charles J. Fox
Fox
US Steps Up Uranium Ore Production Amid Global Race
The Atomic Energy Commission announced major new uranium resources, signaling gains in the U S atomic race with Russia. It cited an Australia supply agreement, South African by products, Canada expanding Eldorado mine milling, and faster home production. The semi annual report notes progress on weapons research and atomic powered aircraft, with more to come.
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Atomic ‘Energy Commission
United States
Russia
Congress
Australia
Canada
Eldorado
Brent
Bear Lake
AEC
America
Farouk Declares Life as Poor Exiled Monarch
Farouk of Egypt, 32, abdicated and announced he will live as a poor exile on Capri. He spoke at a news conference on the island terrace, saying he is no longer a rich man and defending his conduct as he ends 16 years on the throne with the Naguib era beginning in Egypt.
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Farouk
Egypt
Roly-poly Farouk I
Farouk Fuad
Alexandria
Narriman
Fuad II
Mohammed Naguib
Two Helicopters Cross Atlantic Setting New Aircraft Distance Record
Two American Sikorsky H19 helicopters completed the first flying windmill crossing of the Atlantic. They covered about 920 miles from Keflavik to Prestwick, clocking a record for non-stop helicopter distance and landing after 11 hours with fuel for three more hours. The crew included Capt. Vincent H. Mc Govern and Capt. Harry C. Jeffers among others, testing future Europe delivery by air for 4,000 miles to Wiesbaden.
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Scotland
Atlantic Ocean
Keflavik
Iceland
Westover Air Force Base
Massachusetts
Dayton
Boston
Wiesbaden
Germany
Vincent H. McGovern
Springfield
N. J
Harry C. Jeffers
Newark
Harold W. Moore
Cincinnati
George O. Hambrick
Sayre
Oklo
Atlantic
McGovern
Europe
Allied Troops Reclaim Old Baldy in Bloody Bayonet Assault
Allied forces on the Western Korean Front launched a bayonet assault to recapture Old Baldy after a Chinese Communist push. About 200 enemy troops were reported killed in seven hours of fighting as U N troops retook the mudy crest just ten days after being driven off.
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Seoul
Korea
U. N
Western Front
Flying Saucer Inquiries Hamper Air Force Work
The Air Force reports a flood of flying saucer questions from press radio and public disrupting regular intelligence tasks. It has 432 written reports on sightings or unidentified aerial phenomena so far this year, with some Southwest reports possibly tied to rockets and guided-missile tests.
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Washington
Air Force
Pentagon
armed services
Byrd May Hold Back Support in Presidential Race
Virginia Senator Harry F. Byrd declined to say if he will back Democratic Governor Adlai Stevenson or Republican General Dwight D. Eisenhower in the coming presidential election. Byrd spoke at Winchester after colleague A. Willis Robertson announced he would vote the straight Democratic ticket. A key issue is civil rights as Southern leaders chafe at the Chicago convention plank. Continued on Page 2.
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Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
ORG
Adlai Stevenson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Byrd
Winchester
Willis Robertson
Robertson
Chicago
Fair Employment Practices Commission
FEPC
Sen
Morse
R-Ore
Cox Has High Hopes for New Wage Board
Washington July 31 Archibald Cox, a Harvard law professor, assumed leadership of the reorg anized Wage Stabilization Board with 13 other members to oversee wage regulations and proposed increases while Congress stripped the agency of power to settle disputes. The board must manage broad rules and wage actions as inflation peaks affect major industries.
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Washington
Harvard
Congress
reorganized Wage Stabilization Board
Archibald Cox
MacArthur Accepts Remington Rand Chairmanship
Gen. Douglas MacArthur accepts the chairmanship of Remington Rand Inc a $1.7 billion year industrial giant announcing he will not participate in Eisenhower campaign backed Taft for the nomination. He departs from warfare to industry saying he seeks to build not destroy and notes he will retain five star general pay plus allowances on an unassigned basis.
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New York
Douglas MacArthur
Remington Rand, Inc
Pacific
Dwight D.Eisenhower
Ohio
Robert Taft
Remington Rand
MacArthur
James H. Rand
Rand
Army
Washington
Eisenhower
Columbia University
Milk price up one cent per quart in most PA areas
Harrisburg reports the minimum retail price of milk rises one cent per quart tomorrow in 10 of Pennsylvania's 13 milk marketing areas with comparable producer increases. Exemptions apply to Philadelphia and nearby Suburban Marketing Area. OPS freezes eight eastern and central areas as ceiling prices. The change reflects higher farm and plant labor costs, about a quarter of a home delivered quart.
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Pennsylvania
State Milk Control Commission
Philadelphia
OPS
state commission
Schuylkill
Scranton
Wilkes Barre
Lehigh
York
Williamsnort
Athens
Lancaster
Reading Berks
Wrathful King Township voters oppose Western area jointure
King township residents and taxpayers plan to overturn the school board’s jointure with western Bedford County districts at a Monday meeting. A petition signed by 316 of 340 voters protests the action as done without public knowledge, urging a return to Bedford Borough High School where students have studied for over two decades.
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Bedford Gazette
Bedford borough
Bedford high school
Bedford county
Pennsylvania
Atom Powered Vessels Studied by AEC
The Atomic Energy Commission contracted Westinghouse to develop a large naval atomic power plant for aircraft carriers and ocean-going ships. The Navy foresees atomic propulsion on future super carriers, while details on fuel mass and speed remain undisclosed.
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Atom
AEC
Washington
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Navy
commission
Kimball
CIO Brewery Workers End 13 Week Strike With Wage Pact
Pittsburgh on July 31 CIO workers accepted a 12 to 14 cent hourly raise to end a 13 week strike at three major breweries. The walkout began April 21 affecting 10 plants run by seven brewers. Four breweries reached terms earlier. about 2100 Bottlers, brewers and drivers at Fort Pitt, Pittsburgh and Duquesne remained out. The pact adds 4 cents an hour for afternoon shifts and increases the night differential to 7 cents.
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Pittsburgh
United Brewery
Fort Pitt
Duquesne
New Traffic Light Installed in Borough
Bedford adds a third electrical signal at the corner of South Richard and East Penn Street near St. Thomas Catholic Church and Fort Bedford Inn. Police urge motorists to note the change as the daytime signal runs a blinker by day and makes Penn Street a stop street and Richard Street through at night after years of seeking State Highway Department permission.
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Penn Street
Richard Street
Accused Wife Murderer Released From Jail Under Guard
Jonah Roberts, 46, of Edwardsville, charged by the commonwealth with murdering his wife Mary, was released from jail today but remains in custody under guard. He was taken to a general hospital by court order and will be guarded around the clock by deputy sheriffs.
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Wilkes-Barre
Jonah Ty
Roberts
commonwealth
Mary
Edwardsville
general hospital
Thirty County Men Ordered to Report for Induction
Thirty registrants are called to report for physical examination at 6 30 a m DST on August 5 1952. Names include Rudolph L Wolfe box 194 Everett Pa David S Fisher R D 1 Manags Choice Pa Ronald D Clark Hopewell Pa Dean Irvin Beck Saxton Pa Lloyd Fred Moore Hyndman Pa Arlan D Barkman Woodbury Pa and others from Six Mile Run Saxton Manns Choice New Enterprise Alum Bank and Buffalo Mills. Continued on Page 2.
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Rudolph L. Wolfe
Box
Everett
David S. Fisher
Clarence Clyde Banker
Buffalo Mills
Earl Lawrence Weaverling
Saxton
Clifford Wright
Woodbury
Earl Glen Minnick
George Roscoe Peck
Harry William Harderode
R. D
Manns Choice
Donald Olden Herline
Carl Charles Melius
Robert Lee Morse
R. D. Breezewood
William Jacob Ebersole
New Enterprise
Jesse Edward Musser
Raymond Griffiths
Alum Bank
Robert James Corley
Mariny Choice
Harry Walter Wareham
James Clarence Fisher
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John W. Burns
Detroit
Burns
Stevenson
Westinghouse
CIO Brewery
Jewepap
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