Truman Likely to Get Standby Economic Controls
Congress wrangles over wartime economic powers as both chambers swing between standby and automatic price and wage controls. President Truman favors standby authority and opposes automatic rationing, while Baruch warns inflation risks. House and Senate debate resumes next week with a possible compromise.
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Senate Bank Tha Committee
Full House
Senate
House
Senate Committee
Bernard Baruch
House Banking Committee
Washington
Veterans Of 5 Army Divisions Sought
The Army recruiting office announced that men with prior service from five divisions may reenlist for initial assignment to their former division. The eligible divisions include the 1st Cavalry, 2nd and 7th Infantry, and the 24th and 25th Infantry. Station Commander George E. Ridenour said discharge certificates from applicants who formerly served in these divisions will be accepted.
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Wall
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di Winton
George E. Ridenour
Portable Church On Wheels Used By Brethren In California
Whittier California August 5 A portable church can be folded into a 20 by 8 trailer and hauled by car. The Whittier First Brethren Church with pews pulpit and altar folds to a small trailer, unfolded it covers 720 square feet. The idea mirrors a Canadian model by Rev J M Ruthven. The collapsible chapel serves temporarily until a permanent church is built and will travel as a traveling place of worship.
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Whittier
Clif
Bome
Whittier First Brethren Church
J. M. Ruthven
Canada
Iil
Soil Conservation Praised By Symons
Dr. T. B. Symons retiring dean of the University of Maryland presses soil conservation as the era’s most constructive work. He urges legislation to guard land from shore erosion and notes 8,900 farm conservation plans in Maryland plus 17 irrigation ditch associations spanning 900 miles and 43,000 acres on the Eastern Shore.
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Salisbury
T. B. Symons
University of Maryland College of Agriculture
Soil Conservation District
State Soil Conservation Commission
Tr. Symone
Maryland
Atte
Death Halts Fort Worth Wedding as Mother Collapses
In Fort Worth Texas on a August evening Mrs A KE Aikman 51 collapsed and died of a heart attack ten minutes before her daughter Henrietta Ann Aikman 21 was to be married at Riverside Methodist Church The mother was speaking with her daughter when she suffered the fatal seizure and died in the chapel.
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James Franklin Myers
Dargan
Guilford
Boonsboro
Church of God of Samples Manor
Standard Lime and Stone Co
Bakerton
W. Va
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Robert Waters
Joseph Waters
Hateratown
Edward Knight
Floyd
Eichelberger
Sharpaburg
Thomas Knight
Washington
Joseph Giffin
Roy
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Theodore
Hagerstown
Sta Nons
Wye
Edgar Moats
Hangerstown
Daniel Myers
Tarzan
Church of God
C. W. Fink
A. KE. Aikman
Riverside Methodist Church
Henrietta Ann Aikman
Weather Outlook for Maryland Virginia and West Virginia
forecast calls for clear to night in Maryland and Virginia with Sunday fair and changing temperatures. West Virginia expected fair tonight and Sunday partly cloudy and a little warmer.
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Virginia
West Virginia
Still Hopeful Of Beating Out Errol Flynn
Sammy Lambert a New York producer believed Patrice Wymore remained his fiancée though Flynn announced marriage to the 21 year old dancer. Lambert said the ball game isn’t won until the last pitch and described his shattered dream after a morning call from Patrice.
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Sammy Lambert
Patrice Wymore
Errol Flynn
Flynn
Miss Wymore
Lambert
Hollywood
Patrice
High Court Rules Against Justice In Laughing Case
In Los Angeles on August 5, Superior Judge Samuel Take found Justice of the Peace Stanley Moffatt liable for false arrest after he accused John G. Frazier of distorting the peace. Frazier laughed and pinched a waitress. he was acquitted of the charge and Moffatt lost reelection. Damages awarded to Frazier remain to be set. Moffatt testified the laugh resembled a war cry. The ruling questions judicial immunity when a judge is dining in public.
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Los Angeles
Samuel Take
Justice of the Peace
Stanley Moffatt
Huntington Park
John G. Frazier
Moffatt
Frazer
Frazier
Blake
Ike
Betty Hutton and husband back home in Hollywood
Betty Hutton and her husband Ted Hriskin flew from Chicago to Hollywood after a reconciliation. The couple had faced an interlocutory divorce action but have again decided to stay together with their two children Lindsay and Candice at the airport greeting them.
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Hollywood
Ang
Betty Nation
Ted Hriskin
Agin
Comediennes
Chicago
Windy City
Betty
Lindsay
Candice
Honeymoon by Air Ends in Tragedy near Greensburg
In Greensburg Pennsylvania a honeymoon flight ended in a crash near Pannen Tutke 18 miles southeast of Greensburg. The couple married the previous Saturday planned to reside in Canonahure Pennsylvania. The groom Guzo Gurte and his bride Phatlis Pushkier both injured with the bride in critical condition and the groom dead.
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Angelo Gurte
Phatlis Pushkier
Maur
Tmensant
Guazo
Pannen Tutke
Canonahure
Farmier Retary
Beach Lifeguards Strike Wildwood NJ Beach Patrol
Wildwood New Jersey lifeguards launch a strike, with 27 guards patrolling a two mile stretch demanding monthly pay increases from 25 to 22 dollars, effective at 6 pm.
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Wildwood
N.T
Wildwood Beach
Top. m
Jersey
Bridges Voices Right to Work as He Fights Perjury Conviction
Varry Bridges returns to the stand in San Francisco as he seeks to avert jail time on a perjury conviction tied to his 1944 naturalization. Judge George B. Harris ordered a Saturday session to hear motions on revoking bail while noting Bridges may be jailed if the rights speech continues. Meanwhile city markets report homegrown corn beans and tomatoes selling with prices around 14 to 60 cents a unit and good quality overall.
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Varry Bridges
Federal
Judea
George B. Harris
Bridges
CIO Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen's Union
Wherry
Varrix
Nils
Bridees
Altst
Limas
Polio Toll In Virginia Rises With Two Child Deaths
Richmond Va Aug 58 two infants and a mother died from polio as the state reports a rising toll. The outbreak concentrates in the eastern counties with extensive cases in the area around the county where the epidemic is most severe. Shady Rest Tavern announces a grand opening under new management with an orchestra. Watches and clocks jewelry repair and bead restringing offered at Jonathan Street location.
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Richmond
Virginia
Rifden
Shady Rest Tavern
Aux
Orchestra
Williamsport Pike
Ady
Sinatra Seen With Ava Gardner in London Date
Frank Sinatra, en route to London for a quick visit, dated actress Ava Gardner last night and danced after midnight at a Mayfair restaurant. He canceled a London meeting to attend a National Playing Fields Association event, delivering a record as promised. He planned to fly back to the United States today.
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London
Frank Sinatra
Ava Gardner
Mayfair
Sach Frank
National Playing Fields Association
United States
Washer repair ad prompts call for service
Advertises washer repair by Scott Eichelberger in Smithsboro Maryland with contact numbers 1691 and 12-F-4. Mentions Adv. G. Jubilee M. Haven Peaches Daniel G. Bayer and urges Ariv but provides no clear service details.
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Scott Eichelberger
G. Jubilee
M. Haven Peaches
Daniel G. Bayer
Smithsboro
Ariv
Senate approves $34.24 billion omnibus appropriations bill
The Senate passed a $34,236,932,228 appropriations package by voice vote and sent it to a conference committee to link with a smaller House bill. The measure funds most federal agencies for the next fiscal year through June 30, with foreign funds considered separately. The package totals $72,052,362,228 in cash and $2,484,570,900 in contract authority, about $1.92 billion below Truman’s request and roughly $0.5 billion above House approval excluding foreign program funds.
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Washington
Senate
Senate House Conference
House
Truman
Allison Loser In Missouri Primary
President Truman’s Missouri Senate candidate Emery W. Allison conceded last night that absentee ballots will not give him enough votes to defeat Thomas C. Hennings Jr. of St. Louis. State Senator Allison of Rolla said Henrines has the most votes and I go by the figures.
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St. Louis
Truman
Thomas C. Hennings, Jr
Emery W. Allison
Rolla
Henines
Local Stocks and Advertisements Listing
Quotations from Collin and Company listed. Corn spraying service offered at 3.00 per acre by Glenn L. Eby with contact 2259-W-3. Golden Jubilee Peaches from E A Deal located 24 miles north of Chewsville near Beard's Church. Alger's Service Station advertises closed Sundays and location two miles west on Route 44. Picnic park open daily.
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Glenn L. Eby
E. A. Deal
Chewsville
Beard's Church
Alger
iPicnic Park
Demand For Books as Bookmobile Circulation Rises in July
Washington County Library Bookmobile sees seven percent growth in overall circulation. July totals show 8,783 books borrowed including 8,223 by the bookmobile, with 87 more adults and 146 more children registered. Main library in Hagerstown reports a dip in July children's room activity. total library circulation for July reaches 30,548.
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Washington County
Henry Holzapfel
Made-ine Startsman
Helen M. Cooper
Hagerstown
Recount Ordered in Oklahoma Democratic Primary War
Oklahoma Supreme Court orders a full recount of the Democratic race with Johnston Murray leading William H Coe by 1009 votes after the State Election Board's denial. Recount deposits total 19250 for all 77 counties and 5250 for 21 counties. District judges will oversee counting with notices sent to county election boards.
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Onehoma
Eee Nor
Supreme Court
Johnston Murray
William H
Bill) Murray
William H. Coe
State Election Board
Coe
Election Board
Murray
Beauty Tries To Take Life After Hotel Spanking Incident
Barbara Jean Floyd, Miss New Orleans 1948, attempted suicide in her gas filled apartment after a quarrel with her mother. Police noted unhappiness since a March 1949 spankings incident by her former husband, George Cauthen, and described life amid marriage and reconciliation efforts, with the annulment later declared due to non consummation.
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New Orleans
Barbara Jean Floyd
Edward Hermant
B. P. Floyd
Herman
Barbara Jean
George Cauthen
Cauthen
Miami
Yugoslav Diplomat Escapes Train Attack in Austria
A Yugoslav commercial attache, Vlara Mocnik, survived a knife assault by five anti-Tito refugees aboard the Vienna Belgrade express. The attackers were restrained by an Austrian official and two conductors near Werndorf, and arrested at the next station. Mocnik continued to Belgrade.
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Vienna
Austria
Mocnik
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