Marshall warns delay in European arms aid risks danger
Gen. George C. Marshall told the House foreign affairs committee that delaying President Truman's foreign arms aid program would be very dangerous. He urged against cutting the 1450 million plan without ironclad guarantees of Western Europe’s full cooperation and said the program should be started rather than held up.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Congress
Truman
U. S
West Europe
Marshall
House Foreign Affairs Committee
North Atlantic Alliance
Greece
Turkey
Iran
Korea
Philippines
North Atlantic
Rep
Merrow
Western
Europe
Judd
R-Minn
China
Acheson
Morrow
Senate
Lucas
Ohe
Economic Cooperation Administration
Army
Spain
Romania dissolves Roman Catholic welfare orders
Bucharest August 1 Romania dissolves all Roman Catholic welfare orders instructing 15 orders in the country to choose within 15 days whether to retire to cloisters enter an old age asylum quit the orders and seek lay employment. The move follows state measures against clergy amid anti democratic accusations and church property seizure.
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Bucharest
Romania
Scanteia
Romanian Orthodox Church
Ministry of Interior
Uniate Catholic Church
Uniate
Vatican
New Atomic Bomb Production Reaches Industrial Basis
The Atomic Energy Commission reports new bombs proof tested at Eniwetok are now produced on an industrial basis. Uranium and plutonium for weapons and other uses are produced in greater quantities. The report notes advances in the national atomic energy program, including cheaper cobalt as a cancer treatment and discoveries of ace-in-hole uranium sources for future military use. Extensive exploration and surveying by AEC and USGS across the United States is described.
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Washington
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Eniwetok
National Atomic Energy Program
AEC
Congress
U. S
Belgian Congo
Canada
Colorado Plateau
U. S. Geological Survey
Farm Bill Passage Sought Before Sept. 5 Adjournment
Senator Lucas of Illinois urges immediate farm bill action as Congress braces for possible September adjournment. He lists must pass measures including reciprocal trade, minimum wage rise, and civil rights, while debates on foreign aid and subsidies continue amid party clashes.
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Washington
Lucas
Illinois
Senate
Congress
House
Morse
R-Ore
Taft
GOP
Berryville Horse Show crowns multiple champions amid showers
A overflow crowd watched the Berryville grounds end the Clarke County Horse and Colt Assn 45th exhibition with five championships. Paylee's Goldwick led working hunters while Waverly Molly plus Really Rugged secured reserve and green hunter honors. Conformation and jumper titles went to Camp from Riderwood Md and Up and Going from Hi Rock Farm respectively. Judges Barrie Luebbermann and Guitar joined by Col. Henri Luebbermann and others attended, with Red Cross aid on site.
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Berryville
Clarke County
Col. W. Randolph ‘Paylee
Goldwick
Nancy Lee Huffman
Gregory MclIntosh
Morton W. Smith
Margot K. Smith
Barbara Shipley
Riderwood
MclIntosh
Sir Sarazan
Hi- Rock Farm
Joe Green
Paul Fout
Charles Barrie
Teaneck
N. J
Henri A. Luebbermann
Warrenton
James H. Guitar
Assa
Battletown
Red Cross Motor Corps
Fox Hollow Stable
Davis
Nancy Lee Griffith
Cappy
Adele Hawthorne
Alvin Tr. Kay
Bellewood
Blue Ridge
W. Randolph Tayloe
Fauquier
Gregory McIntosh
Prominent Lawyer to Discuss Governorship Campaign Tonight
Continued on page 3 includes Winchester attorney J Sloan Kuykendall planning to address the gubernatorial campaign at 6 30 PM on WINC radio. Also listings for Carmen peaches at Boyd's Orchard, a real estate security loan ad, vacation closure notice from Pingley and Carper Cleaners, and a yard party at Opequon Presbyterian Church with rain date details.
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J. Sloan Kuykendall
Winchester
Boyd's Orchard
Martinsburg Pike
Herbert S. Larrick
Robber Carries Tot as tostage in Treasure Search
A drunken gunman invaded a South Side Chicago basement apartment and abducted two year old Sharon Kathleen McCary while demanding $4000. He took $500 cash and $100 jewelry from William McCary and his wife Doris, bound the family, and fled after threatening the child. Sharon was unharmed.
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Chicago
Sharon Kathleen McCary
South Side
William McCary
Doris
McCary
Sharon Kathleen
Officials Probe Report Navy Plane Buzzed Airliner
A Civil Aeronautics Board public hearing into the Navy fighter and commercial airliner crash that killed 16 people appeared idle at Fort Dix New Jersey after a Saturday collision. CAB and Navy investigators are reviewing reports and facts as the inquiry proceeds.
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Fort DIX
N. J
Civil Aeronautics Board
Navy
William K. Andrews
Bureau of Safety Investigation
CAB
Hospital Wage Decision Delayed to August 10
The Labor Department will not issue its wage scale decision for the Winchester hospital before August 10 after a delay in submitting briefs and obtaining a transcript. The hospital administrator said bids for construction are due September 1 while awaiting the decision.
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Labor Department
Winchester Hospital
Homer Alberti
Winchester
Alberti
Precincts to Phone Returns to The Star
Precinct officials are asked to telephone Tuesday primary returns to The Star after counting. Call 3428 or 3429. Democratic and Republican returns should be phoned simultaneously. The Star forwards the results to Richmond for state compilation.
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The
Star
Richmond
Election Returns From Star Newsroom Over WINC Tuesday
The Winchester Evening Star and radio station WINC will broadcast election returns from the Star newsroom starting at 8 30 p m. Local correspondents and election officials will report results as they come in while the AP wires provide statewide figures. Updates will continue until the Democratic nominee for governor is known and other contests are announced.
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Winchester Evening Star
WINC
the Star
Associated Press
Weekend area crashes injure five people
Five persons were injured in two weekend accidents with an estimated $2000 in property damage. Robert Poland, Lottie Kipps, Charles Townsend, and Maurice Fletcher were treated. Kipps sustained fractured ribs while others were observed. Townsend and Fletcher were later admitted for cuts and both cars sustained $800 damage.
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Robert Poland
Round Hill
Lottie May Kipps
Winchester
Charles Townsend
Martinsburg
Maurice Fletcher
Stephenson
Kipps
J. W. Woods
Townsend
Fletcher
L. P. Coverstone
Coverstone
Four Cars Derailed On Baltimore and Ohio Line
Four passenger cars left the Baltimore and Ohio tracks on the Chicago express near Berkeley Springs West Virginia as the train rode a mountain stretch. One passenger was treated at Hancock Maryland and others received on site care for minor injuries.
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Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Chicago Express
Hancock
Indiana Labor Leader Calls For Defeat of John S. Battle
State Senator Andrew W. Clarke released a copy of a form letter from a non partisan committee in Indiana urging Virginians to defeat Senator John S. Battle and elect Francis P. Miller. The letter, mailed July 28 from Indianapolis, claims organized labor backs Miller and warns Battle would hinder progressive legislation. A Virginia labor leader pledged support for Miller, and Clarke called this outside interference by national labor leaders in a state race.
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Richmond
Andrew W. Clarke
Alexandria
Indiana
John S. Battle
Francis P. Miller
Virginia
Indianapolis
Byrd
Clarke
Edwards Battles Over State Aid For School Building
Virginia politics flare as Sen. John Battle accuses Gov. Edwards of penalizing communities that funded school construction with bonds. Edwards counters that gift funds require dollar-for-dollar local matching, risking higher taxes or debt without new taxes.
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Charlottesville
John 8
Battle
Horace H. Edwards
Virginia
Edwards
Blue Ridge Buses Face Strike Vote
A strike vote is set for tomorrow night and Wednesday morning in a dispute between Blue Ridge Transportation Co and its eastern division bus drivers and maintenance workers. About 175 employees, members of the Amalgamated Assn. of Street Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes, are affected. The union local president cites demands of a 20 cent hourly wage increase and three week vacations, replacing an expired contract offering two weeks and $1.40 an hour.
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Blue Ridge Transportation Co
Eastern
Winchester-Hagerstown
Amalgamated Assn. of
Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach
AFL
Blue Ridge
Charles Y. Stickell
Haerstown
July Rainfall Near 36-Year Average
The July rainfall reached 3.72 inches after a Saturday shower, about one tenth inch below the 36-year July average. For the first seven months of 1949, precipitation exceeds the 36-year seven month average by 2.56 inches, with 24.30 inches versus 21.74 inches. Peaches: Hale Haven worms and brown rot free wanted by Old Mill Storage.
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Hale Haven
South End Fire Company Holds August Meeting
The regular monthly meeting of the South End Fire Company will be held at the Company Hall Monday August 1st at 8:00 p.m. All members are urged to attend. H. M. Layman president.
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The
South End Fire Company
H. M. Layman
Candidates Final Radio Talks Tonight
Campaign schedule lists multiple radio talks from Richmond stations WRVA and WRL. Arnold presents two half hour programs from WRVA at 8 30 p m and 10 p m. Battle Edwards and Miller also broadcast from WRVA WRL with various 7 30 9 30 and 10 30 p m slots.
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Arnold
WRVA
Richmond
Battle
Edwards
WRL
Miller
Amethyst Escapes Chinese Reds in Yangtze Maneuver
Vice Admiral Madden recounts the Amethyst dash for freedom from the Yangtze, slipping cable on Saturday night to evade shore batteries and gunboats. The 8000 ton vessel navigated 140 miles through currents and sand banks to reach the British sloop Jamaica at sea.
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Jamaica
Yangtze River
A. C. G. Madden
Far
Yangtze
Madden
Hongkong
William F Russell 51 Dies Suddenly in Stephenson
William Frank Russell 51, longtime Northern Virginia Power Co. employee and Bruce Town Methodist member, died of a heart attack at his Stephenson home. Born Feb 21 1898 in Shenandoah County, he is survived by his widow Irene Feathers and 11 children, plus siblings. Funeral services set for Wednesday at Bruce Town Methodist Church with interment in Brucetown Cemetery. The body rests at Omps Funeral Home until 10:30 a.m. tomorrow.
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William Frank Russell
Northern Virginia Power Co
Stephenson
Shenandoah County
James W
Louise Verenchamp Russell
Winchester
Irene Feathers
Leo Borden
Daniel Sandridge
Apple Pie Ridge
Eugene Jenkins
Maine
Frank Jr
Willie
Meredith
Vivian
Yvonne
Orpha
Patsy
Shirley Russell
Earl Russell
Brucetown
Ernest Russell
New Freedom
Elsie Russell
Alexandria
Brucetown Methodist Church
Emory Ellmore
Omp
Byrd Demands Name of $10,000 Offerer in Virginia Governor Race
Senator Harry F. Byrd called for the names behind a $10,000 bribery claim tied to Remmie Arnold’s bid in Virginia Democratic governor primary. Robert M. Hazelwood admitted a Richmond contractor offered money to quit Arnold’s campaign but kept the name confidential. Byrd urged disclosure before voters go to the polls, as Arnold’s rally and final appeals aired in Richmond.
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United States
Harry F. Byrd
Robert M. Hazelwood
Byrd
Remmie L. Arnold
Arnold
Hazelwood
Richmond
Virginia
Harry Byrd
Polis
Senate
Walter Johnson
John 8. Battle
Francis Pickens Miller
Horace H. Edwards
Ehringhaus, Once N. C. Governor, Dies
Raleigh mourns J. C. B. Ehringhaus 67 former North Carolina governor who died of a heart attack. Funeral services set for the Church of the Good Shepherd Episcopal tomorrow morning.
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Raleigh
N. C
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
North Carolina
Church of the Good Shepherd
Episcopal
Jealous husband kills himself in Clarksburg blast
Police say a jealous husband set off a charge in downtown Clarksburg killing himself and critically injuring his estranged wife Ida Sicrest. Nine others were treated for minor injuries as 25 homes were damaged near 112 School St after the blast heard three miles away.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
E. F. Amsler
J. Duane Sicrest
School St
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Berryville Pike
Virginia Ste
Washington, D. C
John W. Edelman
Textile Workers Union of America, Cio
Miller Wee
Butler’s Pac Ig House
W. F. Russell
Sen. Byrd
Shields Self
Ehringhaus
Sicrest
Ida
Amster
Ralph Shaffer
Amsler
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