Stalin Receives Envoys As East West Talks Advise Resolution
Moscow reports say diplomats from the United States Britain and France sought an interview with Prime Minister Stalin to pursue a basis for settling Berlin blockade and other German and world issues. Western envoys expected to meet Stalin possibly in one on one sessions with American Walter Bedell Smith and others.
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Moscow
U. S
Britain
France
Kremlin
Stalin
Frank Roberts
Ernest Bevin
Yves Chataigneau
Russia
Berlin
Walter Bedell Smith
Yves Chataignin
London Star
Calin
Benin
Washington
State Department
Truman
Missouri
White House
Actress Loretta Young Loses Furs in Break‑in
Hollywood reports Loretta Young and Tom Lewis returned to their Westwood home to find a burglar had climbed the trellis and entered a second story window stealing most of Young s furs and jewelry valued at about 36000 dollars.
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Hollywood
Loretta Young
Tom Lewis
Loretta
Lewis
Westwood
Miss Young
Ex Red Editor Describes Communists Ties to Hollywood
Louis Budenz testified before a Senate expenditures subcommittee that the communist party received a large financial take from Hollywood. He outlined a secret control commission and a finance committee, named members, and described how dues gifts and Hollywood funds supported party operations and blackmailed dissenters. He split the party into underground, trunk, and branches and asserted obedience to the Kremlin.
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Washington
Louis Budenz
Senators
Communist Party
Hollywood
Communist Daily Worker
Fordham University
Senate
Budenz
Control Commission
Ferguson
R-Mich
California
William Weiner
Finance Committee
Lemuel Harris
Wall Street
Charles Crumbine
Party
Golos
Clarence Derba
Alexander Biddleman
Moscow
Gerhart Eisler
Eisler
House
America
William Z. Foster
Kremlin
State Division Maintains Motor License Office After Bell Death
J. M. Sampson of the Division of Motor Vehicles remains at the Winchester license office until a successor to the late Andrew Bell is named. Sampson said Commissioner C. F. Joyner Jr. will appoint, but no date or number of applicants was given. Bell co-led the office for years alongside his Chamber of Commerce work. about 250 attended his funeral at First Baptist Church, with interment in Charlottesville after rites at Hill and Irving.
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J. M. Sampson
Division of Motor Vehicles
Richmond
Andrew Bell
Sampson
Winchester
Bell
C. F. Joyner Jr
Chamber of Commerce
First Baptist Church
E. T. Clark
Elizabeth Grim
Handley Blvd
Charlottesville
Hill and Irving Funeral Home
500 Expected At Luttrell Reunion Sunday
The Luttrell family hosts its 28th annual reunion Sunday at Shockeysville with plans for 500 attendees from seven states. Committee members include J. B. Luttrell Thomas E. Luttrell and J. S. Luttrell with Effie Luttrell and M. L. Shirley assisting. Speakers include Ralph Luttrell and Rev. W. O. Luttrell. A Greenwood band concert and Gore quartet perform as loudspeakers are installed.
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Luttrell
Shockeysville
Ford Luttrell
Berkeley Springs
Collinsville
Winchester
J. B. Luttrell
Thomas E. Luttrell
J. S. Luttrell
Effie Luttrell
Ridge
W. Va
M. L. Shirley
Cross Junction
Indiana
Ohio
North Carolina
Florida
Maryland
West Virginia
Greenwood Band
Perry Unger
Gore Quartet
Ralph Luttrell
Alexandria
Rev
W. O. Luttrell
Daytona Beach, Fla
Woolen Plant Quits At Martinsburg
Berkeley Woolen Co. plant in Martinsburg West Virginia suspends operations indefinitely due to lack of orders. About 500 employees affected. company says it is a permanent close down but expects eventual orders to allow reopening.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Berkeley Woolen Co
Virginia Woolen Co
Robertson Hart Senate Race Tops State Interest
A small turnout is predicted for the state primary to select the Democratic U S Senate nominee. Incumbent A Willis Robertson of Lexington faces Roanoke attorney James P Hart Jr. Three Virginia House districts will hold primaries, with keen interest in the Sixth district race.
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United States Senate
A. Willis Robertson
Lexington
James P. Hart, Jr
Roanoke
Virginia
House of Representatives
House
Light Primary Voted Predicted In Winchester Amid Low Turnout
Voters head to 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. in Winchester for the Democratic primary with only one contest U. S. Senate between A Willis Robertson and James P. Hart strong locally. Local election officials and precincts listed with presiding judges and clerks across Clarke and surrounding areas.
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Winchester
U. S. Senate
A. Willis Robertson
James P. Hart R
Roanoke
City Hall
James W. Hart
Katherine Robertson
E. B. Estes Sr
James Ritter
Sarah Zane
Robert S. Bell
E. Earl Parks
J. Frank Helsley
Frank Bayliss
Miller
J. W Kater
Mary Forney
Harvey Carper
Loring Wright
Rouss
B. F. Arthur Jr
W. W. Glass
Robert Swartz
Tommy D. Lockhart
Ellis Ford
Frederick County
Clarke County
Mr. Airy
Jude Longerbeam
David Bell
Pauline Saunders
L. T. McClaughery
Russells
Byrd Locke
Oscar Carr
Edgar Kackley
Richard Bromley
Beatrice Kackley
Pierces
I. K. Moorehead
Roy Campbell
Kenneth Schenck
Herbert Clevenger
Tripp Hardesty
Lindseys
Earnest Dearmont
E. Massey Weir
Eugene Campbell
Ashton Tavernner
Phyllis Hawkins
Berryville
G. C. Sponseller
D. Earl Brown
J. H. Carlisle
Elsie Olcott
Rosalie Murphy
Shenandoah
Irvine Price
Roger Bemnsdaffer
Howard
Tyson Hough
Shade Moore
Millwood
Edward Lindsey
Kenneth Gilpin
E. A. Alger
E. F. Kent
C. E. Wisecarver
Morgan's Mill
H Lee Stickles
Will Trussell
A. C. Moore
Luther Thompson
W. W. Carroll
White Post
W. R. Thompson
George Green
J.C. Digges
W. T. Chamblin
Walter Denny
Guard May Be Called After Tear Gas Attack
Dayton Ohio August 2 A plan to settle a CIO United Electrical Workers strike at Univis Lens Co was rejected by the union members. Gov Thomas J Herbert said he would send in the National Guard as fighting resumed. Six hours after leaders signed an agreement to end the 90 day strike rank and file voted to continue the strike. The union said negotiations with the governor and company were conducted with the guard as a threat. Herbert denied this assertion stating the agreement was by mutual understanding. The company urged workers to stay away today after earlier pic...
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Dayton
CIO United Electrical Workers
Univis Lens Co
Thomas J. Herbert
National Guard
Gov. Herbert
Herbert
CIO
Univis Lens Company
Ohio
Louis Lobrey
Miss Virginia Beauty Winner Seeks Miss America Crown
Galax Virginia contestant Miss Bobby Jo Wilson won the Miss Virginia title at Norfolk earning a $500 scholarship. She designs her own gowns and plans to study design in Paris after Radford College. Second place went to Betty Lewis of Portsmouth and Anne Egglestown of Danville finished third.
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Bobby Jo Wilson
Galax
Norfolk
Roberta Rinker
Atlantic City
Rinker
Betty Lewis
Portsmouth
Anne Egglestown
Danville
Miss Rinker
Dewey Campaign Aide Runs Grapevine to Congress
GOP leaders say Herbert Brownell Jr. operates the Dewey campaign's Washington headquarters and serves as the de facto adviser to Congress on legislation during the upcoming special session. They stress Brownell reflects Dewey's views while the party steering committee sets major policy.
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Washington
GOP
Thomas E. Dewey
Congress
Herbert Brownell Jr
New York
Herb
Brownell
Dewey
Capitol Hill
Salvation Army Ends Successful Summer Camp at Shade's Park
Salvation Army wraps up a successful summer camp at Shade's Park on Opequon Creek directed by Capt. and Mrs. B D Wyatt. Thirty two boys attended opening week and twenty nine girls the following week marking the SA's first camp in three years after prior White Rock programs. Campers nicknamed the site Camp Whippoorwill with plans for longer next summer and a possible divisional camp. Local youths and Martinsburg and Cumberland visitors participated, and Capt. Wyatt credited E Earl Shade for major support including camp logistics and supplies.
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Winchester
Salvation Army
Shade’s Park
Opequon Creek
B D. Wyatt
White Rock
Whippoorwill
Betty Lee Kerns
Catherine Welsh
Martha Green
Genevive Welsh
Frances Kritzer
Peggy Lee
Betty Lou’ Welsh
Judy Golightly
Rita Rice
Jane Grim
Ruth Ann Emmons
Patsy Grim
Fita Grim
Janet McDonald
Margaret Cross
Nancy Golightly
Becky Green
Janet Jones
Ida Mae Emmons
Christine Painter
Natalie Grim
Virginia Rose Painter
George Garber
Jack Grim
Pete Grimes
James Bland
James Painter
Harold Painter
Robert Emmons
Elmer Emmons
Herbert Bowen
Wesley Sheetz
Paul Webb
Kenneth Williams
Billy Green
Joseph Sheetz
James Golightly
Kenneth Bowen
Clarence Carter
Jackie Frye
Paul Foreman
Richard Green
Cody Shiflett
Richard Williams
Robert Frye
James Frye
David Wyatt
Martinsburg
Cumberland
Shade
Capt
Wyatt
E. Earl Shade
Rees
Whitfield Sets Olympic 800m Record In England
Mal Whitfield, American Army Master Sergeant, wins the 800 meter at the Olympic Stadium in Wembley, finishing already leading by a margin and beating Jamaica's Arthur Wint. He clocked 1 49.2, slicing the previous mark by six tenths.
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Olympic Stadium
Wembley
England
Mal Whitfield
United States
Ohio State
Arthur Wint
Jamaica
Tom Hapson
Los Angeles
Senators Move To Break Filibuster
Washington reports on Senate actions over the anti poll tax bill as Wherry seeks cloture via a two thirds vote. Vandenberg and Russell spar over rulings while southern opposition continues. Twenty two senators sign the cloture petition with both parties represented.
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Washington
Sen
Vandenberg
Taft
Senate
Sen. Robertson
Dva
Wherry
R-Neb
Russell
Sen. Vandenberg
Barkley
Pepper
Fla
McGrath
Green
Ohio
Knowland
Calif
McCarthy
Wis
Ives
Ferguson
Mich
Cordon
Ore
Reed
Kas
Jenner
Ind
Capper
Smith
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Lodge
Mass
Kem
Morse
Fed
Death penalty sought as woman faints at slain husband shirt
In Woodstock on August 2, Julia Emmart fainted at the sight of her husband George Emmart’s bloodstained shirt shown in court as Commonwealth attorney R. B. Wright pressed for the death penalty for a premeditated murder. Judge Elliott Marshall wrapped up instructions to a packed jury while relatives of the slain druggist observed.
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Woodstock
Atty. R. 8. Wright Jr
Commonwealth
Oscar L. Sheetz
Julia Emily Emmart
K Ney R. S. Walker
George Allen Emmart
Strasburg
Elliott Marshall
Wright
J. Lynn Licas
Luray
Frank Brumback
Walker
Emmart Ton
Emmart
Rel
Clydery
Mrs. Dorff
W. Emmart
Glennie Logan
Long Island
Emmatt
Darden Plans Revival of Public Affairs Institute
Charlottesville August 2 President Colgate W Darden of the University of Virginia announced plans to revive the Institute of Public Affairs which sponsored discussions from 1927 to 1942. He urged intensive adult learning research to build a resilient society while addressing complex economic social and political issues.
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Charlottesville
Colgate W. Darden
University of Virginia
Institute of Public Affairs
Darden
America
George B. Zehmer
Virginia
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Granby High School
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Ashby Sprint
Whitfield
P. H. Davis Tailoring Co
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Harry A. Overstreet
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