Byrd Denounces Tactics By PAC in Virginia Campaign
In Lynchburg Virginia Senator Harry F Byrd denounces a deliberate smear campaign led by the CIO linked Political Action Committee and allied foes. He defends his record on race and anti lynching law while denying Ball s charge of collusion with Talmadge and Bilbo.
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Byrd
PAC
Ball
Lynchburg
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Political Action Committee
The
CIO
Washington
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Georgia
79th Congress Quits Its Momentous Session
Washington date Aug 3. Lawmakers left the chamber to face the November elections with most aims tied to campaigns as the 79th Congress adjourned for the year. The Senate ended with a vote authorizing the President to commit the United States to World Court decisions in international law matters while reserving domestic jurisdiction.
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Washington
79Th Congress
Senate
United Nations
World Court
United States
Connally (Tex
Foreign Relations Committee
Panama Canal
Shipstead
R-Minn
Russians Held By U S Forced Secret Documents
In Frankfurt on August 3 the U S Army said two of three Soviet soldiers arrested in Berlin as spies and later sent to Soviet authorities compelled German U S Army workers to surrender secret American documents. The release, via Brig Gen Edwin L Sibert, cited Soviet charges of harsh treatment.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U. S. Army
Berlin
Edwin L. Sibert
Europe
Mayor Calls Special Session on Camp Use for Fruit Growers
Mayor C R Anderson schedules a 7 30 p m Monday August 5 to consider Frederick County Fruit Growers Association request to use the former prisoner of war camp for housing white families imported from Southwest Virginia Kentucky and Tennessee to assist in the apple harvest The plan is temporary and supervised by the U S Department of Agriculture Office of Labor The association argues the temporary housing is aimed at preventing crop loss and notes a permanent camp is planned for next year The council previously banned using the camp to house transient labor
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C. R. Anderson
Frederick County Fruit Growers Association
Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Fruit Growers Association
Walker McC. Bond
Office of Labor
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Frederick County
Star Seeks Immediate Election Returns From Area
The Winchester Star requests precincts in Winchester Frederick and Clarke counties to phone in voting results from the Democratic primary as soon after polls close. Call 3424 or 3425. toll charges may be reversed. The Star office remains open election night to receive AP returns in Richmond.
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Winchester Star
Winchester
Frederick
Clarke Counties
Star
Associated Press
Richmond
Winchester Chamber of Commerce opens membership drive
The Winchester Chamber of Commerce launches a week long drive led by divisions in Industrial Merchandising Professional Agricultural and Miscellaneous. President Wendell R. Barney urges at least 200 new members with a goal of 300 to strengthen community representation and finances.
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Wendell R. Barney
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
Inndustrial
F. L. Largent, Jr
Mechandising Divison
Barney
Chamber
Chamber of Commerce
Alberti To Speak At Roanoke Hospital Commencement
H. E. Alberti administrator and treasurer of Winchester Memorial Hospital will deliver the commencement address at Roanoke Hospital School of Nursing in the Hotel Patrick Henry ballroom Roanoke Va on Tuesday the 6th. He will speak on What Are You Saying to Yourself.
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H. E. Alberti
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Roanoke Hospital School of Nursing
Roanoke
Patrick Henry
South End Fire Company Monthly Meeting Notice
The regular monthly meeting of the South End Fire Company will be held Monday evening August 5 at 8 o'clock. All members are requested to be present. Yard Party at Stonewall School in Clearbrook Virginia on Wednesday August 7th starts serving at 5 p.m. for Clear Brook Volunteer Fire Department benefit. Lee Jackson Service Station dining room closed two weeks for vacations reopening August 19. The York Inn presents Rhythmaires live in Winchester Sunday August 4 from 9:30 to 12:30. Avon products available from a representative at 320 National Ave phone 6163 Vivian Baer. Wiener’s ad.
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South End Fire Company
Stonewall School
Clearbrook
Virginia
Clear Brook Volunteer Fire Department
Lee Jackson
Ccé
ACD
Avon
National Ave
Vivian Baer
Hutchinson Attacks Byrd Over Road Bond Plan in Virginia Race
Martin A. Hutchinson, seeking the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senator, denounced Senator Byrd and urged that a state road bond issue would have been better than Byrd Pay-As-You-Go. He noted the defeated 50 million bond proposal and criticized Byrd’s 13 years in the Senate and his campaign ads.
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Hutchinson
Byrd
Martin A. Hutchinson
United States
Highland Springs
Senator Byrd
Virginna
United States Senate
Kentucky primary drift dull as May unopposed in Senate bid
Louisville dispatch wires how Kentuckians vote in Democratic and Republican primaries for the Senate and nine Congress seats. John Young Brown the man to beat for the Democratic nomination faces lighter opposition than in years past. Cooper leads the Republican pack for the Senate prize while the House delegation seeks renomination with several incumbents unopposed.
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Louisville
Congress
John Young Brown
Lexington
Senate
John Sherman Cooper
Somerset
A. B
Happy) Chandler
William A. Stanfill
Chandler
Kentucky
Andrew J. May
Prestonsburg
House Miliary Affairs
Mead Committee
Brown
Philip P. Ardery
Frankfort
Army Air Forces
Blakey Helm
Norris B. Vincent
Brownsville
U S Destroyer Perry Goes to Aid of American Merchant Ship
London Aug 3 The U S Destroyer Perry raced toward the crippled crewless American Merchant Ship American Farmer after two tugs were sent earlier The 2400 ton destroyer of the 12th Fleet left Plymouth and was to reach the American Farmer about 700 miles west of the English coast by around 5 am tomorrow EST.
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London
U. S
Perry
Plymouth
U.S
End of Draft Seen by Senator Johnson
Senator C. Johnson of Colorado, a member of the Senate Military Committee, stated that July enlistments of about 40,000 have sounded the death knell of the draft. He said he is confident the Army will not use its 25,000 selectees requisitioned from draft boards for September, noting a holiday on draft calls in July and August.
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Washington
C. Johnson
D-Colo
Colorado
Senate Military Committee
UNO Delegates Seek Information Before Voting
Several United Nations Security Council delegations including the United States and Britain oppose rushing Albania’s bid for U N membership. They favor a two phase process with discussion before any voting while the committee studies all applications. Russia’s stance remains unclear as debate centers on whether to discuss or decide Albanian entry first.
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New York
United Nations Security Council
Albania
U. N
United States
Great Britain
Russia
Iican
Truman Heads to Missouri for Democratic primary
President Truman flies from National Airport at 8:05 a.m. Eastern to Missouri to observe the Kansas City Democratic congressional primary where his support for Enos Axtell against Rep. Roger Slaughter intensifies an intra party contest. Jerome Walsh also competes, and all react bitterly to the president's intervention.
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Washington
Truman
Missouri
Kansas City
Enos Axtell
Roger C Slaughter
Slaughter
Jerome Walsh
Welcome Home Veterans from Frederick Clarke and Winchester
The Star welcomes back veterans former residents of Frederick and Clarke counties and Winchester who have received their discharges and are resuming civilian life. The note honors their service and returns to civilian work and community life.
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Frederick and
Clarke Counties
Winchester
The
Star
Military discharge list aid requested by The Star
The Star seeks public help to supply names of local men who have received discharges. The list will be supplemented daily and includes Clifton R. Wilson Jr Aubrey F. Loy James E. Burke.
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Clifton R. Wilson, Jr
Aubrey F. Loy
James E. Burke
Star
McGranery cites $2,500 payment in Coffee case at Senate hearing
Assistant Attorney General James P. McGranery told the Senate War Investigating Committee that except for the statute of limitations he would have urged a grand jury probe into the $2,500 payment to Representative Coffee. Paul A. Olson testified the payment was tied to Coffee and that Anderson tried to blackmail him last January. Olson called it a campaign contribution.
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Senate War Investigating Committee
Washington
James P. McGranery
Eft
Rep. Coffee
Paul A. Olson
Anderson
Olson
International
War Profits Investigators Take Month Holiday
The Senate War Investigating Committee paused its wartime fraud probe during a congressional recess while promising continued scrutiny of war spending and public official honesty. Rumors around Rep May Day and a $5000 loan backed by a promissory note to May are noted as part of the ongoing inquiry into the munitions combine.
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Washington
Senate War Investigating Committee
Congress
May Day
Combine
May
Capitol Hill
Nas
Elisha Walker
New York
Walker
Murray Garsson
NHA Aims to Capture Larger Share of New Houses
The National Housing Administration announced a new rent fixing formula to expand rental housing. It maintains the $80 monthly ceiling for new units but allows higher charges for cheaper rentals if justified by construction costs and other factors.
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NHA
Washington
National Housing Administration
FHA
Raymond H. Foley
Foley
Veterans, Emergency
British Troops Move to Basra Stirs Iran Watch
British Indian troops head by sea to Basra Iraq near the Iran frontier. The Indian government issued a New Delhi communique saying the move is to protect Indian British and Arab lives and interests in South Persia, with no intention to enter Persia unless a grave emergency arises.
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London
Basra
Iraq
Persian Gulf
British Foreign Office
New Delhi
South
Persia
Iran
Canada Probes Russia Reparations and Briga Tenda Deal
Canada will closely question the $100 million reparations award to Russia from Italy and seek a full review of the Briga Tenda cession. A Canadian delegation spokesman cited prewar Italian investments of about 30 million and said Canada will press for full reasoning from the four foreign ministers and an analysis of Italy's economy recovery. The stance centers on prioritizing Italian economic restoration and potential impacts on Canadian interests.
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Canada
Russia
Paris
Italy
France
Briga-Tenda
Alps
Briga
Tenda
199 Norfolk GIs Endorse Senator Byrd In Unusual Ad
Ninety nine Norfolk veterans issued an individually signed ad urging the reelection of Senator Harry F. Byrd. They praised his support of the GI Bill of Rights and other veterans benefits while arguing Byrd resists minority efforts to push “false doctrines” that could harm the government.
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Norfolk
Byrd
Harry F. Byrd
Byril
Wardensville Textile Company Chartered
John J. Wanner Opal Wanner of Winchester with Leo T. Dwyer of Indianapolis helped form Windsor Textile Company Inc Wardensville WV makers of wearing apparel Authorized to issue 150 shares of five percent cumulative preferred stock par value 100 and 1,000 shares of non par common stock
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John J. Wanner
Opal Wanner
Winchester Coachee
Leo T. Dwyer
Indianapolis
Windsor Textile Company Inc
Wardensville
W. Va
Communist Leaders Say Negotiations May Be Broken Off
Yenan bomb raid by seven Chinese government planes shocks peace talks. Gen. Chou En-Lai meets with George Marshall as officials report casualties and fuel shortage motive for the attack. A government airforce commander claims the raid targeted a surrendered B 24 and asserts two miles from Yenan airstrip.
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Nanking
Yenan
Chou En-Lai
George C. Marshall
Yos
Wang Ping-Nan
Chou Jih-Jou
Sian
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UNO
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Wardensville Textile Company
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