Caribbean Quake Shakes Atlantic Depth Milieu Amid Seismic Alert
A Caribbean earthquake centered possibly near the Milwaukee Depth, 30,246 feet deep, disrupted seismographs across Puerto Rico Cuba Trinidad and San Juan. Pan American Airways reported three minutes of felt shaking with no damage. officials warned of possible tidal effects.
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Miami
Fla
Ciudad Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Caribbean
Pan American Airways
Fra
Atlantic Ocean
St. Louis
Then
Army
Navy
Puerto Rico
Milwaukee
Santo Domingo
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
U. S
Gilmore
U. S. Naval Station
Guantanamo S Bay
Cuba
Trinidad
San Juan
G. J. Brakesman
Pan American
Deranged Marine Kills Two in China
An American Marine opened fire in a Chinese street killing a Marine sentry and a Chinese military policeman before he was killed in a running street fight. Several military policemen and Chinese pedestrians were wounded, according to Marine Corps Headquarters.
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Tally
Marine Corps
GOP State Chairman Calls Campaign Meeting in Roanoke
Roanoke hosts a state campaign meeting at 10 a.m. tomorrow called by Republican state chairman P I R Dovel. All congressional and senatorial candidates facing the November election are invited to attend at the Hotel Roanoke.
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GOP
Roanoke
Luray
Voting Matters Tomorrow in Election Call
Editorial urges citizens to vote tomorrow emphasizing voting as a duty and privilege. Warns that busy excuses enable irresponsible individuals to govern, and notes polls run from 6 30 A M to 7 30 P M.
Bradley warns of national VA scandal risk in speech
General Omar N. Bradley as VA administrator told a national convention that without on the job training reforms by state and federal levels a national scandal could unfold, citing inadequate trainee wages and lengthy training times as signs of program flaws. He urged a national standards system, subsistence ceilings, and subsistence payments for full time students with earnings under limits.
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Omar Bradley
Milwaukee
Omar N. Bradley
Administrator of
Veterans Affairs
the United Spanish War Veterans
CBS
Gen. Bradley
Veterans Administration
Congress
The New Budget At A Glance
The Associated Press outlines the new budget showing outlays of 41.5 billion dollars up 35.5 billion, income of 39.6 billion up 8.1 billion, and a deficit of 1.9 billion down 10 billion. The figures highlight a widened gap despite deficit reduction.
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Associated Press
Haifa Crises Deepen Over Immigrant Ships
Tension rises in Haifa as British block immigration ships with 2250 Jews aboard and troops mass near the North Palestine port. Irgun and Hagana threaten new blows while calls circulate about disembarking by direct action amid refusals to land the passengers.
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Jerusalem
Haifa
Palestine
Hagana
Irgun Zvai Leumi
David Hote
Balanced Budget This Fiscal Year President's Aim
President Truman aims to balance the federal budget this fiscal year despite higher than expected outlays. He says tax cuts should wait until after inflation subsides and argues tax policy must curb inflation without enriching any single group. The revised budget projects expenditures of 41.5 billion and receipts of 39.6 billion for the year ending June 30, 1947.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Rep
Knutson
House
Stassen to Open Campaign for Kelsey in Norfolk Meeting
Former Minnesota governor Harold E. Stassen will open Sidney H. Kelsey’s campaign in Norfolk on September 28 for the Second Virginia District congressional race in November. Campaign manager Walter E. Hoffman says a large auditorium, likely the USO at Ninth and Granby streets, will host the event. Stassen is viewed as a leading 1948 Republican presidential hopeful.
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Norfolk
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Sidney H. Kelsey
Congress
Virginia
Walter E. Hoffman
Kelsey
Stassen
Hoffman
USO
Ninth and
Granby Streets
Avon Product Notice Advertises Rep Vivian Baer
Notice directs readers to contact Avon representative Vivian Baer at 320 National Ave for Avon products. Listed phone 6163 and date code 8-3-1p-21.
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Avon
National Ave
Vivian Baer
Star Seeks Immediate Age Returns From Local Precincts
The Winchester Star requests that election officials in Winchester Frederick and Clarke counties report voting results from the Democratic primary as soon after polls close as possible. Call 3424 or 3425. Toll charges may be reversed. The Star office will be open election night to receive returns from the Associated Press in Richmond.
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Winchester Star
Winchester
Frederick
Clarke Counties
Star
Associated Press
Richmond
Byrd to Speak at Massanetta Springs Silver Anniversary
Massanetta Springs Virginia revival of the Sacred Music Festival runs August 12 to 25 with a Silver Anniversary pageant on August 19 and a keynote by Senator Harry Flood Byrd on August 20. Notable participants include Dr. E Stanley Jones Dr. Bonnell Dr. Craig and Rep. Walter H Judd. The Amphitheatre hosts a festival chorus drawn from multiple towns.
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Massanetta Springs
Massanetta
Haro Flood Byrd
E. Stanley Jones
John Sutherland Bonnell
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
New York City
Clarence T. Craig
Walter H. Judd
Congress
Japan
John Finley Williamson
Westminister Choir College
Princeton
N. J
Dr. Williamson
Virginia
Harrisonburg
Woodstock
Winchester
Elkton
Charlottesville
Orange
Roanoke
Staunton
Richmond
Norfolk
Hagerstown
Boy Burglar Shot by Officer During Defiant Escape
In Scranton Pennsylvania a 16 year old boy burglar named George Griffin Jr leaped from a second floor balcony at a dentist’s home and was fatally shot by patrolman Frank Golden. An autopsy was planned with a preliminary verdict of accidental death during the commission of a felony.
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Scranton
George Griffin, Jr
North
Frank Golden
Joseph P. Moylan
Byrd Radio Speech Prompts Democratic Primary Finale
Senator Harry F. Byrd will deliver his final speech of the Democratic Primary Campaign at 8:30 PM tonight on Radio Station WINC. The notice also mentions a Wednesday picnic at Pifer Printing Co and a Benefit Lawn Party at the Catholic Church on Tuesday August 6.
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Harry F. Byrd
WINC
Pifer Printing Co
Terrances
Mary S. Yeakley
Lost Elgin watch with initials B J N on back
Lady's Elgin gold wrist watch lost with initials B J N on the back. Reader is offered liberal reward. Contact 6530 with any information.
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Lady’s Elgin
Dia
Yugoslavs Hold Yank Officer Wife And Child
An American Army major named George Woods and his wife and child were detained by Yugoslav troops near the Venezia Giulia demarcation area. Military sources say the family was stopped while touring the old Italian battlefield near Portorož and is being held, with no immediate home address available.
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Trieste
Exporetto
Venezia Giulia
George Woods
South Pacific
88Th Division
Venezia Gulia
Woods
Eisenhower Faces Busy Week In Brazil
Gen Cy J D Eisenhower and his wife pause after a welcoming 21 gun salute at Santos Dumont Airport in Rio de Janeiro. He will meet President Dutra at Catete Palace and visit the war ministries with a reception by Ambassador Pawley tonight. On Friday Dutra will award the Cross of the Sun for distinguished service to Brazil.
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Eisenhower
Rio DE Janeiro
Cy Jil D. Eisenhower
Santos Dumont Airport
U. S. Army
Eurico Gaspar Dutra
Catete Palace
Foreign
War
Navy
Air
U. S
William D. Pawley
Dutra
Order of
Cruzeiro Do Sul
Cross of the Sun
Brazil
War Profits Investigators May Go To Rail Receipts
Senate War Investigating Committee may summon Rep. Andrew May to testify about wartime profits. Chairman Mead will decide next steps and may examine May's income tax records and Carlson munitions officials. May suffers a severe physical collapse, doctors say, lasting at least two weeks.
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Washington
Mead
D-Ny
Senate War Investigating Committee
Andrew J. May
D-Ky
May
Prestonsburg
Warren Magee
Prestonburg
John Archer
Clark
Internal Revenue
Joseph D. Nunan, Jr
Carlson Munitions Combine
Kentucky
Cumberland Lumber Co
Combine
House Military Committee
Broadening Use Discussed for Woodrow Wilson Hospital
Governor Tuck seeks a conference with Attorney General Staples and Senator Carpenter to broaden the deal with War Assets Administration to allow Virginia to take over Woodrow Wilson General Hospital between Staunton and Waynesboro. The plan aims to use part of the $6 million facility for education and other needs while solving personnel issues for a potential tuberculosis sanatorium.
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Richmond
Tuck
I. C. Riggin
A. P. Staples
J. C. Carpenter, Jr
Clifton Forge
Woodrow Wilson General Hospital
Staunton
Waynesboro
Riggin
Carpenter
War Assets Administration
WAA
University of Virginia
Augusta County
For Sale A Newly Finished Bungalow
For sale notices a newly finished bungalow in Molden listed with phone contact 4169.
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Molden
Maryland Man Wanted On Luray Murder Charge
Raymond Booth of Beltsville Maryland is wanted on a murder charge for the death of his wife Frances Bones Booth 24 who died after a late night car ride near Shenandoah. Booth reportedly left the state by bus and is a World War Two veteran of the engineer corps.
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Harrisonburg
Luray
J. Abram Brubaker
Jones
Booth
Shenandoah
Yard Party at Stonewall School Benefits Fire Department
Yard party at Stonewall School Clearbrook Virginia on Wednesday August 7 starts serving at 5 p m. rain expected next night. Benefit for Clearbrook Volunteer Fire Department. South End Fire Company holds its regular monthly meeting Monday August 5 at 7 o'clock all members urged to attend led by Capt Harry Rainsberger Jr
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Stonewall School
Clearbrook
Virginia
Clearbrook Volunteer Fire Department
South End Fire Company
Harry Rainsberger, Jr
Byrd Appeals Virginia Voters in Democratic Primary
Senator Byrd urges Valley supporters to vote for his renomination in the Democratic Primary. He condemns CIO PAC and labor groups for alleged misrepresentation and warns of outside influence since the Carpet Bagger era. Byrd notes 27 years in politics and promises continued conscientious service.
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Byrd
Political Action Committee
The
CIO
Virginia
Harry F. Byrd
Winchester set to open polls for Democratic primary
City election officials named for the Democratic primary will be the same as those who served in the city election. The electoral board members include a list of names across four precincts with polling hours from 6 30 to 7 30.
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Winchester
Cane
Aa Thy
Friendship
Hall Foi Kater
Lester Ikerlin
Mary Forney
Charles Smith
Rouse Fire Hall
B. F
Arthur, Jr
W. W. Glass
Robert Swartz
F. M. Yeakie
City Hall
Forrest Fansler
E. B. Estes
Holmes Larrick
Harry Murphy
Sarah Zane Fire Hall
Robert 8. Bell
Earl Parks
Frank Helsley
E. Miller Streit
Frank B. Crawford
Railroad Policeman Shot At Catlett Virginia
Local police alert for a white man with head injuries after a Southern Railroad policeman J. H. Woodson was shot and critically wounded at Catlett near Manassas Virginia. The victim has previously visited enforcement authorities and is well known.
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J. H. Woodson
Southern Railroad
Winchester
Woodson
Catlett
Manasses
New Zealand Leader Withdraws Statement Concerning Truman
Wellington Aug. 5. Robert Semple New Zealand works minister withdrew a controversial statement calling President Truman the tool of money gangsters. He apologized without reservation and said he had mistaken Truman for supporting price controls but later learned the President backed a policy in the best interests of the people.
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Wellington
New Zealand
Robert Semple
Truman
Virginia Senate Contest Between Hutchinson and Flood
Virginia voters will choose between Harry Flood and Martin A. Hutchinson of Richmond for a six year US Senate term. Analysts expect about 20,000 to vote, with final radio appeals by both candidates and comments from Senator Byrd urging turnout.
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Virginia
United States
Harry Flood
Martin A. Hutchinson
Richmond
American Ship Collision Sparks Maritime Legal Question
A collision occurred 70 miles west of Land’s End between the 8,358 ton American Farmer and the freighter William J. Riddle. British authorities questioned flag ownership as American forces boarded the derelict and the Ranger and a tug towed toward Wales. The Farmer, carrying $2,000,000 in wheat and dried eggs for England, was valued at about $4,500,000, with potential docking in the Bristol area by weekend.
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Erican Palmer
England
U.S
William J. Riddle
Land’s End
Elizabeth
Wales
Perry
U. S. Lines
Ranger
London
Pers
Bristol
Soviet Union balks at British American voting compromise
In Paris the Soviet Union rejected a British American proposal on voting procedure at the peace conference. Molotov called the plan objectionable as it risked upsetting the two thirds majority requirement. The proposal aimed to let the conference decide with a two thirds rule, while smaller nations pushed for simple majority. Byrnes backed the British compromise with China Canada and Norway, and White Russia echoed the stance.
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Soviet
Russia
Paris
VY. M. Molotov
Australia
Galak Wii
Pekan Ministers Council
A. S
United States
Byrnes
China
Canada
Norway
Molotov
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Holy Land
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Massanetta Spgs
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Catlett, Va
Hutchinson
Highland Springs
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