Truman Accuses Russia Of Filibuster At U N Council
President Truman denounces Soviet filibustering in the United Nations Security Council. He praises Warren Austin for his work and considers a high level meeting after the Korean crisis settlement. Security Council members meet in New York to pressure Malik and break the deadlock.
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Washington
Russia
Truman
United Nations Security Council
Warren Austin
U.S
Council
Stalin
United Nations
Yugoslavia
New York
Gladwyn Jebb
Britain
Arne Sunde
Norway
Malik
U. S
U. N
South Korea
Different Paths Trod Today Toward Home Front Security
Senate leaders split on security strategy after policy committee meetings. The body advanced three strict measures allowing the bar of suspected subversives, while Democrats push a milder Justice Department draft. The Mundt Ferguson Johnston bill seeks full registration of Communist groups and foreign-backed fronts. The House Un American Activities Committee backs tougher subversive legislation for defense areas.
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Washington
Senate
United States
Mundt
R-Sd
Ferguson
R-Mich
Johnston
D-Sc
Justice Department
Administration
President Truman
Congress
Truman
House Un-American Activities Committee
Local Draft Board Calls Four for Induction
Winchester draft board leads Virginia with initial sixteenth call for 64 men. Four men from Winchester are ordered to report September 5 to the induction center in Martinsburg, with other boards across the state supplying the remainder.
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Winchester Draft Boardg
Richmond
Armed Forces
Martinsburg
Frederick County
Winchester
Virginia
Asher W. Harman
Winchester Board
Richmond Associated Press
Arlington
Greene County
Madison County
Rappahannock County
Bristol
Washington County
Bland County
Cambridge
Northampton County
W. Va
Winchester City
Colonial Heights
Cumberland County
Goochland County
Mathews County
New Kent County
Roanoke
Clifton Forge
Appomattox
Craig County
Nelson County
Bath County
Buena Vista
Eight Spaniards and three foreigners arrested in fur smuggling ring
Spanish customs police say they arrested eight Spaniards and three foreigners on charges of smuggling furs valued at over 10 million dollars out of Spain.
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Barcelona
Spain
Polio Spread Theory Echoed by Wytheville Observations
In Richmond a Wytheville polio experience supports the theory that polio spreads person to person akin to measles. The findings highlight concern over contagious transmission patterns and emphasize cautious health measures.
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Richmond
Wytheville
Universal Military Plan in the Making
A Defense Department spokesman told the Senate Armed Services Committee that a new universal military training plan for youths 18 and 19 is under intensive study and should reach Congress soon. Chairman Tydings noted additional manpower methods may be needed beyond the draft act while the panel paused provisions allowing 18-year-olds to volunteer for one year to avoid 21 months of service at age 19.
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Washington
Defense Department
Congress
H. A. Houser
Senate Armed Services Committee
Tydings
Army
Navy
Air Force
Houser
Department of Defense
National Guard
Marines
Senate
Middletown Couple Injured in Route 11 Crash
Mr and Mrs James Wise of a mile north of Middletown were injured when their 1938 Dodge overturned on Route 11 after a tractor trailer crowded them off the hard surface. They were taken to Winchester Memorial Hospital by Friendship ambulance for x rays and treatment. Mr Wise is a retired farmer.
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Middletown
James Wise
Here
Strasburg
Insects life mysteries prompt Johns Hopkins study
Johns Hopkins University launches a microclimate research station at East Blue Hill Maine led by Dr Vincent Dethier and his brother Bernard to explore how tiny weather changes within five feet of the ground influence insect behavior. The Army co sponsors the project to test new sprays and repellents.
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Quitos
Johns Hopkins University Es
Vincent Dethier
East Bluehill
Dethier
Bernard Dethier
The
Climatological di
Patterson
Salinas
Calif
Army
University
Dether
Detheir Brothers
Maine
Truman Says No Plan to Revive WWII OPA
President Truman stated he does not intend to revive the World War II Office of Price Administration. He said existing agencies can manage emergencies from the Korean crisis, with no immediate full mobilization. Congress moves toward a controls bill granting discretionary power on prices and wages, with debates over credit limits and commodity speculation.
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Truman
Senate
House
Capitol Hill
Office of Price Administration
White House
Boy Heads to Akron Soap Box Derby
Fourteen year old Ralph White of Woodstock Lane leaves Martinsburg by train with his mother and younger brother for the National Soap Box Derby in Akron Ohio. Ralph defeated Ernest F White Jr in the Winchester derby and Leroy Jr and Jerry White skip Sunday’s race. The Akron winner gets a four year college scholarship plus prizes including a Chevrolet for runner up and wrist watches for all entrants.
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Ralph White
Woodstock Lane
Akron
O. Ralph
Martinsburg
Stephen
Mr. White
Leroy Jr
Jerry White
Ralph
Ernest F. White Jr
Heating Oils Prompt Delivery on Kerosene and Fuel Oils
Oil Heat Inc offers prompt delivery of kerosene No 2 and No 4 fuel oils. Dial 3855 or 3877 for service.
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OIL Heat. Inc
Finance Group Readies Vote on Corporation Tax Hike
Senate Finance Committee members signal near approval of a 1.5 billion dollar annual increase in corporation taxes. They oppose retroactivity to 1950 and expect effective date around July or October 1950. Debate centers on an excess profits levy and potential Senate floor battle.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Truman
George
D-Ga
Senate
Congress
Convicts Reported Captured After Escape near Berryville
Two Black convicts escaped Sunday from State Road Camp 22 near Berryville have been captured. One was seized at Eastville in Northampton County and the other in Princess Anne County. They are Joseph N. Mitchell of Portsmouth and James Allen Smith of Suffolk. A 1941 Chevrolet stolen from Berryville resident James Lewis Willis was abandoned in Suffolk. Mitchell had recently returned to the camp after a prior escape.
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Berryville
State Road
Here
Eastville
Northampton County
Princess Anne County
Joseph N. Mitchell
Portsmouth
James Allen Smith
Suffolk
James Lewis Willis
Mitchell
Apple Growers Tour Planned by International Association
About 100 reservations are made at the George Washington Hotel for an International Apple Association meeting in Washington. Attendees will arrive around 7 30 p m after a bus tour of local orchards in Berkeley County including Gerrardstown Inwood and Apple Pie Ridge Road. They will visit John Caspar Dillion Fulton and other orchards near Riner Cross Roads and travel to Hancock Maryland before returning to Berryville for the Byrd Orchard picnic.
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George Washington Hotel
International Apple Association
Washington
Berkeley County
Inwood
Gerrardstown
Apple Pie Ridge
Riner
Hancock
John Casper
Dillon
Fulton
Paw Paw
Winchester
Byrd
Berryville
Controls Bill Heads to Passage
The House moved its home front controls bill toward final passage by a decisive 399 to 3 vote. It grants the President standby power to set ceilings on wages and prices, with the Senate beginning debate on a similar measure opposed by Senator Taft. Both bills would widen Truman’s authority on price and wage controls and rationing.
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Washington
House
Truman
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Food prices decline in July half month report
The government reported a slight overall drop in retail food prices during the last half of July.
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Washington
Portland anti hoarding drive nets wide support nationwide
Community's plan to curb wartime hoarding appears successful in Greater Portland with no recent stock runs on sugar coffee bacon or canned meat. 4 000 pledge takers vowed to buy only normal needs and requests pour in from Tucson Syracuse Youngstown Wheeling Cambridge as 15 000 more buttons arrive for distribution.
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Portland
Edward H. Kessler, Jr
Defenders
Kessler
Defenders of Freedom
Greater Portland
Air Express
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Ariz
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N. Y
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Wheeling
W. Va
Cambridge
Mass
Hutchinson Denied Senate Confirmation for FTC Post
The Senate rejected four Truman nominees in one session, including Martin A. Hutchinson for the Federal Trade Commission by 59 to 14 as Byrd led opposition. Also denied were Frank E. Hook, M. Neil Andrews, and Carroll O. Switzer, all appointments pending since June.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Lucas
Illinois
Martin A. Hutchinson
Virginia
Federal Trade Commission
Byrd
D-Va
Hutchinson
Langer
Missouri
Robertson
Magnuson
Dash
Frank E. Hook
Michigan
Motor Claims Commission
M. Neil Andrews
Georgia
Carroll O. Switzer
Iowa
Mrs. Marie Becker Dies in Hospital
New York Mrs Marie Olson Becker 54 wife of Ray J Becker of Shenandoah Avenue died yesterday in Physicians Hospital Long Island New York Survivors include two daughters from a former marriage and four grandchildren all of New York Interment will be in Plainfield New Jersey on Saturday at 2 pm
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New York
Marie Olson Becker
Ray J. Becker
Shenandoah Ave
Physicians Hospital
Long Island
N. Y
Plainfield
N. J
Allies Accused of Bombing Germany
Berlin a Communist protest against alleged incendiary bombings in East Germany by U S planes was announced but later withdrawn. The claim blamed American aircraft for fires in farm centers and sparked talk of a possible Soviet air blockade of Berlin, though Allied officials warned such acts could heighten East West tensions.
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Berlin
Soviet Russia
East Germany
U. S
Gerhart Eisler
Soviet Zone
ADN
Moscow
Karl Stenhoff
Taegliche Rundschau
Soviet Union
U.S
Steinhoff
Germany
Oldest Winchester Fire Company and Attorney Title
The editorial page identifies Winchester's oldest fire company and the city’s longest-practicing attorney by service length. The fire company’s establishment date and the attorney’s start of practice are noted for historical context.
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Winchester
Trap 1 000 Enemy Troops Narrowly Surrounded in Korea
U S troops drove 13 miles toward Chinju trapping possibly 1,000 enemy troops in a major daytime gain. South Koreans checked the enemy near Pohang and Taegu as bridgeheads near Pohang and Kigye were fought, tanks captured, and planes knocked out six more. The 24th Division and First U S Cavalry Division reported heavy fighting with Reds on the 140 mile front.
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U. S
Chinju
South Korea
U. S. East
MacArthur
Pohang
Pusan
Taegu
Sea of Japan
Hal
Korea
Xen
Kigye
Wa Wonsan
8Th Army
24Th
United Nations
128 Students Enroll Final Red Cross Swimming Class
A total of 128 students have enrolled in the final Red Cross swimming class at Willow Lawn Pool starting Monday. The class includes 100 beginners 22 intermediates and six advanced swimmers with 43 of 95 July class members completing the course. Names of several students who passed the beginners course are listed among the intermediates.
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Red Cross
Willow Lawn Pool
Fourty
Ncing Tes
Beners
Edward Shifflette
Henry Pope
Joshu Warfield
Charlene Bennett
James Sumption
Ryland Carper
Bobby Crosslin
Lee Brumback
Donald
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