Envoys Meet Molotov Over Berlin Blockade Impasse
United States Britain and France envoys met Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov in Moscow for nearly three hours as attempts to break the Berlin blockade continued. No conclusions were reached and a basis for west east talks remained unclear.
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Moscow
United States
Britain
France
Molotov
U.S
Walter Bedell Smith
Berlin
Smith
Walington
London
Paris
Yves Chataigneau
Frank Roberts
Kremlin
Stalin
West
Four Generations of McGuires in Winchester Medicine
Four generations of M. D.s in Winchester trace professional paths from immigrant Edward to Dr. Hugh Holmes McGuire and his sons Hunter H. and William P. McGuire. The family produced eye specialists, hospital leaders, and medical educators. notes cover Civil War roles, Confederate hospital work, and enduring Winchester medical prominence.
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Winchester McGuires
Edward
Frederick County
Hugh Holmes McGuire
Hunter H. McGuire
Wm. P. McGuire
McGuire
N. Braddock St
Winchester Medical College
Amer. Soc. of
Lexington
Greenwood
Gen. Jackson
Amer. Medical Assn
Amer. Surgical Assn
Richmond College Medicine
Sheridan
Pt. Lookout
Winchester
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Pests Return Hit Apple Orchards In Wet Weather
Pests disease and insects cut into this year s apple crop as two inches of rain end early this morning. Scab and red banded leaf roller threaten varieties and up to 50 percent damage is reported in the Shenandoah valley. A new insecticide Rhothane is recommended for late August spray with lead arsenate as an alternative and wet conditions helped lessen mite damage this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Groves
Winchester Research Labratory
Shenandoah Valley
Hough
Winchester
Virginia
Blast Demolishes Latrun Pumping Station Near Jerusalem
Two explosions wrecked the Latrun pumping station between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, halting water deliveries to Jewish Jerusalem. UN observers reported Arabs withdrew from the site, seven gunmen fled in a truck, and repairs were planned by technicians.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Latrun
Jerusalem
United Nations
Judean Hills
No-Man’s-Land
Arab Legion
U. N
al Pery
U.N
Haifa
Frank Begley
Palestine
Bab el Wad
Holy City
Local Advert Briefs and Service Promotions
Roasting chickens offered with delivery and poultry services. Colonial Kitchen features 1 lb chocolates and 1 lb fudge for 1.45. Back to School ad promotes eye exams by Hodgson and Brown Optometrists. Chrisman Cleaners provides dry cleaning with pickup delivery at 715 S. Kent St.
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Colonial Kitchen
Hodgson and
BROWN
Chrisman Cleaners
S. Kent St
Dial
Motorist Injured As Car Turns Over
Albert Clark of Hayfield was treated at Winchester Memorial hospital for injuries from a car that turned over twice on W. Boscawen Street near E. C. Stuart’s home. Police said the 1929 Ford coupe left the curb, traveled about 120 feet, and came to rest on its top. Clark’s condition was reported as good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Clark
Hayfield
Winchester Memorial Hospital
W. Boscawen St
E. C. Stuart
Clark
Hospital Today
Rotary Benefit Festival Night Weather Forces Early Closure
Rotary to man hospital benefit festival at the Old Airport grounds on R 50 faced rain last night closing rides at 8 30 p m before a Don Patton and His Swing Boys concert. Rotary club members will take over operation tonight while Exchang club members join five sponsor organizations in staffing.
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Airport
R. 50
Don Patton
Swing Boys
Rotary Club
Manning
Lightning Flattens Shingles Top of City Hall Cupola
A bolt struck the flag pole on Reuss city hall during yesterday's storm, loosening a few shingles on the cupola. A nearby telephone pole hit near the Brakeblock plant burned a transformer and cut power to several homes in the Pine development. Northern Virginia Power Co. reports Stephens City briefly lost power, with Gore and Capon Bridge out about 20 minutes.
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Reuss City Hall
New
Pine
Elmore Norris
Northern Virginia Power Co
Stephens City
Gore and
Capon Bridge
Major Lovett Returns Home From Philippines Tour
Mrs. H. P. Lovett of Stephens City spoke by telephone with her daughter Major Hilda M. Lovett of the U S Army Nurse Corps after two years abroad. From San Francisco she plans to visit Stephens City Aug 20 before reporting to Valley Forge General Hospital, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania.
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H. P. Lovett
Stephens City
Hilda M. Lovett
U. S. Army Nurse Corps
San Francisco
Gen. Weigel
Manila
Valley Forge General Hospital
Phoenixville
Penna
Major Lovett
Philippines
10Th General Hospital
Philippine Scouts
Ft. William
Tobin to Head Labor Department in Truman Cabinet Move
President Truman named Maurice J. Tobin as secretary of labor boosting the labor wing of his administration. Tobin, former Massachusetts governor, is seen as ally in pushing repeal of the Taft Hartley act and aiding the president’s re election efforts. He takes the post after Lewis Schwellenbach’s death and will serve under a recess appointment.
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Washington
Truman
Maurice J. Tobin
Tobin
Massachusetts
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
New
Boston
Bay State
Roosevelt
Democra
Senate
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Houston
Thurmond
Fielding L. Wright
Alabama
Mississippi
Thurmond-Wright
Driver's License Exams Moved to Monday at Friendship Fire House
State exam inations for operator and chauffeur licenses will be held 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each Monday at Friendship Fire House. The DMV says one examiner will be in Winchester Mondays to serve more applicants, with additional test sites in Berryville Woodstock Front Royal Harrisonburg Elkton and Lu ray on specified days.
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Friendship Fire House
Division of Motor Vehicles
Winchester
Berryville
Woodstock
Front Royal
Harrisonburg
Elkton
Luray
Voice Recovery After Coney Island Roller Coaster
New York August 12 Five years after losing his voice Emio Franco a 35 year old Army private from Fairmont West Virginia machinist and coal miner rode a mile a minute roller coaster at Coney Island and spoke his first words since 1943. He described feeling sick after the thrill and whispering I feel sick.
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New York
Emio Franco
Franco
Fairmont
W. Vav
Coney Island
Missing Woman Hides 36 Hours in Clothes Closet
Mrs Lulu Myrtle Patterson of 123 EB Cork St was located after a police search. She said she hid 36 hours in a cardboard clothes closet and later went to bed after hearing family leave. She was weak from hunger and thirst but uninjured. Police had received reports of sightings around the city.
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Lulu Myrtle Patterson
Cork St
Patterton
Ideals of Rotary Spirit Emphasized at Winchester Meeting
Rev. W. R. Smith Jr. district governor urged the Winchester Rotary Club to pursue the Spirit of Rotary through fellowship and shared aims. He said business should rest on service and moral standards, with broad international understanding guiding the 45 clubs in the 2300-member district. He planned to stay overnight in Winchester before traveling to Front Royal.
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Rotary
W.r. Smith Jr
Winchester
Rotary Club
Greenville
Tenn
Woodstock
New Market
Strasburg
Front Royal
Smith
Presbyterian Church
Chatham
Club
Andrew Bowen
Winchester Rotary
Bearing Child Bears Aggressors Says Professor
London report notes Dr. D R MacCalman of the University of Aberdeen warns that strict discipline and biblical command interpretations can produce aggressive, violent adults. He urges wise and kind adult guidance to prevent grave personality maladjustments in children.
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London
D R. MacCalman
University of Aberdeen
International Congress On Mental Health
Mac Calman
Water Use Gains Seven Million Gallons Over Last Year
Water consumption in the city last month totaled 78,042,400 gallons, about 7 million more than July 1947 per City Manager S. Lee Grant. Rouss spring supplied 45 million gallons, Fay spring 17 million, and Old Town spring 15 million gallons.
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S. Lee Grant
Rouss Spring
Fay Spring
Old Town
Firemen Seek Lottery Law Repeal For Bingo and Games
Virginia fire departments vote at the annual convention to urge repeal of the state lottery law to allow bingo and other fund raising activities. Henry Scott of Alexandria is to appoint a committee to draft the resolution for the General Assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Virginia
General Assembly
Henry Scott
Alexandria
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Fire
Solenberger and Strader Named to School Board
Herbert Solenbreger of 423 W Leicester St and Virgil R Strader of 218 Mashington St are named to the school board to fill the late Stewart Bell Sr position. Winchester council appointed them on the recommendation of the city hall and school committee led by W Alan Peery.
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Herbert Solenbreger
W. Leicester St
Johns. Rosenberger Co
Virgil R. Strader
Mashington St
Solenberger Robinson
Stewart Bell
Winchester Council
W. Alan Peery
Doctor Shafer to Join Dr Anderson at 27 W Boscawen Street
Dr William H Shafer announces partnership with Dr C R Anderson in offices at 27 West Boscawen Street starting Monday. A Winchester native and 1942 University of Virginia medical graduate, he served in the Army Medical Corps in Germany and completed a Jackson Memorial Hospital residency in internal medicine and heart disease. He is married to Louise Noblin of Lynchburg and they will live at 25 West Boscawen Street.
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William H. Shafer
C. R. Anderson
W. Boscawen St
Winchester
Handley High School
Shafer
R. A. Shafer
University of Virginia Medical
University Hospital
Charlottesville
Army Medical Corps
Germany
Polite Robbers Loot Havana Bank for 562000
Cuban police pursued a polite band that entered a midtown Havana bank after 3 p.m. and looted 562000 in cash, including U S dollars and Cuban pesos. They escorted staff to a rear room without firing a shot, leaving 40000 one peso bills and 115000 other small bills behind.
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Havana
Cuba
Royal Bank of Canada
Esteban Juncadena
Lincoln Nebraska, National Bank and Trust Co
C. A. Sorenson
Nebraska
State Department Asks Gov Dewey To Hold Up Action
Russia protested a New York court order for the Soviet consul to produce a Russian woman teacher. The State Department asked Gov Dewey to delay any action against the consul. A Russian teacher was brought to Washington for House committee questioning behind closed doors.
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Wal S
State Department
Washington
Europe
Russia
United States
Moscow
Far East
European
Soviet Union
New York City
Yakov Lomakin
Tor
Oksana Kosenkina
Lomakin
New York
Marshall
International
Thomas E. Dewey
Albany
Dewey
State Supreme Court
Congressional
Rep
Thomas
R-Nj
Michael Ivanovitch Samarin
House un-American Activities Committee
Yakov M. Lomakin
Supreme Court
United Nations
Charles Kramer
Abraham George Silverman
Elizabeth T. Bentley
Kramer
Silverman
Miss Bentley
Henry A. Wallace
Progressive Party
Meat Dealers Join Housewives In Price Fight
Norfolk organizers report a local meat strike gaining support from the Norfolk Food Dealers Assn including retailers and other food handlers. Director George Ames says the strike targets rising meat prices to relieve housewives and pressures the supply line at the source.
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Norfolk
Norfolk Food Dealers Assn
George 8. Ames
Bargains This Week at 8 & F Furniture Store
Annual sale advertises new twin beds for 60 dollars per pair and various discounts on Walden bedroom suites ice boxes and mattresses. Store hours extend 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily at 682 N Loudoun St with weekend and after hours notes.
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New & Used Furniture
Loudoun St
Davenport
Gladebeauty
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Bernadotte
Rhodes
Folke Bernadotte
Rotary To Man Hospital
City Hall
Philippines Post
San Antonio
Atlanta
Hilda’ Lovett
W. R. Smith
Solenberger
Strader
W. H. Shafer
C.R. Anderson
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