Lockhart Property Brings $13,250 at Public Auction
The P. W. Lockhart property on 8S Loudoun Street sold for $13,250 Saturday at a public auction. Purchaser was Eldridge Lemley of Stephens City. His bids were $9,000 for the 10 room dwelling at 626 S Loudoun and $4,250 for a six room frame dwelling at 620 S Loudoun St. James P. Reardon was special commissioner in charge of the sale. Coleman Dunn was auctioneer.
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P. W. Lockhart
Loudoun Street
Eldridge Lemley
Stephens City
S. Loudoun
S. Loudoun St
James P. Reardon
Coleman Dunn
Spaid Wins Bid on Shirley Street Home at Public Auction
Willard A. Spaid was high bidder for the six room dwelling at 122 Shirley Street, sold Saturday at public auction to settle the estate of the late Florence Myers Barr. Spaid, a tenant in the house, paid 10000 dollars. A. B. Solenberger is executor of the estate. Coleman Dunn handled the sale.
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Willard A. Spaid
Shirley Street
Florence Myers Barr
Spaid
A. B. Solenberger
Coleman Dunn
Farm Land Prices Climb On Higher Farm Commodity Prices
The Agriculture Department reports land values rose an average of 2 percent from March to July, extending an upward trend begun last November. Prices sit about 3 percent below those in November 1948, with the Korean situation described as a strong new force supporting farm land values.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Truman States U S Policy Aims
President Truman told the 1950 convention of the Supreme Lodge of Knights of Pythias that peace and human advancement are the ultimate goals of U S foreign policy. Supreme Chancellor Fred Ratliff read the message in Grand Rapids Michigan, delivering greetings and urging wise counsel and action backing free government.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Truman
United States
Supreme Lodge of Knights of Pythias
Fred Ratliff
Hammond
Ind
Supreme Lodge
House Debates Mail Service Cuts Amid Korea Crisis
Lawmakers discuss budget choices as signatures on petitions shift from opposing reduced mail service to demanding tighter domestic spending. One signer says the Korean crisis drives pressure to cut nonessential programs to preserve two daily mail deliveries.
National Geographic Society reports height averages for Japanese
The National Geographic Society notes that Japanese men average five feet three inches in height while women average four inches shorter.
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The
National Georgraphic Society
Winchester Fire Groups in Parade
Three Winchester fire companies will join the 49th annual Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen's Association convention parade at 3 p.m. Saturday at Loeth Castle. Rouss Fire Company will display its aerial truck and marching units, Friendship Fire Company will send a truck and ambulance, and South End Fire Company will field marching units and an auxiliary.
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Winchester Fire Companies
Loethcastle
Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen's Association
Rouss Fire Company
Friendship Fire Company
South End Fire Company
Bernard F. Groves, Jr
John Boyd
CVVFA
UN Council Pledges Aid to Korean Civil Population
The United Nations Economic and Social Council unanimously pledged to provide any assistance to the Korean civil population that the UN command may request. This commitment reflects the council duty to support civilian relief amidst the Korean crisis.
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Geneva
Switzerland
United Nations Economic and Social Council
Korea
U. N. Command
Death of Air Base Told by Fighter Pilot
A fighter pilot recalls fighting near Pohang as refugees fled and bullets raked the rear. They searched refugees for weapons stash and evacuated by C-47s, tents stripped bare as they left. He muses about returning home someday.
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Pohang
Union Chief Blames Bell System for 1947 Strike
CIO CWA president Joseph A. Bierne told a Senate labor subcommittee that American Telephone and Telegraph provoked the 1947 six week strike to curb union growth. He alleged Bell controls labor relations and forced the strike to block conversion of the National Federation of Telephone Workers into a broader international union.
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Washington
Joseph A. Bierne
CIO Communication Workers of America
Senate
American Telegraph and Telephone Company
Bell Telephone System
Bierne
CWA
Bell System
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Red Curb Bill Pushed By Senator McCarran
Senator McCarran urged the Senate Judiciary Committee to act quickly on a Communist curb bill expanding beyond Administration requests. The proposal seeks early action to curb Communist influence and tighten controls.
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Washington
McCarran
D-New
Senate Judiciary Committee
Polio Continues to Hit Victims in Western Virginia
Polio toll rose over the weekend with seventeen new admissions at Roanoke Memorial and Crippled Children’s Hospital bringing total patients treated to 74. Five remain critically ill. no deaths reported. Cases spread across eight western Virginia counties and Buena Vista, led by Wythe County with five new cases.
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Roanoke
Virginia
Buena Vista
Wythe County
Wytheville
Washington County
Tazewell
Montgomery
Buchanan
Grayson
Smyth
Pulaski
Two Baltimore Supervisors Charged in Farm Electrocution
In Frederick Maryland two construction supervisors face manslaughter charges after two men were killed by a downed power line near Unionville during the Unionville bypass project. Joseph Parks about 50 and Carl W Seifert about 45 were named as defendants by Frederick County State's Attorney Edwin F. Ni.
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Frederick
Baltimore
Unionville
Edwin F. Ni Kirk
Frederick County
Joseph Parks
Carl W. Seifert
Changnyong Front Battles Rally as U S Forces Counterattack
U S forces launched a dawn counterattack at Changnyong with forty five ton Pershing tanks leading and supported by warplanes. The fight saw intense fire from high velocity weapons as Reds reinforced and attempted to break out of a six mile bulge near Changnyong.
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Changnyong
U.S. 24Th Infantry Division
Eighth Army
Korea
MacArthur
Tokyo
Gar
Waegwan
Taegu
U.S. First Cavalry Division
Red Steamroller
Pohang
Youngster from Charleston wins 13th Soap Box Derby
Harold D. Williamson, 15, of Charleston West Virginia, wins the national Soap Box Derby title ahead of 147 competitors and 50 000 spectators. He earned a $5 000 four year college scholarship and represented the Charleston Gazette. Second place goes to Donald Alter 15 of Danville Pennsylvania with a new Chevrolet car. Third place to Richard Dougan 13 of Muncie Indiana with a motion picture camera.
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Harold D. Williamson
Charleston
W. Va
Winchester
Ralph White
Associated Press
Akron
Chevrolet
Williamson
Gazette
Donald Alter
Danville
Ind
Muncie
Tydings Forecasts Allied War Effort and Atomic Power
Tydings estimates Communist forces in atomic bombs and argues England France and Western Europe would supply most of the land army to oppose Russia if war breaks out. He claims the United States can provide all the Navy Air Force atomic bombs and Army but cautions it would strain its military machine.
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England
France
Russia
Tydings
Mahogany Exports Key Industry in British Honduras
The export of mahogany has been the principal industry of British Honduras for more than two centuries.
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British Honduras
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