Underseas mine blast traps miners near Whitehaven
Three rescued miners emerged after a 21 hour ordeal as 50 others remained missing in an undersea coal pit two miles off the Irish Sea. The National Coal Board said 54 bodies found and 53 others feared dead as 117 were in the mine.
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Whitehaven
England
National Coal Board
Firth of Solway
Coal Board
Irish Sea
William Aitken
Harry Allen
William
Cummberland
Stokeson Trent
Senthenydd
South Wales
Wellington
Winchester Sees Heat Return As Temperatures Top Ninety
After a brief cool spell, Winchester returns to hot weather with temperatures reaching 92 at noon and cooling nights. The Shenandoah Valley remained warmer than surrounding areas while forecasted showers stayed mostly away.
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Winchester
Shenandoah Valley
Federalist World Congress to Meet in Switzerland
Thomas G. Scully, president of the State United World Federalists chapter, announced the world congress for peace opening tomorrow in Switzerland. About 500 distinguished world leaders are expected at the first general assembly of world government movements seeking a world federal government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas G. Scully
United World Federalists, Inc
World Congress For Peace
Switzerland
Trains Crash at Union Depot injures passenger in Columbus
In Columbus Ohio the Cincinnati Limited of the Pennsylvania Railroad rammed a train at Union depot derailing two cars and injuring one passenger who was hospitalized while several others were shaken up.
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Columbus
Pasenger
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cincinnati Limited
Union Depot
Autos to Be as Scarce Year Hence as Today
Detroit from Aug 16. After more than two years of wartime disruption and postwar rollbacks the nation's auto industry remains far from meeting demand. Orders total about 6.09 million with deliveries lagging. most buyers face a year or more wait, while prices rise and supply tightens due to steel and labor shortages.
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Detrot
Authoritie
Detroit
Young ladies sought for traffic survey
College students or high school graduates may apply for a traffic survey job. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pay is 5 cents per hour. Applications directed to Mr. K. M. Wilkinson at the City Engineer Office, City Hall.
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K. M. Wilkinson
Yard Party at Stephens City High School Grounds
A yard party on Friday evening August 22 at Stephens City High School grounds offers light refreshments to benefit the Independent Hose Company.
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Stephens City High School
Independent Hose Company
Eleinee
Krupps Indicted For War Crimes By U. S. Court
Indictments filed in Nurnberg name Alfred Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach and twelve Krupp directors for Nazi era war crimes. Prosecutor says the group supported Hitler, Gestapo ties, and rearmament while expanding Krupp to 112,000 workers by 1939, with donations and propaganda abroad.
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Nurnberg
Krup Munitions
Germany
United States
Chag 1
V.c
Big Bertha
Alfred Krupp von Bohlen Und Halbach
Bertha Krupp
Paris
Telford Taylor
U. S
Alfred Krup
Gestapo
Adolph Hitler
Taylor
Alfred Krupp
Gustav
Nuernberg
France
Russia
International War Crimes Tribunal
Krupp
Hitler
Fritz Sauckel
Nai
Nine Missing in Transport Plane Crash Near Montivedo
A transport plane with 12 aboard fell into the sea off Montivedo before midnight. Tugs rescued three injured, while nine remain missing. The 14 passenger Sikorsky aircraft belonged to Transportes Aeros y Cargueros Internacionales of Montivedo.
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Montivedo
Uruguay
Sikorsky
Transportes Aeros and Cargueros Internationales
Three Dwelling Permits Issued This Week
Lowell Brannon received a building permit for a concrete block dry cleaning plant on Con way Street. estimated cost 3000 dollars. Frank Clevenger of 310 Liberty Avenue was issued a permit for a concrete block or brick one and a half story dwelling at 317 Liberty Avenue costing 6000 dollars. Other permits include Thelma A. Patton at 218 S Bradock Street for a two story frame dwelling on Orchard Avenue costing 4000 dollars and Orin Ritte of Winchester R1 to build a one story frame dwelling at 415 Milwoon Avenue for 7000 dollars.
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Lowell Brannon
Conway St
Frank Clevenger
Liberty Ave
Thelma A. Patton
S. Bradock St
Orchard Ave
Orin Ritte
Winchester
Milwoon Ave
Winchester Aerie of Eagles Picnic Set at Smith's Park
Winchester Aerie No 824 hosts its annual picnic Sunday January 17 at Smith's Park east of Middletown. First event is a softball game Alexandria versus the Eagles with Hagerstown to play the winner on the Number 3 diamond along Senseny Road. Paid receipts admit family to a day of food and fun. bus departs Roe at 10 11:30 and 1.
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Winchester Aerie No
Fraternal Order of Eagles
Anz
Smith's Park
Middletown
Alexandria
Hagerstown
Senseny Road
Roe
STE
Nehru vows no one spared in communal violence
Nehru warned Moslem and Hindu rioters that the government will spare no one responsible for communal warfare whether Hindu Moslem or Sikh. He said a government failing to check inhuman acts is unworthy of its seat as violence flares across India. In Lahore rioting claimed 30 lives yesterday and 298 in five days with Sikhs Hindus stabbed and Muslims shot by troops to halt looting and arson.
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New Delhi
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Dominion of India
Nehru
Lahore
Punjab
Bulgarian Reds Sentence Former Premier to Death
Nikola Petkov anti Communist Agrarian party leader was sentenced to death on charges of conspiring to overthrow the Fatherland Front government. He pleaded innocent as his trial followed his June arrest and a U.S. statement condemned the action.
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Bulgarian Reds
Softa
Bulgaria
Nikola Petkov
Agrarian Party
Petkov
Fatherland Front
United States
Record Number Of New Homes Started in July
The Bureau of Labor Statistics shows private contractors began work on 80,000 new homes in July, breaking a 20 year record and surpassing June by 28,000. For the year, 441,000 homes have been started.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Love and Balance in Bank Do Joint Fadeout
Los Angeles report says Frances Wells O'Donnell a 24 year old war widow filed grand theft charges against Richard Barth an architect after a $46 000 joint bank account dwindled to 47 50. She claims he withdrew funds to divorce his wife and buy a honeymoon home and yacht for a world trip then remarried his first wife. Barth was released on a 3000 bond as a hearing nears.
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Los Angeles
Frances Wells O'Donnell
Richard Barth
He's Just a Shell Bigamist in Court Faces Six Wives
Gerald L. O'Neal film bit player is charged with bigamy after six of his eight wives confront him in court. Wife No.5 Stella Frank denounces his claims of being 49, while Wife No.8 Myrtle Reilly hugs him. Bail set at 5000 dollars for Superior Court trial.
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Los Angeles
Gerald L. O'Neal
Stella Frank
O'Neal
Myrtle Reilly
Auto dealers close for Winchester picnic
All members of the Winchester Auto Dealers Association will close their places of business at 12 o'clock noon on Wednesday August 20 to attend their annual picnic.
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Winchester Auto Dealers Asso
Bank Ad Seeks Local Merchants and Farmers
Business invitation from Farmers and Merchants National Bank at Main Street and Rouss Avenue announcing general banking services and FDIC membership.
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Farmers & Merchants National Bank
Rouss Ave
Federal Deposit Ins. Corp
Lp-Lt
Free Enterprise Only Way Out, Is Churchill Edict
Winston Churchill told the British people that economic crisis could be solved only by free enterprise and warned Labour policy would cause disaster. He argued a choice between competitive selection and compulsion, saying progress requires personal effort, risk, and ingenuity for 47 000 000 islanders.
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London
Winston Churchill
Attlee
Bond and Bageant Renominated for Soil Board Posts
At the county court house meeting chaired by Charles E. Staples, Walker McC. Bond and Roy L. Bageant were renominated for the Lord Fairfax Soil Conservation district board of supervisors. Bond serves as board chairman and treasurer. Co-chairmen in charge were Mr. Bond and Mrs. Clarence Butler. Kenneth Robinson spoke on county veterans farm training. M. J. Pease reported on the Farm Bureau and H. A. Snapp attended.
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Kenneth Robinson
M. J. Pease
Farm Bureau
H.A. Snapp
Virginia Tourism Reaches Prewar Level in July
Virginia travel data show July out-of-state car traffic on primary highways hit a new monthly high at 387 790 000 vehicle miles. The State highway department reports a 1.1 percent rise in volume by non Virginia cars, marking a return to prewar levels. Roy Ramsey scheduled to perform at York tonight. Farm Bureau picnic planned for August 23 at Rouss Park with speeches by Congressman B P Harrison. Notices about store closing, peach sale, and lost items included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
State Highway Department
Roy Ramsey
York Tonight
Farm Bureau
Inter-American conference urges mediation in Paraguay war
The 20 nation Inter-American conference unanimously backed a proposal to mediate the five months old Paraguayan civil war. It endorses a Uruguayan plan for 20 nation support and seeks prompt cessation of hostilities, with messages to sides. Raul Fernandes led the session and urged defense of continental peace.
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Quintandinha
Brazil
United Nations
Argentina
Juan A. Bramugla
Oes
Cmes
Raul Fernandes
Mae
George C
Insurgents Flee Ascuncion as Government Presses Defense
Paraguay reports loyalist forces chasing rebels south toward Villeta and east toward Romanso Castillo while insurgent radio claims rebels hold Lambare and Villa Morros near Ascuncion. Government says air combat and ground units defend the capital and press to crush rebel centers around the city.
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L Pi Forre
Ita
Asuncion
Paraguay
Villeta
Romanso Castillo
Brazil
Lambare
Villa Morr&s
Ascuncion
Government Palace
United Corps
Bradley Heads to Europe for General Inspection Tour
General Bradley travels to Europe for a general inspection of occupation troops in Germany Italy and Austria. He declines to discuss investigations into lavish living by officers and defers on potential succession to Dwight Eisenhower as army chief of staff.
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New York
Europe
Geremany
Italy
Austria
Bradley
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Columbia University
Truman warns NLRB over Ball influence on policy
The Mine Workers Journal reports President Truman warned the National Labor Relations Board not to yield to the Taft Ball committee. It says Ball pressured the board to avoid major policy moves without committee consent and notes Truman’s threat not to reappoint members who submit to Ball’s influence.
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Washington
United Mine Workers Journal
Truman
National Labor Relations Board
Congressonal Committee On Labor Relations
Jonn L. Lewis Union
Joseph Ball
J. Copeland Gray
Abe Murdock
Utah
Robert N. Denham
Congress
Senate
Mine Workers Journal
Murdock
House
Denham
NLRB
Bal
Ball
Mittee
White House
Ball Committee
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Mercury
Winchester Research Laboratory
Federalist World Congress
Krupps
M. Headley
Braddock
Mohandas K. Ghandi
India
Calcutta
U.S
Free State
Athens
Guerrila
Markos Vifiades
Churchill
Britain
County Agriculture Group
York
Rouss Park
B. P. Harrison
Winchester Farm Bureau
Bella Georgia
E. R. Conner
Stephens City
J. H. Riley
George Marshall
U. S&s
Gen. Bradley
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