Byrd Pushes 70 Group Air Force and Universal Training
Senator Byrd urged immediate enactment of bills for a 70 group Air Force and universal military training at the American Legion 32nd annual convention in Alexandria. He warned of a potential Soviet attack and criticized the Truman era policy while proposing a 3.5 million man standing army and a long radar warning system. Paul H. Griffith cautioned the policy shift may favor a new approach in Korea.
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Alexandria
Byrd
D-Va
Vic- Legionnaires
Virginia
Korea
Truman
Europe
Russia
Senate Armed Services Committee
Manmoth
Formosa
Far East
Paul H. Griffith
Senator Byrd
American Legion
South Korea
United States
United Navas
Griffith
Johnson
Growers to Talk About Apples at County Meeting
The Frederick County Fruit Growers Assn will meet at 8 tonight in the courthouse to discuss the 1950 apple crop and marketing. Prof. A H Teske and a panel of specialists with J Kenneth Robinson as moderator will cover processors' needs prepacking merchandising variety and methods to raise sales in the South. Northern Virginia growers buyers handlers and processors are invited.
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Frederick County
South
Virginia
Labor unrest grows in United States amid sector strikes
The Associated Press reports rising labor unrest across railroads, steel, auto and other industries threatening defense production. Railroads planned five day token strikes idle about 50,000 workers. steel and coal actions idled tens of thousands in Birmingham and Syracuse. auto workers strike at Packard in Detroit. Farm Equipment and Electrical sectors show moves toward action.
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Associated Press
Birmingham
Ala
Crucible Steel Company
Sanderson-Halcomb
Syracuse
N. Y
Phoenixville
CIO
Phoenix Iron and Steel Company
Automotive
United Auto Workers
Packard Motor Company
Detroit
United Farm Equipment Workers Division-Uk
International Harvester Company
General Electric Company
International Union of Electrical Workers
Brotherhood of
Washington
Officials Oppose Churchill Plan
United States defense officials reject a French bid for a common Atlantic defense ministry and a supreme commander for Western Europe noting Europe must contribute more troops and military assets before any promise of U S involvement. They stress willingness to fight if needed but insist Europeans share the burden.
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Washington
Western Europe
United States
Atlantic
Department of Defense
France
U. S
Europe
Korea
Winston Churchill
Draft exam results awaited for Martinsburg group
Records of 18 city and county men who had pre induction physicals in Martinsburg are to be sent to local draft boards by Tuesday. They will learn if approved or rejected once records arrive. One Winchester man failed to report and may be labeled delinquent and ordered for induction. All county men completed their physicals. leadership details and transfers affected city group.
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Martinsburg
Betty Clark
Winchester
Bobby Seal
Joseph Fisher
Winds&r
Navy
Jack Duvall
Alson Smith
Winchester Draft Board Calls First Inductees
The Winchester Draft Board issued its first induction calls reporting September 5 to the Martinsburg center. Bever ly Eugene Lamb, 22, of 21 N Braddock St and George Edward Hogan, 24, of 599 N Kent St are in Class 1 A and have passed physicals. Local men who passed exams yesterday have 21 days before induction.
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Winchester Draft Board
Armed Forces Induction Center
Martinsburg
Beverly Eugene Lamb
N. Braddock St
George Edward Hogan
N. Kent St
Virginia
Mass Exodus From Taegu Told By Hal Boyle
Hal Boyle reports a panic as half a million flee Taegu Korea amid advancing Red Army. Chaos grips streets and refugee camps form around a mission school window where reporters stay. Families act quickly burying possessions and cooking for kin as rumors of Communist uprisings spread.
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Taegu
Hal Boyle
Korea
South Korea
United States Seeks Unified Korea in Any Settlement
The U N Security Council heard a U S demand that any settlement for Korea provide a unified independent country and end hostilities under U N supervision. Warren Austin outlined U S aims while Malik blasted U S policy and the council debated a six non permanent members peace plan.
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Austin
U. S
U.N
38Th Parallel
South Korea
North Korea
Soviet Union
Malik
Korea
Acheson
Syngman Rhee
Cuba
Alberto Alvarez
China
T. F
India
Ales Bebler
United States
Asia
Sewage Plant Wins National Spotlight in Magazine
The August issue of The American City features Sewage Planning Pays Off by M. H. Klegerman of Alexander Potter Associates. It details Winchester’s $650 036 sewage plant built after wartime shortages and price uncertainty, from December 8, 1941 report to February 1950 completion, and outlines the treatment process.
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Winchester
M. H. Klegerman
Alexander Potter Associates
New York City
Klegerman
Five day weather outlook for Virginia
Virginia's outlook foresees temperatures two to four degrees below normal from tomorrow through Wednesday August 23. Cooler weekend into early next week with scattered thunder showers on Saturday around a quarter inch or less.
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Virginia
Eighth Spy Arrest at Mexican Border Reported
LAREDO Texas Morton Sobell a 33 year old former Navy worker was arrested here on espionage charges tied to passing defense secrets to the Soviet Union He was taken to Webb County jail for questioning and a hearing was scheduled before U S Commissioner Frank Y Hill Sobell allegedly fled the United States to Mexico in June and was deported back to Laredo from Mexico City The Justice Department plans to arraign him and seek removal to New York City as part of a broader roundup of Americans accused of aiding a Soviet spy ring The case ties to David Greenglass and Julius Rosenberg as others connected to wartime atom bomb secrecy investigations
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Laredo
Texas
Morton Sobell
Navy
Russia
Webb County
FBI
U. S. Navy
U. S
Frank Y. Hill
Sobell
Mexico
J. Edgar Hoover
United States
Justice Department
New York City
Truman and Wherry Clash Over Acheson Policy Sparks Amid Korea Debate
President Truman and Senator Wherry traded sharp remarks over foreign policy blaming Secretary Acheson for blunders that allegedly led to Korea and other crises. Taft joined with criticism that the administration lacks a clear plan. The president urged maintaining a bipartisan approach to foreign policy.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Truman
Wherry
Congress
White House
Senate
Korea
State Acheson
Acheson
Russia
China
Moscow
Republic of
South Korea
Nebraska
Cleveland
Taft
Rohio
US aerial defense deemed inadequate experts say
The article quotes Elton C. Fay reporting that an enemy could strike U S targets like Pearl Harbor with some bombs despite a round the clock radar system. Experts doubt radar would detect all bombers and say fighter forces could not stop most attacks.
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Elton C. Fay
Washington
United States
Polar
Organized criminals gain grip on gambling and legit business
Senate Crime Committee reports criminals control gambling and move into hotels, restaurants, night clubs, meat and provision firms, liquor distribution, auto dealers, small steel firms, and even banks. They use cash, violence, bribery, and intimidation to compete with legitimate businesses and threaten interstate channels. The panel notes similar operating patterns and some intergroup cooperation, but has not proved a nationwide syndicate.
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Washington
Senate Crime Committee
Congress
Florida
Groves to Head Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen’s Association
Bernard F. Groves Jr of 231 Jefferson Street was elected president of the Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen's Association at the annual convention in Greencastle Pennsylvania. Groves previously served as vice president of the organization.
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Bernard F. Groves, Jr
Jefferson Street
Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen’s Association
Greencastle
Groves
Chamber Hopes For 400 Members
Winchester Chamber of Commerce aims for 400 members by its 33rd anniversary and plans to celebrate with the annual membership banquet in early November. Secretary Gene Sakers notes progress toward the goal.
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Gene Sakers
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
Local Questions Ask About Admirals and Residential Streets
Readers are invited to check the Editorial Page for two queries. First, how many recent Admirals of the Navy have lived in this community. Second, what is the widest street in Winchester that remains strictly residential.
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Winchester
Taegu Front Holds After Major North Korean Push
Allied forces halted an 80,000 strong North Korean thrust near Taegu and bounced back Reds in a sharp Changnyong counterattack. Marines and infantry drove the enemy across the Nakdong River while civilians fled to a new refugee capital to avoid disruption.
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Taegu
U. S
Changnyong
Naktong River
John H. Church
Bulge
Nak
Church
Visitors Inspect Sewer System Here
Two Israeli visitors granted permission to inspect Winchester sewer treatment plant. City Manager L. Grant said the Haifa sanitary engineer and Jerusalem water supply engineer would arrive Monday from Washington, tour local facilities with Samuel H. Reaves, then continue their study of U.S. sewage disposal methods en route to Chicago and San Francisco.
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Israel
Winchester
8. L. Grant
Haifa
Jerusalem
Washington
Samuel H. Reaves
Water and Sewer Department
United States
Chicago
San Francisco
Wood School names Charles W. Kline assistant principal
Charles W. Kline of Charles Town is named assistant principal of the new James Wood High School. County Superintendent R. E. Ayler announced that Kline will handle attendance and teach history. A Shepherd College graduate, he is pursuing graduate work at American University in Nybnyeton and is a veteran of the late war.
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Charles W. Kline
Charles Town
Gainesboro
James Wood High School
R. E. Ayler
Kline
Shepherd College
American University
Nybonyeton
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U.S
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