Korean War News Thinned by Downed Wires
Reports say Army equipment is needed to restore communications as teletype and telephone lines linking Tokyo offices are removed at Eighth Army HQ. Correspondents face strict limits, with pool copies capped at 2 000 words and relays delayed by distances and outages.
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Tokyo
Eighth Army
Associated Press
Leif Erickson
George S. Back
MacArthur
Back
Signal Corps
Erickson
Delivery Boy Wanted At Munity Cut Rate
Help wanted advertisement seeks a delivery boy for Munity Cut Rate. Apply Monday morning at 8:30. Classification B-19-1t.
Estate Sales in Frederick County August and September
Auction notices list sales for Florence Myers Barr at Woodland Ave in front of the courthouse on Aug 19 at 11 a.m. Joseph C. Miler is selling real estate on Indian Hollow Road on Sept 9 at noon. John W. Costello offers Heal estate at 315 Be Piccadilly St Winchester on Sept 16 at 11 a.m.
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Florence Myers Barr
Frederick County Court House
Woodland Ave
Joseph C. Miler
Indian Hollow Road
John W. Costello
Heal
BE. Piccadilly St
Winchester
Coal Power Ships Fade as Oil Replaces Steam Globally
A London Financial Times survey notes a shift from coal to oil fuel in new ships. Prewar coal steam powered about 60 percent of world tonnage. now coal accounts for about 27 percent of over 63 million tons. Motor ships grow from 7,551 in 1939 to nearly 11,000, comprising about one third of world steam ship tonnage.
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London
London Financial Times
What is poteen and why it declined in Ireland
Poteen is an illicit drink made from barley steeped in water and fermented, then dried in a copper kiln over a peat fire. It was once plentiful in Ireland but has become rare due to more effective policing and material shortages.
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Ireland
Battle Near Taegu Grinds Down North Korean Fourth Division
Allied forces described heavy fighting along the Naktong river north of Taegu as the North Korean Fourth Division suffered severe losses and was reduced to a shell of its former strength. U S Marines and Army units pushed toward Kumhwa while American air and artillery battered retreating Reds.
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Aktong
U. 8
Naktong Bulge
Changnyong
Taegu
Kumhwa
U. S
John H. Michaels
Naktong
MacArthur
Bulge
U. S. First Marine Brigade
24Th Division
Marine Corsair
Fifth Air Force
John H. Church
Court Cases Heard by Judge W Erle Edwards
Trial notes list Preston E Conner Jr of Stephens City cited for speeding with $14.25 fine and Clarence William Warner of Stephenson cited for failing to stop before entering a highway with $9.25 fine.
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Trial Justice Court
W. Erle Edwards
Preston E. Conner, Jr
Stephens City
Clarence William Warner
Stephenson
Veterans Demand Tough Policies From New DAV Leader
San Francisco veterans at the Disabled American Veterans encampment install Boniface R. Maile as national commander. They back severe measures: death penalties for subversives, security camps, government registration of former Communist Party associates, conscription of labor and capital, criminalizing black market activity, and strict rent and price controls. They also seek reopening of VA hospitals and congressional approval to close them.
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DAV
Boniface R. Maile
Detroit
U. S
Communist Party
United States
Truman
Veterans Administration
Sunday Ball Loop Cards Three Tilts
Three Northern Virginia Baseball League games are scheduled. Stephenson hosts Middletown with Jackie Patton aiming for his fifth straight win. Clarke County visits North Mountain to defend a one game lead, while Inwood seeks its second win of the year against Winchester White Sox.
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Stephenson
Middletown
Winchester White Sox
Bunker Hill
Clarke County
Six Month Jail Term for Vagrant Case
Harrison Clowser of 8 Cameron Street is sentenced to six months on vagrancy charges. Judge John Rice also hears Bruce D. Feltner of Route 2 Winchester fined five dollars and costs for driving without a license and Jerry G Armstrong of Route 2 Winchester pays fourteen dollars and twenty five cents for speeding.
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Harrison Clowser
Cameron Street
John Rice
Bruce D. Feltner
Route 2
Winchester
Jerry G. Armstrong
Doctor's Grandson To Play on TV Fame and Forecast
Robert Hunter Lindsey grandson of the late Dr H H McGuire of Winchester will appear at the piano on Gerry Strong's Fame and Forecast television show. The Alexandria youth will perform three selections on the program which starts at 7 p.m.
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Robert Hunter Lindsey
H. H. McGuire
Winchester
Gerry Strong
Alexandria
Boyd to Head Fire Committee
Bernard F. Groves Jr newly elected CVVFA president named John Boyd to the executive committee. Others reappointed include Kable Johnson Joseph Groft Charles Spear Robert Jacobs and Lloyd Kramer. New names add H K Carr C D Bradshaw and Elmer Koontz. Appointees were made at Greencastle Pa and the three day convention ends with a parade at 4 p m.
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Bernard F. Groves, Jr
Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen’s Association
John Boyd
National Ave
Boyd
CVVFA
Groves
Kable Johnson
Charles Town
Joseph Groft
McSherrystown
Charles Spear
Chambersburg
Robert Jacobs
Waynesboro
Lloyd Kramer
Highspire
H. K. Carr
Harrisonburg
Greencastle
Charley Rouss Fire Company
John Dunn
Stuart Dyke
James Owens
Donald Seabright
Bobby Gibbs
Hugh Hodgson
Richard Orndorff
Belgian Communist Leader Shot in Liege Home
Julien La Haut head of the Belgian Communist Party was shot dead at about 9 30 p m in a Liege suburb. Police say pro Leopoldists are responsible. La Haut, 66, led industrial Liege and had been a vocal anti monarchist who supported the republic.
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Liege
Belgium
Julien la Haut
Communist Party
LaHaut
Leopold
House of Representatives
New York Newspaper Guild Strike Tentatively Settled
The CIO American Newspaper Guild and New York World Telegram and Sun reached a tentative end to a two month strike after a 15 hour overnight bargaining session with federal mediators. Guild delegates will seek membership approval Tuesday night with picket lines continuing until then.
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New York
CIO American
Guild
New York World-Telegram
Sun
Thomas J. Murphy
States Spare Taxpayers in Most States
The Federation of Tax Administrators reports 24 states held legislatures this year with muted tax measures. Four states Kentucky Mississippi South Carolina and Texas enacted major rate increases.
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Chicago
The
Federation of Tax Administrators
Kentucky
Mississippi
South Carolina
Texas
Strange Creature Found in Ashtray at Polly's Cab Stand
Eustace Florance reports a curious bug later identified as a cricket mole found in an ashtray at Polly's Cab Stand around 8 PM. Mrs. Lawrence Lichliter discovered it, with Robert Martin Amos Schlack and Walter Fishel displaying the specimen. Winchester Research Laboratory later deemed it harmless despite its odd appearance.
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Eustace Florance
Star Office
Lawrence Lichliter
Polly
Robert Martin
Amos Schlack
Walter Fishel
Winchester Research Laboratory
Messrs
Martin, Schlack
Fishel
State Policemen May Be Deferred
Local draft boards in Virginia will decide on deferring state policemen in line with a defense council request. Mail orders set quotas for each of 129 boards and dates of September 5 and September 9 for submissions. The defense council argued the police are essential to prevent subversive activity and to withstand an atomic attack.
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Richmond
Defense Council
State Selective Service
Mrs. Massie’s Funeral Services Held
Funeral services for Mrs. Earl B. Massie were held yesterday at 4 p.m. from Jones Funeral Home with Rev. W. E. Eisenberg officiating. Burial followed in Mount Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers were Fred Teets, J. Leslie Reed, James Windle, William Teets, Clyde Allamong, and Carl Sirbaugh.
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Earl B. Massie
Jones Funeral Home
W. E. Eisenberg
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Fred Teets
J. Leslie Reed
James Windle
William Jam Teets
Clyde Allamong
Carl Sirbaugh
Israel Farmers Back Four Year Recovery Plan Push
The national conference of Israeli farmers backs the government economic recovery program and seeks to expand arable land from 700000 to 1250000 acres. The proposal targets increased agricultural capacity and future growth.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
National Conference of Israeli Farmers
How's Your I Q Answers Listed
Answers to Page 4 quiz include Robert Louis Stevenson, sons in law, nine cuts, sailor, jugular vein, bamboo, rice, 1898, false about gibbon, and Arizona.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Sons-in-law
Rice
Arizona
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D-Tex
Defense
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Glaize & Bro
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Heatwole Motor CO
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Tommy D. Lockhart
Loudoun St
Winchester Television Corp
Loudoun
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Omp
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A. F. Rees, Inc
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