Virginia Democrats to Support Truman Ticket in Virginias Electors
Virginia Democratic leaders indicate no official bolt. G Alvin Massenburg says central committee will meet after Labor Day, keeping 11 electors aligned with the Truman Barkley ticket unless new instructions are issued before September 2. Law requires 60 day notice before the election for elector instructions. Names certified to the state board include Truman Barkley slate. Robertson supports Truman. Byrd and Tuck have not committed.
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Richmond
G. Alvin Massenburg
Hampton
Virginia
Massenburg
Democratic Central Committee
Nnew
Truman-Barkley
Central Committee
Philadelphia
Edwin Cox
State Democratic Committee
State Board of Elections
Democratic Party
Truman
Senator Barkley
Barkley
Dorothy Vredenburgh
Martin A. Hutchinson
Democrats
Tuck
United States
Harry F. Byrd
A Williss Robertson
Moore Appointed to Advise on ECA Fruit Exports
E. Blackburn of Clarke County, a leading Virginia deciduous fruit grower, joins a Horticultural Advisory Committee on Foreign Trade. Appointed by the Production and Marketing Administration, the group aids the ECA director on program operations affecting fruit exports.
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Moore
ECA
E. Blackburn
Clarke County
Virginia House of Delegates
Iay
U. S. Department of Aggiculture
Food and Agriculture Division
Economic Cooperation Administration
Slain Loan Firm Head Hired Killer, Suspect Claims
Emporia Kansas August report says city finance chief Herbert J. Kindred offered truck driver $1000 to kill him to prevent debts. Gayer, 29, charged with murder, denies involvement. Kindred’s body found with three bullet wounds. losses to creditors may reach $750,000. firm seeks receivership.
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Loan Co
Herbert J. Kindred
City Finance Corp
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Kindred
H. C. Davis
William E. Gayer
Lou Richter
Gayer
Spy Probe Sets Stange for Hiss To Face Accuser
Congressional spy probers questioned a maid, three auto firm officials, and ex Communist Louis Budenz as groundwork was laid for Alger Hiss and Whittaker Chambers to face each other. Chambers and Hiss have given largely opposite accounts of a prewar Soviet underground link.
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Stange
Hiss
Washington
Congressional
Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
U S Aviators Die in Berlin Airlift Crash
Two American C 47 planes collided near Ravotzhusen Germany while returning from Berlin to Wiesbaden. Four crewmen were killed with flames hindering recovery. The planes belonged to the 60th Troop Carrier Group on the Berlin airlift mission.
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U. S
Ravotzhausen
Germany
Berlin
Frankfurt
Wiesbaden
60Th
Air Force
Tempelhof
U. S. Air Force
Europe
City County Draft Boards Completed
Gov. Tuck recommended Edward W. Braithwaite of Cross Junction for the Freder ick county draft board to complete a three member county panel. He also named Dr. George H. Smith Dr. B. M. Knight and Dr. William P. Mc Guire as medical advisers and adviser for the county board. Joint offices open Monday at 40 Rouss Ave with Mrs. Elizabeth Snider as clerk. registration begins the same day.
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Tuck
Edward W. Braithwaite
Cross Junction
Frederick County
Cricket in Ear Backs Out at Hospital Door
Mrs Walter Bowen of 21 W Clifton Street was en route to Memorial hospital when the cricket in her ear suddenly backed out as she prepared to exit. The insect had its leg removed by neighbor Mrs Russell Williams using a bobby pin during an attempt to extract it.
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Walter Bowen
W. Clifford St
Memorial Hospital
Russell Williams
Chicago County Hospital
Pamela Lamphere
Frank Lamphere
Irene Lamphere
Contrary Cow Shot: Farmer Sent to Jail
Melvin McKee of White Hall was found guilty in Trial Justice court of firing on a cow owned by his mother. He received two months of a 12 month sentence and a disorderly conduct charge was held pending. A shotgun wound to the cow was deemed not serious.
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Melvin McKee
White Hall
Trial
Justice Court
Erle Edwards
McKee
Charles S. Milton
DeHaven
Thomas Scully
Mrs Burke Taken To State Farm for Rifle Slaying
Louise Burke of Star Tannery was sent to the State farm for women in Goochland Virginia after a Frederick circuit court jury sentenced her to five years penitentary for the rifle slaying of Paul Berry an ex serviceman from Rochester New York. She left the local jail in a cheerful mood at noon after being held since last April.
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Louise Burke
Star Tannery
Frederick
Paul Berry
Rochester
N. Y
State Farm
Goochland
Red Cross Plans Life Saving Classes at Willow Pool
The Red Cross with Willow Lewns pool and instructors James and Dan Saxe will run 10 day junior and senior life saving classes starting Monday. Junior 2 to 4 pm, seniors 4 to 6 pm. Ages 12-15 for juniors, 16 and up for seniors. Special member pricing. Register by Saturday through Willow Lawn pool or the Red Cross office.
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The
Red Cross
Willow Lewns Swimming Pool
James
Dan Saxe
Willow Lawn Pool
Red Cross Office
Oak Hill Estate Open to Viewers
LEESBURG August 24 A Oak Hill estate and its 20 room mansion once home to President James Monroe was opened to the public before auction after U S deputy marshals seized it from 70 year old owner Frank C Littleton to thwart foreclosure on the 1725 acre property.
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Leesburg
Oak Hill
James Monroe
U. S
Frank C. Littleton
Western Envoys in Talks with Stalin Reach General Agreement Area
Western Envoys and Soviet officials announced a general area of agreement after a four hour forty minute meeting with Prime Minister Stalin in Moscow. U S ambassador Walter Bedell Smith said more meetings would follow as negotiations move toward lifting the Berlin land blockade and advancing Four Power talks on Germany.
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antUevet
Moscow
Russia
Stalin
U. S
Walter Bedell Smith
Kremlin
Berlin
Germany
Europe
Dulles Denounces Soviet Peace Tactics at World Council
John Foster Dulles told the World Council of Churches in Amsterdam that Communist policy promotes a false peace while rejecting real peace. He warned that coercion and class struggle replace principle and urged vigilance as Western leadership faces rising challenges. A Czech theologian cautioned that Western dominance is fading and underdogs rise.
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Amsterdam
The
Netherlands
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Assembly of the World Council of Churches
Thomas E. Dewey
Council
Joseph L. Hromadka
Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren
Hromadka
Virginia 3-year-old bitten by copperhead recovers after serum
A three year old girl from near Leesburg Virginia named Clara Carbaugh was bitten twice by a copperhead at her farm home and received serum from the National Zoo. She was reported recovering today.
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Washington
Virginia
National Zoo
Clara Carbaugh
Leesburg
Local History Chairs in Frederick County 1755 Memorandum Named Leaders
A memorandum in James Wood Sr. papers lists chair owners in Frederick County in 1755 amid Bradcock's campaign. Named owners include Rt Hon Lord Fairfax John Hite Marquis Calmes and James Wood who was long time clerk. Chairs were two wheeled carriages and rare in the Valley.
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Frederick
James Wood
Winchester
Frederick Co
Bradcock
Lord Fairfax
John Hite
Marquis Calmes
Frederick Court
E.W. Hart
Valley of
Virginia
Radiation Fire Against Fire Protects Bone Marrow
Five Chicago scientists at the International Congress of Hematology report that inducing anemia before radiation prevented bone marrow damage in animals. They bled subjects or used a drug to create anemia, then exposed them to x rays or neutrons, finding protected marrow and quicker recovery. Further work will show applicability to humans.
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Buffalo
Chicago
Jacobson
Russian Woman Teacher to Talk To Newsmen
Mrs Oksana Kasenkina a 52 year old Russian school teacher recovering at Roosevelt Hospital agreed to answer 13 questions from reporters about her experiences with the Soviet consulate and her leap from a third floor window.
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New York
Oksana Kasenkina
Wday
Roosevelt Hospital
32 Million Going To School College In September
The Office of Education projects a national fall enrolment near 32,000,000 with grammar schools at 22,797,000, high schools 6,270,000 and colleges 2,500,000. Total increase 760,000 mainly in grammar and high schools as ex-GIs drop to about 45 percent of college enrolment.
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Washington
Office of Education
Ex-GlIs
Four Opening Rounds Slated in Winchester Open Tennis
The Winchester Open at Rouss Park begins with four opening round matches in the upper and lower brackets. Players Kellam Holland Ritter Clevenger and Knode Miller Carpenter Marks and others vie while several competitors receive byes. Commissioner Briggs hopes first and second round games finish by Sunday as the tourney runs to September 3.
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Rouss Park
Frank Kellam
Howard A. Holland
John Ritter
Marshall Clevenger
Jack Knode
Jim Miller
Dick Carpenter
C. P. Marks
Dr. Carrington Harrison
Frank Anderson
D. M. Kremer
Ed Clevenger
Rudy Evans
Byrd Heads to National Tax and Fiscal Meeting in Chicago
Senator Byrd departed for Chicago to attend the Joint Committee on Federal-State tax and fiscal policy conference at Edgewater Beach hotel. He represents the Senate Finance Committee, with Gov. Tuck joining as a member of the governors’ conference executive committee to discuss better coordination of federal and state tax activities.
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Byrd
Chicago
Joint
She
Edgewater Beach
Tomarv
Senate Finance Committee
Tuck
Five Day Virginia Weather Outlook Turns Warmer then Cooler
The forecast covers August 25 to 29 with temperatures about six degrees above normal and rainfall around one third inch. Expect warm conditions early in the period, then a cooling trend toward the end, with showers likely Friday or Saturday.
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Virginia
Elections Squelched In Eastern Germany
Berlin reports by Teleprompter that Soviet commander Sokolovsky blocked fall community elections in the Russian zone for one year. The move faces protests from non communist parties including the Christian Democrats and Liberal Democrats who demanded a vote. The Soviet zone remains under SED control amid economic strains and a push for Ruhr coal.
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Berlin
Vassily D. Sokolovsky
Sokolovsky
Christian Democrats
Liberal Democrats
Soviet Zone
Socialist Unity Party
SED
Jeaders
Ruhr
Germany
Moscow
Winchester Gas Plant Future Hangs On Franchise Bid
Prospect of continued gas service in Winchester hinges on the sale of Consumers Utilities Co. plant as Michael E Shea of Commonwealth Natural Gas Co. seeks to operate without interruption. Council members and residents weigh bids and regulatory approvals, with a formal franchise presentation expected soon.
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Winchester
Consumers Utilities Co
Michael Ebshea
Lynchburg
Commonwealth Natural Gas Co
Roanoke
Petersburg
Hopewell
Fred L. Glaize
W. P. McGuire
Leonard Sirbaugh
Percy Miller
Alan Peery
Lee Coble
Fred Brumback
Lee Miller
Lee Grant
James Reardon
C. C. McVicar
CUC
Shea
Be Be Bureau
Es Am
Reardon
Tae Guo Sieenan
Fred L Glaize
W. Cork St
Winchester System
Winchester Gas Company
Stone and Webster Service Corp
New York
James Owen Watts Jr
Caskie, Frost, da
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Chambers
Joseph Cherner
Samash
Henry Gertler
Cherner
Louis Budenz
Communist Party
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