Shea Abandons Bid for Winchester Gas Plant
Michael E Shea of Commonwealth Natural Gas Co. has abandoned efforts to purchase the Consumers Ut des Co. plant and distribution system in Winchester. City Solicitor James P. Reardon announced the decision after Shea said a deal could not be reached with owners. The city gas service faces a closing deadline of midnight Tuesday as crews prepare conversions to tank gas and other suppliers push sales.
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Michael E Shea
Lynchburg
Commonwealth Natural Gas Co
Gas Ponics
Lynchby
Roanoke
Petersburg
Hopewell
Consumers Utdes Co
Winchester
James P. Reardon
Shea
William Starkey
CUC
Northern Virginia Power Co
Price
Reardon
Virginia
Heat Wave Keeps Winchester Area Above 90 Degrees
Winchester endured a heat wave with afternoon temperatures around the 90s after a 94 degree minimum reported yesterday. Records show a 102 degree August 3, 1952 peak and prior days hitting 96 to 97, with many days exceeding 94 in past summers. Soaring heat kept crowds indoors and at swimming spots like Willow Lawn pool drew hundreds as forecasts expected more hot weather.
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Winchester
Laboraory
Willow Lawn Pool
The City Liked It Little Theater Days Recalled
Anne Tucker McGuire Booth recounts Winchester Little Theatre’s 20 year arc from its 1928 New York backed start to a decade of local production. She names Judy McGuire, John Finley, E. P. Browning, and many volunteers, notes past Empire Theatre talent like Elsie Janis and Fritz Leiber, and recalls the town’s amateur scene amid Winchester’s evolving stage history.
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Booth
Anne ‘Tucker McGuire
Winchester
Hunter Holmes McGuire
Handley High School
New York
Leslie Howard
Clark Gable
Anne Tucker McGuire Booth
Winchester Theatre
Judy McGuire
Hunter H. McGuire
Miss McGuire
Handley
John Finley
E. P. Browning
Little Theatre
Handley Auditorium
John Weems
Seddon Nelson
Constance Buckley
Susan Steck
Anne Elizabeth Quirk
Georgia Conrad
Captain Applejack
Outward Bound
Willie
Virginia Boyd
Arthur Field
Anne Brooke Kern
Harry Hanst
Virginia Russell
Emma Ginn Baker
Ridgely White
Anne Elizabeth Quirk Hardy
Old Empire Theatre
Capitol
Marshall Baker
Hopper
Elsie Janis
Raymond Hitchcock
Fritz Leiber
Julius Ceasar
Charlotte Walker
The
Empire
Norman Hackett
Amelia Bingham
Herry Dixey
Somerset Maugham
Circle
the Star
Hurricane heads toward Florida coast first of season
A growing tropical hurricane, the season's first, moved through the South Atlantic and aimed at Florida's East Coast. About 410 miles northeast of Turks Island, it travels northwest at 15 mph with winds near 100 mph. The Petmakis Nomikos spotted the storm, which could shift direction or intensity before reaching the mainland.
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Miami
South Atlantic
Florida
Turks Island
Bahamas
Weather Bureau
Petmakis Nomikos
Grady Norton
Railroads Seek Higher Rates on Coal and Ore
The railroads petitioned the Interstate Commerce Commission for nationwide rate increases on coal coke and iron ore. They propose 25 cents a net ton or 28 cents a gross ton for coal and coke, and 20 cents a ton for iron ore in the East and South, arguing coal and ore freight must rise with other costs. The move aims to boost annual revenue by about 140 million dollars based on 1947 traffic.
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Washington
Aus
Interstate Commerce Commission
Western envoys confer with Molotov over German crisis at Kremlin
Three Western envoys led by U S ambassador Walter Bedell Smith and including French ambassador Yves Chataigneau and British representative Frank Roberts conferred about three hours with Soviet Foreign Minister V M Molotov on the German crisis. They left the Kremlin for the British embassy at 8 05 p m and returned to their posts with hopes of a procedural agreement.
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Moscow
V. M. Molotov
Kremlin
U. S
Walter Bedell Smith
Yves Chataigneau
Frank Roberts
Weekend Heatwave Grips Nation Amid Humid Swelter
Federal forecasters warned no relief in sight as a nationwide heat wave persisted. Temperatures ranged from the 90s to over 100 in much of the heat belt from the Dakotas to New England, with humidity intensifying discomfort and early factory quit times reported in several cities. Local highs included 100.8 in New York, 102.8 at LaGuardia, 101 in Baltimore, and 101.2 in Philadelphia, while Chicago posted 96 setting a August 26 record.
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Chicago
Dakotas
New England
Mercury
Midwest
Ohio River
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
Coun
U. S. Weather Bureau
New York
la Guardia
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Tie Weather Bureau
Louisville
Columbus
Portland
Huntington
W. Va
Storage Space Shortage Hits Price of Corn
Washington reports a serious shortage of grain storage space risking farmers’ income by hundreds of millions as 3.5 billion bushels of corn near harvest. Officials warn losses from grain deterioration and price drops below government support, with loans tied to storage. If farmers lack suitable facilities they may have to sell at 15 to 25 cents below the support level of about 1.45 a bushel despite record production growth.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Pistol-Packing Lad Flees in Priest's Car
A 16 year old youth, claiming Paris Virginia as his home, stole a priest’s car from Sacred Heart Church in Winchester between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. He fled in the 1948 Suick sedan and was later spotted in Leesburg, where police recovered the vehicle. The youth was taken into custody and returned to Winchester to face auto larceny charges.
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Joseph Heye
Winchester
Suick
Leesburg
Paris
Father Heye
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
S. Loudoun St
Denny Slane
Blane
Congress Questions Right of Atheist To Radio Time
A House special committee led by Chairman Harness plans a public hearing to interpret FCC rules on atheists demanding radio time to counter religious broadcasts. The inquiry seeks clarity on whether such time could threaten religious programs or licenses, amid complaints of vague FCC rulings. The hearing targets the 1946 FCC statement guiding atheist requests and religious broadcasting.
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Congress
Washington
Harness
R-Ind
Special House
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Byrd Apple Fete Rain or Shine Tomorrow
The Byrd apple picnic goes ahead tomorrow at eleven o'clock rain or shine. Demonstrations and and food prep are underway with 2500 box lunches planned for guests from many states. If wet, the event moves to the Berryville canning plant. weather predicts sun and heat. 20 hams, 625 chickens, cupcakes and iced tea will be prepared, packed, and transported by two trucks to the site.
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Byrd
Norfolk and Western Railway
Berryville
Sue Tokes
Opequon
President Truman Plans Record Stamp Speaking Tour
President Truman prepares an unprecedented cross country speaking tour spanning the Deep South and all regions. Following Labor Day appearances in Michigan, the Detroit Cadillac Square address will be given from notes to allow forceful delivery.
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Wanderer
Truman
Turman
Michigan
Detroit
Cadillac Square
Howard McGrath
Washington
Dewey
Hiss Handwriting Expert Called To Check Title Signature
Washington August 27 congressional investigators summoned a handwriting expert to examine the signature on a 1936 Ford title once owned by Alger Hiss. Louis Budenz testified that Hiss was under communist discipline, while Hiss denied any red ties and Chambers insisted Hiss lied. The panel traced the transaction through an Austrian-born Rosen, who refused to identify the signature, and warned there may be multiple Rosens.
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Washington
Hiss Chambers
Louis Budenz
Hiss
State Department
Whitaker Chambers & Bar
House
American Activities Committee
Chambers
Illiam Rosen
William Rosen
Rosen
Austria
McDowell
R-Pa
Publc
McDowel
William Rosens
Mr. Hiss
Communist Party
Nathan Witt
Edwina Smith
Western Europe Parliament Gets U. S. Backing
The United States backed France led plan to create an all Western European parliament with advisory powers. The State Department endorsed closer integration of Western European nations and expressed sympathy for the Brussels Alliance members Britain Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
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Washington
United States
France
State Department
Europe
Britain
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Warmongering charge hurled at Soviet group
A New Yorker accuses Soviet delegates to a World Congress of Intellectals of warmongering and irresponsibility in attacking the United States. Dr. Bryan Hovde of the New School in New York challenges imperialist claims while a Russian reporter and A P Taylor of Oxford condemn the congress for hate and war. Horde, 34 American delegates, rebuts Russian attacks and defends U.S. motives and freedom. Continued on Pare 5 Col 3.
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Warsaw
Poland
World Congress of Intellectals
United States
Bryan Hovde
New School of Social Research
New York
Ilya Ehrenburg
Hovde
Russia
Congress
A. P. Taylor
Oxford
Horde
U. S
Alexander Fadiejev
U.S
America
Soviet
Soviet Union
Big Mars Flying Honolulu to Chicago
The big Navy flying boat Caroline Mars left Honolulu at 7:13 a.m. Hawaiian time for Chicago in a nonstop flight. The 8212 ton craft is expected to cover about 4200 miles in roughly 22 hours.
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Honolulu
Caroline Mars
Chicago
Republicans to Highlight Communists in Government Issue
Washington dispatch reports Republicans plan to press the communists in government issue in the upcoming campaign. Senator Revercomb of West Virginia cites the administration’s failure to purge communists from federal service and accuses Truman of diverting from cost of living concerns with investigations. The piece notes AFL backing for Neely against Revercomb and suggests Dewey will address the issue with Dulles and amid Europe developments.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Sen
Revercombe R
Truman
Congressional
Congress
AFL
Neely
Bevercomb
Matthew M. Neely
Revercomb
Russia
Demonstrations Like Hitler's Beer Hall Putsch
In Berlin on August 27 communist led demonstrators pressed into the city hall, disrupting the anti communist council and pressuring for a Soviet backed front government. Police were criticized as insufficient as crowds grew from 200 to over 2000 and a session was canceled.
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Berlin
Czechoslovakia
Hall
Suhr
Paul Markgraf
Karl Litke
SED
Socialist Unity
Five day Virginia outlook with heat and showers
A five day Virginia weather outlook for Aug 28 to Sept 1 calls for temperatures eight to ten degrees above normal and continued heat. Showers are expected Wednesday with total rainfall under a quarter inch.
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Virginia
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Western Europe
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Republican Campaign
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Renkin
Mississippi
Senate
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Stalin
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