Western Germany to double steel output in American British zone
The United States and Great Britain approve a revised level of industry plan for Western Germany. The plan sets annual steel production at about 10.7 million ingot tons in the U S and British zones with exports up about 15 percent from 1936 levels. It aims to aid economic rehabilitation of Europe while easing burden on Western Allied taxpayers.
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Berlin
Germany
United States
Great Britain
U. S
Lusius D. Clay
Sholto Douglas
Britain
France
London
Russia
Clay - Douglas
Europe
Five Day Virginia Weather Forecast With Mild Weekend Warmth
The Virginia forecast calls for a cool weekend with a rise in temperatures by Tuesday and Wednesday. Expect temperatures 1 to 3 degrees above normal and showers late Sunday and Monday totaling about a quarter inch.
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Virginia
Race Tickets Earnings Revealed in Divorce Trial
Victor W. Nielsen testified in a San Francisco divorce case that over two years he spent 311000 on parimutuel race tickets from an original 4500 capital and made a profit of 26.41. He displayed a betting ledger to counter claims of squandering family funds.
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San Francisco
Victor W. Nielsen
Nielsen
United States proposes four power Korea talks in Washington
The United States urges a four power conference with Britain, Russia, and China to speed Korean independence. Washington proposes talks to end the Russia United States deadlock on a provisional government and begin Sept. 8 discussions in Washington. The note denies Molotov's charge of oppression in the U.S. zone of Korea.
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Washington
United States
Moscow
Korea
Britain
Russia
China
Molotov
Marshall
Bullfighter Manuel Rodriguez Dies After Bullring Goring
Linares Spain Aug 29 Manuel Rodriguez famed matador died from wounds after being gored in the groin by a bull in the ring yesterday He nevertheless killed the bull before collapsing from loss of blood
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Linares
Spain
Manuel Rodriguez
Wheat at New High in Winchester Market
Wheat with moisture not over 14 percent delivered in Winchester sold for 2.27 dollars per bushel, the season’s highest price, according to the Southern States Winchester Service office. The quotation rose 2 cents from the previous level.
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Winchester
Winchester Service Office
Northern Virginia beauty pageant to attract 3000 at Berryville
Fashion show event by Clarke county Lions draws about 3000 spectators at Berryville horse show grounds. Miss Northern Virginia I contestants from six counties will parade on a special platform with evening gowns, followed by a Queen's ball at Berryville community building.
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Northern Virginia
Berryville
John Hardesty
Clarke County Lions
Apple Land Band
Charles Town
Philip Hunter
Jane Lee Seiler
Baltimore
Winchester
Old Dominion
Wayne Spaid
Ralph Pugh
Eugene Russell, Jr
Dick Owens
Anne Butler
H. W. Butler
Peter
Virginia
Clarke County
Butler
Handley
Hugh Peters
Wanted at Once for Waitress Position at Chanticleer Inn
Classified notice seeking a colored woman between 18 and 30 for permanent waitress work at the Chanticleer Inn, apply to A. L. Coble. Also a fire company notice for SOUTH END FIRE CO monthly meeting on Monday evening in September at 8 p.m. urged attendance. signed by Captain Harry Rainsberger Jr.
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A. L. Coble
Chanticleer Inn
Harry Rainsberger, Jr
Yard Party at Mount Hope Church Lawn Saturday
Community notice announces a yard party at Mount Hope Church lawn on Saturday September 6 starting at 6 pm. Also lists a plant closure on Monday September 1 and a sale of good canning tomatoes by E Babb of Millwood Ave with engagement ahead and bring containers.
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Mount Hope Church Lawn
oPer Ee Marketing Coop., Inc
Co. E. Babb
Millwood Ave
Hemisphere Aggression Pact Praised as Model by U S Senate
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan declared the inter American defense treaty a landmark regional effort toward peace and security. He said the pact would provide the United Nations a clear model for cooperation between big and small states and commended the Pan American Union’s work since 1890. An Argentine amendment proposing limits on consultation drew accusations of restricting the right to consult.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Sen. Vandenberg
R-Mich
Brazil
Truman
Michigan
Acceitanainhs
U. S
United Nations
Pan American Union
Vandenberg
Quintandinha
Inter - American Conference Committee
Sen. Vandenburg
Hitchhikers Sought in Slaying of Arlington Couple
Omaha police hunted two hitchhikers in army uniforms for questioning in the slaying of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. May both 22 of Arlington Virginia. The couple’s car was found with a bloodstained interior elsewhere in the city. The Mays had been visiting Colorado and were en route home to Alexandria where May’s father is a bus company general manager.
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Omaha
R. L. May
Arlington
May
Lulu
Colorado
Alexandria
Sugar From Sawdust Reported By Japanese Agency
Tokyo reports that a Japanese forestry products chemical assay claims success in producing sugar from sawdust. A plant is under construction south of Tokyo. The agriculture and forestry ministry confirms the finding saying the sugar is slightly less sweet than cane sugar.
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Tokyo
Japanese Forestry Products Chemical Assay
Agriculture and Forestry Ministry
Retail Sales Up Across Week and Year
Dun and Bradstreet reports retail sales for the week ending Wednesday rose slightly from the prior week and ranged 2 to 6 percent higher than the same week last year. Notices announce Aerie No. 824 Fraternal Order of Eagles initiation and 43rd anniversary events at Sarah Zane Fire Hall with 44 candidates and state and Grand Aeries speakers. Labor Day closings indicated for Winchester Abbatoir and Locker Plant, plus local ads for radios, peaches, a V F W yard party, and pie or cake donations.
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New York
Dun and Bradstreet
Aerie No
Order of Eagles
Sarah Zane Fire Hall
Winchester City
Eisenhower Assures Legion No Immediate Global War Threat
General Dwight D. Eisenhower told American Legionnaires in New York that no immediate global war is likely, but the United States must stay strong to deter aggression. He warned against deliberate provocation and urged readiness to meet any long term consequences of war, while praising unified armed forces for flexibility.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
American Legionnair
United States
Eisenhower
A Bomb Blast Slowed For Power Production
The Atomic Energy Commission announced a tame atomic bomb for research into power from nuclear fission. A new type of chain reactor or pile uses high energy fast neutrons to fission plutonium. It has operated at low power since last November at Los Alamos, providing a more intense fast neutron source than previous facilities.
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Los Alamos
N. M
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
Norris’ ’. Bradbury
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
New Mexico
Bradbury
Congress Faces Foreign Aid Decision Next Year
Chairman Dirksen said Congress must choose next year between bolstering world freedom or strengthening at home by limiting Europe aid. The special committee will study military and economic conditions in Europe and the Near East as part of an appropriations and armed services probe.
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Washington
Dirksen
House
Congress
Europe
Appropriations and
Armed Services Committees
Near
Middle East
U. S
Unified Defense Positions Filled By President
President Truman named Maj. Gen. William H. Draper Jr. as undersecretary of war and announced five other key moves in the planned defense unification. Draper will become undersecretary of the army when unification takes effect next month.
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Unified Defense
Washington
Truman
William H. Draper
Scarsdale
N. Y
Draper
Lucius Clay
Kenneth Royall
Army
Armed Services Unification
Navy
James V. Forrestal
Defense
White House
Defense Establishment
Forrestal
Arthur M. Hill
Charleston
W. Va
Atlantic Greyhound Corp
National Security Resources Board
Sidney W. Souers
Dayton
National Security Council
Central
Atlanta
St. Louis
Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter
Central Intelligence Agency
Thomas J. Hargrave
Eastman Kodak Co
Munitions Board
Alfred M. Gruenther
Platte Center
Nebr
Omaha
Joint Staff
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Farben Board Knew Their Aid Vital To Hitler
In Nuremberg on August 29 the American War Crimes Court heard prosecutors present documents from I G Farben executives claiming Hitler could not wage war without their help. FarbEN leaders said Goering launched a vast rearma ment drive in 1936 and they supported it. Defendants including Heinrich Buetefisch and Georg Von Schnitzler were cited in statements about reliance on Farben production and the dangerous rearma ment situation. The third day focused on this docu mentary evidence as court adjourned to Tuesday.
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Nuremburg
Germany
I. G. Parden Industry
German Chemical Trust
Hitler
Farben
Hermann Goering
Goering
Sahe
I. G
Georg von Schnitzler
Trust
Fryers and Roasting Chickens Offer Freshly Killed Poultry
Freshly killed fryers and roasting chickens offered by B and Poultry Co with free delivery. Phone contact listed as 5231.
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Poultry CO
Labor Day Observances And Local Openings In Winchester
Legal holiday note from Farmers & Merchants National Bank Winchester Va states banking will be closed on Labor Day September 1. The Woolen Shop on 304 South Braddock St opens Tuesday September featuring woolens and knitting supplies with daily hours 10 am to 5 pm. Picnic and yard party at Grove Community Hall Route 600 Mountain Falls Va on Labor Day at 2 pm with refreshments chicken dinner and games. public invited.
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Farmers & Merchants National Bank
Winchester
South Braddock St
Fleischer
Grove Community Hall
Route 600
Mountain Falls
Staples Moves to Bench as Apperson Atty General and King to SCC
Governor Tuck announced Harvey B. Apperson to succeed A. P. Staples as attorney general and W. Narshall King as SCC member, filling vacancies after Staples' appointment to the Virginia Supreme Court. Apperson’s term runs to mid 1950s with assembly election for attorney general. King’s term to February 1952. King is Fredericksburg mayor and attorney.
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Richmond
Tuck
Harvey B. Apperson
State Corporation Commission
A. P. Staples
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
W. Narshall King
Fredericksburg
Apperson
SCC
Wildcat Strike Halts Eleven British Coal Mines
London dispatch reports at least 11 mines idled amid wildcat strikes threatening Yorkshire coal fields. The National Coal Board dismissed strikers after they refused to return to work. unions urge reemployment while fuel shortage fears rise.
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London
Yorkshire
Labor Party
Harald
union-Nation Coal Board Committee
National Coal Board
British Coal
National Union of Mine Workers
Grimethorpe
Will Lawther
Sarah Zane Pumper In Charles Town Parade Tomorrow
The Sarah Zane Fire Co. 500 gallon pumper from Charles Town will compete in the West Virginia Firemen's Assn parade starting at 2 p.m. Prizes of 150 and 75 dollars await for best appearing line of march. Winchester truck riders include Lee Brown and George Sumption with a color guard of Jack Jones Archie Conner Donald Jones John Rodman Albert Taylor Sonny Campbell. The program also notes a prior second prize of 100 dollars at Cumberland Valley parade and Park baseball team action at 4 30 p.m.
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Sarah Zane Fire Co
West Virginia Firemen’s Assn
Charles Town
Winchester
Lee Brown
George Sumption
Jack Jones
Archie Conner
Donald Jones
John Rodman
Albert Taylor
Sonny Campbell
Cumberland Valley Volunteer Fireman
Waynesboro
Park
Town Legion
Typhoon Near Formosa Attacks Batan Islands Border
A typhoon with winds up to two miles per hour was approaching Formosa today after striking the Batan islands north of the Philippines. The U S weather bureau reported the storm as it neared Formosa.
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Tokyo
Formosa
Batan Islands
Philippines
U. S
Real Estate Board Prepares Defense
The National Association of Real Estate Boards calls for facts and figures from its 916 affiliates as it prepares to defend against a federal indictment. Government lawyers and association attorneys met with the Washington Real Estate board to discuss procedures and hearing schedules. Secretary Herbert A. Nelson said the group will seek delays to obtain data from affiliated boards.
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Washington
National Assn. Real Estate Board
Association
Washington Real A
Justice Department
Herbert A. Nelson
NAREB
Greek Cabinet Crisis Reaches Seventh Day in Athens
Amb. Lincoln MacVeagh and Griswold urge Demetrios Maximos to accept premiership as Greek cabinet formation stalls. Opposition cites incompetence amid ongoing military actions in the north with reports of a new offensive by the Third army corps near Salonika and Mt Paikon.
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Athens
U. 5
Lincoln MacVeagh
United States
Dwight P. Griswold
U.S
MacVeazh
Griswold
Demetrios Maximos
Paul
MacVeagh
Ence
Napoleon Zervas
Sone
George Papandreou
Zervas
George Stratos Maximos
Third Army
Mount Paikon
Salonika
Mount Vermion
Tsaldaris
Maximos
George Sophocles Venizelos
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Porter Austin
Capon Springs
J. Edwin Nell
Walter Edwards
Opal June Schuller
Leonard Wright
Kern Motor Co
Gayle Gregg
Molden Electric Co
Charles Reely
Middletown
Palace Hotel
Betty Boden
See Flour Mill
Patricia Way
South End Fire CO
Vandenburg
Hunt
Sugar
Sawdust
M. C
Bailey and Goodman
N. Loudoun St
Elberta and
Hales
West Boscawen
City Plaza
V. PF. W. Building Fund
V. PF. W
S. G. Miler
Legion
Hill Security
Farben Board
Heinrich Buetefisch
Farbenindustrie
Staples
King
Senate
Roanoke Bar Assa
American Legion
SSC
Lawther
Coal Board
Sarah Zane Pumper
Real Estate Board
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