Hurricane remnants bring rain but little damage to Virginia
The tail of a Florida hurricane drenched Winchester with 1.66 inches of rain while causing light damage elsewhere in the state. Twisters destroyed three houses in Wakefield and one farmhouse in Richmond county. Forecasters predicted clearing, less humid weather as the storm moved northeast over central Pennsylvania.
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Florida
Virginia
Winchester
Associated Press
Wakefield
Sussex County
Richmond County
Florida Gold Coast
Pennsylvania
Weather Bureau
CAA
Reliance Bee
Penn
W. R. Campbell
Ddietown Bank
Byron Brumback
West Town
E. R. Conner
Conner
Alough
Lee Whitacre
Virginia Cline
Clearbrook
North Carolina
Cline
Gore
Gorerea
Northern Virginia Or Co
Highway Department
Youth Activities Week Continues At Braddock Street
Young people from Winchester churches join Braddock Street Methodist Church in a Youth Activities Week through Thursday night. Rev. T. E. Landis of Lynchburg leads a 7 15 talk after a 6 30 buffet supper, followed by two group discussions. Dr A P Bailey spoke last night and Rainbow Ridge gardens were moved to the church hall. Assistant leaders are June Henshall and Rodney Keller with vocal duets by Jane and Sue Sowers. Shade’s Garage closes Wednesday afternoon for August 27 39 event.
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Joseph Reynolds
Youngs of
Rainbowridge Gardens
Braddock Assembly Hall
A. P. Bailey
Norfolk
Britain Faces Cripps Bevin Clash Over Dollar Crisis
London reports show Britain's Labor cabinet hurriedly reviews a 15 page plan to tackle the dollar crisis ahead of the Washington conference opening September 7. Sir Stafford Cripps and Ernest Bevin clash over approach while Canada offers mediator role amid pre conference tensions.
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Cripps-Bevin
London
Clement Atlee
Treasury
Trade and
Washington
Sir Stafford Cripps
Ernest Bevin
Foreign Office
New York
Mauretania
Sir Stafford
Bevin
Sabath Names Army Engineers Top Target in Lobby Probe
Rep. Sabath accuses the Army Engineers of being the number one target in a prospective congression al lobbying probe. He calls for a special seven member House committee to investigate lobbying and notes rising registration and spending by lobbyists. He predicts quick House action after recess, with possible Senate involvement.
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Army Engineers No
Washington
D-Ill
Army Engineers
House Rules Committee
House
Senate
Rayburn
D-Tex
Senate House
Wage Rate Upped On Hospital Job In Winchester
The U S Labor Department final wage scale for the Winchester hospital project increases rates for roofers sheet metal workers stone masons and tile setters. Bids on the hospital addition are due September 7 with ten general contractors including English Construction Co of Altavista Va. expected to submit bids.
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Winchester Hospital
U.S. Department of Labor
Labor Department
Veterans Apply For WW2 Insurance Dividend Forms In Winchester
On dividend application day about 400 forms were handed out to local ex GIs at the Winchester post office as 16 million veterans prepare to share in a 2800 million payout starting next January. The effort is aided by the VFW post at Kurtz furniture store and the American Legion office with expected city and county payments exceeding 400 000 to 140 per veteran on average. Beneficiaries of deceased policy holders will receive checks via a different system and should not apply.
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Winchester
National Service Life
Richard Eddy
VFW Post
Kurtz Furniture
Albert Blake Pingley
R. 3
Army Ordnance
American Legion
Explorers Climb Ararat in Ark Search
Five Americans led by Dr Aaron J Smith climb Mount Ararat on the Turko Russian border to locate Noahs ark summit. Accompanied by Turks, the party includes Walter Wood Wendell Ogg E J Newton and AP correspondent Edwin Greenwald. Russians allege the mission masks spying.
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Turkey
Mount Ararat
Mt. Ararat
Aaron J. Smith
Greensboro
Walter Wood
Sea Cliff, Long Is
Steel Fact-finders Get Ten More Days for Report
The Truman administration extended the steel industry fact-finding board deadline to September 10 as evidence submission ran over. The 60 day truce deadline remains September 14 with parties likely to decide quickly on the panel’s recommendations. Union seeks 30 cent hourly raise plus 12.5 cent raise and benefits.
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New York
Truman
Carroll R. Daugherty
CIO Steelworkers Union
Drivers Summoned In 2 Accidents Over Weekend
Two weekend crashes near Winchester caused about 645 in property damage and led to court summons for two drivers. Roy Franklin Fisher 22 of Winchester faces a DUI charge after a 9 pm Saturday sideswipe near the Winchester Drive In. Austin Eugene Dyke 21 of Grimes was charged with reckless driving after a 5:30 pm Sunday collision on US 50 four miles south of Winchester.
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Winchester
Roy Franklin Fisher
W. Erle Edwards
James W. Kincaid
Fisher
Philip Strawderman
Benjamin Franklin Strawderman
Winchester Drive-in
U. 8
S. R. 50
Austin Eugene Dyke
Grimes
Kincaid
Charles E. Monin
Lewistown
N. Y
Wesley H. Clay
Washington
Clay
Monin
Shirley Highway Opening Set for Early Next Week
The Henry G. Shirley memorial highway in Fairfax county will open to passenger traffic September 6 if weather permits. Initial use will be the southbound lane for two days over 173 miles from Woodbridge to the Pentagon, with seven miles of northbound section still unbuilt and a 55 mph legal limit despite a 70 mph design.
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Richmond
Henry G. Shirley
Fairfax County
Washington
State Highway Department
Woodbridge
Pentagon
Highway Department
Shirley
Virginia
Tito's Liquidation Rumors Stir in Berlin
Western intelligence reports claim Soviet Russia may attempt to liquidate Premier Marshal Tito within six months through assassination or a Russian inspired revolt. Belgrade denies troop moves while Yugoslavia asserts Russia has no right to block Danube gunboats and calls rumors unfounded.
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Soviet
Russia
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Germany
Tito
Moscow
Europe
Belgrade
Istrian
Danube
Senate Units Approve European Arms Aid Retooling Funds
Senate foreign relations and armed services panels vote 11 to 9 to allow use of $1.45 billion in arms aid for European factories. The plan funds tools equipment and raw materials to boost weapons production, with opposition arguing for a broader defense council oversight. General Omar Bradley backs the approach as economical.
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Senate
Truman
Connally
D-Tex
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D-Md
Arms Services Committee
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Defense Council
Dulles
RNY
Western
Europe
U.S
Omar Bradley
Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Polio Infection Rate Declines Across Nation
The 1949 polio cases exceed 19 500 nationwide but new infections show slackening. About 3900 cases from Aug 18 to 27 mark a 20 percent drop from the prior nine day period. Declines are reported in six states including Alabama Arkansas Illinois Kansas Maine and North Dakota with Illinois at 1502 cases and 111 deaths this year.
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Associated Press
Alabama
Arkansas
Illinois
Kansas
Maine
North Dakota
Truman Pledges Aid To Britain In World Crisis
President Truman promised full American cooperation to Britain and offered mutual concessions as Britain faced a financial crisis. He spoke at the American Legion convention about world recovery, warning of Soviet hostility and the risks of global economic disruption. Continued on Page 10, Col. 4.
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Truman
Philadelphia
Britain
Russia
Washington
The
American Legion
Senate Defeats Cut on Truman Appropriations Rider
In Washington on August 29 the Senate rejected a 5 to 10 percent savings rider for the Truman administration. The vote to suspend rules fell 48 to 29, failing to reach the needed two thirds. The armed services appropriations bill, totaling about 14.8 billion dollars, then passed.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Legion Convention Seeks US Policy in Far East
The American Legion opens its 31st annual convention in Philadelphia with anti-communist policy as the top issue. Delegates, about 6500, weigh 1000 reforms and debate China policy including a western Pacific defense line. Internal disputes surface over leadership and finances as the four day meeting begins.
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Legion Convention
Far East
Philadelphia
American Legion
China
Legion
Foreign Relations and Security (Armed Forces
U.S China
Erle Cocke
Dawson
Legion’s
National Security Commission
Truman
Cocker
U. S
Japan
Alaska
Philippines
Probers Prepare To Quiz Vaughan On Influence
Senator Mundt plans to question Maj Gen Harry Vaughan about authority at the White House as the inquiry on influence peddling nears a climax with Vaughan set to testify. Mundt and colleagues seek details on Vaughan's use of President Truman's name to aid a 1945 military plane trip and other related incidents.
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Senator Mundt
R-Sd
Harry H. Vaughan
White House
Mundt
Truman
Vaughan
James V. Hunt
Smith
Munt
Justice Department
Hunt
Roger @. White
Paul D Grindle
Massachusetts
General Vaughan
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