Dangerous Gamble To Ease Up Now On Foreign Aid Warns Connally
Senator Connally warned in the Senate that easing up on foreign aid would be a dangerous gamble. He urged continuing the $7.535 billion aid program with a push now to finish in about three years and then ease off, while Moody argued the amount was too small and slow. General Bradley cautioned that predicting Soviet moves is dangerous.
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Senate
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Foreign Relations Committee
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D-Mich
Congress
U.S
Omer Bradley
Russia
Kremlin
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Red Trade Curb Bill Passes Senate
The Senate approved a bill to curb U S aid to nations shipping strategic materials to Russia and allies. Some Republicans said it does not go far enough. The measure, backed by the administration, now goes to the House after minor changes.
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Washington
Senate
U. S
Russia
Dirksen
Illinois
House
Army experiments with flying saucers for supply drops
Army reports disc shaped synthetic rubber containers drop from 400 to 2000 feet without leaking five gallon liquids. On ground they stretch then rebound and settle near contact point. Also contains community notices and local ads about peaches and club meeting.
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Washington
Berryville Pike
President orders Arlington burial for denied Winnebago soldier
President Truman directed the Army to arrange a burial for Sgt. John R. Rice at Arlington National Cemetery if the family agrees. Rice, a Winnebago Indian, was blocked from Sioux City cemetery burial because of race, prompting national action to honor his service in World War II and Korea.
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Washington
Truman
Sioux City
Arlington National Cemetery
Mr. Truman
John R. Rice
Harry H. Vaughan
Arlington Cemetery
Sioux City Memorial Park
Rice
First Cavalry Division
Capehart Blasts Truman Over Economic Controls Dispute
Senator Capehart accuses President Truman of hitting below the belt and misrepresenting facts to shift blame for high prices. He spoke as Senate Banking Committee prepares hearings on eliminating three worst provisions of the new controls law amid a Republican bill to back the President with accountability if inflation remains unchecked.
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Washington
Capehart
R-Ind
Truman
Congress
Senate
Senate Banking Committee
Vften
Flaon
Flag to Be Lowered For Soldier Burials
Postmaster Carl L. Campbell has authorization to half-staff the U S flag on days when burials of returned veterans from Korea theatres are held. Local cemetery superintendents should notify Campbell Johnston or Taylor the day before such burials. relatives need not notify.
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Carl L. Campbell
Post Office Department
United States
Korea
Campbell
Wilbur Johnston
J. Howard Taylor
U S Popularity In Europe at Low Ebb Says Bishop
The Senior American Episcopal bishop in Europe Rt. Rev. J I Blair says US popularity in Europe is at a low ebb. He cites resentment over loans and pressure to defend themselves. Blair sails aboard the liner America to Geneva headquarters.
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Europe
New York
America
J. I. Blair
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Geneva
Switzerland
Net Farm Incomes May Equal 1947 Record
Washington reports American net farm income this year may nearly match the 1947 peak of 17.8 billion dollars. Farm land values rose a record five percent in the four months ending July 1 and could stay high in most areas rest of the year, with values up 17 percent from July 1, 1950 including improvements.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Berryville-Boyce Road Job Approved
The State Highway Commission awarded a 231000 dollar contract to Echols Brothers of Staunton to widen and resurface 3.2 miles of Route 12 in Clarke County south of Berryville. Federal funding requires U.S. Bureau of Public Roads approval before work starts.
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State Highway Commission
Clarke County
Berryville
Boyce
Echols Brothers
Staunton
J. R. Thomas
Luray
Buckmarsh Street
Thomas
Annual Policeman's Picnic This Evening
The Winchester Police Department hosts its annual picnic at Ritter's Cabin on the Shenandoah River this evening. Town, county and city officers and city firemen will handle municipal duties during the event.
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Winchester Police Department
Ritter
Shenandoah River
Child Hit by Automobile on Route 50 Last Night
Eight year old Jacqueline Marie Fontaine of Paris Virginia is hospitalized at Winchester Memorial after being struck on Route 50 about one mile east of the Shenandoah River Bridge near Winchester around 7 PM. State Trooper J H Wood Jr said she ran into the highway and was hit by a car driven by A W Shannon sustaining a left arm fracture and body bruises.
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Jacqueline Marie Fontaine
Paris
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Shenandoah River Bridge
Winchester
J. H. Wood, Jr
A. W. Shannon
U S Casualties 81 422 Increase Since Last Week
U S battle casualties in Korea rose to 81 422 today, an increase of 416 since last week, according to defense officials.
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Washington
U. S
Korea
Protest Denied by Harridge Over Yankee Win
Will Harridge, president of the American League, denied Chicago White Sox protest of a New York Yankees victory on July 27 due to rain. The Yellow Cab operates under new management with open hours 6 A.M. to 12 P.M. in a separate item. Local help wanted notices follow for a Shenandoah Valley dry cleaning plant.
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Chicago
Will Harridge
American League
Chicago White Sox
New York Yankee
Yellow Cab
Leroy Franklin
Dial
Shenandoah Valley
Harrisonburg
Tobin Defends Bill of Rights Against Senate Slander
Secretary of Labor Maurice J. Tobin told the Veterans of Foreign Wars in New York that slander in the privileged sanctuary of the Senate must be proven or face libel action. He warned the Senate is not a fortress to shield libel and urged concrete evidence for charges.
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New York
Maurice J. Tobin
U. S. Senate
United States
Senate
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Tobin
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
McCarthy
James J. Davis, Jr
Pennsylvania
Senate xxx
Democracy
Actor Robert Walker Dies at 32 in Hollywood
Robert Walker, 32, famed for shy guy wartime roles, died at home after treatment for emotional distress. Dr. Hacker said Walker lapsed into a coma after a sedative, with Dr. Sidney Silver assisting. Walker’s former wife Jennifer Jones is flying to be with him. their two sons were visiting. Born 1919 in Salt Lake City, his film credits include See Here Private Hargrove and Since You Went Away.
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Robert Walker
Frederick J. Hacker
Walker
Sidney Silver
Hacker
Jennifer Jones
David O. Selznick
New York
Miss Jones
Menninger Clinic
Topeka
Kan
Private Hargrove
Tokyo
Salt Lake City
Utah
Horace Walker
The
Desert Evening News
Cinderella
Bernadette
Jennifer
Commerce Unit to Take Over Crime Investigation
The Senate Commerce Committee tentatively decided to take over the crime probe begun last year by a special investigative group. It met in a closed session to decide how far the national probe into underworld activities should extend.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Crusade Against Crime
Six U S Soldiers Drown in Korea On Imjin River
In Munsan Korea six U S soldiers drowned when their truck stalled and overturned amid a swift Imjin River surge. Sixty eight allied soldiers were rescued today after river flooding stranded them. 14 saved after six hours on a broken pontoon bridge. The group aboard the truck belonged to the 24th Division returning to UN lines.
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Korea
U. S
Imjin
Here
United Nations
Contract Awarded for Route 522 Bridge Near Gainesboro
The State Highway Commission announced a $98 322 contract to Faulconer Construction Company for a new 215 foot concrete bridge over Back Creek on US Route 522 just west of Gainesboro. Federal funds require U S Bureau approval before work begins. project includes railroad raises and a 150 day time limit.
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Back Creek
Gainesboro
State Highway Commission
Frederick County
En. B. D. Fleener
Edinburg
Faulconer Construction Company
Charlottesville
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
Winchester and Western Railroad
Fleenor
Six Cadets Restored to Duty at West Point
A bar association hearing said at least six of about 90 cadets accused of cheating at West Point had been restored to duty. A spokesman declined to confirm the figure, noting the academy’s investigation was not finished and no case-by-case breakdown could be released until the screening boards complete their work.
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New York
Bar Association
West Point
Military Academy
Robert Baru
Committee On Justice
The
New York Civil and Criminal Courts Bar Association
Dary
Same Editorials In Moscow Papers
All five Moscow morning papers ran nearly identical editorials accusing the United States of keeping forces in Korea to carry out aggressive plans against the U.S. and the Chinese People’s Republic. The synchronized pieces, tied to the Korea armistice talks suspension, drew close scrutiny from readers.
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Moscow
United States
Korea
U.S
Italy Armament To Be Discussed At Big Three Meet
Secretary of State Acheson said Italy seeks greater armament and will be discussed at the upcoming meeting with British and French foreign ministers in Washington. He did not reveal his own stance but noted the topic will be on the agenda for September 10. Italy’s 1947 peace treaty limits its armed forces to about 200,000.
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Washington
Acheson
Italy
Ridgway Leaves Fate of Truce Talks to Reds
Gen. Ridgway said reinvestigation of the Kaesong bombing could only prolong delay in armistice talks. He urged the Communists to return to Kaesong for talks, noting they had refused daylight investigation and that no new evidence would alter the suspension.
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Tokyo
Matthew B.o
Ridgway
United Nations
Kaesong
U. N
Kim Il Sung
Peng Teh-Huai
Kim
Peng
Public Information Office
Reds
Korea
United Nations Command
Veterans Urge U.N. Help to Free Oatis and Forgotten Man
New York report says the Veterans of Foreign Wars asked the United Nations to protest human rights abuses in Czechoslovakia. William N. Oatis and Hillside New Jersey resident John Hveszda have been jailed on spy charges since 1950. The encampment also urged trade cuts and equal treatment for Iron Curtain correspondents, and demanded Acheson removal. A three hour Fifth Avenue parade drew about 150000 spectators as Gen Douglas MacArthur reviewed units.
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New York
Veterans of Foreign Wars Today
United Nations
William N. Oatis
Associated Press
New Jersey
Czechoslovakia
John Hveszda
Hillside
N. J
Adrian Grobsmith
Syracuse
VFW
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Hveszda
Oatis
United States
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Wash
U. N
U. S
Truman
Dean Acheson
Chicago
Acheson
California
Florida
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VFWA
Douglas MacArthur
Parley Five Days Yet Reds Eye Longer Peace Talks
In San Francisco the Japanese peace conference starts next week for five days while the Soviet delegation pursues longer terms. Kenneth L. Ball reported emissaries sought his 17 room mansion, then six weeks. Russians booked 24 rooms and two suites at the St Francis Hotel for 400 dollars daily. The bid unsettled the San Francisco Opera Co which rehearses at the opera house where the treaty talks occur. The conference aims to end September 8 with the opera company set to move in two days after.
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San Francisco
Kenneth L. Ball
St. Francis
San Francisco Opera Co
Copper strike remains as union rows with Wage Board
The Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union told the Wage Stabilization Board it could not call off the nationwide copper strike under the present situation.
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Washington
the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union Today
Wage Stabilization Board
Poisoned Bread Blamed for Bizarre Illness in France
In Pont Saint Esprit France four people died and hundreds sought medical care after a mysterious illness linked to bread from local bakeries. Doctors suspect ergot poisoning as the flour source while other towns report ordinary food poisoning outbreaks.
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France
Paris
Rhone
Pont St. Esprit
White Holds Lead In Mississippi Governor Race
Former Mississippi Governor Hugh L. White led Paul Johnson Jr by more than 8600 votes with 1688 of 1782 precincts reporting White 187576 Johnson 178950. White, a States Rights backer, could become the second two term governor in state history, with Johnson strongest in rural areas and cities backing White except Laurel and Hattiesburg where Johnson carried.
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Jackson, Miss
Hugh L. White
Paul Johnson, Jr
Mississippi
White
Johnson
U. S
Theodore G. Bilbo
Laurel
Hattiesburg
Hinds County
Jackson
Fielding L. Wright
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Lid Clamps Down on Henderson Gambling Scene
In Henderson the gambling lid was sealed with all forms of wagering halted. Bookmakers and casinos vanished as trucks hauled off slot machines dice and card tables while officials from state police city and county agencies and federal offices denied knowledge of the seizure.
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Henderson
Communists Strengthen Front Amid Air and Artillery Attacks
Weather cleared as Communist troops reinforced along the Korean front. A large jet battle occurred on the Korean Manchurian border while Red ground forces prepared by iron triangle areas and near Kaesong. UN units repelled some assaults as air and artillery pounded front lines.
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Korea
Iron Triangle
Kaesong
U. S
Changchon River
Congress May Probe Indictment of Newspapermen
Three senators signaled a possible congressional inquiry if Louisiana officials fail to act on indictments of five Lake Charles American Press staffers in a gambling corruption case. The group defamed three admitted gamblers during a campaign against gambling law violations.
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Louisiana
R-Sc
Kefauver
Dtenn
Congress
Moody
D-Mich
Senate
Lake Charles
Carter George
Church Bowling League meeting notice at Health Center
Church bowling league officers and team captains are asked to attend a meeting Thursday August 30 at 7:30 p m at the Health Center. Others interested in entering a team may also attend.
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Church Bowling League
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