Thousands of North Korean Troops Reported Moving to Front
U S Eighth Army in Korea reports thousands of North Korean troops shifting toward the eastern front amid two weeks of heavy fighting. Allied air drops delivered 110 tons of ammunition and supplies, while rain and mud hinder truck routes as new Reds mass near Kaesong Yanggu Kansong and Inje areas.
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U. S. Eighth Army
Korea
Eighth Army
Kaesong
Yanggu
Kansong
North Ee
Rashin
Vladivostok
Two Die in Late Summer Heat Wave
A fierce late summer heat wave claimed two lives in the Birmingham area as temperatures peaked at 104 to 107 degrees. James Henry Gee, 15, drowned in a quarry to escape the heat, and James McCulley, 40, an electrician, collapsed at work. Drought depressed pasture, delaying soil prep and winter cover crops, while cattle losses mounted in South Alabama.
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Birmingham
Alabama
Muscle Shoals
Hunteville
James Henry Gee
Henry McCulley
TVA
Huntsville
South Alabama
Repeal urged for three price control restrictions
Economic Stabilizer Eric Johnston warned Congress that keeping three price control limits risks costly and potentially disastrous outcomes. He appeared with Charles Wilson and Michael DiSalle as the Senate Banking Committee weighs amendments to the controls law in effect for only one month. Members signaled repeal unlikely but did not rule out modifications.
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Washington
Eric Johnston
Congress
Senate Banking Committee
Charles E. Wilson
Michael V. DiSalle
Wilson
DiSalle
Body of five year old found in Chicago area
The body of five year old Yvonne Georgiana Biritz, missing since yesterday, was discovered in a vacant lot near the Chicago city line with severe head injuries. Police question one man. another man who spoke with the child yesterday was cleared after presenting an alibi.
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Chicago
Yvonne Georgiana Biritz
Cicero-Chicago City
Lester Conerty
Martha Washington
Senate probes urge cities unite in war on crime graft
Investigators urge nationwide city cooperation to fight organized crime and graft in public officials. The final report cites captive communities, calls for a National Crime Coordinating Council, and pushes federal legislation for wiretapping with safeguards. It targets Florida Governor Fuller Warren and indirectly William O Dwyer, while noting narcotics and gambling in Washington DC and beyond.
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Senate
Washington
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Congress
National Crime Coordinating Council
Florida
Fuller Warren
William O'Dwyer
Mexico
New York
District of Columbia
Gandland
Warren
O’dwyer
National Crime Council
Connally Opposes Douglas Recognition of Red China
Sen Connally of Texas assails Supreme Court nominee Douglas over recognizing Red China. In a Senate clash with Sen Welker Idaho Connally says the U S is at war with Red China and criticizes Douglas roaming statements. Douglas in San Francisco backs recognition as a step to sever China Russia ties while Welker and an administration spokesman weigh in.
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Washington
Connally
D-Tex
Supreme
William O. Douglas
United States
Senate
Welker
Ridaho
Douglas
Asia
Spee Foreign
Russians Rent Palatial Estate For Conference
The Russian delegation rented a $1.6 million suburban estate named Uplands for up to three weeks during the Japan Peace Treaty Conference in San Francisco. The 12 acre property features marble walls, terraces, a $250,000 library, and a dining set left for Russian use. The conference is expected to extend beyond the opening Tuesday with a target for a Saturday finish.
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San Francisco
Reds
Uplands
Romiee Jacks
St. Francis Hotel
Edward Sequeira
Martinsburg Pike
British BomberSmashes Record at Aldergrove Air Field
An Allied twin jet bomber from Aldergrove Air Field Belfast completed an Ireland to Newfoundland flight in about four hours besting the prior record of four hours and 37 minutes. The aircraft lost the westward race with the sun.
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Aldergrove Air Field
Belfast
North Ireland
Air Ministry
Ireland
Enfoundland
Clarke County announces 52 teachers list for next term
The Clarke County Board of Education released a list of 52 teachers for the upcoming term starting next Friday. Two vacancies remain and Douglas C. Cochran will coach athletics at Clarke County High School after resigning from a similar post at Christopher Gist High School in Wise County.
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Clarke County Board of Education
Douglas C. Cochran
Clarke County High School
Cochran
Emory and Henry College
Christopher Gist
Wise County
Berryville
Charles E. Miley
William L. Boyce
Louis H. Leigh
Robert J. Ridenour
Glen E. Sanderlin
Herbert C. Brake
Barbara J. Jones
Eva D. Massey
Sarah M. Sipe
Margaret H. Cepeika
Dorothy C. Wedell
Mary L. Holmes
Vivian Ritenour
Nanalee Miller
Bus Accidence Kills 29 In Iran Mountain Road Crash
Teheran reported 29 people died and 20 injured when a bus veered off a mountain road between Kazerun and Bushire in Fars province. The crash occurred near Bushire, a Persian Gulf city about 200 miles southeast of Abadan. A bank ad accompanies the clipping briefly noting safe deposit boxes and regular hours at Farmers and Merchants National Bank in Winchester.
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Tehran
Iran
Etelatt
Kazerun
Bushire
Fars
Persian Gulf
Abadan
Farmers and Merchants National Bank Winchester
Wreen
Ty Eis
Sun
Senate Rejects New Cut in Aid
The Senate voted 41 to 31 against a proposed $500 million reduction in the foreign aid bill, blocking an effort by 16 senators led by Dirksen to trim $1,130,000,000 in economic aid for Europe. Dirksen cited a Krueger payroll role, denouncing him as Socialist Party’s former chairman and VP nominee.
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Washington
Senate
Europe
Dirksen
R-N
Economic Cooperation Administration
ECA
Maynard C. Krueger
Southeast Asia
Krueger
Socialist Party
University of Chicago
Governor urged to suspend two Calcasieu officials
In Charles Louisiana the People’s Action Group asked Governor Earl Long to seek suspension of District Attorney Griffin Pe and Sheriff Henry Rei after reports defaming two Calcasieu Parish officials sparked indictments against five Lake Charles newsmen.
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Charles
Earl Long
Calcasieu Parish
Lake Charles
People's Action Group
Pag
Griffin Pe
Henry Rei
Shanholtz Named State Health Commissioner by Governor Battle
Dr. Mack S. Shanholtz, 46, was named State Health Commissioner by Gov. Battle to take office Oct. 1. A Virginia native with OU Oklahoma ties, he succeeds the late Dr. L. J. Roper after a committee recommendation amid a crowded field. He plans to reform local health services and will bring extensive public health experience to the Commonwealth.
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Richmond
Mack S. Shanholtz
Battle
Winchester
University of Virginia
L. J. Roper
Cold Stream
W. Va
Shanholtz
Seminole County Health Department
Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma School of Medicine
State Board of Health
Por Ryan
Theway
Ralph @. Beachley
Northern Virginia
J. C Tion
Veterans Administration
Johnson City
A. L. Carson, Jr
L. L. Burger
Ee Aan Vee
Hanholtz
Commonwealth Fund of
New York
New WA Department
Washington County
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore
Virginia
Bristol-Washington County
Commonwealth Fund
Seminole County
Oklahome
Elizabeth Baldwin
Radford
American Public Health Association
American Board of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
Virginia Five Day Weather Outlook
The five day outlook for Virginia calls for near normal temperatures with cooler conditions expected late Saturday and Sunday and a rise in temperatures by Tuesday. Scattered thunderstorms are possible Saturday with showers again Tuesday or Wednesday, totaling about a quarter inch of rain.
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Richmond
Virginia
Hungary Separates Children From Families in Deportations
A Hungarian refugee alleges that children under six are taken from parents deemed undesirable and raised in Communist homes. Parents are sent to forced labor camps, records are erased to prevent reunion, with deportations extending from Budapest to major cities.
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Rome
Hungary
Budapest
Secret Police
Battle over General Morgan remains stirs Missouri mystery
A coffin plate in the Missouri Historical Society Museum claims General Daniel Morgan was exhumed from a Winchester grave after 1868, challenging claims that his remains lie in Mt Hebron Cemetery. Attorneys seek court permission to move the body as Cowpens and Winchester clamor over rightful burial, with birth in New Jersey noted.
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Josephine Neville Callahan
Redwood City
Calif
Daniel Morgan
Cowpens
Mt. Hebron
Life Magazine
Winchester
S.C
Missouri
Missouri Historical Society Museum
General Morgan
Henry F. Hafner
St. Louis
Hunterdon County
N. J
Morgan
Old Presbyterian
Piccadilly Street
Hafner
Josephine Callahan
Mt Hebron
Fiear
Peyton J. Marshall
Thomas G. Scully
Scully and Woltz
Winchester - Frederick County
Alarm May Be Needed To Wake Chickens Tomorrow Morning
The article notes a 90 per cent solar eclipse visible at dawn. The sun rises partially eclipsed, reaches maximum at 5:50 a.m. Standard Time, and the eclipse ends at 7:07 a.m. Local observers are urged to set alarms.
McCarthy Calls for Jury Trial Linking Charges
At a Veterans of Foreign Wars encampment McCarthy urged tying his censure accusations to a jury trial. He said he would resign the Senate if proven. Acheson Jessup and others should resign if a jury upheld the charges. He conceded such a trial was unlikely while attacking administration officials.
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Ee Eparthy
Dean
Philip C. Jessup
McCarthy
Land National
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Senate
Acheson
Jessup
State Department
VFW
Plans for Frederick County School Opening Nearly Done
Frederick County plans for the new term are nearly complete says County Superintendent Robert E. Ayler. Meetings were held with principals and department heads as preparations continue for a 9 am start and 3 to 4:30 pm bus and dismissal window with 29 buses scheduled.
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Frederick County
Robert E. Ayler
Paul D. Beable
James Wood High School
James Wood School
G. L. Quirk
Davis Y. Paschall
Virginia
Paschall
Ayler
Pontiac
Berryville
Smith Pontiac Sales and Service
Winchester
No Sign of Final Breakdown in Talks To End Fighting
Tokyo reports an Allied spokesman says there is no indication of a permanent breakdown in efforts to end the Korean War. The note comes amid new Communist charges that United Nations forces violated the Kaesong neutral zone, with both sides trading accusations as talks continue.
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Tokyo
Beha
United Nations
Kaesong
Korea
U. N
Anyane
Nam Il
Joy
Cigalia
Gore Yard Party For New Fire Company
The Ladies Fire Company's auxiliary hosts a September 5 supper starting at 5 p.m. at Gore Yard to support a new fire company. Menu includes soup ham sandwiches chicken salad sandwiches homemade cakes ice cream pies and drinks. Helpers are urged to contact Mrs. James Sawyer chairman Mrs. L G Crater vice chairman Mrs Landon Whitacre secretary and Mrs. B L Larrick treasurer.
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Ladies Fire Company
James Sawyer
L. G. Crater
Landon Whitacre
B. L. Larrick
U S Plane Breaks Altitude Record Over Edwards AFB
A Navy rocket powered Skyrocket boosted from Edwards Air Force Base on August 15 reaching unofficial altitude estimates near 77 674 feet and speed about 1300 miles per hour. Pilot Bill Bridgeman dropped from a B 52 bomb bay and fired rockets to climb. The Skyrocket measures 25 foot wingspan 40 feet length and 15000 pounds.
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EL Segundo
Calif
Douglas
Edwards Air Force Base
Bill Bridgeman
Bridgeman
Bonder
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