Clarke County Teachers Meet to Open Pre-School Conference
Clarke County teachers convene a three day pre school conference starting September 4 at 10 a.m. in the Clarke County High School Auditorium. Dr. Oliver S. Ikenberry will address "Today's Challenge To Teachers" with C Gordon Higgins and C B Jeter also on the program.
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Clarke County
Clarke County High School
Oliver S. Ikenberry
Shepherd College
C. Gordon Higgins
State Department of Education
C. B. Jeter
Crfteria
Tiow
Government runs a multibillion-dollar deficit this year
Washington reports the federal government spent 9.071 million dollars in the current fiscal year through August 29 while revenue reached 6.004 billion dollars, leaving a deficit of about 3.563 billion dollars compared with the previous year’s pace.
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Washington
Treasury
Time Change in West Virginia Area Sets Back Clocks
Virginia will revert to standard time this Sunday at 2 a.m. Observing counties will set clocks back one hour as dark time returns.
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Virginia
Setions
Auction Notice for Household Stock at Marvin’s Chapel
Live household stock and goods offered for sale at Valerie Sept 8th at 1 PM. Mrs John nage de ere Ama House. Valua Sept 8th, 1 PM. Harry L. Tennant 1110 Berryville Ave Winchester. Household furniture and appliances auction announced in the sales directory.
Three Die as Greyhound Bus Hits Truck near Kenosha
A Greyhound bus rear ended a semi-trailer on Highway 41 killing three of its 37 passengers and injuring eight more. Truck driver Carl Jackson, 47, of Martins Ferry Ohio, said he did not see the bus as he merged from the shoulder. Two identified victims were Milwaukee women Susan Duebig and Elsie Blankkenheim. a third victim remained unnamed.
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Kenosha
Wis
Greyhound
Kenosha County
Leonard J. Jensen
Carl H. Jackson
Martin's Ferry
Ohio
Kenosha Hospital
Milwaukee
Susan J. Duebig
Elsie Blankkenheim
Racine
Here
Capon Bridge Fall Festival Held At School Grounds
The Capon Bridge Grade and High School PTA hosts the second annual Fall Festival on Saturday at 6 p m on school grounds Capon Bridge W Va A chicken dinner refreshments and baked goods will be sold A Winchester band performs with last year attendance around seven hundred and proceeds benefit the school
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Parent-Teacher Association of
Capon Bridge
W. Va
Winchester
Reading man elected VFW commander in chief
Frank C. Hilton of Reading Pennsylvania, a 42 year old brokerage salesman and Army veteran, was chosen commander in chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The group selected Los Angeles as the site for next year’s meeting.
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New York
Frank C. Hilton
Reading
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Los Angeles
North Korea Rail Links Targeted by B 29 Strikes
Report notes a 300 ton B 29 bomb hit a rail center and port near Russian soil as part of attacks prohibited previously. The action highlights ongoing efforts to disrupt North Korea's transport connections with Valdivostok.
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North Korea
Valdivostok
Word Puzzle Clue Set Shows Dry and Cushion Hints
A brief puzzle clue reads Dry as wine and Cushion as possible two part hints. The third item describes a sleeveless garment from Arab usage.
Delegates Head for San Francisco Treaty Conference
Delegates from four dozen nations head to San Francisco for the upcoming Japanese Peace Treaty Conference. A 39 man Russian delegation led by Andrei Gromyko arrives tomorrow. United States Secretary of State Dean Acheson and the US delegation fly in today at 5 55 p m. EDT. New Zealand and Australia plan to sign a mutual defense pact with the U S tomorrow. The 40 man Japanese delegation lands Sunday six years after surrender on Tokyo Bay. Continuous coast to coast television coverage is planned with Bell System microwave links. first broadcast set for 7 30 p m Pacific time.
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San Francisco
New Zealand
U.S
Andrei Gromyko
Dean Acheson
United States
United
Truman
Taft Hartley Act Invoked in Copper Strike
President Truman ordered the Taft Hartley emergency machinery activated as the copper strike enters its second day. A three man board of inquiry began work to report next Tuesday on the dispute which threatens critical metal supplies for national defense.
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Washington
Truman
National Defense
Virginia Highway Death Toll Reaches Six Eleven
Virginia's highway toll stood at 611 with three new automobile deaths reported. Ruth Harris Franklin 36 of Washington died at University of Virginia Hospital after a crash on U S Route 29 near Charlottesville. Two Lynchburg area youths died in separate incidents yesterday, Johnny Goff 14 of Carrington Farm and Janes Ford 10 of Brookneal.
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Richmond
Virginia
Washington
Ruth Harris Franklin
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
U.S
35 Tobacco Field Workers Hospitalized
Health authorities in Kentucky investigated an illness among tobacco field workers that sent 35 men to hospitals in four cities. Symptoms included nausea and shock while working in fields, with officials suspecting a poisonous spray as the cause. Other workers were stricken but not hospitalized.
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Lexington
Kentucky
European Communists Threatened in Korea Front Lines
An Allied officer warned that European communists serving in an imagined International Brigade in Korea would be marked men. Reports claim several thousand Europeans have joined a Red force near the western front and Pyongyang, with Allied troops ready to target them if seen in combat.
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Korea
Seoul
North Korea
Pyongyang
Red Capital
Road Construction Speeds to Finish Before Winter Weather
Richmond AP reports highway crews push to complete about $40 million in state projects before November weather slows work. About 50 road and bridge projects totaling roughly $9 million should wrap in two months, with more than $3 million of bridge work slated to finish by April and a $550000 approach road opening in four weeks.
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Richmond
State Highway Department
Narrow Passage Creek
Edinburg
Woodstock
Cedar Creek
Strasburg
Senate panel eyes higher excise taxes on consumer goods
The Senate Finance Committee signaled support for expanding excise taxes beyond the House total of 1.252 billion dollars. It tentatively agreed to tax vacuum cleaners washing machines and garbage disposal units at ten percent, aiming to boost revenue by about 55 million annually.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Finance Committee
Answers to quiz page reveal names and dates
Page four quiz answers list Mrs. Maude Elizabeth Kee widow of John Kee, Neville Chamberlain, season of winter, a true statement, and vegetarians. notes about Public Housing Administration and cloud forms. fragment mentions vessel sinking rapidly.
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Maude Elizabeth Kee
John Kee
Neville Chamberlain
True
Jaycees Urge Early Listings for Local Blood Bank Drive
Winchester Junior Chamber of Commerce recruits donors for the Red Cross Blood Bank visit on September 10. Aimed at 18 to 60 year olds, the drive stresses a 125 pint goal with 14 pints needed to cover a July shortage, and urges advance registration by September 8 via postcard or Red Cross phone.
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Red Cross Blood Bank
Winchester Junior Chamber of Commerce
National Blood Bank
Red Cross
John Knight
Russell B. Newcome
Hold Brothers For Stealing Peaches
Two Charles Town brothers Paul E Hostler 21 and Alex Hostler 23 were held on grand larceny charges for stealing about 300 bushels of peaches from Berkeley County orchards and packing sheds. Police caught them at Arden with a truckload from Harry Barrett orchards after a week long search. They loaded peaches at night and shipped them to Washington for sale in the produce market.
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Martinsburg
Charles Town
W. Va
Berkeley County
Paul E. Hostler
Alex Hostler
Arden
Harry Barrett
Washington
Harlem Dope Ring Smashed
police announce the crackdown on a Harlem wholesale drug ring worth about one million dollars yearly. Detectives arrested seven men after ten weeks of surveillance as narcotics traffic extended coast to coast with buyers from Los Angeles Chicago Detroit and Boston. The ring’s alleged head was identified as John Rutigliano also known as Jake Rudley a 36 year old man from Manhattan.
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New York
Harlem
Angeles
Chicago
Detroit
Boston
Seven Po
John Rutigliano
Jake Rudley
Manhat
Nehru asks Burma to restrain headhunting tribes
Prime Minister Nehru urged Burma to curb headhunting tribes after a summer raid that cost 93 Indian lives. He doubted Burma’s ability to control the border region, calling the incident an example of border volatility and tribal exuberance.
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Nehru
Burma
New Delhi
India
Dare Devil Monk Harper Dies in Speedway Crash
Hampton Virginia veteran Hollywood stunt man John Monk Harper aged 39 died in a hospital after sustaining injuries from a crash at the Virginia Peninsula Speedway on Sunday.
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Hampton
John “Monk” Harper
Hollywood
Virginia Peninsula Speedway
Defense extends draft deferment policy to November
The Defense Department announced it will extend until November 30 its policy allowing draftees to join the service of their choice even after completing pre induction exams and physician evaluations.
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Washington
Defense Department
Thal
Bill to ban placement fees on government projects
Rep. Burdick charges a tie up between defense contractors and private employment agencies drains taxpayers. He plans legislation when the House reconvenes to outlaw fees for employment on government financed projects noting the wartime context and a federal employment agency reduces need for private agencies.
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Washington
Burdick
R-Ind
House
United States
Cereals Screened In U S for Ergot
An FDA official says screening of cereal grains in American mills protects against ergot fungus. Ergot poisoning caused four deaths in France this month, a warning echoed as ergot is now rare in the United States. Ergot grains are larger than wheat and removed by screening. medical ergot supplies come mainly from Europe. One major use of ergot is bleeding control.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
France
Food and Drug
United States
Europe
Court debate looms over Morgan coffin plate return
Missouri historical society faces a possible intervention in a case about returning the coffin plate of General Morgan. Scully describes plans to file a demurrer in the Corporation Court and notes prior attempts to move or claim the slab. A Winchester burial dispute centers on Mt. Hebron Cemetery and persistent calls to memorialize Morgan’s site.
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Missouri Historical Society Museum
Scully
Gen. Morgan
Winchester
Pennsylvania Historical Society
Lord Fairfax
General Morgan
Mt. Hebron
Cartmell
Shenandoah Valley
Morgan
New Jersey
William R Denny
Cemetery Company
Tom
Senate grant to fund council setup and crime crackdown plan
The Senate approved a $100 000 grant to organize the council with governors officials assisting. The council would seek operating funds from charitable groups and private contributions. The committee urged overhauls of state and local laws and a joint narcotics crackdown by state local and federal authorities.
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Gress
Povernances
Cru
Crea
Report urges stronger federal role in narcotics law enforcement
A congressional committee calls for doubling Narcotics Bureau staff and creating special squads to train local police in narcotics laws. It urges greater use of gangsters tax reports, advocates tougher tax disclosure for evaders, and warns that organized crime corroded by bribes and campaign contributions can capture city governments. The fourth Kefauver led inquiry notes democracy erodes when ordinary citizens have no say.
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Federal Narcotic Bureau
Narcotics Bureau
O’conor
D-Md
Kefauver
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