1 a Day Living Cost Hike Looms Says Johnston
The Truman Administration warned Congress that controls bills could raise living costs for every American family. Economic Stabilization Director Eric Johnston said President Truman backs a public education drive to alert consumers, business and labor to inflation dangers. Johnston urged strong price powers and noted the administration would campaign for a workable bill and against appeasement.
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Johnston
Washington
Truman
Congress
Eric Johnston
Munich
The
Stabilization Agency
House
Senate
White House
Johnson
Greyhound Bus Collides With Disabled Truck Near Quantico
A heavily loaded Greyhound bus rear ended a disabled truck trailer on Route 1 near Quantico Marine Base. Fifteen passengers were aboard. several injured, including the bus driver. Victims were transported to Fredericksburg and Alexandria area hospitals and Quantico Marine Base Hospital. The truck driver, 28, from Florida, had set flares and gone for aid after axle trouble. The bus was en route from Richmond to Washington.
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Quantico
Greyhound
Route 1
Quantico Marine Base
Florida
New York
Nee Spivey
Dade City
Fla
Fredericksburg
Alexandria
Marine Base Hospital
Richmond
Washington
78 110 U S Battle Casualties In Korea
The Defense Department reports 78 110 U S battle casualties in Korea, up 1 361 from last week. Breakdown shows Army 63 958 Navy Air Force 665 and Marines.
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U.S
Korea
Washington
U. S
Defense Department
Army
Navy Air Force
Truce Envoys to Meet Sunday Amid Ongoing Korean Fighting
In Tokyo arrangements were made for Communist and Allied truce envoys to meet in Peace Sunday near Kaesong but fighting continued. U N commander Ridgway sought guaranteed safe conduct for three colonels and interpreters as talks aimed at a cease fire move forward. American casualties rose to 78,110, while U N forces conduct limited operations and patrols along the 38th parallel amid ongoing artillery and probing attacks.
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Tokyo
Korea
United Nations
Kaesong
38Th Parallel
U. N
Matthew B. Ridgway
Peiping
U.S
Chi
Ridgway
Red
U.S. Fifth Air Force
Oe U.N
Red Korea
Chorwon - Kumhwa - Pyonggang
Iron Triangle
Pyonggang
Junior First Aid Class Graduates 12 Scouts Tonight
Twelve Boy Scouts from Troop No. 4 at First Baptist Church will graduate the first Junior First Aid course in Winchester. The program covered wounds bleeding control and CPR, running 18 hours under Ralph Peterson Red Cross instructor. Completion qualifies for Second Class Scout rank and First Aid Merit badge.
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First Baptist Church
Winchester
Ralph Peterson
Red Cross
Peterson
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Picnicking and Swimming Dominate July Fourth in Winchester
Winchester marked the Fourth with picnicking and swimming as main activities while most businesses closed. Across Virginia, parades drew large crowds in Bristol and Galax, and Governor Battle urged awareness of federal encroachment. Six deaths were reported after 6 p.m. Tuesday, with storms and heat fueling the holiday’s hazards.
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Winchester
Battle
J. Lindsay Almond, Jr
Hopewell
Bristol
Galax
Clintwood
Buena Vista
Hampton Roads
Old Dominion
Rouss Cops First Prize at Gettysburg
The Rouss Fire Company's drum and bugle corps won first prize and $100 at Gettysburg Pennsylvania in an annual event against units from Pennsylvania and nearby states. The Hershey group trailed for second while the Hagerstown American Legion finished lower. The Gettysburg contest is one of the region’s largest and most competitive events.
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Rouss Fire Company
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
Drum and Bugle Corp
Hershey
Rouss
Hagersee American Legion
Cherries Sale Notice Near Middle Road Packing
A local notice invites buyers to pick cherries on Monday and following days. Bring containers and meet at iddle Road. Corp. advertises fruit packing and pickup details for the event.
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Packingiddle Road
Truman warns Korea war not over and world danger remains
President Truman on July 4 warned it is too early to tell if the Reds mean business about ending Korea hostilities. He stressed the ongoing threat of the Soviet Union and called for continued production and inflation control to fund strong armed forces. Chief Vinson and Defense Mobilizer Wilson echoed the need to maintain preparedness and a long defense program.
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Washington
Truman
Korea
Jugtge
Fred Vinson
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Soviet Union
Vinson
Supreme Court
Minor Traffic Mishaps Mark Fourth of July
Several minor accidents disrupted the Fourth of July holiday in Winchester and Frederick County. Two auto collisions in the city caused about 775 in damages and one in the county about 125. A 1950 car owned by J W Holter struck a 1942 Buick driven by Arthur N Nicherson at 8 15 p m, both cars about 200 in damage. A 1941 Ford rear ended a 1949 Ford at 9 45 p m injuring no one. A Blue Ridge Asphalt truck collided with a 1941 Chevrolet owned by Deputy Sheriff John W Hoover at Route 50 two miles west of Winchester. Chevrolet damage about 125, truck minor. Trooper J H Wood Jr investigated.
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Winchester
Frederick County
J. W. Holter
Phiadelphia
Arthur N. Nicherson
Lakeland
Fla
Loudoun
Gerrard
Holter
Nickerson
Ford
Earl Sirbaugh
N. Kent Street
Arvilla Windle Squires
Arlington
Blue Ridge
John W. Hoover
J. H. Wood, Jr
Clarke County Woman Found in Stream along Route 606
State police investigate death of Mary Janet Campher found face down in a stream about 15 miles east of here. She had been missing from her Clarke County home since early yesterday. Trooper J H Wood said the body was discovered by her relative George Beans and the cause of death remains undetermined.
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Here
Mary Janet Campher
Clarke County
J. H. Wood, Jr
George Beans
Manufacturers' Excise Tax Proposed to Balance Budget
The National Association of Manufacturers urged Senators to consider a one time manufacturers' excise tax potentially totaling 18 billion dollars to help balance the federal budget. NAM official Charles R Slight Jr outlined the plan, calling it a broad consumption levy applied to finished goods before retail, with exceptions for food.
James Grant Succumbs at 76
James S. Grant, 76, of Wy 414 N Braddock Bt, died Tuesday after long illness. Born May 31, 1875 in Frederick County, he was the son of the late John L and Sarah Swartz Grant. He founded the James S Grant Co., a manufacturer of orchard supply equipment. Surviving are nieces and nephews. Funeral 11 AM tomorrow at Omps Funeral Home with Dr William Archer Wright officiating. Interment Mount Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers: W C Perry, Allen Bond, Peyton Marshall, Harold Darlington, E W Armstrong, Robert Bell.
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Grant
N. Braddock Bt
Frederick Coun
John L
Sarah Swartz Grant
James S. Grant Co
Omps Funeral Home
William Archer Wright
Mount Hebron
W. C. Perry
Allen Bond
Peyton Marshall
Harold Darlington
E. W. Armstrong
Robert Bell
Fireworks Kill Three in Nation's Independence Day Toll
The Fourth of July holiday saw 178 accidental deaths in 30 hours led by traffic at 91. Two men and a child died from fireworks, with 15 injuries at a Cheviot Ohio display. Samuel Genn, Russell Prost, and Virginia O Banion died in separate incidents. deaths also rose from drownings and miscellaneous causes across states.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Cheviot C
Cincinnati
Samuel Genn
Bringhton
Mich
Detroit
Hellas
Russell D. Prost
Hamden
Conn
Boston
Mass
Maryland
North Carolina
Ohio
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
Eleven Die In Virginia Over July 4 Holiday
During the July 4 holiday eleven people died in Virginia due to personal and weather related incidents. Eight highway deaths included Cleveland Coe aged 11 and John J. Dickerson aged 23 among others. two drownings occurred near Tidewater rivers and Back River. one lightning victim was Helen Zibutis of Obets Creek struck under a tree.
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Nature
Virginia
Tidewater
Stephen Hurley Butler, Jr
Norfolk Naval Base
Edward Ferguson
York County
Newport News
Ferguson
Butler
Helen Zibutis
Obert's Creek
Cleveland Coe
Richmond
John J. Dickerson
Ashland
Julian Bennett Collie
Ringgold
Ernest White
Farmville
Clifford Grayson Tolbert, Jr
Grundy
A. Wickham
Stewartsville
Joseph Wilson Baker
Shirley J. Ward
Noralk
Coe
Dickerson
Hanover County
Collie
Martinsville
Lady Judges Beauty Contest Ends In Deadlock
Long Beach California reports a bathing beauty contest judged by five professional models as judges. The five finalists could not agree on a winner after three ballots with each selecting a different contestant. A men only judging session will decide July 21.
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Long Beach
Calif
Long Beach Exposition
Three New Interns At Local Hospital
Doctors Philip Winston Cowherd Jr Oscar B Darden and William J Hotchkiss graduates of the Medical College of Virginia report for a one year internship at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Administrator H E Alberti notes vacancies and the group was narrowed from four. Barrington W Kinnird, new administrator of Paris Kentucky Community Hospital, joined after training at MCV and lync hburg and Farmville hospitals.
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Philip Winston Cowherd, Jr
Oscar B. Darden
William J. Hotchkiss
Medical College of Virginia
School of Medicine
Richmond
Winchester Memorial Hospital
H. E. Alberti
United States
Alberti
John C. Hortenstine
Barrington W. Kinnird
Paris
Kentucky
Kinnaird
Winchester
Lynchburg General Hospital
Lynchburg
Southside Community Hospital
Farmville
Centre College
Danville
Mildred McKain
Atlanta
Agnes Scott College
Kinnairds
William Bucher
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Explosion Wrecks Fireworks Stand Near Winchester
Explosion damaged a fireworks stand at Routes 50 and 522 just outside Winchester city limits. A boy’s Roman candle ignition caused the blast. no injuries were reported to Gary Jackson Billie Seal or the other youth present as damages estimate 500 to 1000.
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Tee Works
Miller
Winchester
Gary Jackson
Billie Seal
Man Secreted in Third Floor Apartment Assaults Officer’s Wife
Patrolman Caldwell, duty at the station, reports a late night attack on his wife in the third floor City apartment at 224 8 Braddock St. Coxed by Chief J Thomas Boyd, police traced the call and found Mrs Caldwell bound and gagged but alive. No arrest made. description unavailable. state and county officers aiding city police.
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Caldwell
J. Thomas Boyd
Braddock St
A. D. Fowler
Chesapeake and Potomac Company
Lester Shickle
Iion
Norn
Boyd
Investi
Order Drafted to Limit Natural Gas Consumption
The Defense Administration stated it drafted a tentative nationwide order to bar new equipment using natural gas for heating homes and buildings. Deputy Petroleum Administrator Bruce K. Brown indicated the measure could curb natural gas use nationwide.
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Teum Administration For
Defense
Bruce K. Brown
Star newspaper marks 56th year and 55th birthday
The Winchester Evening Star celebrates its 56th year of publication, notes its founding on July 4 189 by John S Sloat. It traces office moves from Water Street to 2 N Kent Street and highlights leadership by H F Byrd Sr and Jr with a modern plant in Northern Virginia.
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Winchester Evening Star
Star
John S. Sloat
Miller and Anderson
Boscawen Street
City Building
N. Kent Street
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
the Star
Mony Modern
Virginia
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Ralph B. Crabill
Bowman
Lancaster
Penna
Enmaker
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Donald Athey
Louis Blye
Richard Brown
Ronnie Cain
Donald Cooper
Monte Conner
Frederic Jo m
Allen Patton
Robert Novick
Darrell Tallman
Donald
Cecil Brown
Donald Hartman
Peteson
P. O
Ridgeway School Lawn
Paynes Apel Methodist Church
Friendship Fire Co
H. Eagle
MACY
Margaret L. Hodgson
James Grant
Barr
Paul P. Owens
Ruth McCann Milhollen
Rouss Fire CO
Rob’t. Legge
Pres
H. B. Shirley
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