Income Tax Cut Bill Advances in Lower House
The Republican backed measure would cut income taxes by four billion dollars annually for forty nine million taxpayers starting January 1. It heads to the Senate with predicted approval, while President Truman’s stance remains uncertain. The plan lowers rates from 10.5 to 30 percent and mirrors a vetoed prior version, with debate over the national reach of community property rules.
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Washington
House
Senate
Rep. Sabath
D-Ill
Rules Committee
Allen
R-Iil
Truman
Congress
Martin
White House
Charles I G. Ross
Man
Military Unification Bill Seen Likely To Pass
Washington July 8 Republican leaderssaid Senate approval for the plan to unify the army navy and air forces is certain. Senate floor manager Gurney predicted passage perhaps Wednesday but certainly by Thursday with possible amendments from Senator Wherry.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Gurney
R-Sd
Wherry
Ned
Burglars Hit Meat Market Safe. Escape With Vehicle and Small Safe
In Chicago on July 8 burglars broke into a wholesale meat market and battered a large safe without denting it. They fled with a company truck and a small safe containing $700 while the big safe held $325.
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Chicago
SRO Limits Jail Space in Winchester Illinois
Winchester Illinois July 8 Sheriff Randall Kille brew faced a room shortage at the Scott county jail when a standing room only sign went up. He arranged detention for one prisoner at a local hotel with a deputy assigned to guard him.
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Winchester
Ill
Randall
Killebrew
Scott County
Hit run victim dies as police seek driver
Earl C. Foreman 51 died after a hit and run late Saturday night while walking along a highway near Gore school. He passed at Winchester Memorial Hospital at 6 p.m. yesterday after being found by nearby resident Wayne Wisecarver and later taken to a filling station for aid. Police investigation underway with no arrests yet. Foreman leaves a widow Elizabeth Lovelace and six children plus two grandchildren and several siblings. Funeral services planned Thursday at Ebenezer church with pallbearers named.
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Gore School
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Foreman
Wayne Wisecarver
Frank
Charley Franks
Winchester
C. A. Seale
Harrison
Bessie Foreman
Gore
Elizabeth Lovelace
Shirley Foreman
Eunice Foreman
Silver Springs
Stanley Riley
Harrison Foreman
U. S. Army
Germany
John Clowser
Carol Foreman
Clyde Mauck
Bristow
Guy Shoemaker
David Link
Ira Foreman
Ray
Cecil Foreman
Moorefield
Ercell Foreman
Giffin
Capon Bridge
Ebenezer Church
Whitacre
S. J. Goode
Linden Ramey
Garland Clowser
No Senate Delay On Terminal Pay
The House approved by 386 to 0 a 1.8 billion dollar terminal pay bond redemption bill and sent it to the Senate calendar. The Armed Services Committee planned a subcommittee review, and Republican Whip Wherry pledged prompt Senate action. The measure allows about 9 million former GIs and several thousand ex-officers to cash bonds after September 1.
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Senate
Congress
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Neb
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Frost Resistant Fruit Trees Bred in Russia Reports Say
Soviet scientists, led by Prof. A. Kisyurin at Omsk, breed frost resistant apples pears and plums and test them in Siberia where temps dip to 50 degrees below zero. Creeping trees yield over 160 pounds per tree. A five year plan aims to rehabilitate orchards and expand north and east with 233 million cuttings distributed to collectives.
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Agriculture Abroad
A. Kisyurin
Omsk Agricultural Institute
Omsk Institute
Soviet Union
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Russian Socialist Federated Soviet Republic
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Union
Moscow
Baltic
Siberia
Pacific
Air Safety Board Urges Electronic Eyes for Planes
The Truman air safety board recommends immediate installation of terrain proximity indicators to alert pilots of obstructions. It also urges raising night flight minimums to 2 000 feet over dangerous terrain. The report cites the Capital Airlines crash near Hillsboro Virginia on June 13 which killed fifty.
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Truman
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Hillsboro
Hughes Aircraft
Hughes
Congressmen Doubt Petrillo Ban Can Be Blocked
Two Republican lawmakers say the Taft Hartley labor act cannot stop James C Petrillo from banning radio network musical programs and phonograph recordings by his union musicians. They suggest additional legislation may be needed while dubbing Petrillo an absolute czar of the music world.
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Petrillo
Washington
James C. Petrillo
Kearns
Rpa
Rep
Nixon
R-Calif
Warren Democrats Endorse Minter for Senate Nomination
Warren county Democrats met in a mass gathering to elect 40 delegates to the 24th senatorial district convention in Luray on Saturday and endorse H. F. Minter for the senatorial nomination. The resolutions praised the late Maj. Kenneth Gilpin of Clarke county.
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Front Royal
Warren County
Luray
H. F. Minter
Maj
Kenneth Gilpin
Clarke County
Sparrow sets attic blaze with lighted cigarette nest
A sparrow attempting to weave a lighted cigarette into its attic nest ignited the blaze in a two story Bloomfield New Jersey house. Firefighters cleared remaining nest debris after minor damage.
Bevin Sees Marshall Plan as Key to European Unity
London Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin told a Rotary Club audience that the Marshall plan offers the strongest chance to unite Europe on an economic basis. He stressed the program is purely economic and rejected a United States of Europe, warning Europe is bleeding and must be halted without religious or ideological prejudice.
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Bevin
London
Ernest Bevin
Rotary Club
Wandsworth
United States of Europe
Winston Church
Britain
Soviet orbit nations weigh attendance at Paris Marshall plan talks
Reports from Prague and Sofia indicate Czechoslovakia and Bulgaria likely join the Paris conference on Marshall aid for Europe. Yugoslavia remains undecided as Moscow radio claimed rejection, while Bulgaria convenes its cabinet to decide. Czechoslovakia formally accepts. Observers note possible Soviet attendance and Italian Communist stance softens. Austria also accepts invasion.
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North Carolina Reports Seeing Flying Saucers
The Associated Press notes a rising sighting wave as flying discs are reported over Asheville in western North Carolina and over Greensboro and Raleigh in the central region. Nationwide, 43 states have reported discs, advancing the so called flying saucer phenomenon.
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Associated Press
America
North Carolina
Asheville
Greensboro
Raleigh
Rands Sub-leases 25 N Loudoun Street
Rands Inc Pittsburg sub leases storeroom at 25 N Loudoun St to Singer Sewing Machine Co. new firm to move in July 15. Local store closed mainly for pharmacist shortages. stock to be moved to other outlets and equipment to Rands warehouse. Manager William Robinson on vacation, likely reassigned to Wheeling.
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Rands, Inc
Pittsburg
Singer Sewing Machine Co
Rand
Rands
William Robinson
Wheeling
W. Va
Louis L. Baker
Rands Corp
Winchester Broadcast Corp seeks 100 watt local station permit
The Winchester Broadcast Corp led by John P Bell Jr with veterans holding 90 percent seeks FCC approval for a 100 watt daytime radio station on 950 kc in Winchester. Officers include Jess R Kiracore H Ted Mosley and L E Hill. Bell will be GM and a studio is planned downtown.
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Winchester Broadcast Corp
John P. Bell, Jr
Federal Communications Commission
Jess R. Kiracore
H. Ted Mosley
L. E. Hill
Bell
Winchester
Apple price report from Baltimore and Washington markets
Yellow transparent apples quoted in Baltimore at 2 inch and up from 2.50 to 3.25 per bushel and 1 3 4 inch and up from 2 to 2.25 per bushel. Washington market lists larger apples at 4 to 4.50 per bushel.
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Baltimore
Washington
Five Day Virginia Weather Forecast July 9 to 13
A five day forecast shows a cool spell around Wednesday and Thursday with a gradual warming toward Friday through Sunday. Temperatures run about two to four degrees below normal with showers possible on Sunday.
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Virginia
All-Star Game Tied in Sixth at Chicago
American and National league all star teams were tied 1-1 in the sixth inning in Chicago. Blackwell and Newhouser started on the mound for the squads with scoring actions including Mize homering for the Nationals and Williams and DiMaggio adding hits as Marion Verban and others contributed in the mid game.
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Allstar
Blackwell
Newhouser
Kell
Williams
Lewis
Mize
Cooper
H. Walker
Dixie Walker
DiMaggio
Bourdeau
McQuinn
Gordon
Nationals
Slaughter
Custine
Rosar
Marion
Verban
Hass
Breeden
Boudreau
Shea
Gustine
Pafko
Harry Walker
Marshall
Brecheen
Mari
U S to Keep B 29s on Hand in Europe
Maj. Gen. Clements McMullen of the Strategic Air Command said B 29s will be kept in overseas theaters most of the time with training flights extending to about once a month. The remarks followed a Frankfurt report that 22 bombers had arrived in Germany and five more were en route.
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Washington
United States
Europe
Orient
Clements McMullen
Strategic Air Command
Frankfurt
Germany
Russia Denies Balkan Blame
Russia rejected charges that Albania Bulgaria and Yugoslavia caused Balkan disorders and urged the United Nations Security Council to overturn findings of the Balkan investigating commission. The notice items list fruit packing, laundry service, car sales, a sales position, Sears catalogs, a cleaner, a yard party and other local notices.
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Yugoslavia
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Balkan
Butler's Packing House
Operators Sign Coal Contract Averting Strike
LAKE SUCCESS July 8 The United Nations security council approved an American blueprint for arms reduction discussions by a 9 to 0 vote with Russia and Poland abstaining. Russia warned it would not be bound and sought to tie disarmament to a prohibition on atomic weapons. Gromyko argued no plan could work unless linked to an atomic ban, while Parodi and Johnson opposed substitutions for the American plan as delegates prepared for further Balkan crisis deliberations.
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United Nations Security Council
Russia
Poland
Ming
U. S
Andrei A. Gromyko
Alexandre Parodi
U.S
Herschel J. Johnson
Gromyko
U .S
United States
Balkan
Market Reports Record White Corn Price Hit in Winchester
White corn sold for 2.30 a bushel in the local market, the highest price in peacetime Winchester history, rising 10 cents overnight. Chicago opened about 2 cents lower. Winchester Milling Corp reported no rush of corn to market despite the price. New wheat with moisture under 14 percent stood at 2.10 a bushel, while moisture 15 to 20 percent sold for 3.5 to 17 cents less than the 2.10 quota.
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Winchester
Chicago
Winchweter Milling Corp
Petrillo to Work Out Deal on School Radio Broadcasts
James C. Petrillo agreed to meet with school authorities to arrange musical radio broadcasts for students. He told Rep. Kearns that he is glad to work out an arrangement and would discuss details anytime.
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Washington
James C. Petrillo
Petrillo
Rep. Kearns
Rpa
House
Price of Fuel To Advance as Miners Set to Dig
District AFL United Mine Workers leaders received Washington orders for soft coal miners in the North to return to digging tonight. An August 8 agreement ended a nationwide soft coal strike, with UMW members set for higher wages and possible longer hours, while prices and production implications loom for the public.
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Pittsburgh
AFL
United Mine Workers Union
Washington Today
Mediately
John Dresnich
International Union
Washington
Lewis
United Mine
West
Midwest
UMW
Iepecen
Widate
Congress
Clarke Farm Home Agent Named in Clarke
Belle Burke announces Miss Bowers of Keyser Virginia has been named Clarke county farm home agent effective August 1. She studied home economics at West Virginia University and has WV extension experience. A former 4 H member, she is finishing a Virginia Tech extension course and will assist other agents before starting in Clarke. Miss Bowers succeeds Margaret Yowell who resigned in June to marry.
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Berryville
Clarke Oy Board of Ors
Belle Burke
Miss Bowers
Keyser
University of West Virginia
West Virginia
VPI
Virginia
Clarke
Margaret Yowell
Cards Stacked Against Soldiers, Senator Says
Senator Jenner charged the high command in the European theater stacks courts against defendants in courts martial. He released a routing slip and letters claiming prisoners lack choice of counsel and that lawyers tied to the Lichfield prison case are barred from European theater courts martial. Jenner sought a full Army trial procedure investigation.
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Jenner
R-Ind
Patterson
Lichfield
Indiana
Cornelius E. Ryan
Germany
Francis H. Venderwerker
U. S
Earl J. Carroll
Thomas Lester Foley
Fornia
Frankfurt Am Jenner
Vins Carroll
Manish Ta
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