Nations invited to form Pacific front against Reds
President Quirino and Chiang Kai-shek urged a regional union of Asia and the Pacific to contain communism. A preliminary conference will draft concrete plans for organization. Invitations extended to Siam, Indonesia, Korea, Australia, New Zealand. India not expected to join. Military aid ruled out. discussions considered forming an anti red front led by the Philippines, Nationalist China, and American-occupied South Korea.
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Baguso
Phillippines
Elpidio Quirino
Chiang Kai-shek
Asia
Pacific
Philippines
China
Chiang
Philipines
Quirino
Kuomitang
Nationalist Party
Formosa
India
Japan
Syngman Rhee
Korea
Siam
Indonesia
Australia
New Zealand
United States
South Korea
Scouts Start All Day Bus Tour Across New England States
Parents and friends gathered at 6 a.m. yesterday to bid farewell to 29 scouts and leaders from Troop 9 Market St. Methodist Church as they began an all day bus trip touring the New England states. Scoutmaster Harold Rowe led the group with Paul Chamberlain Herman Lee and Dick Chapman as assistant scoutmasters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Cameron St
New England
Harold Rowe
Market St. Methodist Church
Paul Chamberlain
Herman Lee
Dick Chapman
Freddie Boulineau
Donald Good
G. B. Stickley Jr
Robert Solenberger
Jimmy Arnold
Jimmy Robertson
South End Fire Company to Meet July 11 at 8 PM
The regular monthly meeting of the South End Fire Company is scheduled for 8:00 p.m. Monday July 11. Members are urged to attend. H. M. Layman, President. Also notices tourist homes Golden Glow Restaurant serving breakfast 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. to send tourists away contented after a restful night.
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South End Fire Company
Golden Glow
Byrd backs Battle in Virginia governor race
US Senator Harry F. Byrd urged Virginia voters in Harrisonburg to support State Senator John S. Battle for governor. He framed the contest as Battle against a CIO‑backed rival and warned against splitting the vote that could elect Miller.
Funeral for Roger Coffelt 3 in Windpipe Death
Funeral services will be held for Roger Lee Coffelt aged 3 at Little Mountain Methodist Church near Cedar Grove with Rev. Cephas Fahnestock officiating. Burial follows in the adjoining cemetery. The child died after food lodged in his windpipe as his parents visited neighbors. ten brothers and sisters and a grandmother survive. Pallbearers named. friends may meet at Omps funeral home at 9 30 a m tomorrow.
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Roger Lee Coffelt
Little Mountain Methodist Church
Cedar Grove
Cephas Fahnestock
John L. Coffelt
Virginia Woolen Co
Omps Funeral Home
Coffelt
Roger Lee
Coffeit
Omps Funeral
John Troxell
Lester Jr
Paul James
Pauline Jane
Sarah Elizabeth
Fannie May
Robert Franklin
Joyce Marie
Lucille Fay
Louise Kay
William Howard Coffelt
Lucy van of
Nain
Mack Fries
Charles Fries
Charles Thomas
Lee O. Lewis
Resignation Offered by Woodstock Pastor Gibbs
The Rev L B Gibbs pastor of Woodstock Presbyterian church for seven years has tendered his resignation to accept a call to a quartet of Presbyterian churches in Rabun County Georgia. A congregational meeting is set for Sunday to act on the resignation.
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L. B. Gibbs
Woodstock Presbyterian Church
Rabun County
Miller Denies He's CIO Candidate for Virginia Governor
Francis Pickens Miller denies being the CIO candidate as labor unions loom in Virginia’s gubernatorial race. Byrd endorses Battle and accuses the CIO of trying to seize state power, marking a new clash in the campaign. Miller counters that Byrd creates ghosts to distract voters.
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Associated Press
Virginia
United States
Harry F. Byrd
John S. Battle
CIIO
CIO
Battle
Byrd
State Senate
E. Lee Trinkle
Miller
Francis Pickens Miller
Logan R. Fay, Once Orchardist, Succumbs at 78
Logan R. Fay, 78, longtime orchardist and civic figure in Winchester, died 6 p m Saturday at Winchester Hospital after residence in the area since the early 1900s. He helped develop Hackwood estate land later sold to Dr George H. Smith Jr and aided Winchester water supply via a spring easement. He served on the Frederick County draft board in WWI, led local Home Guard, chaired greens committee, played in the Virginia Seniors Golf Association, and belonged to Christ Episcopal Church.
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Logan R. Fay
Winchester Hospital
Statten Island
Helen Carter
Philadelphia
Abbie Matilda Fay
Logan Fay
Hackwood
John Smith
Winchester
Redbud
George H. Smith Jr
Fay
Frederick County
Home Guard
Green’s
Winchester Golf Club
Virginias’ Seniors Golf Assn
White Sulphur Springs
Taft to Oppose Atlantic Treaty Amid Reservations
Senator Taft of Ohio vows to vote against the North Atlantic Pact, calling it an arms binding defense alliance that may fuel war. He would back it only with a reservation denying a legal or moral obligation to supply arms to Western Europe.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Europe
Ohioan
United Nations
Watkins
Utah
Ching Names Mediation Talks To A Steel Strike Crisis
Washington date July 11 Tremendous steel labor dispute pushes toward a nationwide strike next weekend Cyrus S Ching head of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service prepared to meet late today with CIO United Steelworkers of America president Philip Murray and executives from major firms led by United States Steel Corp The talks aim to avert a wide scale shutdown and continue on page 2 col 5
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Washington
Cyrus S. Ching
Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service
Philip Murray
CIO
United Steelworkers of America
United States Steel Corp
Texas Governor Beauford Jester Dies on Train Berth
Governor Beauford Jester, 59, was found dead in his Pullman berth at a Southern Pacific station. Police report death as natural despite initial homicide detective inquiry. Jester served his second term since 1946, with Lieutenant Governor Allan Shivers set to succeed him after the death. Jester defeated Homer Rainey in his 1946 election win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Beauford Jester
Southern Pacific Railway
Homer P. Rainey
University of Texas
King Declares Dock Emergency
King George proclaims a state emergency after a wildcat London docks strike and the Labor government sends 2000 troops to unload perishables. The cabinet acts under a 1920 act with fines or imprisonment for offenders. About 112 ships idle and 10,278 dock workers stayed home amid calls for sympathy strikes.
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London
King George
House of Commons
Home Office
Lef
Buckingham Palace
Privy Council
Packers Receive Duchess Apples and Williams Red Arrivals
Early in the week Duchess apples have begun to reach local packing houses with limited volume while Williams Red prices hold at 2.50 at the Baltimore market. Delaware Williams Red is not expected locally until next Monday and Transparents dominate packing activity as Delaware trends toward Morristown for Transparents.
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E .W. Barr
Delaware Williams
Baltimore
H. W. Butler Packing House
Morristown
Tenn
No Tax Rise Again Noted In Truman Budget
Washington July 11 Congress welcomed Truman’s abandonment of the four billion dollar tax program while reacting mixed on other parts of the midyear economic report. Chairman Doughton says he is very happy no general tax increase is recommended now and predicts business gains. Senator Taft notes no new program beyond dropping income tax aims but cites possible moves on estate taxes. Speaker Rayburn sees support for a transportation tax repeal but the fate of gift and estate taxes remains uncertain.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Doughton
Rayburn
Poe
Elaisa
Bonteees
Bar
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Wheat Estimates Cut 148 Million Bushels for Year
The Agriculture Department lowered its July wheat forecast to 1189 million bushels, about 148 million below June projections, while predicting a near record corn crop. The smaller wheat outlook still leaves ample bread grain for domestic and export needs, with no immediate move toward marketing quotas.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Brannan
Department
Truman Drops Tax Hike Plan in Favor of Jobs Push
President Truman, citing a strong economy, cancels his call for a 4 billion tax increase and endorses a temporary deficit spending stance. He outlines 11 proposed laws to boost jobs and production, including public works planning, social security expansion, GI benefits, and looser lending, while urging no major tax boosts.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
Truman
Congress
Brannan
Publix
Vie Ee
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N. Main
H. M. Layman, Pres
Harrisonburg
Cal
Harrisonburgham Carpenter
W. P. Harris
Z. W. Beagent
Ellsworth Dodson
G. W. Lemley
Jake Grim
New Market
Lee N. Whitacre
Senator Battle
Joseph A. Massie Jr
Grover Teets
J. Fred Larrick
Rockingham County
Seventh District
Commonwealth
John Battle
Labor
League For Political Education
Delaware
Joseph Keenan
Martin A. Hutchinson
West Va
Beyond Va
Winchester Evening Star
Senator Byrd
U.S
Senate Appropriations Committee
Economic Cooperation Administration
ECA
Paul Hoffman
House
Senator McKellar
D-Tenn
Hoffman
McKellar
Ching
Jester
Texas
Pullman
King
Williams
Crack Coldstream
Scots Guards
Argentina Star
International
Kernstown Methodist
Margaret L Ponee
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