Local Draft Board Prepares for Inductions in Virginia
Winchester City and Frederick County draft boards update records to meet potential quotas as military needs rise. Betty Clark, chief clerk, says no quota set yet. 2 355 men aged 18 to 26 have registered since August 1948 under the new law. The state quota is 400 with Virginia likely to supply about 400 more, while 31 500 men are classified 1 A. Inductees to come from older registrants 23 to 25. Registrants can submit written evidence for consideration.
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Associatedess
Selective Service
Clark
Selective Service Boards
Alter and Anderson
N. Braddock St
George le
Countyard
Hershey
Truman
National Guard
Dean Named AEC Head by President Truman
President Truman selected Gordon Dean to chair the Atomic Energy Commission for a five year term. Dean has been acting chairman since June 30 after Sumner Pike’s term expired. Pike’s confirmed nomination was approved yesterday, leaving one vacancy on the commission.
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Washington
Gordon Dean
Atomic Energy Commission
White House
Truman
Dean
Charles
Fan Aec
Senate
Sumner T. Pike
Pike
AEC
Commission
Wilson
Compton
Ashington State College
Karl T
Arthur H. Compan
Douglas seeks major cuts in 34.7 billion fund bill
Senator Douglas proposes a series of amendments to trim about one billion from non military spending in the 34.7 billion package. He backs a 2 percent vacancy cut and a 300 million cut in rivers harbor roads and dams while seeking a 200 million revenue gain from postal rate changes. Senator Byrd and Taft discuss GOP strategy as action nears.
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Douglas
Washington
D-Ill
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Taft
Ohio
GOP
Byrd
D-Va
Illinois
Byrd Urges Caution on Tax Cuts Amid Military Spending
Senator Byrd of Virginia urged slow action on any tax cut that would widen the deficit due to anticipated higher military spending. The House approved 1.01 billion excise tax reductions face Senate scrutiny as business groups warn new levies on corporations could hinder the economy. Byrd warned against a net revenue loss and favored cautious approach.
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Washington
Byrd
D-Va
Senate
Treasury
Senate Finance Committee
Finance Committee
Congress
House
Cripps Warns Britons May Face Higher Taxes
Chancellor Sir Stafford Cripps told the House of Commons that Britons can pay more taxes, warning that direct income taxation may be near its limit. He noted that deaths duties and other tax methods could still raise revenue despite the current 40 percent of national income going to taxes.
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London
Stafford Cripps
House of Commons
Stafford
Flood Waters Menace Nebraska
Floods threaten Nebraska towns York McCool Beaver Crossing and Crete as Big Blue River crest nears Beatrice at 25.5 feet. Losses run to millions with over 600 people fleeing and five dead. Rain and showers foreseen across the flood area while other regions see fair to cloudy weather.
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Nebraska
York
McCool
Beaver Crossing
Crete
Big Blue
Beatrice
Kansas
Plains
Rockies
Texas
Middle Atlantic
New England
Egypt shifts stance as it backs West over Korea
Cairo announces support for UN line against North Korea attack while Egypt stops short of endorsing the UN security council’s enforcement action. Foreign Minister Salah Eddin frames a cautious shift, with observers noting a retreat from prior anti conflict stance.
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Egypt
Korea
U. N
Sarah Eddin
Sugar hoarding tops fears as Korea war widens craving
Sugar buyers surged as the Korean conflict began, though prices remain steady. Stores faced shortages while wholesalers report a 40 cent per 100 lb rise, with Cuba refining offshore sugar stacking in warehouses. Local chains note a recent sellout and new 10 lb limits to curb hoarding.
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Associated Press
Winchester
Irom
H. B. Garber
Winchester Wholesale Grocery Corp
Baltimore
Cuba
Dispute Over Korea Sparks Near Riot At Longshore Union
In San Francisco Local 10 of the International Longshoremen and Warehousemen's Union a meeting over Korea nearly erupted as Harry Bridges opposed an anti Communist resolution. Fights broke out and a vote was blocked as he urged a UN cease fire and peaceful settlement. Bridges had been convicted of perjury over a 1945 naturalization denial and appeals.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
CIO
U. S
Korea
Local 10
International
Bridges
Phil Sandin
United States
United Nations
Sandin
Tule Lake
Calif
Five Day Virginia Weather Outlook
Warm humid conditions expected for the next four to five days with temperatures two to four degrees above normal. Showers and scattered storms mainly in the afternoons and evenings through Thursday, then decreasing toward week’s end. Total rainfall forecast from three quarters to one inch.
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Virginia
Draft machinery set to raise 20000 recruits for Army
The Army moved to build up manpower with a 20000 recruit call and considered induction centers to handle draftees and volunteers. Four training divisions are stationed at Fort Ord California Fort Dix New Jersey Fort Riley Kansas and Fort Knox Kentucky. Major General Hershey said the reactivated selective service could take about 60 days to provide recruits.
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Korea
Army
Fort Ord
Calif
Ninth Infantry
Fort Dix
N. J
Tenth Infantry
Fort Riley
Kans
Armored
Fort Knox
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
District of Columbia
Washington
Valley Publicity Sees Returns From $7500 Ad Drive
STAUNTON Shenandoah Valley Inc spends 7500 this year on out of state newspaper ads with early results showing over 1200 inquiries about Shenandoah Valley literature. The campaign targets Baltimore to Cleveland papers and plans for winter spring ads in Florida outlets to draw northern travelers. The group also funds 200000 illustrated folders two million matchbooks and eight highway signs across North Carolina Pennsylvania West Virginia and Virginia.
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Shenandoah Valley, Inc
Virginia
First Valley
Shenandoah Valley
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Washington
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Del
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Cleveland
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Miami
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St. Petersburg
Tampa
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West Virginia
Escapees Retaken Near Camp 31 Escape Scene
Two of eight convicts who escaped from Camp 31 near Chapel were retaken today just across the West Virginia line in Mercer County.
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Pearlsburg
Camp
Chapel
West Virginia Line
Mercer County
Communists Launch South Korea Offensive With Heavy Air Power
Allied air forces report almost 300 warplanes striking North Korean supply lines and front roads south of Seoul. MacArthur’s communique tallies 65 tanks and 218 other Red vehicles destroyed or damaged. FEAF later revises to 39 tanks due to reporting duplicates. No Allied casualties.
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Tokyo
Seoul
MacArthur
Far East
Chonan
Suwon
Pyongtaek
FEAF
Jane
Alexander Sergeievitch Yakolev
Chonui
Chungju
Taejon
Winchester Camera Club screens "The Toughest Inch" film
The Winchester Camera Club showed Hugh Peters film "The Toughest Inch" about the H. C. Price Co natural gas pipeline from Charleston West Virginia to Rockville Maryland. The program included Gordon Baxter talk on the Fairchild photo electric engraver and updates on Peters upcoming Trans Continental Line project. Local taping may supply Winchester with natural gas.
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H. C. Price Co
Charleston
W. Va
Rockville
Winchester Camera Club
Gordon Baxter
Winchester Evening Star
Fairchild
Peters
Kentucky
Buffalo
Hollywood
Baltimore
Winchester
Harry E. Cook
W. 8. Clark Jr
Peurifoy Nominated Ambassador to Greece
President Truman nominated John E. Peurifoy today for the post of ambassador to Greece. The nomination adds a deputy under secretary of state to lead U S diplomacy in the region.
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Washington
John E. Peurifoy
Truman
Greece
U N Ground Troops To Join In Korea
General Omar Bradley said American forces in Korea will be joined by ground troops from other United Nations members. Senate committee chair Tydings confirmed offers of ground forces have been accepted while declining to name countries or comment on Chinese Nationalist troops.
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Washington
Omar Bradley
Korea
United Nations
Tydings
D-Md
Bradley
Senate Armed Services Committee
U.N
U. N
Former Newsman Markey Fatally Shot in Halifax Home
Lawrence Morris Markey author and former newspaperman, 51, was found dead of a small caliber gunshot behind the right ear at his Halifax home. Born January 10, 1899 in Alexandria, he worked at the Atlanta Journal Newark Ledger New York Daily News New York World and the New Yorker 1925 to 1933 and served as a war correspondent in 1943 45. He married Helen Turman October 18 1921 and survives.
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Halifax
Lawrence Morris Markey
N. H. Wooding
Halifax County
Marky
Alexandria
Isadore Girard
Helen Shepherd Markey
John Marshall
Richmond
Helen Turman
Markey
Atlanta Journal
Newark Ledger
New York Daily News
New York World
The
New Yorker
Congress Rejects Truman Health Department Plan
Congress defeated President Truman s proposal to merge agencies of the Federal Security Agency into a new health education and security department. The House vote was 249 to 71 against the reorganization, with opponents citing socialized medicine concerns and Ewing s cabinet prospects. The Senate had not acted.
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Washington
Congress
President Truman
Department of Health, Education and Security
Mr. Truman
Oscar Ewing
House
Federal Security Agency
FSA
Social Security Administration
Office of Education
Public Health Service
Ewing
Senate
Senate Expenditures Committee
Hoover
Hoover Commission
Ewing Long
60 Ton Tanks in Major Push Across Kum River Korea
60 ton Russian made tanks participate in a large assault along the Kum River in South Korea using up to 80 tanks. American field HQ reports the enemy strength includes about 80 tanks on the Chonui front and 15 divisions totaling 76,000 infantry.
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Kum
South Korea
Chonui
Correspondents Killed in Korea Report IDs
Two American war reporters were killed on the Korean front. Ray Richards of Hearst Newspapers and Ernie Peeler of the Tokyo Stars and Stripes were reported missing since Sunday night. A regimental adjutant Captain Downey said their bodies were not recovered as fighting continued around the outpost. Peeler was formerly a San Bernardino newsman.
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Anele
Ray Richards
Hearst
Ernie Peeler
Peeler
San Bernardino
Calif
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