President Seeks 60 Day Steel Contract Pause
President Truman asked the CIO United Steelworkers to postpone a threatened strike for 60 days as a presidential fact finding board reviews wage and pension disputes. Murray ready to answer tomorrow, with union poised to support a weekend walkout if no accord.
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Washington
Truman
CIO
Pittsburgh
U. S. Steel Corp
Murray
Philip Murray
United Steelworkers
Murray Speaks
Yankee saves Newtown during Confederate raid near Stephens City
Local history recalls Major Harry Gilmor of the Confederacy attacking and burning a wagon train near Newton in May 1864. General Hunter ordered Major Quinn to burn Newtown, but Quinn refused to torch the town though a subordinate did burn several homes including a Methodist minister's.
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Newtown
Harry Gilmor
C.S.A
David Hunter
Newton
Stephensburg
Stephens City
Hunter
T. Quinn
First New York Cavalry
United States
Middletown
Quinn
Winchester
Pacific front against communism gains regional backing
Philippines and Nationalist China rally support from South Korea for a Far Pacific union aimed at political and economic cooperation. United States consideration remains uncertain with no military pact planned. State Department expresses cautious sympathy. Quirino calls it moral rearmament.
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Baguio
Philippines
China
South Korea
United States
Elpidio Quirino
Chiang Kai-shek
Korea
Syngman Rhee
Seoul
Far Pacific
Quirino
State Department
Washington
Acheson
Kin of Tragedy Victim Hospitalized During Funeral
Four of Rodger Lee Coffelt's ten siblings could not attend the service at Little Mountain Methodist church near Cedar Grove because they were patients at Winchester hospital. The 3 year old died after food lodged in his wind pipe on Saturday. Suffering from diarrhea, William 6 Robert 11 Pauline 11 and Paul James 14 were admitted in sequence last weekend and today. Doctors said illness likely linked to something eaten.
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Little Rodger Lee Coffelt
Little Mountain Methodist Church
Cedar Grove
Winchester Hospital
William Coffelt
Robert Franklin
Pauline Coffelt
Paul James
John Thornton
Auto Workers Take Anti-red Action
Milwaukee July 12 delegates representing about a million CIO United Auto Workers prepared to reelect Walter Reuther to a third term as union president. Three other top officers faced only token opposition as they secured re election. Reuther led debate on a resolution urging CIO to oust affiliates dominated by communists. The resolution, claimed by Reuther as the strongest anti red measure ever adopted by a CIO union, passed by a near unanimous vote.
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Milwaukee
CIO
United Auto Workers
Walter Reuther
UAW
Reuther
Wage Rate Hearing Set For Winchester Hospital Expansion
A public hearing is scheduled at the George Washington hotel tomorrow at 10 a.m. to determine minimum prevailing wages for mechanics and laborers on the Winchester hospital enlargement project. Edmond West Parkinson of the U.S. Labor Department will preside, with hospital administrator Homer Alberti noting possible union representation and officials may testify.
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George Washington Hotel
Winchester Hospital
Edmond West Parkinson
U.S. Labor Department
Homer Alberti
Department of Labor
Winchester
Bahaman Labor May Help Apple Harvest This Year
Bahamian workers may join the apple harvest for the first time since 1947, supplementing migrant crews. Virginia State Employment Service estimates up to 175 recruited Bahamans could be needed, arriving from Minnesota in September and staying until early November. Growers weigh direct immigration contracts with bonds, while tentative migrant contracts exist for 3 to 4 crews of 10 to 20 workers moving from beans and potatoes to peaches and finally apples.
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F. W. Bailey
Virginia State Employment Service Office
Department of Immigration
Minnesota
Florida
WSES
Crozet
VSES
Heinz Plant Adds Waste Treatment and Expansion
The M. J. Heinz Co. plant south of Winchester on Route 11 begins a 40,000 dollar expansion. Plans include a 22 story concrete waste treatment building and remodel of the main building. Contractors Bowerman Bros. of Berryville with sub contractors Baker and Anderson and Wine Bros. will perform wiring plumbing and metal work. Completion is aimed for September 1 as apples are expected to be pressed then. The plant will install a new 15 by 15 foot waste treatment plant to remove solids and treat liquid before discharging into Abrams creek. Offices and press room floors will be renovated and workers will gain shower and locker facilities.
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M. J. Heinz Co
Winchester
K. L. Miller
Bowerman Bros
Berryville
Baker and Anderson
Miller and Anderson
Wine Bros
Miller
Abrams Creek
Forty and Eight to Hold Member Initiation Parade
Winchester 40 and 8 Voiture of the American Legion hosts Saturday initiation for about 30 candidates from Hagerstown Frederick Cumberland Md Martinsburg Charles Town W Va Alexandria Harrisonburg and other posts. Parade through downtown at 5 p m precedes dinner and initiation at the armory with the Hagerstown wrecking crew performing the ceremony. The Frederick box car will join the parade. The group supports child welfare as its principal project led locally by P G Ireland drawing members from Berryville Front Royal Luray Shenandoah Strasburg and Woodstock.
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Winchester
American Legion
Hagerstown
Frederick
Cumberland
Martinsburg
Charles Town
W. Va
Alexandria
Harrisonburg
40 & 8
Fun Society of the Legion
P. G. Ireland
Berryville
Front Royal
Luray
Shenandoah
Strasburg
Woodstock
Legion Auxiliary Reelects Leader and Sends Girls to State
The American Legion Auxiliary Conrad Hoover Post re elected Mrs Charles Tait as president for a second term at a meeting hosted by Mrs John W Rosenberger on W Boscawen St Delegates will attend the Seventh district meeting in Luray and the State convention in Danville August 4 7 The group voted to allot 1035 dollars to each of three girls for transportation in addition to 60 already set aside for Radford July 17 23 Attending from Winchester and Frederick County high schools will be Miss Thelma Louise Stickley Middletown Miss Patricia Ann Barton Stephens City and Miss Roberta Browning Handley The meeting acknowledged the outgoing officers and noted potential changes in the rehabilitation department
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Charles Tait
American Legion Auxiliary
Conrad Hoover Post
John W. Rosenberger
W. Boscawen St
Edward Jackson
Harry W. Butler Sr
Philip Fowle
Louise Castleman
Frances Beverley
Harry McCann
Luray
Danville
Ralph Pollard
Radford
Winchester
Frederick County
Thelma Louise Stickley
Middletown
Patricia Ann Barton
Stephens City
Roberta Browning
Handley
Beverley
Shoe Sale at Lovett's Shop and Dress
Great values priced at 3.95 dollars and up advertised by Lovett's Shop and Dress located at 156 North Loudoun Street. The notice markets a sale event period shown as 1p 7 12 31.
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Lovett’s Shop & Dress Shop
Loudoun St
Yard party cake drive by Friendship Fire Company
Community notice invites donations of cakes and pies for a Friendship Fire Company yard party. Contact Mrs. Cora Robinson at Hotel Jack Coffee Shop for details. The exact event timing and location are described in fragmented text.
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Friendship Fire Company
Cora Robinson
Hotel Jack
Yard Party at John Kerr School Ground Event
Benefit event hosted by Friendship Fire Co at John Kerr school ground on Friday and Saturday 15th and 16th. Admission details show proceeds support firefighting community services and local volunteers.
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John Kerr
Benefit Friendship Fire Co
All Star Game Sees National and American Lead Shifts Amid Rain
In Brooklyn on July 12 the American League led 8 to 5 in the sixth as Joe DiMaggio’s two run double fueled a push. Five NL errors set a new all star record. Rain halted play with half the game remaining as stormy skies persisted.
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Brooklyn
Joe DiMaggio
Nationals
D. DiMaggio
Kazak
Kell
Mize
Williams
Seminick
Reese
Joost
Don Newcombe
E. Robinson
J. DiMaggio
Michael
Bounder
Tebbett
Parnell
Spahn
Newcombe
Kiner
J. Robinson
Parell
Marshall
Virgil Trucks
Detroit
Trucks
Michaels
Tebbets
Mrs Flory Fights Extradition Over Probation Violation
Mrs Mary Flory of Front Royal Virginia, held in Old Orchard Maine, refuses to waive extradition to Winchester Court over probation violation. She was convicted on three counts in local court for bad checks and obtaining money under false pretenses, sentenced to 2 12 years suspended with three years probation. Commonwealth’s Attorney Dabney Watts says more bad checks were reported from Washington and extradition will proceed after further investigation.
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Mary Flory
Front Royal
Old Orchard
Winchester Corporation Court
J. Thomas Boyd
Flory
Commonwealth
Dabney Watts
Five Day Virginia Weather Outlook With Light Showers
The forecast calls for normal temperatures with showers at the start and near the end of the period. Rainfall should total no more than a half inch across the five days. The Alcoholics Anonymous meeting tonight is postponed until further notice.
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Virginia
Alcoholics Anonymous
Lawn Party at Congregational Church Benefit
A lawn party fundraiser is set for 5 p m Thursday July 14 at the Congregational Christian church to support the primary department with proceeds aiding the ongoing activities and programs.
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Congregational Christian Church
For Sale 1947 Buick Four Door Sedan
Estate sale item listing the 1947 Buick four door sedan with 10 000 actual miles. Belongs to the J W Crider Estate and is viewable at Eberts Garage Trade in accepted.
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J. W. Crider
Ebert
Unscheduled airliner crashes near Santa Susana Pass
An airliner carrying 46 aboard crashed four miles from Santa Susana pass after a fight broke out among passengers. Eighteen rescued alive with 28 feared dead. Plane from Transnational Airlines via Standard Air Lines, serial NC 978, burned with Piper cabin destroyed. Rescue and firefighting teams responded with hospital transfers in progress.
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Los Angles
Santa Susana Pass
Roy White
J. Howard Durley
Ventura County
Charles Crumley
van Nuys
Air Traffic Control Bureau
Burbank
Riverside
Transnational Airlines
Standard Air Lines
Joe Freeman
Los Angeles
Frank Conway
N.te
Newhall Hospital
Harold Tucker
Mary Ann Rose
Charlot
Excise Tax Cut Not Expected At Early Date
Congress signals only partial excise tax relief before Labor Day adjournment. Doughton and George forecast possible repeal of key levies next year, noting the cost to revenue and the need to ease business losses while resisting estate tax increases. The pace of any cuts remains slow with timing uncertain.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Congress
Truman
Doughton
House
Ways and Means Committee
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Coughton
Christjohn Takes Post at Caracas
Preston A. Christjohn Jr. has arrived in Caracas Venezuela to begin chemical engineering work with Creole Petroleum Corp a subsidiary of Standard Oil of New Jersey He is a Carnegie Institute of Technology graduate and is the son of Mr and Mrs P A Christjohn Sr of 506 West Cork Street
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Preston A. Christjohn Jr
P. A. Christjiohn Sr
Cork St
Caracas
Venezuela
Creole Petroleum Corp
Standard Oil of New Jersey
Carnegie Institute of Technology
German Conditions in Germany Since the War Speaker at Baptist
Miss Renate Pflaum a Wellesley college student from Germany will speak at 8 p m tonight to the July meeting of the women's auxiliary of First Baptist church in Winchester. She is staying with Dr and Mrs E T Clark on W Piccadilly Street. Her topic is Conditions in Germany Since the War. The session was moved from a planned picnic due to bad weather.
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Renate Pflaum
Wellesley College
Germany
Winchester
E. T. Clark
W. Piccadilly St
First Baptist Church
Baptist Recreational Park
Pflaum
Department of Science
University of Berlin
Miss Pflaum
Unemployment at Five Percent Seen as Normal Level
New York July 12. A Twentieth Century Fund study finds that five percent of the labor force is normally seeking work. Despite a recent rise, current unemployment remains near historic norms, with 2 to 3.5 million out of work in varying periods, while some predict up to 5 million this winter, signaling possible economic stress but consistent with long term patterns.
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New York
Twentieth Century Fundh
Plane Crash Kills 33 Journalists in Monsoon Storms
A Constellation returning from Indonesia crashes near Bombay amid monsoon rain, killing 33 aboard including H R Knickerbocker S Burton Heath Lyn Mahan and other American reporters. The accident, India’s worst aviation disaster, prompts a Dutch-Indian investigation and Dutch technicians dispatched to the scene.
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Bombay
India
Constellation
Indonesia
Dai
Secon
KLM
Royal Dutch
Europe
Bari
Italy
Ae Gan
Santa Cruz
Ghatkopar
Santaruz
Netherlands
H. R. Knickerbocker
WOR
New York
Burton Heath
NEA Newspaper Enterprise Association
Lynn Mahan
Theodore Swanson & Co
Hague
Dorothy Brandon
New York Herald Tribune
William R. Mathews
Tucson
Ariz
Barks Mathews
Manila
Brandon
Golden Glow Restaurant Breakfast Service Ad
Advertisement notes a hearty breakfast at the Golden Glow Restaurant serving tourists from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. with the aim to send travelers away contented after a restful night. The snippet mentions a benefit for E.A.B. Church and references page navigation and codes.
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Golden Glow
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Bulletin
Otis Burbaker
Asian Front
America
Auto Workers
West Va
Beyond Va
Winchester Evening Star
Heinz Co
Osi
Standard Airlines
Curtis-Wright
Standard
Los Angeles Red Cross
Los Angeles County Fire Department
Christjohn
Wellesley
First Baptist
Knickerbocker
Mutual System
Charles Gratke
Christish Science Monitor
Vincent Mahoney
San Francisco Chronicle
James Branyon
Houston Post
Nat A. Barrows
Chicago Daily News
WOR. Broadcasting
Tom Fpalco
Business Week
S. Burton Heath
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
George Moorad
Portland Oregonian
Fred Colvig
Denver Post
William H. Newton
Scripps Howard
Bertram D. Hulen
New York Times
Lyn Mahan
Swanson Co
Benefit
E.ab. Church
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