Truman Calls Defense Meeting Amid Mobilization Push
President Truman summoned a White House conference this afternoon with cabinet members and Mobilization Chief to review how his new military program will affect the home front. Attendees include W. Stuart Symington and key officials from Treasury Commerce Interior Labor and the Central Security agency to discuss rapid defense production and wartime mobilization.
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Washington
Truman
White House
W. Stuart Symington
National Security Resources Board
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Commerce Sawyer
Interior
Chapman
Secretary of Labor
Charles
Truan
Explosion damages Procter and Gamble plant. no injuries
An explosion at the Procter and Gamble plant damaged storage sheds and hydrogen tanks today. Officials estimate about 25 dollars in damage and say no workers were near the storage when the blast occurred. One fireman suggested a safety valve may have failed.
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OATH
Autos Continued from Page One Collision Summary
A 1948 Chevrolet owned by Mrs. Claudine Lovett and driven by Bruce E. Lovett of 25 Est Picadilly Street collided with a 1940 sedan driven by Wayne Westfall of Edgeport West Virginia. Westfall attempted a left turn and struck Lovett. Damage was about 200 dollars to Lovett’s car and 50 dollars to Westfall’s car. Also notes the pangolin of Sumatra has armored scales resistant to bullets.
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Claudine Lovett
Bruce E. Lovett
Est -Picadilly Street
Wayne Westfall
Dgeport
W. Va
McDon
Lovett
Vett
Real estate sales scheduled in Frederick County and Winchester
Listings show multiple public auctions by special commissioners and trustees in Frederick County Court House and Winchester. Properties include real estate on North Cameron Street, Hillcrest subdivision Middle Road, and Berryville Avenue plus furniture and household goods with dates from July 22 to August 12 and locations in Winchester and Berryville Virginia.
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Massie & Reardon
Frederick County Court House
Cameron St
Winchester
Mme
Jos
B. Newlin
James Steek
Eeseemreee
Bank Btttioee & Waddell
Rockin County Court House
Mburg
Tinkerville
Molly Madrigal Ritter
Middle Road
Hillcrest Subdivision
Betty Starner
Ny Braddock St
E.s.t
H. J. Hardesty
Berryville
M. Elston
Court House
Berryville Ave
See Court House
Virginia
Con
Cameron Street
Said Street
Joseph A. Massie, Jr
James P. Reardon
Truman's Message Praised Across Western Europe
London reports Western Europe hails President Truman's mobilization call as historic in fighting aggression. Observers express surprise at the sweep of his program while some West German papers call it insufficient. Britain and others welcome American policy as reassuring and united.
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London
Europe
Truman
Britain
Answers and Questions from a Quiz Feature
A compiled Q and A list covers topics from U S recognition of Franco Spain to Cleopatra's Needle, seed business origins, Festoon Islands name, thunderstorm regions, Jefferson's posture for drawing, Mary Mary Quite Contrary school relocation, Suez Canal ownership, snow insulation, Lee Chapel and Soviet meaning, porcelain origins, and a tobacco buyer known as a wooden ear.
Valley officials launch $1100 drive for regional attractions
Shenandoah Valley leaders gathered to kick off a Frederick County fundraising effort aimed at a $20,000 budget to publicize historic and scenic attractions from Roanoke to Martinsburg. Volunteers seek contributions as local residents are urged to support newspaper and magazine ads and promotional literature.
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Shenandoah Valley
Frederick County
Lou Cohen
Martinsburg
J. Lee Coble
Winchester
James Payne
Front Royal Chamber of Commerce
Carl Campbell
Chester
J. G. Miller
Woodstock
Caskie Norvell
Rawson
W .Va
Nelson Clarke
Martinsburg Chamber of Commerce
Gene Lakers
Valley Group
Roanoke
Army's King-Size Weapon Knocks Out Communist Tanks
Tokyo reports General MacArthur's public info officer says a new 35 inch recoil-less rocket launcher knocked out seven of seven Communist tanks in its first battlefield test near Taejon. The weapon, nicknamed a modern bazooka, is shoulder fired, weighs just over eight pounds, and designed for close range anti-tank use with high armor penetration.
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Russell Brines
Tokyo
MacArthur
United States
Taejon
Women Win Battle Of Cement Dust
A group of housewives halted work on the Pennsylvania Turnpike extension to protest unloading loose cement spreading a gray dust over homes. They pressured city officials to relocate unloading, prompting C. S. Langfelder of Baltimore to move cement elsewhere and stopping highway work near Morgantown, Pennsylvania.
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Reading
Pennsylvania
Reading Company
C. S. Langenfelder
Baltimore
Morgantown
Tufted Umbre Bird Builds Three Room Nest
An African tufted umbre builds a distinctive three room nest. The behavior highlights intricate nesting as the bird selects materials and organizes chambers for roosting and rearing.
Senate Accepts Red Probe Report Over McCarthy Charges
Senate vote 45 to 37 along party lines to accept a Democratic report denouncing McCarthy claims as fraud and hoax. The report, issued by a Democratic Foreign Relations subcommittee, followed Republican objections that it was out of order and should not be filed.
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Washington
Senate
McCarthy
R-Wis
State Department
Red
Medicinal Properties of Neem Revealed in India
For thousands of years Indians have known Neem's healing properties. CSIR laboratories developed Nibidin from the seed kernel, shown effective against malaria and certain skin diseases.
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India
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
Amazing Athletes Foot Germ Killer Ad At Boyd Drug Co
An advertisement touts T-4-L as a strong penetrating fungicide that kills embedded germs on contact. The quick drying liquid supposedly takes hold instantly and offers a 40 cent money back guarantee if not pleased.
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Boyd Drug CO
Tornadoes Rake Northwest Ohio Cities In Night of Destruction
Twin tornadoes struck Lima and Van Wert area causing extensive damage to homes and farms, with about 30 killed injured or missing 30 reported. Property losses exceed 1.35 million dollars with power facilities adding 500 thousand in expected costs. Red Cross reports homeless residents and a large volunteer patrol to prevent looting.
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Lima
Ohio
Power Company
van Wert
Bethel M. E
Red Cross
Army
Navy
Prosecutor Staff Shrinking After Reserve Call Up
CHICAGO The U S attorney's office faces vacancies as Reservists and Guardsmen are called up. Otto Kerner Jr is an artillery colonel in the Illinois National Guard 33rd Division. Seventeen of twenty two assistants hold Reserve commissions, including a former WAC captain.
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Chicago
United States Attorney's Office
U. S
Otto Kerner, Jr
Illinois National Guard
WAC
U S In Good Shape says mobilization ready
The government's top manpower authority stated that the nation is in far better condition for mobilization than it was before World War II.
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U. S
Washington
Truman urges substantial tax hikes to fund Cold War effort
President Truman calls for substantial tax increases to curb Communist aggression and may push Congress to act as early as next week. The proposal seeks swift passage of wartime style revenue measures to expand military and defense funding.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Mobilization Plans Outlined by Truman Administration
President Truman outlines a broad mobilization program including calling up Reserves and National Guard, curbing FHA VA home financing, trimming nonwar spending, and seeking a new 10 billion dollar military appropriations. Proposes removing enlistment limits, tightening installment buying, commodity trading and housing credit, plus powers to allocate materials and limit civilian output. Pending in Congress are tax boosts and expanded foreign aid, stockpiling, and faster spending. If needed, price controls and consumer rationing may follow.
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Congress
U .S
Leopold II Returns to Belgian Throne After Parliament Vote
In Brussels the Belgian Parliament voted to end the regency and restore Leopold III to the throne. The joint session with 198 affirmatives saw Socialists abstain in protest, while opposition parties criticized the move. Outside, lawmakers paid tribute to Prince Charles.
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Brussels
Leopold III
Switzerland
Leopold
Charles
Paul-Henri Spakk
Royal
Prince Charles
Grandson of Winchester Benefactor Visits City
Richard Alexander Robinson III and his son Winslow, visiting Winchester for the first time, came to The Star office seeking details about the family patriarch Richard Alexander Robinson who endowed Shenandoah Valley Academy with 10000 dollars after leaving Winchester circa 1830.
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Winchester
Richard Alexander Robinson, Sr
Louisville
Kentucky
California
Star Office
Richard Alexander Robinson
R. A. Robinson
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Robinson, III
Winslow
Negroes in Pools Start Small Riot
St Louis ends racial segregation in public pools but imposes sex segregation. Negroes and whites may use the pools together, yet boys and girls cannot swim at the same time. A small white crowd protested as several Black swimmers used the fairgrounds pool yesterday afternoon. Three white boys were arrested. A reserve police force watched. About 50 whites later chased a Black woman and child but were dispersed by police. The pool opened to Negroes under a federal court order.
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Louis
St. Louis
Fairgrounds
Simono Indians of Bolivia Lacking Domesticated Animals
The Simono people of Bolivia have no domesticated animals including dogs, a fact that shapes their daily life and subsistence practices.
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Bolivia
Mrs. Amy See Services Tomorrow in Stephens City
Funeral services for Mrs. Amy Susan See of Stephens City will be held tomorrow. Friends meet at Omps Funeral Home at 2 p.m. and proceed to the Methodist Church for rites conducted by Rev. Charles York and Rev. E L Riggleman. Interment follows at Green Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers: Julian Steele, John Newel, Edward Lineburg, Loney Combs, John Shifflett, George Tobin.
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Amy Susan See
Stephens City
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Omps Funeral Home
Methodist Church
Charles York
E. L. Riggleman
Green Hill Cemetery
Julian Steele
John Newel
Edward Lineburg
Loney Combs
John Shifflett
George Tobin
Taejon Battle Losses Signal North Korea Retreat
General MacArthur warned the North Koreans lost their chance at victory as UN forces hold the south and prepare a counteroffensive. Allied planes struck the shrinking North Korean air force, destroying tens of aircraft on the ground and in the air amid a fierce Taejon burning scene. Militant actions followed as pilots McCann and Biteman attacked tanks with heavy bombs.
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Taejon
MacArthur
South Korea
Korea
United Nations
Kum River
John P. McCann
Jacksonville
Fla
McCann
Duane Biteman
Seattle
Red tanks hit Taejon as UN forces push back
Seven Soviet style Red tanks moved toward Taejon but were shot down by new recoil less 3.5 inch rockets from American forces. Four more tanks reached Taejon before American planes and artillery halted them. Reinforcements, First Cavalry and 25th Infantry, moved in as MacArthur vowed to stay until Korea's constitutional authority is restored.
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Taejon
Kum
Associated Press
Leif Erickson
First Cavalry
25Th Infantry
Korea
MacArthur
United Nations
Republic
IQ Quiz Answers Revealed For Page Four
A reader’s quiz key lists answers: 1 White Sulphur Springs 2 Spanish and Chinese 3 Crippen case details 4 Portuguese 5 Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater 6 True 7 Monday 8 Music 9 Cormorant 10 Halifax.
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Crippen
Quebec
London
Peter
Peter Pumpkin Eater
Halifax
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Glaize & Brother
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