Dikes at Rivers Juncture Expected to Be Swept Away
Missouri River crest near confluence with Mississippi threatens West Alton and St. Louis. Army engineers predict all dikes at the junction will fail within 48 hours as flood waters push toward a record crest. Coast Guard prepared to evacuate residents and restore power lines amid the rising river.
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ST. Louis
Missouri
Mississippi
West Alton
St. Charles
Coast Guard
St. Charles Bridge
U. S. Highway 40
Union Electric Co
Truman
Washington
Midwest
Red Cross
Congress
J W Knee Rites Set For 4 P M Tomorrow
Funeral for J Walter Knee 45 who died Wednesday night in a Philadelphia hospital after heart attack following an operation will be held at Braddock Street Methodist Church Saturday at 4 o'clock conducted by Dr W Arcner Wright. Burial in Mt Hebron Cemetery. Knee owner of Swim ley Furniture Store a leading figure in business civic and church affairs was longtime church steward. Pallbearers named: Paul E Anderson William M Battaile Ray Barnes J Ben Cather Hoye L Riley George T Sanders Marvin D Weaver William S Wheatley.
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J. Walter Knee
Philadelphia
Braddock Street Methodist Church
W. Arcner Wright
Mt. Hebron
Paul E Anderson
William M. Battaile
Ray Barnes
J. Ben Cather
Hoye L. Riley
George T. Sanders
Marvin D. Weaver
William 8. Wheatley
Horn etiquette urged against excessive horn use
A columnist condemns habitual horn honking as rude and dangerous. Horns do not move stalled cars or change traffic lights. Pedestrians need not be scared off, and new drivers overuse alerts, risking fatal consequences. The piece calls horns for emergencies only and cautions drivers to show restraint.
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Severn
Assassination of King Abdullah Triggers Middle East Crisis
King Abdullah of Jordan was shot dead outside the Aqsa Mosque by a masked attacker. The assassination sent shockwaves through Israel Britain and the Arab world, with Nayef named regent and Tallah reportedly ill. The suspect Mustafa Shakir linked to Haj Amin el Husseini, tensions rise over oil and Palestine.
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King Abdullah of
Jordan
Middle East
Cairo
Jerusalem
Abdullah
Aqsa
Omar
Israel
Amman
Naif
Emir Tallah
Beirut
O Tallah
Mustafa Shakir
Haj Amin el Husseini
Palestine
Britain
League of Nations
Iran
Russia
United Nations
U. N
Amman _ radio
Kenneth C Patton Elected Commander of Legion Post
Kenneth C Patton was elected commander of Winchester's Conrad Hoover Post American Legion at the annual meeting in Sarah Zane Hall. He becomes successor to Charles M Zucker man and serves with a slate of officers and delegates to the Roanoke state convention.
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Kenneth C. Patton
Winchester
Conrad Hoover
American Legion
Sarah Zane Hall
Charles M. Zuckerman
Robert Pizzano
Carl L. Campbell
William F. Schenck
Anna B. Bell
John Leatherman
C. F. Schenck
C. A York
Roy Wickes
Marshall Castleman
Sam McCarty
J. Randolph Larrick
Ralph Mulvey
Charles Dorton
Forrest Bowen
Woodrow Moore
State Legion
Roanoke
Robert L. Jones
Turner Sencindiver
Phil Fowle
William Southam
Arthur Spaid
Mifflin B. Clowe, Jr
Grover Schlack
Carl Lewis
Patton
Camp Meade
Camp Pickett
Camp Lee
Quartermaster Corps
Air Force Headquarters
Atlanta
Dale Mabry Field
Tallahassee
Fla
Warner Robins Field
Georgia
Women Prefer Cats in Rebirth Says UCLA Professor
UCLA psychology professor Dr. F. J. Lehney reports a survey of 96 students showing women would choose cats as a nonhuman return to earth. Women also favor world peace and unselfish motives, while men wish to be horses or other animals influenced by Citation’s earnings milestone.
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Los Angeles
University of California At
Bombers Rain Fire on Korea Rail and Supply Centers
Allied B-29 Superfortresses bombed the east coast rail yards and supply areas in Korea by radar under overcast skies. Ground clashes were limited to patrol skirmishes as 470 sorties were flown despite bad weather.
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Eighth Army
Korea
Kwoon
Hungnam
Virginia Cities Hit by Severe Storms Across State
A series of wind driven thunderstorms caused major damage from Lynchburg to Norfolk. Lightning and hail damaged crops and buildings, while a 65 foot scaffold collapsed injuring workers. A DC-3 was damaged at Byrd Airport and a Miami bound jet landed safely after turbulence.
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Virginia
Lynchburg
Richmond
Bristol
Washington County
Tobago
WWOD
Byrd Airport
Norfolk
Willoughby Ocean View
Eastern
Seaboard
Weather Bureau
Hudson Bay
Canada
Judy Berke
New York
Capt Armstrong
Navy
William Bell
Greenwood
Mass
Navy Submarine Service
Hoover as Presidential Candidate Suggested by Rep Shafer
Rep Shafer of Michigan says J Edgar Hoover could be a strong Republican presidential candidate in 1952. He endorses the idea and urges grassroots meetings and organization nationwide to back a Hoover run. The note appears in the Congressional Record as a constituent sparked proposal.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Rep. Shafer
R-Mich
Congressional
Hoover
Michigan
L Zuckerman & Sons, Inc
Rats Force Emergency Kill Drive In Kansas City
Floods drove rats from stockyards and industrial zones into residential areas. Dr. Lloyd R. Gates warned sylvanic plague germs found on two rats, risking bubonic plague transmission. Over 20 people treated for rat bites at the city hospital since floodwaters receded. A block by block campaign will be conducted by 42 exterminating firms.
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Kansas City
Lloyd R. Gates
Kansas River
Health Department
General Hospital
Gates
Apple Dollar study shows growers get 39 cents per box
U S agriculture department analysis of Pittsburgh market shows Western apple boxes at 42 pounds cost consumers 5 12 dollars with grower returns of 1 23 dollars and Eastern grower 81 cents. Packaging storage and selling take 1 17 Western and 1 11 Eastern per box.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Pittsburgh
Pacific Northwest
Washington State
U S Chamber Urges Approval of Mutual Security Program
The U S Chamber of Commerce urged Congress to approve a wide mutual security plan. It called for a long range foreign policy and ongoing military and economic aid to counter world Communism, stating democracy depends on action and unity.
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U.S. Chamber
Washington
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Pilot hailed for safe emergency landing in storm near Richmond
Capt J B Armstrong of Miami landed a four engine Constellation carrying 53 aboard in a pasture southeast of Richmond during a violent storm. No injuries reported after the belly landing that ripped a fence and ended with passengers seeking shelter in a farm home.
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Richmond
J. B. Armstrong
Miami
J. H. Brock
Eastern Air Lines
Brock
Philadelphia
Here
Con Man Told Victims Cash Needed to Bribe Officials
Sam Mason testified before the Senate Investigating Committee that he collected funds from victims claiming the money would be used to bribe government officials. He reported no income tax returns since 1929, with witnesses stating losses exceeding 200000 dollars and possibly 350000 overall. Mason blamed an associate named Eungart, now said to be in Australia, as his go-between while acknowledging no leases were delivered.
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Washington
Sam Mason
Mason
Hoey
D-Nc
Senate Investigating Committee
Justice Department
Internal Revenue Bureau
Francis Flanagan
Flanagan
Jungart
Eungart
Ven
Vince
Meyer J Sawyer
Sawyer
Senate Committee
Grubbs Heads Winchester Forty And Eight Officers
Ralph Y. Grubbs was elected chef de gare of the Winchester Voiture of the Forty and Eight at a Wednesday evening promenade and officer election held at Gibson Baker's cabin near Berryville on the Shenandoah River. Other officers elected include Kenneth C. Patton as chef de train and Charles Dorton as commissaire voyageur. delegates to the Grande Promenade were named with Roanoke event dates noted.
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Ralph Y. Grubbs
Winchester
American Legion
G. Gibson Baker
Shenandoah River
Berryville
Gibson
J. Randolph Larrick
Carl Lewis
E. Blackburn Moore
Ralph A. Snapp
Chef de Gare Grubbs
Chef de Train
Kenneth C. Patton
C. F. Schenck
Carl Campbell
Aumonier
Roy Wickes
Garde de la Porte
Percy Stultz
Lampiste
Leroy Cahill
Commissaire Voyageur
Charles Dorton
Medecin
William Schenck
Cheminots Locaux
Robert Jones, Sr
Paul L. Peters
James Clowser
Charles M. Zuckerman
William Louthan
Grande Cheminots
Roanoke
Phillip R. Fowle
Eugene F. Dearing
Edward C. Goss
Robert Pizzano
Ralphy Y. Grubbs
Joseph M. Casey
Mifflin B. Clowe, Jr
Body of Girl Stabbed Many Times Found
Seventeen year-old Janet Clark was slain in her Champaign home. Her body was found by a neighbor in her father’s bedroom with 40 to 50 chest wounds from a leather awl and a blue necktie around the throat. Police awaited autopsy results. The neighbor reported a suspicious man aged 25 to 30 crossing the yard.
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Champaign
Janet Clark
Clark
Janet
Champaign High School
J. H. Foote
Clark Yard
Flood Halts Korean Armistice Talks Near Kaesong
A flash flood on a creek near Kaesong blocked UN convoys to the truce city and grounded helicopters delaying the eighth session between UN and Communist negotiators. Delegates crossed the stream earlier but could not reach the site until later. A major dispute remains over withdrawal of foreign troops from Korea.
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Munsan
Korea
Kaesong
United Nations
U. N
U N
U.N
United States
Red
U S Rebuilding Greenland Bases
American military and civilian crews began rebuilding key World War II air fields in Greenland to support bomber routes from Russia. Arctic ice in the Baffin Bay Davis Strait area delayed a convoy for about two weeks, with construction by private firms under Army Engineers and Air Force contracts.
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Washington
Greenland
Russia
Baffin Bay
Davis Strait
Navy
Army
Air Fore
Walcott Louis Fight Target September in Detroit
Crowned heavyweight champion Jersey Joe Walcott may defend his title against Joe Louis in Detroit this September. Ezzard Charles, who lost the title to Walcott in Pittsburgh, would be the leading challenger if the winner is chosen.
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Walcott
Yard Party at Little Mountain Church Cedar Grove
Notices invite a Yard Party on July 21 at Little Mt. M. E. Church Cedar Grove with country ham and homemade ice cream starting at 6 pm. Also an ad for expert watch repairing by Rhodes Jewelry Co at 21 W. Boscawen Street offering quickest service.
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Mt. M. E
Cedar Gove
Rhodes Jewelry CO
W. Boscawen &T
U.S. Invites 50 Nations to Sign Japanese Treaty
The United States invites 50 nations to a San Francisco conference on Sept. 4 to complete and sign a peace treaty with Japan. A draft treaty, co sponsored by the United States and Great Britain, is circulated for review with Russia among invited nations though Moscow is expected to reject. China is not invited due to differing governments. Japan will sign through accredited delegates representing the Japanese government.
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Washington
United States
San Francisco
Japan
Great Britain
Russia
Moscow
Soviet Union
Kurile Islands
Sakhalin
U. S
China
Britain
Local 4 H Girl To Attend North Carolina Meeting
Roxanne Rogers has been selected by the State 4 H Club Department to represent Virginia at North Carolina State 4 H Short Course in Raleigh July 23 to 28. She previously served as Secretary of Virginia State Short Course at V P L from June 25 to 30.
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Roxanne Rogers
State
Virginia
North Carolina State
Raleigh N. C
Roxanne
Army lists Korea enemy casualties at 1 213 544
The Army estimates enemy casualties in Korea through July 13 at 1 213 544 with a weekly rise of 10 616 and notes counted prisoners of war as the only certain figure. Also: local notices advertise a July clearance sale at Kurtz Furniture and community events including yard party and church youth fundraiser meals with rain plans.
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Washington
Korea
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