Rural Affairs Meet Attendees Gather at Blacksburg Institute
Home Demonstration members and other women plan to travel in cars to Blacksburg for the Institute of Rural Affairs at VPI from August 2 to 4. They must depart the Plaza or Route 11 south by 7 a.m. Tuesday August 11, with one member needing a 1 p.m. meeting and car space for three travelers. County residents should contact I. Fred Stine or Agnes Shirley.
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Shirley
Blacksburg
Institute of Rural Affairs
VPI
Frederick County
I. Fred Stine
Agnes Shirley
Troopers Rush Blood To Petersburg In 80 Minute Mission
State troopers carried rare blood from the Norfolk Red Cross center to Petersburg Hospital in 80 minutes. Departing 11:27 am and arriving 12:47 pm, the emergency move aimed to aid a critically ill young man after a prior accident and operation exhausted local supply.
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Petersburg
Norfolk
American Red Cross
Suffolk
Sussex
Lawmakers ready to review draft deferments and postwar benefits
Moves from page one report Senators pressed the Senate Armed Services Committee to revise draft deferments under the Selective Service Act. Discussions include family allowances and GI schooling post service. Congress plans hearings on the defense production bill while wage controls and rationing are debated for after the election. Senator Lucas warned that drastic steps may be needed to curb hoarding and profiteering.
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Terday
Senate Armed Service Committee
Congress
Lucas
Illinois
Motorist Is Freed Of Manslaughter
Bart Francis Fallon Jr. of Buffalo was acquitted by a Warren County jury on manslaughter charges linked to April 11 highway deaths of Frank McFarland and John Orndorff near Winchester. Fallon, transporting Packard cars from Detroit to Fayettsville, said a passing car forced a swerving maneuver causing the crash. The Frederick County victims died after the truck burst into flames. Fallon was hospitalized until June 29.
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Bart Francis Fallon Jr
Buffalo
N. Y
Warren County
Frank McFarland
John Orndorff
Stephens City
Frederick County
Fallon
Cedar Creek Bridge
Winchester
Detroit
Fayettsville
N. C
North Carolina
McFarland
Orndorff
East German rally bows to Korean allies in unity salute
About 4,000 delegates at the Third Annual Rally of the Socialist Unity Party praised Korean freedom fighters and lambasted U S intervention. Cominform figures attended, while Berlin hosts debated Cominform moves and Nazi-era figures urged to aid in ejecting Western forces.
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Berlin
Socialist Unity (Communist
East Germany
Otto Grotewohl
U. S
Submarine Sightings Reported Off Canada's East Coast
Ottawa AP says Canada's intelligence branch received reports of a strange submarine seen off the east coast. A naval spokesman said checks with Washington and London found no American or British subs in the Grand Forks area and the navy is investigating the fishermen’s report from Newfoundland.
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Ottawa
Canadian Navy
Canada
Washington
London
Grand Forks
Newfoundland
St. John’s
Navy
Airmen Wives Ordered From Homes in Spokane Evictions Rise
Notices of eviction or rent increases have been served to wives and families of at least six Spokane Air Force base fliers ordered to the Pacific. Mayor Arthur Meehan warned rent control might be reinstated as rents remain decontrolled. One expectant mother received a 30 day eviction notice after a landlord pressuring buyers at all hours. Six B 29 crews from the Spokane base were sent to Pacific fields in early July and took part in the first strategic mass bombing of North Korea. six crewmen are listed as missing in action.
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Spokane
Spokane Air Force Base
Pacific
Arthur Meehan
Meehan
Pacific Fields
New York Prepares For A Bomb Attack
New York accelerates civilian defense measures statewide led by General Lucius D. Clay. Officials focus on New York City as the likely danger point with a plan to protect 14 million residents in an emergency. The rush follows Korea era warnings and war signs.
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New York
New York City
Civil Defense Commission
Lucius D. Clay
U. S
Germany
200 Americans Pledge Across 50 Miles as They Escape
Soldiers recount a perilous trek across rugged terrain with heavy rifles and bare feet. Pfc Oliver Colegrove from Gregoryville Ky and Pvt William Yeats of Roanoke Va describe carrying Browning rifles and ammo belts while escaping. Chaplains and lieutenants share fatigue and tenacity, noting swollen feet and worn boots after the ordeal.
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Kum
Oliver Colegrove
Gregoryville
William C. Yeats
Stewart Ave
Roanoke
Colegrove
Yeats
Pfc
Earl M. Snow
Butler
Child Reunited With Parents After Police Help
Pvt. Maurice Lake of the Winchester Police Force helped reunite a barefoot three year old boy with his parents this morning. He located the child in the 1000 block of Woodland Ave after driving around the neighborhood and speaking with other children who identified him as the son of Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Ward of 8 Purcell Ave. The search took him about 10 blocks from home.
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Pvt
Maurice Lake
Winchester
Policeman Lake
Woodland Ave
Lake
Elwood Ward
Purcell Ave
Rex Ingram Dies at 56 Pioneer of Silent Film
Hollywood reports Rex Ingram died at Park View Hospital from a cerebral hemorrhage after a brief illness. The Dublin born director, linked to Rudolph Valentino via The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, is survived by his wife Alice Terry. He had retired after the advent of talking pictures.
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Hollywood
Rex Ingram
Rudolph Valentino
Alice Terry
Park View Hospital
Ingram
Valentino
Talking Pictures
Dublin
Ireland
Rex Fitchcock
Police Arrest Petitioners in Pittsburgh for Korea Intervention
In Pittsburgh three women were arrested in the Hill district for circulating petitions opposing American intervention in Korea. Lieutenant Stanley Maskell charged them with violating a city ordinance prohibiting soliciting. They posted a $25 forfeiture each and were released until a hearing today.
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Pittsburgh
Korea
Hill
Stanley Maskell
Christians Pray For No More War
In Cleveland the key note speaker at the Baptist World Congress urged hope for no future war. Dr Wilfred L Jarvis of Sydney Australia noted at the Eighth International Congress that free nations will pursue peace but will not fail if war comes.
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Cleveland
United Nations
Baptist World Congress
Wilfred L. Jarvis
Central Church
Sydney
Australia
Eighth International Congress
Free Nations
World
Hungary supplies field hospital for Koreans in Moscow
Pravda reports Hungary has sent equipment and personnel to establish a field hospital for Koreans in Moscow. The aid gesture involves medical gear and staff intended to support Korean patients and relief efforts amid ongoing tensions.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Pravda
Hungary
VEW and Auxiliary To Hold Meeting In Winchester
The Winchester Veterans of Foreign War Post and Auxiliary announce a joint meeting at 7 30 P M Monday at 32 Rouss Ave Commander J D Butler says plans are shaping for the yard party on Saturday evening at the plaza Ernie Nesselrodt is named House Committee chairman replacing Willard Slonaker who resigned
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Winchester Veterans of Foreign War Post
Rouss Ave
J. Douglas Butler
Aza
Ernie Nesselrodt
House Committee
Willard Slonaker
Truman to ask Congress for ten billion military expansion funds
The White House announced President Truman aims to send a detailed request for 10 billion dollars for military expansion to Congress on Tuesday. He had referenced the figure in a previous message and will also forward the mid year economic report from the Council of Economic Advisers.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Congress
Council of Economic Advisers
Ten New Polio Cases Reported Across Virginia
Ten new polio cases were reported by health authorities raising Virginia's yearly total to 109. Wytheville area added a four year old girl and two Cripple Creek children, bringing Wythe County toll to four. The State Health Department listed seven additional victims including a Martinsville four year old, Amherst County five year old, Henry County 21 year old, King William County 22 year old, Mrs. Sidney Culver of Clarke County, Westmoreland County 24 year old, Arlington County six year old, and a Richmond 23 year old man.
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Richmond
Virginia
Wytheville
Wythe County
State Health Department
Martinsville
Amherst County
Henry County
King William County
Sidney Culver
Clarke County
Basil O'Connor
The
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Westmoreland County
Arlington County
Wardensville Resident Myrtle Wise Orndorff Dies
Wardensville widow Myrtle Wise Orndorff died at her home after resigning as postmistress due to ill health. Born in Rio she was longtime Capon Valley civic worker, former Capon Valley Bank assistant cashier, and former school board secretary. Survived by sisters Mrs. Ward B. Silver and Mrs. Welton C. Orndorff, brother C. C. Wise, and other relatives. Funeral at Presbyterian Church in Wardensville at 2 p.m. tomorrow with Rev. John Duckwall. burial in Wardensville cemetery.
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Wardensville
W. Va
Myrtle Wise Orndorff
Rio
Valentine
Mary Hawse Wise
L. Ward Orndorff
Hardy County
Orndorff
Capon Valley
Capon Valley Bank
Ward B. Silver
Chicago
Welton C. Orndorff
Warrenton
C. C. Wise
Moorefield
E. Russell Hook
E. W. Frye and Loring , Bean
Winchester
Presbyterian Church
John Duckwall
Britain urged to define stance over Formosa crisis
Four MPs from Conservative Liberal and Labour ranks urged Britain in a Times letter to spell out its position if Russia and the United States clash over Formosa. They warned a U S intervention could trigger a Sino Soviet response and World War III, noting Britain's current stance as obscure.
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London
House of Commons
Britain
Russia
America
Formosa
Times of London
Red China
Peiphing
Norman Bower
Josph Grimond
R. H
Crossman
Woodrow Wyatt
Korea
Deadline for POW compensation claims set for March 1 1951
The deadline for filing prisoner of war compensation claims at the rate of one dollar per day is March 1, 1951. Claims are numbered as received and processed in order to the extent possible.
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A.J. A
Maritime Meeting Called On National Security
Washington authorities convene ship owners and maritime union leaders for a conference on national security. The Labor and Commerce Departments issued the invitation. informants say Harry Bridges was not invited. The aim is to prevent Communist influence in the American Merchant Marine.
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Washington
Labor Department
Commerce Department
Harry Bridges
CIO LongsMoremen
Formation of a Cultured Pearl Initiated by Irritant Insertion
The Japanese method opens a pearl oyster and places a tiny irritant against the mantle tissue. Layers of nacre form around the irritant over about seven years, requiring a specially trained worker.
First use of the word kindergarten by Friedrich Froebel
D K A Friedrich Froebel coined kindergarten to express a school as a garden where children unfold like plants. He opened a school for small children in 1837 at Blankenburg Germany and coined the term three years later.
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Friedrich Froebel
Blankenburg
Germany
MacArthur reports withdrawals as Korean front shifts
General MacArthur says American and South Korean forces withdraw to hills southeast of Taejon area. Maj. Gen. William F. Dean remains missing while fighting in Taejon. Far East Air Forces reports bombing at Wonsan slowed Red supply shipments and details a July 13 mass attack with 400 tons dropped on port facilities.
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MacArthur
Dean
William F. Dean
Taejon
Far East Air Forces
Wonsan
North Korea
Hospital admits new patients at Winchester Memorial
New admissions include Mrs Joe Cox of 504 North St Mrs Lewis D Eye Route 1 Mrs Lucy R Hepner Route 3 Mr Edgar G Burch 24 Purcell Ave Mr Richard B Coffman 664 Virginia Ave Mrs Caroline W Wingfield 542 Fairmont Ave Miss Peggy Hepner Mr Jackson Lawrence A Schwartz Clearbrook William 8 Payne Marshall Mrs Geraldine W Lofton White Post Mrs Gerda L Baker Stephens City The note also answers whether snakes have a odor that alerts humans and explains musk glands in garter snakes and odor from rattlesnake dens.
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Winchester Memorial Hospital
Joe Cox
North St
Lewis D. Eye
Lucy R. Hepner
Edgar G. Burch
Purcell Ave
Richard B. Coffman
Virginia Ave
Caroline W. Wingfield
Fairmont Ave
Peggy Hepner
Jackson
Lawrence A. Schwartz
Clearbrook
William 8. Payne
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Winchester’s Shopping Center
Harry Harsch
Eddie Bray
Jack Fooden
Richard Schwartz
International Soundphoto
N. Koreans
Reagan
G. H. Chaphey
Erieville
Houseley
Snow
Margaret
Williamsburg
Anacostia River
Naval Gun Factory
Philco
pHiLco Radio
R. F
W. Cork ST
Schewels
U.S
Northern Virginia Power Company
WINC
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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