Mead Presses Discipline Over Officers Involved In Pearl Harbor Era
Senator Mead demanded discipline for officers tied to wartime travel on official orders to a New York wedding in 1944. The War Investigating Committee reviewed records from the Garsson munitions firm and the Hotel Pierre where Murray Garsson funded hotel bills for six officers. The inquiry included Brig. Gen. Paul English and Maj. Gen. Alden Waitt, and testimony from Jean Bates about efforts to influence her before she testified.
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Murray Garsson
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Freeman
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Albert Jacobson
Combine
Garson
Democratic Senatorial Candidates Carry Campaign Issues To People
Delegates at the United Nations discuss atomic control and the creation of an atomic development authority with a vote expected on key questions. Gromyko is to speak. a timetable memo may push the plan forward. Byrd and Hutchinson campaign for the Virginia U S Senate nomination with sharp contrasts over federal subsidies and farm prices.
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Atomic test to threaten 75 ships under water blast
A aboard the USS Mt. McKinley report on a planned underwater nuclear detonation near Bikini to test effects on 75 ships. Scientists predict a water dome rising a half mile with a 2 to 3 mile high spray, while weather and visibility conditions must align for the Thursday blow.
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Associated Press
Howard Blakeslee
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R. A. Sawyer
Fighting Breaks Out In La Paz
Santiago reports a counter revolution broke out in Bolivia with clashes in La Paz as the foreign office relays the news.
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Price Increases Hit Ice Cream Cones And Milk Goods
Prices for ice cream cones rise as bulk ice cream costs surge across Winchester stores. Packaged ice cream moves from 20 22 to 23 25 cents a pint, with pints at 35 cents and quarts at 70 cents. Milk and canned milk costs climb, butter drops six cents, and meat prices show mixed shifts. The Price Control Office awaits final action on a new OPA bill as state hearings begin.
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Southern Dairy
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Anti Poll Tax Bill Lands Firmly on Senate Calendar
Washington July 23 The anti poll tax bill lands firmly on the Senate calendar today. Democratic Leader Barkley Kentucky pledged to call up the measure outlawing state poll taxes as a requirement for voting in federal elections before adjournment. Barkley made the pledge after Senator Morse Oregon tied the Senate in knots by offering the repealer as a rider to ocean tide lands legislation.
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Morse
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Terminal Pay Bill Of GI Interest Is Up On Senate Floor
A bill to provide terminal pay for millions of ex and current GIs reaches the Senate floor. Senator Edwin C. Johnson predicts quick approval as the House version would grant terminal leave benefits to all enlisted personnel. The key dispute is payment method with five year bonds proposed for large sums due to inflation concerns. The measure estimates total outlay near 3 billion dollars.
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Edwin C. Johnson
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Senate Military Committee
Governor Tuck Faces Busier Week in Capital
Governor Tuck plans a packed schedule in Virginia and Washington. A 2 PM conference in Washington with Interior Secretary Krug on the Yorktown Bridge leads to a Byrd lawn party in Arlington. He will breakfast with Senator Burch, return to Richmond for Virginia Night, attend Barter Theater in Abingdon, visit Lynchburg, travel to Holliday Lake for Lena Byrd funding, and join Byrd rallies and a Fort Story memorial service with ex Governor Colgate Darden Jr. presiding.
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M. W
Bill) Armistead
Harry F. Byrd
Harry K. Green
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Abingdon
Lynchburg
Holliday Lake
Lena Byrd
Byrd
Pucreae High School
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Colgate W. Darden, Jr
Virginians Die in Nagoya Crash of Catalina Plane
Five American airmen were killed and three injured when a Catalina flying boat crashed and sank while landing in Nagoya Bay. Among the dead was Capt. Charles E. Reason of Big Stone Gap Virginia, as announced by Fifth Airforce Headquarters.
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Byrd Named Target in CIO PAC Purge List
New York Times reports CIO PAC director Jack Kroll urged larger per member contributions for 1944 campaigns. The PAC plans an intensive drive across remaining primaries and elections with a purge list headed by Senator Harry F. Byrd of Virginia.
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Palestine King David Hotel bombing death toll rises to 48
In Jerusalem the King David Hotel blast leaves 98 dead or missing with 48 bodies recovered and 50 still unaccounted for. Police detain about 20 Jews amid suspicions the attackers, though in Arab dress, were Jewish and spoke Hebrew. Rescue crews search the old city as the Palestine government and British headquarters are affected.
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Palestine
Malcolm P. Hooper
Explosion Blasts Palestinian Secretariat Wounds Officers
A large blast at the Palestine Secretariat and Army HQ injured British personnel and destroyed facilities. Missing include 12 senior government officers and dozens treated for injuries. Investigators search for fingerprints on a stolen truck and taxi as workers clear debris under floodlights.
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Alan Cunningham
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House fight to kill OPA bill as price controls stay
In Washington, July 23, the House voted 159 to 120 to reject a motion to strip all OPA controls except rents from the compromise OPA bill. Opponents urged reviving price ceilings, while supporters warned of shortages and black markets if OPA dies.
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Ohio
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Philip Murray
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Cool Weather Ends Thursday Prediction
Advance forecast for July 24 to 28 expects current cool, cloudy, showery weather to end by Thursday with a warming trend into Friday and Saturday. Temperatures will run one to three degrees below normal with precipitation totaling three quarters to one inch. In Winchester, highs near 77 and lows around 66 were reported with .26 inch rain today, month total 2.89 inches. Richmond experienced heavy regional rainfall from yesterday afternoon through today, with streets and low areas flooded. a record of 7.26 inches in July 1923 and four and a half inches this period are noted as unusually heavy for the state.
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Richmond
Young Lakes
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Beauty News and Ice Box Offer by Local Firms
Just received 100 lb metal ice boxes from J. W. Grove Furniture Co at 125 S Loudoun. Edith Johnson of Ru Ja Beauty Shop at 428 National Ave has several appointments open for args Waves. Miss Phylis McDonald will arrange appointments with beauty services.
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Phylis McDonald
Labor Union Trouble Halts Milk To Babies
About 12 500 gallons of milk were destroyed by Los Angeles county dairymen who blamed an AFL union for refusing to handle it. Tremors of protest rolled through the streets as signs declared the milk hot and the trucks dumped milk in the road. City Hall saw cans overturned amid the dispute between unions and milk distributors.
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Winchester Council to Meet in Special Session Tonight
Winchester City Council will hold a special session at 7 30 tonight per City Manager Lee Grant. Members will discuss pending matters and vote on agenda items.
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Lee Grant
Railroad chief cites grain delays and coal mine closures
Baltimore July 23 John Edwards Jr general superintendent of transportation for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad says there is little improvement before next spring. He warns the grain crop movement is slowed and some coal mines are temporarily closing due to the shortage.
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John Edwards, Jr
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Farm safety push cites 1946 toll of 32 000 killed
National Farm Safety Week spotlighted by placards at the Northern Virginia Power Company offices and a presidential proclamation. Local farm leaders in Winchester Frederick Clarke area join officials in urging safer practices to reduce home accidents and farm injuries.
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