Lawyer Would Evade Civil Rights Issue
An elderly New York attorney Arthur Dun testifies at a public hearing for Henry Wallace on a plan to enforce the 14th amendment by reducing congressional representation of states with poll taxes. He argues Southern states would remove voting barriers to avoid losing seats, saying this would negate the need for civil rights laws. Other speakers include a Negro nurse, a farm worker, an Irish sailor, and Rep. Vito Marcantonio.
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Icans
Democrats
Henry Wallace
Arthur Dun
New York City
New Party
Illinois
Palestine
Stern Group
Muriel Draper
Vito Marcantonio
Virginia
Dun
Congress
South
House of Representatives
Charles Town Mourns John Braithwaite Runaway Train Tragedy
Funeral services held at 2:30 p.m. for John Braithwaite 20 killed when a Norfolk and Western train struck the supply truck he drove in the Jefferson district near Charles Town. He was hauling spray material. Survived by parents and several siblings.
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Charles Town
John Braithwaite
Norfolk and Western
Jefferson Orchard
Harry F. Byrd
Church Services and Schedules Across Several Towns
Local churches list Sunday services worship times and pastors from Brucetown Salem Emmanuel Baptist Reliance Ridings Chapel Winchester and surrounding areas. The notice includes Bible school times communion services baptism at Hog Creek and special events through the week and July 31 love feast observance.
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Church of the Brethren
Salem
W. L. Riggleman
Cephas Fahnestock
J. Floyd Wine
Jubilee
Evangelical United Brethren
Reliance Charge
L. P. Tederick
Astor
Greenway
Friendship
Reliance
Ridings ‘Chapel
Helping Hand
Indian Hollow
Hog Creek
H. W. McVicar
GOP Platform Draft Promises Broad Civil Rights Shift
James Loeb Jr. outlines planks for a new GOP platform to be adopted after nominations. The 6500 word document calls for stronger civil rights measures than prior conventions and endorses 18 year olds voting. It also hints at public ownership for banks, railroads, and utilities and suggests Wallace could lead foreign policy.
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Wes
James Loeb Jr
ADA
Tugwell
Wallace
Taylor
Greece
Turkey
United States
Russia
Answers to Daily Quiz From Page Four
Answers listed for questions 1 to 10 include figures and identifications such as about 400000 for Q1 and Boston Mass for Q5. It notes a destroyer escort is smaller than other ships for Q2 and highlights a California nomination in Q3. Q4 explains fiscal year quotas and appropriations. Q6 lists Pawling New York and Q9 steel. Q7 renders a place name Si kay da and Q8 Miss Secretary of 1948. Q10 shows party tallies larger Democrats 3192 Republicans 2188.
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California
Boston
Mass
Pawling
N.Y
Local Sales Directory Listings for July to Sept
A sequence of upcoming househ old goods and furniture sales plus a dairy herd and farm machinery sale. Listings include Mrs H B Green 22 E Cork St. Miss Ida Wyndham 234 Amherst St. Mrs Robert Lemley Main St Stephens City Va. Mrs Earl Rinker 526 N Loudoun St. Mrs W A Sale 371 National Ave Winchester. and A M Nicodemus 344 miles northwest of Berryville with dairy herd livestock and farm machinery.
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E. Cork St
Ida Wyndham
Amherst St
Robert Lemley
Main St
Stephens City
Earl Rinker
Loudoun St
W. A. Sale
National Ave
Winchester
Nicodemus
Berryville
Hillbilly Stars At Watermelon Park
Two Grand Ole Opry hillbilly stars Clyde Moody known as The Carolina Woodchopper and Chubby Wise will perform in person Sunday at Watermelon Park on the John A Miller farm near Berryville. The day features swimming and motor boating with a rain postponement to the next Sunday if needed.
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Grand Ole Opry
Women in World War II Volunteer Service Rejection Rates
Among young women who applied for enlistment in the WAC and WAVES the proportion of rejections was about the same as among the men who were called up. The statement compares physical condition rejection rates between women volunteers and drafted men.
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WAC
Inflation Fight and Meat Price Cuts Across Markets
Rep Clarence Brown says Republicans will act to curb inflation in the upcoming special session while Truman could curb it earlier with powers over credit policy and exports. CIO chief Philip Murray urges a price freeze at a given level and tax boosts on corporate profits. In DC, purchasing officer Brennan asks for two meatless days weekly amid high prices. Chicago area chains slash meat prices as market trends show relief yet consumer resistance and heat limit selling.
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GOP
Clarence Brown
Ohio
House
Sen
Taft
Mr. Truman
Brown
Truman
CIO
Philip Murray
White House
Murray
Roland M. Brennan
District of Columbia
Chicago
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co
New York
Jewel Stores
Jury weighs murder charges in Berry case verdict considered
Commonwealth argues first degree murder with no death penalty sought as Mrs. Burke faces accusation after Berry was slain. Defense seeks acquittal claiming the shooting was accidental while jurors retire to consider verdict amid crowded court surroundings.
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Commonwealth
Joseph Massie Jr
Massey
Berry
Burke
Jury Gives Verdict After Second Penitentiary Mention
The judge, lighting the bench, reads the verdict as jurors, hot and tired, file in. The sentence lacks where imprisonment should be served, prompting a second retirement to specify the state penitentiary. Brumback moves to set aside the verdict as defense attorney confers with Mrs. Burk amid tears.
Is Rationing the Solution to Price Controls
The article argues price controls for meat coal steel and dairy face wage impacts. It questions how to curb prices without universal wage controls and suggests rationing as a means to remove consumer purchasing pressure and maintain price caps.
Desperate manhunt ends with spree killings in multiple states
Mrs. Smith recalls two men stopping her and her husband in a gray car as authorities name an elderly Flat Rock Michigan cabin owner Frank Krench among the murder list. A seventh victim, an unidentified man, was found shot through the heart. Officers describe the killings as a blood lust driving the spree linked to a 14 day terror reign. Mrs. Della West of Parkersburg West Virginia reports a critical wounding in Ohio as the manhunt continues.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Della West
Ohio
Mother of slain youths recalls son as model child
Mrs West, grief stricken, said she wished the killings were over as her 22 year old son John C West was killed by a posse near Van Wert Ohio. West and Robert Murl Daniels 24 were linked to a string of Ohio murders and had connections to Mansfield reformatory. Daniels was captured after attempting to force a roadblock six miles northeast of Van Wert. Both victims and suspects were parolees. their victims included the Mansfield warden and his family. Mrs West last saw John on June 22 when Daniels visited Parkersburg then left with him after a goodbye kiss. She had not heard of his involvement until last Monday from a neighbor reading a Columbus paper.
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John C. West
West
Robert Murl Daniels
van Wert
Daniels
Parkersburg
Joan
Columbus, O
Mansfield, O., Reformatory
America Seeks Soviet Cooperation to Avoid War
Report notes a shift in official thinking as the Soviet Union has yet to take military action to close air corridors used by the United States and Britain for deliveries to Western Berlin. Hope remains for cooperation toward a settlement short of war.
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Soviet Union
United States
Britain
Bern
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