Atomic tests in Pacific eyed as U S resumes bomb program
Washington reports move to resume atomic weapon tests in the Pacific with a plan to establish proving grounds for routine experiments. Officials hint at a deep sea test and possible Bikini involvement as the United States seeks to maintain lead in atomic weaponry amid international debate.
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Washington
United Tatest
Army - Navy
United States
Congress
Russia
At & W
York
United Ations
Atomic Energy Commis
Eir
Armed Forces
Commission
Atomic Energy Commision
Pacific
Bikini
Capons Stolen Prompt Loudoun County Theft Case
James Thompson of the Leesburg police asks local authorities to help locate 200 capons stolen in Loudoun County. He suspects some birds were sold to local poultry concerns.
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James Thompson
Leesburg
Early Apple Shipments Reach Seven Thousand Bushels
E W Barr local orchardist says about 7000 bushels of early apples have been shipped mainly to Florida North Carolina Massachusetts Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Prices run around 210 per bushel for 2 inch No 1 Duchess 225 for larger grades. Rambos Williams Early Red and other varieties from Warren county orchards are being packed with Williams Early Red noted as the shortest crop in years and may limit pies.
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E. W. Barr
Winchester
Florida
North Carolina
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Duchess
Williams
Warren County
Barr
McIntosh
Opening of Murder Trial Draws Farmers To Georgia Court
A crowd of sun-tanned farmers gathered at the Carroll county courthouse as Eddie Brown 20 faces trial for the slaying of George Boyd 28 a white tenant farmer. State troopers watched for potential mob action after Brown escaped a jail raid on June 30.
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Georgia
Carrollton
Carroll County
Eddie Brown
Brown
George Boyd
Sand Hill
Pickets Withdrawn From Remington Rand Plant
About 1000 pickets massed before the strike bound Remington Rand plant in Benton Harbor were withdrawn early today by the CIO United Electrical Workers in response to a State police request.
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Benton Harbor
Mich
Remington Rand
CIO
United Electrical Workers
Unlucky Hip Incident Injures Clifton Heights Boy
John Trombetti, 14, who is recovering from a left hip fracture, was struck by a bicycle as he crossed the street in Clifton Heights, Pennsylvania, and has sustained a right hip fracture.
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Clifton Heights
John Trombetti
Roving Reporter Highlights Farm Family Auction Boom
A countywide wave of estate and farm sales strains local auctioneers as 45 events this month test endurance. At the Humston estate near Middletown auctioneer Byron Brumback led 1 000 bidders through over 8000 items amid lunch crowds served by Cedar Cliff church women. A lighthearted note emerged as Maynard Snapp bid on a sausage grinder and a sausage stuffer, longtime companions of the Humston era.
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Byron O. Brumback
Middletown
E. L. Humston
Valley Pike
Cedar Cliff Presbyterian
W. B. O'Neal
R. G. VanMeter
W. J. Coffelt
Garland Snapp
William Coffelt
Mamie Coffman
Jesse Comer
Mildred Kline
Alice Weatherholtz
Maynard Snapp
Humston
Snapp
Kaiser Plane Contract Prompted Heat Of Hell Claim
Krug told Senators Brewster and Ferguson that a war production board contract with Henry Kaiser and Howard Hughes for a plywood airplane was arranged before his time. He said Kaiser pressured officials, saying Kaiser put the heat of hell on Washington to push the project despite Army and Navy opposition.
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Krug
Henry Kaiser
Es Ar
Henry
Brewster
Ame
Ferguson
R-Mich
War Production Board
Kaiser
Howard Hughes
Roosevelt
War Investigating Committee
Elliott Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Red House
Tea Production Board
Washington
Greece Border Watch Proposed By Smaller Powers
Prance proposed to exclude the five major powers and all other interested nations from a U N commission to watch Greece's northern frontier. A smaller neutral group of six non permanent Security Council members plus Sweden could form the watch. Soviet delegate Gromyko stayed silent during the session.
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Prance
U. N
Greece
Security Council
Sweden
Australia
Brazil
Columbia
Syria
Poland
Belgium
Andrei A. Gromyko
Heifer Bears Rare Triple Calves at Henry Horton Farm
In Lynchburg on July 24 a mixed breed heifer gave birth to triplets, two white-faced females and a black-faced male, a barnyard event veterinarians call rarer than human multiple births. Cattlemen visited the Henry Horton farm to view the calves and mother, all thriving after the birth.
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Lynchburg
Henry Horton Farm
Horton Farm
First Tomato Blight Reported in Virginia
The first 1947 confirmed reports of tomato late blight from Botetourt and Roanoke counties were announced by S. B. Fenne, plant pathologist. Blight appeared as fruit rot in some fields and leaf infection in others, causing potential losses for growers.
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Blacksburg
VFW Post Fishery Set for August Meeting
The Winchester VFW post schedules a 7:30 pm meeting on August 11 at Roy Earl’s home. Commander H. W. Butler Jr. says the session will cover the 1947 membership quota, followed by a fishfry on the Earl lawn managed by Bud ex-army sergeant and W. W. Baker.
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Winchester Vfw
Roy Earl
H. W. Butler, Jr
Earl Lawn
Bud
W. W. Baker
Truman weighs world grain organization for Europe
President Truman said a world trade organization to buy grain for distribution under the Marshall plan is under consideration. He also noted no domestic controls over wheat and corn are planned beyond export and transport measures to move grain to port cities for shipment abroad.
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Washington
Truman
World Trade Organization
Marshall
United States
Congress
Truman says no promise to lift credit controls
President Truman said he has not promised to end wartime credit controls if Congress does not extend them. He stressed he would take action, not promise, and noted his past position that continuation is for Congress to decide. The House opposed a continued extension while the Senate favored a modified delay.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Senate
House
Costa Rica Ends Street Battles After Deadly Clashes
National police with 2000 special deputies restored order in San Jose and other cities after bitter clashes left at least five dead and 59 wounded. A general strike by opposition leaders paralysed business and banks, while reports from Guatemala claimed revolt and Panamanian sources questioned organized rebellion.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Panama
Tobacco Auctions Open in Georgia and Florida Markets
Bright leaf tobacco auctions opened today in 21 Georgia and Florida markets with prices generally below the government support level. Many growers turned their leaf into Commodity Credit Corp loans.
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Associated Press
Georgia
Florida
Commodity Credit Corp
All But $1 Bill
Detroit July 24. A couple seeking a marriage license asked the clerk for the $1 fee. Fiancé Elmer H. Dupke 21 searched in vain until his fiancée Margaret Taub 20 produced the cash, quipping not to make it a habit.
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Detroit
Elmer H. Dupke
Margaret Taub
Edward P. Frye Dies Suddenly at 86 in West Virginia
Edward P. Frye, 86, a prominent farmer and stockman from Rio, West Virginia, died of a heart attack at his daughter’s home in Front Royal. Born January 13, 1861 in Hampshire County, he was vice president of Capon Valley Bank and a lifelong Lutheran. He married Ella Wolfe of Sedan, WV. Surviving are children Joseph T. Frye Wardensville, Charles E. Frye Rio, Ernest W. Frye Winchester, Mrs. Alert Snider Keyser, Mrs. Mervin Livinig Rio, Mrs. Davis Front Royal, plus a sister Mrs. Nora Bean Inkerman. Funeral plans noted as continued on Page 10.
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Edward P. Frye
Rio
W. Va
C. E. Davis
Front Royal
Prye
Hampshire County
Capon Valley Bank
Lutheran Church
Ella Wolfe
Sedan
Farm Labor Pay At Record High
Wages paid for farm labor in the state on July 1 were the highest on record per the cooperative crop reporting service. With board, monthly pay reached 66.50 dollars, up from 61 last year, while wages without board were 86.25 dollars versus 80.75 a year earlier. Daily pay with board stood at 3.50 dollars and without board at 4.30 dollars, both near prior year levels.
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Richmond
Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
Congress to Hear Cost of Living Hearings in Fall
Senator Taft announced that a joint congressional committee will begin coast-to-coast hearings around September 15 on rising living costs. The panel plans to send subgroups to regions to gather input from housewives industry labor and other voices.
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Congress
Washington
Taft
Senate House Committee
Joint Congressional Committee On the Economic Report
Social Security Payroll Tax Frozen at One Percent
A House Senate conference committee agreed to keep the Social Security payroll tax at one percent for two more years, preventing a potential $2 billion levy rise. The compromise maintains gradual increases planned for 1950 and 1952, while preserving benefits funding for needy aged persons the blind and dependent children.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
France Accepts Bid to Discuss German Future
A French spokesman said France would accept the US proposal for a British French American conference on Germany's future level of industry. He noted discussions would cover Ruhr control and ownership but not administrative steps to raise Ruhr coal production. France would not join the British American talks in Washington.
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Paris
France
United States
Germany
Ruhr
Washington
Reds Infiltrated Into Electrical Union Says Agent
Joseph Julianelle, business agent for Bridgeport local 203 of the CIO Electrical Workers Union, testified that about six members are communists or fellow travelers. He said the international tried to revoke the local charter after expelling 26 Bridgeport members amid anti-communist actions. The House committee studies union infiltration under Taft Hartley law.
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Washington
Joseph Julianelie
Bridgeport
North Carolina
Cio-Food, Tobacco and Agricultural
Lovett’'S Shoe & Dress Shop
N. Loudoun
Greatest Reductions in Semi-Annual Clearance at N P Style Shoppe
Advertises a semi annual clearance featuring the greatest reductions at N P Style Shoppe 160 N Loudoun St. Also promotes a savings account at Farmers & Merchants National Bank Winchester Virginia and a Rainbow Inn music night with a special bus pickup, plus Gladiolas for sale with contact Susan Gore.
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N. Loudoun St
Farmers & Merchants National Bank
Winchester
Virginia
Rainbow Inn
Rainbow Serenaders
Piccadilly
Britain Agrees To Discuss Ruhr Coal Production
A British informant said London has tentatively accepted a U S invitation to a Washington conference to discuss methods for increasing Ruhr coal output. It is stated that talks will avoid broader issues like financing and feeding the merged American British zones and may focus on Ruhr production only.
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London
Germany
Britain
Washington
Ruhr
Berlin
United States
Hitler's Fine Marble Reworked into Shafts For Red Memorials
Parts of the pink Bavarian marble from the chancellery where Hitler worked are being reused as memorials to Joseph Stalin and the Soviet army. German workers under Russian direction are removing slabs, walls, columns, and floors to two Soviet cemeteries in Berlin Treptow and Schoenholz for two 260 foot obelisks.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Joseph Stalin
Belin
Treptow
Schoenholz
Senate to Decide On KC Election Probe
Senator Taft said the Senate will decide if to investigate Attorney General Clark's handling of a Kansas City vote fraud inquiry after a GOP leaders meeting. Senator Kenn reports asking House leaders to take over the probe.
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Senate
Taft
Washington
Clark
Kansas City
GOP
Kenn
R-Mo
Republican Ieaders
House
Final House OK Given Senate May Act Today
The Senate approved by unanimous consent a plan to place armed services under a single cabinet officer, sending the measure back to the House for action on a conference agreement. The bill creates a national defense setup with the air forces as a separate branch and safeguards to preserve Marine Corps and naval aviation identity. A National Security Council would be chaired by the President to shape defense and foreign policy.
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Washington
Senate
Armed Services
House
Senate House
Marine Corps
Naval Aviation
Truman
Serence
Forrestal
Central Intelligence Unit
Central Intelligence Agency
Air Arms
Navy
Rotary
Sir Forces Department
Air Forces U
National Security Council
Poli S
Lady Hitchhiker Detained 15 Days In Police Court
Dixie Crawford of Newport Tennessee was fined ten dollars and costs for drunk and disorderly conduct. She was detained for 15 days, having been brought to the station after entering a motorist’s car at the Lee Jackson service station and refusing to alight. She said she was headed to Baltimore to stay with her sister and had started from Tennessee with no money.
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Tennessee
Baltimore
Dixie Crawford
Newport
Tenn
Crawford
Lee Jackson
Russia's Stand on Jap Treaty Widens Breach
The United States and Russia split over drafting a Japanese peace treaty threatening unity among major powers. Moscow rejected American proposals, raising questions about pursuing a separate peace and legal validity under past wartime pledges. Russia urged treaty talks without veto while U.S. plan favored a two thirds vote and broader participation.
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Russia
John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
Japan
Moscow
Europe
Far East
United Nations
United
Britain
San Francisco
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Gene Miler
C. D. Brown
B. & C. Bakery
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Beyond Va
Winchester Evening Star
Reds
Electrical Union
America
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