Ex-Congressman May sentenced in bribery case
Former Kentucky Democrat Andrew J. May received eight months to two years in prison for taking bribes totaling 53 634 07 from the Garssons while wartime chairman of the House military affairs committee. Murray and Henry Garsson also drew sentences of eight months to two years. May urged mercy and proclaimed his innocence, while defense lawyers sought a new trial and said they would appeal to the Supreme Court if needed.
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Washington
Andrew J. May
House Military Affairs
May
Murray
Henry Garsson
Mercy
Kentucky
Congress
Schweinhaut
Garssons
Garsson Brothers
Supreme Court
Garrsons
Credit Control End Sure and End Likely
The article reports that unrestricted installment buying may resume by November 1 with possible early end to time payment controls. The House passed compromise credit curbs repeal, sending to the Senate, with White House timing to be decided. The Federal Reserve foresees Truman lifting restraints unless Congress acts.
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Washington
Truman
House
Senate
White House
Tomorow
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
Britain to add whale meat to sausages next week
Food ministry announces Britain will begin using whale meat in sausages starting next week as a new meat source.
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London
Britain
Food Ministry
Woman Unable To Open Mouth After A Prolonged Yawn
Miss Wayne Ferguson a 28 year old book store clerk of Winston Salem North Carolina yawed June 28 and could not reopen her mouth for hours. After the jaw finally snapped shut she could not open it more than a quarter inch. She has been examined by 15 physicians and tried various remedies including gnawing balsa wood as a cure.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
Wayne Ferguson
Wendell Goode Elected Safety Council Head in Winchester
Wendell B. Goode an engineer chemist for Virginia Woolen Co is elected president of the Winchester Frederick county safety council. A Richmond native and VPI graduate he has worked with Virginia Woolen 25 years. Other officers named include Charles Bass James Mason and W W Hunt with six vice presidents to head accident prevention branches.
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Wendell B. Goode
Virginia Woolen Co
Winchester- Prederick County Safety Council
Richmond
VPI
Goode
Virginia Woolen
Winchester Golf Club
Kiwanis
American Legion
Virginia Silver
Charles Bass
The
Grove Lime Co
Stephens City
James Mason
O'Sullivan Rubber Co
W. W. Hunt
National Fruit Co
Taylor Barr
Presim
Illiam H. Lawrence
Garland Quarles
Kenneth Robinson
Stewart Bell
Taker Of Undies Could Not Explain Pilferings
Delbert Durr 22 of Winchester trailer camp was sentenced to 30 days for petty larceny of ladies underwear from a clothesline. Judge John Rice considered revoke of a suspended 12 month sentence after a prior similar offense. Police found items hidden in his trailer and nearby field.
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Delbert Durr
Winchester
John Rice
Jurr
Durr
F. M. Funk
Bill Provides Universal Military Training at 18
The House armed services committee approved a universal military training bill by 20 to 6. It calls for six months of basic training for all American males after age 18, with possible deferment for those still in high school. final training would total about a year under a controlled discipline system.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Walter G. Andrews
Congress
House
Truman
Yspecial Commission
Lewis at Scene Where 27 Died In Mine Blast
United Mine Workers chief John L. Lewis arrived in West Frankfort Illinois to inspect the Old Ben Coal Company No 8 mine where 27 miners died in a blast. H Green and company officials joined the visit as rescuers labored amid carbon monoxide gas and surviving miners.
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Lewis
West Frankfort
Ill
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Old Ben Coal Co
No. 8
Wrre
Harold L. Walker
Illinois
Mines and Minerals
Centralia
Day of termination for 16 million war veterans
President Truman declared the war over for veterans benefits and related statutes. He signed a Senate joint resolution voiding about 175 wartime laws and asked the Attorney General to study ending remaining war powers while maintaining some extraordinary powers for a time.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Clark
Reds Control Union Says Local Official
James J. Conroy, a New York local union official, testified before Congress that Communists control the international CIO United Electrical Workers. He named Tom Fitzpatrick and William Sentener as Communist leaders and described himself as a former Communist who soured on the party.
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Washington
James J. Conroy
New York
Congress
International Union of
Cio-United Electrical Workers
House UN- American Activities Committee
Tom Fitzpatrick
William Sentener
International Union
Sheriff Bywaters Dies Suddenly at 64 in Winchester
Frederick county sheriff John B. Bywaters aged 64 died suddenly of a heart attack at his residence on National Ave. He had been a candidate for reelection as a Democrat and served as sheriff since 1938. His death comes as the third abrupt end in the sheriff’s office within recent years.
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John Bywaters
John B. Bywaters
Frederick County
National Ave
Bywaters
Court House
Robert DeHaven
Opequon
Mr. Bywaters
Joseph
Annie Glaize Bywaters
Rappahannock
Winchester
Philip Williams
Madison Lodge No
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Widow’s Friend
Middletown
Woodmen of America
St. Paul
Dutch Complete First War Phase In Indonesia
Dutch forces completed the first phase of operations aimed at isolating Central Java from fleeing East and West Java. Indonesian and Dutch communiques report guerrilla actions and scorched earth tactics as mop up and administration plans begin in eastern and western Java.
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Batavia
Java
Jogjakarta
Associated Press
Harris Jackson
Semerang
Jajakarta
Sumatra
Achin
Bindjai
Medan
Apple Prices High as 1946 Are Predicted
USDA fruit bulletin projects prices for 1947 to be similar to 1946. Frost in May sharply reduced the South Atlantic apple crop, while other major growing regions should near or exceed average. National production seen 111,174,000 bushels, down 7 percent from 1946.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
South Atlantic
North Atlantic States
Hogs Sell Higher in Active Chicago Market
The hog market was very active with under 250 lb hogs 50 cents higher and over 250 lb and sows 75 cents to $1 higher. Tops reached $28.29. Spring lambs rose 25 cents while cattle markets held steady.
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Chicago
Baker hooks 2 lb 5 oz bass in Hot Springs derby
George Mackey of Albuquerque snagged a two pound five ounce bass at Elephant Butte reservoir and found a tag revealing it was one of 20 fish valued at 1,000 dollars in the Hot Springs Sporting club's 55,000 dollar derby. The other nineteen remain in the lake.
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Hoot Springs
N M
George Mackey
Albuquerque
Elephant Butte Reservoir
Hot Springs
Bishop Defends Canon Rules Over Ex Mrs. Roosevelt Marriages
In a Living Church letter Bishop Manning protests marriages of Elliott Roosevelt’s first wife to a Protestant Episcopal clergyman and Dean O Ferrall to Isabelle Morrill. Detroit Bishop Creighton defends Michigan canons 17 and 18, noting enforcement and lack of laxity.
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New York
William T. Manning
Living Church
Elliott Roosevelt
Protestant Episcopal Church
Kirk B. O'Ferrall
St. Paul's Cathedral
Detroit
Manning
Michigan
Lexington
Cannon Thomas A. Sparks
St. John the Divine
Benedict Henry Hanson
Baltimore
Dean O’ferrall
Isabelle W. Morrill
William Moody
Curtain Winsor
Frank W. Creighton
Elizabeth Donner
Protestant Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd
One Ton
William H. Donner
Palang Beach
Richmond
Creighton
Bishop Manning
Diocese of
Wooldrow Wilson General Hospital Taken By State
The 6 million Woodrow Wilson General Hospital near Saunton was transferred to Virginia and the Augusta County school board after final papers signed in Governor Tuck’s office. War assets deputy Charles J. Blair Jr. noted the move aims to operate the facility for educational and rehabilitation purposes, with 158 buildings, about 400 acres, and equipment valued over 300 thousand dollars transferred at no cost.
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Richmond
Woodrow Wilson General Hospital
Saunton
State of Virginia
Augusta County School Board
Tuck
Charles J. Blair
Five day Virginia forecast and local sale notice
Five day Virginia forecast July 26 to 30 says near normal temperatures with slight warming Saturday and Sunday and a bit cooler Tuesday. Scattered showers expected late Sunday or Monday with total precipitation mainly in the southeast, about one quarter to one half inch, and one tenth inch elsewhere. A sale notice announces buy the A V Miller House and Lot on Ivy Street to be sold in front of Court House tomorrow at 12 noon by Special Commissioner H K Benham. Also local notices for fried chicken and steak dinners at Gibstone Restaurant and poultry ads with delivery.
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Virginia
A. V. Miller
Ivy St
Court House
H. K. Benham
Child Smothered Under Tombstone in Kalamazoo Death
Two year old Nancy Pendowski died when a four foot tombstone toppled onto her as she and her father Edward Pendowski visited the cemetery behind their home to cut grass. The accident occurred in Kalamazoo Michigan on July 25.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Nancy Pendowski
Edward
Congress Rebels Over Soviet Visa Denial For Three Lawmakers
Washington reports Moscow refused visas for Rep. Kersten and Reps. Owens and Kennedy, prompting calls to expel Russians and a demand for strict reciprocity. Kersten urged Marshall to curb Soviet residency in response to hotel shortages and wartime strains.
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Washington
Moscow
Congress
Soviet Union
United States
Nikolai V. Novikov
Rep
Kernsten
R-Wis
House
Russia
State Department
Kersten
Owens
R-Ill
Kennedy
Yuri M. Bruslov
Marshall
Novikov
State Police To Stay At Virginia Beach
Governor Tuck agrees to keep state police in Virginia Beach indefinitely to aid local enforcement of gambling laws while reaffirming that enforcement is primarily a local function. The governor also says the state should intervene if local officials cannot or will not enforce the law.
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Virginia Beach
Richmond
Tuck
H. Warfield Leeke
Congress approves unification of armed services plan
The House completed action on a unification bill for the armed services, sending it to President Truman for quick approval. The Senate later passed a revised Army appropriation and defense provisions, while restoring foreign aid funding and trimming civilian war worker reductions.
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Washington
House
Truman
Congressional Committee
Senate
of Defense
Secretary of Defense
Secretaries of War
Navy
E Air Corps
Marion Corps
America
Taft Questions Senate Vote on 3 NLRB Nominees
Taft doubts Senate will confirm Abe Murdock and two others to the National Labor Relations Board. He said he thinks confirmation may not come before adjournment. J Copeland Gray was advanced 9-3 and Robert N Denham was approved 12-0 for NLRB roles.
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Taft
Senate
NRLB
Day
Abe Murdock
Utah
National Labor Relations Board
Murdock
NLRB
Congress
J. Copeland Gray
Buffalo
Robert N. Denham
Gray
Ball
Jenner
Truman
Weatherman Promises Warmer Nights in Virginia
The forecast calls for slightly warmer nights after two back to back 50s matching Canada like conditions. Last nights low was 55 with recent Nineties weather easing, blankets stay handy as residents note unusually cool spell. Farmers report dry weather helping orchard and grain hay work resume after two week wet spell.
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Canada
Virginia
Joseph
Fred Glaize
Albin
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Rouss Ave
Federal Dep. Insur. Corp
Gladiolas
Susan Gore
Pat
Reny
Gene Miller
Indonesia
Hooks
West Va
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Winchester Evening Star
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Roosevelt
Wooldrow Wilson General Hospital
Gibstone
West Gerrard St
B & S&s Poultry CO
U. S
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