Wallace Party Taps Little People's Till
Henry Wallace's Progressive party raises funds from ordinary supporters at a public rally in Philadelphia. William Gailmor leads the pitch for 1000 contributions as Wallace appears after the fundraising push, outlining peace and prosperity themes while addressing critics of Wall Street.
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Hal Boyle
Henry Wallace
Progressive Party
Hank Wallace
William Gailmor
Aimee Semple McPherson
Father Divine
Allace
Russia
Berlin
Berryville Soldier Serves as Military Policeman in Japan
Staff Sergeant Robert Fuller, son of Mr and Mrs Edward Fuller of Berryville, is a military policeman in Yokohama Japan. He entered the army in 1943 and has been in Japan since May 1947. He was a student at Berryville High School.
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Robert Fuller
Edward Fuller
Berryville
Yokohama
Japan
Berryville High School
Congress Debates Federal Crime for Lynching and Voting Bills
The GOP contends extended hearings before any bill reaches debate while civil rights moves loom. A House judiciary panel approved a lynching bill last March and a Senate version cleared its committee six days before adjournment. House action also cites a poll tax ban and FEPC measures on the calendar with housing bills split between chambers.
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Senate
House Judiciary Committee
Congress
Bender
Ohio
Senate Rules Committee
Fair Employment Practice Commission
FEPC
House Labor Committee
Truman
Answers to Daily Quiz Reveals Century-Old Details
The page lists quiz solutions: both men over 34, molecules built from atoms, Togliatti, Officer Candidate School, The Green Mountain Boys, Herbert Brownell, the surgeon's knife, he will, an agency of the United Nations, five lines. Easter Island lies about 2,000 miles off Chile and has colossal stone images from centuries past.
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Guiz
Togliatti
Green Mountain Boys
Herbert Brownell
United Nations
Easter Island
Chile
Fourteen Disabled Miners Leave Virginia for California Treatment
Fourteen disabled coal miners departed Norton Virginia for Vallejo California to receive long term spinal injury therapy under the United Mine Workers program. The treatment at Permanente hospital is funded by the UMW 1947 health and welfare fund and is expected to last at least six months with costs between five thousand and ten thousand dollars per miner.
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Norton
California
Virginia
United Mine Workers
Permanente Hospital
Vallejo
Calif
UMW
Stephens City fete gross of 1400 dollars
R. E. Ayler said the Stephens City yard party held Friday and Saturday grossed about 1400 dollars. A special meeting will be called to settle bills and determine net profit from the fundraiser. Parking facilities were taxed Saturday night to handle the crowd.
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R. E. Ayler
Stephens City
Lesnevich Cleans Out Wardrobe for Light Heavy Bout
London July 26 Gus Lesnevich of Cliffside New Jersey world light heavy champion weighed in at 175 pounds for a 15 round title bout with England's Fred Mills who tipped the scales at 170 1 2 pounds Mills weighed in light and ready for the bout tonight in London England
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London
Gus Lesnevich
Cliffside
N. J
England
Freddie Mills
Mills
Five Little Girls Are Polio Victims
Virginia reports five new infantile paralysis cases bringing total to 66. The victims include a five-year-old in Danville a four-year-old in Lynchburg a six-year-old in Montgomery County a five-year-old in Caroline County and a seven month old in Petersburg.
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Richmond
Virginia
State Health Department
Danville
Lynchburg
Montgomery County
Caroline County
Petersburg
House Speeds Clash Over Prices and Housing Bill
House debates on prices housing and civil rights as Republicans and Democrats traded sharp arguments. McCormac of Massachusetts urged action to ease cost of living, while Halleck pressed on President Truman remarks. Bender attributed high costs to 16 years of Democratic rule. the session ended after lengthy exchanges.
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Gross
Pennsylvania
House
McCormac Mass
Congress
GOP
Halleck
Ind
McCormack
John Howard Payne Profession One Noted Composer And Author
G R G Payne served as a United States consul in Tunis when he died. Earlier he worked as an actor and playwright and produced the operetta Clari. He wrote Home Sweet Home to earn money for overdue rent.
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John Howard Payne
G. R. G. A. Payne
United States
Tunis
Woman survives head injury after half gallon jug assault
Cornelia Baltimore, a colored woman, was struck on the head early Sunday with a half gallon wine jug. Her condition at Winchester Hospital was reported satisfactory. Police hold William C. Thomas of 420 N Kent St for felonious assault investigation with a hearing tentatively set for 3 p.m. tomorrow.
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Cornelia Baltimore
Winchester Hospital
William C. Thomas
N. Kent St
Council to Pass On Hospital Grants in Virginia
Richmond July 26 The Virginia hospital advisory council meets to review applications totaling 4 170 000 in hospital and health center grants. A six member steering committee recommends approval of allocations from Federal funds for hospital construction in 12 cities including Harrisonburg Front Royal Leesburg and Winchester plus institutions like the Medical College of Virginia.
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Richmond
Virginia Hospital Advisory Council
Harrisonburg
Front Royal
Leesburg
Medical College of Virginia
Winchester
Wife and Children Witness Man Drowned Near Singers Glen
Thomas H. Law, 33, of Augusta county, drowned while swimming in a farm pond near Singers Glen in Rockingham county yesterday. His wife and three children watched the tragedy. rescuers cut a hole in the earthen dam and drained the pond to recover the body.
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Thomas H. Law
Augusta County
Singers Glen
Rockingham County
Insanity Witness List and Court Proceedings
Western State hospital Marion and Dr Pettis named as witnesses. Commonwealth lists many witnesses including Winkfield Pan gle Emmart Johnson Fravel Gearing Snarr Orndorff Bryant Stockley Miller. Defense adds McKee Latham Logan Platt Fletcher Carey Miller. Ripley Walker and Richard Wright prosecute. J Lynn Lucas and F E Brumback defend. Oldest Bible manuscript found at Mt Sinai.
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Marion
Pettis
Commonwealth
Borden
J. Marshall Winkfield
Frank Pangle
Harry Emmart
Estelle Johnson
Lillian King Fravel
W. F. Gearing Sr. and Jr
Marguerite F. Snarr
Lorena E. Orndorff Irvin Oorndorff
William K. Bryant
E. A. Morris
F. B. Lingle
Edgar F. Loving
Mary Carter
Guy Miller
Miller
Ripley S. Walker
Richard S. Wright
Woodstock
J. Lynn Lucas
Luray
F. E Brumback
Household Goods and Farm Sale Notices Across Virginia Towns
A sequence of sale notices lists auctions by Mrs. Robert Lemley in Stephens City for furniture and household goods on July 27 at 10 a.m. EST. Mrs. Earl Rinker in Winchester for household goods July 28 at 11 a.m. DST. Mrs. W. A. Sale in Winchester for household and kitchen furniture on August 21. and A. M. Nicodemus at a farm northwest of Berryville on September 1 at 10 a.m. for a dairy herd livestock and farm machinery.
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Robert Lemley
Main St
Stephens City
Earl Rinker
Loudoun St
W. A. Sale
National Ave
Winchester
Berryville
Farm Grain Storage Asked by Government
Secretary Brannan urged farmers to store a substantial portion of this year’s grain on their farms to keep grain prices stable, ease terminal market congestion, and improve orderly movement. The department forecasts a record corn crop and the second largest wheat crop in history.
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Washington
Brannan
Western powers weigh new Berlin talks and Soviet blockade
In four power Berlin, Paul Markgraf is dismissed by deputy mayor Ferdinand Friendensburg on orders from the Russians. Western and American leaders in London discuss strategy on the Berlin blockade and a possible all Germany conference. General Clay says the United States will negotiate all of Germany but not under duress, and hints Russia could lift the blockade.
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Dent
Paul Markgraf
Ferdinand Friendensburg
Berlin
Markgraf
London
United States
Britain
France
Germany
Truman
Stalin
Russia
Clay
Washington
U.S
Fragmented Report on Currency Move and Zone Closure
A sketched snippet notes Russians introducing a new currency in their zone and sealing it to block worthless marks from entering Eastern Germany. The dispatch also mentions Clay speaking to a news conference, though details remain unclear.
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Germany
Clay
Allied airlift to Berlin continues despite corridors
The report notes Allied planes will keep flying supplies to Berlin no matter what happens in the air corridors. It also states the United States began construction of a new Berlin airport today.
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Berlin
UJ. 8
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