Arab League Strength Fades in Middle East
Observers say the Arab League is losing coherence as feuding leaders hinder real cooperation since its 1945 founding. Two blocs form Egypt with Saudi Arabia and Lebanon versus Trans Jordan and Iraq, with Western powers shaping alignments and the US backing sovereignty of states.
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Lebanon
Middle East
Cairo
Israel
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Lem
Trans-Jordan
Hashe
Trans-Jor
Iraq
Abdullah
al-Jordan
Syria
Arab Palestine
Husni Zkim
France
U.S
United States
Arab League
Palestine
Sales Directory UG 6 10 A M R G Wol Nearphens City
A local sales directory entry lists farm machinery and household goods offered by R G Wol at Nearphens City, scheduled for 10 a.m. The item includes nearby farm and household equipment.
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R. G. Wolnearphens
South Concedes Anti-poll Tax Bill Will Pass House
Southern Democrats concede the House will pass anti poll tax legislation though they expect the Senate to block it. The bill would ban poll taxes for presidential and congressional elections while states retain voter qualification authority.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Allies blame Allied attitude toward Germany as arrogant
Social Democratic Leader Kurt Schumacher in Mainz says Allied approach to west Germany has worsened over the past year. He condemns the guardianship of the former Reich and warns the Ruhr Authority treats Germans as workers under occupation. Western Germans vote for a 400 member parliament on August 14 in Germanys first federal election since 1932.
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Mainz
Germany
Social Democratic
Kurt Schumacher
West
Reich
Schumacher
Europe
International
Ruhr Authority
Hitler
Dr. Robert V. Funsten Dies In Charlottesville
Dr. Robert V. Funsten 56 a professor of orthopedic surgery at the University of Virginia Medical School died of a heart attack at his Charlottesville home. He had visited Winchester quarterly for about 15 years to treat crippled children in the area and was due at a District Nurse sponsored clinic next weekend.
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Charlottesville
Robert V. Funsten
University of Virginia Medical School
Funsten
Winchester
F Punsten
Mary Farmer
Answers to Daily Quiz Provide Correct Choices
The page lists quiz answers: The President Pro Tempore of the Senate, seven short and six long, the trial of Judith Coplan, Gulf of California, a sling and pebbles, J Edgar Hoover, Washington DC and Berlin, ten million, Miss Barbara Manning.
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Senate
Judith Coplan
Gulf of California
J. Edgar Hoover
Washington, D. C
Berlin
Barbara Manning
Semantics Now Magic Key For Household Felicity
Denver reports show Betty Lee Jacobs a housewife advised using semantics to lessen spats. She described face saving devices and putting on ice to cool disagreements and suggested timing dinner to avoid conflicts.
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Denver
Betty Lee Jacobs
North
South America
Europe
Jacobs
Rightists and Reds clash in Paris during Pact debate
In the National Assembly corridors in Paris, July 26, rightists and communists clashed during a recess in the Atlantic Pact debate. Edouard Michelet, a De Gaulle ally, called a communist remark about him a resister, prompting a chaotic scene with boos and cheers. Yves Perron, a communist, and Michelet fought, while Andre-Francois Mutter, a rightist, also traded blows and suffered a cut lip. no other injuries were reported.
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Paris
National Assembly
Edouard Michelet
Charles DeGaulle
Michelet
Yves Perron
Andre-Francois Mutter
Bargain Issue Promotes Winchester Sale Days
The Winchester Evening Star announces a community sale issue delivered to 10 000 homes within a 25 mile radius. Special motor routes and extra bays support deliveries, aiming at more than 50 000 readers as merchants invite weekend shopping in Winchester.
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Winchester Evening Star
Winchester
the Star
Truck Driver Involved in Front Royal Area Crash
A. L. DeHaven of Bloomery Star drove a local truck in a crash near Front Royal. A 1939 Pontiac sedan carrying Mr and Mrs John Foster of Owings Mills Maryland was treated at a hospital. Merrill Cooper a sailor from Norfolk and living in Cooperstown West Virginia was injured when his motorcycle left the road near Middletown.
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Austin Lee DeHaven
Bloomery Star R
Front Royal
John Foster
Ownings Mills
Middletown
Merrill Cooper
Norfolk
Cooperstown
W. Va
Despondent Pilot Dives Into Wife’s Grave
Russell Higby Jr., 23, son of a produce merchant, flew a monoplane over Stockton California and performed two power dives toward a cemetery at city limits. After his wife Beverly died in childbirth four months earlier, witnesses said he became despondent and the second dive from 2000 feet ended with his death as deputies prepared to arrest him.
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Stockton
Calif
Russell Higby Jr
Higby
Russell Higby
Beverly
World Peace Plans Brought to Senate by Tobey Kefauver
Senator Tobey leads 13 backers for a resolution to make the United Nations a limited world federation with enforcement power. Senator Kefauver heads 16 backers for a plan to unite North Atlantic Pact signers into a free States alliance and prompt a convention of treaty nations.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Tobey
R-Nh
United Nations
Kefauver
D-Tenn
U. N
Ft Lewis Estate Mansion Destroyed Roanoke
The historic Fort Lewis estate mansion near Salem burned to smouldering ruins this morning. Owner Moten L Altizer of Greensboro N C was rescued uninjured from a second story room. Built in 1822 by Samuel White, who bought the 4500 acre tract including the fort site from Col Andrew Lewis, defended by Washington's frontier forces.
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Roanoke
Fort Lewis
Salem
Moten L. Altizer
Greensboro
N. C
Samuel White
Andrew Lewis
George Washington
18 Killed in Spain Munitions Dump Blast Near Madrid
An explosion at an army munitions dump in Tarancon, 50 miles southeast of Madrid, killed at least 18 people and wounded 27. The blast shattered many houses in the 60 000 population town. Sixteen bodies had been recovered from the ruins.
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Spain
Toledo
Tarancon
Madrid
Dulles Named to Two Senate Committees
The Senate Republican policy committee approved Dulles to two minor committees rules and District of Columbia. Dulles to replace Wagner on the New York seat prompts committee shifts with Knowland kept on appropriations and Robertson moved from appropriations to expenditures.
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Washington
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Senator Dulles
RNY
Rules
District of Columbia
Dulles
Wagner
New York
Knowland
Calif
Robertson
D-Va
Jobless Outlook Mixed in New England Says Sawyer
Boston July 26 United States Commerce Secretary Charles Sawyer says New England unemployment is serious but not critical, better than expected, as Massachusetts Governor Paul A. Dever calls it bad and worsening. Dever cites 258000 out of work with potential 100000 more by September 30, and seeks federal aid including 20 million for highways and 12 million for harbor work.
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Boston
U. S. Commerce
Charles Sawyer
New England
Massachusetts
Paul A. Dever
Sawyer
Dever
Frye Reinterment At Wardensville
Capt. William F. Frye Jr. killed in action to be honored in Wardensville with services at the Lutheran church at 2:30 p.m. Rev. H. B. Stelling to lead. Remains arrived on Carroll Victory and lie in state before interment in Wardensville Cemetery. Wardensville VFW post to serve as honorary pallbearers. active pallbearers listed. Frye survived by widow Lorraine Johnston and daughter Connie Jo, plus three brothers and two sisters.
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Wardensville
William F. Frye Jr
Winchester
H. B. Stelling
VFW
Mann Gay Jr
Edward Frye
John Orndorff
Daniel Orndorff
Charles Barney
John Bowers
Capt. Frye
William Frye
Loraine Johnston
Connie Jo
Kenneth
Ben L
Robert Frye
M. R. Cappiello
Raintree
Mass
A. C. Halterman
Ambassadors and Ministers: Career Foreign Service Dominates
As of December 1948 about 69 percent of ambassadore and ministers came from the career Foreign Service. Previously larger or important postings determined status, but size and importance no longer decide whether the chief of mission is an ambassador or a minister.
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United States
Winchester Kiwanis to view U S Steel film Business as Usual
Winchester Kiwanis club will view a U S Steel movie titled Business as Usual tomorrow. Program chairman George Masters arranged the film, which covers the steel industry story. The luncheon is at George Washington.
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Winchester Kiwanis Club
George Masters
George Washington
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C. J. Brumback & Sons
McCormick - Deering
N. Cameron
White Creos
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Braddock
SM. J. Grove Lime CO
Stephens City, Va
Barr’s
A. L. DeHaven
Wells & Wade
Frye
Clothes
Frick
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Glaize & Bro
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Loudoun
NEW Holland Way
Lamp Motor CO
Smithfield Ave
One Motor Co., Inc
Tommy D. Lockhart
Loudoun St
Heatwole Motor CO
Chapman Motor CO
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B. F. Goodrich
Loudoun St. Ph
Armours
the Food Center
Winchester Furniture CO
South Main St
Northern Virginia Power Company
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