Senators Pledge Bi partisan Help On Farm Bill
Senators from both parties agreed to draft a new farm bill with a bipartisan approach. A seven member subcommittee led by Senator Anderson prepared drafts for closed hearings, aiming to keep high commodity supports and consider flexible pricing for meats dairy and perishable products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Elmer Thomas
Lucas
D-Ill
Agriculture Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
Brannan
Anderson
D-Nm
Senate Agriculture Committee
Aiken
R-Vt
GOP
Bran‘nan
French Assembly Ratifies Pact After Stormy Session
The French National Assembly approved ratification of the North Atlantic Pact by 398 to 187 after an all night session marked by fist fights between communists and rightists. The vote heads to the Council of the Republic for speedy approval amid stormy debate and tempers flaring. Unclear US military aid provisions drew most criticism from opponents.
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Paris
French National Assembly
Council of the Republic
France
Russia
United States
Methodists Prepare For Homecoming At Kernstown Sunday
The Kernstown Methodist church holds its third annual homecoming service led by Rev. E C Day with 11 am worship, lunch at 12 30, and 2 pm afternoon worship plus special music.
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Kernstown Methodist Church
E. C. Day
Boyd's Orchard
Martinsburg Pike
Edwards Pushes Sales Tax as Virginia School Plan
About 100 people from Virginia's Seventh district heard Horace H. Edwards promote a 2 percent sales tax to fund school construction with a pay as you go program. He argued the tax would relieve real estate burdens, pledged debt free schools, and contrasted his plan with opponent Battle while urging broad support and statewide unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventh Congressional District
George Washington Hotel
Horace H. Edwards
WINC
Edwards
Virginia
Frederick County
Clarke County
Warren County
John 8. Battle
Battle
Oxford
Horace Edwards
Gas Line Crew to Establish Base in Winchester for 88 Mile Pipe
The H C Price Construction Co plans a gas transmission line from near Charleston to Rockville with a Winchester crew headquarters. About 250 workers need living quarters. crews are in Rockville Petersburg Strasburg and Elkins. Expect arrival mid August. 26 inch pipe extends through Fauquier Loudoun to Rockville with trailers outside city due to ordinance.
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H.C. Price Construction Co
Charleston
W. Va
Rockville
Winchester
Petersburg
Strasburg
Elkins
St. Luke
Woodstock
Saumsville
Mount Olive
Stone Shop
Shenandoah County
Cedar Creek
Riverton
Cedarville
Warren County
Shenandoah River
Manassas Gap
Blue Ridge Mountains
Linden
Fauquier County
Markham
Deleplane
Rectortown
Fauquier-Loudoun County
Upperville
Middleburg
Atoka
Loudoun County
Potomac River
Washington
Potomac
City
Guardsmen Head For Division Camp August 30
Norfolk dispatch reports the 29th infantry division of the Virginia Maryland National Guard, now over seven thousand strong, will move to Indiantown Gap Military Reservation in Pennsylvania for the first postwar division encampment, to be reviewed by governors Tuck Lane and Duff. Virginia units travel by organized motor transport from Berryville and Winchester, Maryland units by rail and motor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Virginia-Maryland National Guard
Indiantown Gap
Pennsylvania
William M. Tuck
Virginia
William F. Lane Jr
Maryland
James H. Duff
Berryville
Winchester
Bus Wage Parley Set to Resume in Hagerstown
Negotiations to renew a contract for 175 Blue Ridge Transportation Co. workers resume Saturday in Hagerstown. AFL local 174 leaders demand 20 cent hourly raises three weekly vacations and other benefits with U S conciliation service involvement and possible strike vote depending on union official arrival.
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Hagerstown
Blue Ridge Transportation Co
Charles Y. Stickell
AFL
Amalgamated Assn
Street Electric
Stickell
U. S. Conciliation Service
Battle Pledges Aid to Increase Farm Income Governor Bid
Franklin Virginia July rally features State Senator John S Battle and Attorney General hopeful J Lindsay Almond Jr. pledging to boost farm income. Miller criticism and tax talk headline the event attended by about 1000, with 1189 barbecue plates served. Battle emphasizes Virginia citizenship and businesslike state governance while challenging Miller’s Kremlin comparison.
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Franklin
John S. Battle
Battle For Governor
Southhampton
Nansemond
Isle of Wight
Suffolk
Virginia
Russia
Battle
Miler
Philippines President Quirino to Visit White House
President Eliodoro Quirino of the Philippines will visit President Truman in Washington on August 8 after accepting the invitation. The House announced the two leaders will discuss a number of matters of common and continuing interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
President Quirino
Philippines
White House
Washington
Eliodio Quirino
Truman
House
Mr. Truman
Lions Honored By International Lions
A special speaker platform from Lions International was presented to the Winchester club for attendance honors and accepted by President Paul Anderson. C A Hobert and C F Schenck reported on the New York convention with District Governor Hobert noting a plan to establish Lions International City south of Chicago on US 30. Plans include a headquarters complex with printing plant offices hotel parking and facilities for Lions and staff. Committees were named for the August Lions picnic and a Berryville benefit softball game against Clarke County Lions was tentatively planned.
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Lions International
Winchester Club
Paul Anderson
Sebert Smith
New York
C. A. Hobert
C. F. Schenck
Hobert
Chicago
Baptist Recreation Park
Winchester
Bill Miller
Tom Halterman
Gibson Baker
J. Thomas Boyd
James Madden
Brad Bennett
William Battaile
James Willims
Dick Rush
John Glaize
Garland Spillman
Harmon McMurtry
Samuel Johnston
M. B. Clowe
Brooks Flickinger
Page Louderback
Hoye Riley
Rebert Smith
Charles Campbell
Robert Jasper
Clayton Cochran
Lee Miller
Carter Baker
Berryville
Clarke County Lions
Third polio case reported in Winchester area
The Winchester Frederick County Health Dept. reports a third polio case, an 11 year old girl Mary Catherine Hodgson of Berryville, taken to the Medical College of Virginia hospital. Dr. Still noted no known source and no unsanitary conditions. two prior cases appeared near Orchard Avenue with sanitation improvements ongoing.
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Winchester- Frederick County
J. W. Still
Medical College of Virginia Hospital
Richmond
Mary Catherine Hodgson
James Claycomb
Senseny Rd
I. S. Hodgson
Berryville
Claycombs
Winchester
Hodgson
Thornton
Still
Health Department
Orchard Ave
$20,000 Jewel Loot Found in London Attic Chest
Mrs. Franke Mackie discovered a chest with a dirty napkin containing jewelry worth $20,000. Her husband, a Queens hotel night porter, recalls a 1937 jewel robbery at the hotel and the chest’s 1939 custody. Police later recovered the pieces.
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Margate
Eng
Franke Mackie
Queens Hotel
Mackie
Miners Reject Two Year Extension Of Old Contract
John L. Lewis rejected a two year extension offer from Northern and Western soft coal operators in exchange for dropping the three day work week. Operators would extend terms to March 31, 1951 with a able and willing clause. Union calls the offer ridiculous and negotiations resume August 11 with related talks in Bluefield. Kennedy and union negotiators also dismissed the proposal as ridiculous. Continued on page 2.
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Northern and Western Soft Coal
Southern Coal Producers Assn
Bluefield
W. Va
Kennedy
Love
George H. Love
U S Military Leaders to Europe for Arms Aid Talks
Washington reports that U S military leaders head to Europe to discuss arms aid with Atlantic Pact nations amid Senate moves on surplus farm product spending and Marshall Plan allocations. Britain seeks additional American funds triggering wider plan adjustments and fears of cuts across Europe.
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U.S
Europe
Air Force Eyes Polar Refueling Bases for Bombers
The Air Force outlines a plan for forward Arctic air bases to refuel B 36 bombers en route to targets across Eurasia. Lancastrian staging sites in Greenland or northern Canada would top off fuel, enabling long range missions from Limestone Maine to polar and continental targets.
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Washington
Air Force
Arctic
Polar Cap
United States
Limestone
Canada
Greenland
Polar
Ice Cap
USAF
Coal Operators Hint at Shut down After Mid August
White Sulphur Springs W Va July 27 TM Soft coal operators hinted they may strike and shut pits before cold weather if John L Lewis does not attend contract talks. Lewis did not appear at the negotiations resumption. Operators claim the Taft Hartley Law sets a sixty day negotiation window and northern owners did not receive bargaining notices until June 14.
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White
Lewis
Injured Motorist In Desperate Shape At Hospital
John St John 22 of Winchester is in critical condition with a severe head injury after a Valley Pike collision with a 1948 GMC truck near Barboursville. Miss Westwood Wright, a passenger, is not believed to be seriously hurt. Truck driver Peter Kwastvick of Wilkes-Barre Pa sustained minor injuries. The crash occurred on a straight road after St John apparently lost control and crossed into the truck’s path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Kincaid
St. John
Rochester N. Y
Winchester
Roy Harper
Public Health Clinics To Be Set Up Rapidly
A Winchester hospital public health committee headed by Dr. J A Miller was formed with Drs. Moore Anderson Dutton Lacey Miller and W Still. The group discussed inaugurating public health clinics and decided to set them up at the hospital as soon as possible with meetings called by Dr Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Hospital
8. G. Moore
Stephens City
C. R. Anderson
B. B. Dutton
E. W. Lacey Jr
J. A. Miller
Winchester
J. W. Still
Health Department
Miller
Acheson Urges Congress to Await Arm Aid Findings
Secretary of State Acheson urged Congress to withhold judgment on the 1450 million foreign arms aid bill until all evidence is in. He argued interim steps may be wise, but the administration has already proposed such a plan and will present evidence to Congress starting with his House Foreign Affairs appearance.
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Democratic Party
United States
Congress
Organization For European Economic Cooperation
OEEC
Britain
American Economic Cooperation Administration
Washington
United States Military High Command
Europe
U. S
Army
Omar Bradley
Louis Denfeld
Air Force
Hoyt 3
S. Vandenberg
Joint Chiefs of Staff
A. M. Gruenther
Joint Staff
Joint Chiefs
Frankfurt
London
Paris
Vienna
NME
Acheson
Wait
West Va Grants B&O Permission To Remove Train
Public Service Commission of West Virginia granted Baltimore and Ohio permission to discontinue the Brunswick to Strasburg passenger train after findings of a $33 000 annual loss. The decision follows approvals from Maryland and Virginia commissions and protests from railway unions and local chambers.
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West Va
B&o
Baltimore and Ohio
Brunswick and Strasburg
Public Service Commission of
West Virginia
Public Service Commissions
Maryland
Virginia
J. M. Houchins
Legislative Board
West Virginia Brotherhood of Railway
Charleston
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
Richmond
E. E. Bower
Winchester
Baltimore and
Ohio
Brunswick
Strasburg
Bond & Ebert
N. Loudoun St
Walker McC. Bond
Lee A. Ebert
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Kernstown
Kremlin
John Battle
International
Senate
M’clellan
Economic Cooperations Administration
McClellan
D-Ark
Appropriations Committee
Economic Cooperation Administration
Beyond Va
Winchester Evening Star
Palm Beach
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