UN Security Council Approves Balkans Commission Plan
The United Nations security council approved an 11 member Balkans commission to supervise efforts to restore normal relations in the region. Soviet Russia abstained from the first test vote while Poland voted against the measure. France faced rebuke over remarks linking the Marshall Plan to European economic issues.
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Lake Success
Russia
United Nations Security Council
United States
Balkans
Poland
France
United Nations
Economic Commission For Europe
Germany
Enserat
L. I
Rock Enon Church Homecoming Sunday Events
Rock Enon Christian church holds its annual homecoming this Sunday. An all day schedule includes Bible school at 10 a.m. morning worship and holy communion, a 2 p.m. fellowship hour, then messages from visiting ministers and laymen.
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Rock Enon
Expansion of Voice of America to Moscow area
The United States state department ordered expanded official broadcasts to Soviet Russia due to Congress funding cuts. A new 30 minute Russian language Voice of America program will beam to Moscow, while the existing one hour program of news music and features continues.
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Ashington
Soviet Russia
State Department
Congress
Voice of America
Moscow
Brisk August Seen In Tourist Trade
Richmond July 29 The tourist business in the Old Dominion is looking up. July travelers rose 10 to 15 percent over 1946, with June showing slower activity and indications that August will be brisk for tourists.
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Richmond
Old Dominion
State Chamber of Commerce
Northern Virginia feeder calf sale set for Oct 16 17
The seventh annual Northern Virginia feeder calf sale is scheduled October 16 and 17. I Fred Stine is sale manager with a regional sale committee. About 500 Angus Hereford and Shorthorn calves, 300 pounds and under 12 months, are expected. Vaccination for blackleg shipping fever and bangs tests required for heifers. The event opens at 1 p m on October 17 after grading and penning.
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Northern Virginia
I. Fred Stine
Hugh Brill
John T. Wolfe
Mr. Stine
Frederick County
J. W. Olcott
David Donovan
Ju Everly
Clarke County
Lem Sutphin
J. H. Cunningham
F. W. Carter
Fauquier County
Stine
Suspect Nabbed In Martinsburg Auto Slaying
Baltimore police arrest Ray William Ridenour 32 of Martinsburg West Virginia in connection with the death of Charles Terzien near Hagerstown Maryland. Terzien allegedly left a gambling spot with about 3500. only 31 found on the body. A bag with bloody clothing was found in a Camden Station locker.
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Baltimore
Ray William Ridenour
W. Rays St
Martinsburg
W. Va
Hagerstown
Charles Terzien
Charles Taylor
Taylor
Williamsport Pike
Martin Ingram
Henry J. Kriss
Ridenour
Camden Station
Capt. Kriss
Terzien
Ingram
Clearbrook Fire Co Party Nets $747 Despite Rain
William H. Lawrence Jr. reports the Clearbrook Volunteer Fire Co yard party at Stonewall High School raised 747.25 dollars despite rain. The 13 churches merchants and the public aided the event which funds free fire protection in northern Frederick County.
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William H. Lawrence, Jr
Clearbrook Volunteer Fire Co
Stonewall High School
Lawrence
Prederick County
Federal Aid to Farms IC at About 10 Per Cent
Six southeastern states Virginia Alabama Florida Georgia and the Carolinas will share about 83.28 million dollars for soil conservation rural electrification school lunches and farm tenant purchases over the coming year. Virginia's school lunch allocation is about 1.22 million with conservation funds reduced by 10 percent from August 1946 levels. Virginia’s farm tenant purchase loan share is estimated at 278 thousand with REA funding expected at 5.13 million.
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Washington
Virginia
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
North
South Carolina
Soil Conserva
Department of Aguive
Blast at Brest Mirrors Texas City Disaster
A ship explosion in Brest France caused extensive destruction and many deaths and injuries. The Liberty ship Ocean Liberty was being towed from a dock after a fire when a blast and ensuing fires ripped through the port area. The blast damaged gas and oil facilities and disrupted city services while authorities and nearby towns provided aid.
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Brest
Texas City
France
Lea
Ocean Liberty
Ministry of Marine
Landerneau
Ponchalet
Roadstead
Falmouth
End
British Press Association
Morlaix
Landernaux
Texas
Baltimore
United States
Antwerp
Douglas Wise
Terminal Shipping Co
Baltimore Fire Department
New York
Wise
Juveniles Hear Forgery Charge In Winchester Court
Two Winchester youths aged 11 and 14 faced a juvenile court hearing on forgery after passing eight checks totaling 72 dollars. All checks named Keven Omps with Thomas Cather forged as the maker. Keven, Omps’ son, was not implicated and investigators could not explain the use of his name.
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Winchester
Keven Omps
Thomas Cather
Keven
Omps
Stephenson
Blistering Heat Wave Misses City
Weather notes the heat not reaching the city as 100 degree readings persist in Iowa Illinois corn areas while Shenandoah valley stays cooler with 66 to 82 degree swings. Independent candidate Garber announces for Shawnee district supervisor in Frederick County. Also notices selling peaches and apples in Stephens City and rental and housing notices.
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Iowa
Illinois
Shenandoah Valley
Winchester Research Laboratory
Frederick County
C. E. Garber
E. R. Conner
Stephens City
$5 Ton Boost By U. S. Steel
United States Steel Corp. said it would announce within the next few days steel advances of about $5 a ton. Irving S. Olds, chairman, announced after a directors meeting. Bethlehem Steel Corp. announced an average $5 a ton increase on a number of steel products, effective yesterday.
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New York
United States Steel Corp
Irving 8S. Olds
Bethlehem, Pa
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Housing action wanted by GOP first termers
Rep. Nixon and 73 Republican freshmen vow a more positive realistic legislative program next session. They urged a realistic foreign policy to be backed, Social Security expanded, the minimum wage boosted, and housing stimulated mainly through private enterprise, with a focus on rental housing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
R-Calif
Congress
Driver Exonerated In Scooter Death Inquest
Charles Franklin Meehan of Stephens City was exonerated at an inquest held after a scooter accident Sunday that killed 15 year old Stanley Putnam. Meehan testified he could not avoid hitting David Mausenfluck on another scooter and that Putnam had just met him at Leo Strosnider’s home. Services for Putnam will be held at Stephens City Lutheran Church with interment in Green Hill Cemetery.
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Charles Franklin Meehan
Stephens City
Stanley Putnam
Meehan
Young Putnam
David Mausenfluck
Putnam
Leo Strosnider
Pinerail
Stephens City Lutheran Church
Raymond Bosze
Green Hill Cemetery
Higher Shoe Prices Seen By Maker On Rise
New York July 29 Maxey Jarman chairman of General Shoe Corp said that shoe prices, pushed by soaring raw material costs, will climb further. He noted material markets are out of control and retail prices reflect this, with 1946 seeing a 20 percent rise as hides and skins climbed 88 percent.
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New York
Maxey Jarman
General Shoe Corp
Harrisonburg Beauty Parlor Blast Kills and Injures Many
A blast at Pauline's beauty shop and college in Harrisonburg at 2 10 p m wrecked Rhodes jewelry store and nearby buildings. By 3 p m police reported bodies being removed with two dead and 14 injured possibly. full casualties undetermined. The blast damaged the Advance store and Sears Roebuck vacated building across Main Street from the Methodist church.
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Harrisonburg
Pauline
Rhodes Jewelry
Buldings
Sears Roebuck Co
Main St
Methodist Church
Eagles Plan Clubhouse Improvements and Expansion
The Eagles clubhouse at 123 N Braddock St purchased a year ago will be upgraded to serve a growing membership. Russell W. Harrell announced after a session with John J Corringan deputy grand worthy president of the national office and a regional official. The first step enlarges the second floor meeting room by removing a partition to double seating. First floor social quarters will gain new tables chairs tile floor and a juke box with other plans in progress.
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N. Braddock St
Eagles
Russell W. Harrell
John J. Corringan
Grand Worthy
Japs to Fight Inflation with Tight Controls
Tokyo reports the Japanese government will impose wartime style economic controls to curb inflation. A comprehensive program targets essential resources for individuals and industry, enforced by strict licensing to secure raw materials. Food, clothing, soap, fuel are first. Coal, iron and steel, fertilizers, farm implements, textiles, rubber and leather follow.
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Tokyo
Economic Stabiliation Board
Five Day Virginia Forecast Sees Warm Midweek Then Cooler Weekend
Virginia weather outlook July 30 to August 3 shows temperatures near normal with a warm spell Wednesday and Thursday followed by cooler conditions Saturday and Sunday. Thundershowers expected Thursday and Friday totaling about a quarter to a half inch.
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Virginia
Britain weighs crisis government shift from armed forces
London sources say Britain may trim the army navy and air force to free manpower for coal mines and factories and tap the 2 560 000 reserve as the US loan funds wane. Labor pressure and possible elections loom as Montgom ery returns to advise on defense cuts.
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London
Great Britain
Labor Party
Field Marshall Viscount Montgomery
Imperial General Staff
Labor
United States
U. S
Europe
Congress
London Stock Exchange
Financial Times
Douglas MacArthur
Britain
Australia
New Zealand
Whitehall
Montgomery
Trial Dates Set For Five Youths Pleas Entered
Five local youths arrested recently and charged with breaking and entering were arraigned in Corporation court before Judge Elliott Marshall. Coffman and Tepper and Pomp entered pleas. Hoover pleaded guilty to three counts. Earman pleaded not guilty but was acquitted on the truck larceny charge.
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Corporation Court
Elliott Marshall
Donald Coffman
George Forney
Virginia
Louis Charles Tepper
Russel Gene Pomp
Harry Preston Hoover
Paul Samuel Earman
Thomas T. G. Scully
Coffman
Dabney Watts
Tepper and Pomp
H. R
Fisherman Drops Bait Can. Plane Damaged Over Carter Lake
A fisherman near Carter Lake felled a DDT spraying aircraft by hurling a bait can at it. The plane landed safely but the propeller required five hours of repair by Aerial Crop Service.
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Omaha
Carter Lake
Truman Flies To Capital Amid Pending Legislation
Grandview Mo July 29 President Truman departed at 9 43 a m from Grandview airport for the capital where a White House spokesman said a flood of legislation awaited his approval He paid a final one hour visit to the Truman cottage in Grandview for funeral rites yesterday for his mother Martha Ellen Truman 94 and to bid farewell to his sister Miss Mary Jane Truman Also aboard the return trip was Espinosa De los Monteros Mexico ambassador who delivered condolences from President Aleman.
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Grandview
Truman
White House
Martha Ellen Truman
Mary Jane Truman
Mexico
Espinosa de Los Monteros
Aleman
UAW Board Called for Ford Strike Action Vote
Detroit July 29 The CIO United Auto Workers executive board was summoned to a meeting Saturday to consider strike action against Ford Motor Co. UAW President Walter P Reuther called the session at the Ford council's request seeking permission to strike the company.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers’ Executive Board
Ford Motor Co
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Ford Council
Wildcat Kitten No Pet For Tots
New York July 29 A sailor friend gifts John McLaughlin a kitten for his children. The animal later spats and claws, and a veterinarian identifies it as an ocelot, a Central American wildcat, now caged in the Bronx zoo.
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New York
John McLaughlin
McLaughlins
Bronx
Kaiser says White House visit not recollected in war contract push
Henry J. Kaiser testified before the Senate war investigation panel that he sent a brief note to the late President Roosevelt and secured a wartime order for 100 small aircraft carriers after prior Navy rejection. He recalled only meeting McIntyre and Land and said Admiral King then aided efforts as the Navy redrew plans from destroyers to carriers.
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Washington
Henry J. Kaiser
Roosevelt
Navy
Senate War Investigating Committee
White House
Kaiser
Howard Hu
Ferguson
R . Mich
Ne vincIntyre
Putidin
Chara Sarin
Ulding E A McIntyre
MccIntyre
Mac
McIntyre
Jn Ephoer
Haired Emory
Land
Dent
Weeopepall
Sureea
II Cmeittes
King
Ernest King
Senate
Subcommittee
Virginians in Congress Keep 44 Helpers Busy
In Washington Virginians employ 44 aides for Senate and House work. Senate staff include M. J. Menefee and J. Heywood Bell aiding Sen. Byrd. House aides for Rep. Harrison list Rena Barr, Sidney Dorsey, and Mrs. Layton among others, with salaries shown.
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Congress
White House
Capitol
Byrd
M. J. “Peachy” Menefee
Luray
J. Heywood Bell
Newport News
Sistant
Menefee
Senate
Committees
Bell
Meda Dick
Winchester
Mildred Sime
Washington
Martha Cropp
Charlottesville
Doris Bradshaw
Arlington
Elizabeth Noland
Warrenton
Robertson
J. Frank Straton
Buena Vista
Warren A. McNeil
Lynchburg Richmond
Elizabeth Bond
House
Delphine Beck
Martinsville
Jeanne Rollison
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Security Council of U. N
Pat
Herschel V. Johnson
Rock Enon Church
Clearbrook Fire Co
Cork St
Ted
Gene Miller
U. S. Steel
Housing ‘Action
GOP
Bank of Japan
West
West Va
Winchester Evening Star
FDR
Fidelity Laundry
Bendix
Capital
Ford
Probers
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