Armistice Talks Stalemate Persists at Kaesong
UN and Communist delegations failed to narrow the cease-fire line dispute in Kaesong during a 94 minute session. The deadlock centers on a buffer zone around the 38th parallel with North Korea seeking prewar division while the UN wants the current battle lines. Demonstrations in Pusan and Seoul show strong public support for unification.
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Korea
United Nations
U N
Kaesong
William P. Nuckols
Adm
C. Turner Joy
Nam O
U.N
North Korea
38Th Parallel
North
South Korea
Pusan
Yalu
Seoul
Yalu River
Manchuria
Tokyo
Matthew B. Ridgway
Admiral Joy
Joy
Seven Oaks at Old Bethel Strike by Lightning
In Clarke County the strike of lightning damaged one of seven virgin oaks flanking Old Bethel graveyard three miles south of Millwood. The oaks, long a memorial to early Baptists, are described as ancient sentinels of the church and countryside, with estimates of their immense size and age.
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Clarke County
Old Bethel
Millwood
C. T. Wiley
St John the Divine
Churches
Asia
God
CIO Unions Clash With Red Cross Over Fund Plan
In Philadelphia unions threaten to withdraw from the Red Cross blood program over a policy barring the Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter from city wide united fund participation. Henry F. Shipherd, head of the Philadelphia Industrial Union Council, was ordered to resign from the chapter board as protests escalate.
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Philadelphia
CIO
Red Cross
Southeastern Pennsylvania
United Fund
Henry F. Shipherd
Philadelphia Industrial Union Council
CIC
Waynesboro Red Cross Joins Community Chest Drive
The Waynesboro Red Cross chapter votes 6 to 2 to enter the local Community Chest drive. Two directors abstain as it moves to join the coordinated fundraising plan despite national headquarters regulations.
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Waynesboro
RED Cross
Community Chest
Red Cross Donor Drives Tied to Korea Crisis
Union leadership resigns eight chapter officials led by Arthur C. Kaufman in protest of national policy barring chapter participation with other groups in fundraising. Kaufman urges congressional inquiry into what he calls archaic policies and bigoted attitudes. Red Cross president E. Roland Harriman defends federated fundraising limits as essential, noting cooperation with labor and large firms only when single annual campaigns are practical.
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Red Cross
Arthur C. Kaufman
Kaufman
Congress
Washington
E. Roland Harriman
American National Red Cross
Korea
Yard Party to Aid Clearbrook Volunteer Fire Company
The Yard Party at Stonewall School grounds opens at 5 30 tomorrow evening with beef on the hoof and country ham sandwiches plus soups and edibles. Volunteers expect about 300 diners seated at tables while two counters offer cafeteria service and an auction is scheduled for 7 p m.
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Clearbrook Volunteer Fire Company
Stonewall School
At &Pm
Lost or Stolen Monarch Bicycle with Reward
Notice advertises a missing green and cream Monarch bicycle with license No. 2335 and frame No. A0972117. It offers a reward and provides phone contact 4211 for information.
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Monarch
Church
Albin
Bloodmobile in Winchester Sees 111 Pints Donated
Red Cross Bloodmobile collected 111 pints in Winchester, bringing total since June 1948 to 2 925 pints with 1 526 donors locally. Ninety eight percent of donors were from the city area, while 12 volunteers were repeat givers. Adriaan DeKam visited from the Netherlands under the ECA program.
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Leon Wolfe
Berryville
Red Cross
Winchester
Margaret Butler
W. Clifford Street
August Cahill
Shawnee Avenue
Arbutus Combs
Highland Avenue
Marvin S. Peters
Shirley White
Loudoun Street
Wendell Barney
Jefferson Street
Ben Belchie
Tennyson Avenue
Ethel Virginia Snapp
Marlboro
Leelon R. McNealy, Sr
N. Kent Street
Francis B. Lee
S. Purcell Avenue
Wolfe
Novick Transfer
Clarke County
Rockingham Poultry Cooperative
Acme Store
Northern Virginia Power Company
Yount, Hyde and Company
Stewart Bell
The
Korea
Adriaan DeKam
Netherlands
Aubrey Shiley
Stewart Bell Farms
ECA
Warren County
West Virginia
Eisenhower Seeks to Rekindle the French Flame
This feature assesses France’s fragile postwar resolve and the rising fear of Soviet threat. It notes France’s political chaos with 14 parties, the weak government, and the Communist strength, alongside economic strains, taxation, and housing rents. It discusses De Gaulle prospects, the Marshall Plan impact, and hopes for Europe’s unity versus national pride.
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France
Europe
Marshall
Congress
U. S
Russia
Germany
Indo-China
Eisenhower
Albert Gruenther
West
Truman
Acheson
United States
Schuman
Paris
Royal Drive-In Concession Stand Robbed Last Night
Police report a break in at the Royal Drive-In Theatre concession stand with entry by prying a side door. The thief stole $2.30 in change, 12 pounds of coffee, 20 hot chocolate mix packets, 11 cartons of cigarettes, 90 Lance product packages and one electric fan.
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Royal Drive-In Theatre
J. Thomas Boyd
Francis Funk
J. Lingo
E. E. Ours
Virginia Five Day Weather Outlook Aug 1 to Aug 5
Period average temperatures with normal gear. Cooler Wednesday night and warmer Friday. Scattered showers forecast Wednesday and again Thursday night or Friday. Total rainfall expected from a quarter to a half inch.
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Virginia
French Political Alignments After June Election
The June 17 vote shows Communist 26 percent aiming to sovietize France with people's democracies. Socialist 14 percent seeks a welfare state and NATO cooperation. Popular Republican 12 percent backs leftist subsidies to Catholic schools and NATO ties. Radical 11 percent favors private enterprise and NATO. Independents Peasants Conservatives 13 percent seek private enterprise, constitutional revision, anti Communist stance, and NATO cooperation. Reunion of French People 21 percent pushes authoritarian governance, anti Communist stance, and resistance to Russia, avoiding US dependence. Miscellaneous 3 percent.
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National Assembly
Gen. DeGaulle
Russia
DeGaulle
France
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Reunion
United States
Senate hearing cites Lattimore Barnes as our men
Former Russian general Alexander Barmine testified to the Senate Internal Security subcommittee that in the 1930s Soviet intelligence head called Owen Lattimore and Joseph Barnes “our men.” He said Berzin offered personnel and named the two Americans among the first.
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Washington
Owen Lattimore
Joseph Barnes
Alexander Barmine
State Department
Voice of America
Senate
Internal Security
Barmine
China
Berzin
Lattimore
Barnes
Lattimore Denies Russian Links as Agent Claims Surface
Owen Lattimore denounces as pure poppycock a report accusing him of Soviet collaboration. The testimony cites Boris Barmine claiming three years as chief of VOA Russia unit and his 1899 birth in Russia before emigrating to the United States in 11 years. Barmine says naturalized in 1943 after U.S. Army discharge.
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Barmine
Voice of America
Russia
United States Army
Greece
Mrs. Elizabeth A Painter 71 Widow Dies in Winchester Hospital
Mrs Elizabeth A Painter 71 widow of John T Painter of Stephens City died yesterday afternoon at Winchester Memorial Hospital She born July 29 1880 in Stephens City daughter of Mary Kline and George Painter She was a Stephens City Methodist Church member Surviving two sisters and four nephews two nieces Services tomorrow 3 pm at Jones Funeral Home Rev Earl G Day Rev C A York Burial in Stephens City Pallbearers listed
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Elizabeth A. Painter
John T. Painter
Stephens City
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Painter
Mary Kline
George Painter
Calvin Grim
Morris
Kenneth Boyer
Middletown
Carlton Boyer
Germany
Jones Funeral Home
Earl G. Day
C. A. York
Gervis Lemley
Edgar Lineburg
Howard Massie
Briscoe Williams
J. Paul Sampsell
Charles Staples
Senate panel backs Virginia federal judgeship expansion
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill establishing a third judgeship in Virginia's Eastern District along with 17 other new benches. The endorsement signals broad support for noncontroversial judicial expansion and sets the stage for Senate passage.
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Richmond
Virginia
Senate Judiciary Committee
Clearance sale and property auction notices
Lovett's Shoe and Dress Shoppe announces a summer clearance sale with bargains throughout the store. A separate notice promotes a property sale by Special Commissioner James P. Reardon for fronting on South Washington St with a double dwelling and large lot. Also a help-wanted ad seeks an experienced saleslady for women’s apparel.
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Zirkle
Court House
Washington St
James P. Reardon
Lovett
New Secret Storage Sites Promised for Atomic Weapons
The Atomic Energy Commission disclosed plans for new secret storage sites and much more frequent test blasts as it released its tenth semi annual report to Congress. President Truman sought 273 million dollars for AEC to finance higher costs and new plants, while tests on larger energy releases moved to remote Pacific and desert sites.
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Frank Carey
Associated Press
Washington
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Aecs
Congress
AEC
Gordon Dean
Truman
United States
Eniwetok
Nevada
Free Nations
Belgian Congo
Sumner Pike
Commission
Canada
Russia
Dean
Eniwetok Proving Grounds
ABC
Vital Link Named In Cage-Fix Mob Case
New York authorities label Jack Rubinstein a vital link in a fix mob operating across several states. The 33 year old Brooklyn fruit dealer is charged with attempting to fix the NCAA championship game between City College of New York and Bradley University on March 28 1950. Bail set at 25000. Rubinstein may face additional state charges as prosecutors gather more information.
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New York
Vincer
A. G. O'Connor
City College of New York
Bradley University
O’connor
O'Connor
Vernon C. Rid
Rubinstein
Gene Melchmoore
Bradley
CCNY
College Students Score Low on First Draft Aptitude Test
About 62 700 college students flunked the May 26 draft aptitude test, with 339 056 total students tested across four dates. Freshmen scored 43 percent, sophomores 64 percent, juniors 72 percent, and seniors 77 percent at 70 or better. Graduate students numbered 7 000. Henry Chauncey of Educational Testing Service noted broader patterns.
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Washington
Selective Service
Henry Chauncey
Educational Testing Service
Princeton N. J
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