Test Vote Monday On Rent Controls
The Senate scheduled a Monday test vote on rent controls after Senator Cain timed a 12 hour filibuster. The bill would extend federal rent ceilings six months and allow localities a further six months by request. Cain’s delaying tactic followed a day of minor bills and his record filibuster stood near the six hour mark, far from the all time 18 hour record.
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Washington
Senate
Cain
Wherry
Nebraska
Banking Committee
Lucas
Illinois
House
Truman
Mon C. Wallgren
National Security Resources Board
Robert LaFollette, Sr
Wisconsin
Clarke Chamber Elects Barnett President in Berryville
Edward N. Barnett was elected president of the Clarke County Chamber of Commerce at a board meeting in the Berryville courthouse, succeeding Joseph Emmerth. Kenneth N. Gilpin Jr. was named vice president to replace J. G. Burch, with John Friant reelected secretary treasurer. The group also approved The Shenandoah Valley Inc. advertising plan and a $200 Clarke County Recreation Association subscription.
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Berryville
Edward N. Barnett
Clarke County
Shenandoah
Maple Springs
R. P. Anderson
Gore, Va
Bushman the World Prize Zoo Gorilla Gravely Ill
Bushman the 550 pound 6 foot two inch gorilla at Lincoln Park Zoo Chicago is gravely ill. Doctors report arthritis heart disease and old age, with no cage entry since 1936 and a ban on entering his enclosure. He remains on public display under 24 hour guard while doctors administer digitalis and adjust his diet.
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Chicago
Bushman
Wesley Young
Anti-Cruelty Society
Lincoln Park Zoo
Bu Hman
Wife of Senator Vandenberg Dies
Hazel Whitaker Vandenberg, 67, wife of Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg of Michigan, died early today after years of illness and a lifelong record of public service. She directed Red Cross wartime camps and hospital services, led university alumnae work, and supported her husband’s postwar diplomacy through many international conferences.
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Washington
Hazel Whitaker Vandenberg
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Vandenberg
University of Michigan
Red Cross
Delta Gamma Sorority
National Campfire Girls Board
Senate
Rio de Janeiro
Paris
Lon
U.S Europe Defense Unity Seen Expensive
U.S defense officials say joining Western Europe in a pool of defense resources will likely keep or raise military spending. Secretary of Defense Johnson warns against cuts while planners note possible increases before the 1951 fiscal year. General Bradley suggests shifts among services, with details to be negotiated among Atlantic Pact allies over the next two to three years.
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Washington
Europe
United States
U.S
Johnson
Congress
Omar Bradley
Joint of Staff
France
Mediterranean
Belgium
Congo
U. S
Milk Deliveries Halted by Pittsburgh Strike
Western Pennsylvania faced milk shortages as 3,250 dairy workers walked out striking for higher wages commissions and vacation benefits. Hospitals and orphanages secured emergency supply while families scramble for extra quarts as doctors report broad demand and mothers flood hotlines.
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Pittsburgh
Medical Society
City Playgrounds and Pools Set to Open Thursday
The city will open its playgrounds and pools on Thursday June 15 with morning and afternoon hours at multiple parks. Rouss Park and Douglas School areas set distinct hours and supervision by leadership teams. Pools welcome children under 16 with parent presence for younger kids and no entry charge. Tennis courts praise and more programs planned as schedules are announced.
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Reuss Park
Myrtle E. Breckenridge
Rouss Park
Patsy Ritter
Elizabeth Halvosa
Ellen Largent
Fritz Briggs
Jenny Dove
Senseny Road
Manuel Sempeles
Douglas School
Katherine Ford
Holmes Boyd
Truman accuses Stalin of peace talk while fomenting aggression
President Truman sharply accused the Soviet Union of preaching peace while fostering aggression. He labeled Moscow an obstacle to peace and warned that the USSR seeks to extend totalitarian control. He vowed the free world is growing stronger and US will stay in the fight for peace. He spoke at a Jefferson memorial dedication and defended UN participation.
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ST. Louis
Truman
Soviet Russia
Sii Wee
Russia
United States
Jefferson Memorial
Mississippi River
Midwest
Soviet Union
Germany
Hitler
Mr. Truman
East Berlin
United Nations
Free Nations
Washington
William W Remington to resign in protest
William W Remington says he is innocent and will quit his $10,000 a year Commerce Department post Monday to devote time to proving he has never been a Communist. The 32 year old wartime naval intelligence lieutenant will face federal court in New York Tuesday on charges he lied about Communist ties. The department economist notified Secretary Sawyer by letter of his resignation, to take effect at end of business Monday. Sawyer would not comment.
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William W. Remington
Associated Press
Hig
Commerce Department
Communist Party
Naval Intelligence
New York
Department
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Reyer
Cincinnati
Handley Band
Amergan
James Clark
E. T. Clark
Richard Brumback
Wade Emmart
Sue Sowers
Sowers
Emmerth
Briggs
Iims
Quarles
Plane Crashes Into Barracks Near Spartan School
An Army C 47 plane carrying 18 persons crashed into three aviation school barracks at Tulsa airport during takeoff injuring three people critically. All victims were Spartan School of Aeronautics employees. The craft reportedly remained very low, ripped a fence, and caused a small fire promptly extinguished by airport firefighters.
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Tulsa
Okla
Spartan School of Aeronautics
Golden Glow
House OF Good Food
Forrestal Intervened in Amerasia Case Says Star
The Star reports hidden notes by the late James V. Forrestal indicate he acted in 1945 as secretary of the Navy to inform President Truman and avoid embarrassment over Amerasia magazine. The notes, set for Monday release to a Senate subcommittee, are linked to McCarthy era probes of Communist influence in government.
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Washington
The
Star
James V. Forrestal
Forrestal
Amerasia Magazine
Truman
Russia
United Nations
San Francisco
Senate
Amerasia
McCarthy
R-Wis
State Department
McCarthy Charges Lattimore and Jaffe Tied to Communists
Senator McCarthy released a photo he says shows Owen Lattimore and Philip Jaffe at Communist headquarters in Yenan China in 1937. Lattimore a Johns Hopkins professor and Jaffe former Amerasia editor have been central to McCarthy claims that the government employs Communists or pro-Communists.
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Washington
McCarthy
R-Wis
Owen Lattimore
Philip Jaffe
Yenan
China
Lattimore
Johns Hopkins University
Jaffe
Amerasia
Latti
For Sale 1948 Indian Roadmaster Motorcycle
A 1948 Indian motorcycle model Roadmaster with 7,000 miles is offered for sale by Whitacre's Used Cars on Martinsburg Pike. Over $400 in extra equipment included. Terms available. Call phone number 856. Also note new Sunday hours for Miller's Drug Store 107 N Londons St from 9 AM to 3 PM.
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Termis
Whitacre’s
Martinsburg Pike
Sumner
Miller’s Drug
N. Londons St
Senate Report Targets Continental Press Service in Racing News
A Senate Commerce Committee report identifies Continental Press Service of Cleveland as a major source of racing news used illegally by bookmakers. It notes racing data transmission is legal but urges a ban on pre race news moved across state lines. The document cites near monopoly in racing news and intermingling of press and betting interests.
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Washington
Senate
Continental Press Service
Cleveland
Senate Commerce Committee
Continental Today
Continental
Press Associations
Telegraph
Morristown Rayon Plant Strike Intensifies With Vandalism
State highway patrol was ordered to Morristown to reinforce security at the American Enka rayon plant as violence spiked in the 10 week dispute. Workers leaving midnight shifts were attacked by 75 to 100 protesters. one car overturned and a man injured. A locomotive carrying rayon was also stoned. National Guardsmen had begun withdrawing earlier in the day.
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Morristown
Tenn
American Enka Corp. Rayion
T. W. Iserman
New York
Nashville
Adj
Sam T. Wallace
CIO Textile Workers Union
Warren County Reports Full Cerebral Palsy Campaign Quota
Mrs. Ronald S. Wilson said Warren County led the district under State Senator Raymond R. Guest to report its full Cerebral Palsy campaign quota of 210 dollars.
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Ronald S. Wilson
Warren County
Raymond R. Guest
Handley High 1950 Graduates Earn Diplomas
The following students received high school diplomas at Handley High last night Patricia Adams Jean Baker Mary Bayliss Barbara Brooks Elizabeth Browning June Butler Ruth Cain Elizabeth Cather Patricia Clevenger Jeanne Davis Dorothy Dick Julia Dotson Al ace Elliott Frieda Emmerth Anna Fleming Margaret Greenaway t Betty Jo Halterman Helen Hershman Mary Jagiello Helen Johnston Mary Levi Patricia Levi Margaret Massey Ruth McKeever Dorothy Miller Geraldine Painter Suzanne Pingley Alta Richardson Dolores Rush Nancy Saloman Helen Sempeles May Sirbaugh Jeanne Smith Jane Sowers Constance Spaid Dorris Stone Mary Taverner Patricia Way Virginia Wentz Dale Wilson Patricia Wright Robert L Anderson Sr Edward Barnett Herman S Barr Jr Donald Baughman Ronald Binner Fred Boulineau Richard Boxwell Leonard Braithwaite Frederick Briggs Loring Burkhart James Clark Douglas Cochran Douglas DeHaven Paul DeHaven Eugene Dicks Richard Duncan Wade Emmart Donald Grove Henry E Hawkins Jr Don Hough Bobby Huffman David Kinter Arthur LaFollette Glenn LavVecchia Albert Lazazzera Milton Luttrell Gray Pollard Harold Robinson Graham Rosenberger William Russell Courtney Santman Jack Sheetz Phillip Slaughter Samuel A Slaughter Jr Frederick Sprenkle Gilbert Streit Charles Sunderlin George Vaught Edgar White
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Patricia Adams
Jean Baker
Mary Bayliss
Barbara Brooks
Elizabeth Browning
June Butler
Ruth Cain
Elizabeth Cather
Patricia Clevenger
Jeanne Davis
Dorothy Dick
Julia Dotson
Al'ce Elliott Frieda Emmerth
Anna Fleming
Margaret Greenawayt
Betty Jo Halterman
Helen Hershman
Mary Jagiello
Helen Johnston
Mary Levi
Patricia Levi
Margaret Massey
Ruth McKeever
Dorothy Miller
Geraldine Painter
Suzanne Pingley
Alta Richardson
Dolores
Rush Nancy Saloman
Helen Sempeles
May Sirbaugh
Jeanne Smith
Jane Sowers
Constance Spaid Dorri
Former WAC questioned in Granville Brittingham slaying
Georgetown police said 22 year old Granville G. Brittingham was shot with a 22 caliber gun. Thelma D. Powell 31, a former WAC and mother of two, admitted shooting in an oral statement. No charges were logged immediately.
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Georgetown
Del
WAC
Granville G. Brittingham
Delaware
Clarence Lynch
Thelma D. Powell
East Germany Acquires Surplus US Potatoes in Secret Deal
East Germany arranged a hidden purchase of 50,000 tons of surplus American potatoes for 10 000 dollars, with delivery starting through a New York exporter and routed to Hamburg. Officials noted potential complications for shipments to eastern Germany and confirmed department approval for the sale. Arthur Stroh of the American High Commissioner’s Berlin office said delivery has begun.
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Frankfurt
Germany
East Germany
United States
New York
Washington
Agriculture Department
Hamburg
State Department
Occupation Administration
Agriculture
Berlin
Arthur Stroh
Diplomas and Awards Honor Handley High Graduates
Superintendent Garland Quarles distributed diplomas to 80 Handley High School graduates and presented multiple awards. Frederick Briggs received the Conrad Hoover American Legion Post medal and the Superintendent's Medal. Betty Jo Halterman earned the General Organization medal. Freida Emmerth was valedictorian and received the Latin medal. Elizabeth Browning won the Winchester Kiwanis Club college scholarship. Shirley Hauptman received the American Legion Auxiliary medal.
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Garland Quarles
Handley High School
Frederick Briggs
J. W. Briggs
Millwood Ave
Conrad Hoover
American Legion Post
Betty Jo Halterman
Thomas D. Halterman
Morgan St
Freida Emmerth
Joseph Emmerth
Emmerth
Quarles
Winchester Kiwanis Club
Elizabeth Keith Browning
E. P. Browning Jr
W. Clifford St
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Barnett
Hurst
Rainbowridge Gardens
Winchester
N.B.C
Vandenburg
U.s.europe
Nater
S. Braddock St
Highway Patrol
Warren
Handley
Handley School
Shirley Hauptman
Lantz Hauptman
Boyd Ave
American Legion Auxiliary
Cal
Clinton L. Ritter
Will Miller
Valley Avenue
Virginia
E.S.T
Headleyws
Middletown
North Mountain
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