Byrd Challenges Early Retirement Pay in Military
Sen Byrd protests early retirement for Army and Navy officers who draw life pay and then take high paying industry jobs. He criticizes not tightening retirement benefits while a House backed bill would raise pay across the uniformed services. General Omar Bradley defends 30 year service as standard before retirement.
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Ashington
Byrd
D-Va
Army
Navy
Senate Armed Services Committee
House
Charles R. Hook
Steel
Armed Services
List
Tydings
D-Md
Armed Services Committee
Army,Navy
Air Forces
Bradley
Omar N. Bradley
Hook
American Rolling Mills Corp
Uniformed Services
Senators Battle to Preserve Europe Recovery Funds
Washington June 17 Senators backed ECA head Paul Hoffman against deep cuts in European recovery spending. The committee warned a $1 billion reduction would lower purchases of American cotton tobacco wheat butter lumber and other commodities. Senator Young said cuts would be small but acknowledged Hoffman’s report could slow a large reduction.
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Washington
Economic Cooperation Administration
Paul Hoffman
Robertson
D-Va
Senate Appropriations Committee
Hoffman
ECA
Senator Young
R-Nd
Young
Five Day Virginia Weather Outlook and Local Notes
Five day outlook for Virginia shows above normal temps with coolest periods expected Saturday and Wednesday. Showers likely Tuesday with about half an inch of rain. Also a Middletown versus Strasburg baseball game Sunday at Middletown 3 p.m. plus local poultry and food shop notices and a Friday night party at South End Fire Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Middletown
Strasburg
South End
Park as Our Guest Courtesy Parking Plan in Winchester
Winchester adopts courtesy parking tickets replacing $1 fines for overtime parking. The program, led by Mayor M B Clowe Jr and the safety committee, prints tickets to welcome visitors and invite inquiry while warning that regulations remain enforceable. The reverse side lists local historic places.
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Winchester Chamber of Commerce
M. B. Clowe Jr
Claude Smalts
J. Thomas Boyd
John Rice
Winchester
Clowe
Boyd
Car Skids in Rain Leaves One Dead Two Hurt
A car slid off R 11 at Fishers Hill during a heavy rain and rolled down a 75 foot embankment. Miss Kath leen Copp of Washington and Maurertown died. Mrs. Kenneth Peer and Mrs. Marcellus Copp were hospitalized with injuries. The driver Marcellus Copp flagged a passing truck to notify authorities. Mrs. Peer received a dislocated shoulder and ankle injuries at Winchester hospital.
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Fishers Hill
Kathleen Copp
Washington
Maurertown
Kenneth Peer
Marcellus Copp
Winchester Hospital
County School Buildings Found In Fair Shape
R. E. Ayler said county school plants are in pretty fair shape after a visit by 15 school board members to inspect facilities for summer work. Some outside painting and enlarging drainage for septic tanks at Stephens City and Gore schools are planned. repairs will mainly be routine maintenance. Miller, SVA and Arme l schools were not part of the tour and will be visited later near Winchester.
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R. E. Ayler
Miller
SVA
Arme
Winchester
Stephens City
Gore
Soaking Rain Lifts Crops Across Winchester Area
Occasional showers poured 1.19 inches aiding peaches corn potatoes and gardens in Virginia. Farmers say drought relief and better yields are in sight with more rain possible. Nationwide drought looms with New England forests at risk and Governor Gibson closing Vermont woods to hunting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Fredererick-Clarke
Virginia
New England
Associated Press
Ernest Gibson
Vermont
Vermont Woods
Five states pass relief laws revival of work relief projects
An Associated Press survey finds no national crisis as unemployment relief rolls rise in some states and work relief programs restart in several cities. Federal aid debates surface with Truman proposing home relief grants to match state funds. Non-farm employment dips in May while manufacturing falls, yet other sectors rise.
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Washington
Associated Press
A. P
Truman
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
Council of Economic Advisers
Edwin G. Nourse
Nourse
Ohio
Minnesota
Iowa
Kansas
Massachusetts
Michigan
Colorado
Idaho
California
Dayton
American Municipal Assa
Coplon Declares Loyalty to the United States in Espionage Trial
Judith Coplon testified as her own defense witness that she has always been loyal to the United States though she acknowledged signing a loyalty pledge while working as a political analyst in the Justice Department. She described her relationship with Valentine A. Gubitchev as romantic and testified about Amtorg and the Justice Department foreign agents registration work, noting a top secret FBI report cited as decoy.
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Washington
Judith Coplon
United States
Justice Department
Archibald Palmer
FBI
Miss Coplon
Raymond P. Whearty
Foley
Judge Denies Dismissal of Hiss Perjury Case
Federal Judge Samuel H. Kaufman refused to dismiss the perjury charges against Alger Hiss after two hours of argument. The government had rested its case against the former State Department official, and Hiss was expected to testify in his own defense though not necessarily on Monday.
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New York
Alger Hiss
Samuel H. Kaufman
State Department
Kaufman
Stryker
Hiss
Safety Glass Used For Eyeglasses
New York reports American Optical Co announces sandwich safety glass for eyeglasses with a plastic core. Demonstrations show the lenses protect eyes of children by stopping BB gun and arrow shots, while slingshots fail to break them.
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New York
American Optical Co
Labor Bill Faces Seizure or Injunction Debate in Senate
In Washington on June 17 Senator Elbert Thomas argues the Truman labor bill enables the President to seize plants or seek injunctions during national emergencies. The debate centers on powers under Taft-Hartley and proposals by Taft, Douglas, Aiken, and Ives as senators decide between seizure, injunctions, or emergency-board led action.
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Washington
Elbert Thomas
Dutah
Senate
Thomas
United States
Jefferson
Taft-Hastley
Ives
New Yorker
Congress
Taft
R-Oho
Douglas
Aiken
Lucas
Illinois
R-Ny
Truman
Sour Cherry Crop Sets Record at Lemley Orchard
Lemley Orchard two miles west of Stephens City reports a 1600 gallon sour cherry crop the largest ever for E. M. and G. W. Lemley in their 200-tree grove. Picking starts Tuesday as local cherry canners expect a perfect harvest after two strong spray programs kept fruit firm.
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Lemley Orchard
E. M
G. W. Lemley
Stephens City
Garland Lemley
Lemley
Glass Tank Breaks as GIs Splash at Yokohama Trade Fair
American servicemen at Yokohama trade fair cheered glamorous mermaids as Japanese girls cavorted in a large fishbowl on stage. Rocks thrown by troops shattered the tank, flooding spectators including U S GIs seated near the front.
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Yokohama
Japan
Battle to Speak on Public Issue on WINC Tonight
Democratic candidate Senator John S Battle will discuss an important public issue in a broadcast over WINC tonight after 8:00 p.m. The appearance highlights the campaign's outreach to voters through local radio.
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John S. Battle
WINC
Waitkus Recalls Gun Attack and Cold Face Incident
Eddie Waitkus spoke from his hospital bed about the shooting by Ruth Ann Steinhagen, calling it like a bad dream and noting she had the coldest looking face. The event leaves him uncertain for return this season while doctors assess lung injuries and a mental exam proceeds for the assailant.
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Waitkus
Eddie Waitkus
Chicago
Ruth Ann Steinhagen
Helen Farazis
Ruth
Miss Farazis
International Soundphoto
Philadelphia Nationals
Phillies
L. L. Braun
Chicago Cubs
Murray Insists Big Steel Take Up Pension Issue
Pittsburgh June 17 The CIO United Steelworkers dispute whether Big Steel must discuss pensions in contract talks with U S Steel. USW says yes both morally and legally, while the company argues contracts run to 1950 and reopenable only on pay and insurance benefits. Murray says wages are pensions.
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Pittsburgh
Cio-United Steelworkers
U. S. Steel Corp
USW
Philip Murray
CIO and Steelworker
European farmers to tour Winchester area
Eighty five farmers from England France Belgium Holland and other Western European countries visiting West Virginia will tour major local agricultural sites including the George Washington hotel Consolidated Orchard Company's plant National Fruit Product Co. and Berryville's rosemont orchard. They will be hosted by the Virginia Farm Bureau and will travel through Berryville Kearneysville Shepherdstown and onto Maryland, after inspecting U.S. Senator Harry F Byrd's Rosemont orchard and a large turkey farm run by Mrs G W Myers Jr. They previously attended the International Federation of Agricultural Producers meeting at Guelph Canada and will continue to Frederick College Park and Washington before returning home.
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England
France
Belgium
Holland
West Virginia
Farm Bureau
Winchester
Berryville
Paw Paw
Lions Club
Consolidated Orchard Company
George Washington Hotel
National Fruit Product Co
Winchester Cold Storage
Rockingham Poultry Marketing Co-op
Rosemont
U.S
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Virginia Farm Bureau
C. W. Collenberger
Woodstock
Shenandoah Frederick Farm Bureau
M. A. Hubbard
VFB
M. J. Pease
Frederick Farm Bureau
Kearneysville
Shepherdstown
G. W. Myers Jr
West Virginia Farm Women's Council
Maryland
Maryland Farm Bureau
Frederick
College Park
Washington
International Federation of Agricultural Producers
Guelph
Canada
United States
Northern Coal Operators Meet Lewis Wednesday
Pittsburgh June 17 John L Lewis returns to work with the United Mine Workers while northern and western coal operators plan contract talks. Ezra Van Horn on behalf of operators accepted Lewis's invitation to negotiate Wednesday at the Greenbrier Hotel in White Sulphur Springs.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
John Busharello
UMW District 5
Ezra van Horn
Lewis
Greenbrier
White Sulphur Springs
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ilinois
Indiana
Southern Coal
U. S. Steel Corp
Bluefield
Southern
UMW
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Coal Producers Assn
John Owens
Owens
Ane
AEC Plans Gas Fuel For Oak Ridge Plant
Commissioner Sumner Pike announced the Atomic Energy Commission will proceed with plans to fuel the Oak Ridge plant with natural gas, arguing it would save about 1.25 million dollars annually. The Senate House atomic committee opposed the gas shift, calling the project wasteful, while a private company would build a 10 million dollar gas pipeline. Senator Hickenlooper criticized the proposal.
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Washington
Sumner Pike
Atomic Energy Commission
Pike
Senate House Atomic Committee
Oak Ridge
Hickenlooper
Rtowa
Last VPA Charter Member Milton Harrison Dies at 91
Milton Harrison 91 longtime editor and publisher of the Bedford Democrat died at his Bedford home. He served as president of the Virginia Press Association and was its last surviving charter member.
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Bedford
Milton Harrison
Bedford Democrat
Virginia Press Assn
Rotarians Hear About 4-H Clubs in Frederick County
Miss Roxanne Rogers and Wayne Miller spoke to Rotary members about the work of Frederick County 4-H clubs. Rogers, 16, Junior at Gainesboro High Frederick 4-H Club, and Miller, 17, a senior, discussed cattle showing and club impact. The pair noted 328 4-H members in the county.
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Roxanne Rogers
Clay Rogers
Gainesboro
Wayne Miller
Miller
Fred Stine
Miss Rogers
Phil H. Sprenkle
Gainesbor High
Frederick
Sidney
Richmond
Gainesboro High School
Frederick County
Bethel Cemetery cleanup near Gore planned for June
Residents are invited to Bethel Cemetery near Gore for the annual cleaning on Wednesday June 22. Weather forecasts warn of poor conditions, postponing to the following day.
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Bethel Cemetery
Gore
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