21 year olds face first draft call
Washington reports military chiefs ready to mobilize a 2 million man defense force once President Truman activates the draft. Inductions for men 18 to 25 begin 90 days after revival of selective service, with plans to train thousands of peacetime draftees and Congress providing over 14 billion dollars to strengthen the Army Navy and Air Force.
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Washington
Truman
Defense Chiefs
Congress
Army
Navy
Air
National Guard recruits prepared at Winchester armory
Preparations to induct 112 county youths into the Winchester and Frederick National Guard are under way at Millwood Avenue armory. Two WW II veterans, Sergeants K. B. Grubbs and Charles Miller, are on daily duty. The battalion offers 12 openings in Headquarters Company of the 3rd Battalion, 116th Infantry, commanded by Col. Arthur Shepte, with Major Mifflin B. Clowe Jr. as battalion commandant. An additional 100 openings exist in Company I. HQ and Co. I will train two weeks at Camp Pendleton, Virginia Beach, from July 25 to August 8.
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Winchester
Frederick National Guard
Millwood Ave
K. B. Grubbs
Charles Miller
3D Battalion
116Th Infantry Regiment
Arthur Shepte
Staunton
Mifflin B. Clowe, Jr
Co. I
Camp Pendleton
Virginia Beach
Bradley Foresees Longer Draft Process For Peacetime
Gen Omar Bradley says passage of the draft bill is a long step toward preventing foreign conflict. He notes the peacetime draft will be costly about 1.7 billion dollars and will not feature a public goldfish-bowl drawing. Inductions will be decided by age starting with 21 year olds as some key personnel may be recalled from overseas for training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omar N. Bradley
Army
Bradley
Kremlin
Congress
Gen. Bradley
National Guard
Washington
Butter Price Rise Hits Retail and Wholesale Markets
Butter manufactured in Winchester rose by five cents per pound at retail and four cents at wholesale today. Butterfat bought by the creamery is three cents higher. Retail butter is quoted at eighty four cents per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Morgan Named Commander of Legion District
Fred Morgan of Staunton elected Seventh District commander of the American Legion at a convention held yesterday in the city. He succeeds Ralph Grubbs of Winchester, with Walter Green, Thomas Lipscomb, and Roy Terry elected as first vice, second vice, and adjutant respectively. Delegates to the national convention in October were named: Roy Cahill, Henry Meadows, George Roller, and Morgan. About 250 Legionnaires and auxiliary members attended at the Legion Post home and Sarah Zane hall. Morgan, born in New York City and once resident of Winchester, is now manager of Miles Music Co. in Staunton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Morgan
Staunton
American Legion
Ralph Grubbs
Winchester
Virginia Department
Walter Green
Harrisonburg
Thomas Lipscomb
Waynesboro
Roy Terry
Hot Springs
Miami
Roy Cahill
Henry Meadows
George Roller
Legion Post
Sarah Zane Hall
John Blakemore
Abingdon
Morgan
New York City
Wee Lydia B. Whitmore
Novick Transfer Co
M. Music Co
Miles Music Co
Bass Are Wary Anglers Find On Opening Day
Winchester anglers crowded Shenandoah banks near Rileyville for opening bass season. James H. Himelright led with two bass totaling 6 pounds, largest 21 inches. Police officer Robert Boyce caught 23-4 pound 18 inch bass and a six pound eel. Several groups fished with limited luck as river conditions varied and cloudiness affected bites.
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Winchester
Shenandoah
Rileyville
Front Royal
James H. Himelright
Fred L. Glaize
Robert Boyce
Boyce
Beeler’s Ford
S. Fork
Virgil Eskridge
Robert Dale
Greek Ninth Division Advances Against Guerrillas Near Konitsa
Athens dispatch reports the Greek Ninth Division pushing four miles into guerrilla territory north of Konitsa in the war’s largest offensive. The operation aims to clear about 70 to 90 rebels in the northern mountains near Albania as American mission head Dwight D Griswold urged guerrillas to surrender.
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Athens
Konitsa
Kikitsos
Albania
Dwight P. Griswold
Greece
Grswold
Griswold
Farm Will Grants Lots To Workers Of Late Funkhouser
The will of Joseph Funkhouser allocates building lots to white and colored farm employees who served at least a year. Eligible workers receive parcels on Stephens City Road or White Post Road with 200 foot depths, prioritizing longer service. The widow Funkhouser gains life interest and $3000 cash. remainder goes to children Charles Funkhouser Lola Riddick and Kathryn Husted.
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Joseph Henry Funkhouser
White Post
Funkhouser
Commercial and Savings Bank
Clarke County
Stephens City Rd
Rosenberry Farm
White Post Rd
C. M. Gardner
Herndon Lawson Sr
Frances Beverley
Irene Clark
Joseph Funkhouser
Hill and Dale Farm
Front Royal Pike
Johnson Farm
EUB
Double Tollgate
Charles Funkhouser
Lola Riddick
Kathryn Husted
Russians Snatch Prisoner From U S M P In Vienna
In Vienna's international zone Russian soldiers seized Austrian interpreter Fritz Nanseck from Sgt Merrill Allen of Maine during an early patrol. The U S military policeman was forced to stop as two Russian officers and two soldiers took Nanseck away and held him for about 15 minutes before releasing him.
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Vienna
Merrill Allen
Siinington
Maine
Fritz Nanseck
American Criminal Investigation Division
Nanseck
Allen
M. P
Boy Diver Drowns After Being Trapped by Pond Roots
Frederickburg report states Thurmond Spencer Brooks aged 18 from Spotsylvania county drowned when trapped by tree roots at the bottom of a pond near McHenry during a dive. Relatives recovered the body after guided by Brooks' 12 year old brother who witnessed the drowning.
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Fredericksburg
Thurmond Spencer Brooks
Spotsylvania County
McHenry
Brooks
V.F.W
Indian Delegate To GOP Convention Missing in Chicago
A South Dakota delegate to the GOP National convention is reported missing in Chicago. Authorities say a six foot tall, 185 pound Indian man did not board the delegation's train that left Chicago yesterday. The missing man is described as a 61 year old Indian chef named William Spotted Crow. A call from Pennington County S Dakota officials confirmed baggage belonging to Chief Spotted Crow had arrived in Philadelphia.
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Chicago
South Dakota
GOP
Bureau of Missing Persons
Philadelphia
William Spotted Crow
Joseph Pottum
Pennington County
S. Dakota
Bottum
Couples Win Leadership Posts in Virginia Post Office Clerks Meet
Mr and Mrs Carl L Campbell won district vice president roles in the Federation and the auxiliary respectively at the Virginia State Council of Post Office Clerks and Women's Auxiliary session. P B Walls and Mrs Walls also won top posts, with officers elected for several districts and regions. The convention set plans to meet in Bristol next June with a joint session to welcome Tennessee delegates.
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Carl L. Campbell
Virginia State Council of
Post Office Clerks and Women’s Auxiliary
Campbell
Federation
P. B. Walls
Danville
Wall
A. 5. Secars
Richmond
M. H. Burnett
Lynchburg
R. G. Panton
John Hatfield
Norfolk
M .F. A. Reynolds
Roanoke
H.C. Thaxton
A. A. Ohmson
Portsmouth
Bristol
Albert Stark
Tennessee
Virginia Cour
Burr P. Harrison
Supreme Court Allows CIO Political Spending Test Case
The Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that overturned an indictment against the CIO for spending union funds on a political end. The decision does not decide the constitutionality of the Taft Hartley act ban and marks a narrow ruling focused on one section.
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Washington
Supreme Court
CIO
High Court
Reed
Frankfurter
Rutledge
Black Douglas Eaxul Murphy
Futledse
Seinios
Philip Murray
Murray
CIO News
Edward Garmatz
Baltimore
Garmatz
Ben Moore
Charleston
W. Va
U. S. District Court
Costa Rica imposes 10 percent levy on private capital
President Jose Figueres announced a 10 percent tax on private capital to fund reconstruction. He also calls for nationalization of credit and banking, stating government control is needed for public utility functions and to curb staple prices amid the aftermath of the April revolt that toppled President Picado.
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San Jose
Costa Récar
Jose Figueres
Figueres
Theodore Picado
Fibueres
Meat and Clothing Rationing Ends as Announced
In Canberra on June 21 Prime Minister Joseph B Chiefly announced that rationing of meat and clothing will end tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canberra
Australia
Joseph B Chiefly
Dewey Taft Deadlock Could Open Path to Vandenberg Warren or Martin
The Philadelphia Evening Star notes a 1948 GOP deadlock paralleled by 1940, with Dewey and Taft leading on first ballots. It cites Stassen's popularity, Taft and Dewey reluctance to shift support, and suggests Vandenberg or Warren or Martin could emerge if the stalemate persists.
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Vandenberg
Warren
Martin
Dewey
Sen
Taft
Willkie
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
New York
Frank
Lege
New Jersey
Walter E. Edge
Tom Dewey
Bob Taft
Sen. Vandenberg
Michigan
Gov. Warren
California
Massachusetts
Delegates Eye Moves by Penna. And Illinois
Delegates eye moves by Penna and Illinois at the Republican convention in Philadelphia as the struggle for the presidential nomination unfolds. Early coverage notes balance of power among Dewey Taft Stassen and Vandenberg camps with Pennsylvania and Illinois delegates seen as pivotal. Ballots begin midweek with estimates of multiple rounds and 548 needed to win.
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Jack Bell
Philadelphia
United States
Congress
Gov
Dewey
Sen
Taft
Harold E. Stassen
Vandenberg
GOP
Carroll Reece
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Ballo
Ing Mlinois
Dwight Green
Edward Martin
Stassen
Sanmte
Massachusetts
Montana
Herbert Brownell Jr
Oine
Factory Workers 29 Per Cent over Pre war Average
Between April 15 and May 5 employment in Virginia manufacturing declined to 210000. The five month average was 13 percent higher than last year and 29 percent above the prewar 1939 average.
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Richmond
Virginia
Powder Plant Blast Kills 3 at Hercules Dy namite Plant
A massive explosion at Hercules Powder Co. Dynamite plant in Kenvil New Jersey killed three workers and shook a 50 mile radius. State police closed highways while hospitals prepared ambulances and physicians. The blast produced yellow red smoke and broke windows as far as Dover and East Orange. The plant had a deadly 1940 blast killing 52 people.
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Kenvil
N. J
Big Hercules Powder Co
New Jersey
Morris County
Hercules Plant
Hercules
Dover
Robert Hewitt
East Orange
North Arlington
Ford offers 11 to 14 cent wage increase to UAW workers
Detroit June 21 Ford Motor Co. proposed an 11 to 14 cent per hour wage hike for its 110,000 CIO United Auto Workers. Workers earning $1.50 or more would gain 14 cents. those below would gain 11 cents. The plan aims to correct wage inequities while unions sought 30 cents.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford
General Motors Corp
Chrysler Corp
Philadelphia Glows In Holiday Dress For Republican Nominating Event
Philadelphia hosts the 24th Republican National convention with about 20 000 attendees and 5 000 hotel rooms. Officials forecast balloting to begin midweek while Dewey Taft and Stassen loom as early leaders. The city lights, flags, and extensive media coverage frame the opening as rival factions clash.
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H. F .Byrd JR
Evening Star
Philadelphia
John Charles Fremert
Wilmington
Delaware
Atlantic City
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City
J. H. Funkhouser
Welltown Pike
Evelyn
George Washington Hotel
Phil Murray
Costa Rica
Theresa Haley
Salem
Mass
Marblehead
Melvin Harson
Albert
Harrison
International Soundphoto
N.Y
Sen. Taft
H. F. Byrd, JR
Wendell Lewis Willkie
Penna
Ford Co
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