Truman Announces Strong U S Policy to Aid Korea and Allies
President Truman outlined a new policy to oppose Communist aggression in the Far East. He ordered the Seventh Fleet to deter any attack on Formosa and urged Chiang Kai Shek to halt mainland assaults. He pledged increased aid to the Philippines and Indochina and stressed potential UN or allied action if North Korea’s invasion continues.
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Pacific
Truman
U. S
Formosa
Chiang Kai Shek
Philippines
Indochina
Mr. Truman
Korea
House
South Korea
White House
McCormack
Massachusetts
Fulton
R-Pa) Wanted To Know If the President's Announcement and the Use of U. S
Hugh D. Scott
Republican National Committee
The
Socialists Win Vote of Confidence in London
Britain's Labour government survives a confidence vote 309 to 289 over its decision to abstain from Paris talks on pooling Europe’s coal and steel. Prime Minister Attlee faced a key test as Churchill and others accused the policy of alienating France and hindering European unity.
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London
Britain
Paris
Europe
Attlee
Winston Churchill
France
Aloff
U.S. Planes Down North Korean Aircraft Over Kimpo
U S manned fighters claim four North Korean planes downed to protect evacuations from South Korea. MacArthur HQ said one Russian built North Korean craft shot down near Kimpo Field. AP reports two more downed by South Korean Mustangs, totaling six planes lost that day.
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Tokyo
South Korea
MacArthur
Kimpo Field
Seoul
Associated Press
O. H. P. King
Japan
Kimpo
National Guard Ready in Virginia on Short Notice
Virginia National Guard units can be assembled within hours and the selective service system is primed for rapid operation. Major General S. Gardner Waller, state adjutant general, reported today. Also listed: an auction of the Will Miller estate at 134 W. Piccadilly St on Saturday July 1 at 10:00 a m. Headley’s Auctions. WANTED Experienced auto salesman Pine Motor Co Inc.
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Richmond
Virginia
Navnal Guard
S&s. Gardner Waller
Will Miller
W. Piccadilly St
Headley’s
Pine Motor Co., Inc
Talmadge Race Topic Shapes Georgia Democratic Primary
Georgia Governor Herman Talmadge makes race a central campaign weapon in the Democratic primary against M E Thompson. The feud, noted for white supremacist rhetoric, centers on segregation and the FEPC issue as key allies rally to Talmadge. Thompson counters with plans for segregation and a major school building program.
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Atlanta
Herman Talmadge
Dixie
Talmadge
M. E. Thompson
Congress
Walter George
Senate Finance Committee
John Wood
House On American Activities Committee
Georgia
Supreme Court
Zens
North Carolina
Willis Smith
Frank Graham
Florida
George Smathers
Claude Pepper
Smathers
Pepper
Federal Fair Employment Practices Commission
Truman
Thompson
FEPC
Eugene Talmadge
40 Boys Attend SA Outdoor Camp
Forty boys attend the 1950 Salvation Army Fresh Air Camp opening at Shade's Park Route 50 led by Captain B. D. Wyatt and Captain Doris Powell with councilors Lyle Webb Nevin Schaffer and James Harod Painter. Cooking by Frank Phillips and helpers, third year of the camp. girls will takeover next week.
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Salvation Army
Shade’s Park
Route 50
B. D. Wyatt
Doris Powell
Frank Riffee
Pearl Embly
Charles
Robert
Thomas
Hutzell
Donald Miller
Curtis Bender
Harvey Turner
Donald Shantz
Charles Olden
Ray Marger
Dennis
Franklin
Edward Miller
David Wyatt
Jerry
Micky Boyd
Sammy Herbaugh
Buster
Donald Fincham
Clarence
Paul Carter
Richard
Billy Green
Kenneth
Richard Williams
Jimmy
Kenneth Bowen
Lamont
Lewis Peer
Bobby
Jimmy Carter
Gregory
Raymond Rice
Garland Grimes
Ronald Keyser
Elliott Macherith
Lyle Webb
Nevin Schaffer
James Harod Painter
Frank Phillips
Baltimore
Geneva Walsh
Del
The
Winchester Community Chest
Virginia Five Day Weather Outlook
A five day outlook for Virginia shows temperatures averaging slightly below normal from June 28 to July 2. Expect moderate warmth midweek, a bit warmer on Thursday, then little change later in the period. Scattered showers likely Thursday night and again later in the week with total rainfall around one third inch.
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Virginia
Local Boy Scouts Leave for Jamboree
The Shenandoah Area Council sent 37 boys and 3 leaders from nine counties to the Valley Forge jamboree. They join 47,000 scouts from 48 states and 20 countries in a seven day event on rolling hills once used by Washington's army.
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Shenandoah
Johnson Urges Conviction and Duty Before Committees
Secretary of Defense Johnson outlined a course for officers testifying before Congress, stressing responsibility to present official views and personal conviction. He noted eight graduates will join his staff, described the Industrial College of the Armed Forces as training for military logistics, and warned NSA rivals remain a threat while praising progress in weapon development.
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Washington
Defense
Johnson
Defense Secretary
Congress
Industrial College of the Armed Forces
Korea
United States
War Situation In a Nutshell
Four Communist planes shot down by American fighters as refugee airlift continues. Reports say bombers may strike tonight as Seoul forces push communists 20 miles back. Truman orders US planes and warships to aid South Korea and intervene against any invasion of Formosa. U N Security Council meeting preparation underway.
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Associated Press
TOKO
Seoul
Washington
Truman
United States
Pacific
Fleet
Formosa
Philippines
Indochina
Chiang Kai-shek
U. S
U. N. Security Council
Hit Run Motorist Fined in Local Court
Ernest Walter Ritter Jr of 608 Patterson Ave paid a 100 fine and costs after Judge John Rice found him guilty of a hit and run on N Loudoun St involving a White Post car. Other police court entries include drunkenness fines and minor traffic penalties for several residents.
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Ernest Walter Ritter, Jr
Patterson Ave
John Rice
Ritter
N. Loudoun St
Robert Hawkins
Northwestern Grade
Darrell Lee DeHaven
N. Braddock St
Douglas E. Braithwaite
Woodstock Lane
George Walter Cross
N. Cameron St
Lester Barton
Middletown
Lancelot E. Reid
Conway St
Hollis Martin
S. Loudoun St
Raymond Kline
S. Cameron St
Stock Prices Take Another Plunge
The stock market fell sharply after President Truman's Asia aid policy announcement. Prices dropped to $7 a share amid heavy selling, with flash quotations used to show up-to-the-minute prices and a noon sales total of 1,370,000 shares.
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New York
Truman
Asia
Cooler Weather Expected In Winchester And Vicinity
The Northern Virginia forecast calls for fair and cooler conditions in Winchester and surrounding areas. Residents endured two hot days with temperatures into the 90s as a 91 degree high was recorded at 2 PM, just under yesterday’s 92, the season’s high so far.
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Winchester
Winchester Research Laboratory
Tractor Trailer Overturns on Route 50 West of Here
A long owned by Kaus Shows carrying carnival equipment to Keyser West Virginia overturned Sunday night six miles west of here after a tire blowout. The wreck on Wilmer Nail property was towed from the scene with the cab crushed.
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L. P. Coverstone
Kaus
Keyser
W. Va
Route 50
Here
Wilmer Nail
Shades Garage
Winchester Lions Club installs new president tonight
Samuel Johnston, local jeweler, assumes the presidency at a George Washington Hotel dinner meeting. Jules C. Ricker of Washington will install officers and speak to about 100 members as the club announces Lion of the Year and attendance awards.
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Rush
Samuel Johnston
Winchester Lions Club
Johnston
George Washington Hotel
Jules C. Ricker
Washington
Lions International
Ricker
Three New Dwellings Permits Issued in Winchester Area
Three permits authorize new residences in Winchester and nearby. Orville L. Bloom plans a 1.4 story brick house on Shawnee Ave at 7,000 dollars, James R Wilkins proposes a brick and stone one story dwelling on Academy Lane for 7,000, and I M Coffelt gets a one story frame house at 630 Ross St costing 3,500. A remodel to two apartments at 436 N Brad dock St for 3,000 and a four room block dwelling at Abin for 3,000 are also noted in the county.
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Winchester
Orville L. Bloom
Shawnee Ave
James R. Wilkins
Loudoun St
Academy Lane
I. M. Coffelt
Conway St
Ross St
Commissioner of Revenue
Taylor Barr
E. Holmes Newcomt
Woodland Ave
N. Braddock St
W. C. and
Inez Loy
Bloomery Rt
Abin
Truman Policy At a Glance
Washington outlines key points of the Far Pacific policy. U S air and sea forces will cover Korean government troops, the 7th Fleet will deter attacks on Formosa, China on Formosa to stop operations against the mainland, Philippines forces to be strengthened, military aid to France and Indochina to be stepped up with a mission to assist, and the U S will uphold the rule of law.
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Washington
Truman
U. S
7Th Fleet
Formosa
Philippines
France
Indochina
United States
Two Ships Collide In New York Bay
The cruise ship Excalibur with 114 passengers collided with the Danish freighter Columbia in upper New York Bay near Brooklyn. Excalibur was beached off 69th Street after tugs towed it to shoal water. Columbia caught fire but flames were brought under control within half an hour. Passengers were to be moved to Jersey City. The Excalibur, commanded by Capt. S. N. Groves, was en route to a 43 day Mediterranean cruise.
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New York
New York Bay
Brooklyn
Columbia
Jersey City
N. J
69Th Street
S “Four Aces
S. N. Groves
Secret UN council luncheon foreshadows Korea mediation clash
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Jakob Malik and U S Ambassador Ernest Gross met at an undisclosed Long Island residence before the Security Council session on Korea. Yugoslavia proposed immediate mediation inviting North Korea to participate, while the United States prepared a resolution of import ance.
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United States
United Nations Security Council
Russia
Jakob A. Malik
Ernest A. Gross
Britain
China
Yugoslavia
India
Ales Bebler
North Korea
Republic of Korea
Bebler
Amerasia Probers Seek Key to 1945 Jaffe Service Transcript
Senate investigators seek a clue to a 1945 FBI recorded talk between Diplomat John S. Service and Amerasia editor Philip Jaffe. Service testified he did not knowingly reveal military secrets and the panel plans to check with General Wedemeyer’s China staff for possible leads.
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Washington
Senate
John S. Service
Amerasia
Philip Jaffe
Justice Department
Senate Foreign Relations
Service
State Department
Jaffe
FBI
China
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Army
Sails for Home as Korean Navy Prepares Return
South Korea's commander in chief readies to sail for his homeland with the bulk of the fleet, including three converted PC boats, as the crisis unfolds.
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Honolulu
South Korea
Conferees Back One Year Draft Extension
Washington conferees from the Senate and House voted a one year extension of the presidents power to draft young men and to order the National Guard and police to active duty. The agreement ends deadlock amid tension in Korea and must be ratified by both chambers. The House previously favored a two year extension while retaining congressional authority for inductions.
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Washington
Senate House
National Guard
Senate House Group
Senate
House
Byrd
D-Va
Congress
New Schewel Furniture Store Set to Open in Winchester
The Schewel Furniture Co. will open a new three story store at 11 W Cork St Winchester at 10 am Thursday Abe Schewel president is in town supervising the three day opening Furniture arrived by train and truck to stock the building rushed to completion by Harry W Aikens of Clear Brook The property was bought last August by W E Wilburn Harrisonburg district manager of the chain which operates in Lynchburg Danville Altavista Lexington Luray and Harrisonburg.
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Schewel Furniture Co
Cork St
Abe Schewel
Lexington
Winchester
Harry W. Aikens
Clearbrook
Amos Mauck
W. E. Wilburn
Harrisonburg
Schewel Chain
Lynchburg
Danville
Altavista
Luray
Thompson and Hilda flee Berryville after courthouse brawl
The trial in Trial Justice Harold Pott's court ended with James Thompson and Hilda returning to West Virginia. Marshall Lewis was fined $25 for assault and battery, Hilda paid $14.75 for intoxication, while Thompson was acquitted on self defense. Virgie Taylor testified as a witness. Thompson and Hilda left in an old Ford.
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West Virginia
Berryville
Hilda
Harold Pott
Marshall Lewis
Fred Cooper
Webbtown
James Thompson
Rippon
W. Va
Marshall
Lewis
Shenk
Thompson
Virgie Taylor
Thomas Iden
James Wood
Lloyd Milburn
Ford
Warships Enter Battle In Korea Crisis
A Seoul and Tokyo reported offensive moves as American bombers and warships joined to push back the invading North Korean Reds. President Truman ordered planes and ships to aid South Korea, with mentions of General Church and a joint defense operation led by General MacArthur. Reports cited fighting near Seoul and Uijongbu and possible embassy retention in Seoul amid shifting military actions.
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Tokyo
Syngman Rhee
Russell Brines
South Korea
Washington
Truman
Seeve
Seoul
Church
MacArthur
N. Jo H. Church
Petes
Okinawa
Bou
Kimpo
Kay
Republic
Uijongbu
O. H. P. King
Hyung Keun
Yoo Shai Jeung
Cheju Island
Gore
Baptist Church
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Stephens City
Allen Bane
Marlynn Wilson
Fran Joe Duckwall
Fred H. Neumann
Ben Belchie
C. &. Hartman
Harman
Boy Scouts of America
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Bulletin
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