Heat Wave Drives Deaths and Highs Across Virginia
The 94 degree heat continues with no relief in sight as Virginia endures a multi day heat wave. Victims include Lyman Reynolds and Vance Stowers from heat prostration. Drownings occur in the Levisa and Shenandoah Rivers. Suffolk hits 105, others exceed 100 in Roanoke, Greenville, Richmond, and Newport News amid storms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suffolk
Roanoke
Ceenville
Richmond
Gordonsville
Blackstone
Newport News
Virginia
Mercury
Weather Bureau
Seaboad Air Line
Hit By Car Child Escapes Injury On Cameron Street
Derek Hershman nine of Mountain Falls escaped with a bruised left elbow after stepping in front of a car on Cameron Street around nine o clock. Passenger Michael Vance three and a half was cut lip in the vehicle. driver Madeline Davis Vance stopped and the child was treated and released at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Earlier on N Cameron Street near Wyck, a 1949 Buick was rear ended by a 1948 GMC, causing $250 in damage to the Buick while the GMC incurred none.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Derek Hershman
Mountain Falls
Cameron Street
Michael Vance
Madeline Davis Vance
Vance
Winchester Memorial Hospital
N. Cameron Street
Wyck
Richard Lewis
Paul Anthony
N. Loudoun Street
J. C. V. Gardner
Rt. 1
River
Winchester Corporation Court jury impaneled for July term
Twenty jurors are selected to report July 3 at 10 a.m. to the Winchester Corporation Court. The list includes E. R. Huntsberry Frida L. Sibert Raymond F. Corrigan and others. Several cases are set for Thursday despite it being the day before the Fourth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corporation Court of
City of
Winchester
E. R. Huntsberry
Frida L. Sibert
Raymond F. Corrigan
E. W. Armstrong
Oscar A. Ili
Rick N. McKee
C. Russell Hook
Sidney H. Veasey
Paul D. Stultz
William F Clevenger
Nicodemus Orchard
Welltown Pike
H. W. Butler & Bro. Ing
Hints of major U.S. atomic development depress Soviet gains
The article reports optimism in Washington after a White House visit by top atomic experts led by J. Robert Oppenheimer. It notes grim Senate testimony by Gen. Nathan Twining on Soviet atomic stockpiles and long range bombers, and mentions speculation about hydrogen bomb progress and related programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
White House
J. Robert Oppenheimer
The
Atomic Energy Commission
General Advisory Committee
Air Force
Pentagon
Senate Appropriations Committee
Nathan F. Twining
Moscow
Oppenheimer
AEC
Gordon Dean
Eniwetok
Heat Wave Death Toll Tops 122 in Nation as South Rests
Heat and humidity spiked across the eastern United States with 122 total deaths in three days. New Jersey reported 53 fatalities and many Southern areas faced 100 degree temperatures. A cool front reached New Jersey, New York, and New England offering weekend relief while the South faced continued heat and crop damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
New York
New England
Chicago
Gulf States
Central Plains
Mississippi
Ohio
South Atlantic States
Mississippi Valley
Atlantic Coast
Alabama
Southland
Bamberg
Middletown Youth Drowns Near Riverton
Thomas E. Miller twenty of Middletown drowned in the Shenandoah River near Crider and Shockey concrete plant about one mile north of Riverton at 7 30 last night. Front Royal firemen recovered the body after a two hour search using grappling hooks. Miller started to swim across and turned back. companion Arthur D. Cline tried to help but Miller went under. Miller born September 1931 was the son of Walter and Irene Henson Miller and husband of Mary Ann Funk. He leaves brothers Russell Walter Ollie Levi Marie Loretta and Mrs Onita Vincent of Stephens City. Funeral at 2 pm Monday from Stover's Funeral Home in Strasburg with burial in Mt Carmel Cemetery.
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Thomas E. Miller
Middletown
Shenandoah River
Crider and Shockey
Riverton
Front Royal
Arthur D. Cline
Miller
Mr. Miller
Walter
Irene Henson Miller
Mary Ann Funk
Marcellus Funk
Russell
Ollie
Levi
Marie
Loretta
Onita Vincent
Stephens City
Outside Influence Seen Trying To Dictate Virginia Election
Richmond delegate Edmund T. DeJarnette warned Virginians of outside influences seeking to dictate the U S Senate race. He cited Averell Harriman and FEPC issues, arguing Virginians will decide on July 15 whether the Truman Harriman effort can defeat Senator Byrd after 35 years of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Richmond
Edmund T. DeJarnette
Missouri
Senator Byrd
Flying saucer sighting reported by city resident
Miss Margaret Lewis of 325 Kern St. saw a bright blue object about the size of a cantaloupe moving southwest with a short tail. The object darted across the sky at high speed and vanished within seconds near East Lane and Fairfax Lane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Lewis
Kern St
Pittsburgh Steel Signs Interim Contract to End Strike
The CIO United Steelworkers and Pittsburgh Steel Co reach an interim agreement retroactive to April 1 giving 12.5 cents hourly raise for 10,500 workers plus six holidays and vacation limits. Negotiations follow Wage Stabilization Board guidance to avoid a lengthy strike now in its 26th day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
Pittsburgh Steel Company
Philip Murray
Wage Stabilization Board
Murray
Pittsburgh Steel
John A. Stephens
U. S. Steel
West Protests Berlin Shackles As Inhumane
Western Allies protest to the Russians over what they call inhumane restraints on Berliners. Notes demand the East zone stop restricting movement or offer compensation for thousands in distress. West Berlin says 16,000 residents with property in the east are registered in a council survey. Acheson visits Berlin to lay the cornerstone of a new American memorial library as tensions loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
East Zone
East Azone
Mail ballot arrangements and fruit sale notices
If you will be away on election day July 15 you can vote by mail by calling Winchester 4256 between 9 am and 8 pm to arrange a mail ballot. For sale sour cherries also advertised at phone 1031.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Taft Sees Only One Hurdle Left To Nomination
Senator Robert A Taft said the sole remaining hurdle to his Republican nomination is the belief he cannot win in November He claimed he has disposed of every other argument and outlined a campaign to secure victory He spoke at the University of Virginia and with Virginia delegates detailing foreign policy positions and calls to cut off aid to Western Europe renounce the Yalta agreement and push a hard line against satellite nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Chicago
Taft
Virginia
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
Western Europe
United States
Virgina
Taft Club
Four Miners Die in Lehigh Coal Blast Near Nesquehoning
Four coal miners were killed and seven injured in a blast at Lehigh Navigation Coal Co. workings near Nesquehoning Pennsylvania during the last shift before a national 10 day UMWA holiday. Victims named include Peter Stalvecki 26 of Nesquehoning Generio Demichael 31 Lunsford Robert Endy 36 Tamaqua and Robert Rosenbaum 33 Summit Hill. Endy left twins. Demichael and Rosenbaum each had a son.
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Lunsford
Par
Lehigh Navigation Coal Co
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
Peter Stalvecki
Nesquehoning
Generio Demichael
Robert Endy
Lewiston Valley
Tamaqua
Robert Rosenbaum
Summit Hill
Endy
Demichael
Rosenbaum
Death Rendezvous Fails to Come Off At Appointed Hour
In Middlesboro Kentucky Mountaineer James P. Loneworth, 69, waited for death at 7 a m as he believed God told him in a dream death would call. His family gathered, a funeral atmosphere filled the home, and Loneworth spoke openly of his funeral plans while awaiting death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesboro
James P. Loneworth
Aed
Loneworth
Longworth
Truce Negotiators Exchange Notes at Panmunjom
In Munsan Korea four United Nations and Communist negotiators exchanged notes through liaison officers. The sides accused each other of prolonging the war and the U N asked the Communists to verify locations of four Red prisoner camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Leds
U. N
U.N
Lattimore Apology and Indictment in Seattle Case
The State Department apologized to Johns Hopkins professor Owen Lattimore and revoked a six month stop order that kept him from traveling. The order stemmed from a confidential CIA report claiming he planned a trip behind the Iron Curtain, which Lattimore denied. Separately, Harry A. Jarvinen a travel agency executive was indicted by a Seattle grand jury for originating the report cited in the Lattimore case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Owen Lattimore
Central Intelligence Agency
Lattimore
Johns Hopkins University
Harry A. Jarvinen
Seattle
Federal Land Jury
Virginia 4 H Short Course elects officers and announces winners
Lynn Wolfe named vice president of Virginia 4 H Short Course with Maxie Moore of Lunenburg as president. Frederick’s J F Pier Henry and Franklin’s Tatum Newbill elected vice presidents and secretary. Final contest winners include Augusta County livestock, Halifax dairy, Princess Anne poultry. National trips set for Nancy Litton, Mary Elizabeth Andrews, Helen Woods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blacksburg
Maxie Moore
Lunenburg
Lynn Wolf Frederick
Trene Stoneman
Hentico
J. FE. Pier
Henry
Tatum Newbill
Franklin
Augusta County
Halifax County
Princess Anne
Chicago
Nancy Litton
Loudoun
Mary Elizabeth Andrews
Larry
Helen Woods
Hanover
Rudolph Shifflett
Nelson Grove
Augusta
Bill Thomas
Charles Copenhagen
Wythe
Cookie Armistead
Ray Foster
Halifax
Benjamin Danner
Nelson
Norville Lowry
Ira Fisk
David Stewart
Wanda Buck Loudoun
William Schwartz
Frederick
Conferees Agree On Compromise Price-Wage Bill
Senate-House conferees approve a ten month extension of wage price controls amid bargaining over exceptions and relief. The measure retains price controls on most items while easing housing rules and ending broad credit controls as conditions allow. The plan moves to a special Senate session with House action expected Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate-House
Senate
House
Rep
Talle
Browa
Cole
Bkan
Ellis Arnall
Federal Reserve Board
Conference Committee
Mrs Dick Dies After Long Illness at 76
Lavinia A Dick of Clearbrook, formerly of Frederick County, died yesterday at 31 Fairmont Avenue. Born June 14 1876 in Berkeley County West Virginia she was widow of John A Dick a fruit grower. Survived by six children four grandsons ten granddaughters two sons preceded her in death. Funeral at Omps Funeral Home 2 30 pm Monday Rev J S Dickwall officiating. Interment Mt Hebron Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lavinia A. Dick
Clearbrook
Fairmont Avenue
Berkeley County
W. Va
John A. Dick
Fruit Brower
Frederick County
J. W. Rees
Meda Dick
Harry LeDane
Clark W. Jolley
Lee O. Dick
J. Alvin Dick
Omps Funeral
J. S Dickwall
Clearbrook Presbyterian Church
Charles H
Robert Lee
Mitchell
Donnie Dick
Mt. Hebron
City Hall Plaza
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Lyman Reynolds
Vance Stowers
Loudoun County
James H. Lee
Buchanan County
Levisa
Corporation Court
U.S
South
Wilmington
N. C
Columbus
Danville
Thomas B. Stanley
Stanleytown
Anne Elizabeth Butler
John Bassett Vaughan
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Stover
Strasburg
Mt. Carmel Cemetery
Stroy
DeJarnette
Harriman
Truman
Congress
Byrd
United States Senate
Ige
Joseph A. Massie, Jr
UR Lao
Minche
Jack Ireland
Russell Newcome
Jaycee
York Inn
Clarence Lamp
Nema E
Olly
Ed Molden
Jaycee-ettes
Robert Barry
Jaycee’s
Sen. McCarthy
McCarthy
Lynn Wolfe
Virginia 4-H Short Course
B. L. Livingstone
Robinson Cold Storage
R & T Orchard
Middle Road
Robinson Orchard
Merryman’s Lane
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