A Bomb Inheritance Fears From Bikini Corn Tests
California Institute of Technology scientists report Tokyo bomb tests causing radioactivity linked genetic changes in corn. Observed recessive defects appeared in the second generation, with pale seedlings and small or deformed ears. Researchers warn human deformities could arise in future generations.
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Pasadena
Calif
California Institute of Technology
Japan
Ernest G. Anderson
Anderson
Bikini
Dr. Anderson
Department of Agriculture
Nagasaki
Hiroshima
Fray Elected CC President In Winchester Chamber
J Curtis Gray of Dr Pepper Bottling Co becomes new president of Winchester chamber of commerce. Walker McC Bond and W Ralph Pifer chosen for vice president and treasurer. Fray praises chamber progress and looks to broader civic development with support from the group. Bond calls for stronger ties with agricultural growth. Pifer active in organization and former director.
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J. Curtis Gray
Dr. Pepper Bottling Co
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
Walker McC. Bond
W. Ralph Pifer
Fray
Chamberee
Ofice
Bond
Chamber of Commerce
Winchester
Frederick County
Pifer
Pifer Printing Co
Railroad Workers Claim Cash Pinch Amid Wage Pressure
Rail labor unions, representing 359 000 members across five brotherhoods, say railroads must grant an immediate wage increase. Workers report shrinking savings and rising debt as they finance themselves during the current economic strain. The unions published the demand amid ongoing negotiations in Chicago.
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Chicago
Opi
Pope Says Peace Lies Beyond End of War
Pope Pius XII met five visiting U.S. senators and told the Senate Appropriations Committee that peace rings hollow to avert famine devastation and oppression. He urged that peace means more than simply the absence of armed warfare and bloodshed.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
U. S. Senate Appropriations Committee
Styles Bridges
R-N.h
BSU Session in Winchester Draws Delegates From 20 Virginia Colleges
The Baptist Student Union brings 250 delegates to Winchester for a two day session at First Baptist church with student talks by seven collegians and music from local colleges. Dr Frank K Means addresses the World Challenge to the Baptist World at 9 30 tonight. The gathering includes worship services tomorrow led by Dr E T Clarke and readings by his son.
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Baptist Student Union
Virginia
First Baptist Church
Virginia Intermont College
Madison College
Frank K. Means
Fidelis
The
First Baptist
E. T. Clarke
E. T. Clark Jr
University of Richmond
BSU
Winchester
College City
Ralph B. Winders
Virginia Bsa
Church Auditorum
Anne Padgett
Mary Washington College
Anne Buner
Tillie Billett
Farmville Ltc
Neal Ellis
Roanoke College
Wincers
Fire Hall
Sarah Zane Fire Co
Lynn C. Dickson
Harrisonburg Baptist Church
Betty B. Turner
Kent L. Kiser
Rogers M. Smith
Tennessee Baptist
Election Officials At Winchester Polls
Election officials to serve at Winchester polls at the general election next Tuesday. Listed sites include Friendship fire hall and Rouss fire hall with appointed workers named for each location. Voting places open 6 a.m. and close 6 p.m. as stated.
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Winchester
Friendship
John A. Kater
Mary N. Forney
Loring J. Wright
Eva M. Stretchberry
Harvey Carper Rouss
B. F. Arthur W. W. Glass
William H. Thompson
Ellis Ford
Tommy D. Lockhart
City
E. B. Estes
Forest Fansler
L. Irvin Carper
Harry Murphy
Holmes Larrick
Sarah Zane Fire Hall
Robert S. Bell
J. F. Helsley
E. Earl Parks
Fl Miller Streit
J. Frank Bayliss
Handley Student Starred in Life Magazine Apple Appeal
Fifteen year old Cary Randolph Marshall of Winchester attracted attention during National Apple Week for promoting apples as a regular family diet. The Handley school junior posed for Life Magazine photos taken by Bradley Smith in a Stayman Winesap tree, selected after a school gym class model search.
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Shenandoah Valley
Cary Randolph Marshall
Winchester
Life Magazine
the Star
Marshall
Bradley Smith
Life
Handley School
Miss Marshall
Petyon J. Marshall
Stewart
Cedar Creek Road
Glee Club
Peyton Jr
Cary
Walton Chapter Raises $600 in Pollution Fight
Walton Chapter led by W. H. Lawrence Jr. reports $600 contributed by members to back a plan to study and fight Shenandoah River pollution. The Clarke County chapter raised $2200 at a Berryville auction last Saturday. The two chapters plan a merged effort to finance a scientific survey of industrial waste dumping before potential prosecution.
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Walton
W. H. Lawrence, Jr
Frederick County
Isaac Walton League
Shenandoah River
Clarke County
Walton League
Berryville
Apples by Mail Advertiser Held on U S Charge
Rob ert N. Snyder of Martinsburg West Virginia was arrested on charges of using the mails to defraud after placing advertisements in Baltimore and Washington papers offering two bushels of apples for 5 dollars. He was ordered held in jail in default of bond after a U S hearing. Authorities say he admitted taking 105 dollars from 25 orders with no apples to deliver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apples-by-Mail
U. S
Baltimore
Robert N. Snyder
Martinsburg
W. Va
Washington
Snyder
Floyd G. Hoback
Charles Town
Hoback
Dry Squad Finds Bootlegger's Cave Near Guthrie
A Oklahoma dry squad spent six hours last night uncovering a bootlegger’s cache hidden under a leased barn. A concealed hydraulic lift accessed a 12 foot deep cement vault containing about $53,000 in illicit alcohol stock.
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Guthrie
Okla
Oklahoma
Andy's Barber Shop Opens Evening Service
Andy's Barber Shop at 924 Womiland Ave begins daily evening hours from 5 to 10 PM. Haircuts priced at 35 or 40 cents.
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Womiland Ave
Philadelphia Police Told Not To Bother Hollywooders Rally
A federal judge ordered Philadelphia not to interfere with a PCA rally at Independence Hall Square protesting the House Un-American Activities hearings. The group planned to hear from about 100 Hollywood figures cited for contempt of Congress for not disclosing party membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Independence Hall Square
Progressive Citizens of America Today
PCA
House on-American Committee
Hollywood
Congress
Communist Party
Private Motoring Ends in England
Britons abandon private motoring as government imposes an austerity ban to save dollars and conserve gasoline. Beginning last midnight, private citizens may not drive except for essential business. Officials estimate the move will save about 36 million dollars annually in dwindling dollar credits.
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London
All Distilleries Close in Kentucky Shutdown
Kentucky's 53 distilleries closed at midnight in compliance with the National Food Committee request. The move ends a long era of distillery operation in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Kentucky
National Food Committee
Driver of Death Car Gets 2-year Penal Sentence
John Lee Floyd of High Point was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Mrs. Bessie Stottlemyer from an August 9 collision. He was sentenced to two years in the state penitentiary. Judge Elliot Marshall set November 12 to hear a motion to set aside the verdict. About 10 witnesses testified for the commonwealth. Floyd and his father testified for the defense. The jury deliberated about an hour.
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John Lee Floyd
High Point
N. C
Bessie Stottlemyer
Corporation Court
Dabney Watts
Elliot Marshall
Commonwealth
James P. Reardon
UAW Advises Filing Non-Communist Affidavits with NLRB
Detroit November 1 United Auto Workers policy centers on complying with Taft Hartley Act non communist provisions while remaining opposed to the law. President Walter P. Reuther said locals should file non Communist affidavits with the National Labor Relations Board as part of the ongoing effort to repeal the act.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Walter P. Reuther
Paul M. Herzog
National Labor Relations Board
UAW
NLRB
Chest Drive Vowed by Molden Led Group in 1947 Campaign
E L Molden heads a 35 member business group to canvass downtown Winchester Frederick County for the 1947 Community Chest drive set November 3 to 11. Campaign chair LaMar Keen notes Howard Melton and Ralph Jordan in key posts as part of a broad volunteer effort supporting eight agencies. The fund goal is $34 000 with the slogan Everybody Benefits Every Fund.
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E. L. Molden
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Gertrude Barton Day Nursery
Children’s Home Society
Colored Day Nursery
Sacred Heart Boys Lab
Salvation Army
Cancer
Melchior Reports Hunting Success in Wyoming
Salt Lake City dispatch says Metropolitan Opera tenor Lauritz Melchior paused in Wyoming's Jackson Hole region, reporting successful hunts for a deer and an elk during his visit.
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Salt Lake City
Lauritz Melchior
Metropolitan Opera
Jackson Hole
Wyoming
Halloween pranks cause minor damage in Winchester
Police report two residents suffered property damage on Halloween night. Gracie Hewitt said a hedge apple shattered a glass door area and her mailbox was ripped off, while James Smith reported a torn tourist sign, broken urns, and obscene writing on sidewalks. Two street lights were broken and many storefronts cleaned after window soaping.
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Winchester
Gracie Hewitt
W. Cecil St
James E. Smith
Washington St
W. Boscawen St
Boyd
J. T. Boyd
Handley Blvd
Amherst
Stewart Sts
Ramadier Adds Three to Cabinet in France
Paris date shows Socialist Premier Paul Ramadier names three new ministers to his midline cabinet, including a Popular Republican and a Radical Socialist plus a UD SR member. The reshaped cabinet of 14 won confidence 300 to 280 in the National Assembly.
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Paris
Paul Ramadier
Democratic and Socialist Union of Resistance
UDSR
Ramadier
National Assembly
Indian Air Reinforcements Threaten Kashmir Capital
RAF observers report Pathan Moslems massing in Kashmir threaten Srinagar as Indian reinforcements rush toward the front less than 20 miles west of the city. Srinagar's dusty airfield is seen as an advanced base and its loss could endanger the Kashmir valley.
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New Delhi
Royal Air Force
Kashmir
Srinagar
RAF
Srinigar
Kashmir Valley
Elections in Britain May Test Labor Rule
Britons vote in England Wales and Scotland as municipal elections test Prime Minister Atlee's Labor regime amid a deepening economic crisis. Conservatives call the ballots a curtain raiser for a national vote.
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Britain
London
England
Wales
Scotland
Atlee
U S Teachers Asked For Overseas Help
The National Education Association launched a Thanksgiving to Christmas drive asking every U S teacher to donate at least one dollar to fund aid for teachers abroad. The appeal aims to provide food and clothing for overseas educators during the holiday season.
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Washington
National Education Assn.e Oday
United States
October Rainfall Not Record Dry for Winchester
October rainfall in Winchester totaled one and one quarter inches, not breaking dryness, while temperatures ran about four degrees above the 18 year average. Over 34 years, ten Octobers were drier. the driest was 1930 at 0.22 inches, with other light Octobers in 1912 1920 1921 1924 1928 1934 1941 and 1945. Wet Octobers included 1942 15.01 inches 1929 8.88 inches and 1937 10.33 inches. Through 1947 rainfall trails by just over eight inches of normal. if November and December average five inches, the year ends about three inches short.
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Winchester
United States Pushes Speedy Palestine Partition Plan
The United States advocates a July deadline for creating Arab and Jewish states in Palestine. A three member UN commission would advise until independence, with possible reporting to the Security Council if Russia demands. British and Arab acceptance remain crucial for the plan.
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Security Council
U.S
General Assembly
U. N. Commission
Palestine
Herschel V. Johnson
United States
Commission
44 Deputies Launch Campaign Against Peron Interference
The 44 Radical party deputies in the Chamber of Deputies pledge to oppose what they call totalitarian interference by the government. They returned from Cordoba after campaigning in provinces for March elections and denounce executive overreach in internal and international affairs.
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Buenos Aires
Radical Party
Chamber of Deputies
Juan D. Peron
Cordoba
All
One Of Year's Best For Production This Week
This week was a strong period for business with major indices rising or holding near peaks. Optimistic remarks from leaders and economists pointed to growth in the economy in the final two months as inflation concerns loomed and consumer credit rules faced possible reimposition.
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Associated Press
United States
Washington
Congress
Gas price rise and varied fuel costs noted
Gasoline prices increased by three tenths of a cent per gallon with a general Friday rise by major companies. Concurrently fuel oil and kerosene also showed hikes across the region.
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Braddock St
Headley’s
Earl C. Brown
Martinsburg
W. Va
South End Fire CO
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