Bomb attack hits U S Consulate in Jerusalem
A bomb exploded at the U S consulate in Jerusalem injuring two women and damaging the entrance as Syrian troops were reported near the Palestine border. Police suspect a woman carried the device. authorities say 17 Americans remained at work. The incident follows other consulate bombings tied to opposition to partition.
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Jerusalem
United States
Palestine
Dead End
Ethel DeLevie
Providence
R. I
Miriam Pilpel
United Nations Special Committee On
Court reverses conviction in faith healing case
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals reverses Harvey O. Kirck involuntary manslaughter conviction for his wife’s death by rattlesnake at a faith healing ceremony. Judgment cites improper jury instructions and orders new trial in Wise County. Other decisions include a ruling on parental corporal punishment limits.
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Richmond
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Virginia
Circuit Court
Wise County
Harvey O. Kirck
Anna Kirk
Ramsey
A. Cuchanan
Kirk
Nation Temperatures Run Above Frost Line Coast to Coast
Fair autumn weather and mild temperatures prevailed nationwide with readings above October averages. The Chicago weather bureau reported rainfall along the south Atlantic coast had moved offshore and the Florida hurricane weekend impact ended as temperatures stayed well above frost lines across the country.
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Associated Press
Chicago Weather Bureau
South Atlantic
Florida
Soviet to Back Palestine Partition Plan
A leading Soviet bloc delegate and an Arab spokesman said Russia is ready to support the proposed partition of Palestine into Jewish and Arab states. Yugoslavia and Britain reportedly withdrew from the Palestine committee speakers list, making Russia first to speak. The Slav source called partition the fair, workable solution amid Arab Jewish strife. The Arab delegate said Russia’s support would be less bold than the United States.
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Saudi Arabia
Palestine
Soviet Union
Russia
United States
U. S
Frisky Dobbin Delays Chicago Airport Runway
A stray horse roamed Chicago Municipal Airport last night causing a 30 minute halt to takeoffs. The animal wandered the runways forcing thirty planes to hold while a squad car chased and captured the frisky horse.
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Chicago
Dobbin
Quadruplets Born to Navy Officer’s Wife In Devonport
Quadruplets three girls and a boy were born to Mrs. Frank Robinson 27 year old wife of a Royal Navy chief petty officer. They weigh from 1 pound 13 ounces to 3 pounds 9 ounces and all are reported to be progressing well at a nursing home in Devonport England.
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Devonsport
Eng
Frank Robinson
Royal Navy
Farm hand held on murder charge in Hazel slaying
A 33-year-old Black farm hand was held for arraignment on a murder charge in the death of 43-year-old Kathryn Hazel. Hazel's body, found in swampland after a weeklong search, showed a torn dress and a single deep throat wound.
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Highstown
N. J
Kathryn Hazel
Mundt Calls for Boost in Europe Information Effort
Senator Mundt said Western Europe has seen a halt to a red tide of propaganda but urges a stronger U.S. information program. He urged emergency relief for France and possible extra allotments for Italy, after a European tour assessing Voice of America and other State Department efforts. Mundt chairs a House foreign affairs subcommittee.
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Western
Europe
Washington
Mundt
RSD
France
Italy
Foreign Affairs
U. S. State Department
Voice of America
Turkey
Warrant Issued For Ohio Driver In Hit And Run
Police issued a warrant for Liikala of Warren Ohio for a March hit and run that injured 12 year old James Prince. Officers traced license 105 with G 105 L to Ohio and to Florida trip claims. Prince recovered after four days in hospital with two broken bones and a damaged bicycle.
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Francis Funk
Warren
Ise
Liikala
Ohio
Winchester
James Prince
Stewart St
Young Prince
Virgil R. Prince
Valley Ave
Funk
Ohio Division of Motor Vehicles
Rudolph
Capt
Florida
Pennsylvania Turnpike
J. Thomas Boyd
Commonera
James B. Reaton
Prince
Kuykendall Named To State Bar Admissions Group
Winchester attorney J. Sloan Kuykendall, former commonwealth attorney for Frederick County, is appointed to the Virginia State Bar Admissions Committee. Roanoke’s John L. Walker also names members including Richard S. Wright Jr., Burr Harrison, H. F. Minter, W. W. Wharton, and Thomas Scully from Winchester and others across Staunton, Lexington, Front Royal, and Harrisonburg.
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J. Sloan Kuykendall
Winchester
Frederick County
Valley
Virginia State Bar Assn
John L. Walker
Roanoke
Richard S. Wright Jr
Woodstock
Burr P. Harrison
H. F. Minter
Front Royal
W. W. Wharton
Harrisonburg
Thomas Scully
George M. Cochran
Staunton
James Davidson
Lexington
Fitzhugh Elder Jr
James W. Fletcher
Sperryville
Duncan C. Gibbs
Porter R.graves
Richard A. Jackson
Fresh Typhoon Forms Southeast of Guam
Tokyo reports a new typhoon building in the Pacific about 200 miles southeast of Guam as the freighter Louis Sloss, damaged by a prior storm, moves toward Okinawa at five knots. Navy officials issued the advisory amid the developing storm system.
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Tokyo
Louis Sloss
Okinawa
Escourt
U. S. Navy
Pacific
Guam
Sons
Wee
Murray Denounces Communists as CIO Presses Unity
CIO President Philip Murray proclaims loyalty to one flag and one country while urging a joint AFL and CIO political action program to back candidates who support labor. He cites common enemies and appeals for concerted action amid rising prices and Taft Hartley through a broad labor alliance and a planned political drive. Archbishop Cushing and Secretary of State Marshall figures are noted as CIO delegates await his address in Boston.
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Boston
Murray
American Federation of Labor
Brotherhood of Railroad
CIO
AFL
San Francisco
Frank Sains
Alon
Louisville Ky
Marshall
Richard J. Cushing
Officer Wounded With Own Pistol Given Nephew
In Albuquerque, Deputy Charles Slaughterbeck was shot in the chest with his own revolver after handing a loaded toy pistol to his nine year old nephew Teddy. The deputy was wounded while the child fired the weapon, then a doctor said he suffered mainly from blood loss and received three transfusions.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Charles Slaughterback
Slaughterbeck
Teddy
Salughterbee
Reds Driven Back At Manchurian Port
Nationalist forces with air support drove Chinese Communists from Yingkow at the Manchurian port and repelled Reds threatening Szepingkai from the west as Chinese dispatches reported.
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Manchurian
Peping
Yingkow
Szepingkai
Anniversary of Cornwallis surrender observed at Victory monument
Yorktown observes the 166th anniversary of the surrender of British forces under Lord Cornwallis to Washington's combined American and French armies with ceremonies at Victory monument on Sunday. Other items note help wanted for hayline and moving, laborers needed at Pine Motor Co, and update on Mrs. Juanita Hoke returning to Du Four Beauty Shop.
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Yorktown
Lord Cornwallis
America
France
Washington
Victory Monument
Fred Cochran
Pine Motor Co
New Juvenile Welfare Facilities Sought in Virginia
The Mitchell commission urged Gov. Tuck and the General Assembly to create state run reformatory type facilities for juveniles beyond local school control. It called for consolidation of local welfare departments, increased state local aid, funds to match local expenditures, and shifting state aid to the blind into public welfare. It condemned jailing youths and proposed covering part of juvenile court salaries and staff costs.
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Richmond
Mitchell Commission
Virginia
Tuck
General Assembly
Commission For the Blind
Department of Public Welfare
State’ Board of Mental Hygene and Hospitals
Welfare Department
G. E. Mitchell
Halifax County
Rescued In Far Pacific Ends 19 Days Drift
Three American castaways were taken aboard navy patrol craft 881 after 19 days adrift on powerless minesweepers in the Pacific. They left Palmyra vicinity Sept 24 and said two other minesweepers had sunk Oct 1. The men were William B. Hopkins of Washington DC, and Leonard Metts and Horace Crosby of Charleston DC.
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Pearl Harbor
Navy
Pacific
Hawaiian Sea Frontier
Palmyra Atoll
William B. Hopkins
Washington, D. C
Leonard Metts
Horace Crosby
Charleston, D. C
JBT Would Elect Local Man to Office At National Session
The Winchester Junior Board of Trade aims to elect a local man to national office at the annual national convention in Philadelphia next June. C Ridgely White, an insurance man, is appointed director of the drive. Kenneth Robinson and Philip Glaize will obtain 200 bushels of Winchester and Frederick county apples for distribution at the convention to promote local industry. Douglas Cather will store the apples until June. President William Battaile announced plans for a membership drive led by Tom Scully and David Mahaney aimed at younger members, the club’s average age in the 30s.
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Philadelphia
Winchester Junior Board of Trade
C. Ridgely White
Kenneth Robinson
Philip Glaize
Winchester
Frederick County
Douglas Cather
William Battaile
Tom Scully
David Mahaney
Focal Club
Battaile
Bevin Threats Reported Against Foreign Secretary Bevin
London officials disclosed threats against the life of Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin. Detectives guarding Bevin were warned he might be attacked by terrorists, according to British press reports.
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London
Foreign Office
Ernest Bevin
Reds in Rome Trail by 3000 In Vote Count
In Rome on October 13 partial returns from 1,177 of 1,223 precincts showed Premier Alcide De Gasperi’s Christian Democrats leading the pro Communist Peoples bloc by about 3,000 votes. The center party backed by the Vatican faced a potential leftist challenge to the national government.
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Rome
Alcide de Gaspeyi
Christian Democrats
Peoples Bloc
de Gasperi
Party of the Center
Vatican
People's Bloc
Christaan Democrats
Christian Demon
People's Oc
Livestock Exchange Opens New Auction Building Near Winchester
The Winchester Livestock Exchange held its first auction in a new $100000 market opened on Route 50. A crowd exceeding 1000 attended with many prominent livestock dealers from four states noted among the spectators and buyers.
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Livestock Exchange
Winchester Livestock Exchange
Winchester
A. P. Bennett
Parsons W. Va
R. W. Stover
Frank Mull
Ira Mahaffa
Terre Alto
W. Va
E. E. Galladay
Woodstock
F. G. Poland
Romney
J. R. Wilson
Rio
J. Edward Sa Acam
Winchester Garnett Pain
Edinbure
Preston Engle
Charles Town
Arthur Armel
White Post
Benjamin S85
Johnson
Hugh Price
Henry Cline
Clearbrook
Henry Miller
John W. Joliffe
Stephenson
L. H. Messall
Middletown
J. H. Meek
Richmond
Snapp
Bunker Hill
Boyd Winger
Grimes
Harvey Fishpaw
Berryville
John Smith
Elliottsburg
John Carter
Frederick
A. W. Mills
Cal- Peper
B. N. Gordon
Greencastle
Special Session Not Seen by Wherry on Aid Plans
Senator Wherry of Nebraska suggested the administration bring all foreign aid programs to the table and discuss 400 million for Korea and 400 million for China. He said there is no justification for a congressional leaders calling a special session and he does not believe one will be called.
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Washington
Wherry
R-Neb
Korea
China
Senate
Man Demands Reply In Telegraph Office Disturbance
Samuel R. Wood of Charlottesville, 75, paid $14.25 in Police court on a charge of being drunk and disorderly at the local telegraph office. Officers testified Wood sent a message and, when no reply came promptly, he began a disturbance demanding his money back.
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Samuel R. Wood
Charlottesville
Wood
For Sale Over 300 ceats to select from
Auction style listing with scattered ad fragments from various local notices. References to Bendix Laundry address 209 N Kent and pickup delivery line. Also mentions Cider Apples now being received by Heinz and auto repair parts from Vailey Wrecking Co Martinsburg Pike plus carpenter services by Carl Bayliss and William Taylor Rt 3 Winchester.
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Bendix Laundry
N. Kent
H. J. Heinz CO
Vailey Wrecking Co
Martinsburg Pike
Carl Bayliss
William Taylor
Rt. 3
Winchester
Unsolved Flaming Object Seen Near Texas Mexico Border
A fiery object soared over the Texas Mexico border and crashed near the Zamalayuca mountains in Mexico. No official verdict on the cause. Two witnesses in Fabens and El Paso areas heard the explosion and saw smoke. Mexican reserve captain Sabas Ananda first reported the incident, saying the object moved east to west.
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EL Paso
Tex
Texas-Amexico
Zamalayuca
Mexico
Juarez
White Sands
N. M
Proving Grounds
Fabons
Texas
el Pasco
Fabens
Sabas Ananda
United States
Aranda
Caseta
Detroit Housewives Rush Canadian Stores For Eggs
Detroit shoppers crossed to Windsor for eggs and chickens amid Truman food saving drive. Customs officials report a 20 percent rise in traffic at the Detroit Windsor tunnel and Ambassador Bridge, with lines reaching about 150 travelers at times.
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Detroit
Truman
Windsor
Eee
Detroit-Windsor
Ambassador Bridge
Louise Has 1st Date Since Acquittal Not Gollum
Louise Overell went on a movie date in Pasadena with Dick Werling, her escort who had helped arrange the outing during her trial. Both are 18, and the date followed her acquittal a week earlier for the killing of her parents.
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Louise
Gollum
Pasadena
Calif
Louise Overell
George Golum
Dick Werling
Flintridge
Virginia GOP to discuss election law changes at Natural Bridge
Virginia Republican leaders will meet Friday and Saturday at GOP headquarters in Richmond’s Natural Bridge venue to consider abandoning the absent voters law and other proposed changes in election laws.
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Richmond
Virginia
Natural Bridge
GOP
Vishinsky Attacks US Britain Over Greek Balkan Crisis
In Lake Success, Andrei Vishinsky denounced U S and Britain for interference in Greece and demanded immediate withdrawal of foreign troops. He urged a United Nations commission to supervise American aid and said Russia would continue its struggle despite likely defeat.
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Lake Success
Russia
Greece
United States
Britain
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
United Nations Commission
U. S
Vishinsky
General Assembly
Balkan
Albania
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
U. N
Mittee
AFL proposes $1 million fund for political education
In San Francisco on October 13, the AFL executive council urged raising an extra one million dollars by boosting per capita dues to three cents for all members to fund an educational and public reactions program. The plan includes potential backing of a presidential candidate without formal party endorsement.
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San Francisco
AFL
William Green
Auto Assn to Meet Virginia Convention Address
Por mer U. S. per pa of Oklahoma and Dr H. C. president of the University of Maryland will address the annual convention of the motive trade Assn. of Virginia here Oct. 20 22.
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Richmond
Pormer U. S
Oklahoma
H. C
University of Maryland
Motive Trade Assn
Virgine
Methodist Delegations Going to Conference
Delegations from Winchester and Frederick and Clarke counties travel to Roanoke for the Virginia annual conference opening Thursday evening. Ministers seek reassignment, with addresses from visitors and the reading of appointments planned for Tuesday noon.
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Methodist
Winchester
Frederick
Clarke Counties
Roanoke
Virginia
Braddock St
Stephens City
W. W. Peele
F. B. Oglesby
T. J. Hawkins
J. H. Rosenberger
Merket St
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Philip Murray
Labor Convention
Juanita
Hoke
du Four
JBT
Bevin
Reds
Texas-Mexico
U. S. Army
State
GOP Meeting
Auto Assn
A. C. Halvosa
Montague Ave
John Teter
Nora Newcome
George 58
Lightner
H. N. Ritter
Brucetown
F. T. Fulcher
J. O Hardesty
Gainsboro
B. W. Johnson
Richard Luttrell
Loudoun Couny
C. C. Bush
Irvin Beavers
W. A. Lyons
Jesse W. Richards
Henley S. Roane
Roane
E. C. Day
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