Trucker Strike Halts Winchester to New York Run
A sudden AFL driven work stoppage halts Winches ter to New York trucking, delaying unloaded cargo and forcing fleets to clear Manhattan. New York locals 807 282 and 816 face wage settlement disputes as mediators step in.
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Winchester
New York
Manhattan
AFL
Novick Transfer Co
A. J. Novick
Super-Service Motor Freight Co
Associated Press
Local 807
New Jersey
Union
Polio cases in Virginia rise to 266
Virginia reports 266 polio cases to date after eight new infections in Henrico Warwick Fluvanna De Patrick York and Roanoke counties and Roanoke city Health Commissioner Dr L J Roper says there is no reason to delay school openings.
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Richmond
Virginia
Henrico
Warwick
Fluvanna
de Patrick
York and
Ick
Roanoke City
L. J. Roper
State urges trimming secondary roads to fund main highways
Richmond Sept 1 The State highway department urged county officials to abandon sparsely traveled secondary roads so funds can be diverted to important highways. Chief Engineer Mullen asked for suggestions on additions to the secondary system abandonments and street standards for urban subdivisions. He said limited annual allocations could only support a portion of new work and proposed setting county mileage limits.
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Richmond
State Highway Department
Mullen
County Boards of Supervisors
Highway Commission
Mystery Explosion Kills 3 Injures 23 at Fort Jackson
At Fort Jackson South Carolina an explosion during a basic training march killed three soldiers and wounded 23 others. Army officials said the cause remained a mystery after about 20 hours of investigation. All victims were recruits. three of the injured remained in critical condition.
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Fort Jackson
Anderson P. Neely
Anderson
U S Planes Barred In Western China
U S planes were blocked from flying over China Western provinces after China limited air lanes to Russians. The ban followed a 10 year Russian rights pact from 1939 and may hinge on Moscow’s response and Beijing’s foreign office records.
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China
Lewis Clark
Lanchow
Hollington Tong
Moscow
Russia
Foreign Office
Defense Ministry
Instruc
Chiang Kai- Shek
Atlanta
Ussr
Hami
Sinkiang
Clark
A. T. House Jr
Long Beach
Calif
Kearie Berry
Austin
Tex
Landon
Nanking
Tihwa
Washingon
Schuman Forms New French Cabinet After Close Vote
Paris reports Premier Robert Schuman began shaping another cabinet. The assembly approved his confirmation 322 to 185, with 101 abstentions or walkouts. He vowed to oppose wage hikes while raising bread and milk prices to cover a deficit. The move sustains the centrist coalition against De Gaulle's right wing.
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Paris
Robert Schuman
National Assembly
Schuman
Andre Marie
Comunists
France
Assembly
Republican
Charles DeGaulle
Long Leads Senate Race in Louisiana Primary
New Orleans Sept 1 Russell Long son of Huey P Long led Judge Robert F Kennon by 536 votes in a Democratic primary. Rural returns pushed Long ahead with 237275 to Kennons 236740 as 1668 of 1883 precincts reported. Parish totals were about half complete.
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New Orleans
Russell Long
Huey P. Long
Robert F. Kennon
United States Senate
Long
Kennon
U N Inquiry Clears U S Of Red Alien Accusations
A three man inquiry told Secretary of State Marshall there is no basis for claims that hundreds of subversive aliens entered the United States under United Nations credentials. The panel found the July testimony by three State Department visa officials produced serious repercussions.
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Washington
Secretary of State
Marshall
Congress
United Nations
Senate
State Department
U.N
Robert Alexander
William M. Harlow
R. Glyde Larkin
Public Safety and Securities Section
U. S
Benjamin M. McKelway
The
Washington Star
James H. Rowe Jr
Mercellus C. Shield
House Appropriations Committee
Blood Donations Fall Short of 100 Pint Goal in Winchester
Winchester blood drive at Christ Episcopal parish house collected 97 pints, eight more than the prior campaign but three short of the 100 pint target. The shortfall traced to 20 no show appointments. 76 donors were male and 25 female, with Novick, Nations Fruit, Virginia Woolen, and Brake-Blok among top contributors. The next Bloodmobile visit is scheduled for Oct. 27.
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Winchester
Red Cross
Christ Episcopal Parish
Novick and
Nations Fruit
Virginia Woolen
Frecderick County
Shenandoah County
Herbert Duke
JBT
Red Cross Blood Program
Winchester Chest Campaign Team Plans 1919 Drive
Six workers under Charles Pine prepare to solicit dealers and allied industries in Winchester for the Winchester Frederick County Community Chest campaign. Team members include Fred Ritter Robert E Nelson Joe Schroth Russell B Newcome John Chapman and Robert Sutton. Campaign chairman Ed Molden expects other committees for the 1919 drive soon.
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Charles Pine
Allied Industries
Winchester
Winchester- Frederick County
Beard American History Author Dies of Anemia
Charles A. Beard, 73, noted historian and author of about 30 books on American history, died at Grace New Haven community hospital of aplastic anemia. He had been ill since August 2 and his wife Mary collaborated on five works. Born November 27, 1874 in Indiana, Beard predicted a rising sociological movement in The Rise of American Civilization.
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New Haven
Charles A. Beard
Grace New Haven Community Hospital
Beard
Roosevelt
United States
Japan
Germany
Mary
Knightstown
Ind
Farmer Jailed On Charge of Killing Brother
Neill Butler is jailed in Jefferson County charged with shooting his brother Harry Mike Butler during a farm dispute near Shepherdstown. State authorities say Butler admitted firing a shotgun and then summoned aid before tending a fence repair. Harry Butler died at King's Daughters Hospital in Martinsburg.
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Neill Butler
Jefferson County
Charles Town
Harry
Mike) Buter
James Right
Shepherdstown
Rightmire
Neill
Harry Butler
King's Daughters Hospital
Martinsburg
Apple Growers Welcome Cold Snap Boosting Peach Color
In central Pennsylvania and across the cool belt temperatures dipped into the 40s and 50s aiding apple color and ripening fruit. Philipsburg recorded 34 degrees above, Flint Michigan and Zanesville Ohio saw 44, with a wide cool spell extending through the North and Middle Atlantic, Ohio River Valley and Upper Great Lakes regions. Will have Reso Gem peaches to day. E R Conner Stephens City.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
Pennsylvania
Atlantic
Ohio River Valley
Upper Great Lakes
Philipsburg
Flint
Mich
Zanesville
Virginian Commission for the Blind discussed work and needs
Joseph Newlin of Winchester told Winchester Lions that sight conservation is central to the Virginia Commission for the Blind. He cited a 1 in 20 rate of eye defects among children and 1 in 500 as seriously defective. The commission oversees workshops canteens newsstands and schools for the blind with the Charlottesville workshop expansion and Staunton gymnasium planned. Virginia’s pioneer role and Helen Keller trainer link were noted. C A Hobert spoke on New York convention sessions.
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Virginian Commission For the
Joseph Newlin
Winchester
Winchester Lions
Virginia
Newlin
Charlottesville
Erectiny
Staunn
Helen Keller
Staunton
C. A. Hobert
New York City
Budenz Names Peters As High Communist Leader
Former Communist official Budenz testified at a Peters deportation hearing that Peters was a top party functionary directing the national committee. He said Peters compared the party to a submerged submarine and claimed Soviet secret police involvement in three of Budenzs ten years in the party.
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New York
Louis Budenz
Communist Party
J. Peters
Washington
Hollywood
Budenz
Fordham University
Peters
Boudenz
National Committee
Earl Browder
Gerhardt Eisler
Jackson
Trotzky
United States
CIO Predicts Truman Victory with CIO PAC Support
CIO President Philip Murray announced at the White House that the CIO Political Action Committee unanimously backed Truman for the November election. The endorsement followed a 35 to 12 CIO executive board vote for the Truman Barkley ticket. Murray said the PAC will raise funds from CIO members and wage a strenuous campaign.
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Washington
CIO
Philip Murray
Emil Rieve
United Automobile Workers
Dewey
Big Business
Muray
Mr. Truman
Murray
PAC
Truman
Wallace Seeks Southern Unity in Alabama Speech
Henry A. Wallace spoke at the Morgan County courthouse to about 600 in Decatur Alabama. He said he did not come South to preach disunity and urged Christian cooperation despite hostile reception from some officials and a tomato and egg barrage elsewhere.
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Decatur
Ala
Henry A. Wallace
Alabama
Progressive Party
North Carolina
Morgan County Court House
Wallace
Deep South
Shooting Gallery Bullet Kills Girl On Merry go round
A six year old girl died in Boston after a bullet from a nearby shooting gallery struck her near the right ear. Police said the merry go round stood about 40 feet from the gallery and a stray shot felled the child as her mother watched. Autopsy confirmed a bullet wound.
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Boston
Rail Lines to Resume Traffic in Berlin Crisis
The Berlin crisis nears a settlement as four Western military governors hold a second Allied Control Council meeting. Technical difficulties blocking the rail line to Western Germany are reported overcome, paving possible resumption of traffic.
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Berlin
Germany
Ngs
der Kurier
Allied Control Council
Moscow
Gas Curtailment Surprises Local Consumers
As the gas plant winds down supply disconnections for all city meters delay the purge of combustible gas. William Ark ey, manager, says the job should finish by day’s end. City Manager 5S. Lee Grant reports no complaints, while Northern Virginia Power Co offers to loan electric hot plates to households without cooking facilities. Six families have used the offer. 850 gas customers already switched to alternatives as new electric stoves continue to be installed. most shifts have occurred with a quick rush now over.
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William Arkey
Lee Grant
Northern Virginia Power ¢ Co
Power Company
Cominform Leader Zhdanov Dies at 52 in Moscow
Moscow mourns Andrei Zhdanov as tens of thousands view his body in state. The Cominform leader died after a serious illness at age 52, with Moscow polling near a million watchers before interment tomorrow night. He close to Stalin and a rising candidate to succeed him.
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Moscow
Andrei A. Zhdanov
Calin
Z Hadnov
Stalin
Communist Party
Zhdanov
Stain
Russia
Zhdnov
Golanneche Square
Pravda
Zhdhanov
Politburo
Cominform
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
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