Yugoslavs Accuse Russia of Selling Yugoslav Claims
Belgrade reports Yugoslavia blames Moscow for selling out Yugoslav claims to southern Austria. Borba says Russia accepted a higher Austrian claim price and dropped support for Yugoslav territorial goals after Western pressures. Britain France and the United States oppose Yugoslav land claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Russia
Austria
Sigvia
Tito
Balkan
Borba
Voice
Britain
France
U.S
Shenandoah Bridge Near Harper's Ferry Opens Soon
The Shenandoah river bridge at Harpers Ferry may open in about a month after the last concrete pour. Floods in 1936 closed the old Potomac crossing forcing traffic onto the Baltimore and Ohio railroad bridge. West Virginia will close the railroad bridge to motor traffic by Oct 16. Funding comes from the federal government and West Virginia.
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Maryland
Virginia
Shenandoah River
Harpers Ferry
Potomac River
Baltimore ,and Ohio
West Virginia
Sandy Hook
Potomac
Shenandoah
Quiz answers listed on Page 4 reveal key facts
The page lists answers covering topics from government to geography, including Secretary of Defense, Queen Victoria, population figure near 16 million, a 19 year interval starting in 1939, Roman Catholic affiliation, a ratio of 82 to 13, Connecticut, Salvation Army, 100 proof, and Chicago Tl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of Defense
Queen Victoria
Connecticut
Salvation Army
Chicago
Clarke County Sale Directory Listings
Sales directory notices for September list auctions at Jim Thompson Farm one mile west of Route 50 in Clarke County with livestock, implements and household goods. J E Harris at 446 National Ave offers furniture and household goods. Mrs W A Bruning at Best Church has household goods furniture and blacksmith tools. Estate of Leon Darvin real estate at Frederick County Court House front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Ave
Winchester
Emerson
L. E. Harris
75 cent Minimum Wage Floor Seems Sure of Passage
The Senate moved to lift the wage floor to 75 cents an hour after the House already approved the measure. Debates centered on coverage under the fair labor standard, with exemptions for about 250000 workers and roughly 1.5 million earning less than 75 cents. The plan is expected to cost employers about 365 million annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Truman
Pepper
D-Fla
Taft
Ohio
MacArthur Declares End of Communist Threat in Japan
In Tokyo on Friday September 1 Gen. MacArthur marked the fourth anniversary of Japan's surrender with a statement that communism is no longer a major threat in Japan. He praised Japan's progress in democracy, spiritual renewal, and reconstruction, noting public opinion repelled the communist challenge without police force.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Japan
Dan Patch the Standardbred race horse of renown
Dan Patch, a famed Standardbred harness horse, was bred in Oxford Indiana in 1896 by D A Messner. He detailed his sales from D A Messner to M E Sturgis of New York for 20000 and then to M W Savage of Minneapolis for 60000 in December 1902. His record mile in 155 14 minutes at Lexington occurred in 1905 with driver H C Hersey. Dan Patch died in 1916.
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Dan Patch
D. A. Messner
Oxford
Indiana
M. E. Sturgis
New York
N. Y
M. W. Savage
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Lexington
Kentucky
H. C Hersey
Berryville Social Notes Highlights Visit and Guests
Miss Rose Moreland of Washington visits Miss Thelma Shackleford and Mrs. Virginia Perry on Main Street and also at the William E. Hart home. Everade McGehee and children return to Jackson Mississippi after visiting relatives. Weekend guests include families from Charles Town Martinsburg Richmond Winter Park and Martinsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Rose Moreland
Washington
Thelma Shackleford
Virginia Perry
Main St
Everade McGehee
Jackson
Miss
William M. Gaunt
Wilbur M. Gaunt Jr
Carmen
Sharon
Richmond
Gaunt
Forney Shepherd
Winter Park
Fla
Philip Petri
Carl Webster
Martinsburg
Local residents host weekend guests and relatives
Mr and Mrs Gilbert Vance of Hyattsville Md visit Miss Nell Osbourne Carter and sister Miss Jane Carter at the Carter home on Walnut St. Others host guests from Washington Arlington Laytonsville Deltaville and Norfolk as extended family visits continue through midweek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Vance
Hyattsville, Md
Nell Osbourne Carter
Jane Carter
E. P. Carter
Walnut St
Kit’s Boston Visit Brings Uncle Ben and Marvell News
Kit travels to Boston with Mr. Furse to see Miss Searle’s lawyer and visit Uncle Ben. Ben recalls Elizabeth and reflects on Marvell’s absence, while Kit hopes to bridge family ties and reveal her plans to become an actress.
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State Street
Furse
Boston
Marvell
Ben
Prentice
Kit
Uncle Ben
Fanny
Elizabeth
Katherine
Mead & Company, Inc
Hermoine
Helena
Holly
Charles Street
Barlows
Proctor
Emily
Commonwealth Avenue
Ting Features Syndicate
Local Highlights and Visits From Martinsville and Nearby
Community notes show Henry F. Lynn wedding in Mizpah Presbyterian Church Richmond with Thomas Martin Doyle. Dorseys in Williamsburg and Virginia Beach for conservation meetings. Vaughan family visiting near Summit Point. Berlin to Philadelphia reunion of WWI company. Dickie Fuller back from Norfolk ship leave. Horne of Homestead Fla visiting before VMI in September. Jett of Nineveh week with Gold and Warden at Church Street home. Hardcastle family with children visiting.
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Henry F. Lynn
Thomas Martin Doyle
Martinsville
Mizpah Presbyterian Church
Richmond
Mrs. Dorsey
Williamsburg
Virginia Beach
Dorsey
State Conservation Commission
E. D. Vaughan
Vaughan
David and
Douglas
A. L. Whitacre
Julian Glascock
Summit Point
William Horne
Homestead, Fla
Parker Murray
VMI
Lexington
Miller Jett
Nineveh
Thomas Gold
Harry Warden
Church St
Local News Briefs From Home Front Visits
Visiting patterns include Admiral J R Beard and Mrs Beardall at Clear mont returning to Connecticut. Sgt Robert Fuller leaves Fort Lewis Washington after visiting parents Edward and Mrs Fuller. Sgt Bill Crim arrives from Germany on furlough to stay with parents James and Mrs Crim. Rev R K McDonald and family visit Mrs McDonald's parents Dr and Mrs John C Siler in Shepherdstown WV. Mrs J T L Jones hosted Mr and Mrs Metere of Charlottesville. Jessie Morris returns from Winchester Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sgt
Robert Fuller
Edward Fuller
Ft. Lewis
Washington
Bill Crim
Germany
Mrs
James Crim
R. K. McDonald
Weekend Guests and Illness Reported in Berryville Area
Treatment progresses slowly for a patient who is improving and able to be out again. Miss Clara Cheek is critically ill at Sibley hospital in Washington. Miss Cheek once served as bookkeeper at Clarke Milling Co. Mrs. Clay Staples returns to Alexandria after visiting relatives south of Berryville. Weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Cheek
Sibley Hospital
Washington
Miss Cheek
Clarke Milling Co
Clay Staples
Alexandria
Ralph Crampton Staples
Billy Staples
Berryville
Local residents visit relatives across states over weekend
Arlington and Wilmington residents traveled to visit family in Catlett Virginia and Philadelphia. Washington guests include Mr Raymond Kackley and Miss Katherine Page returning home after weekend stays. Marie Levi returns to her parents in marked attendance with Baltimore visits noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Page
Washington
Church St
Miss Marie Levi
William Levi
Mrs. Stanley Stout
Baltimore
Local Social Notes From Bluemont Berryville and Beyond
Last week spent with Mr and Mrs William Kines of Bluemont includes Sunday visit by Mr Wisecarver. Robert Smalley and family visit Herbert Smalley and plan move from Bowling Green to Berryville in September to Smalley Main St home. Hobson McGehee Jr and Jim Berlin vacationing at Atlantic City with Ed ward P Berlin and family in Philadelphia. Bevis Cross and Penelope Suns welcome son Donald Lee at George Washington University hospital Washington. Cross teaches Veterans on the Farm in Clarke County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Kercheval Sr
H. H. Kercheval Jr
Julian Glascock
Betty Lee
George Glascock
Georgianna Glascock
William Glascock
Laytonsville, Md
L. C. Warfield Sr
William Kines
Bluemont
Wisecarver
Robert Smalley
Herbert Smalley
Robert Smalleys
Bowling Green
Berryville
Smalley
Hobson McGehee Jr
Jimmie Berlin
Atlantic City
Edward P. Berlin
Philadelphia
Bevis M. Cross
George Washington University Hospital
Washington
Donald Lee
Cross
Penelopi Suns
Rockville Centre
R. I
Clarke County
Why the Colosseum in Rome Is Named Colosseum
The great amphitheatre was originally the Flavian Amphitheatre. It later gained the name Colosseum from the colossal statue of the Emperor Nero nearby. The gilded bronze statue stood about 117 feet tall.
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Colosseum
Rome
Great Amphitheatre
Nero
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Soviet Union
Shenandoah Bridge
Bugs
Termites
Elm St
Harry W. Aikens
Clearbrook, Va
ROY Duvall & Son Auctioneers
Berryville Social Notes
Gilbert Royston
Newton Magaha
Susan and
David
Charles Town
W. Va
Betty Hope
Surgeon General
Department of National Defense
Irvine Price
J S. Mitchener
Paul Wheeler
Raymond Shackleford
Haskel Jenkins
Edward Harris McDonald
Lebanon, Pa
National Guard
Indiantown Gap
Fred Williams
Charles Shenk
C. Richard Funk
Jane
Frances
D. G. Cooley
Deltaville
Jane Funk
Arlington
Frances Lyons
Anne Thomas Howell
E. C. Howell
Wabash
John Crawford Jr
Attica
J. J. Harris
Anne H. Cooley
Helen Cooley
Mr. Harris
E. G. Harris
Helen S. Harris
Norfolk
Robert Vorous
Mansfield Farm
Russell Painter
Charls Town
Victor Peterson
Rawson
James McDowell
Chamber of Commecee
McDowell
William and Mary College
A. Garland Williams
Mary Lee
Daisy Mae Williams
Lost River State Park
Mathias
Joseph Brooke
Cottage City, Md
Harry Lee Boxwell
Garland Seabright
Winchester Hospital
Henry Clark
Academy St
Ralph N. Dorsey
Anna Moore
Mr. Dorsey
Caroline Jones Lynn
Silver King
Cletrac McCormick
Deering
Barr’s Orchard & Farm Supply
Marion Chamberlain
Andrew
Miss de Fries
Dickie Fuller
Tuck Fuller
Fitzhugh Hardcastle
J. R. Beardall
Mrs. Beardall
Clearmont
J. T. L. Jones
Mrs. Metere
Charlottesville
Jessie Morris
Mr. and
Bath & Furnace
Call J. R. Alexander
Robert Riley
Paul Gladhill
Dawn and
Gloria Jean
Garland Potts
Wilmington, Dela
Roy E. Potts
Relatves
Catlett, Va
Raymond Kackley
Denzil Kackley
Morton C. Mumma Jr
Edward Brown
Rozier Emmans
Claude Owens
John Emmans
John Kendrick
Walter D. Wisecarver
Glaize & Bro
N. Cameron St
Chapman Motor CO
W. Boscawen St
Braddock St
Tommy D. Lockhart
N. Loudoun St. Phlone
Merve
W. Adams
N. Camero
NEW Holland Way
Lamp Motor CO
Smithfield Ave
Pine Motor Co., Inc
John W. Rosenberger & Co., Inc
Northern Virginia Power CO
Wisconsin
Purina
Susie
Checkerboard Feed Store
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