Kaesong Bombing Claims Stoked in Korean Ceasefire Row
United Nations liaison in Munsan said a plane may have bombed Kaesong this morning but did not confirm U N control. Reds claim a UN warplane dropped two bombs and demanded investigation. Kinney found two earth holes and suggested the blast could be planted or ground detonated with no proof of UN responsibility.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Reds
Kaesong
U. N
Munson
Escapee Wounded By Searching Posse Near Waynesboro
A 24 year old escaped prisoner, Earl Silas Kinder, was wounded when refusing to surrender to a posse of about 60 near Augusta Springs. He was taken to Staunton hospital and faced charges for attempted escape and burglary. A fellow inmate, James Mason, was shot during the escape and a camp trusty, Perry Kirkpatrick, was injured assisting in the search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waynesboro
Earl Silas Kinder
Staunton
Kinder
Augusta Springs
Woodson
James Mason
Buffalo Gap
Perry Kirkpatrick
Harrisonburg
Sam's Cash Grocery Opens All Day on Labor Day
Sam's Cash Grocery will be open all day Monday Labor Day offering full store hours and services. Local shoppers can plan errands around the holiday schedule.
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Sam
Ad Miller’s Drug
Pontiac Dealership Seeks Help in Winchester Va
Classified note seeks experienced sales staff for Smith Pontiac Sales and Service in Winchester Virginia with a pleasing personality. Also features a Workingman's Store ad for boys school clothes and a Midget Auto Races event at Airport Speedway on Sunday September 2 with races at 2:30.
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Tace
Pontiac
Berryville
Smith Pontiac Sales and Service
Winchester
Workingman’s
Airport Speedway
Holiday Visitors Arrive as Winchester Rides Labor Day
Labor Day crowds flood Winchester hotels and motor courts as advance reservations prove strong despite forecasts of showers. Bus stations report full occupancy and long waits for travel. Some workers, including bankers and Retail Merchants members, will have the holiday off while races at Rouss Park offer local entertainment.
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George Washington Hotel
Virginia State Employment Service
Retail Merchants Association
Banks
Rouss Park
Devils Grip Strikes Texans in Fannin County
In Bonham Texas doctors report pleurodynia known as Devils Grip has hit Fannin County hard since August first. Dr Joe A Risser head of a local clinic says the painful illness fades with time and estimates 5000 to 8000 cases though other physicians doubt the upper figure. No deaths reported. The illness starts with high fever and severe chest or abdominal pains lasting two to three days.
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Bonham
Tex
Fannin County
Joe A. Risser
Risser
Air Force plane missing in Alaska amid crash string
In Alaska a C-47 from Elmendorf Field vanished with four aboard while a Navy Privateer wreck was found on Little Tanaga Island with eight bodies recovered. The incidents mark the eighth and ninth crashes or disappearances in six weeks with about 85 dead or missing overall. The Adak to Naknek flight disappearance prompted rescue efforts by boat and overland teams.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Aleutians
5039Th
Elmendorf Field
Latinum
Naknek
Little Tanaga Island
Adak
Caldwell
Gore School Yard
Benefit of Gore Fire Co
Peach Harvest at Peak Quality Good but Drought Lowers Size
Peach harvest is at peak with good quality, but drought has reduced average size. H. W. Butler and Brother report 7.85% of recent shipments under two inches and about 50% fewer peaches under 2% inches than last year. Shipping points include Miami Chicago Des Moines and Des Moines. Picking started around Aug 20 and most fruit will be off trees by next Wednesday. Demand is strong due to light Midwest crops.
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H. W. Butler
Miami
Fla
Chicago
Tll
Des Moines
Iowa
Douglas Cather
Old Mill
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
North Carolina
South Carolina
Kentucky
Ohio
New York
National Fruit Product Company
Zeropack
Elbertas
Allied
J. H. Hale
Shippers
McIntosh
Red
Jonathan
Grimes
Labor Trouble Delays Michigan Fair Opens amid Disputes
The 102nd Michigan State Fair opened amid labor trouble with AFL-CIO jurisdictional disputes halting meals and ticket takers. Comedian Bob Hope, Marilyn Maxwell, and Gov. G. Mennen Williams were absent, and cooks were locked out leaving the public free entry as 5,000 spectators gathered (Continued on Page 2).
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Detroit
Michigan
Bob Hope
Marilyn Maxwell
G. Mennen Williams
AFL
Hope
President Truman Signs Four Appropriation Bills
President Truman signed four appropriation bills totaling about 10 billion dollars. The measures fund operations of Labor, Agriculture and Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, while cutting federal employment by 10 percent. One law limits vacations for federal workers and broadens to 20 days for many, excluding postal and field workers.
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Washington
Truman
Labor, Agriculture and Interior Departments
August drought peaks in Winchester record
In 51 years since 1900 only three Augusts before 1951 had less than an inch of rain in Winchester. August rainfall this year totaled 0.85 inches with only six rainy days, marking a dry period despite 1951’s eight month total of 26.82 inches and August heat up to 95 degrees on the 9th and 10th.
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Winchester
Walter S. Hough
Winchester Research Laboratory
Submarine Alert As Philippine Forces Watch For Russian Intrusion
Philippine military intelligence warns of a possible Russian submarine incursion into Philippine waters. The report claims submarines may be aiding Huk guerrillas by transporting trained Filipinos from China for guerrilla warfare against the government.
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Manila
Philippines
Republic
Huk
China
Holiday Death Toll Rises as Labor Day Weekend Opens
The Associated Press reports 53 people died in traffic crashes by Saturday and at least one drowning in New York as Labor Day weekend begins. The National Safety Council projects about 390 traffic deaths from Friday evening to Monday night, with prior years listing 383 traffic deaths, 80 drownings, and 96 other deaths. In 1949 the record Labor Day total reached 410 traffic deaths, 53 drownings, and 87 others.
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Associated Press
New York
National Safety Council
Senate Crime Investigating Committee Faces Shift In Strategy
The Senate Crime Investigating Committee hands its mission to the Senate Commerce Committee fueling a clash over next steps. Senator Hunt urges a two year halt in formal probes while Senator Vapehart fears televised hearings and a book will be the outcome. Senator Wiley supports continued inquiries and a concrete report.
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Washington
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Senate Commerce Committee
Hunt
D-Wye
Vapehart
R-Ind
Commerce Committee
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Minister Refuses Pay for Korean War Burial Service
Dr. Stephen L. Flickinger pastor of Centenary Reformed Church declined a government fee of 10 dollars for a graveside service. He called it foolish to pay a minister for honoring a fallen soldier Captain Allen K. Legge killed in Korea January 14, 1951.
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Stephen L. Flickinger
Centenary Reformed Church
Here
Flickinger
Allen K. Legge
Korea
Rock Island Train Derails After Collision Near Elwayne Kas
A southbound Rock Island Rocket passenger train derailed today after colliding with a truck near Elwayne, Kansas, about 12 miles east of Newton. Emergency services were dispatched from Newton. no other ambulances were immediately available.
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Newton
Kan
Rock Island
Elwane Kas
Ere
Earthquakes Hit Central Italy Stirring Panic in Cities
A series of earthquakes struck Central Italy causing property damage in multiple towns and cities. Reported deaths were few, with initial assessments noting limited casualties amid ongoing tremors.
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Italy
Rome
Some Yankee Stole Morgan Coffin Plate, Confederate Burial Claim
Col Bryan Conrad, longtime Virginia historian, says a Yankee may have stolen General Daniel Morgan’s coffin plate while asserting Morgan is buried at Mt Hebron Cemetery in Winchester. He cites cemetery minutes noting the 1868 disinterment and burning of remains, with officials present.
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Morgan
Conrad
Walter A Bowman
Daniel Morgan
Winchester
Mt. Hebron
Col
Bryan Conrad
Virginia
General Morgan
St Louis
Will
Gen. Morgan
Old Presbyterian
H. M Brent
R. Y. Conrad
John B. Bell
Lloyd Logan
Jos.s.carson
Wm H. Streit
Nat. Brent
C. L. Crum
J. J. Williams
Wm R. Denny
Mt. Hebron Cemetery
E. J Senseny
E. 8. Brent
H M. Baetjer
Stephen Stackhouse
G Curry
Trayen
Joe Chapman
Barney
Stackhouse
John F. Wall
James Conrad
Tripartite Pact Signing Brings Pacific Security Ties
SAN FRANCISCO United States Australia and New Zealand sign a mutual defense pact expanding security guarantees in the Pacific as Moscow faces a widening Allied front. Secretary Acheson frames the move as a warning to Russia while Japan looms in the background ahead of a Japanese Peace Conference and the Sept. 8 treaty signing.
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San Francisco
United States
Australia
New Zealand
Acheson
Russia
Moscow
Southwest Pacific
Presidio of
U. S. Sixth Army
Washington
Pacific
Gromyko
United
Way Seen Paved For Copper Settlement
Washington reports Kennecott Copper Corp and union leaders reached an agreement ending a strike that threatened a national shutdown. President Truman urged federal action and negotiations with three other major producers began, with hopeful signs settlements could follow by Monday at Phelps Dodge American Smelting and Refining Anaconda Copper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kennecott Copper Corp
Kennecott
Truman
Phelps-Dodge Corp
American Smelting and Refining Co
Anaconda Copper Co
Weekend Rendezvous With Death Warns Holiday Drivers
Hal Boyle writes an open letter urging holiday drivers to avoid reckless behavior on American roads. He warns of fatal accidents, hospital agony, and families left behind, urging readers to choose common sense before a tragic, needless end.
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New York
Senate Approves Foreign Aid Bill Amid Budget Clash
The Senate approved a 7.286 billion foreign aid program to bolster free world defenses against communism, about 1.213 billion below Truman's request and 212.5 million under the House authorization. The bill authorizes aid. funding to follow after conference committee resolves Senate and House differences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Truman
Senate House
McFarland
Arizona
Congress
Schoeppel
R-Kan
Four Red Divisions Spotted in Korea Frontline Push
Allied reports indicate four new Red divisions spotted on Korea’s east central front amid heavy fighting. U N and U S officers describe intensified battle near Bloody Ridge and Punch Bowl as bombardment, air battles, and ground assaults continue. Observers tally 218 Communist dead in one sector.
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U. S. Eighth Army
Korea
East Central
George McArthur
Kaesong
North Korea
Junist
U.N
U. N
Bob Otey
U. W
Yanggu
United Nations
Strin Aed
Punch Bowl
Eclipse Disappoints Man in the Street
New York reports a morning sun rise eclipse drew puzzled reactions from the man in the street despite 87 percent of the sun obscured and clouds limiting the view. Astronomers noted the event delighted others while daylight arrived as scheduled amid cloudiness.
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Winchester
New York
The Star Will Not Publish on Labor Day Monday
The Star announces no edition on Monday September 3 1951 in observance of Labor Day. Readers are advised to watch for notices of any updated schedules or special notices when the paper resumes publication.
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Frederick County
H. W. Butler and Brother Packing Plant
Ad. Tor
Genieve Nichols
Mildred Long
Colleen Pingley
Louise Johnson
Devils
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Iam R. Denny
P. W. Boyd
U.S
Death
Hal Boyle
Boyle
Mister
Capehart
Ind
Ecton
Mont
Kemn
Langer
House
Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Defense
Economic Cooperation Administration
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Plumly Lumber Corp
Virginia Fruit CO
N. Loudoun St
Frank M. Yeakle, Jr
Fort Flour Eestacaine
Hodgson and Brown
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