Russians threaten new moves as peace parley opens
In San Francisco the fourth Japanese Peace Conference began with American delegates warned Russia could push a fresh gambit after yesterday’s setback. Gromyko pressed 13 amendments to force troop withdrawal and push Red China into talks, while western diplomats warned of possible walkouts or a new war drive in Korea.
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San Francisco
Russia
Korea
Gromyko
Moscow
Far East
United States
Britain
Japan
Red China
Formosa
Call Frederick County School Office For Donation Pickups
Persons with clothing or shoes to donate for needy school children should call the Frederick County School office at 5153 to arrange pickup. The Valley Wholesale Company number was erroneously carried in yesterday's article in The Star.
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Frederick County
Valley Wholesale Company
Star
Judge Fisher Dies at 90 Highest WV Trial Judge Passes
West Virginia's oldest serving judge Judge Jake Fisher died today at War Memorial Hospital in Berkeley Springs at about age 90. The notice mentions his long service and passing, with local obituary details. Included is an employment ad for a Pontiac dealership and a church yard party at Timber Ridge Christian Church on September 8 at 6 PM.
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Berkeley Springs
Jake Fisher
West Virginia
War Memorial Hospital
Uename
Pontiac
Berryville
Smith Pontiac Sales and Service
Winchester
Timber Ridge Christian Church
One More Hit-Run Driver Is Fined In City Police Court
Robert A Hart of Stephenson was fined $55.25 for hit and run and $7.25 for no operator's license after a 1939 Chevrolet struck Charles R Brown's parked car near Grant's Store on N Loudoun Street. Judge John W Rice imposed the fines this morning.
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Winchester
John W. Rice
Charles R. Brown
Grant
N. Loudoun Street
Robert A. Hart
Stephenson
C. D. Taylor
John Hoover
William 8. Hart
Rice
Gift Elephant Dies En Route to U S
CAPETOWN South Africa Oscar the young bull elephant sent by King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia to President Truman died aboard the ship docking in Capetown A good will gift following accreditation of Cambodia’s minister to Washington Oscar known for cane sugar as his favorite food had two tons of sugar loaded at Durban for the voyage
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Capetown
South Africa
Oscar
Cambodia
Truman
Norordom Sianhouk Varmen
Indochina
Washington
Durban
Quantity Production Stage Reached In Arms Buildup
Washington mobilization chief Charles E. Wilson said the arms buildup has reached the quantity production stage and will tighten inflationary pressures on the civilian economy. He noted steel cuts for civilians and copper strikes as major near term problems, while stressing the need to produce defense machine tools and steel. He left wage policy decisions to the Wage Stabilization Board.
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Washington
Charles E. Wilson
Wilson
Wage Stabilization Board
Russians Feed Six Americans at Japanese Peace Conference
The Russian delegation hosted a breakfast for two airmen Myrton Pitt and Pvt. James Bakum and four policemen, serving grapefruit eggs bread cheese and coffee. The previous night four policemen joined a dinner with omelet salad French bread watermelon and vodka. Conversation was limited.
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Hillsborough
Calif
Russia
Air Force
Myrton Pitt
James Bakum
San Francisco
Almond Day Set in Luray for Lt Gen Edward M Almond
The Shenandoah Valley town plans a gala homecoming on September 28 to honor Lt Gen Edward M Almond Luray’s famed native son. Mayor Harry B Dyche announced the event with invitations extended to Virginia senators Byrd and Robertson Seventh District Rep Burr Harrison and Governor Battle.
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Luray
Almond
Shenandoah Valley
Edward M. Almond
Harry B. Dyche
Hone
Army
Tenth Corps
A. Almond
War College
Carlisle Barracks
Dyche
Virginia
Byrd and Robertson
Burr Harrison
Battle
World Series dates set with potential move to Cleveland
The Series opens October 3 in New York unless Cleveland wins the pennant, in which case it starts October 4 in Cleveland. Ticket prices mirror last year at 8 for boxes 6 for reserved 4 standing room and 1 bleacher. Contenders discussed include the Dodgers and Giants in the NL and the Yankees Red Sox and Indians in the AL.
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New York
Cleveland
Brooklyn Dodgers
New York Giants
New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox
Chicago White Sox
Reds Hold Up Parcel Post at Berlin Checkpoint
In Berlin the Soviet zone authorities blocked parcel post railcars bound for West Germany, sending over 60 mail cars back at Marienborn for alleged misloading. Western Allied officials discuss counter measures as road tax tensions rise.
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Berlin
West German
Allied High Commission
West
West Berlin
West Germany
Marienborn
Flood Threat Eases in Kansas City as River Drops
Rains diminished and the Kansas River fell, easing the flood threat to Kansas City industrial districts that are still recovering from July damage estimated at 2.5 million dollars. President Truman, visiting Missouri, planned to tour the flood areas later, while engineers kept 24 hour work underway.
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Kansas City
Kansas River
Missouri
Kansas
Truman
San Francisco
Gasoline Tax Collections Rise in Virginia July
The Division of Motor Vehicles reports Virginia gasoline tax receipts rose by 335,112 in July from June. Total gasoline levies paid by motorists reached 4,838,698 for the period.
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Richmond
Division of Motor Vehicles
Virginia
Ridgway Proposes New Site for Korea Armistice Talks
General Ridgway tells Communists to start truce talks anew at a location outside Kaesong. He lambasts their charges as false while Chinese forces launch a tank supported attack near Kaesong, about 25 miles from the site of stalled negotiations.
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Don Huth
Tokyo
Matthew B. Ridgway
Reds
Korea
United Nations
Ridgway
Kaesong
U. N
Kim Jl Sung
Peng Teh-Huai
Europe
Truman
U. S
Aiken
Young
R-Nd
Jutlandia
Hong Kong
Macao
Seoul
South Korea
Senate Approves Bill For Global Military Construction
The Senate approved a 5.89 billion dollar program to fund military construction in the United States and abroad. Passage by voice sent the bill back to the House for action on minor changes.
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Washington
Senate
Voice
House
Plans to Quit Washington
Eric Johnston said today he plans to quit the economic stabilization administration soon after his stipulated nine month tour of duty ends on October 24.
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Washington
Eric Johnston
National Fruit Product Co Plans Openings Across Several Cities
National Fruit Product Company will begin receiving apples Monday for canning and processing at plants in Winchester Martinsburg and Timberville Waynesboro and Strasburg with 500 workers on first shift and more later. Only certain apple varieties will be purchased for sliced apples apple butter cider and vinegar production. Apple sauce will resume next year at Winchester as the new processing building is completed. Local plant work started last September and the firm aims to move in before the 1951 season ends.
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National Fruit Product
Martinsburge
W. Va
Winchester
Martinsburg
Grimes Golden
Jonathans
Yorks
Shenandoah Valley Apple Plant Opens for Seasonal Run
Shenandoah Valley Apple Cider and Vinegar Co. will open on Tuesday for its annual apple season. A spokesman said workers will start by making apple sauce and later in the season will be canning No. 10 apples. Grimes Golden and Jonathans are the first varieties, with Yorks to be used later.
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Shenandoah Valley Apple Cider & Vinegar Co
Grimes Golden
Jonathans
Yorks
Timberville Peach Processing Shifts to New Winchester Plant
Timberville winds up peach processing as two shifts of about 50 workers operated since August 10 on Ambergem peaches from Timber Ridge orchards and other growers. Yields reached 32 000 bushels this year and are expected to double next season. The Peach canning project will move to Winchester next year as the company bids to enter the coast canned fruit market.
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Timberville
Strasburg
Waynesboro
White House
Winchester
John Scully
Timbervill
Timber Ridge
Est Coast Processors
Bainbridge sailor faces possible general court martial over anti chow protests
Bainbridge Md 1 A sailor Bruce S Hopping Yeoman Third Class and Ming assistant coach at Naval Training Center may be recommended for a general court martial after distributing handbills urging sailors to complain to congress or parents about base chow. The matter is under investigation with disciplinary action undecided.
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Bainbridge
Naval Training Center
Bruce S. Hopping
Navy Boots
Maplewood
N. J
Hopping
Philip Murray Considers Retirement From CIO
Washington CIO President Philip Murray, in ill health, may retire next year. CIO vice presidents urged a successor but Murray agreed to remain another year. Reuther, head of the United Auto Workers, is seen as a leading successor candidate.
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Washington
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
Congress of Industrial Organizations
John L. Lewis
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wendelley Lewis
Will
New York City
Steelworkers
Lewis
United Mineworkers
Walter P. Reuther
United Autoworkers
Southern Belles Dominate First Miss America Prelims
In Atlantic City two southern contestants lead early as Miss Alabama Jeanne Moody wins the talent trophy and Miss North Carolina Lu Long Ogburn takes bathing suit honors. Ogburn, 19, Salem College student, is 5 feet 8 3/4 inches tall with a 26 inch waist, 36 bust, and 37 hips. Moody, 21, appears in a pink negligee and performs a dramatic portrayal of an invalid woman facing murder.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Alabama
Jeanne Moody
Cherokee
Ala
North Carolina
Lu Long Ogburn
Smithfield
N. C
Salem College
West Point Cheating Scandal Described as Organized Group Effort
West Point superintendent Maj. Gen. F. A. Irving says cheating arose from a small group of cadets intent on living outside the honor code. He calls the activity a conspiracy concentrated among football players and spread to others, in a letter to the Association of Graduates.
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West Point
Irving
New York
F. A. Irving
War Department Hikes Draft Call
The Defense Department raised October draft calls from 41 000 to 44 600 with 3 600 to the Marine Corps and 36 000 to the Army. November calls total 33 700 with 29 000 to the Army and 4 700 to the Marine Corps. Since September Selective Service resumed operations for 712 480 men through October and November. The Marine Corps drafted since August totals 26 480, while the Navy and Air Force have not requested draftees.
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Washington
Defense Department
Marine Corps
Army
Department
Selective Service
Navy
Air Force
Korea
Striking Copper Workers Expected Back to Work Today
Virtually all union workers set to return to work on varied shifts today under a U S District Court restraining order. Judge Alfred P. Murrah granted the order after President Truman urged action under the Taft Hartley Act. The injunction binds the International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers and 31 non ferrous metal operators from interfering with copper lead zinc and other metal production.
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Denver
U. S. District Court
U. S. Circuit
Alfred P. Murrah
Oklahoma City
Truman
Justice Department
Washington, D. C
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter
U S and Portugal Sign Defense Agreement
The United States and Portugal signed a new defense pact to allow NATO nations to use Azores bases for common defense. It replaces the postwar Langens Field arrangement and was signed in Lisbon by Paulo Cunha and Lincoln MacVeagh, with the State Department noting new rights and an entirely new relationship.
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Washington
United States
Portugal
North Atlantic Alliance
Azores
Lagens
Libson
Paulo Cunha
U. S
Lincoln MacVeagh
State Department
Gambling Tax Hiked to Potential 3 Billion Annual Revenue
Washington Senatorial figure Chairman George of the Finance Committee said the newly approved gambling tax could generate as much as 3 billion dollars each year.
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Washington
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Tank assault by Chinese Reds tests U.S. forces in Korea
An American unit fought off an 18 hour battle as Chinese tanks supported the attack on the western front. NATO and North Korean forces retook ground near the Punch Bowl as tens of Russian type tanks were reported. Officials called the engagement potentially a prelude to a broader Communist offensive, with mixed assessments of its significance.
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U. 8
Korea
Punch Bowl
38Th Parallel
U. N
Trans-Imjin
Seoul
Kaesong
Tokyo
Unist
ONC
Manchuria
Eighth Army
Potts Installed Legion Commander In Clarke County
Harold G. Potts was installed as commander of Lloyd Williams American Legion Post No. 41 in Berryville. New officers include Jack Russell and R. E. Potts Jr as vice commanders, Carol Rhoden adjutant, M. G. O'Brien finance officer, Dr. J. M. Casey service officer, Beverly Whiting historian, and others. Kenneth Patton attended as guest. two new members Paul Masser and Tyree Dillard were welcomed.
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Berryville
Harold G. Potts
Clarke County
Lloyd Williams American Legion
Jack Russell
R. E. Potts, Jr
Carol Rhoden
M. G. O'Brien
Francis B. Rhein
J. M. Casey
Beverly Whiting
L. E. Williamson
Millwood
J. W. Olcott
Auxiliary
American Legion
For Rent Five Room Apartment In Fine Condition
For Rent five room apartment in fine condition. Couple preferred. Phone 4917.
Peaches Ready at Stephens City Orchard Sale
Our Rio of Gem peaches are ripe and on sale at the Stephens City orchard and packing house Wednesday and Thursday.
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Stephens City
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Dundalk
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Sherwin Williams Co
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Loryn M. Crabill
Robert Legge
National Fruit Product Co
Red Trap
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Chow
New Jersey
Culver Military Academy
Culver
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Potts
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