Senate groups vote 19 3 for global arms bill
A special Senate committee approved a $1314 million global arms bill with $75 million for Far East aid. The panel backed $1000 million for North Atlantic pact nations and $211 million for Greece and Turkey, with broad presidential discretion for Asia funds.
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Washington
Senate
Far East
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
Connally
Foreign Relations Committee
Greece
Turkey
Iran
Korea
Philippines
Truman
Congress
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
China
Europe
George
Russell
Byrd
Senator Knowland
R-Cal
Senator Connally
Asia
Atlantic Pact Defense Council
Western
Police Crosses Burned to Frighten Negro Residents
White neighbors burned a wooden cross in the yard of a Negro family on a Washington wharf and pelted the home with stones. In Towson Maryland a 12 foot cross was burned on a hill near a Negro community, visible for miles, and police extinguished it.
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Washington
Ralph Sneed
Navy Department
Sneeds
Towson
Baltimore County
Sandy Bottom
Dulles Flattered By Truman In New York Campaign Hint
Senator Dulles said he is flattered by President Truman considering helping Lehman’s bid for the New York Senate seat. Truman suggested he might campaign if needed, while Dulles relies on Senator Ives and Dewey's New York team. Vandenberg may make a short supporting appearance.
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Dulles
Truman
New York
Jack Bell
Senator Dulles
Robert F. Wagner
Dewey
Republican Standard
Lehman
Roosevelt
Ives
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Mother Threatened by Unruh Before Camden Mass Shootings
Howard B. Unruh lifted a wrench toward his mother moments before beginning a 20 minute spree that killed 13 people. Mrs. Freda Unruh recounted the threat to Fire Captain Robert Wonsetler, describing entry to the home basement and the tense moment before the fatal door to door shootings.
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Camden
N. J
Howard B. Unruh
Freda Unruh
Robert Wonsetler
U. S
Howard
River Road
Caroline Pinner
Doctor to Lead Three-County Public Health Unit in West Virginia
Dr. Hubert Marshall, a retired Army Medical Corps colonel, named director of the Tri-County Public Health Department serving Morgan Jefferson and Berkeley counties in West Virginia. He succeeds Dr. G P Morison who resigned last February. Marshall, a Randolph County native, graduated from the University of Louisville and joined the Army Medical Corps in 1934 continuing service until last June. From 1945 to 1948 he worked with the military governor of Germany in charge of public health.
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Hubert Marshall
Army Medical Corps
Tri
Marshall
G. P. Morison
Charles Town
Randolph County
W. Va
University of Louisville
Germany
Supplies of Turkey Hold Soaring Meat Prices Down
Cooler weather boosted demand for meat while pork and beef prices rose slightly in many markets this week. Turkey sales remained heavy with abundant, reasonably priced options. pork cuts like loin and chops rose four to six cents per pound in major cities. Market analysts expect pork prices to fall within three weeks as spring hogs arrive and beef demand to ease as grass-fed cattle increase. Egg price manipulation prompt Senate probe, urging surplus eggs to high-price areas instead of dried-egg processors.
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Associated Press
Elmer Thomas ‘Dokla
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate
Thomas
Hundred Deputies Added to Peace Force at Bell Plant
Nearly 100 volunteers swelled the Bell Aircraft plant police ranks during a strike bound standoff in Buffalo New York. Sheriff Henry E Becker sworn in the special deputies after 14 injuries in yesterday’s clashes and warrants for 24 arrests were issued. Governor Dewey and a state mediator sought to avert further violence.
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Bell Plant
Baffalo
N. Y
Bell Aircraft
Henry E. Becker
Niagara County
21 Believed Dead In Canadian Airliner Crash
A Canadian Pacific DC-3 crash near Quebec 40 miles from Montreal killed 17 passengers and four crew. Officials said wreckage was found and all occupants were dead. Kennecott Copper executives E. T. Stannard and R. Barker of New York were believed among the dead.
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Montreal
Canadian Pacific Airlines
Quebec
Baie Comeau
Kennecott Copper Co
E. T. Stannard
R. Barker
New York
Bus Drivers Boost In 25 Cent Hourly Wages Pact
AFL bus drivers and Blue Ridge Transportation Co reach a new contract in Flagerstown. A. F. MacDonald Blue Ridge manager says compromise met the 25 cent hourly wage demand. Eastern division routes include Baltimore Washington Winchester and Harrisonburg.
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Blue Ridge
AFL
Blue Ridge Transportation Co
A. F. MacDonald
Flagerstown
Baltimore Washington
Winchester
Harrisonbureg
Freshly Dressed Poultry and Eggs Ad
Advertisement for country fresh eggs and poultry including frying and roasting chickens. Contact B & S POULTRY at phone numbers 5231 or 6164. Includes date code (1p-9-8-2t).
Principal Miley's Father Dies on School Opening Day
Charles E Miley 79 father of C E Miley Jr the Clarke county high school principal died at his Charles Town home after a long illness on the day the new Clarke county school was to open for 1949 50. His son left to supervise the opening as Assistant Principal William Boyce assumed duties. Funeral services set for 3 p m tomorrow at the home with Rev B I Barnes officiating and interment at Edgehill cemetery. Survivors: Ada O Neal Dooley Miley widow daughter Lucy O Neal Legge of Washington brother Perl Miley and three grandchildren.
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Charles E Miley
C. E. Miley Jr
Clarke County
Charles Town
Mr. Miley
William Boyce
Loudoun County
Amos
Helen Crishman Miley
Virginia
Miley
Thomas Jefferson Hotel
Ada O'Neal Dooley Miley
Lucy O'Neal Legge
Washington
Perl Miley
B. I. Barnes
Edgehill Cemetery
Yugoslavia Receives $20 Million U S Export Bank Loan
The Export-Import Bank grants Yugoslavia a $20 million direct credit to Tito's government with $12 million usable for mining industry materials and equipment. Terms include 3.5 percent annual interest, paid semi annually, repayable in 20 equal installments starting July 31, 1951.
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Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Tito
Cominform
Stalin
United States
World Bank
Export-Import Bank
Hurricane Moves To Open Atlantic
A mighty tropical hurricane churned through the Atlantic after brushing Bermuda. Early today it lay about 375 miles beyond the Bermuda islands. All shipping in the Atlantic was advised to give the big twister a wide berth.
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Miami
Atlantic
Bermuda
Bermuda Islands
Salary Level Raise In Wage-Hour Law Exemption Proposed
The Wage-Hour Administration proposed raising the salary level for exempting executive and professional workers from minimum wage and overtime rules. Comment period of 30 days will be opened for labor and management input before final regulations. The executive exemption would rise from 30 to 55 dollars weekly, and professional or administrative exemptions from 200 dollars a month to 75 dollars weekly.
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Washington
William R. McComb
Trucker Wage Talks Move Toward Winchester Contract Close
Negotiations for an area wage agreement covering over 2000 drivers and helpers in Washington Baltimore Cumberland Hagerstown and Winchester shift to individual bas is after amicable Winchester talks led by L H Stotler of Novick Transfer Co. Meetings continue in Cumberland and Hagerstown as contracts set to expire August 31 are extended.
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Washington
Baltimore
Cumberland
Hagerstown
Winchester
L. H. Stotler
Novick Transfer Co
Lester Elliott
William Shaffer
Elliott Motor Lines
Robert Crichton
Thomas Travillion
Super Service Motor Freight Co
A. E. Green
Mason Dixon Lines
Mr. Stotler
Missouri Pacific Set for Strike This Afternoon
Missouri Pacific prepared for a major labor strike affecting 11 states and 5000 operating employees. The embargo on freight and passenger service was already in effect with last passenger runs completed. Washington efforts to avert the walkout failed as trains faced possible delays beyond the strike deadline.
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St, Louis
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Sunflower
Kansas City
St. Louis
Washington
Truman
Douglas Jones Earns Eagle Scout Honor in Shawnee District
Douglas Jones, 15, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Jones of 503 Fairmont Ave, received the Eagle badge at a Shawnee district court of honor held at Market St. Methodist church. About 100 scouts and friends attended as Jones was invested by his mother, with his parents receiving a miniature eagle in return. Jack Moore, field executive, lauded Jones's lifelong scouting effort and urged continued advancement, noting the path from Tenderfoot to Eagle is a mark of mind, body, and character development. Others honored included Joseph Campbell and Kent Bailey, with several First and Second Class ranks and various merit badges awarded to Troop 6 members.
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Feagle
Douglas Jones
George Jones
Fairmont Ave
Shawnee District Court of Honor
Market St. Methodist Church
Scout Jones
Jones
Robert Kellas
Guard of Honor
Douglas
Jack Moore
Tenderfoot
Moore
Harold Rowe
Rev
L. F. Haver
Jovph Campbell
6Tephens City
Kent Bailey
Billy Ewing
Irvin Tobin
Joseph Camp
Gregory Orndorff
Herbauzh
West needs sound economic basis to win with Communism
Cripps warns Britain's economic plight demands strong export sales to dollar markets and a unified Western effort. He cites Acheson Bevin progress but says real victory requires a sound financial basis, with talks to speed aid and reduce the dollar sterling drain as Britain tightens belts and boosts exports.
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West
Cripps
Washington
Si Stafford Cripps
Britain
National Press Club
Sir Stafford
Acheson
Bevin
Cripp
Frederick County Agricultural Fair Sets September 29 30
The second annual Frederick County Agricultural Fair will be held September 29 and 30 at the Farmers Livestock Exchange. Eugene Larrick. supervised by Wayne Milder for 4-H boys Wilda Jean Adams 4-H girls Pat Russell FFA and Janet Hammock FHA. Judges cover livestock poultry farm products garden foods clothing and apples with exhibit in place by noon Thursday and open until 10 p.m. Thursday. Exhibitors supply feed and bedding and handle delivery.
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Frederick County
Farmers Livestock Exchange
Eugene Larrick
Future Farmers of America
Future Homemakers of America
Larrick
Wayne Milder
Wilda Jean Adams
Pat Russell
Janet Hammock
J. J. Foster
Raymond Hoover
Carl Coiner
D. W. Myers
Jim Gibson
J. C. Huffman
R. A. Wall
J. C. Olcott
A. H. Teske
W. R. Legere
R. Bell Burke
Eliza Trainham
Catherine Bauserman
Gas Pipeline To Cross River Near R. 50 Bridge
The H. C. Price Construction Co crew from Winchester is laying a 26 inch natural gas line from Rockville to Strasburg and will cross the Shenandoah River 5 miles southwest of the R. 50 bridge. An 80 foot barge supports the trench and about 300 workers are employed locally.
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R. 50
H. C. Price Construction Co
Winchester
Rockville
Strasburg
Shenandoah River
Seneca
W. Va
Petersburg
Woodstock
R. K. Shiver
Lifesaving Classes Certify 25 At Willow Lawn Pool
Red Cross courses at Willow Lawn pool certify twenty five participants. Names include Donald Good, Jim Maria, Barbara Gregory, and others earning senior center certificates. junior course graduates listed among a longer roster.
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Red Cross
Willow Lawn Pool
Dan ‘Iaxe Jr
Donald Good Jim Maria Barbara Gregory
S. D McFadden
Robert Bimeardne
Jame McFadden
John Butlery
Gvington Graham Rosenbege
Roubert Hall Monte Mille
Abert Lavivzera
Thiptern
Buyr Geim
Millie Sunderiin
Loma Good
Trry Marshall Ribest Keticadu
Polio Cases Fall One Third From Last Year in Virginia
Richmond reports polio victims totaling 198 for the year, down from 310 at the same point last year. A 33 year old man from Grayson County is the new case. Nine deaths were recorded today versus seventeen last year, with 1949 mortality at 48 percent compared to 4.4 percent in 1948.
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Richmond
Bureau of Communicable Disease Control
Grayson County
A. S. McCown
Bureau
TenSmog Deaths spark $556000 suit against Steel Corp
Families of ten Donora victims sue in Federal court for $556000 against American Steel and Wire Co. alleging wilful neglect allowed fumes to hang over the mill town for five days in late October 1948. Attorneys say additional suits totaling $1487950 will follow for 121 more claimants and health injuries. A Public Health Service survey noted widespread illness and fatalities.
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Pittsburgh
Donora
American Steel and Wire Co
Charles J. Margiotti
U. S Steel Corp
Margiotti
Monongahela River
U. S. Public Health Service
Garment Workers Vote 5-Cent Hourly Wage Cut
In Conneaut Ohio Walter A. Goldsmith Co union workers accept a five cent hourly wage reduction to keep the plant competitive and preserve steady employment. About 77 employees, mostly women, voted for the change per the AFL International Ladies Garment Workers Local.
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Conneaut
Walter A. Goldsmith Co
International Ladies Garment Workers
AFL
Goldsmith's
Polio Fight Strains Frederick County Chapter Funds
The Frederick County chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis reports spending March of Dimes funds at $599 a week to battle polio. Chairman Marvin Gore says two recent polio years have strained local resources and urges emergency donations to insure care for all sufferers.
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Frederick County
National Foundation For
Marvin Gore
National Foundation
Gore
United States
Polio Foundation
Polio
Care
Dabney Watia
Ebapver
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Unruh
W. Virginia
South End
Dantas Ave
Front County Court House
Berryville Institution
Soviet Russia
Missouri Pacific
Parley
India
Canada
Dean Acheson
Sir Stafford Cripps
FFA
FHA
Boye
Winchester Evening Star
G. & Miller
Star Office
Eod
Board of Supervisors
Landon B. Whitacre
Crisman Cleaners
Kent St
Julian Baker
H. J. Heinz CO
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