FSA Moves On 51 Loyalty Disloyalty Cases
Washington reports the Federal Security Agency prepared or will prepare loyalty charges against 51 employees led by Administrator Oscar Joyes. Senatorial testimony showed 15 faced hearings while others were being prepared. Ewing said several resignations occurred and one dismissal in 144 reviewed cases. He defended thorough review, noting some charges were frivolous and that witnesses often refused to testify.
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Washington
Federal Security Agency
Oscar Joyes
Ewing
Senate
FSA
FBI
Francis D. Flannagan
Asistant Committee
Iny
Joicus
Ferguson
R-Mich
Ewig
Agen
Winchester Evangelical United Brethren church leaders reappointed
Rev. Carl W. Hiser was returned to the Winchester church as part of the Virginia conference after the 148th annual convention in Staunton. The assembly named Rev. J. E. Oliver to Winchester and others to Martinsburg, Hardy County, and surrounding charges. The next conference will be held in Roanoke.
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Carl W. Hiser
Winchester Evanglical United Brethren Church
Virginia
Hich
Aunton
Nald Austin
West
Frederick
Ace
L. C. Messick
Martinswe
J. E. Oliver
Winchester
P. Tederick
Reliance
Shop J. Balmer
Charles Moon
Hardy County
E. E. Mills
Harrisonburg
O. R. Bence
Inwood-Pikeside
J. Paul Grover
First Church
Martinsburg
Collis
St. Lukes
Toms Brook
W. B. Obaugh
Doctor Calls for Housecleaning in Psychiatry
A Connecticut doctor urged a psychiatric housecleaning at the District of Columbia Medical Society meeting in Washington. He criticized the love starvation theory and warned against interpreting sex as the whole of life, urging clearer distinction between hypotheses and facts.
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Washington
Connecticut
District of
No School Alarm After Diphtheria Case in City and County
A second diphtheria case was reported in the county over the weekend with no new city cases. The Lupton child Austin, in third grade at Stonewall High, is ill and quarantined at home while a brother and another student remain in school under watch. Principal Bryant Harper notes protection efforts among students and suggests disease progression may be checked. no further city cases are observed, and the three ill children show progress toward recovery.
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Henry Renner
Thomas Lupton
Winchester
Austin Lupton
Stonewall High School
Noble Welsh Jr
Lupton
William Lupton
Stonewall
White Hall School
Bryant Harper
Gertrude Organ
Virginia Ave
Shirley Haun
Shirley
Homer
Greece
Milk Price Cut in Newport News
The State Milk Commission announced a one cent reduction in wholesale pint milk prices in Newport News effective Friday. The move is expected to ease costs for consumers and follows a period of rising dairy prices.
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Newport News
State Milk Commission
Floral Wheel Theme Transforms Winchester Armory for Flower Show
Sixteen members of the stag committee under S John Pennypacker and S P H Sprenkle prepare the Winchester Armory for a community Flower Show and Sale opening Thursday at 3 p.m. Exhibits must be received by 9 a.m. and judging starts at noon. Mayor Clowe will award prizes at 7:30 p.m. The Winchester Camera Club plans prize-winner photos.
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Stag
S. John Pennypacker
P. H. Sprenkle
Winster Armory
E. Cu
George Snarr
Sam Brooks
Robert Lozier
M. B. Clowe
Winchester Camera Club
Broadened Tax Base Suggested For Virginia
Dr. Raymond B. Pinchbeck urged a five point program to widen Virginia taxes to fund state and local governments. He called for uniform financial reports, comprehensive reviews of revenues and expenditures, broader tax base, and new revenue sources if needed. He stressed efficiency and equity before radical tax changes.
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League of Virginia
Raymond B. Pinchbeck
Richmond College
League
Pinchbeck
Virginia Commission On State and
Virginia
Assembly of Uniform Municipal
Dean Pinchbeck
Georgia House May Have Say in Presidential Vote
Atlanta reports the Georgia House could decide the state's 12 electoral votes if no presidential candidate wins a majority under a revised election law. The measure would allow all parties on the ballot and binds electors to their party candidate, with the Senate expected to act next.
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Atlanta
Georgia
House of Representatives
Fred Hand
House
Hand
Georgia House
Senate
Broiler Prices Raised by Dealers
Dealers lifted broiler prices by two cents today with Rock and cross broilers quoted at 35 and 36 cents per pound.
Five Day Weather Forecast and Local Notices
Five day forecast shows rain Wednesday and Wednesday night totaling half to one inch with warmer midweek and near normal temperatures thereafter. Local notices include a cider mill night shift job at H J Heinz Company and a September 29 G.W.A. monthly meeting at Geo Washington Hotel with R Clark as secretary.
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H. J Heinz Company
Ill
G.W.A
Washington Hotel
R. Clark
Winchester Eyes Class C Baseball Circuit Plan
Winchester chamber of commerce secretary Gene Lakers announced a meeting near October at the George Washington hotel to discuss forming a Class C baseball league. Ten cities from Virginia Maryland Pennsylvania including Harrisonburg plan to send representatives with Ray Ryan addressing the meeting.
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Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Gene Lakers
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
Octa
George Washington Ho
Russell Stultz
Harrisonburg
Ray Ryan
Miami Beach
Ryan
Virginia Loop
Baseball Assn
Chamber of Commerce
Stultz
Unity rally highlights Warren call for national unity
Governor Earl Warren, the Republican vice presidential candidate, told about 1000 delegates at the New Hampshire GOP convention that national unity matters more than winning the election. He urged Republicans to back a Dewey victory and work for a Republican Congress.
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Concord
N. H
Earl Warren
GOP
Dewey
California
Warren
President Truman
Democratic Party
New Hampshire
Congress
Ted Williams Teaches Reading In Boston Schools
Boston headline notes Ted Williams, Boston Red Sox slugger, used in Booten schools to teach children reading. Second graders hear See the hitter See the hitter swing his bat as they learn about the popular outfielder who plays for the Boston Red Sox and is their best hitter with many home runs.
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Boston
Ted Williams
Red Sox
Booten
Little Miss Muffet
the Spider
Bosho
Boston Red Sox
Nations May Be Asked To Help Calm Greece
A U.S. backed UN action may urge Albania Yugoslavia and Bulgaria to stop aiding Greek guerrillas and to disarm fighters fleeing into their territory The UN special committee on the Balkans UNSCOB may seek continuation and possible consultation with the U.N Little Assembly The plan calls for regional cooperation to ease tensions in the Balkans and curb guerrilla activity.
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Balkan
Greece
Paris
United States
United Nations
Albania
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Tony
U.N. Special Committee On the Balkans
Unscob
U.N
U.N. Little Assembly
Unscor
Balkans
Hiss Sues Chambers for Defamation in Maryland Court
Federal court in Baltimore is asked to rule on whether Whittaker Chambers’ claims that Alger Hiss was a Communist party member are true or false. Hiss’s lawyers seek $50,000 damages for defamation of character, alleging the statements were untrue and defamatory.
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Baltimore
Whittaker Chambers
Alger Hiss
Communist Party
Hiss
U. S. District Court of Maryland
Chambers
Third of East Central FDR Vote Shown Going to Dewey
A Crosley poll estimates in the eastern central states that one third of Roosevelt voters this November favor Dewey, while 65 percent of Truman supporters come from other groups. It notes shifts among younger voters and Roosevelt unions, farms, and metropolitan districts.
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Dewey
Truman
Roosevelt
Wallace & Others
Wallace
Crossley
Wilkie
Roosevelt Union
Tegent
L City Metro. Dist
Gresley Incorporated
Virginia calls 780 men for November draft examinations
Col Mills F Neal announced 780 Virginia men will undergo armed forces physicals between Oct 8 and Oct 25 for the November draft. Virginia will send 237 men to Army training camps for 21 months of service starting Nov 10, with most in the 25 year old single non father non veteran category. He estimates one in three may be found unfit.
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Richmond
Mills F. Neal
Selective Service
Virginia
Armed Forces
Neal
Himas
Truman blasts GOP over communism and unity speech
President Truman in Texas rails at Dewey and Republicans over communism in government. He rebukes price controls and housing and warns that Republicans avoid naming supporters, saying you’d hang them if they did. He vows not to surrender to power groups and accuses Congress of inaction.
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Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
Texas
Oklahoma City
State Fairgrounds
Fort Worth
Dallas
Surfiam
National Association of Manufacturers
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Congress
Pear Tree Blooms Twice at Atlantic Tourist Camp
Cyril Mee, operator of Apple Way Tourist Camp on Vailey Pike, reports a 12 year old pear tree on his property that yielded good fruit three weeks ago and is now a solid mass of blooms again. He says the tree usually bears well but this is the first time it has bloomed a second time.
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Cyril Mee
Appleway
Vailey Pike
Lutheran Clergy of Winchester Chronology Listed
A historical note by Dr. A. D. Henkel lists Lutheran ministers serving Winchester with years of service. Names include Streit 1785-1812, Beck 1813-27, Ejecnhberger 1828-33, Krauth 1848-55, and Eisenberg current Grace Lutheran pastor as of 21st century.
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A. D. Henkel
S. Cameron St
Winchester
Virginia Henkel
Christian Streit
Abram Beck
Lewis Ejcchelberger
N. W. Goertner
Theophilus Stork
J. R. Reiser
J. Few Smith
Charles Porterfield Krauth
A. Essick
W. M. Baum
T. W. Dash
D. N. Gilbert
L. G. M. Miller
W.S. Seabrook
George S. Bowers
A. A. Kelly
Charles A. Freed
Luther A. Thomas
C. W. Lowe
Carl A. Honeycutt
William E. Eisenberg
Grace Lutheran Church
Dewey Vows United Front After Elections in Missoula
Governor Thomas E. Dewey declared that American ranks close quickly after elections as he campaigned toward a Montana State University speech. He urged global rulers to heed a united, decisive stance on the Berlin blockade and highlighted Western resources as a bulwark for defense and world peace.
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Associated Press
Russia
Berlin
Thomas E. Dewey
GOP
Montana State University
Missoula
Spokane
Paradise
Mont
Dewey
West
America
Bly Announces Chest Committee For Community Drive
Shirley Bly, committee chair for the 1949 Community Chest campaign among 211 firms, names workers William Claytor T E Turner Loring Wright Hazel Ferguson Clara Buncutter H F Nelson Mrs James C Hughes J D Glover Scott Atkinson W J Beattie Clarke V Cooper Supplies distributed and the drive set for October 8 to 22 to raise 35 060 for State Community Chest agencies.
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Shirley Bly
William Claytor
T. E. Turner
Loring Wright
Hazel B. Ferguson
Clara Buncutter
H. F. Nelson
James C., Hughes
J. D. Glover
Scott Atkinson
W. J. Beattie
Clarke V. Cooper
Bly
Europe braces for new world order plan by western alliance
Western defense chiefs announced an integrated land sea and air command to form part of a permanent organization. Schuman urged the UN to end the Soviet blockade of Berlin as Britain and the United States blamed Moscow for the crisis. Belgian Premier Spaak warned of a fifth column threat and urged quick UN action as Marshall and Bevin discussed strategy.
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Paris
Western European Alliance
Prance
Britain
United States
Russia
Berlin
Security Council
Robert Schuman
United Nations General Assembly
Alexander Cadogan
Th Schuman
U. N
Kremlin
Council
U. S
George C. Marshall
Ernest Bevin
Germany
Prosecution Sought On Spying Charges In Atomic Case
The House Un-American Activities Committee pressed for immediate trials for four accused in atomic secrets cases and linked an unidentified scientist to Steve Neilsen. Dr Clarence F Hiskey and Dr John H Chapin along with Hiskey's former wife Marcia Sand Hiskey were named in prosecutions for conspiring to hand atomic secrets to Soviet agents. Chapin, a wartime scientist, was described as cooperative and unavailable for comment. The committee warned of further hearings and noted evidence known for over five years.
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Washington
Congressional
House un-American Activities Committee
Steve Neilson
Nelson
Pennsylvania
House
Clarence F. Hiskey
Marcia Sand Hiskey
John H. Chapin
Hiskey
Chapin
New York
Marcia Sand
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Schuman
Bulletin
Belgium
Soveiet Union
Paul- Henri Spaak
General Assembly
Hitler
Spaak
Aet
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Ade
J Parnell Thomas
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