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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1948
Page
1
Bogota reports severed relations with Soviet Russia after a revolt left 300 dead and warehouses looted. Russians described as communists arrested. 13 other foreigners seized. City faces food shortages, hospitals seek serum and penicillin while chaos, looting, and fires ravage the capital.
City crews expand garbage pickup with open trucks to clear winter buildup. City Manager S Lee granted a schedule change while the Winchester JET invites visitors for the annual Appl ossom Festival, extending cleanup through the week.
The American Brake Shoe Co Brakeblock division plant on Pa permill Rd will hold an open house 2 to 5 p m Saturday for employees their families and friends. Superintendent Lehman says the event lets families get acquainted with the plant and includes an inspection and refreshments. About 120 people work there making brake linings for autos and trucks. Office staff is all women, numbering 18, with H L DuBois as chief clerk. The plant was completed last year but production began last January.
Senator Ferguson on behalf of 16 senators from 14 states including Senator Byrd of Virginia urged immediate revision of the UN charter. The measure seeks to strengthen the peace system and push President Truman to move on revisions without Russian cooperation if needed.
In New York on April 12 Andrei Gromyko attended informal Security Council talks on a UN truce plan for the Holy Land and the U S trusteeship proposal. He said he would continue to boycott sessions involving the trusteeship plan while remaining at the talks for the cease-fire terms.
George Washington hotel and Hotel Jack complete major upgrades as Winchester prepares for the Apple Blossom festival. Rooms repainted, drapes renewed, acoustical ceilings installed, new carpets and mattresses in 100 rooms, kitchens updated, and elevators reconditioned. Eugene R. Branch says festival bookings are strong and tours are planned from Schuylkill Valley, Car’ar Travel, Green Tours, and others.
Handley high school sent five students to the State contest after finishing fifth among eight district entrants at Harrisonburg. Winners include Billie Jean Smith and James Miller in affirmative debate with Marguerite Christjohn, Robert McKee in boys public speaking, Virginia Yates in girls public speaking, Roberta Rinker in poetry and Roberta Browning in spelling.
Stephens City High School has been placed on the state accredited list again according to principal R. E. Aylor. He said he cannot confirm years of accreditation but noted the school met all requirements since he became principal in 1925. The 1917 opening, three new buildings including a cafeteria, 21 rooms and labs, 230 high school students and about 325 elementary pupils, with a 20 member faculty.
Elizabeth Smith Kern 74 died at 3:25 am at 338 Amherst Street after four months of illness. Born in Winchester to Robert Smith of Edinburg Scotland and Annie Brown Smith of Virginia. Funeral 2 pm Tuesday at Jones Funeral Home with Rev. Ronald S. Wilson. Interment Mount Hebron. Survived by son Leo Gordon Woodward of Los Angeles, brother John Gordon Smith of Hagerstown, grandsons Leo G. Campbell and Joseph E. Campbell Jr. Pallbearers listed.
Defense Secretary Forrestal told Congress that Russia knows the atomic bomb process but lacks the industrial capacity to build it now. He reaffirmed that the United States possesses the knowledge and capacity to make the bomb, while Soviets may gain capability only later. The testimony touched on universal military training and draft needs.
The Virginia GOP convention in Roanoke named 52-year-old Pearisburg businessman Robert H. Woods as the U.S. Senate candidate and re elected him state party chairman. He won one of four at large National convention delegates, with three other delegates at large also chosen.
Richmond News Leader reports Thomas C. Colt Jr. director of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts for 13 years has submitted his resignation to accept another position.
Harold E. Stassen asserted he will top Republican hopefuls with 300 votes on the first convention ballot at Philadelphia. He spoke in Omaha on the eve of Nebraska's popularity primary and claimed a national strength showing of 300 of 1094 votes at the June meeting. Other candidates and party factions pursued efforts as Taft and Dewey campaigns emphasized organization and policy.
In Jerusalem a verbal standoff over Kastel intensifies as Arabs and Jews claim the hill fortress above the Jerusalem Tel Aviv highway. The village of Deir Yassin remains in the hands of Irgun Zvai Leumi and the Stern gang. The attack on the village is described as a massacre with many women and children among 254 Arab dead.
The federal trial of AFL leaders and officers in a four year old racketeering case was delayed to Wednesday due to defense attorney illness. The defendants include Joseph V. Moreschi and others linked to three locals in Washington La Plata Md and Quantico Va accused of looting more than 75000 from war era union funds. An indictment from 1944 cited lavish night life whiskey and champagne purchases home improvements and housing rents as alleged misuses. Ringleader Larry Kelly vanished after testifying and was later believed to have died at sea while in the merchant marine.
The Virginia Dental Association urged joining national groups to extend dental health care to all in need. Dr. Harry Lyons of Richmond spoke to about 400 dentists at the 79th annual conference opening in Richmond. The group will meet through Wednesday and consider executive council recommendations on dental health for Virginia.
Public sale on the Court House plaza raised about $1300 for a softball diamond lighting project with an estimated 1000 attendees. Harvey Fishpaw bought the largest lot at $310 for a deep freeze unit donated by Miller and Anderson. Percy D. Miller contributed items including an Emerson radio. Proceeds pushed the fund to roughly $3200 as the city recreation commission planned to accept the money and move ahead with a lighted diamond on Senseny Road.
Allied intelligence reports a rise in Russian backed secret police units in Germany. A US source said the increases are not mass deployments but notable additions.
John L. Lewis faced a contempt trial after he moved to end a miners strike with a pension plan and telegrams claiming compliance. Judge Goldsborough ordered Lewis to appear at 10 a.m. Wednesday to answer the contempt charge for allegedly ignoring the April 3 court order.
Ken Windle and his Rhythm Kings will provide music for the Apple Blossom Princesses tea house event at 5 pm Thursday April 29 hosted by Mrs H Delmar Robinson. Windle will also play piano at the pageant and the band will be featured at York Inn on both festival evenings with a Washington bass and trumpet added. Windle, a Handley high school alum, has 17 years local experience and has played with multiple bands including Bob Riley Jimmy Doman and Johnny Long ensembles. The group is known for smooth commercial tunes with occasional jumps.
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