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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1952
Page
2
Francis Pickens Miller charged the General Assembly moved the Democratic primary to July 15 to spare Senator Byrd the decision at the national convention. Miller, a former governor candidate, announced he will oppose Byrd in the July 15 primary.
Mrs. Lloyd Martin chaired a fashion show for the Girls Athletic Association at the Club Rooms on Thursday evening. Models included Mrs. George Garber Mrs. Furman Perry Mrs Allen Legge Mrs Stephen Rosen berger Mrs Betsy Hughes Miss Phyllis Ours Miss Thelma Edwards and Miss Kathryn Sullivan showcasing summer outfits from Marianne's.
The Winchester White Sox will hold a practice at Rouss Park tomorrow starting at 1 30 p m. Manager Sam na announced the session. Players not intending to play this year are asked to return their uniforms and anyone interested in trying out should attend.
Katherine Ewell a 20 year old Halifax County resident leaped into an abandoned rock quarry near South Boston Virginia and drowned in forty feet of water. Witnesses said she sang loudly as she climbed the cliff above the quarry before plunging in. Relatives offered no explanation.
Clarence Z. Martin trustee to auction orchard real estate one mile west of Inwood at 10 am April 26 and personal property April 28. Estate of W J Colfelt and Emma Col Ett in Middletown Virginia includes furniture and household goods at 10:30 am April 26. James Hawkins Millwood Virginia sale of Ames, personal property at 10:30 am April 26. W R Thompson White Post sale of cattle beef sheep dogs farm machinery and goods at 10 am April 29. Duvalls auctioneers organize.
New York reports business and industrial activity holding steady as arguments over government control of the seized steel industry rage on. The stock market experiences a sharp drop while steel workers push for wage increases and government action.
Secretary of the Interior Chapman says he is very encouraged about producing gasoline from coal at a profitable cost. He plans to commercially produce synthetic fuels and proposes 400 million dollars in government funds to support a coal hydrogenation plant. Ebasco Services evaluated Bureau of Mines estimates, finding coal hydrogenation could yield gasoline at 11 cents per gallon with small profits from byproducts.
A zone meeting of the Northern Virginia Firemens Association is set for tomorrow at 2 pm in Warrenton. Attending firemen include Winton Pope and William Godenour of South End Fire Company and R. Lawrence Oliver of Harrisonburg, who is association president, with Chief W H Braithwaite as secretary. The 49 company group from 14 counties will discuss resolutions to be acted on by the executive committee for the June Culpeper convention. The newly organized Ladies Auxiliary led by Mrs Katie Hiden of Harrisonburg will also meet.
A joint Frederick Clarke livestock demonstration will be staged at the Farmers Livestock Exchange at 1 30 o clock Friday afternoon. County Agent I Fred Stine announced the program includes cattle dehorning with caustic paste tubes and Burns dehorner castrating with elastrator and knife vaccination for blackleg sheep drenching for internal parasites docking and castrating lambs hogs castration Roy Godsey Clarke County Agent and John T Wolfe Assistant County Agent in Frederick will lead.
Steve Spaneler 12, of Bristol, awarded a $1,200 four-year college scholarship from King College and local civic groups after saving a two-year-old girl from drowning.
The Fuvangelica Confederation of Colombia says 23 Protestant persecutions have occurred since Feb 15, including burning of homes in eight provinces. The statement cites 30 months of similar abuses amid Catholic-Protestant clashes in officially Catholic Colombia.
The Public Health Service says a little air in motion should be produced by a small window opening. Air movement in rooms is beneficial and stimulates the nerves in the skin and invigorates the body.
Miss Caroline Virginia Flinn age 79 a second cousin and grade school teacher of Lt Gen Edward M Almond died in Luray Virginia yesterday.
Market quotations show cattle mixed with steers and bulls mostly steady to weak. Slaughter cattle and calves range with steers 28.00-36.00 and cows 24.00-27.00, hogs steady to higher with barrows 16.25-18.25 and sows 13.25-15.25, sheep mostly steady with prime spring lambs around 40.00.
Daily market corrections note that The Star does not assume responsibility for any typographical errors that may occur and reminds readers that market listings are subject to change.
Mrs Leland Schubert of Harrisonburg is elected president of the Virginia division of the American Association of University Women, succeeding former leaders and outlining plans for local advancement of women in education and civic life.
New York stocks opened with a sleepy session as U S Steel slipped to 38 1/2 after 1 000 shares. Bethlehem and Republic Steel were mixed while Northern Pacific Sinclair Oil General Electric St Regis Paper Sears Boeing led slightly. United Aircraft American Can and Johns Manville trailed.
Grains opened weak with wheat and soybeans leading losses. Prices listed for May, July and September contracts across wheat, corn, oats, rye, soybeans and lard, showing broad declines at the open.
The page lists quiz responses: 1 L. Brazil, 2 Martinique, 3 Anchors aweigh, 4 Mexico, 5 The brain, 6 Alabama Arkansas Arizona, 7 Caesar, 8 Borneo, 9 Miltiades, 10 Scotland.
Forty two states enacted jury service legislation for women with twenty allowing voluntary service. The remaining states require jury duty from all qualified persons, subject to exemptions or release.
The fragment asks on what date the Nobel Prizes are distributed and mentions December 10 as a possible reference. The text includes agricultural market prices and poultry terms but does not provide a clear Nobel Prize date beyond the December 10 hint.
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