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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1952
Page
2
On Korea's east coast red shore batteries fired on the USS Iowa, flagship of the U S Seventh Fleet. Navy said 17 shells splashed around the battleship but caused no hits or damage.
Auction notices list sales by Clarence E Martin trustee at Martinsburg orchard and personal property sale April 28. W J Colfelt Emma C Colfelt estate in Middletown Virginia purgiture goods and real estate. James B Hawkins Millwood antiques. Horst Bittner Waynesboro airport tractors and farm machinery. W R Thompson White Post beef cattle sheep hogs and farm equipment.
The first public viewing of the White House renovation drew 5 544 visitors who praised the new interior after seeing the 5 700 000 cellar to garret rebuilding. Tour hours are Tue through Sat from ten to noon.
Governor Battle, observer for civil defense, described an atomic detonation in the desert. He noted the Russians possess bombs and delivery planes, warned a population center would be wiped out, and said observers were briefed to brace for percussion. He witnessed a doughnut cloud rise to 15,000 feet and a cottony white cloud above.
A report from Yucca Flat describes soldiers near a massive atomic blast surviving unhurt. Observers detail the hollow fire cloud, 3,500 foot altitude, and low ground radioactivity allowing quick ground access. The first lesson learned is to keep mouths shut in the open trench exposure.
Tokyo report says an Air Force amphibious rescue plane logged 5000 combat hours over Korea when Lt. Martin M. Bretting of Arlington, Virginia bailed out after his plane was hit. The Dumbo helicopter picked him up within minutes, marking the 4430th successful rescue by the 3rd Air Rescue Squadron.
Below are the answers to the quiz questions printed on Page 4. Items include a murder case, a distance of 864100 miles, family relations, miswritten entries, and references to Julius Caesar Excalibur politics Gibraltar Joseph Texas and a WWII army song heroine.
Alfred Haase of Petersburg heads a drive to form a Winchester chapter of the National Association of Retired Civil Employees. The meeting with local retirees is set for 4 p m Friday at the Civil Service Room, Winchester Post Office, following his West Virginia organizing trip.
A 41 year old woman identified as Mrs. Lucille Whitaker walked out of a Memphis night clothed only in lipstick and rouge to discuss politics. Police arrived with a blanket to cover her as she spoke with officers and declined help to return home for clothing.
Walter Wanger, noted producer, will serve four months as a farmer beginning June 4 at the sheriff's honor farm at Castaic. He was found guilty by Superior Judge Harry J. Borde of assault with a deadly weapon, a misdemeanor, in the December Beverly Hills parking lot shooting of Jennings Lang, an agent for his wife Joan Bennett. Lang recovered from the groin injury.
Newly built residence on Opequon Ave offers 5 rooms and bath with utility room and modern amenities. Features include oil furnace fireplace hardwood and tile surfaces full basement laundry tubs large lot FHA financing and immediate possession.
The Rev. Lloyd Earheart, pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Charles Town W Va was chosen Moderator of the Winchester Presbytery within the Virginia Synod at the spring meeting in Piedmont W Va He succeeds Rev Middleton Reynal pastor of Berkeley Springs W Va The meeting also noted calls and retirements including Dr Ronald S Wilson to Miami and Dr John C Siler retirement under the ministerial annuity plan The group discussed Davis Elkins College Children’s Home Church Extension and Christian Relations and announced a June campaign for a new Home for the Aged in Lynchburg with C F Coffman of Winchester on the Synod committee
New York Republicans backed Dwight D. Eisenhower for at least 85 to 90 of the 96 convention votes with eight of 11 contests won by his supporters. Taft backers took three contests as the primary yielded sparse turnout and delegates will go unpledged. Democratic votes largely favor W. Averell Harriman with Kefauver also carrying some support.
Debbie Francis Jenkins 83 of this city died early this morning at Winchester Memorial Hospital after residing with her granddaughter Mrs Helen Snyder. She was born in Frederick County to Edward and Sarah Newcome Jenkins and belonged to Macedonia Methodist Church. Surviving: daughter Mamie Newcome, a brother Albert Jenkins, a granddaughter, and a great grandchild. Funeral Friday at 2 p.m. Jones Funeral Home. Burial in Macedonia Cemetery.
Mrs Hetty Purcell of Long Marsh District Clarke County was fined 50 dollars by Clarke County Trial Justice Court on April 18 for depriving about 50 cattle including bulls and calves of necessary sustenance. An appeal to the Circuit Court was granted to the May term on her recognizance of 150 dollars. attorney Tom Scully of Winchester represented her.
Senate panels debate a limited impeachment inquiry while the White House and Secretary Sawyer plan steps to force a wage boost for CIO steelworkers. Employers resist raises without permission to raise steel prices by twelve dollars a ton as the dispute stalls. Philip Murray of the CIO steelworkers faces a public hearing to present the workers’ case.
President Truman announced that aid to the Netherlands can continue despite a Dutch firm shipping strategic oil drilling equipment to Communist Poland. He cited the Mutual Defense Assistance Act and said only a small quantity was involved.
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