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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Apr 23, 1954

Page

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President Eisenhower Calls For Cooperative Peace Against Expansion

President Eisenhower likened Communist aims to Hitler and urged the free world to build a cooperative peace to avert Red domination. He spoke at a dinner of the American Newspaper Publishers Association Bureau of Advertising amid unprecedented police security in New York.

New York Eisenhower Adolf Hitler Assn Bureau of Advertising Hitler la Guardia Waldorf Astoria Hotel

New clubhouse planned for Winchester Golf Club

Ground breaking soon for an $80 000 Winchester Golf Club clubhouse to serve 250 members with year round facilities. The base bid of 65 540 was awarded to Howard Shockey and Sons after competitive bidding. The project expands dining, grill, ballroom, golf shop, locker rooms, manager’s apartment and full tennis swimming and golf programs.

Manford D. Custer, Jr Winchester Golf Club Haddox and Williams Architect Howard Shockey and Sons Custer Fred L. Glaize George W. Haddox H. B. McCormac Hunter McGuire Nelson Page Grove F. White Lewis H. Hyde Winchester Airport Speedway

Ideal Conditions Boost Orchard Growth Amid Warm Spring

Warm spell in the area spurred bloom on apples with peak by Wednesday while rain lags. Fruit growers report good prospects though pastures suffer as livestock feed remains scarce. County Agent Wolfe and Dr. Walter Hough warn rain is needed. April rainfall so far is only 1.11 inches with a 3.14 inch average.

John T. Wolfe Wolfe Walter S. Hough Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory Hough

Olney Says FHA Torpedoed Prosecution of Builders

Warren Olney III, chief government criminal prosecutor, told the Senate Banking Committee that the FHA has thwarted prosecutions of builders of large rental projects. He cited windfall profits, fraudulent cost estimates, and a defunct postwar rental program funded by 90 percent insured loans as evidence of systemic fraud and mismanagement. He and others highlighted a broader fraud hunt by the FBI and Justice Department into home repair loans since 1935, noting the removal of Arthur Frentz amid ongoing investigations.

Washington Warren Ol¢ney FHA Olney Senate Banking Committee Federal Housing Administration FBI Justice Department Guy T. O. Hollyday Norman P. Mason Justice Departmen Arthur J. Frentz Mason Arthur Frentz Frentz

Five Convicted and Sentenced in Frederick Circuit Court

Five county men were sentenced in Frederick County Circuit Court after convictions for grand larceny breaking and entering petty larceny and arson. Truman Wallace and Gilbert Leach each drew two years in the penitentiary for grand larceny of chickens from Mrs. Whitacre. Wallace pleaded guilty while Leach had pleaded not guilty and sought to change to a guilty plea. Leo and Eugene Everhart, ages about 34 and 22, received two year terms for stealing turkeys from John Link. Dan Kelly Atkins had earlier received a five year penitentiary sentence for related charges.

Frederick County Truman Wallace Gilbert Leach George Whitacre Whitacre Wallace Leach Herman J. Dyke Randolph Larrick Thomas G. Coully Leo Everhart Eugene Everhart John Link Dan Kelly Atkins Elliott Marshall John F. Anderson Eugene

Missing Parakeets Reported in Harrisburg Lost and Found

Harrisburg Patriot missing in action column lists four advertisements for lost parakeets. One pet is described as having been lost on a routine flight.

Harrisburg, Pa Harrisburg Patriot

Visits to Palace of Nations Banned During Geneva Parley

The United Nations closed all Palace of Nations visits during the Geneva conference and imposed strict internal movement limits. Starting Monday the East-West talks open with police and Swiss troops guarding the grounds, interior security by UN guards and agents, and a sealed-off section for delegates.

Palace of Nations Geneva Switzerland United Nations League of Nations U. N U.N

Paratroopers Begin Pouring Into Indochina

American airlift begins sending French troops to Dien Bien Phu as Vietminh attacks intensify. Globemasters land in Saigon and Colombo with hundreds of paratroopers, potentially up to a thousand, en route to the northwest fortress. Bangkok listed as a stop before Saigon amid French defenses under pressure.

Saigon Indochina France Dien Bien Phu Northwest Paris Orly Field Colombo Ceylon India Nehru Bangkok Thailand

Linda Smith Wins Zone Contest in Bland Memorial

Linda Smith daughter of Mr and Mrs F Smith of Berryville Ave and Handley School student won the Bland Memorial Musical Scholarship zone contest at Marshall High School. Competitors from Frederick Clarke Loudoun and Fauquier counties. the winner advances to the May 18 district contest in Charlottesville.

Linda Smith F. Smith Berryville Ave Handley School Marshall High School Frederick Clarke Loudoun Fauquier Lions Club Miss Smith Charlottesville Richmond John Finley Douglas School Warrenton Smith Handley Band Joan Brubaker Clarke County George Kimball Fred Warren Galen Strance Robert Jasper Hoye Riley

18 Freight Cars Derail Near Piedmont West Virginia

Eighteen freight cars of a Baltimore and Ohio train derailed west of Piedmont near Keyser in what a railroad official called the worst derailment he recalls. No injuries reported. Wrecking crews from Cumberland, Maryland, estimated 15 hours to clear. traffic rerouted around Keyser and Piedmont to Grafton. The 40th car was first to leave tracks. Cause not immediately known.

Piedmont W. Va Baltimore and Ohio Here Keyser Cumberland Grafton

McCarthy denounces Soviet murder plot in Berlin case

The United States accused the Soviet Union of planning murder and kidnapping in West Germany and Berlin. Walter Dowling alleged Khokhlov a Soviet police captain who switched sides, sought asylum in Bonn and named a global network. Two East German agents were arrested with weapons.

Berlin United States Russia West Germany U. S Walter Dowling V. S. Semyonovy Germany Dowling Nikolai E. Khokhlov NTS Alexander Truchnovich West Berlin Khokhlov Bonn Semyonov MVD Georgi S. Okolovich Frankfurt Hans Kukowitsch Kurt Weber Us.s Kukowitsch Weber Elena Adamovka Khokhlov Moscow

Carney frames revolt as Cold War strategy

Adm. Robert B. Carney argues revolts by oppressed people could be a deliberate Cold War tactic. He envisions shifts like Mao breaking with Moscow altering global strategy and notes dictators' personal ambitions impact alliance dynamics. He warns against wishful thinking but highlights potential proxy warfare risks.

Chicago Robert B. Carney U.S. Chief of Naval Operations Executives Club Carney Red China Mao Tse Tung Kremlin Peiping Moscow United States Soviet Union Hitler Mussolini

Accident Victim Satisfactory After Two-Vehicle Crash

Robert Taylor age 55 of Clearbrook is in satisfactory condition at Memorial Hospital after a morning crash at Cameron and Gerrard Streets. He rode as a passenger in a 1946 panel truck driven by William Pifer of Berryville and owned by Aikens Construction Co. The other vehicle was a 1951 GMC truck driven by Elmer Lewis of Rt 2 and owned by Ferman.

Robert Taylor Clearbrook Memorial Hospital Taylor Cameron and Gerrard Sts William Earl Pifer Berryville Aikens Construction Co Rt. 3 Elmer H. Lewis Rt. 2

Rita Hayworth’s Children Held for Neglect Probe

The Westchester Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children filed a neglect petition in children's court against Rita Hayworth, alleging her two children were neglected. Judge George W. Smyth oversaw the closed proceedings. Rita was reported to be in Key West with her third husband, Dick Haymes. An auction notice for Patton's Warehouse appears in the piece.

White Plains N. Y Westchester Society For the Prevention of Cruelty Rita Hayworth George W. Smyth Rita Key West Fla Dick Haymes Patton’s

Garden Week Tour Set For May 8 In Clarke County

Clarke County residents join Historic Garden Week in Virginia with a six house tour sponsored by the Winchester Clarke Garden Club. Featured homes include Fairfield Gaylord Richardson Annefield near Berryville Elmington Llewellyn Rogers Riverside on the Shenandoah and Norwood Gilbert McKown. Grace Episcopal Church in Berryville will be open and lunch is served in the parish hall by churchwomen.

Clarke County Winchester-Clarke Garden Club Virginia Fairfield Gaylord Ralph _ Richardson Annefi Id Berryville William B. Watkins Elmington Hobson McGhee Llewellyn William Kerfoot Jeas B. Rogers Riverside Peter Williams Shenandoah River

More Telephones In Winchester

Winchester has 5900 telephones in operation, about 40.4 phones per 100 residents, far above the national 30.3. Virginia averages 22.8 per 100, while Turkey has 59,000 phones and Peru 45,000. globally, one phone serves 68 people, vs three in the United States. New houses are being wired to meet rising demand.

The Star New York Winchester United States Virginia Turkey Peru Pakistan American Telephone and Telegraph Company

Pro Communist Recordings Cited in Dickenson Court Martial

A former POW testified that a pro Communist recording aired by Radio Peiping likely came from Cpl. Edward S Dickenson as a court martial questioned the identifications. Witness John Spivey retracted an earlier claim and defense counsel urged excluding his identification as unreliable.

Washington Radio Peiping Edward S. Dickenson John Spivey Dickerson Dickenson Guy Emery Spivey Dickeson Korea Norman F. Kriebel Arlington Okinawa Emery Maj Earl V. Brown Red Prison

Richmond Virginia Weather Outlook April 24 to 28

The outlook shows temperatures five to ten degrees above normal. Cooler Sunday night or Monday, warmer Tuesday and Wednesday. Scattered showers expected over the weekend and again midweek, totaling about two-tenths to five-tenths of an inch.

Richmond Virginia

McCarthy Army Hearings TV Appeal Falls Short

Public interest in televised McCarthy Army hearings lagged behind Kefauver crime hearings with reports of normal business and routines in cities like Providence Chicago and Reno. TV industry officials still saw potential for a large audience due to expanded broadcasting and more sets.

Associated Press Washington Providence R. I Crime Committee Chicago Boston Globe Reno, Ney

McCarthy denounces Stevens on monitored phone call

In a heated Senate Investigations hearing Senator McCarthy accuses Army Secretary Stevens of indecent and illegal conduct for monitoring a phone conversation. Stevens recalls a November 7 call discussing Roy Cohn and David Schine, while committee fights over transcript admissibility continue.

McCarthy Stevens Washington Sen Roy M. Cohn G. David Schine Cohn Schine Army Roy Dave Waldorf-Astoria David Schine Ray Jenkins Jenkins Mundt Wisconsin Lucas Joseph N. Welch Special Army Welch

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