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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1946
Page
2
Sidney Hillmann says the House Committee on Un American Activities refused him time to testify. He notes the committee did not have the go ahead to hear his remarks. The remarks came during a political action committee meeting context.
A cautious trading day with few new trends in influence. Bears linger over weak industrial and railway first quarter results while inflation incentives ease. Investors favored some prospects and split-up bets. dealings were slow with irregularly lower prices. United Biscuit led gains over 3 points, National Distillers about one. Rail and energy names among leaders and laggards varied.
Chicago April 26 oats held firm at the open on reports of continued dry weather over much of the grain belt. May rye opened slightly lower withQuotation figures for May and July positions across rye and oats, including December contracts and various price points.
Baltimore April 26 Quotations list unchanged produce apples with varied potato sacks and sweet potatoes. Live cattle calves dogs sheep and hogs quoted with ranges. spring lambs and vealers show steady demand and pricing, with averages reflecting grade, weight, and condition.
Chicago USDA salable hogs 4 000, total 10 000, buyers bid 14 14 85 for good to choice barrows and gilts with steady undertone. Cattle salable 1 300, calves 300, fed steers 15 25 to 16 50, top 17 35, hog and cattle prices show active trading and mixed demand across beef cows and bulls. Sheep 4 500 total, slaughter lambs steady to higher with mixed loads at 15 85 to 16 00. woolly types weak.
A train wreck left the third car half overturned and the fourth car fully overturned. Red Cross organized relief at the scene with doctors nurses ambulances rushing from nearby communities. North Central College students volunteered as litter bearers while uninjured passengers aided victims.
Mrs Myrtle Mary Mercer 55 wife of John T Mercer of Clarke county died suddenly at her Blue Ridge home after long illness. She was born January 23 1891 in Loudoun county daughter of the late Simon and Mary Stickles. Survived by husband and many children including Agnes Jarvins Milton Lloyd Mercer Edgar W Mercer Bertha Mercer Hilda Mercer Phoebe Howell Annie Smons Clemmie Simons Ada Ashby Mabel Carroll Edith Thomas and Ackley Stickles. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
Dr. T F Adams spoke at the First Baptist Church on Some Christians You Ought To Know recounting Christian suffering under occupation in Europe. He praised Bishop Bergdorf Pastor Nikemiler and Chester Miao for faith and courage and noted the Geneva Conference's unifying spirit in Christ. The final lecture in the series is tonight at 8 o clock inviting all to hear his message.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. at Montague Avenue Methodist Church for Mrs Annie M Clark. The Rev John Teter officiated and burial followed at Prospect Hill Cemetery in Front Royal. Six nephews served as pallbearers: Arthur Rinker Charles Stroope William Clark Newton Clark Charles Clark and Harry Rinker.
Fallon and Stelle urged strong national defense with a swift Army and Navy, proper air cover, and a well-trained National Guard. They called for military training for high school students and continued industrial support in radar, electronics, and atomic research.
Mammoth will join the Festival Parade with Army support. The 369th Army Service Forces Band from Fort Belvoir and the 371st Army Service Band from Fort Meade will perform, accompanied by 500 troops from the 772nd Military Police Battalion at Carlisle Barracks. Major Joseph A. Johnson Jr. leads the Army's participation with local recruiting offices and an Army Advisory Committee assisting.
The reader is presented with a recap of the daily quiz showing correct responses to questions printed on May 1 1946. Items include statements about egg shell color, plants, and feed recommendations such as corms and wheat straw, with True or False cues.
A Norfolk County rape questioning ends with no charges after the victim cannot identify a suspect. Front Royal’s bass hatchery projects a bid of 39 850 by Decellio Construction of Roanoke for concrete rearing ponds. Churchill Eisenhower and Wilson visit coverage completed by E Griffith Dodson. Wayne Manufacturing losses prompt 450 workers to quit amid wage relief denial. Virginia adjutant general announces Osie W. French to Governor Tucker's staff.
President Ed O Neal of the American Farm Bureau Federation tells the Senate banking committee that the House price control bill goes too far and urges a middle ground with decontrolling prices, ceilings on scarce items, and inflation control via fiscal policies. Albert Goss of the National Grange adds that inflation must be controlled by production and that ceilings cannot stay below costs.
The body of Florence E. Boseley 18 killed in a motorcycle crash was moved from Omr Funeral Home to J. H. Markwood and Son Funeral Home in Keyser West Virginia. Funeral plans are not yet set. She was a son of Calvin S Boseley Elk Gardens and attended Winchester Business College. Also survived by a brother Walter Boseley Keyser and sisters Marie Arenholt Elk Gardens and Mrs Kenneth Sager Mathias. The rider Kenneth Sager Navy veteran is reported in satisfactory condition.
Beverly Ann Cort, 16, was not allowed to perform the Salome dance at Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe in New York City after police enforced liquor laws barring performers under 18 where liquor is sold. She cried as she sat at a ringside table watching the show.
Senator Theodore Bilbo accused Life magazine of publishing a biased article and used the term nigger-lovers to describe publisher Henry Luce and Rep. Clare Boothe Luce. He charged the magazine with aiming to wreck the Democratic majority and condemned several other papers as part of a “pack of dirty hounds.”
Funeral services for Joseph Henry Gochenour Jr. will be held Wednesday at 2 PM from Mrs. Rose Larrick's Middletown home. The 36 year old was killed in an automobile crash near Lumberton North Carolina while en route from San Francisco to Middletown. He is survived by his parents, a brother in San Francisco, and his maternal grandmother Mrs. Rose Larrick.
The following men have been summoned to serve as jurors in the Corporation Court, City of Winchester, on Monday, April 29, at 10 a.m. Boyd G. Headley, Wade H. Guard Sr., John L. Kater, Harry H. Bowers, Alson G. Loy, Harry E. Athey and E Earl Parks.
John H. Rosenberger addressed the Front Royal Methodist Church Men’s Club on What Manner of Men Ought We To Be. He urged honesty and the abandonment of pretense in attitude speech and in church and all relationships. Col. John C. Boggs introduced him.
Marshall L. Farmer formerly of Winchester resigns as resident manager of the New Colonial Hotel Washington to become assistant manager at the Stratford Hotel. He joins the Washington JCC board and the Board of Trade and will start May 6. He led the New Colonial for about three years since May 20, 1945.
White Hall 4 H club members meet with John Wolfe assistant county agent to discuss project work. Helen Crim president will ride the club float in the Apple Blossom Parade May 3. Girls work discussed and articles to be made. old business notes money raised at the club program.
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