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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1950
Page
2
Announcement reports the sale of the horse show grounds near Berryville to H. H. of Round Hill Virginia. The price of 16750 dollars was 3380 below the Clarke County Horse Show Assn. seeking. Kelley a Loudoun county farmer will take possession within 90 days and has not stated plans.
In Athens a shipload of 5200 tons of German war reparations was unloaded at Piraeus in six days, setting a new port record. The cargo included heavy steel products and a 800-ton railroad crane taken off the Danish motorship Oleean. Fast unloading follows ECA port planning techniques and modern procedures.
In Adelaide Australia Dr C A Moody swam ashore after seeing the Union Jack flying half mast from his club shed flagpole He performed an emergency operation at a nearby hospital Then he returned to his yacht in a rowboat and finished third in the sailing race.
The Diamond Manufacturers Association in Nathanya announces Israel will pay for rough diamonds in pounds sterling via a London syndicate. The arrangement covers about $560,000 worth of rough stones monthly, shielding Israel from South Africa’s shift to dollar-only sales.
The first full biography of H L Mencken, by Edgar Kemler, portrays four phases Prodigy Rebel Dean and Reprobate. It draws on extensive materials including the Hatrack case scrapbooks and Mencken's unpublished monograph. Kemler notes Mencken cooperated and read the final draft while judging factualities.
Fourteen boys who are blind were sworn into Troop 300 of the Boy Scouts of America in Chicago. Fred Bolotin administered the oath, though he did not see the lads and they did not see him.
Theodore Winfield Palmer, 40, of Bentonville, a Front Royal Community Hospital patient for three and a half months, shot himself with a .25 caliber pistol at 4 20 yesterday afternoon. Coroner Dr D M Kipps says Palmer sought money and asked his wife to bring the gun from their home to sell it. He had been ill ten years and bleak prognosis left him despondent.
Mrs. W. D. Wisecarver Jr of Clarke County TB Association praised the large public turnout for chest X-rays over the past two days. The Chest X-ray Cruiser from New Jersey saw 452 people in Boyce on Monday and 1 988 in Berryville yesterday for exam checkups.
A layman’s program is set for 7 30 p m Sunday at the Kerns Town Church. Participants include Austin Conner lay leader Cc O Watson A R Marks Mrs Howard White John D Cammer and the Rev C A York.
Funeral services for Miss Minnie E Strawderman will be held Tuesday at 10 a.m. at Jones Funeral Home with Rev. Paul Dick officiating. Burial follows in Mount Hebron Cemetery.
The B and M Chevrolet Co offers a 50 dollar reward for admissible evidence leading to conviction of those who burglarized the garage at Oates Ave and N Loudoun St last February. Two tool boxes were stolen. anyone with information should contact the Winchester Police.
The House Ways and Means Committee voted to halve the federal excise tax on tickets to movies and sports events. The measure would reduce the tax from 20 percent to 10 percent, aiming to lower costs for entertainment buyers.
The United States is producing diverse special bomb casings enabling the deployment of its more powerful atomic weapons against any enemy target, signaling advanced delivery readiness.
The listing details multiple estate and personal property auctions across Virginia including Albemarle Grimes Greenspring Winchester and Bluemont. Items feature real estate household goods livestock antiques furniture and orchard equipment with scheduled dates from April 29 through May 13 led by sellers Sam E Brown Fran cis Vandersmith Hunter Brown George Helsley Ed Seal Ella Kern Phil Gold Mrs Clay Manuel and G W Townshend.
The report lists divisions and participants for a large fire department parade. Grand Marshal and daughter lead the second division with Clarke Cooper. numerous fire companies, drum and bugle corps, bands and honorary marshals from Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and DC are named along with marching units and trucks. Includes schools, civic groups, and veterans organizations in the parade’s extensive lineup.
The Southern Daily Echo marks fifty years since 1900 with a half century edition on Winchester England. It notes car park plans swimming baths King George's Cricket Pitch and a new Fire Station while lamenting the loss of historic inns like the Black Swan the Dog and Duck and the Suffolk Arms.
The Gate City Quartet of Washington will perform at Zion Baptist Church Boyce at 3 and 8 p m Sunday. Sponsored by Miss Frances Burwell the program welcomes all who wish to attend.
The article notes a resignation by a man described as a pervert and forecasts more resignations. Witnesses discuss Lattimore’s alleged Communist links, with Budenz and Dr. Bella Dodd disputing testimony. Subpoenas were issued for Earl Browder and Jack Stachel as part of the inquiry. An unrelated Q&A discusses octopus as food in the Orient and as bait in the West.
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A 1950 meeting of the Virginia Commission authorized a proposal to fix the quail season west of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The plan would open November 20 and run to January 5, with several counties ending December 20. A follow up meeting in May will decide final action.
Carter Davis has been named manager of Winchester Knitting Mills a division of McCloughlin Manufacturing Co Indianapolis announced by L T Dwyer president. Davis formerly worked 18 years at Peoples Drug Stores in Washington and served as a civilian in the Navy Department during World War II. He previously worked for the American Viscose Corp in Front Royal and resides at 109 Whitlock Avenue with his wife and three children Jeanne Carol and Richard.
A large public event features an air search radar unit, a jet, and a seven foot aircraft carrier model with crewed displays. Band performances occur at several times and venues including the George Washington Hotel. The Newcomb College student will be crowned at 3 p.m. with a Handley pageant following, then the annual firemen parade forms at six and moves at 7 p.m. under Grand Marshal Fulton Lewis Jr.
The program closes with a 9 p.m. fireworks display at Handler bow and three dances: Teenagers Dance at 9:30 p.m. at the George Washington Hotel, Square Dance at 10 p.m. at Lup ton’s Orchard Service Building, and the Princesses’ Ball at 10 p.m. at Worcester Armory with Tony Pastor as the entertainment.
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