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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 04, 1950

Page

2

Locomotive runs wild in Cheyenne. three dead in wreck

An unmanned locomotive jumped the overpass near Cheyenne’s west end smashing into a switching diesel. Three crew members from Cheyenne died: Albert Champers, engineer. Thomas Harris, fireman. and G R Crago, switchman. An injured switchman, 8 C Statz, was reported after 11:30 p.m. EST.

Cheyenne Wye Eigh Wpee Cheynne Albert Champers Thomas E. Harris G. R. Crago C. Statz Union Pacific Borie Wyo

August Auctions To Be Held In Winchester Area

Sales Directory lists multiple public auctions with dates in August. Items include furniture household appliances and farm equipment. Properties include real estate on South Loudoun Street Berryville Avenue Shirley Street and Berryville real estate listings with executors trustees and special commissioners named.

Lelia Kent St Winches Hardesty Estate Berryville James P. Reardon Frederick County Courtegy South Lon- 8 Winchester M. Histon Wharton Court House Real Ho and Commercial Berryville Ave A. B. Solenberger Frederick County Court House Shirley St

Army to call reserves under 1948 Selective Service Act

Army outlines call up plan for Reserve enlistments of three to six years under the 1948 Selective Service Act. Quotas by Army area are listed, with First through Sixth Army totals. Reservists will undergo medical exams then be ordered to active duty from their home locations with 21 days to settle affairs.

Army First Army New York Maine Vermont New Hampshire Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island New Jersey Second Army Maryland Pennsylvania Ohio Virginia West Virginia Delaware Kentucky Third Army Georgia Tennessee North Carolina South Carolina Alabama Mississippi Florida Fourth Army Texas Louisiana Arkansas Oklahoma New Mexico Fifth Or Llinois Indiana Michigan Wisconsin Missouri Iowa Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska Kansas Colorado Wyoming Sixth Army California Montana Idaho Oregon Washington Nevada Utah Arizona

Republicans Attack Acheson As Truman Supports Cabinet

President Truman defended Secretary Acheson and Secretary Johnson amid GOP criticism over Korean War preparedness. He ordered Senate action reconsidered on a Spain loan and disputed Senate plans on Hawaii Alaska statehood, while confirming support for the Democratic Senate candidate in Missouri. He denied calls to replace Acheson and Johnson and said they will not resign while he is president.

Washington Truman Acheson Johnson Senate Spain Lucas Illinois Hawaii Alaska Tydings Vatican Missouri Emery Allison Thomas C. Hennings, Jr Representative Priest Dtenn House Priest

Earthworm Aid Transforms Eroded North Carolina Hill

Mr and Mrs J E Gunter in Ninety Six South Carolina? No Ninety Six North Carolina convert a washed soil into a garden with earthworms. They started two years ago after reading a magazine article and ordered 750 wrigglers. They spread castings and worms, feeding beds with scraps. The worms enrich soil with phosphorous potash nitrogen and magnesium and multiply rapidly as they garden.

N.C J. E. Gunter

Hotel Royal manager dies after softball injury

William F. Sodini 43 longtime Hotel Royal manager in Front Royal died from a broken thigh and hip suffered at a church picnic. A native of Richmond raised in Portsmouth he worked in Virginia hotels and attended the University of Virginia. Survived by wife Elizabeth Hatton Lodia four children and three sisters. Requiem Mass Monday at 9 a.m. at St. Mary's Norfolk burial follows.

Front Royal William F. Sodini Hotel Royal Sodini Richmond Portsmouth University of Virginia Virginia Beach Old Point Comfort Norfolk Roanoke Huntington W. Va Elizabeth Hatton Lodia St. Mary’s Cemetery

Push On Pusan Holds Against North Korean Push

U N forces defend the southern Pusan perimeter along the Naktong River as North Korean reinforcements push south. Allied aircraft bomb troop concentrations from Yongdok to Onjin Peninsula while U S Marines and other units reinforce near Wongbun and Chinju.

Naktong Korea Pusan U.N Chinju Tokyo Manchuria Chongjin North Korea 24Th 25Th U. S. First Marines Second Infantry Division Fifth Regimental Combat Team Hawaii Pian Hameonang U. S. Eighth Army Naktong River U. S Wongbun United Nations Yongdok Yellow Sea Onjin Seoul Mokpo Sunchon Yosu

Danbury Doctor Seeks Lawyer as Ayres Death Probed

Dr Donald F Gibson a World War II naval commander arrives to consult a criminal lawyer amid an investigation into the death of Elizabeth M Ayres 74. Coroner says autopsy results and toxicology tests will be released after inquest next Tuesday.

Nbury Donald F. Gibson Elizabeth M. Ayres Miss Ayres Gibson David Goldstein Bridgeport Danbury Theodore E. Steiber John D. Booth Pernegs Yale Medical School

Military defers for critical Reserve and Guard personnel

The armed services will defer Reservists and National Guardsmen in critical occupations or essential activities, based on 48 labor listed jobs and 72 commerce listed activities. Deferrals are limited to six months at a time and can be cut short for overriding military needs.

Washington Army Navy Air Force Defense Johnson Armed Services Labor Department Commerce Department Labor and Commerce Departments

House Approves Voice of America Funding to Counter Propaganda

A House appropriations subcommittee backed a plan to provide 82 million dollars to the State Department Sell America Abroad program. The vote supports 41.3 million for six new radio stations and radio sets for recipients, plus funding for press distribution and motion pictures while cutting foreign library work and programs bringing foreigners to the United States for study.

Washington House Voice of America Appropriations State Acheson Russia Acheson Truman State Department

Britain to Boost Defense Spending in Atlantic Pact Plan

London reports Britain will raise defense outlays to about 9.52 billion dollars over three years if the United States backs a plan to absorb the impact. The proposal would lift annual spending by roughly 616 million dollars and raise the share of national income for military needs to ten percent.

London Britain America U. S State Department United States Holland Truman Washington

Quake Killings and Injuries Reported in Venezuela

A western Venezuela quake killed 16 and wounded at least 70 in Tocuyo near Barquisimeto, Lara State. The National Telecommunications Office revised earlier death estimates, noting heavy property damage and potential rises in the casualty count as assessments continue.

Caracas Venezuela Tocuyo Barquismeto Lara National Telecommunications Office

Rural Electrification Office Record Fragments Note

A partial OCR fragment notes an agency item mentioning a stay and a small theater of man and sacred themes. It references books and a rural electrification context with unclear details and missing connecting words. The readable entities are limited and no clear event or outcome is stated.

Mannd Breil

Crossword Clue Pairings and Terms From a Puzzle Page

A compact set of crossword clues listing entries such as a two person song and a curved edge of a wound. It includes clues for constructors cerium symbol ce river in German fluss journeyed under a wail keel billed cuckoos performer drinking vessel dialect wading bird location cut off as a tree top.

Constructors Cerium Sym

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