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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1952
Page
2
A quarantine goes into effect Tuesday in Chicago after hog shipments showed symptoms resembling a swine virus. Market conditions shift as buyers pull back, with hogs normally supplying about a fourth of slaughter market demand. Prices rose to about 25 cents higher, though the major buying factor moved out.
The directory lists auctions for the estate of Sarah Virginia Forney furniture and household goods at 422 South Washington St with E. T. Snider as auctioneer on August 9 at 1 p.m. It also notes sales near Rapidan, Brucetown, and Winchester with auctions for cattle, dairy herds, farm machinery, real estate, and personal property on various August dates and times led by Chas. Duvall Emmett Bowlus W. Hugh Ownby Auction Co. and others.
The 1952 Farm Tour for farmers from Pennsylvania Maryland West Virginia and Virginia will be held Friday starting at 9 30 a m from the Middleburg Experimental Station. Groups of 50 will be guided along a route with nine stops including a dairy grazing experiment started spring 1952 and breeding objectives with beef cattle.
Three Virginians were held on charges of highway robbery with firearms after a drive in ice cream stand near Burlington North Carolina. A 16 year old girl was among those arrested. The suspects allegedly demanded money from the stand and escaped with about $40. Sheriff C H Moore said the car approached from the west and the youth was armed. Further details on names and residence were unclear in the report.
In Roanoke a rattlesnake described as a diamond napnet with nine rattles prompted Gary to fetch Harry Pickeral Jr. who brought a rifle and killed the snake after it dropped, but no one was harmed.
Ellis Arnall says price rises will be constant and that Congress may need a special session to curb inflation. He plans to resign today as head of the Office of Price Stabilization after meeting President Truman and cites sharp food price increases and weaknesses in the price control law.
Limestone rocks about the size of a fist fell on the roof of the Schattin farm five miles north of Evansville for seven consecutive nights. The source of the rocks remains unknown.
Forty nine animals offered for hog sale here on Friday under the Virginia Bee Swine Breeders Assoc. Members of the North Li Producers will oversee. Breeds include six Berkshires six Hampshires and other quality sows boars. Pedigreed stock suitable for purebred or commercial pens.
A storm-tossed event off Serteen on the Atlantic coast left 12 native fishermen and one European dead when a 22 ton 48 foot craft capsized after a large comber struck broadside near the harbor entrance. The party reportedly ignored a danger signal before the tragedy last night.
An 11 month old boy drowned after his mother briefly left him in a filled tub. His sister aged two turned on the faucet and played with tissue paper while the mother bathed them. Officers described the scene as an accidental drowning.
The page lists ten quiz answers: 1 Groves 2 John M Synge 3 William Henry Harrison 4 A drake does not quack at all 5 War of 1812 6 Greek mathematician and inventor 7 The Speaker of the House of Representatives 8 Napoleon 9 Heifer 10 Charity.
The article discusses John L. Lewis and the possibility of a wage increase for miners tied to an October strike or achieved without one. It notes potential effects on coal prices, heating costs, and factory operations, with steel, oil, and gas markets watching closely. It highlights the strategic timing of October as Lewis’ strongest option and the broader economic impact if a strike disrupts coal supply.
Two Kentucky night club executives carrying more than 16000 dollars in cash burned to death when their single engine Beechcraft Bonanza overshot a runway and burst into flames in Fulton County near Atlanta. James H. Brink operator of the Lookout House Supper Club and Charles Brahmann manager, both witnesses at Kefauver Crime Committee hearings in 1951, were identified by police. Charles Lester Covington attorney said the men were en route to Miami for a real estate deal.
Norfolk delegate Louis Lee Guy blamed Hospital Commissioner Joseph F. Barrett for permissive Virginia laws on escapes from mental hospitals. He cited a 1950 bill to require timely warrants and reporting, noting Barrett opposed tighter rules. The statement followed the May escape of Maurice Ray Fox from Western State Hospital, who evaded recapture until after a spree in Loudoun County.
The highway patrol in the Waco district reported difficulty identifying three dead bus crash victims and other charred remains. Captain Sam Gardner urged anyone with information about potential survivors to contact authorities as the flaming wreck was called the worst highway accident in history by the National Safety Council. Twenty five people were injured and moved from critical condition yesterday.
Aluminum producers win a ceiling price increase of one cent per pound on raw aluminum and five percent on ingot and fabricated products. Office of Price Stabilization chief Ellis Arnall signed the order and details will be released shortly. The boost is about half of what the industry sought.
In Atlanta a drought relief meeting for ten states welcomed slowly increasing rains. FHA director Julian Brown of Alabama noted showers and urged seeding fall crops and pastures. He warned conditions are critical with farmers hauling water for livestock and supplies.
A stray hen reportedly warmed and nursed a litter of pups in an unusual display. The unlikely scene drew local attention as observers noted the hen’s calm behavior around the animals.
Gore Fire Company Yard event scheduled for August 30 to raise funds for a new combination pumper truck. A junior baseball game is planned in the afternoon. Community members Godfrey Pre D, Stanley Baker, and the Ladis Auxiliary are organizing.
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