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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1946
Page
7
The Vermont race sees Sterry Waterman and Ralph Flanders vying for the Republican nomination to succeed Warren Austin with CIO backing for Flanders. In South Carolina, 11 Democrats contest the gubernatorial nomination as the party seeks a candidate to challenge in the fall.
A Northern writer notes GI veterans forming a National Veterans Political Organization aimed at ending machine politics in Tennessee and Arkansas, with groups in North Carolina and Georgia taking separate steps. The piece covers lower voting ages, court challenges to county units, and incidents from Athens Tennessee to New Orleans and Richmond County Georgia.
In Philadelphia a 22 year old Mrs Catherine Richardsen of Baltimore said three men abducted her after an attempted rape near railroad tracks. She was found unconscious by a trainman and taken to a hospital for treatment and safety.
A Baltimore woman claiming to be a widow said three men forced her into a car about midnight, drove to Philadelphia, attempted to attack her, and tossed her over a seven foot wall by railroad tracks. She was hospitalized with a back injury after the incident.
Dr. Sidney B. Hall, 51, longtime George Washington University professor and former Virginia superintendent of public instruction, died at Georgetown Hospital of heart trouble. Hall joined GWU in 1941 after 12 years as Virginia education chief, where he reorganized the department and launched an attendance based school funding program. Funeral plans have not been announced.
Police report Benito Mussolini's body, stolen in April from a Potter's Field in Milan, was found in a trunk at a Carthusian Monastery in Pavia. Two monks and three laymen were detained as the investigation continues under Rome's orders.
The article outlines expected federal contributions for mid 1945, assuming states modify laws to fit expanded programs. It lists new totals and increases for District of Columbia Maryland North Carolina Virginia and West Virginia based on July through December 1945 operations and full state participation.
Market news from Baltimore dated August 13 shows dull produce with higher US Oneida and Wealthys apples and US 2 1/2 inch quotes. Poultry eggs receipts listed. Livestock quotes: cattle with limited market, calves steady to 18.00, hogs 50 cents lower, barrows and gilts 22.75 to 23.25, sows 19.75, sheep and lambs active to 20.00 for spring lambs, other ranges given.
Washington August 13 OPA moved to boost automobile prices again with a target around 25 percent above 1942 ceilings. Officials met dealer representatives to thresh out the amount as the latest rise follows yesterday’s 7.3 percent increase, part of the new price control law.
Chicago grain quotations list oat and corn prices with bid and settlement figures for nearby and deferred months. Prices shown include corn Jan Mar soy notes and oats Aug Sept Nov positions across Detroit and Chicago markets.
New York stock market shows cautious recovery with steels rubbers oils and select stocks advancing amid renewed optimism on dividends. Investors await price controls decontrols and labor outlook. trading picks up intermittently with fractions to several point gains near midday.
Officials of the Rockingham Poultry Co-Operative announced a new plant in the Shenandoah Valley will begin operation on September 1. The $100,000 investment marks a unit in the cooperative's expanding regional operations.
Bumper crops raise acreage and production with yields up about 73 percent above the 1935-44 average. Potatoes total 10,833,000 bushels, up from 8,500,000 last year. Fruit crops show large apples peaches and pears with record peach and apple outputs and pears larger than last year. Hay growth is strong but rains have caused losses and delays in harvest, pasture conditions remain good except in dry pockets.
The ninety seventh annual Disciples of Christ Valley District Convention meets August 15 and 16 at Capon Bridge Christian Church. Presiding pastor Rev J Goode. officers include Rev Nelson Fox president and Fred Maphis treasurer, both of Strasburg. Frances Spiggle leads mission work. other speakers include Mrs Ina Miller Rau and Rev Herbert Smith. Sessions cover worship education and home benevolences with diverse youth and lay participation.
Witnesses forecast black markets and hoarding if ceilings return while A E Lyon, representing railroad labor unions, argues price controls are the largest wage arbitration case. He warns of possible strikes without price limits, noting decontrol would require universal decontrol. Chairman Thompson steers the session amid a crowded schedule.
Memorial service for the deceased will close the Convention. Meals will be served in the high school building by the ladies of the Capon Bridge church. All Sy sessions are open to the public.
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