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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1950
Page
3
In Detroit the CIO United Auto Workers called a midnight walkout of Packard's 8,000 workers ending three months of labor peace. The strike, a pressure move, came as Packard prepared production of a new 1951 car model, and followed a yearlong contract dispute over pensions insurance and cost of living pay.
A home test kitchen guide to chocolate and orange souffles with methods for folding in egg whites, hints on alcohol in yolk mixtures, and recipes for vanilla and orange sauces. Includes step by step directions, oven temperatures, and serving notes.
BERKELEY CALIF The wife of Maj. Gen. William F. Dean 24th Division commander missing in Korea arrives from Tokyo and says she hears rumors of his safety but has no definite word.
New patient admissions at Winchester Memorial Hospital include Mrs Webb Jenkins of Valley Ave Mrs George Swanes of North Ave Mrs Ernest Wisecarver of Loudoun St Mrs Joseph Denny of Wolfe St Mrs Lewis Barton of Stewart St Mrs Dave Clemons of Loudoun St Mrs David Lanham of North Ave Mrs E Clay Rogers Gaines to Mrs Gilbert Royston and others from Front Royal Augusta WV Strasburg Berryville Romney Rippon and Stephens City.
In New York the International Longshoremen’s Association bars unloading 80 tons of Russian canned crab meat worth 250000 on the British liner Parthia. Vowing not to move the cargo, officials say Russia demanded Britain take it as part of a trade deal. Workers link the protest to wartime tensions and say they will fight Russia “soon.”
In TADOUSSAC Quebec the 7000 ton cruise ship Quebec burned to the waterline after four hours aglow near Saguenay shores. About 600 aboard, including 200 crew and 40 passengers, escaped with minor injuries. cause under investigation. The vessel owned by Canada Steamship Lines was a total loss.
James Marlow examines the Korea crisis and the risks of U S occupation versus withdrawal The piece weighs potential Soviet intervention and the chance of a broader war It discusses the strategic dilemma of preserving a divided Korea or pursuing a unified non Communist Korea and questions what Russia would do next.
Mrs Katherine Gardner Coyle 67 wife of E M Coyle Berkeley County WV died early today at Charles Town General Hospital Born September 16 1882 at Ridgeway WV she was daughter of the late George W and Ella Cunningham Gardner Survivors include two daughters Mrs Victor Blue of Kearneysville and Mrs Paxton Marshall of Shepherdstown two sons William of Kearneysville Douglas of Inwood two sisters Mrs Nannie Hardesty and Mrs George Hartzell of Shepherdstown Body at Smith and Strider Funeral Home until 1 30 p m Thursday then to Leetown Church for viewing at 2 30 with services by Rev C G Russell Interment Paynes Chapel Cemetery.
Mrs Nellie Boxwell Mason 73 died this morning at 320 S Kent St after a week of illness. Born January 19 1877 in Winchester she was daughter of Flarius and Sallie Palmer and a member of Market St Methodist Church and local lodges. Survived by son Richard Boxwell of Winchester daughter Maude Kerns Gore 15 grandchildren 18 great grandchildren. Funeral at 4 p m Thursday Jones Funeral Home with reverends Hill Walker burial Mount Hebron Cemetery pallbearers named.
The late Mary Jane Gray left an estate valued at 27828 dollars in an appraisal recorded by Corporation Court Clerk Peyton J Marshall. Appraisers were R T Bryarly S D McFadden and R K Eddy. In another appraisal Claude M Grim W M Feltner and Robert Fuller valued Caroline S Hunter estate at 634 dollars.
The Styx is one of the rivers of Hades and it flowed seven times around the place of departed spirits.
The birth prompts United States Air Force units in Britain to halt flights near Clarence House as a chivalrous gesture. The infant ranks third in the line to the throne, potentially changing if Prince Charles has a son, though ordered not to expect a change if no male heir is born.
J Ward Purcell of Bunker Hill is granted permission to build a one story frame dwelling. Harry Lewis of 333 Pia Heilons is authorized to veneer the house.
The excerpt asks if the celebrated woman described by Ellen Terry as transparent was Lily Langtry known as the Jersey Lily. It suggests Langtry as the possible subject in the comparison of a prominent actress's remark.
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