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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1952
Page
2
Officials say Soviet propaganda and actions threaten American institutions and social life. Moscow rhetoric attacks unions and other groups while the United States faces violent acts and hostility in various sectors as part of a broader campaign.
U S Senator Harry F Byrd filed campaign expense reports with the State Board of Elections showing $39 568 58 spent in his successful bid for re nomination in the Democratic senatorial primary His opponent Francis Pickens Miller reported expenses of $46 407 80 and campaign manager Bolling Lambeth of Bedford filed the report Earlier Miller had listed $16 648 69 in expenses.
The Disabled American Veterans urged the United States government to study ways to outlaw communism as a bona fide political party. The resolution was adopted at the convention held yesterday in Boston.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2123 and the Winchester committee of the Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen's Association will jointly sponsor a fun festival on the City Parking Lot from Monday to Saturday. Organizers include Kent, Boscawen, Phil Hollis, Raymond Costanzo, and Richard Eddy, with rides and other attractions planned and timed around a 6 o'clock start.
Virginia firemen closed their convention with a giant parade through the streets and a formal ball. The event drew many from across the Old Dominion in evening attire as seven contests and costumed displays framed the finale.
Memphis political leader E. H. Crump endorses Adlai Stevenson and John Sparkman for 1952. He criticizes Republicans as selfish and inconsistent, urges voters to withhold judgment until the Stevenson Sparkman administration proves a thorough house cleaning and integrity.
The slow moving day old murder trial of Mrs. Earle Dennison in Wetumpka Alabama continues with methodical pace as two witnesses have testified so far in the poisoning of her infant niece.
Auction notices show listings for real estate and estates in Frederick County Winchester Middletown Berryville and Timonium with dates ranging August 16 to September 10. Auctions include land houses farm equipment cattle Hereford heifers and household goods with locations at county courthouses and farm addresses.
Detroit dispatch reports actress Miss Sherwood, 25, denied engagement rumors with 50-year-old auto heir Dodge after a Cannes party. She admitted keeping a $10,000 friendship ring from Dodge and was questioned when police traced a cab ride from Rendavarters to the bus station amid jewel theft claims.
In New York City a 22 year old heir to a margarine fortune, Minot F. Jelke, was seized in a compulsory prostitution case. Police also detained Sylvia Eder and four other women along with two men in a series of raids. Authorities described payments of 50 to 500 dollars to patrons.
The text lists answers to questions including The United States, Left side, Steel making, and Pickett's charge at Gettysburg with the line The boy shipped and fell into the lake. The fragment suggests a school quiz page format with numbered items.
The Rh factor is named from its first discovery in rhesus monkeys. The Rh factor does not change. a person who is Rh negative remains negative throughout life.
In Washington a 43 year old chauffeur for Dr Paul Magnuson claimed diplomatic immunity after police halted his car with gunfire near Vermont Avenue and K Street. Jose Sotomayor was arrested on four counts including assault with a dangerous weapon and disobeying an officer and released on $1500 bond. A woman screamed as Sotomayor allegedly beat his wife. officers fired six shots, five hitting the car.
A 1952 Dodge Yellow Cab driven by Robert E. Franklin traveling westward near Piccadilly at 8:50 this morning was struck on a sedan.
Herbert H. Hoover, a Langley NACA pilot and Bell X-1 pioneer, died after bailing from an exploding jet near Burrowsville Virginia. He and J H Harper escaped the first blast. Hoover’s body was found with unopened parachute. Harper survived with a bruised shoulder. Hoover was Knoxville born and UT graduate.
A brick mason from Virginia died last night from injuries suffered when a scaffold collapsed at the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co. plant in this city.
Public advisory warns residents to beat the heat by staying in shade and avoiding overwork. People are urged to drink water, rest frequently, and monitor for heat-related symptoms during hot days.
William Haaker presents the second Blue Ridge Music Festival in Washington Virginia through August 31. Mrs T Grove announced 50 percent season memberships at G and M Music Store. The festival features Virginia artists at Middleburg Community Center with a Sunday concert by Jeanne Chalifoux piano and Tivis Wicker baritone performing Handel Burleigh and Cyril Scott.
The asbestos industry is centered in Thetford Mines region of Quebec Province about halfway between New Hampshire and the St. Lawrence River.
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