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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1948
Page
9
A dealer warned the new brake policy will unquestionably deter some buyers while random polls show little public resentment. A woman among respondents typified the subdued reaction as the discussion continues.
Consumers debate paying over 18 months for cars while a historic 14.3 billion dollars in consumer credit looms. New York dealers offer 10 percent down with three years to pay on home appliances. Auto dealers eye 24 month credit though many stay conservative. Federal Reserve Board requires registration for installment sales and loans with licenses to be issued on September 20 after advance publication of the regulation.
Government gazette notes that within 60 days after September 20 every dealer must file with the Federal Reserve bank or branch in his district a registration form obtainable from the bank or branch.
London August 20 George Bernard Shaw urges a new political dictionary to clear heads and reduce war jitters. He asks Parliament to form a committee to settle political nomenclature so nations share a common vocabulary and avoid cross purposes.
The Virginia health department reports two new polio cases. A 5 year old girl in Westmoreland county and a 25 year old Navy man in Norfolk county die, bringing the yearly total to 207.
More than 3000 idle construction and maintenance workers at the Los Alamos atomic weapons project stayed away from the job on the third day of a strike. The stoppage prompted warnings from the Atomic Energy Commission that it threatens serious damage to the nation's atomic weapons program.
The Swiss Federal Council agreed to contribute cheese and powdered milk for Jewish and Arab refugees. The announcement came from Bern with no detailed delivery timetable.
Mrs Ruby Pauline Hawkins 20 wife of Henry V Hawkins of Middletown died at 10 30 p m yesterday in Winchester Memorial hospital after a day as patient She was a daughter of Albert S and Lulu Norris Orndorff of Stephens City
United Nations agency accuses Albania Bulgaria and Yugoslavia of aiding Greek guerrillas and threatening Balkans peace. The action follows a General Assembly warning issued last year against assistance to dissident forces in Greece.
The army cautions business and industry to beware of information requests from overseas, especially Russian dominated areas. Officers are instructed to inform businessmen officials chambers of commerce and trade groups about how seemingly harmless details on recent developments could aid enemies.
Macomb Illinois August 20 state fire marshal suspects radioactivity as the cause of fires at Charles Willey farm. Three fires last night included a second barn and a chicken and milk house with earlier 200 fires over 12 days. Wright Field officials in Dayton consider sabotage material as a testing theory.
Three oil firms Shell Union and Continental plan a bold offshore venture creating deep seismic shocks to locate petroleum. The project costs 2500 dollars daily with a pool of 13 companies forming Oct 1 to survey submerged lands from Point Conception to Point Estero. An artificial island or remotely controlled drill rig could be used to extract oil from rock cavities beneath the sea.
The Netherlands parliament ratified a constitutional amendment 76 to 22 moving toward a Netherlands Indonesian union on equal footing headed by the queen. The measure envisions colonies in a single constitutional framework with the Netherlands.
The State Department asks President Truman to revoke Lomakin’s credentials and have him leave the United States within a reasonable time. It also denounces Soviet conduct over refugee teachers and says charges against American authors are unfounded. Evidence centers on Mrs. Kosenkina who testified in the Lomakin case and is now in New York.
The State Department notes allege false statements by a Soviet refugee, including claims she was kidnapped and coerced by Lomakin. It accuses the consulate general of hindering police interviews and cites her escape by leaping from a window to avoid return to the Soviet Union.
The Department of State says statements by Consul General Lormakin and remarks by Mrs Kosenkina were designed to mislead the American public regarding a serious charge involving the United States government. The language calls his conduct an abuse of office and a gross violation.
The Department of State asks the President to revoke the exequatur credentials of Consul General Lomakin and requests his departure from the United States within a reasonable time.
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