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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1949
Page
1
The Winchester chamber of commerce backs a post lantern sign with an apple and leaves, reading Welcome to Winchester Virginia the Apple Capital founded in 1732. Gardens clubs will plant evergreens and supervise landscaping as cost estimates are prepared by H J Neale of Richmond for state highway input.
A five day outlook for Virginia shows temperatures near four degrees below normal, milder Wednesday, colder Thursday, and milder again toward week end. Rain possible Wednesday and Saturday with total precipitation around a quarter to one third inch.
Loudoun county board of supervisors rejected a plan to seek a $900,000 state loan to build a consolidated high school for white pupils near Leesburg. The school board had urged the loan for a single county high school. the county currently operates four high schools.
A local history notes a Millwood post office established late in 1800 and closed during the Civil War. It lists postmasters from Bacon Burwell in 1800 to R. Clark Lloyd in 1935, noting Lloyd as present and that under his management the office rose from 4th to 3rd class due to increased business.
Handley band will play at 5 15 p.m. to welcome two highway postal mail buses that arrive in Frederick County first at 5 p.m. in Clearbrook. The "post offices on wheels" will be in the city about two hours and continue along the route with ceremonies and public inspection. The mail service launch is set for tomorrow.
Virginia records dating to the 1860s have been returned from the National Archives to the Commonwealth. The collection includes 12 manuscripts a box of papers and letters and printed books tied to the Civil War era. Key items include the Advisory Council proceedings 1861 executive journals 1861 65 and governor proclamations 1827 65. The return follows a long effort beginning in 1867 and involving negotiations with the National Archives and state officials.
William H. Mostyn grand worthy president of the Fraternal Order of Eagles will visit Winchester aerie 824 Friday at 8 p m to speak on national objectives including youth guidance child health and social security. A class initiation and buffet supper follow with 300 expected in attendance.
Washington reports November civilian employment rose to 59.518 million, up 517000 from October, signaling a stronger job market ahead of the Christmas season. Census data released by Sawyer notes the gain may be the most favorable of the year.
Frederick County Teachers Association passes a resolution asking the school board to shift the Christmas vacation from December 23 to January 2 to December 22 to January 3. City schools close December 21 and reopen January 4. Paul Hounshell, Culpeper county superintendent, speaks on consolidation and the need for a consolidated high school to offer aligned programs and community centers after high schools move on.
Reds press toward Chengtu within 90 miles after a major thrust along the main highway from their advance base. Chiang Kai-shek faces renewed calls to resume the presidency as the Nationalist capital region braces for potential combat and political pressure.
The Fellowship club and Warner Bros Capitol theater present a children's Christmas matinee with doors at 9 pm and a 10 pm food drive close. Boy Scouts collect canned goods for admission while seeking donations to aid needy families. The club opens offices next week at the former Cooper building for the master list of recipients. Christmas baskets will be distributed December 22 in the county and December 23 in Winchester.
Glove guards offered by ACCESSORY SHOPPE at 7 W. Boscawen St upstairs. Also ad for APPLES! APPLES! shipping new apples in boxes of 24 by parcel post or baskets by express with H. W. Butler & Bro. as contact. promotes Christmas gifts.
Alvin George Tucker, 50, of Alexandria, was killed instantly in a crash ten miles east of Leesburg last night. His son Raymond Tucker, 29, who lived with him, died today at Loudoun County Hospital after being injured in the same wreck.
Daniel E. Leatherman of National-Product Co. is appointed campaign director for the 1950 March of Dimes drive in Winchester and Frederick County. General Alexander A. Vandengrifts urges a doubled local effort from last year’s $44 37 as polio fears rise after 1949 tolls.
Dr. James Guthrie, 70, physician from Martinsburg, was found on a farm ten miles south of Romney after not returning from a deer hunt. State police say he died of a heart attack while hunting. A 40-member volunteer search party located his body after an alarm was raised when he did not come home by 11 p.m.
Capt Burl D Wyatt aims to raise 900 for Salvation Army work at Yale this Christmas. The kettle house on Loudoun St will operate daily during the holiday season. Last year the group filled 90 baskets 400 candy boxes 200 sunshine baskets and held three children’s parties. ST MATTHEW 8 C S Bazaar December 9 2 to 9 p m at the church. Coats and snowsuits sale at Hodgsan shop.
Advisors crowded the naval base near the temporary White House to discuss the State of the Union and budget ahead of Congress. Clark M. Clifford drafted the message calling for repealing Taft-Hartley, expanding social security, Brannan farm plan, national health, civil rights, and higher taxes to cover a projected deficit over 5.5 billion dollars.
Chicago scientists dispute the value of uranium shipped to Russia in 1943. Harold Urey and colleagues say the materials were common chemicals and the quantities too small to influence bomb development, reflecting wartime trading rather than critical supply.
British Ministry of Food agents raised apple prices with Winesaps and Pippins at 2 21 4 per 48 pounds and 2 24 2 2 for other varieties at 2 25. Delivers to Eastern Apple Growers Export Corp. in New York by close of business. Prices already moving in New York ship slings. Newport News loads await sufficient volume.
A regional advertisement announces discounts on women and misses coats and suits from one to four dollars and dresses from one to one and a half dollars. The sale highlights Margaret L. Hodgson as the retailer.
Angus Ward and about 23 American consulate staff and dependents are to depart Mukden at 3 45 a m Wednesday by train to Tientsin under communist orders. The group, including 13 officials and families, was expelled to quit the city by 7 p m tonight Mukden time, with Ward jailed briefly and paying off local staff. The Lakeland Victory ship from Tientsin is to evacuate the group.
New York December 6 A railroad spokesman said leaders of the coal industry and United Mine Workers discussed a settlement with no location given for the expected conference. Attending were George Love of Pittsburgh Consolidated Coal and Joseph Routh of Pittsburgh Coal. John L. Lewis was not present and the fate of the talks remained uncertain. In parallel a ten-man UMW group met at the Waldorf Astoria with anthracite operators to discuss a new hard coal contract.
Clarke county board of assessors near completion of the first real estate reassessment in 25 years meets with the board of supervisors and Fred C. Forberg to plan public hearings. Revaluation aims to add taxable property to the county books under a new assessment law. The last revaluation was in the 1920s.
In Mt Vernon Washington on December 6 a grade school principal killed his ex wife Betty Trout 27 and her fiancé William O Loane 24 and then shot himself in a partly furnished bungalow as detectives said the divorcee had tried to reconcile. The dead include Trout and O Loane while Bettys son Terry 3 witnessed the scene.
German and Allied observers dispute claims of a West German bid to rearm. Bonn says no initiative, Adenauer opposes, but some Western officials hint at a U S backed European army. German papers blame foreign planners, stressing opposition to remilitarization.
New York reported on December 6 that former Air Force officer Jordan asserted he retrieved secret radar equipment from four planes at the Great Falls base but one escaped. He said a Washington inquiry blocked him and accused Soviet pursuit of wartime uranium and weapon transfers. He cited telephoning Col. Gitzinger at Wright Field and questioned Gen. Arnold about the radar.
Chester story: four year old Donald finds Christmas gifts hidden in a bedroom closet. He lights a match while exploring the dark closet and accidentally starts a fire, prompting a panic as flames flare. His parents, Daniel and wife, had hidden gifts for their children for weeks. The blaze was fought by local responders with no further injuries reported.
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