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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1951
Page
11
The work was completed in 1928 and orchestrated for the Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra under Walter Damrosch in Carnegie Hall, New York.
Roanoke grandmother Betty Richards, long nearly blind after a brain blood clot pressed on her optic nerve, regained most sight suddenly while in her daughter’s yard. Doctors call it a miracle, with about 60 percent normal vision now using glasses.
Many divers can remain submerged for about four minutes while carving sponges from rocks with a knife and no other equipment. The men work at top speed to extract the sponges.
In Tokyo 65 year old Saburo Kurusu and 73 year old Kichisaburo Nomura defend that they did not foresee Pearl Harbor raid as war loomed. They recount failed peace efforts and urge continued US military presence in Japan for security against communism.
Catholic headquarters in Hong Kong says Chinese Communists beat American Bishop Adolph E. 69 of Martinsburg and threaten another attack unless he pays 6000 dollars. The telegram from the bishop claims a loan for rentals, severance pay, and seminary taxes, with a warning of further harm if paid.
Frederick Taylor Wilson told Rotary members that 18 U S presidents had military experience. He listed Washington, Monroe, Jackson, William Henry Harrison, Taylor, Pierce, Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Harrison, McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, Truman and World War I figures. He noted five presidents entered the White House primarily through war and named four generals who were nominated but failed to gain election.
A series of winter hog sales will market 160 head of registered hogs sponsored by the Virginia Purebred Swine Breeders' Association. Events are set for Feb 6 in Suffolk Feb 8 in Winchester and Feb 12 in Roanoke with bred sows and fall boars from Berkshire Duroc Hampshire and Poland China breeds.
Three armed jail escapees from Lexington County North Carolina were recaptured by Virginia State Police investigator T. F. Tucker after a high speed chase along U S Route 29. He stopped their car by firing at a tire then arrested the trio. They had been at large since November 12.
Boston report states Harold Z. Ros aged 60 died last night from an unspecified lung ailment after treatment at New England Hospital. Ros founded the New Yorker Magazine about 26 years ago and was noted for his sharp wit and editorial leadership.
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