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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1950
Page
2
The article notes the 82nd Congress will decide on rent control extensions. Debates consider extending or ending federal controls beyond December 31 for 3.5 million units. House and Senate votes propose 90 days or 60 days beyond December 31, with implementation to June or March deadlines.
Lee R Anderson funeral service conducted at 2 p m yesterday from Jones Funeral Home with Rev S J Goode and Rev John Shade officiating. Service held at Mount Hebron with pallbearers Letch Anderson Wheeler Nicholson Braithwaite Paul Fore Pat Rush Stewart An and others.
A four year old boy ran into the path of a moving 1935 36 Chevrolet Coach on Wyck Street between Loudoun and Cameron. He was examined at Winchester Memorial Hospital after the incident. Ralph Benner Jr of 26 Valley Ave reported the accident to police. The car was driven by Paul Fisher of Route 3 Winchester, who was traveling east.
Gene Lakers secretary of the local Chamber of Commerce is among 23 persons touring Florida with the Virginia Travel Council motorcade. He is at Miami Beach remaining until tomorrow after visits to Daytona Beach Lakeland Vero Beach and Fort Lauderdale. The group plans Fort Myers Saint Petersburg Tarpon Springs and Dunnellon before ending in Jacksonville next Thursday.
Wholesale top grade eggs rose six cents a dozen to 80 cents on the exchange, lifting the advance since Monday to about 14 cents. Demand was brisk and supplies short, with government reports showing 10 to 20 percent lower receipts at country plants versus last year. Military purchases in the Midwest have been heavy, while shipments from some producing regions were slowed by storms.
Statewide alert issued after Bowen Bowen 18 of Norapes was found to have led the escape from a Norfolk jail yard. Other escapees include Tanner 26 of Norfolk West 27 of Trenton Ga Ingram 20 Huffman 32 and Marvin Jackson of Norfolk. Bowen reportedly visited his in laws to fetch clothes and was armed with a submachine gun during the incident.
The Marine Fifth Regiment and a tank convoy push north and south from Koto as U S Eighth Army reports convoy elements nearing Phuyang six miles south of Koto. Strong Chinese ambushes on steep ridges stall U S Third Division units moving north toward Majon eight miles south of Phujang.
The Senate Armed Services Committee demanded FBI records on Anna M. Rosenberg and scheduled a closed face to face hearing with unidentified witnesses to probe pro Communist charges. Rosenberg denied the allegations noting many namesakes in New York.
At the Frederick Mutual Fire Insurance Company annual meeting the directors elected Earl S. Bailey president and named Harry L. McCann vice president, Raymond J. Edwards secretary treasurer, and Alson S. Hott general agent. Two fire loss claims were approved for payment as rates remained unchanged due to lack of major losses.
Sales directory itemizes upcoming sales including the Lewis and Lweis estates near Gainesboro and Har ris onburg Va. auctions with real estate antiques and personal property. Listings cover Chas Lemen Shepherdstown Main St. 112 miles north Gainesboro Arminda Bowen estate Kernstown 147 acre Omps farm near Kernstown and 11 a.m. Rinker estate near Opequon with autos and machinery.
The leaders announced a final two hour meeting and issued a communique while signaling unity on ending Chinese Red intervention in Korea. Disagreements centered on how to pressure China and avoid a protracted, US driven limited war that could unsettle Europe.
The Commerce Department bans American ships and planes from carrying any goods destined for Communist China or the Soviet bloc outside the United States. The immediate rule covers weapons, fissionable materials, and strategic industrial items, including shipments via Hong Kong or Macao. Licenses are not granted, but non strategic goods to the Soviet bloc in Europe may still be hauled.
President on today nominated Lt. Gen. Manton Sprague Eddy for appointment as Commanding General of the 7th Army. The Seventh Army, a consolidation of the First Division and Constabulary forces, was organized in Germany about two weeks ago.
The Army announced a ten day Christmas furlough is canceled for soldiers in training camps. Training will continue through the holiday season at all camps in the United States except Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.
Tokyo reports that British General Sir Horace Robertson urged censorship to shield troop movements from Red China while General Mac Arthur officials argued that field censorship requires Washington consent. They noted major developments reach world capitals as readily as Tokyo or Korea. MacArthur has not changed his stance against formal censorship.
Winchester dodges strong winds yesterday but faces a cold spell with temperatures stuck in the 30s. Forecasters warn readings could fall to 20 tonight and stay frigid into Saturday.
United Nations authorities estimate 80 to 90 percent of North Korea’s civil population are fleeing southward as Chinese Red armies advance into the peninsula.
The mayor said he could not remove police protection while violence continued. The Industrial Union Council then backed the 500 truck drivers in a social insurance strike, with larger police squads deployed after a homemade gasoline bomb set fire to a...
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