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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1951
Page
2
The Wisconsin Republican told a crowd of 4000 that America needs a two faced diplomacy in the mold of Theodore Roosevelt. The speech referenced General MacArthur and compared policy to legacy figures while on stage with Adolphe Menjou and Senator Dirksen among others.
Local notices show sales directory items for J. Valor farm near Winchester with Buffalolick real estate and farm implements, G G Baker furniture and hold goods at Patton's Warehouse, and W White Tollgate at White Post. Also listings for Herbert and others at the Precer County Court House and Stow Street real estate auctions with noon and 1 p.m. times.
The Retail Merchants of Berryville announced that the Christmas Party planned for tonight at Main and Church Streets will be held at the same location at 7 30 p m on Monday due to snowy weather.
Washington mobilization chiefs warn 1952 will see many more guns and much less butter as civilian output suffers metal shortages. Defense Mobilizer Charley E. Wilson says auto and appliance production will receive about 50 percent of prior metal allotments in early 1952, with further cuts planned in April, May and June.
The page 4 quis fons lists questions and answers including California Livingstone and a reference to the Greek letter Delta. Dickens is cited among the solutions along with a baseball item and a Greek tragedian.
Puzzle fragment shows crossword clues with numbers and partial header lines. Reads mixed language words and stray letters, unclear grid layout, likely a publishable crossword page snippet with several numbered entries.
An American constabulary trooper missing from Wildenau near Rehan in Germany is believed to have deserted to Czechoslovakia. Tracks in snow showed the path toward the Czech border with unclear return. He reportedly told comrades of plans to desert and wished to go East, with frontier guards said to have picked him up for a train to Prague.
Sumner T. Pike resigns today as a member of the Atomic Energy Commission.
Dr Wyland outlined a three year Scouting program to strengthen America through citizenship and physical fitness. He described a Liberty themed campaign with a February 1952 birthday rollout including a Washington breakfast with Congress and Cabinet members, a presidential report by Eagle Scouts, and a national TV radio program from Liberty Hall. He noted participation of 4,000 volunteer scouts and 2,400 executives backed by 60,000 churches schools and civic groups, plus various faith awards for service hours. The event contrasted Western naturalism with Communist atheism and drew attendees from nine counties.
Burnley recommended raising starting police salaries and mandatory jail terms for gambling and numbers crimes. He urged bonding for officers on duty and a city budget fund for periodic police schools after consulting state police and chiefs. The push followed Elmer Higgins’s fatal shooting and Higgins’s endorsement of two notes for Sgt. George Desper, who was later dismissed.
John Service, a longtime diplomat linked to pro Communist charges, was dismissed by the State Department after a loyalty review board found reasonable doubt about his loyalty. The decision overturns a prior favorable finding and cites secret documents given to a magazine editor suspected of Communist leanings.
Studio halts work on Affair in Trinidad as Rita Hayworth refuses to report without a completed script. Aly Khan’s estranged wife says she has only a rough draft, delaying shooting slated for December 17 and risking a postponement of the film after Columbia invested $500,000.
Albert R. Spielman, 63, of Winchester, died at 6 30 p m yesterday in Winchester Memorial Hospital after a four day illness. He was born February 4 1888, spent years as an Morgan County orchardist, and for five years cared for the Winchester Armory. He was a Morgan County Methodist. Survived by three sons Paul Chester Vernon, a dozen grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral arrangements with Omps Funeral Home and Stotler s Cross Roads W Va. Burial Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
Members of the Frederick County Board of Agriculture will meet in the Courthouse at 7 30 tonight with Dr J L Maxton extension agricultural economist as speaker. An earlier notice typo indicated a Board of Education session.
Cadets and senior members of the Winchester Squadron CAP will continue food pick-ups for Salvation Army baskets through next week. About 300 cans collected. Salvation Army reports 70 baskets applied for, possibly rising to 100. Under Lt Russell Dunlap supervision, 12 cadets and seven CAP members formed five teams to collect food, with additional door to door drives planned and barrels placed at Handley, John Kerr, and Douglas schools.
A 58 year old man, George N. Awen, died shielding two partners during a ditch cave in while laying a sewer line on a new street in Cleveland. Rudy George, 29, escaped unharmed and his brother Min or 34, suffered back injuries and was hospitalized.
Norfolk City Manager C. A. Harrell resigns to become city manager of San Antonio Texas effective January 1.
Sale of household items by notice to satisfy a warehouseman's lien on December 18 at 10 A.M. Items owned by H. H. Waterman include furniture, appliances, linens, and various goods. Auction held at Patton's Transfer and Storage 329 N. Cameron Street with agents G. G. Baker Coleman Dunn and Clerk E. T. Snider listed.
Linda Sue Conley, eight months old and the last survivor of a knife and gun attack on three children, died at the University of Virginia Hospital. Exact cause undetermined. Wilson Lee Conley, 24, and William Emery Conley, 19 months, died in the same incident. The father, 39, was deemed insane and confined to Southwestern State Hospital after the killings.
Fire swept through an Atlanta apartment killing Duane Hogue three and Dennis Hogue two who crawled under a bed and were trapped by flames. Their brother James five was burned seriously and rushed to a hospital. Their mother Mrs J B Hogue was treated for minor burns and shock.
Revival of Rockingham County's Turkey Festival was discussed at a meeting of interested groups in Harrisonburg. The festival, abandoned during World War I, prompted formation of a steering committee to select a countywide panel to study proposed plans. Members include Thomas Heitz of Rockingham Poultry Marketing Co-Op and J. L. Spang of Swift & Company Packing Plant.
Carlton Duffus of Richmond, managing director of the Richmond Tobacco Festival, discussed the operation and financing of the event. C. Housh, a turkey grower, was also noted in the context.
Claire Young of Chicago announced plans to marry Luciano Negrini a defrocked priest at Milan City Hall on December 27. She renounced her U S citizenship to be with him.
Snow conditions stretch from Missouri and northern Arkansas to Iowa and beyond. Eight inches were forecast for Chicago by nightfall while Indiana, Iowa, and southern Iowa faced snow and freezing rain with roads and schedules strained but open routes.
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