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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1952
Page
2
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary G. Brown age 68, wife of William Peown of 506 N Braddock St, who died at home yesterday, will be held tomorrow at 10 a.m. at Omps Funeral Home with Rev. Robert C. Hickman officiating. Interment at Mt Hebron cemetery. Pallbearers named L K Dellingey, Maurice Pifer, Turner Sencindver, Albert Patton, Douglas Cother, Joseph Newlin. Rosary will precede the service.
Sales Directory lists auctions: December 17 at 1 PM Charlie Russell near Winchester auctioning dairy cattle hay corn and farm machinery. December 19 at 7 30 PM Kurtz Furniture Cameron Boscawen Streets selling furniture and office equipment. January 10 at 11 AM estate of Benjamin C Hulver in front of Frederick Court House with three parcels in Back Creek District. Byron Brumback auctioneer.
Hugh Grant Rudolph aged 49 of 214 S Loudoun St died at Winchester Memorial Hospital at 4 am after nine months of ill health. Born in Winchester June 9 1903 he was son of the late Jacob and Grace Grant Rudolph. He worked at Rockingham Poultry Co and belonged to Grace Lutheran Church. Surviving are daughter Patsy Ann Rudolph of Richmond and sister Helen Rudolph of this city. Funeral arrangements not yet set.
Stephens City Young Farmers will meet in the vocational agriculture rooms at Stephens City School at 7 30 oclock tomorrow evening to make plans for the coming year. Frank Brumback will preside. James C Gordon said entertainment will include a motion picture. It will be decided whether farm machinery repair classes will be conducted this winter.
The article discusses how the 1st Marine Division's Inchon landing disrupted North Korean plans and suggests an amphibious strike along the coasts could force a breakthrough. It compares potential moves to past World War II maneuvers and considers supply lines and possible Soviet reactions.
Del. Charles N. Loving of Bath County signals possible Virginia Supreme Court action to challenge the redistricting act passed in a recent special session. The plan reapportions 115 Assembly districts and abolishes Loving’s floater district. He accuses the act of creating an unjust Bath County map and floated a possible legal move after a narrow House session.
Washington reports six decades of MATS flights carrying 56 blinded paralyzed or amputee service members home for Christmas in the sixth annual Operation Santa Claus. The Military Air Transport Service coordinates gifts and transport to enable veterans to reunite with families during the holidays.
British Adm. Earl Mountbatten is designated commander in chief of all but the American portion of NATO's naval forces in the Mediterranean. His main task is ensuring sea and air communications between Gibraltar and Suez. Police tap authority expands in Missouri as St. Louis announces wire tapping plans amid Supreme Court ruling.
Attorney General McGranery orders proceedings to strip citizenship from Constante Radzie a Polish born member of the Communist Party Central Committee in New York City.
An Ottawa op position soldier member of Parliament says Canadian lives are being sacrificed in Korea due to munitions shortages. He urged a government inquiry. Richmond reports note Gov. Battle will not send Christmas cards, saying he wishes a merry Christmas to all in Virginia but cannot mail them individually.
Senator Kefauver asserts Gov. Adlai Stevenson is the party's nominal head but has no power to dictate or determine Democratic policy.
Agriculture Department listing current prices for live poultry in Winchester region. No. 1 fowls and heavies quoted, with Leghorn, White and Bronze breeds, broilers, hens, cocks, and toms priced by weight.
The report lists United States service members who were physically able and wished to go home for a 30 day leave. It details three qualification categories determining who may benefit from the Home Leave program.
Leo Shorty Gaunt of Boyce was found guilty on four counts of unlawful sale of ABC whiskey to ABC Investigator M H Birkhead. He received 100 fine and 30 day jail terms per count, suspended on payment of fines and costs plus a separate 50 fine for unlawful slot machine possession. The trial was led by Trial Justice Harold G Pete with ABC investigator J C Pangle and Sheriff W W Smallwood Jr participating.
Two members of the Boyd gang, Steve Suchan and Leonard Jackson, were hanged in Toronto for the murder of Detective Sgt. Edmund Tong who confronted the gang during a patrol on March 6. The execution occurred back to back with each offender secured on the gallows.
In Paris the Duke of Windsor and his wife announced they will not attend Queen Elizabeth II's coronation. The note said it would not be constitutional for a reigning or former sovereign of any state to attend. The couple previously exiled after his 1936 abdication and have not returned to Britain.
Daily local market prices list various feeds and grains with unit prices. Items include corn meal in 10 and 26 pound bags, white and yellow corn, No 2 yellow corn, white barley, and mixed feeds. Prices range from 0.70 to 6.98 per bag or per bushel depending on item.
A mother Mrs Clifford P Baughman age about 30 and her two children Donna Sue 3 and Clifford P Baughman Jr 5 months died in a blaze at Kesling Mill Upshur County after an explosion from kerosene poured into a stove. Leroy Simms 26 brother in law remained in critical condition with injuries while Clifford P Baughman 34 husband escaped but was too upset to speak. Fire Chief Fred F Curtis reported the scene and firefighters reached a nearly destroyed frame house after 9 30 p m last night following the Christmas play at a nearby church.
The Frederick County Virginia Circuit Court seeks to condemn and sell a 1941 Plymouth 2 door sedan and a 30-30 Winchester rifle tied to Robert Smeltzer Jr. The owner must appear January 19, 1953, to show cause why seizure and sale should not be granted. Notice published December 16, 1963.
Two farms in the Lando n Kackley estate in Berryville named Fairview and Brookside sold at public auction at the Clarke County Courthouse. Roy P. Duvall handled the sale for executor Loring C. Kackley. Fairview, 100 acres with house, brought 12 900 dollars to Edgar Kackley, while Brookside, 266 acres partly in Clarke County, was also part of the auction.
Part of Frederick County, complete with house and buildings, was sold to Mrs. Landon Kackley for $12,000.
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A trimmed set of clue fragments cites items like herbs red pepper crowns of heads and a Roman pound. The garbled text also hints at devoured guides and a broken coat of cereal powder with partial word endings.
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