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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1950
Page
2
President Truman declared Americans ready to endure sacrifices to meet the crisis that began with tightening tensions with Russia. He spoke at a holiday message and then attended a Masonic lodge installation near Grandview Missouri.
Auction items include furniture and personal property from G. G. Baker Sergeant and Elmer Peer estate. January 10 at 1 p.m. sale near Ridgemns Chapel church, 4 percent mile south. Notifications list Patton's Ware and other consignments.
Canad ian Pacific Airlines DC-3 with 18 persons aboard vanished after takeoff from Vancouver en route to Penticton. Last radio report 40 miles from Vancouver with 15 000 feet altitude. Search hampered by heavy fog as rescue teams comb snow covered southern British Columbia mountains.
The Hollands family left this morning for Washington to spend the holiday with relatives and friends. The article notes the gladiolus as August’s flower and the peridot as the birthstone for the month.
The city saw its warmest spell in weeks as Christmas approached with fair continued mild weather. Greyhound reported packed buses with doubles and triples on every schedule. travel to home for the holiday was expected to be heavy until tomorrow morning.
Relatives of late NL star Lewis Hack Wilson donate trophies to Russell Potts and his son Russell Jr. Items include two framed Wilson citations from 1929 and 1930 signed by Babe Ruth, a Cubs photo, Hack’s sunglasses, and his watch. Potts invites viewing at his Front Royal pike home and offers land for New Year fireworks December 23 to New Year’s.
Tokyo reports the names of 34 Americans aboard a C-54 that crashed on a Philippines mountain top. The 37 aboard included seven crew. officials feared all were dead, though three seen near the wreckage sparked lingering rescue hopes before clouded peaks blocked air access.
The CIO Transport Workers Union threatened a navigators strike against Trans World Airlines as contract negotiations broke down today in New York.
Former Secretary of War Robert P Patterson replies to Americans including ex President Hoover urging withdrawal of forces to home shores. He calls such counsel discouragement and insists on supporting Eisenhower in Europe and MacArthur in Japan. Hoover broadcasts call for fortified Atlantic and Pacific fronts with Britain Japan Fort Knox Philippines, warns against sending more troops or money before Western nations arm themselves.
A Canadian Pacific Airlines DC-3 disappeared after takeoff from Vancouver bound for Calgary with 18 aboard. It was located high on Mt Okanagan near Penticton by an RCAF search plane. Five people were sighted near the wreckage as ground teams prepared to reach the site.
Yesterday at 5 15 p m at N Cameron St and Fairfax Lane two cars suffered 65 dollars in damage. Willard E Powell of Woodland Ave driver of a 1938 39 Buick and Randolph C Roe of 3128 Cameron Sr driver of a 1949 Plymouth were involved. Powell was turning left onto Fairfax when Roe rear ended him. Both cars were traveling south.
Washington reports the cost of living rose 0.5 percent to a record 175.6 percent of the 1933-39 average between October 15 and November 15, 3.2 percent above the pre Korean War June figure.
Ralph Hengeveld won third prize a waffle iron and steel cooking utensil for a display of lifesize Santa and reindeer cutouts on his roof. Other entrants included Sirbaugh at 22 Glaize Ave electric iron Lawrence Grim 348 Shawnee Ave electric heater E R 7e 740 Elm St electric iron Donald Athey 429 Gray Ave electric povenar and Kenneth Adams 318 Liberty St table light.
Charles Town West Virginia Morton C Mumma editor of the Jefferson Advocate and treasurer of Jefferson Publishing Co resigns to return to active duty with the US Navy. He takes the post four years ago after retiring from 25 years of service. He resides in Berryville Virginia and is married to Virginia Elder.
A fragment notes that at the end of the Norman conquest cash were a comparatively new type of building in England. The text hints at evolving construction methods and economic changes during the period.
The page presents a quiz with items like Dancer and Prances, and a Dickens reference to Scrooge. It includes a fragment mentioning the Christmas phrase and a finger gesture.
Final action set for New Year’s Day on a tax plan imposing a 77 percent tax on excess profits and aiming to push federal tax revenue to a historic high. The piece notes a historic cost of a dime for public booth calls at the turn of the century.
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