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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 04, 1952

Page

9

County Church Schedule List Shows Weekday and Sunday Services

A consolidated schedule lists multiple churches with their ministers and service times. It covers Bunker Hill Arden Darkesville Gerrardstown Paynes Chapel Eben ervey Capon Bridge Rock Enon and others with Sunday School times worship hours Holy Communion and special Wednesday services.

Bunker Hill Cyril J. Hoover Arden Darkesville Gerrardstown Paynes Bunker Hill Church Christian Church Group S J Goode Ebenervey Capon Bridge Rock Enon Holy Communion Evangelical United Brethren Church Reliance Tederick Ridings Chapel Christian Endeavor Greenway Evangelical United Brethen Church Winchester John E. Oliver Pleasant Valley Youth Fellowship Red Bud Mt. Pleasant Sunday School

New River Source Found Near Orinoco in South America

The American Geographical Society reports a new source of the Orinoco River located 40 miles east of the previously known source. The discovery by a Franco Venezuelan expedition is led by Maj. Franz Antonio Risquez and Prof. Jose Cruxent. The source feeds a 14 foot cliff outlet high in a 3,600 foot mountain. The Venezuelan Brazilian border boundary is defined by this river source. The radio report confirms the finding.

New York American Geographical Society Franz Antonio Risquez Jose Cruxent Museum of Natural Science Caracas

Pony Express Riders Count and Horse Needs

About 80 riders rode the line at any time between Missouri and California with forty racing eastward and forty westward. Keeping them moving required roughly 400 horses to sustain the service day and night.

Pony Express Missouri California

Truman Plans Unclear as 1948 Campaign Buildup Gathers Pace

Washington President Truman kept everyone guessing about whether he will seek re election while other GOP hopefuls weigh their paths. Taft and Lodge expect announcements on Eisenhower entry and primary plans with Stassen moving into Ohio Pennsylvania and Minnesota first. Kefauver says he may declare by Feb 1 and would challenge Truman if it serves the public interest.

Washington Truman Eisenhower Taft Ohio Wisconsin Senator Lodge Massachusetts Lodge New Hampshire Harold E Stassen Stassen Pennsylvania Minnesota Kefauver D-Tenn Radio MBS Mr. Truman

Icy Weather Grips Sections Across Nation

Snow drifts 80 feet high in spots on Wolf Creek Pass stranded travelers and four motorist deaths noted. Ice glaze disrupted lines and power across Texas Oklahoma Missouri Illinois Indiana and other states. Rescues amid blizzard left three children among those saved. search continues for missing motorists and skiers.

Rocky Mountain Colorado Wolf Creek Pass Ris Texas Missouri Illinois Ansas Oklahoma Mexico Mississippi River Kansas Indiana Arkansas Lousiana Pacific Coast Florida Dakotas Dumas Monarch Pass

Inquest Planned In Model Death

Miami Beach Florida authorities announce an inquest into the death of 29 year old model Marjorie Heicken whose body was found on a bed near her baby's crib. Witness 26 year old Jerry Lukin a University of Miami student remains free on bond as a material witness while investigators probe a possible lover's quarrel and potential strangulation with a bloodied mouth suggestive of injuries. The 4 month old baby Debora Suvanne was cared for by welfare authorities as the investigation unfolds.

Miami! Beach Fla Marjorie Heicken William McCrory Jerry Lukin University of Miami McCrory Lukin Ernest Harrison Harrison Indiana

Virginia Delegate Urges 7% Unemployment Tax Cut

Richmond report notes Delegate Robert Whitehead pushes legislation to reduce state unemployment compensation taxes at the General Assembly. He argues the cut would encourage industry expansion and save Virginia employers about five million dollars yearly.

Richmond Robert Whitehead Virginia Whitehead General Assembly

Man Pays Real Estate Taxes in Advance in International Falls

County Treasurer Alex Enzman was startled as George J. Fidler arrived to pay his real estate tax bill early. Fidler, a 21 year treasurer, paid $33.69 for 120 acres of partly cleared land to illustrate the value of prepayment.

International Falls Minn Alex Enzman George J. Fidler Farman Fidler

Fireman Jumps To Death in Path Of Train Engine

A new fireman, Joan J. Counihan, 14 year old father of four, died near Cumberland Maryland after mishearing the engineer and jumping from a Baltimore and Ohio freight locomotive. The incident occurred on the Cumberland St Louis main line at 2:56 am near Rawlings eight miles southwest of Cumberland. Engineer W J Ambrose shouted instructions. Counihan and brakeman J F Harrison both leaped to avoid danger. Counihan died of a crushed head and severed leg while being transported to a hospital.

Cumberland Baltimore and Ohio Joan J. Couathan Cumberland-St. Louis Chester F. Williams Cumberland Division W. J0 Ambrose Fort Ashby W. Va Ambrose Counihan J. FE. Harrison Rawlings

Merl Young Fails To Appear In Court

Merl Young and his brother Herschel and attorney Joseph H. Rosenbaum did not appear to plead to multiple per jury indictments. They face charges of lying under oath to a Senate Sub committee and to a Federal grand jury or both. Judge James R Kirkland ordered warrants for their arrests. Robert W. Dudley appeared yesterday and pleaded innocent to a perjury indictment and was released on $1,000 bail.

Washington Merl Young Herschel Joseph H. Rosenbaum Senate Reconstruction Finance Corporation U. S James R Kirkland Robert W. Dudley Tudge Kirkland

Chinese National Treasure May Have Been Eaten

New York anthropologist Harry L. Shapiro suggested the 500000 year old Peking man may have been ground into dragon teeth medicine and eaten by peasants. He denied Chinese Communist charges that the United States stole the bones, noting they were not in the museum or the U.S. and that the last trace places them on a baggage train for Vienna before Pearl Harbor.

New York Harry L. Shapiro United States Peiping Pearl Harbor Shapiro China Vientia

Bowling terms strike and spare defined

A strike happens when all ten pins are knocked down with the first ball. A spare occurs if the bowler does not clear all pins on the first throw but knocks down the remaining pins with the second throw.

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