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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1950
Page
3
The Willing Worker's Prayer band holds its annual meeting at 8 p.m. tomorrow and Saturday at the Glorious Church of God in Christ in Millwood. Elder H. C. Johnson is the pastor.
Daily corrected local market figures show retail flour corn meal prices for 5 lb and 10 lb bags, white and yellow corn meal, grain and feed items, egg mash, broiler mash, cracked corn, butter and butterfat wholesale and retail rates, with several vendor codes and notes on moisture content and packaging.
U S Ambassador Philip C Jessup arrived in Yokohama on an Asian tour with a pledge that the United States has not abandoned China. He outlined a Far Eastern policy, said he would confer with General MacArthur, and noted debate over Formosa amid postwar tensions.
Myles Jaffray probes a missing bike linked to Li, Miss Phillips, and Mr Sargent. Neighbors, including Martha Pond, mention the accident and bike’s worth, while Myles drafts a lost bike ad and weighs clues from Sinclair and Eckhard as he ponders Fran and Natalie's fate.
Emilie Loring dialogue unfolds with Myles and Fran in a social circle. Secrets about a gallery, a missing pair of goggles, and a real estate plan mingle with teasing and threats. Benign chatter masks tension as characters juggle rivalries and suspicions at the club.
Over five years fifty six percent of fire alarms in Pontiac Mich box system were false while only one percent of telephone alarms were false.
Roanoke VA office reports 2.5 percent of Virginia GI loans guaranteed by the VA are in default through Nov. 25, 1949, totaling 619 home loans, 30 farm loans, and 52 business loans. Government payments on defaulted loans exceed $297,000, with total guaranteed value at $68,162,236 under the GI program.
A report shows 2115 GI loans repaid in full in the state totaling $8,188,606. Business loans have the highest full repayment rate at 32.9 percent with 480 loans and $1,075,801. home loans 5.8 percent. farm loans 11.2 percent.
About 180 Frederick County farmers have not filed 1949 Agricultural Conservation Program reports. J. L. Hershman warns payments depend on timely reports, with a final deadline of January 15. In person filing is allowed through January 13, and mailed reports must be postmarked by midnight January 15.
Funeral services were held Tuesday in Woodrow West Virginia for Andrew Augustus Smith 36 a farmer from near Paw Paw son of the late Roswell A. Smith of Gainesboro.He was fatally injured Saturday when the car he rode in crashed into a bridge at Sargent A brother survives.
The article notes President Truman rejects sending a military mission to Formosa. It says U.S. economic aid to Formosa focuses on fertilizers and basic materials, with little expectation Chiang Kai-shek can hold Formosa long, suggesting reliance on hires of American soldiers if needed.
Republican senators condemn Truman administration handling of Formosa, urge varied military options to aid Chiang Kai-shek. Critics say the hands off stance invites Moscow directed communists. some leaders claim no party was consulted on the policy while others support the president’s stance as safer.
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