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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1951
Page
10
Gretna Green in southern Scotland long served as a popular elopement site for English couples. The article notes its peak during World War II when Germany and Austria fielded about 10 million soldiers.
The page catalogs a dense TV and radio grid listing programs by time and network, including News for 15 Minutes, News Commentary, The Beulah Sketch, Lone Ranger Drama, One Man's Family, Nero Wolf, Duffy's Tavern, Rex Allen Show, Wrestling and Boxing rafts, and multiple network references like nbe cbe mbs and abe. It reads as a station guide with cross-network program blocks and times.
Prime time listings per WNEW WTTG WMAL and WMAL channels show evening lineups from 6:00 to 11:18 with a mix of variety shows films sports news and dramas. Notable items include Kukla Fran and Ollie The Big Story Cavalcade of Sports Broadway Open House Rocky King Jackie Gleason and Perry Como plus Star of the Family Beat the Clock and Playhouse Nine.
The founder was George Williams later Sir George Williams (1821 1905). The organization grew out of prayer and Bible reading meetings among Williams' fellow workers in a dry goods business.
Peiping radio in a broadcast claimed American and British prisoners signed a statement of “courteous and kind treatment.” General MacArthur’s HQ could not verify the list. Virginia signers include Herbert B. Turner 29 Lynchburg and Alan L. Lloyd 26 Quantico, both Marines.
Portsmoth reports two U S Navy dreadnoughts return to service as the battleship Wisconsin arrives for mothballing and the carrier Tarawa of the Essex class is slated for reactivation in New York shipyards likely returning to active duty after World War II actions.
Notice of the annual meeting of shareholders of the Farmers and Merchants National Bank Winchester Virginia. The meeting in the banking room on Tuesday January 9 1981 at 11 in the forenoon to elect directors and transact other business as may come before it or adjournments. J H Yost cashier.
A deed of trust from George R. Kuhn dated May 31 1949 secures a debt. The sale set for February 3 1951 at 12 noon in front of the Frederick County Court House Winchester Virginia. The 60.48 acre tract with two houses barn and outbuildings lies along Route 733 five miles southwest of Gore. Terms: one third cash, balance in two equal installments with bonds, secured by deed of trust and fire insurance.
John W. Ramey located at 199 W Boscawen Street in Winchester Virginia associated with Baker's Restaurant.
Sheriff Pat Jennings reports a brown wrapping paper note hidden in an old Italian shotgun claims a man named Rusty Park killed Jim D and buried him on Grave's Mountain with $2 and gold, plus a map to the grave. Smyth County deputies search the area as they retrace ownership of the 12 gauge gun.
Virginia posts and bases face removal of over three hundred slot machines once used to fund clubs and activities. Fort Lee and Fort Knox area MPs destroyed machines while others stored them as laws shift. The Fifth Naval District begins scrapping about a hundred units today.
Governor Battle says he does not believe a special session of the General Assembly is necessary or advisable to consider Virginia s financial share of the national civil defense program. He indicated in a telegram to Delegate Victor P. Wilson that he would call a session if he deemed it necessary.
Arlington report says Mrs. Philip Wakeman left her five month old on the front porch in a carriage for a few minutes. On return, the infant lay dead from blankets covering the head when the carriage tilted, a gust of wind cited. Attempts to resuscitate failed.
A retired Navy officer who witnessed the Eniwetok atom blast will supervise a simulated A bomb drop in Gloucester Monday at 7 30 pm. The drill will mobilize about 50 vehicles and rescue personnel from Saluda to Gloucester Courthouse to practice responding to the imaginary attack.
Alexandria officials told the State Water Control Board they may build a sewage plant and study options including piping sewage to Washington's system. City Attorney W Y Floyd Williams cited Fairfax County annexation suits as a hindrance while board Chairman E Blackburn Moore noted delays in planning amid dangerous Potomac River pollution conditions.
Moore warned that the stance would harden in wartime and the board offered no decision following yesterday's lengthy hearing as officials weighed the issue.
A Virginia American Legion leader says the United States lacks vigorous leadership and is militarily and diplomatically unprepared. The statement was issued yesterday in Harrisonburg reporting on national concerns.
E. L. Klingstein chairman of the Legion's Foreign Relations Committee criticizes top level contradictions and poor timing in wartime policy. He says veterans demand a clear long range plan and explanation.
The canal’s minimum depth is recorded as 34 feet, indicating the shallowest point along the waterway. This measurement affects vessel draft limits and navigation planning for ships passing through the Suez.
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