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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1952
Page
2
A correspondent recalls the Allied evacuation of Seoul during the Korean War as troops withdrew across the Han River. Fires, refugees, and an orphaned boy marked the scene while engineers blew the final bridge. Despite fears of giving up Korea, a new line held and Seoul is again under Allied hold, with peace still distant.
A Tel Aviv court sentenced a Jewish man to death after finding he joined concentration camp Nazis and participated in torturing prisoners during the war. The decision marks a rare postwar case involving Holocaust-era crimes.
Auction listing for January 12 at 10 am by Mrs. C. E Alt on Bufflick Road. Sale includes household goods farm machinery livestock and hay.
Northern Virginia Livestock Producers Association will hold its annual membership meeting and banquet January 18 at the George Washington Hotel. George Whitton head of VPI Animal Husbandry will speak. M. L. Dalton will toast. Members to return attendance cards by January 12. each member may bring one guest at member rate. Association counts nearly 200 producers in Northern Virginia and the East Panhandle of West Virginia.
Four movie studios settled damage suits totaling 3725000 brought by nine of Hollywood's unfriendly ten directors and writers jailed for contempt of Congress in 1947. Beneficiaries include King Larriner Jr Adrian Scott Albert Maltz Herbert Biberman Alvah Beasie Joan Howard Lawson Samuel Ornita Lester Cole and Dalton Trumbo. Edward Dmytryk withdrew his suit and was readmitted. Manila reports Seventeen killed eight of them Communist led Huks as violence rises since New Year plus two civilian kidnappings.
In Panmunjom stalled talks between United Nations and Communist negotiators, subcommittees failed to resolve how to supervise an armistice and exchange prisoners. Rear Adm Libby criticized the proceedings as a delay, with meetings adjourned and planned for Sunday.
Richmond official Randolph Tucker Jr says he will introduce a bill in the House of Delegates to open the state's relief rolls. The draft, prepared by the Division of Statutory Research and Drafting, would list names and grant amounts only. It would restrict use of the rolls for political or commercial purposes.
A Western powers proposal aims to counter Russia by calling for a high level UN Security Council meeting on world issues including the armistice and Asian and Arab reactions. Britain the United States and others would submit the measure only if a convincing chance of success exists, with no direct Korea reference. The plan will go to the UN political committee as it weighs an 11 nation anti aggression resolution.
Blacksburg Virginia 4 H honor roll lists Wythe County’s Joe Valaht leading December with herd averages of 14278 pounds milk and 50 pounds butterfat. Channing Smith Fairfax County stands second with 933 pounds milk and 447 pounds butterfat. Donald McNiel Franklin County third with 960 pounds milk and 422 pounds butterfat. Ben P Middleton Fairfax County follows with 1140 pounds milk and 399 pounds butterfat. Others include Glen er A Blair Fairfax Maree Ann Sutphin Fairfax and Cec Childers Wythe.
Forestry specialists at VPI urge not to cling to stagnant timber. They say mature trees seldom grow in value and should be cut when growth stalls to avoid deterioration and missed gains.
William Andrew Yardbrough, 59, of Kinaston North Carolina, died after his 1949 sedan left S S Highway 29 north of Lynchburg. He walked around claiming he was not hurt, then collapsed while being taken to hospital. Coroner cites possible internal hemorrhage and autopsy may follow.
Total civilian federal employment reached 2,503,070 in November, up 4,951 from October. Military staff rose to 1,274,487 while civilian agencies held 1,228,885, with gains in Veterans Administration and TVA and General Services Administration offsets in Agriculture, Commerce, Interior, and ECA. The October payroll stood at 840 million dollars, up 14.8 million from September due to congressional pay increases.
Russia officially announced its entry in the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games via a cable to the Finnish Olympic Committee. The move marks a major test between Soviet athletes and the United States, expanding global participation to 54 nations.
Virginians expected to attend the National Turkey Federation meeting in St Louis Missouri January 8-10. Participants include Lee Wo Herrick associate poultry husbandman at VPI and Tom Heitz a poultry producer in Rockingham County. Heitz to join a panel on Trends in the making for 1952.
The Clarke County Board of Supervisors will hold its initial organization meeting at 10 am Monday. They will elect a chairman consider appointing a new county farm agent and hear a report from Hugh Ritter contractor on a proposal to enlarge and remodel the courthouse.
In New York Gabby Hayes and his wife were present as two men posing as detectives robbed his secretary Helen Kelly on another floor. They fled with a $500 diamond ring a wrist watch and $100 in cash through a terrace doorway as Hayes joked about his six shooters.
Norfolk reports Major General William H. Sands announced the Virginia National Guard 29th Infantry Division will launch two week state wide unit recruiting drives in forty five units across more than twenty Virginia communities between February and March. Every regiment battalion company and battery will participate to boost their roles within the division.
Mrs Geraldine Hudson aged 14 gave birth yesterday at Metropolitan Hospital to a six pound 14 ounce boy by Caesarean section. Both mother and baby are reported doing fine. The mother is married to Ford Hudson, 49, who eloped to Virginia when Geraldine was 13.
Washington Post sports writer Morris Siegel reports Maryland has added four new football opponents to its 1952 schedule Boston University Mississippi Clemson and Auburn replacing Washington and Lee North Carolina South Carolina West Virginia George Washington and North Carolina State. Maryland seeks an October 4 open date. President Dr H C Byrd says terms were discussed and coach Jim Tatum will announce after the NCAA meeting in Cincinnati.
Dr. E Garnett rural sociologist at VPI is named Man of the Year in Service to Virginia Agriculture in a national farm magazine. The profile credits his rural progress work, notes his Albemarle County roots and long career advancing local programs and community partnerships.
The Amer ican Jersey Cattle Club praised a registered Jersey owned by J S Andrews of Crane Virginia as a 4 tested dam due to its offspring Foxy of Andrewsia averaging 9044 pounds of milk and 523 pounds of butterfat on a twice daily milking with official production records.
Carter B Harris, 67, died yesterday in a Jamaica New York hospital after a long illness. He was the son of the late Charles and Lucy Beverley Harris of Clarke County. Survived by his wife Elizabeth Harris of Jamaica a brother W Beverly Harris of Boyce and a sister Mrs Madelie Harris Douglass of Arlington. Interment in Mt Hebron Cemetery in Winchester. Funeral arrangements not yet completed.
Ninety percent of families in a farm-house survey in the south wash at home. Women prefer a separate building or basement for laundry, with differences by region. Mountain communities favor basement rooms, coastal areas lean toward a separate building.
Dickenson County election contest trial recessed until February 4 to allow the special three judge court to clear its own dockets.
New York Senator Estes Kefauver states he is interested in the presidency but denies pursuing the vice presidency. He plans to announce his plans in February and says he is studying both top offices while acknowledging past embarrassment over vice presidential talk.
Veterans in Korea may qualify for income tax refunds for time spent in hospitals. The Defense Department noted a new exemption retroactive to June 24, 1950, applying to wounds illness or injuries incurred in Korea, not just combat zone pay.
The United States says any truce with Communist China and Korea should include a warning that violation would bring air naval punishment upon Red China herself. The statement emphasizes strict penalties for breaches and reflects wartime diplomacy.
A reader supplied list of quiz solutions including ages and facts. It covers topics from age seventy four to national affiliations, with entries on the Duke of York and the America’s Cup. Multiple historical names such as Rubinstein and regional mentions like Georgia and Alabama appear along with a note about a Latin abbreviation and a quote about a paycheck.
A compact crossword clue set with numeric references and wordplay hints. Reads like a mixed list of definitions and partial answers including states abbreviations, river names, breathing sounds, familial terms, and animal bits.
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