10 Jan 1950
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1950
Page
1
Dates for the 23rd Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival were set as April 27 and 28 officials said the two day fete will feature the grand parade with floats marching units and bands in a spring pageant that draws visitors from across the region.
Gen Fitzhugh Lee defeats John S Wise in a tight 1885 Virginia governor race ending Mahoneism across the state. Winchester vote and county results cited, with Winchester News praising the town’s redemption and call for continued peace and good government. Notice announces Johnnie Sommers taking charge of George Washington Garage Used Car Lot at Kent and Boscawen offering used cars and new Lincolns and Mercurys.
The Shenandoah Valley National Bank announced a plan to extensively upgrade its banking facilities this year. The brick structure north of the current bank will be used for banking purposes after the lease expires next July 1. Harold G. Brown, the president, said architects and engineers are reviewing details, with work expected to begin around July. An $80,000 cash reserve has been created to finance the improvements.
A 24 hour general strike across northern and central Italy, led by the Metal Workers Union with 700,000 members, stops industry in protest of six workers killed in a Modena riot. About 20,000 strikers attempted to invade the Modena pig iron foundry as police clashed, wounding many including six officers.
Meebo area forecast covers Wednesday to Sunday with above normal temperatures. Showers end Wednesday morning. further precipitation expected Thursday night and Friday and again Sunday with total around half an inch. Friday milder, Sunday turning colder.
Receipts at the Winchester post office rose to a record 175,896 dollars for the year, surpassing 1948’s total by 22,497. December capped the year with 27,482 in receipts, the largest month on record, with monthly figures showing steady growth since 1940 and a total of 4,152,386 letters mailed in the past year.
The Senate armed services committee postponed the nomination of Admiral Forrest P. Sherman as chief of naval operations to January 19. The delay follows Senator Knowland and other Republicans demand for a probe into Admiral Denfeld’s ouster, with Byrd and Tydings arguing no direct link to Sherman’s appointment.
Senator Byrd of Virginia criticized President Truman's deficit budgeting during peacetime calling it startling and alarming. He warned that approving billions more than income could push the nation toward an unbalanced budget and financial disaster.
The Senate may vote this week or next on scrapping wartime excise taxes as part of oleomargarine tax reform. Senator Butler proposes a $628 million annual cut restoring levies to 1942 levels on jewelry fur furs luggage phone bills admissions and transportation tickets. Dairy state senators back the Butler plan linking oleo relief to broader tax repeal.
Trial Justice R Dixon Powers in Henrico County fined Mrs Elizabeth Murray wife of CIO President Philip Murray thirty five dollars and five dollars twenty five cents costs for speeding. She was absent, bond of forty dollars twenty five cents was applied to the fine. State Trooper W H Spencer stopped the Cadillac carrying Murray and her husband.
The Farmers and Merchants National Bank held its 49th annual meeting at its Loudoun Street location with the largest share representation to date. Allen B. Gray presided as chairman. J. H. Yost reported increased loss reserves and undivided profits as the bank paid an 8 percent dividend. The Commercial and Savings bank followed with substantial capital additions and new directors elected, while Shenandoah Valley National bank began its 85th year with a full slate of officers and directors led by W. Nelson Page as chairman and Harold G. Brown as president. The morning sessions highlighted sound finances and upcoming organizational steps for the banks involved.
Virginia lawmakers prepare for the 60 day session with tonight's Democratic majority caucuses nominating speakers clerks and floor leaders. Delegate E Blackburn Moore and Col E Griffith Dodson are unopposed for top posts as John Warren Cooke is poised to become caucus chairman. The Senate plans minor staffing changes before noon tomorrow's inaugural session and Governor Tuck's farewell message signals a busy agenda ahead on education elections taxation and civil rights.
The late J. W. Richard of Opequon left an estate valued at 170857 with most assets in bonds stocks and bank accounts He died intestate leaving widow Florence I Richard and son Wyatt H Richard An administrator's letters were issued and recorded by the county clerk?s office
Senator Harry F. Byrd of Virginia will address President Truman's budget and federal fiscal policy at a National Industrial Conference Board dinner in the Hotel Astor on January 26. Governor Alfred E. Driscoll of New Jersey and John Wesley Hanes of the Tax Foundation join as speakers with about 1500 guests expected. A. W. Robertson of Westinghouse will preside.
Public auction in front of the County Court House at 12 noon on Friday January 26 sale of shares in Farmers & Merchants Nat Bank Commercial & Savings Bank Shenandoah Valley Nat Bank to be sold by the Shenandoah Valley Nat Bank Trust Department. George Washington Hotel Grocers Wholesale Farmers & Merchants Nat Bank referenced. Special weekly specials listed by J. W. Grove Furniture Co.
Two U S destroyers Bausell and Stickell moved to patch the shell battered Flying Arrow off the Chinese coast but will not escort her to Shanghai. The freighter, hit by 30 to 40 Nationalist shells, seeks repairs and a port, with Shanghai as its intended destination.
Secretary of State Acheson defended the administration policy before the Senate foreign relations committee in a closed session. Republican nonmembers sat in as questions and photo sessions occurred before doors closed for detailed discussion.
Defense Secretary Johnson announced that U S destroyers are ordered to assist the steamer Flying Arrow to any port except Shanghai and to depart if she heads toward it They report the vessel has 17 hull holes mostly from 40 millimeter projectiles Destroyers supplied oxygen acetylene tools and wooden plugs and expect repairs to take about eight hours
The State Department says four women employees of the American embassy and consulate in Taipei have been reassigned to stations outside Formosa. Wives and children of American diplomats are advised to depart, with many dependents also leaving the island amid the communist threat. Officials note American citizens have been quietly advised to leave Formosa.
The NCAA opened its annual meeting with a fight over a two year old sanity code. Kari Leib said more than 20 schools are non compliant with 14 on probation and seven refusing to comply. Virginia and Virginia Tech leaders are set to present their cases as expulsion could bar schools from NCAA sports.
The Senate banking committee approved a report accusing the United Mine Workers of monopolizing labor in the coal industry and seeking study on applying anti trust laws to unions. Senator Robertson indicated personal support for bringing unions under antitrust statutes, while a coal industry week inquiry continues and a Taft Hartley power move is planned.
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