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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1951
Page
10
Round Hill residents may view two new films at the Round Hill Community Center on Wednesday night January 17 starting at 8 p m. Rainmaker centers on a farm community with a boy and a girl while the second picture is a New England vacation feature. Door prizes will be offered, says Sinclair agent L J Wright.
A sanitized listing shows a dense, later night radio schedule with programs across networks including News for 16 Min, Sport and Music Time, News Broadcasts, Drama, Variety shows, concerts, and a late NBC Symphony. The dense lineup features names like Gordon MacRae, Bob Crosby Club, Manhattan Maharajah, and My Friend Irma with multiple network tags and times.
A dense schedule of WNEW channel 4 and affiliates shows across early evening to late night. Programs include series, films, game shows, news, and theater features with actors like Helen Hayes and Stanley Ridges appearing in broadcasts.
In Prague today two Slovak bishops received life terms for crimes against the Czechoslovak state. Bishop Pavel Gojdic aged 62 and Bishop Michal Buzalka aged 65 were sentenced, while Bishop Jan Vojtassak, 73, got two years in prison. They faced charges of high treason and espionage during a trial that began midweek.
President Truman told Congress the defense budget would reach about 70 billion dollars in obligational authority with 60 billion for next year and 10 billion for the balance of the year. He cited rapid mobilization plans, expanded forces, and a push to produce 50 000 planes and 35 000 tanks annually as part of a broad military buildup.
Dr. Paul B Magnuson medical director of the Veterans Administration says he has been ousted and accuses Administrator Carl R Gray Jr of endorsing policies that would wreck the VA medical system. Gray says Magnuson refused a requested resignation dating back over two years. Magnuson and Gray clashed over whether doctors or non medical officials should run hospitals. Magnuson’s successor is Vice Admiral Joel T Boone, recently removed as chief of the Defense Department medical services.
Fred Allen resumes radio work after abandoning a TV stint. He will guest on the Tallulah Bankhead NBC program Sundays, then rotate every other week. Cancellation of his own TV project cited as due to mixed reviews and lack of a solid format. Steve Allen likely to fill in for Arthur Godfrey during Navy vacation for the Talent Scouts segment.
The outer rail is raised to counteract overturning forces as a train takes a curve. The amount of elevation depends on the curve degree and the authorized speed.
A deputy collector of the Bureau of Internal Revenue will assist taxpayers with 1950 federal income tax returns at New Market and Mt. Jackson on January 23, Woodstock on January 24, Strasburg on January 25, Front Royal on January 26, and throughout January at Winchester Post Office. The announcement was made by 8 C Galladay of the city.
The Soviet zone of Germany includes all territory east and inclusive of Saxony and Brandenburg, shaping postwar borders and administration in central Europe.
The Capitol Theatre hosts the Annual 40 and Amateur Contest auditions starting Monday January 22. Entry forms are available at the box office for participants seeking to compete in a local pageant event.
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