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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1949
Page
9
Virginia coast to interior sees rain with freezing rain then rain this afternoon or tonight. Ohio reports rain possibly mixed with sleet in far north. Kentucky and Maryland show rain or sleet changing to rain then colder. West Virginia and Maryland anticipate milder air tonight into Saturday with rain and possible freeze events.
The All-America Grid Conference announced it will operate in 1949 as a seven-club league with the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees merging and the Chicago Rockets running under a new Chicago franchise.
The inaugural ball featured a fashion show for women with Margaret Truman leading in a pink gown. President Truman greeted guests and mingled with officials including Gen Dwight D Eisenhower as guests filled the armory for a selective invitation event with about 5300 attendees.
Lloyd Williams Post No. 41 of Berryville takes a $16,500 bank loan for a rear 30 by 60 foot brick addition to the American Legion hall, expanding the auditorium to 60 by 90 feet to seat 1000. The project faced delays from a spring-filled excavation but progresses toward a March completion. A $1,500 mortgage was authorized at a special meeting. officers and directors were elected to satisfy loan requirements.
A report notes Donovan acquired several hundred volumes with books and maps from the Major Hotchkiss collection. Donors include Mr and Mrs Stewart Bell Jr Edward G Butler Mrs J Townsend Burwell U S Senator H F Byrd State Senator H F Byrd Jr Mrs Edward B Capper Mrs Frances Chapman C T Cline Mrs Helen W Conrad Arthur Dondlinger Mrs R C Evans Miss Thelma Fansler Mrs George R Graham H S Lee Grant Robert L Gray Mrs Virginia Greene Rep Burr P Harrison Miss Virginia Henkel Fletcher Hoges Jr Charles E Hofer Sara Jennings Harry Kerstein Mrs W H Lawrence Jewel P Lightfoot Leelon R McNally Irvine S McNeill and others.
The clipping lists individuals including Alan Maphis Elizabeth Massie Joseph A Massie Josephine A Massie Jr Anna Meade James Miller Mary Page John Rosenberger E E Rusk Richard Rusk Jacob Skiles Rose Skaggs Retha Snapp O g Stadelman Sue Sybert and Dr T Kenneth Wood in a social notices segment.
By decree dated December 31 1948 in the case Thompson Brown v Dyson in Winchester Virginia Corporation Court I offer for sale at public auction on February 12 1949 at noon the lot known as 116 East Clifford Street with house and improvements. Terms are one third cash the balance in two equal installments secured by deed of trust and fire policy, 6 percent interest. Sale subject to tenant rights and court confirmation. Special Commissioner J Edward Thoma Auctioneer Coleman Dunn. CORRINNE BARNETT Deputy Clerk.
Mrs Erma O Peele dies Wednesday night. Funeral services will be held at 11 a m tomorrow at Omps funeral home with Pv James B Duckwall officiating. Interment at Mt He Bron cemetery. Pallbearers include Noah Owens John H Delmire Miller Meredith Ashwood Jennings Morrison and Lewis Carpent er.
The piece notes Chiang Kai-shek’s loss of military and economic control as Communist forces advance in Manchuria and Central Asia. It attributes collapse to his refusal to delegate authority, reliance on loyal but inept leaders, and token resistance by government troops amid the Autumn offensives by the Reds.
Chiang Kai-shek departs Nanking amid speculation on his retirement and possible return. Officials warn the move could ease pressure on pro peace factions, while others fear a leaderless Kuomintang and renewed civil war risk. Observers call it a historic political tactic amid China's conflict and ongoing negotiations.
President Truman voiced shared responsibility with Congress in guiding national and international affairs. He urged unity to pursue peace, warning another war would derail a century of progress. Officials noted talks covered communism similarly to yesterday’s address on the new secretary of state’s task.
The library reports ten years of crowded shelves with a large number of donated books to be placed on open shelves or kept for replacement of worn volumes. Generous donors include Mrs. Hugh M. Nelson Logan R Fay Fred L and Philip B Glaize from Gen W’s library.
In Winchester Virginia the Farmers and Merchants National Bank as executor seeks a will construction for Carrie D Graichen. The case names numerous nonresident defendants listed with last known addresses and orders them to appear within ten days after publication to protect their interests. Copy Teste P J Marshall Clerk.
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