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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1950
Page
1
Winchester and surrounding firms report mixed coal stocks amid a national shortage. Hospitals and hotels show 30 to 60 day supplies, while Shenandoah Brick & Tile and several yards struggle. Chicago Cleveland Detroit and Pittsburgh face rationing with limited retail tonnage available.
Hospital statistics show 1,229 births last year at Winchester Memorial Hospital, 14 fewer than the prior year and 15 under 1947. Monthly totals vary with August consistently the peak month, and December matching the prior year’s count.
Virginia and North Carolina congressmen split on the 21 day rule vote but backed the Administration on Korean aid. Democratic leadership lost on the Korean bill while winning a major victory by defeating the rules change, preventing repeal that would restore the Rules Committee’s power to block legislation.
Local history notes Job Pugh laid out land in 1797 as Pugh Town with trustees Jesse Pugh and George Ruble. The charter required 16 foot square houses with brick or stone chimneys on each lot within two years and a perpetual $1 ground rent per lot. A waiver promised no future alterations to streets or lots. The plat and charter are in S. C. Deed Book 3. the town later became Gainesboro.
The day after John Stewart Battle was inaugurated Virginia governor, the deserted Senate chamber saw three senators working late as Battle, tall and grey haired, entered to greet Senators Garland Gray Harry F. Byrd Jr. and Raymond R. Guest saying he was lonesome for his Senate friends.
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals upheld a handwritten will of Mrs. Roberta L. Rittenhouse, deceased 1946, giving James Bradshaw Beverley Jr. and John Gray Beverley of Winchester $5,000 each. Other beneficiaries include Anne F. Rogers ($20,000) and St James Episcopal Church of Winchester ($35,000+).
Senator Harry Byrd speaking at a Charleston Chamber of Commerce dinner warned that expanding federal programs and deficit spending threaten American stability. He cautioned debt undermines confidence and that reliance on easy money erodes individual initiative, agriculture, labor, and local self-government.
Mayor M. B. Clowe Jr. received the 1949 Winchester Junior Chamber of Commerce Outstanding Young Man award at a George Washington Hotel banquet. Howard Holland cited Clowe’s leadership in the American Legion Sons club and Virginia National Guard among many community roles and notable service during 1949.
Miss Betsy Stockdale of Winchester, a VPI freshman, will take part in a student horticultural speaking contest at the 54th Virginia State Horticultural Society meeting in Roanoke. Her parents will attend, and prizes of 35, 25, and 15 dollars will go to the top three entrants judged by A. H. Teske of VPI Extension Service.
The first annual meeting of the Winchester and Frederick County Historical Society will be held at the George Washington Hotel next Friday at 8 p m. Ben Belchie, president, announced the reestablishment efforts and invites joined or prospective members to help collect preserve and discuss local history and artifacts.
Fifty-one shares of local bank stock sold at public auction yesterday for a total of 665. Seventeen shares of Shenandoah Valley National Bank brought 926.50 or 54.50 per share, $34.50 above par. Farmers and Merchants National Bank stock sold 25 shares at 2800 total, 112 per share, $5 under last week’s, yet $62 above par. Nine shares of Commercial and Savings Bank sold at 26.50 each, par is 10. All stock sold by the Shenandoah Valley National Bank Trust Department.
A deed recorded in the City Clerk's office shows the Lot at 134-138 N Loudoun St sold for 60000 to Herman Hable but then conveyed by Shenandoah Valley National Bank to Rosa Swartz of Cincinnati Ohio and Dorothy Bachrach of Winchester at Hable’s request. They provided the full purchase price. The previous owners were the estate of the late Lillian E Sheetz and Mollie Evans Janney. The Raviass store building was demolished by a gas blast in June 1948.
Fire this afternoon caused considerable damage to the rear of the Boyd Headley home at 1315 Valley Ave. The kitchen and dining room were gutted and parlor damaged. J W Headley woke and called the alarm. his great grandson Stewart Headley 2 was carried out unharmed. Boyd Headley Jr climbed to porch roof to rescue the child before firemen arrived. Police aided traffic flow. damage estimate not yet available.
Maj. Gen. Max D. Taylor ordered West Berlin police to vacate the Soviet Reichsbahn Building to avoid Soviet threats of a new blockade. He said the move was to use the space for Berlin’s benefit, yet the Soviet and Reichsbahn attitude made custody burdens outweigh the gains, so the notice of custody was suspended and police withdrawn from the interior.
Administration leaders expect rough passage for the Truman program after a 236 to 183 House victory over a GOP Dixie coalition. They credit civil rights as a key vote shaper, with lingering talk of future rules changes and deep Democratic splits evident in postvote explanations.
Finland rejected Soviet accusations that it aided 300 Soviet war criminals with fake documents. The denial, delivered to Moscow by Finnish minister Karl Sundstroem, said Finland seeks to honor its peace treaty and mutual aid pact while refuting the allegations.
Striking soft coal miners in Pittsburgh and surrounding areas plan a weekend decision on whether to work the three day week ordered by John L. Lewis. Meetings in West Virginia and Pennsylvania end in disorder as some miners resist leadership calls to obey. Some union officials expect a large portion of the 90 000 strikers to heed pleas to dig coal. Alabama Democratic leader proposes States’ Rights push for a 1952 Eisenhower bid.
London 75 year old Winston Churchill launched the Conservative Party drive to defeat the Labour government in the February 23 general election. He planned a 20 minute address broadcast by the British Broadcasting Corp.
Prague officials report that Catholic priests nationwide are joyously pledging allegiance to the Communist government as required by the new church control law.
Superior Judge Charles W Fricke ruled Fred Stroble sane and guilty of first degree murder in the 6 year old Joyce Glu case with no leniency. Sentencing to death in the gas chamber follows under California law with automatic Supreme Court review.
Paul J. Larsen, linked with atomic research in Los Alamos and Albuquerque, N. M., will head the Civilian Mobilization Office starting March 1, overseeing civil defense planning health resources housing and community services and governmental facilities. A 150000 volunteer Aircraft Observers Corps will be recruited and trained in 25 states to provide 24 hour air raid warning and supplement radar systems.
Washington reports the battleship Missouri stuck in mud spurred a lighthearted bid from an Air Force commander to haul it out with B 36 bombers. Senators dining with chiefs of staff noted a revived air power versus sea power dispute sparked by General J Lawton Collins of the Army.
About 17 000 workers were idled as 400 Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen members quit over the discharge of a conductor on an intercity line. Picket lines surrounded the Jones and Laughlin plant in Pittsburgh with hundreds later reporting for work. Maintenance workers would be admitted, and the strike followed a monthlong dispute with the railroad.
In New York the Alger Hiss second trial jury returned to court to receive Judge Henry W. Goddard s guidance on the role of doubt and the burden of proof. The judge clarified that reasonable doubt must be based on the evidence or lack thereof and reiterated the defendant need not prove how the documents were obtained. The panel deliberated into a second day with no verdict.
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