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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1949
Page
1
Sen. Byrd of Virginia argued against changing the Senate rules to permit cloture by a simple majority. He warned it would harm deliberation and be driven by the civil rights program, urging colleagues not to alter the constitutionally critical rule.
A publicity committee will invite television and radio networks to join metropolitan newspapers and national magazines in covering the 1949 Apple Blossom Festival on April 28-29. Television coverage was a key discussion at this week's policy committee meeting as coverage plans are explored.
Staunton residents Edmunds of Waynesboro and George M. Cochran of Staunton declared today they will seek re election to the Virginia House of Delegates subject to August’s Democratic primary.
In 1831 32 Thomas Jefferson Randolph offered a bill tied to emancipation policy. It proposed freeing children born to female slaves after July 4 1840 with gradual compensation for owners, but faced opposition as a costly remnant of Jeffersonian views. Local delegates, including John B D Ith, opposed the plan.
Reds plant artillery on the Yangtze north bank east of Nanking and threaten peace terms. Nationalist cabinet members are largely missing, with offices empty or closed. Li Tsung jen faces an untenable position as fighting nears Nanking and Shanghai looms 150 miles east.
Sen. McMahon of Connecticut said Congress will tell people behind the Iron Curtain what atomic energy and the atom bomb could mean to them. He spoke to the Colorado Press Association outlining public hearings by the atomic energy committee to educate and seek agreement. The first meeting is set for Wednesday.
Huntington West Virginia January 29 crest of the Ohio River moved downstream from Parkersburg today at levels under forecast and mostly below flood stage. A cold snap and snow powdering the valley and highlands stopped any further high water threat.
William Tamkin of Detrick Shenandoah county began his 91st year with breakfast at his daughter Mrs. George Ritenour’s Stephens City home. He walked without a cane and plans to attend a 5 p m dinner. A school teacher 33 years, he praises bonds for Strasburg school facilities and has 19 grandchildren 11 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.
Winchester police have made two arrests with two more expected in the 145 battery theft case from L Zuckerman and Sons Inc. Chief J Thomas Boyd announced arrests but withheld names until all are in custody. One suspect is 15. Batteries were traced to a junk dealer in Georgetown who paid $400. reward offered.
E L Griffin USN in charge of Winchester Navy recruiting since July 1946 is transferred to Patrol Squadron 23 at Naval Air Station Miami. He will be succeeded by E E Perkins CMM of 943 Orchard Ave who has served locally since last summer and is a 10 year Navy veteran. Griffin departs on the anniversary of his enlistment in Florida with his wife and child.
Richard J. West from 21 North Braddock Street and Irvin I. Williams of Stephens City earned safe driving awards from Blue Ridge Transportation Co. West completed 13 yearly periods and Williams seven. over 100 regional Blue Ridge and Potomac Edison drivers received awards for 1 to 16 years of accident free operation.
Parachutist Dick Hockman will leap from a Piper Cub at 2000 feet tomorrow at Senseng Road field to aid March of Dimes. George J. Schecter of Valley Airways will pilot the plane as the two circle Winchester before Hockman attempts a precise drop to boost polio donations. Hockman, a former 82nd Airborne veteran, has completed over 250 jumps in the past year.
State Toxicologist Sidney Kaye announced arsenic in the stomach of James Edward Williams 34 who died in Richmond city jail after being sentenced to life for murder. Police say Williams poisoned himself with the arsenic.
Moscow charges Britain and the United States seek Anglo American world domination and to isolate the Soviet Union. The foreign ministry calls the Western European Union a link in a drive to militarily unite Europe under US UK leadership and vows to fight against efforts to wreck the UN.
Virginia will host two Russian pilots who flew over the iron curtain in a borrowed Soviet plane. Lts. Peter Pirogov and Anatol Barsov, ages 27 and 31, arrive from Germany and will tour Richmond Williamsburg Virginia Beach Norfolk Roanoke Lynchburg and Shenandoah Valley for about a week before returning to Germany.
Tonight at 8 30 the city hosts cage games with Plumly in fourth place. At 1 45 Berryville American Legion post faces Toms Brook town team at the community building.
Administration proposes a new one package labor bill to repeal Taft Hartley and restore Wagner Act with improvements. Tobin to testify before Senate committee on provisions as reporters received details. The plan includes a 30 day cooling off period and a presidential fact finding board to advise on national emergency strikes.
Senator Taft faced pressure from a group of 14 GOP colleagues who oppose his leadership and see his position as affecting his re election prospects. Senator Flanders of Vermont urged Taft to act independently, while Taft defended the party's future in a Niles speech asserting perseverance despite recent defeats.
Monday marks the deadline to secure professional and business licenses in the city without penalty. A 10 percent penalty minimum, two dollars, is added to the license fee after February 1. Through yesterday about 75 percent of licenses had been issued, says Taylor Barr, deputy commissioner of revenue.
At the JBT Founder's Day Dinner in York Inn, Howard L. Melton awarded W. H. Lawrence Jr. the Best Boss honor for introducing a fair wage scale, profit sharing, robust benefits, and safety focused equipment at Clearbrook Woolen Co. Melton also received the Distinguished Service Key for civic work with the Apple Blossom Festival, Winchester tal fund, and Chester Cancer Assn. Dan iel E. Leatherman chaired the event with R. J. Punkhouser as speaker.
The State Corporation Commission will hold a public hearing at 11 a.m. Wednesday on a proposed streetcar fare increase by Virginia Transit. The timing comes 13 hours before the commission may take over WTC facilities in Richmond Norfolk and Portsmouth if no wage dispute settlement is reached.
Virginia Democrats in Richmond plan a Jefferson Jackson Day Dinner with Vice President Alben Barkley as the main speaker. The invitation was accepted by telegram from Senator Byrd, urged by G Fred Switzer and T Nelson Parker with G Alvin Massenburg backing the event.
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