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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1951
Page
9
Langley Air Force Base officers opened an inquiry into the crash that killed First Lt. John August Rossi Jr. of North Little Rock Ark. His F-51D spun from control and slammed into a hillside near the area scattering wreckage over a wide arc. Witnesses described the craft as badly smashed.
Richmond report: Roger Richard Allen, 26, a Chesapeake and Ohio brakeman, lost his gloves but saved eight year old William C. Thurston Jr. after the boy fell into swift canal water near a shifting locomotive. Allen dropped 15 feet to reach the child, pulled him to shore, and the boy was revived and hospitalized for observation.
Waynesboro and Biddeford radio stations stage a cross state publicity contest for polio funds. Listeners submit letters with a $1 donation. a Waynesboro couple wins a week at Old Orchard Beach Maine and two Maine residents win a week in Waynesboro Virginia. Program manager Don Dyer originated the idea linking Staunton native and Virginia Maine audiences. The Chambers of Commerce back the effort along with the March of Dimes.
Alexandria and Arlington officials react to the Virginia Milk Commission order of January 21 raising retail milk prices by half a cent per quart. Councilman Marshall J. Beverley vows to seek a February 13 council vote to rescind. Arlington Board denounces the commission as flawed government.
Wise County authorities hold 24 year old Lene Bolling on a murder count in the death of an infant found last week in Norton. The nurses aide admitted disposing of the body but said the child was born dead and delivered without medical aid.
A fire yesterday leveled the Inta-Roto Machine Company plant near Byrd Field. The 120 foot building and over an acre of dry field burned before fire companies limited the damage. President Albert H. Merz estimated one new rotogravure press worth about 75000 dollars.
NEWPORT NEWS The first hat is in the ring for the legislative seat vacated by State Senator L A Noland. Victor P Wilson of Hampton and Elizabeth City County, now in his first term in the House of Delegates, declares his Democratic primary bid for the 33rd Senatorial District. He previously aided Francis Pickens Miller’s 1949 gubernatorial bid and rose to the House via defeating Speaker G Alvin Massenburg.
The department lists tomorrow's egg prices in Frederick County with U S Grade A entries: Extra Large 40c Large 38c Medium 35c B Large 35c. Also shown are pullets, cracks and checks, and live poultry prices in the Winchester area including No 1 fowl, heavy breed hens, leghorn hens, rock and cross broilers, leghorn broilers, heavy cocks, stags, pullets, bronze and white turkeys, white toms, young and old guineas per pound, ducks per pound.
Five new board members were elected at the Winchester Frederick County Historical Society annual meeting held at the Pegy Miller House. Highlights include reopening George Washington's office to boost visitor numbers, participation in the Apple Blossom Parade, and an exhibit hosted by St. Mary's Guild. A sustained membership plan was adopted and officers will be elected at the next 7:30 pm meeting.
Betty Barbour, a 22 year old hotel chambermaid, ferried passengers in the Earle Hotel elevator as flames and smoke filled the building. Police officers Willard Benson and David Biggs helped rouse guests, while Barbour guided cripples to safety before being ordered to stop. None killed. ten injured including Barbour.
Opening quotes show firm bids across Wheat Corn and Soybeans with March and May futures cited. A science Q A notes an atomic blast reaches 70 to 90 million degrees Fahrenheit in a fraction of a second, exemplified by Nagasaki roof melting effects.
An open letter to Mrs. Hal Boyle urges a hearty welcome as the Irish war reporter returns from Korea. It notes his long reporting tenure, describes his wartime fatigue and cheerful resilience, and recalls his generosity to Koreans and colleagues. Also included are market notes and livestock prices from Baltimore and Chicago.
New York stock prices moved higher today with most issues posting gains of a few cents to about a dollar. Strong sectors included steels motors aircrafts railroads airlines and building materials with notable gains in U S Steel Bethlehem Youngstown Sheet Chrysler Montgomery Ward Jr Case Douglas Aircraft American Telephone Kennecott Copper American Cyanamid American Tobacco Nash Kelvinator Santa Fe Nickel Plate and U S Gypsum. Some names slipped slightly including Goodyear Commonwealth Edison Union Carbide and Texas Co. Railroad shares remained firm in active trading and U S Treasury bonds showed no major changes.
Baltimore market notes demand light for apples with varied grades from New Jersey and New York, staying brisk for select Western Maryland and Pennsylvania varieties. Potatoes and sweet potatoes steady with mixed bag sizes. poultry market dull with light receipts and limited trading.
The Star lists corrected local market prices for corn meal wheat barley and feeds with wholesale butter and butterfat figures. A follow up question notes the San Francisco fire of 1906 as the worst in the United States with property losses around 350 million dollars.
The market shows choice vealers trading 33.00 to 39.00 with salable sheep around 1 000 head. Slaughter lambs rise 50 cents to 1.00, top wooled lambs reaching 36.00 as buyers sustain demand and prices.
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