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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1947
Page
2
New York reports a one cent sale returning with four cent candy bars and box premiums at Grand Union and A and P. Cereal firms offer small goods with box tops. Hamburger price in New York stores last year was 75 cents if you could obtain it.
Percy C. Sponaugle of Franklin West Virginia held on $2,000 bond after being charged with manslaughter in the highway death of Mrs. Alverta Irene Steele of Reliance. He was the driver of the truck that struck Steele’s car on Route 11 near Vaucluse Tuesday evening.
Donations from students, graduates, birthday gifts, and others have built a Handley memorial fund now over 1500 dollars. When reaching a prudent level, a memorial will be erected likely on the school campus to honor Judge John Handley and the gratitude of hundreds of pupils for his generosity.
The fragment lists quiz questions with topics including Ethiopia Czechoslovakia and William Howard Taft. It notes a false assertion and mentions an Antarctic expedition anecdote and a dead lady. It also references air water coal and Francis B Sayre and a claim about Nero using an emerald lens for watching gladiatorial contests.
Four men from Gore were fined 400 dollars in Frederick County for night deer hunting with a spotlight and other offenses. Each received 59 dollars and costs and 30 day suspended jail terms for spotlight hunting and closed season violations, plus 20 dollars for late hunting and 20 dollars for hunting after sunset. Harry Oates and David Anderson were fined 10 dollars for no license. David Anderson 10 dollars for an unplugged gun. Nail 10 dollars for reckless driving.
Funeral services were held this afternoon at 3 o'clock for Mrs. Fred L. Glaize Sr. following a weeks long illness. The Rev Ronald Wilson pastor of the Presbyterian Church presided from the family residence 112 East Piccadilly Street. Pallbearers included John Walters Frank Quantz Milton J Billmyer Guy Mason William Main and Wayne Jenkins all employees of Glaize and Bros. Burial was in Mount Hebron Cemetery.
Shenandoah Area Boy Scout camp at Rock Enon will receive upgrades before opening this summer. Ben Belchic said a sub committee reported an offer of a steam shovel and trucks from Elmer Orndorff for road work. Other committees will review lake enlargement, beach sand donation from Virginia Glass Sand Corp, and plans for a dining hall and facilities at Martinsburg meeting.
Judge John Rice presided as William Gibson Burtner was fined 30 dollars plus costs for speeding at 50 mph on Loudoun street. Oscar M Aiken paid 10 dollars plus costs for being drunk. Harrison Crowser was convicted of drunk and disorderly conduct, fined 10 dollars plus costs and given a 12 month sentence with 30 days to serve. Marshall Cave and Theodore Anderson were each fined 10 dollars plus costs for drunkenness. vagrancy charges are pending. Cave said he works as a painter and stopped at a poolroom for water attraction drew laughter when he said he came to get a drink.
In Washington on January 30, a heated exchange occurred in the House Cafeteria as Rep. Knutson R Minn and Rep. Engel R Mich clashed over a proposed 20 percent cut in individual income taxes. Engel claimed the plan benefits the rich and could hurt the GOP in 1943, while Knutson accused Engel of following the CIO line. No blows were struck.
From 1920 to 1946 regular gasoline in the United States climbed from 50 octane to 78 octane. Estimates suggest Florida's income derives about one third from tourist trade, directly or indirectly.
Robert R. Young declares intent to build a nationwide coast to coast rail system and reveals himself as the largest known stockholder of New York Central Railroad. Vanderbilt era leadership at Central remains silent as the Interstate Commerce Commission has not acted. Young claims enough stock to control the road. Vanderbilt holds about 60 000 shares while Union Pacific holds about 160 000 of 6 447 000 outstanding.
House Democrats led by Rayburn paid tribute to Franklin D Roosevelt on the 65th anniversary of his birth, praising him as humanitarian statesman war leader and friend of the common man. Rayburn placed him among nation’s greats as Republicans mostly rose in acknowledgment. Other speakers included Eberharter Brown and Flannagan.
The U S War Department's Pentagon Building in Washington contains seventeen and a half miles of corridors outlining the vast military complex.
Excavation reveals a rock crystal magnifying lens from Nineveh dated 721 to 705 B C. The artifact indicates advanced craftsmanship and suggests daily life practices in ancient Mesopotamia.
Mary Frances Anderson died in Winchester Hospital Tuesday afternoon at 1 30 p m Born Tuesday morning she lived 13 hours She is survived by her parents two brothers Gene and Robert Jr and grandparents Mr and Mrs Lee Anderson and Mr and Mrs William Brill Graveside rites were held at 4 p m at St John s Lutheran Church Cemetery with Capt Clyde Koon officiating
Two Executive Branch members told a reporter that they and other senators would question industry witnesses about strengthening anti trust laws. The plan aligns with a Democrat strategy linking labor actions to curbing business combinations. Williams and Francis supported a Ball bill to outlaw industry wide bargaining by restricting negotiations to a single company or to firms within one locality.
Cov Tuck notes Virginia courts are too lenient and two states would study the issue and report to their legislatures by January 1. Maryland bills prompt oystermen in Virginia to comment on antidredging violations, blaming the law not enforcement. Many Maryland boats dock on the Virginia shore, signaling joint concern.
The president aims to hold the line on rent controls but defers to Congress. A rapid sequence of notices and denials followed reports that the OPA planned a rent increase, with CIO head Philip Murray warning the move could derail wage settlement efforts with management.
John Battle Jr of Charlottesville was named chairman of the Farmington Country Club Golf committee for 1947 as announced by club directors. The appointment sets the year’s leadership for golf operations at the Charlottesville club.
The Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation announced President Truman will come to Charlottesville on Friday July 4 to deliver an address at Monticello. The Jefferson Shrine program will be announced later and a presidential party will stay at Farmington Country Club.
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