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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1950
Page
9
In Lark Utah three miners remain trapped deep in the Mascotte tunnel after a dawn fire at the American Smelting Mining and Refining plant. Two miners Yorace Martin Seal and Byron G. Thomas were found dead 7500 feet below the surface as rescue teams persist.
Installation of new Kiwanis members will be the highlight of tomorrow's luncheon at 12 30 p m. in the George Washington Hotel. Garland Quarles will lead the ceremony in the Sherge room.
Consignment heavy-market steady and active lambs 27.50 calves 31.50 hogs 24.75 cattle steers good 27.50 with 50, medium to good 26 27.50, stockers up to 28.75, heifers good 24.26, cows good 20-23.80, dairy cows up to 262.40, stock cows to 187, bulls 23-26.25, weaners 28-61.50, other weights 24.50-15, hogs and sheep values listed with varied ranges.
MacArthur reports little front activity along lines near Taejon as U S forces counter Red advances. Air power slows North Korean armor around Taejon while FEAF tacks on tanks and trucks. South Korean First Corps reshapes positions east of Taejon as Reds move reinforcements from Taeon toward Tan oe. Allied ships shell the coast and submarines are sighted offshore amid discuss of a Siberian undersea fleet.
Mohammed Zaki Hashem 27, former United Nations official living in Boston, plans to return to Egypt on August 6 to resume his professional life. He declines to discuss a London newspaper claim about King Farouk’s marriage and says he will pursue a position on the Egyptian Council of State. Hashem has studied at Harvard for a doctorate in international economics and says he aims to help the Egyptian people.
HARTSDALE New York General Evangeline Booth retired commander of the Salvation Army died aged 84 after a year long illness. Born in London on Christmas Day 1865 she was the daughter of General William Booth and led the world organization from 1934 to 1939 as the Army’s first woman general.
Pravda reported that two North Korean torpedo boats sank an American cruiser off the Korean coast on July 5. No U.S. confirmation of the loss was provided.
MacArthur assessed North Korean casualties at about 11 000 while noting precise figures remain unattainable. He reported major bombardments hitting Chechon Wonju and Ansong rail yards and revisits to Kimpo air field near Seoul.
Manila Cabinet endorses President Quirino’s stance against sending Filipino troops to Korea. It may allow individuals to volunteer for UN forces. About 245 Americans left Manila to join service at Clark Field. Philippines offers coconut oil soap and vacuums as aid.
President Truman ordered credit restrictions on housing to curb inflation. The Federal Housing Administration is to raise down payment requirements for new construction and repairs. The Veterans Administration must require at least five percent cash down for all insured, guaranteed, or BA loans where allowed.
Chilean and foreign volunteers exceed 100 and pledge to serve in the Korean War, according to National Defense Ministry sources.
Walter Reuther, head of the CIO United Auto Workers, urges President Truman to back a global total peace offensive to wipe out Communism. He proposes the United States invest more than a trillion dollars over 100 years and frames it as essential to democratic survival.
Representatives of 75 churches with about 31 000 members gathered in Roanoke for the Valley Baptist Association's 123rd one day meeting. The Rev. C B Trammell of Waverly Place Baptist Church outlined a 1951 evangelistic campaign. Also speaking were R Franklin Hough of Baptist Hospital and Dr George R Moldenhauer president of the University of Richmond.
In Philadelphia a window shade company uses a truck with the sign Caution blind man driving this truck. The message prompts motorists to grant extra space and generous leeway to the vehicle and its driver.
In Lynchburg six year old Anita Gay Bailey died after consuming sleeping pills hours after her older sister Scarlett O Hara Bailey died. The girls were in the care of a grandmother while their mother, ill in hospital, and their father Cpl. Edward Gordon Bailey reenlisted in the Army.
Hollywood producer Gene Markey plans a million dollar Technicolor film in Cairo starting late this year. The historical drama centers on Mohamed Ali Pasha the Great, the Albanian commander who founded Egypt’s ruling dynasty in the early 19th century, with Egypt’s climate praised as ideal for filming.
A list of participating retailers and shops including Goodrich Store Gray & Eddy J W Grove Furniture Gardner Hillyard Hat Dress Shop Huntsberry's Jewel Box Kinney's Shoe Kurtz Furniture Leggett's McCrory's Men's Clotheshorse Molden Electric Montgomery Ward Mulvey's Newberry's J C Penney Philip's Schewel H C Sheetz Shoe Center Timberlake Triangle Shoe appears as part of a community sale event offering free parking movies and bus rides.
In 1948 the leading mercury producing mine in the Western Hemisphere was the New Idria in San Benito County California. The Almaden mine in Spain is the world’s largest, exploited for over 20 centuries and estimated to have produced over 228000 tons of metal.
Virginia Mason of 632 Pennsylvania receives a Winchester permit for a 1 12 story brick dwelling at 627 Pennsylvania Ave with an estimated 10000 construction cost. W A Miller of 7c Greenwall Ave secures a two story 24 by 40 foot concrete block office and warehouse at 18 Greenwall with an estimated 2500 cost.
The Virginia Reel is reported to be of American origin but traces its roots to an older English dance titled Sir Roger de Coverley. The link suggests the American folk dance borrowed steps and spirit from the English satire dance popular in the 18th century.
Rain on St Swithin's Day has been followed by three days of showers. The Scots rhyme predicts 40 more days of rain, and so far the spell holds. Measurable rainfall: 0.06 inch Saturday, 0.43 inch Sunday, 0.53 inch Monday, with a light shower this morning.
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