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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1951
Page
9
James Giles and Robert Green, two Negro inmates awaiting trial for grand larceny and highway robbery, escaped from Dinwiddie County Jail late last night. State, county, and Petersburg police search for them as eight other prisoners remain locked in separate cells after a seven week jail stay.
In BOM Germany the Soviet Army in East Germany has evacuated entire farming communities to create training areas. Officials report at least ten large zones plus many smaller ones near permanent barracks. US official Eric Gration says farming is halted in these training regions during spring to fall for large scale exercises.
The blubber acts as insulation to retain body heat in cold ocean waters and also helps streamline the whale’s body for efficient movement.
In Everest Kansas a bank president found defective currency showing $5 on one side and $10 on the other. Roy Ruth of Union State Bank has received many inquiries, with offers to pay high prices. He plans to study the best route, including selling to collectors or returning the bills to the Federal Reserve Bank.
About 500 government workers, mostly women, invaded the House of Commons in London demanding equal pay with male colleagues. Police barred the entrance as they pounded doors and chanted for Chancellor Hugh Gaitskell, who had rejected the demand. After 90 minutes the crowd dispersed with plans to return next Wednesday.
Washington officials said an OPS order by Michael DiSalle will let canners of green peas and snap beans raise ceiling prices to cover cost increases since 1948. The rule, effective July 24, marks the basic pricing framework for canned vegetables with follow up for fruits and berries.
Express Agency, Inc. petitioned the State Corporation Commission to refund 70 665.68 in gross receipts taxes paid for 1949, challenging the Virginia Code provision cited for taxation. A hearing was set for July 39 by the SCC.
Reuben Rettner was acquitted in Municipal Court of 1931 double parking after police admitted they had failed to locate him for two decades. Rettner said he has lived in Boston all his life and had only recently applied for a hackney license.
Mason testified he lives in New York and uses the alias Sam Mussman after changing it in the security business. He described WWI compensation of about 195 a month, previously 633, and admitted gambling on races, claiming he may have won and lost up to 30,000 in 1948 with ongoing losses. He joked about the habit as a coping mechanism.
The 25th annual Patriotic Order Seas of America picnic and carnival opens at Angers Store, 22 miles NW, with 6 000 to 8 000 expected today. Nine bathing beauty contestants were entered, led by Miss Maxine Luttrell of Angers Store.
The University of Texas builds the world noisest room to study soundproofing. Dr. C Paul Boner designs a chamber with pillars walls and smooth floors to measure echoes and noise. Tests place objects inside as a huge hiss noise plays then detectors measure reflections to guide quieter designs and optimize acoustics.
Mrs Jean Gregory 27 and mother Amanda Farrow 61 seek a husband to cover medical bills and support her three children. She has $114 monthly aid and $150 in unpaid hospital bills. Saturday she will meet three candidates a mail carrier, an electrician and a factory owner.
Funeral services for Mrs. Ola V Stafford 37 who died at Fort George Meade Hospital will be held tomorrow at 2 00 p m at Jones Funeral Home Reverend William Archer Wright officiating Pallbearers Marshall Kremer Kenneth Miller Julian Buncutter Richard Buncutter Robert Worsley and James Kennedy will serve Burial in Mount Hebron Cemetery
Heir to the Hohenzollern throne Prince Friedrich Wilhelm dies at his Heching en villa at 69 after a long illness. Eldest son of Kaiser Wilhelm I, he led troops at Verdun in World War I and commanded an army group before his exile to Holland. He returned in 1923 to manage vast estates, many of which were lost after Soviet occupation.
Washington and across party lines the administration moves to overturn a House move that froze price and wage ceilings at July 7 levels for four months. President Truman warned that paid lobbyists may derail the economic controls bill but vowed a new start if needed. A wage price amendment created confusion as Republicans and Southern Democrats push for final action with 22 amendments pending and a possible Saturday session.
In Houston two days after donating a pint to St Joseph Hospital Blood Bank John T. Brown was cut on both feet by a mower. A physician ordered a transfusion and Brown received his own blood back from the bank.
The FBI posted nationwide wanted notices for Frank Walter Kristy on charges of kidnapping and killing his granddaughter. Kristy, 48, a painter and repairman, was traced from Nevada to Fort Douglas Utah before disappearing. FBI Director Hoover warned motorists not to pick up hitchhikers resembling him, calling him extremely dangerous and armed.
Compton California pilot Gene Wilkie was fined $150 after explaining the July 7 flight was ordered by his boss who runs a car wash rack to count wash racks and identify the busiest location.
The text notes wholesale prices around 39 cents for small retailers and about 54 cents wholesale for Western fruit. Retailers earned margins of $1.20 on Western apples and $1.28 on Eastern apples. Losses from waste and spoilage are mentioned, with consumers paying about 61 cents for merchandising and transportation and 39 cents to growers.
Governor Dan Thornton ordered officials to investigate the flogging of five Colorado Penitentiary inmates after an escape attempt. Warden Roy Best reported the men were whipped with a six inch wide strap, bent over a horse in the gym, with claims of 8 to 12 strikes. A Denver Post reporter called it savage, while Best defended it as not brutal.
Kenneth Patton served in the 4th Fighter Group of the 8th Air Force known as the Old Eagle Squadron Group, credited with downing 1,019 German planes. He later held executive posts in the 336th Fighter Squadron and the 4th Fighter Group. Discharged as a captain in 1945, he remains in the inactive reserve as a major. Since 1946 he has been active in the American Legion Conrad Hoover Post as service officer and commander roles. He is married to Ruth Lancaster of Berryville with two children, Kenneth C. Jr. and Cynthia Ruth, residing at 625 Pennsylvania Avenue.
A weeklong mourning follows the king's murder on Friday the Muslim Sabbath. Moslem priests chant from the Mohamme dan Koran on Amman radio. The king, a direct descendant of the Prophet Mohammed, was a devout Muslim, whose violent death ended a short reign marked by strife. He wore a silver dagger at his belt while ruling with Oriental serenity.
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