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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1946
Page
2
Heirens granted a day continuance on murder charges after meeting State's Attorney Tuohy who says the youth admitted the kidnap slaying and dismemberment of six year old Suzanne Degnan last January. Defense says he will issue full confessions in the lipstick slaying of Frances Brown and the stabbing of Joseph Ross.
In Portland Maine on July 30 Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt could not book Hotel Eastland for Fala and spent night at a tourist camp after an Eastland clerk refused to admit the dog above the lobby. Assistant manager Leo G Gaines said the dog was not acceptable as a guest.
A downtown San Francisco blaze at the Herbert Hotel killed four firemen and injured others after flames erupted from the basement. Acting Fire Chief Martin Kearns said one fireman died on the way to hospital and three remained missing. Charles Lynch, 29, was pulled from the line and died en route.
The Senate approved a sliding federal contributions plan for old age assistance, aid to the blind, and dependents by voice vote, tying Social Security payroll taxes to a revised matching system. Taft warned the House might reject the bill if the current state federal funds matching method changed. The plan sets a maximum federal to state ratio of up to two to one in some cases based on income shares.
Governor Tuck said the slow progress in Virginia’s plan to acquire the Woodrow Wilson General Hospital at Staunton stems from disagreements on permissible state use. He still supports state ownership as a good proposition noting earlier views of health use limited to the facility.
A Marine enlisted for four years is not eligible for discharge before the term ends. He may request a dependency discharge by applying to his commanding officer, showing that his absence causes hardship at home and only his return would relieve it.
The Japanese battleship Nagato, battered in earlier attacks, sank after Bikini Atoll's shallow water atomic test. The revised 16 ship score by Vice Admiral Blandy lists New York as damaged, with Arkansas, Saratoga, and others sunk or damaged, while several submarines and ships are listed as missing or beached.
British troops ordered to shoot violators clamped a 22 hour curfew on Tel Aviv as Palestine police aided in a citywide roundup. Officials said 2000 to 3000 Jewish men and women would be detained for identification and investigation with release for the innocent as quickly as possible.
Washington July 30 Congress expected to pass the Hill Burton act providing 442 million dollars over five years for building and equipping private nonprofit as well as public hospitals. Southern allocations include Virginia around 11.79 million over five years with 2.36 million yearly.
Auction for Maple Lawn Dairy owners Billy Bierer includes dairy cattle and farm machinery. Sale set for August 7 at 1 p.m. one mile north of Winchester on Route 11.
The Senate confirmed the five members for a new price controls board at $12 000 a year each. The panel, under the OPA revival act, will decide by August 20 whether to restore ceilings on meats dairy grains cotton seed soybeans and related products. Eggs poultry tobacco petroleum remain ceiling free unless the board acts.
Danville Virginia endures a bus strike that paralyzes transit. Residents rely on car owners and taxis hovering at bus stops for pickups while Giant Dan River Mills deploys staff cars and trucks to haul workers to the looms, turning the day into a jitney like scene.
The record recounts Anderson admitting a $2,500 payment to gain Washington representation for a $936,517 War Department hospital contract. He described a brief Capitol corridor conversation after a War Department visit. The inquiry later shifts to Garsson munitions ties as Truman expands tax return scrutiny plans.
The Transitional Council plans to formulate and recommend policies to promote employment and purchasing power under free enterprise. Its first report is due in December and a comprehensive economy study for Congress is due 60 days after the January session. Members will meet upon Clark's return and seek a small, high level staff.
An agriculture expert with eight years’ background faces nomination scrutiny as officials say Western senators and the National Grange object to a candidate seen as not representing agriculture. The nominee, a 63 year old Iowa professor of agricultural economics, is under consideration after changes in selection.
The list presents correct responses for a quiz: 1 The Philippine Republic 2 Pennsylvania 3 Shrimp 4 Joseph F McGurk 5 True 8 45 1 ne minute volutions per 8 John D Rockefeller Jr 9 True 10 Four inches.
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