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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1950
Page
3
Magistrate Frank Powell urged the Marriage Guidance Council to clothe children in uniforms. He said uniforms would make youths feel important and, at 59, argued a formed youth movement could reduce Britain’s problem of young criminals.
Malaya may contribute to world newsprint supply as a wood pulping plant becomes part of the timber research lab extension under a six year plan. The country now imports all newsprint and other papers amid a global shortage.
The United States Supreme Court refused to review the case of seven Martinsville Virginia men sentenced to die for the rape of a 32 year old white housewife. Governor Battle may grant clemency or commute sentences to life imprisonment. Two months ago he granted sixty day reprieves to allow appeals for new trials. the Virginia Supreme Court had previously denied such pleas. The executions for four men were set January 28 and three others for August 4, all linked to the January 8 assault near Martinsville along a railroad track.
Britain conducts its first mine gasification test at Chesterfield where coal is burned 60 feet underground to produce gas. The seam was ignited by incendiary bombs, gas flows to the surface and is analyzed for the national coal board. The project aims to cheaply power turbines from poor mines.
In 1925 Senator Ernst challenged Rule 19 which bars direct or indirect calls of dishonesty in debate. The piece notes congressional immunity shields senators from lawsuits over statements on the floor. It cites Margaret Chase Smith’s Senate speech criticizing vilification and immunity. It describes McCarthy’s charges and a May 3 exchange where Senator Lucas faced Wherry’s remark that quoting the statement could imply calling McCarthy a liar.
In Charleston lore, two shrimp dishes are shared: Shrimp and Cheese Charleston and Fried Shrimp. The recipes detail onions, cream sauce with shrimp, butter, flour, milk, seasonings, and a potato border, plus a deep fried shrimp platter with onions, lemon, and a tomato mustard mayo.
Purdue economist Don Paarlberg argues the July 1 removal of the federal margarine tax will cause small, painless adjustments with little impact on fluid milk. dairymen fear harm to the dairy industry while soybean growers welcome lower butter and margarine prices and some farmers may shift to soybeans or beef.
The repeal of the federal tax on colored margarine may ease consumer costs. Both butter and margarine prices could decrease, but not by the full amount of the tax repeal.
Tokyo officials say Japan will produce at least 2,000,000 barrels of crude oil in the 12 month period ending next March 31, up from 1,556,000 barrels last year. The rise comes from new wells near Yabase on the west coast.
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