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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1949
Page
3
A special grand jury indicted 19 employees of three Washington county Maryland movie theaters and the Conoco league speedway for violating the county's 200 year old Sunday law.
A jury refused to deem the 200 year old blue law archaic and foolish. It recommended the state legislature study present day living tempo to decide if commercial entertainment on Sunday should be allowed with modifications.
Roanoke June 14 700 delegates at the 68th Virginia Pharmacists Assn convention voiced determined opposition to President Truman’s compulsory health program. Henry S. Johnson of the Medical Society of Virginia spoke on medical care at the crossroads. Attorney General J Lindsay Almond joined a panel on laws and ethics in pharmacy practice. Robert A. Hardt of Hoffman La Roche touted lighting prices and stock levels to revive stores operating on a no profit margin.
In Prague on June 14 President Gottwald said the regime seeks positive cooperation with the Roman Catholic church but left the pace of peace to the church. A week-old group Action Catholica claims hundreds of priests and lay members and says it will take on secular church duties. Premier Zatopecky pledged concessions to justified church demands if negotiation proceeds.
News from Chicago reports New England recorded 12 heat related deaths over two days amid high humidity and scattered showers in the Midwest. Dallas area battles floods with ten flood related deaths, one missing, four drowned at Garland after ten inches of rain. A freight train was involved in a washout near Farmers Branch.
Mrs Olive Ann Lloyd 47 died last night at her mother Grace Wynkoop’s home near Berryville after a sudden stroke. A Clarke County native, wife of Richard S Lloyd of Winchester, she leaves a son Milburn and siblings including Mrs Skillman and Charles Wynkoop. Funeral 4 p.m. tomorrow at the Baptist church with burial in Green Hill cemetery. Active pallbearers and honorary pallbearers named.
The Alger Hiss perjury trial nears completion as the government calls its final witnesses. Esther Chambers, a key government witness, wavered on dates and places under cross examination, admitting she and her husband lived on funds from 1931 to 1937 or 1938 and used aliases while moving between locations.
Ralph J. Luttrell of Washington will be guest speaker at Collinsville Virginia for the 30th annual original Luttrell family reunion led by Lloyd Luttrell of Martinsburg. Another Luttrell group plans a Ridge West Virginia gathering the same day. Milton N. Luttrell chairs the program with activities starting at 10 30 a m and public invitation extended.
Senate discussions on repealing the TaftHartley law mix with proposals from Humphrey Morse and Lucas as Democrats consider amendments to preserve Truman era aims. Republican Wherry attacks leadership for delaying votes while a GOP substitute gains traction with Southern Democrats backing the plan.
In Des Moines a 16 state Midwest Democratic conference endorsed Secretary Brannan's farm plan backed by President Truman. They argued it would avert a new farm depression and aid 1950 elections, despite opposition from the American Farm Bureau Federation which favors the Republican Aiken law.
Rev. F B Oglesby will discuss Faith of our Fathers before Winchester combined men's Bible classes at Market St Methodist church Sunday 9 45 a m. About 550 men from nine classes enrolled will attend. Federation chaired by Bernard Grove Robert Womeldorf and Curtis Blye invites all men. A 16 man chorus from two members per class will sing.
Humphries continues his speech calling out the Taft Hartley Act as an insult to citizenry and vulgarization of democratic values while asserting the people want the act annihilated.
Republicans Ives and Mors resist adopting a substitute from Taft Donnell and Smith that would keep Taft Hartley provisions while administering a 30 day cooling period and possible presidential seizure in national emergency disputes. The administration backs a Wagner Act style bill with limited cooling.
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