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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1949
Page
2
June 16 Washington officials say the Cominform appears cowed by Western gains in fighting communism. The shift may mark a tactic change from westward expansion to emphasis on eastern Europe, with Yugoslavia as an early test case.
Answers printed show Capot of Greentree Stable as question one. Other items include four zones named Russian British and J S. true false about moving objects, Belgium Netherlands and Pakistan, Samuel Tilden, and a note on racing.
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. of Virginia closes direct testimony before the State Corporation Commission as it seeks about 4 million dollars in additional annual gross revenue. Witnesses include Arthur W. Harrison and D. R. Belcher with AT and T ties. Western Electric auditor Burton R. Young cites Bell System margins.
The CIO United Steel Workers press for a general wage increase, employer funded pensions, and social insurance including life, health and hospital benefits. U S Steel refuses to discuss pensions this year. talks cover 835 contracts for over 700,000 workers.
President Truman stated that unemployment is not critical and that the administration will outline its economic stance in a forthcoming economic message to Congress. He cited his regular biannual report and noted the plan to deliver details to Capitol Hill in about three to four weeks.
Mrs Hugh Green is treated for facial and head bruises and Mrs Alice Green for a possible leg fracture at a Warrenton hospital after an auto accident near Warrenton. Mr Hugh Green escaped unhurt. The Greens are said to reside in Winchester and now live in Richmond.
The Frederick Clarke Breeding Assn. board meets at 8 tonight in the county courthouse to discuss securing semen and an inseminator from the Martinsburg West Virginia artificial breeding center. President James Reardon Jr. leads directors Marle Hannum Robert Stickley J N Good Carl Strickler Alfred Snapp R P Anderson Thomas Jones and W B Stuart. About 300 cows have been bred since July with Drs. Mark McHale and Charles Milton assisting insemination using Culpeper Virginia semen.
Franklin N Grove 47 of Fallstown Md died at his home yesterday. He was a former Edgewood Arsenal engineer, native of Stephenson, husband of Florence Smith Allen, and member of Braddock Street Methodist Church. Services 2 pm tomorrow at Omps Funeral Home, Rev Archer Wright officiating. Interment Mt Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers Lou Grim AC Goyer Stanford CC Hawkins and William Grove.
The Four-Power Council of Foreign Ministers meets in secret in Paris as U S Britain and France push to finish talks tonight amid hope for a Berlin Austria truce. Ministers considered Berlin rail strike fallout and agreed on nonrestriction of Berlin trade while promoting cross zone commerce under an all German economic committee.
Summer school starts Monday at Handley with classes from 8 a.m. to noon. Superintendent Garland Quarles expects enrollment not to exceed 20 students. The program focuses on make up work in mathematics and English, with Mrs. Helene Walker as the only teacher currently.
Benjamin Ernest Dodson 24 of 413 North Loudoun Street was ordered held for grand jury action by Police Judge John Rice. Bond set at 1000. Charged with breaking and entering and petty larceny at Vernon Miller filling station 698 North Loudoun Street May 14. Entry via door panel removal. Items including motor oil valued under 50. Dodson also faces county warrant for alleged petty larceny at Fletcher auto lot in Stephens City.
The Federal Reserve Board found that US consumers have money and desire for more goods at somewhat lower prices. Prospective buyers for cars, homes, and TVs rose, with modest price cuts already prompting dealer responses though overall demand showed only a small early 1949 decline from 1948.
President Truman says the executive branch is not hysterical over espionage fuss and will purge any malice. He confirms J Edgar Hoover has not resigned and notes Hoover reports to him through Attorney General Clark while denying interference with the judiciary. He cites a Washington Post cartoon on education freedom as the best answer to un-American activities concerns.
The band was organized in 1922 by General John J. Pershing as a sequel to the GHQ band formed in France from A E F units of World War I.
United Mine Workers charge deceit after learning Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates coal division once Koppers coal is not represented by the Southern Coal Producers Association at contract talks in Bluefield West Virginia. John Owens says Eastern accounts for about 8.5 million tons of southern production and questions missing credentials. Moody defends proposals as negotiable and blames lack of union proposals for delaying a southern contract before expiration.
Hobert ing the following week the club will meet at George Washington hotel. William Jennings Randolph, former congressman from West Virginia, now an official of Capital Airlines, Washington, will be guest speaker at a dinner meeting June 30 for installation of new officers. At yesterday's luncheon members were given a word picture of the organization and workings of the Soap Box derby sponsored by the JCC.
Mortimer Harkins Auctioneer offers for sale at 11 A.M. Saturday June 18 1949 in front of the County Court House the house and one acre lot at 916 South Kent Street Winchester Virginia. Terms cash or 1 3 cash with balance in two annual installments at 6 percent interest secured by a deed of trust.
Clarke county school board in session yesterday formally extended the contract with Howard Shockey and Son to finish the Berryville elementary school. The contractor had the green light earlier when the state released Literary Loan funds. A. F. Robertson noted few teaching vacancies and about 10 new names, with nine buses total after ordering two more from Earl Shade of Winchester.
The administration bill would scrap Florida’s closed shop ban and similar prohibitions in 16 states. The Senate faces six plans on handling strikers seen as risking national safety, from Taft Hartley injunctions to a 30 day cooling off period.
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