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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1951
Page
6
Arthur Aloys Schuck, born June 20, 1895 in Brooklyn, grew into a lifelong Boy Scout leader since 1913. He rose to chief executive of the Boy Scouts of America in 1948, shaping social work and financing for social service.
In 1950 the United States consumed about 170 billion gallons of water daily for various needs. Excluded from this total were roughly 1.1 trillion gallons used to generate hydroelectric power.
In Oklahoma City an usher, Harley Vernon Duncan, 16, was fined $10 after a theater incident where he spanked a six year old moviegoer. The police judge noted theater workers must tolerate rowdy behavior while the official charged with assault and battery was admonished.
Akron observers report the giant ZPN airship undergoing flight tests before dusk. The 324 foot blimp with 875000 cubic feet of helium aims to travel about 75 knots and would be nearly twice as large as earlier non rigid airships used to chase submarines in the last war.
Three sailors aboard the USS Allen M. Sumner near Norio were rescued after clinging to a capsized 14 foot runabout in the James River. The craft overturned near a river bridge around 10 p m following a sighting of a stump. They reached shore at 7 15 a m after an unidentified motorist on the bridge spotted them.
Santa Ana California reports Miss Minnie Penman retired after 41 years of teaching. She taught penmanship, a skill she shaped in countless students across many years.
In Tokyo Takanoa Yoshida, head spokesman for Japan's 70 million Buddhists, argued against an early peace treaty. He warned the pact could propel an immature Japan into the free nations and potentially spur Russia to act.
The 1951-52 hunting and fishing licenses permits and stamps are now on hand and for sale at the Clarke County Office. Current licenses for the year ending June 30 1951 remain available.
A fragment notes a person bringing seven friends home for dinner and a concern from a mother about appetites. The line hints at Southern cuisine as satisfying meals.
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