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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1949
Page
1
Clearbrook Fire Co held its annual yard party at Stonewall School with weather aiding turnout. Firemen managed parking for about 750 cars while 50 workers assisted in food service and auctions, with 92 donors contributing items and 199 pounds of ham sold. Final profits expected to surpass last year’s $1323.
Pittsburgh June 23 United Electrical Workers local 601 at East Pittsburgh is quitting the grocery business after losing 4700. The local with 16500 Westinghouse Electric Corp workers opened the store a year ago to aid members with bulk buying but canned goods sold only in small quantities and the venture was not paying.
Special permission allowed George Flowerdewe Norton a British subject to land in Virginia in 1782. He went to Winchester to meet Gov. Harrison, explained ill health, then partnered with his brother Daniel as Daniel Norton and Co. They ran a red store on Piccadilly St and dissolved the firm in 1790. Norton later became Winchester postmaster in 1792 and 1795, living in Frederick by 1810. death and exact dates unknown. Public notices follow: sale of 19 shares Potomac Edison stock in Winchester. Kernstown Methodist Church yard party. store under William J. Rickard management. and open Sanitary Plumbing & Heating Co. ad with prizes for a Westinghouse dealer.
The House appropriations committee approves a 33 million increase for state job finding and unemployment programs within a 127 million deficiency bill. The measure funds anticipated workloads, includes other deficiences such as Iran surplus equipment shipping and Foot and Mouth disease eradication, and calls for War Assets Administration liquidation by June 30.
The Senate rejected 77 to 9 Senator Morse's plan to let Congress decide on national emergency strikes case by case. The vote marks a victory for Taft Hartley supporters and signals a close upcoming vote on the injunction itself. Backers won two preliminary battles defeating other anti injunction plans.
State Trooper J L Collins found a 1937 car on the Suffolk Holland highway lacking brakes lights and mirrors with a fake blue sticker. The sticker urged sending ten blue horse covers for a free cap and led Clyde S Staton to pay 35 dollars in fines and costs in Nansemond County Trial Justice court.
Prices for lamb and pork fell several cents per pound in many marketing centers this week, led by a broad drop in loin chops and roasts. Beef veal and poultry also eased while eggs edged up and butter stayed about unchanged. Canteloupes and watermelons remained brisk with heavy shipments. tomatoes rose slightly as Texas stock neared season end.
Clarke county electoral board at Berryville unanimously confirmed Julian Everly of Boyce for another term as school trustee. A Boyce PTA delegation urged A. R. Dunning of Millwood be appointed instead. Everly, secretary treasurer of two credit associations, supports consolidating Clarke county high school with transfer of grades to Berryville next year amidst local opposition.
Christos Spanos seeks 200000 in his own right plus 10000 for his family in a Cor poration court action against Consumers Utilities Co. over injuries from the Baylass Dept. store gas explosion last June. The suit details second and third degree burns, extensive treatment, transfusions, skin grafts and hospital care through December 1948.
A Dominican broadcast said a third attempt by rebels to land in Cuba by air was crushed. Eight attackers killed and four captured, including Horacio Jilio Hornes. President Trujillo had said two previous landings were wiped out. A Catalina flying boat wreck was linked to a Miami area man.
A KLM Constellation crashed into the Adriatic near Bari, killing at least 24 people including Americans, Turks, Dutch and Albanians. Bodies recovered include 16 men 5 women and 3 children. The ship had no survivors expected. rescue by Italian navy divers continued amid choppy seas.
Washington June 23. A group of Republicans girded for a fight against even a trial run for the Truman administration farm program. The House agriculture subcommittee approved a bill to let Brannan experiment on three crops in 1950 with production payment, kill the 1948 Aiken law, and create a new parity of farm income at 100 percent. Republican Andresen said the issue is political and warned of full committee and floor opposition while Brannan aims hogs potatoes and wool for testing.
Roanoke, June 23. Sixty prospective jurors and 30 witnesses are being cut for the trial Monday of Scott, a 16-year-old high school pupil charged with the May 8 murder of Dana Marie Weaver, who was reported riding with friends before she entered Christ Episcopal church parish house. The defendant was indicted for murder by the grand jury in June.
Judith Coplon, in near hysterics, complained the government blocks full defense in espionage charges. She argued for jurors to see her work and reports while Judge Reeves limits disclosure of her Justice Department assignment. The hearing also covered a supposed Soviet spy technique used with Russian engineer Valentine Gubitchev and questions about a 1948 Russia visit.
A one day recruitment drive added 16 new members to the Winchester chamber of commerce bringing the total to 293. Executive secretary says hopes high to reach 300 as workers complete reports with new members including Lowell Brannon and Ellis Harbaugh among others.
Secretary of State Acheson tells the House Foreign Affairs Committee that Western delegates failed to agree with Russia at the Paris Foreign Ministers conference. He urges swift action on the North Atlantic Pact and the arms program, with Senate and House leaders pressing Congress to act.
The general fund receipts for the first 11 months of the fiscal year total $71,172,949 as of May. All funds revenues including special and institutional rose to $26,023,270, up $15,868,761 from the previous period.
Prospects show 1949 Appalachian apple yield around 21 million bushels, about 4 million above last year but below the 10 year average. Virginia production near 9.5 million bushels with light York bloom and spring weather affecting pollination. Late frosts, hail and scab challenge orchards though overall quality remains strong aside from blemishes. Other states report varying prospects with New York at 14 million and Washington State near 26 million. Prices for firsts run $1 to $5 per half bushel with regional market activity steady into June.
John L. Lewis and North West soft coal operators opened bargaining for a new contract in White Sulphur Springs West Virginia. They aimed to extend the talks nationwide by appealing to steel companies with coal provisions and to include other regions, seeking to isolate the Southern Coal Association and U S Steel in the process.
Clifford D. Grim announces Winchester Trust Co will send $26,577 to Handley trustees. The amount completes a $25,000 trust set by Judge John Handley for Annie Hafey, who died last September at nearly 100. Funds fund Handley School operations and have grown to over $1 million.
Six Congress members say after a White House call that President Truman agrees something must be done about rising unemployment. He will present a message to Congress next month with his midyear Economic Advisors report. The plan seeks a National Economic Cooperation Board and long range public works, plus tax incentives for new construction to spur investment. Attending were Senators Murray, Humphrey, Elbert Thomas and Reps Patman, Douglas, and Biemiller, all Democrats.
The communists lost heavily to the right wing in Dutch municipal elections. They dropped to 111 seats from 215, while their 1946 performance showed a much larger decline. In contrast, their share of the popular vote in 1943 parliamentary elections fell by only about half a percent.
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