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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1950
Page
2
Rotarians to hear Red Cross speaker as A J Bowen and Stewart Bell chair the program for March. Basil Star is replaced as chair. On Thursday 16 members will be nominated for the board of directors with the election set for March 9.
A six-story Haliday Hotel with 85 rooms was attacked by flames but was contained early today. The Red Cross center handled over 950 evacuees with no serious injuries reported. Four firemen were overcome by smoke during the blaze.
Los Angeles Jean Wallace former wife of actor Fran j worth Tone paid a fine for her part in the panties incident. She faced a charge of driving a car while in a distraught state on Christmas Eve. Police said she wore lace panties and a red coat at arrest. Wallace, now married to GI student Jimmy Randall, said she will depart soon for South America on a movie location.
The United Mine Workers finish defense testimony at 1 55 p m EST today in the contempt of court trial.
Dale J. Holder Republican state chairman said today partners discussed the advisability of impeaching President Truman due to the coal strike. He did not name a specific party or formal action. The report notes political pressure in Indianapolis surrounding federal labor disputes.
Senator McMahon of Connecticut proposed that the United Nations hold talks in Moscow to set up world controls over atomic weapons to curb nuclear arms.
Parents sponsoring the event are informed that the Market St Methodist Church cub pack will meet at 7 p.m. tonight at the church.
In 1948 the United States produced 336 tons of sleeping drugs, equating to about 24 doses per person nationwide. The question notes a December 1940 national debt of 256 billion dollars, highlighting financial figures in the era.
Chiang Kai-shek resumes the presidency of Nationalist China and becomes commander of the armed forces as Gen. Chen Cheng is poised to succeed him as premier. Li Tsung-jen remains vice president while recovering in New York.
Walter B. Garland operator of nine Roanoke Drug stores was sentenced in Richmond federal court by Judge Sterling Hutcheson to one year and one day in prison and a $10,000 fine for income tax evasion. He was found guilty of concealing his income over four years to evade more than $60,000 in federal taxes.
Senator Byrd states the United States is on a four lane speedway to socialism. He cites three Truman proposals socialized medicine Brannan plan and socialized housing extension as accelerating factors. He spoke at a National Small Businessmen’s Assn meeting criticizing government spending.
The Corporation Commission scheduled a hearing for April 24 on the Old Dominion Electric Cooperative application to accept a 14 million dollar loan from the Rural Electrification Administration.
Answers to the Daily Quiz list the correct responses for several questions. The items include Saint Patrick, the Duke of Windsor, light heavyweight, two years, a quotation about whether the house was completed, Schipperke, Brain, and California.
RENSSELAER N Y Police in 14 states searched for 30 year old mother Helen B Overlander who vanished after telling her children she would not see them again She believed she suffered from cancer though her husband said doctors found nothing seriously wrong and she had an internal disorder
Funeral services for Eugene T. Billmyer who died yesterday morning will be held Friday with a 10 30 a m service at the residence. The cortege will proceed to Ebenezer Lutheran Church in Rio W Va for final rites at 1 p m with Rev B W Coe officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Active pallbearers are Lem on Stoler Ernest Frye Roy Del linger George Feltner Clarence Wilson and George Hughes. Honorary bearers include Robert Daugherty Memvo Seldon Charles Grimm Cecil Grap es Curtis Loy and Jerome Bowman.
Rep Burr P Harrison voices to the State Department concern that Canadian egg imports could disadvantage U.S. egg producers. He notes the issue has unsettled poultrymen in Virginia's Seventh District.
Arval L. DeHaven of Clearbrook has been granted a permit to erect a five room and bath semi bungalow one half mile north of Brucetown. Construction is estimated at $5,000.
Fire equipment responded to a grass fire in a rear field in the northeast city area this afternoon. There was no damage reported.
A three man naval court of inquiry starts reviewing over 1000 pages of testimony from the January 17 Missouri grounding. The panel will issue recommendations to Rear Adm. Allan E. Smith and then to the Navy Department, with possible courts martial or letters of censure depending on findings.
A sequence of farm auctions and household sales listed with dates times and locations from Charles Town and nearby towns. Items include livestock farm machinery household goods dairy cattle furniture and real estate with multiple listings in Winchester Shepherdstown Stephens City and surrounding roads and routes.
The Forty and Eight sponsor a Teen-Age Dance from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. Friday at the George Washington Hotel with Kenneth Windle and his orchestra. Admission is free. The event lists numerous organizers and a student committee led by Diane Hunt and Carolyn Stanley.
The Senate backed the Hillard bill to require full disclosure of loan charges in installment contracts and taxed tobacco wholesale to enforce fair sales taxes. The House advanced the Bland bill giving the Bureau of Industrial Hygiene factory access, and the Gay bill to bar towns from using the name Hampton Roads as debate over regional consolidation continued ahead of the March 21 vote. Del. McMurran warned a court test over the peninsula’s use of City of Hampton Roads and noted the law would take effect June 29. A House resolution also asked the state highway commission to report on financing and operation of tidewater bridges and ferries.
Del Edmund T Dejarnette seeks federal halt on Virginia flood control projects until thorough need analysis is done. House panels advance a law enforcement training bill amid sheriff opposition. The Roanoke de annexation measure passes as amended to apply only there, with Dodson losing support.
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