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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1952
Page
9
Police pursued Frederick J Tenuto the FBI top suspect in the New York shooting of clothing salesman Schuster. Schuster was killed with four 38 caliber bullets amid threats and a week of home confinement after naming Sutton as a gangland associate.
Washington AP reports a forthcoming deep water atomic blast at the Marshall Islands to test effects on ships at sea. After six years of data from air, surface, underground and shallow water blasts, officials seek to measure hull and structure damage using warships and reserves from Bikini remnants.
Senators probing oil trade with Red China report Morris firm faced a $847 000 fine for employing foreign radio operators. A separate $8 000 settlement was negotiated by the Newbold Morris law firm. Francis D Flanagan, counsel for the Senate Investigations subcommittee, cites records. Regulating radios, the FCC required American flagged ships to use American licensed operators.
There are two species native to California the coastal redwood and the Sequoia gigantea. A third species once thought extinct has been found in China in recent years.
A compact listing of across and down clues for a Saturday crossword puzzle with hints for answers including Shinto temple true bless signs and various wordplay entries I must attempt to fill. The clues cover a range from religion to measurements to animals and colors with several two letter or short forms indicated.
Salome Crisman serves as treasurer as the national goal is 16 million dollars with Virginia aiming for 260 thousand dollars in the fundraising effort.
More than 100 Catholic men attended the fifth annual Communion Breakfast of the Sacred Heart Holy Name Society at the George Washington Hotel. Rev. Leonard A. Kelly of Trumansburg NY spoke on Our Lady of Fatima, recounting the 1917 apparitions and urging penance and the Rosary for world peace.
Estimates project about 75 000 GOP voters will pick 14 national convention delegates while roughly 25 900 Democrats name eight delegates. Key candidates include Taft Eisenhower and Harold Stassen for the GOP and Kefauver Truman for the Democrats. Kefauver dismisses rival predictions as eyewash and Truman pursues another White House bid.
Lamar Keen Harry A Nelson and Richard B Rush named assistant directors of Publicity and Promotion for the 1952 Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival. The release lists 16 committees including television newsreel press radio and headquarters staff with chairmen and members such as Philip W Whitney Wendell R Barney Eugene P Miller Elizabeth Barr and Ross E Mohney among others.
The Festival committees are announced with Eugene P. Sakers as chairman of Booths assisted by Miss Virginia Headley and Frank Mazura. Donald Buckley and William Thomas head the Street Decorations committee. Church Cooperation is led by Revs. Duckwall Hanckel and Wilson.
Dr William P McGuire of Winchester heads the 1952 Easter Seal drive for crippled children in Northern Virginia. The campaign runs through Easter Sunday and supports five regional cerebral palsy centers in Arlington Richmond Norfolk Harrisonburg and a Virginia Tennessee joint facility. The society also operates a statewide speech correction program with the Department of Education and school divisions.
Dr McGuire notes no fixed goal for the campaign yet explains reduced dollar purchasing power requires a larger sum to sustain services. He expresses confidence in public support and mentions letters seeking Faster Seals are mailed this week. Anyone who does not receive Easter Seals can mail contributions to Crip pled Children at the local post office.
A list of chairs and committee members for county and city solicitations includes J. V. Arthur Sr. as chairman, W. Erle Edwards and J. A Hotinger among others, with bands from clubs, doctors, coin collectors, publicity heads, and education advisors. Names span Agnes Shirley, John T. Wolfe, J. Douglas Butler, J. L. Kalbach, T. C. Powers, Donal Stewart, Miss Shirley, Ho A. Nelson, Walter Bowman, Douglas O Connell, John Cart Morgan, Mrs R L Pizzano, R T Shields, Alvin B Pennypacker, and Dr A Miller.
Assistant Army Secretary Karl Bendetsen warned striking workers of the New York Central to return to work or face appropriate action. The warning, issued in Washington, suggested possible court injunction but gave no details. The Army has controlled railroad lines since government seizure in August 1950 amid earlier union threats of a national walkout.
White flowers are unusually fragrant with pleasing colors. Red flowers are usually more fragrant than yellow ones.
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