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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1952
Page
4
Allied officials claim Red negotiators are stalling as talks focus on a blanket prisoner release in exchange for limited concessions. Libby insists the plan is premature while Col. Kinney notes a two hour staff meeting on supervision.
A gift of $3000 for the new Johnson Williams High School library in Clarke County was announced by E W Burton, a Clarke County official. The donation from the Old Dominion Foundation, led by Paul Mellon, is enough to buy between 800 and 1000 books and related furniture.
The Al coholics Anonymous banquet committee reports only 50 reservations remain for the annual banquet at the George Washington Hotel this Saturday. More than 250 reservations have been made and letters from out of town groups show about 200 additional attendees. Local attendees may reserve by sending requests and payment to Box 744 Winchester on a first come, first served basis. Parking is provided.
The excerpt lists answers to quiz questions: 1 No. 1918 Twenty six Won't tell you The House of Parliament Boreas Emanuel Teriff laws Twice Luke XI Matthew VI 10 The policeman struck the prisoner on the head.
Ernest W Adams Jr purchases the 180 acre Gainesboro farm from other heirs extended family records show ownership since 1817. The property includes an eight room house built in 1906, a 30 by 76 foot bank barn, a concrete silo, machine sheds and poultry houses. The farm supports 40 sheep, 40 Hereford cattle, 20 acres of apples and provides area water. Ernest W Adams Jr shares the land with wife Georgia DeHaven and children Mary Catherine and Ernest W Adams III.
Funeral services for Mrs Fannie B Shutts of Bunker Hill West Virginia were held March 5 at Enders Funeral Home Berryville She is survived by her husband Chester Shutts a son Chester Shutts Jr and three grandchildren
An attorney for Alger Hiss claims the Woodstock typewriter used to convict him is a fake. Chester T Lane says the machine was tampered with and seeks a new trial citing affidavits about altered type faces and replacement type on the old device.
The International Red Cross agreed to conditionally investigate Communist charges that U N forces used germ warfare in Korea. Rene Rueger sent messages to Acheson and Korean and Chinese authorities requesting cooperation to uncover the real causes and extent of epidemics in North Korea. The charge was echoed by Hungarian Polish Romanian and Bulgarian Red Cross societies.
Fred Edward Reidel a 30 year Hanover Bank veteran and head of the coin department is accused of pocketing 800 in quarters over eight years. FBI says he handled counted deposits and had 35.25 in quarters when seized. Bail set at 1900. possible five year term and 5000 fine or both.
The White Post 4 H Club hosted a supper at the Parish House on Monday to honor Louis Leigh who departs soon for the University of Florida to join the Teacher Training Department. Beverley Ribble presented gifts to Leigh Miss Shenk and Rixey Dearmont for help with the basketball team and dancing followed the supper.
Paul Crouch testified that a top secret cell formed in Alameda County California as early as 1942 aimed to steal American atomic secrets.
In Richmond the 1952 General Assembly expenditures surpass a quarter million dollars with 238,644 spent on salaries and related costs for assembly members clerks officers and pages. Printing costs total 13,604 with act lists enrolled bills and documents awaiting bills at the printer. Budget copies run 8,186 and Assembly manual copies 2,721.
Clarke County FFA hosts Clarke Ruritan Club in Berryville for a March meeting. Officers spoke on George Washington as a farmer and agriculture theorist. Leigh resigns as secretary and moves to Alachua Florida. Meeting time changed to third Wednesday with plans for Easter service at Boyce Baptist Church.
Answer: There were 75 post offices nationwide when Benjamin Franklin became Postmaster General. Mails covered under 2,000 miles of roads. In 1812 New York’s Post Office had four clerks. some paid with board from the postmaster.
About 500 people attended Brownie and Girl Scout gatherings marking the United States 40th anniversary of Girl Scouting in Bates. Events at Market Street Methodist and Loudoun Street Presbyterian churches featured camp films, badge ceremonies, and a total of 71.66 dollars raised for the Juliette Low World Friendship Fund.
Martinsburg West Virginia city hospital mourns Bessie Lillian Hopkins a 66 year old long time patient who had been at the facility from 1916 to 1923 and again until her death this week burial followed Wednesday Her rheumatic fever in youth led to a lifelong stay as a permanent patient at the hospital for decades.
The defense secretary called for continued funds in the security interests of the free world. He singled out Indochina and Formosa, saying clearing Indochina would stabilize Southeast Asia and improve NATO defenses. He urged strengthening Nationalist Chinese forces on Formosa and noted much work remains to finish the Formosa foundation. Foreign aid funds would equip and train all 50 divisions agreed at Lisbon for NATO.
A sequence of sale notices across multiple dates lists bidders and items. Names include Geo Helstey, Mrs Trenary, Ralph Horst, Olin G Bush Estate, Mrs G H Miller, B W Alabaugh, J Leslie Reed, H K Molar, Thomas H Jarvis, Charles W McDonald, Mrs Cadwallader Estate, G G Baker, York Orchard Co. Auctions cover livestock, farming machinery, tractors, implements, dairy equipment, vehicles, furniture, and household goods at locations near Winchester, Marion, Capon Bridge, Shepherdstown, Martinsburg, Boyce, Clowser's Warehouse, and Oakland Farms in Maryland and West Virginia areas.
The Blue Ridge Country Day School will hold a rummage sale in Berryville on April 19 starting at a. The event aims to raise funds for school activities and community outreach. Proceeds benefit student programs and campus improvements.
Johan Nygaardsvold Norway's wartime prime minister in exile died in Trondheim hospital after four weeks Illness. His death marks the end of a long political era in Norway with his later years spent in exile and service to the country during World War II.
The Stephens City Town Office says motor vehicle tags go on sale Saturday at 8 am in the Baptist Building. The location is the town office premises listed for tag issuance.
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