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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1952
Page
2
Gerald R Isaacs, 20, of Coatesville, Pa., earned his Navy enlistment today after multiple rejections and two surgeries. He first failed the physical, returned for a second attempt, endured another operation, then passed the rigid medical exam and now wears the Navy uniform proudly.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved a motion inviting Eisenhower to return home to testify on the new foreign aid bill. Fellow members including Lodge plan to oppose. Meanwhile Governor Warren campaigns in Wisconsin opposing an anti Chiang Kai-shek war, and Harold Stassen says he will not back McCarthy in Wisconsin.
Answers listed include Massachusetts, One, James Buchanan, A poem lovely as a tree, Lima, a fragment of rock in another rock, The Man With the Hoe, Edward VI, Omega, Heavier, No
A fragment lists multiple auctions with dates and locations in Virginia. Items include livestock, farm machinery, dairy equipment, furniture, household goods, real estate, and warehouse contents. Notable entries mention J Leslie Clearbrook and Reed near Winchester, with Herbert Larrick trustee sale in front of Frederick County Court House.
The FBI reports two additional suspects in the 12.7 million dollar Reno burglary. Louis Gazigli, 44, and Leona Mae Giordano, 37, were named. Gazigli faces federal conspiracy charges and has a prior rap sheet, while Giordano is accused of transporting over 5 000 of the loot to Los Angeles.
A Henrico County officer chased Aubrey Jones 45 miles from Sandston to two miles east of Williamsboro after Jones fled a furniture store break in Sandston. Harris wounded Jones in the hip and Jones was taken to St Philip Hospital.
Mrs Catherine Arbella Piatt, 82, died yesterday at her home in Washington Pennsylvania. She was the mother of Mrs P W Plumly of this city. Friends and relatives will be received at Ritchie and Piatt Funeral Home in Washington. Funeral service will be from the funeral home on Monday at 2 pm with burial in Washington.
Three armed men robbed Craig Saul, owner of Eagle Coal Co., of $141,000 at his Butler home after gaining entry as a package delivery. Mrs Saul, his wife, and their children were in the house as the men tied, struck, and dragged her upstairs. A gray Cadillac was the only clue as police search for the trio who missed $26,000 left in the safe.
Shenandoah Valley National Bank hosts an Open House Friday from 7 to 10 pm featuring a traveling exhibit of United States gold coins from 1814 to 1897. The collection, from National City Bank of New York, traces the nation’s early bi metal coinage and the 1933 gold recall.
Lucy Petway Holcombe, Virginian by birth who moved to Texas, married Francis Wilkinson Pickens, a congressman governor and diplomat. She was famed for beauty and accomplishments and her likeness appeared on Confederate currency. a South Carolina regiment was named for her.
Funeral services for Harry W Butler a prominent local fruit grower packer and shipper who died of a heart ailment were held yesterday at 3 pm in Braddock Street Methodist Church with Dr William Archer Wright officiating. Burial followed at Mount Hebron Cemetery with pallbearers and honorary pallbearers named.
Nathaniel Faston Carpenter of Easton Maryland and Mt. Dora Florida died in Florida on March 9. He spent early life in Clarke County and later joined Hall Baker Grain Company in Kansas City. He was brother to late Major Harry Carpenter USMC and survived by his wife Louise Lathrop. Services in Berryville Grace Episcopal Church with burial at Green Hill Cemetery.
Ronald Lee 15 son of Paul Lee and Mrs Dewey Bryant was found dead in the B and O Canal after going missing from Washington February 2. He is survived by a brother Clifford and several half siblings. Funeral set for tomorrow at Sperry Run E A B Church with burial at nearby Maker cemetery.
The territory was called Russian America or Russian Possessions in America while under Russia. In 1867 during the treaty debate in the U S Senate Charles Sumner proposed the name Alaska a corruption of the Eskimo word Alaveska and William H Seward the Secretary of State approved the idea.
A training meeting for Ground Observers will be in Winchester City Hall court room on Wednesday March 26 at 7 30 p m Rev Charles A York supervisor at Stephens City announces the session as part of four held about every three months by Air Force personnel from the Filter Center at Richmond The gathering aims to sharpen observer skills for the Air Defense System and radar network and will feature a screening of the Eyes Aloft film Attendees from Stephens City Berryville Winchester and other posts will join with about 40 enlisted observers and Chief Observer P E Lineburg who recently ran a post within ten minutes of notification
Mrs. Sophie Finger of New York asks Queens Assistant District Attorney James Mc Grattan to plead for leniency for Jack Kerrane a 20 year old immigrant convicted of second degree manslaughter in the Jan 20 1951 beating death of her husband Joseph Finger 52 a UN interpreter Kerrane faces up to 15 years in prison The widow cites family hardship and favors a psychiatric examination before sentencing while her two sons support reevaluating the youth’s punishment.
A truck backed into a tree while parking on Braddock Street damaging a house and power lines. B J Burkett of Sugar Grove North Carolina operated a 1950 Mack tractor trailer for Virginia Carolina Freight Line Martinsville. Damages to wiring 15 dollars and to the house 10 dollars and to the truck 50 dollars.
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