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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1949
Page
1
Apple growers hope for a return to normal bud development as cool weather continues through the coming days. Entomologist Dr. Walter S. Hough says buds should be on schedule in the Winchester area if temperatures stay cool, with green buds expected between March 24 and April 4.
Chairman Vinson of the House Armed Services Committee announced a formal inquiry into reported leaks of secret military information. Responding to remarks by Rep Mahon and demands from Rep Case, leaders urged investigation into the source and means to halt disclosure.
Abner Johnson announces full coordination for the Up Blossom Festival mass meeting at George Washington hotel Thursday at 8 p m. Absent details list Eugene Branch William Battaile Gene Lakers Charlie Tait Dan Leatherman Ralph Hengeveld Gwendolyn Haynes Harry F Byrd Jr J Pinckney Arthur I and Dr L F Havermale as toastmaster, greeters, decor and invocation roles.
Howard E Massie farmer and resident of Stephens City was elected president of the Stephens City fire company last night. Officers will be installed March 29. plans include Apple Blossom Festival Parade participation.
Kalamazoo, Mich. March 16 A 13 year old father, Carl Harvey Blake Jr., says work is pretty hard to find due to his age. He produced a Van Buren birth certificate to prove his age after marrying his 16 year old wife Winifred 10 months ago. Their son, born February 23 at a Paw Paw hospital, weighs five pounds ten ounces. He left school after sixth grade and has worked at a Grand Rapids construction firm and a Lawton pickle factory.
The Senate moves to draft a rent control bill after the House passed a local option plan allowing states counties or towns to set or drop controls. Senate leaders expect a bill ready for action by Monday while compromise with the House is anticipated. The administration objects to expanding homeowner control and limits on enforcement remain under debate.
Mrs. B. M. Knight and Mrs. Thomas G. Scully have been named assistants to Mrs. Edward W. Barr, director of the Depart ment of the Queen and Her Court for the 1949 Apple Blossom Festival. The committee covers coronation, costume, queen's luncheon, floats, princesses entertainment, princesses headquarters, chaperones and transportation. Members will be announced shortly.
In Washington on March 16 7 Army Secretary Royall was presented a large thirty pound apple pie from Winchester Virginia Apple Festival organizer Mrs Cora Wells Crim who joked Virginia loves pie. Rep Harrison Virginia noted Royall missed pie on his Pacific tour and Royall invited guests to sample the pie baked in Winchester by the Metropolitan restaurant from apples grown by Senator Byrd.
Red Cross campaign midway status shows 39.8 percent of the local quota raised, well below last year’s 50.2 percent. Total collected $5,423.30 of $13,622, with several divisions underperforming while Special Gifts and Commerce and Industry near or above targets.
Northern Virginia Power Co is expected to purchase the Woodstock Electric Light and Power Co for about 186 000 to 187 000 dollars after a Shenandoah county circuit court ruling. The executor must sell the company rather than transfer it to trustees due to its hazardous investment nature.
The State Department says 23 delegates from Russia and Soviet bloc nations will be allowed to attend a world peace conference in New York later this month. Five Hungarians were barred in retaliation for actions toward American diplomats. Delegates include Dmitri Shostakovich and four Poles, five Yugoslavs, two Romanians, and five Czechoslovaks. visas granted, no diplomatic immunity. The department predicts communists will use the event to attack the Atlantic defense alliance and push pro communist resolutions. Admission followed consultation with Attorney General Tom Clark and is justified by commitment to freedom of information and speech.
Esso Standard Oil Co plans a $30,000 pot bottled gas plant at Kernstown, Winchester area. Two concrete block buildings 32 by 35 and 70 by 60 will house offices and bottling operations for Essotane propane. A 30 000 gallon steel storage tank, 80 tons, 70 feet high, will accompany the project to be ready by July 1. Land bought from Clyde Logan between R R 11 and the B and O railroad.
Handley school hosts its annual concert band dress rehearsal on Friday night drawing tickets demand from parents relatives and friends. The ensemble under director Gaylen Strunce rehearsed in circular formations with named players listed from center to outer circles.
The Wabash railroad remains on strike despite President Truman ordering a fact finding board. Union officials warn the men will stay out until the dispute ends, while other unions offer cooler certainty about the process. J H Rogers of the Order of Railway Conductors questions the board’s impact.
Winchester attorney THOMAS G. SCULLY has been named general counsel for the Apple Blossom Festival for the third time. Announcement by H Delmer Robinson, festival president, notes Scully previously chaired the Entertainment and Dance Committees in 1946. The Esso bottling plant will relocate beside the highway and railroad right of way, expanding within 25 miles of Winchester to provide bulk storage for major accounts. J B Goode of Danville is manager of the Es sotane store.
British, French, Belgian, Dutch, and Luxembourg ministers met in London to review financing and production of military supplies for joint defense. A report says they would depend on the United States for heavy bombers and mobile armor, with payment partly in services and ERPEG funds. Italy, Denmark, Iceland and Portugal may join.
Pittsburgh March 16 A district leader of the United Mine Workers says there is no reason the coal mine shutdown ordered by John L. Lewis for a two week period of mourning will extend beyond March 28. He notes the vote follows miners protest over Dr James Boyd’s U S Bureau of Mines appointment.
A Senate power struggle pits Republicans and Dixiecrats against President Truman s civil rights agenda. Democratic leader Senator Lucas warns the compromise plan would loosen debate rules, risk filibusters, and undermine civil rights protections while Republicans claim support for reform.
WASEINCTON March 16. A former FBI agent who became a congressman demanded action in a revived spy case. The witness, identified only as a former University of California professor, said a Russian espionage ring uncovered during World War II was perhaps history’s most significant. The committee, which had met in secret last year, issued a report on atomic espionage.
Federal Reserve officials at the Winchester bank reassure customers that the new twenty dollar notes are genuine. Clerks reported local stores questioned authenticity after receiving the 1948 issue with a redesigned White House reverse including a balcony, shrubbery, and the flag angle, while the front design remains unchanged.
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