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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1952
Page
2
Henry A. Wallace’s critique and Truman’s dismissive view of Dewey anchor this excerpt. The diary style notes reveal Truman’s factions, firing aides, and clashes with Baruch, Hoover talks, and MacArthur fallout. Hillman foreword frames the memoir as a candid, controlled presidential portrait.
Funeral services for Mrs Ida Julia Clowser are planned Wednesday at 3 00 p m at the Jones Funeral Home.
Two American F-84 Thunderjets flew 2 800 miles in four hours and 48 minutes for a possible world nonstop flight record. Pilots Maj. Robert A. Krug and Lt. Larry M. Killpac led the mission from Neububerg Germany. A factory representative said it may be the longest sustained Thunderjet flight without refueling.
Washington reports a split between the American Farm Bureau Federation and the National Farmers Union over farm aid. The bureau favors limited government intervention while the union advocates higher price supports and broader government involvement, affecting 1948 campaign dynamics.
In Moonachie New Jersey a 14 year old boy Thomas Childless returned to a burning home to fetch his shoes. His 74 year old grandmother Mrs Sarah Cheates and his three stepbrothers helped him escape but he went back into the flames. He stood at a second floor window and shouted for help before being overcome by fire.
A Foreign Office spokesman stated that British authorities are absolutely convinced there is no foundation to Communist claims that United Nations forces are using germ warfare in Korea.
5th Air Force Headquarters Korea reports a new canteen fully equipped to serve 5000 persons a day. The facility was formally opened tonight and presented to the Air Force by the American Red Cross.
Below are the quiz answers printed on Page 4. St James Palace, Florida, Moscow, a desert in central Asia, Pennsylvania, a deciduous plant, Horse race, Bear Mountain Bridge, Yes, 16, Unlucky.
The union is credited with swinging the 1948 election to President Truman. Last week the president praised the union for its efforts on behalf of farmers.
The Richmond News Leader found only one of ten state agencies purchases insurance through competitive bids. The State Highway Department uses sealed bids and awards to the lowest bidder meeting specifications. Agencies not bidding include Agriculture Motor Vehicles Police Game and Inland Fisheries Education Welfare Mental Hygiene and Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.
Paris reports Paul Hoffman, former Marshall Plan chief and backer of General Dwight Eisenhower, urged Eisenhower to return to the United States to avoid political pressures that could hinder his command in Europe and SHAPE.
Fire crews were recalled to the Seaboard Air Line Railway at the spot where 11 freight cars burned Sunday in Petersburg. Dense smoke hung over the west end as firefighters battled a cresote pool near the mainline. Workmen burned rubbish, flames reappeared briefly, trains were delayed, and crews buried debris to prevent further trouble.
A British science journal argues current atom bomb material stocks are too large for any international security scheme to guarantee absolute safety. It suggests a compromise between an unattainable ideal of total security and the present drift, warning that destroying existing bombs could cause serious radioactive contamination.
Display at Shenandoah Valley Bank features a grandfather clock two chairs and other furnishings from the Bank of the Valley of Virginia. The items were housed in the Directors Room on the third floor and include original bank documents. The Bank of the Valley dates to 1818 and merged into the Shenandoah Valley National Bank after the Civil War. Henry M. Brent was its last cashier and first cashier of the new bank, with Philip Williams as its first president.
Lindsay Howard testified in a Santa Monica divorce case that he embraced his father's widow and shared a hotel suite with her. Actress Judith Barrett Howard seeks ten thousand dollars monthly alimony plus child support and a share of community property.
A sequence of sales notices for livestock, farm machinery, dairy equipment, antiques, furniture, and real estate across Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland. Entries include J Leslie Reed in Clearbrook and Winchester, H K Moller near Shepherdstown, Thomas Jarvis in Ellicott City and Atholton, Charles W McDonald near Martinsburg, G K Wagener in Elizabethtown, Leonard Hoffman on U S Route 11, Mrs G T Cadwallader Estate near Boyce, G G Baker in Winchester, York Orchard Co near Kearneysville, and Herbert Larrick Trustee in Stephens City White Post road, with dates from March 19 to April 4.
Funeral services for Edwin R Marker 59 prominent Frederick County fruit grower who died yesterday at his residence in Opequon will be held tomorrow at 4 p m at the Omps Funeral Home conducted by Rev Robert Bradford and Dr Ronald Wilson Pallbearers include I Fred Stine F A Shyrock Fred I Brumback P B Hershman Boyd V Unger and Joe Jolliffe Interment will be in Mt Hebron cemetery The body will remain at the Omps Funeral Home.
Eisenhower, after the New Hampshire primary, states a dominant personal conviction that no other mission compares to his current duty. His backers read his note as a sign he might respond to the New Jersey primary call on April 15. He is set to be pitted against a future opponent.
The passage notes Taft and former Minnesota Governor Harold Stassen favored a preference popularity vote. Senator Sparkman of Alabama opposed inviting the general to testify on the 7.9 billion foreign aid bill, saying Eisenhower had left the way to come home.
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