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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1952
Page
3
Recreation Director Charles Aikin announced no table tennis badminton or volleyball tonight at Winchester Armory due to a prior engagement. Next Wednesday March 26 will be the final day of this Armory Program this season. Daytime basketball floor use can be arranged by calling the Recreation Department Office 4946.
West Berlin authorities launch a legal campaign to seize the million dollar estates of former Nazi leaders in prison or deceased. The properties were confiscated by Allied occupation authorities.
The Tri County Association of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows met in Bentonville on March 13. Rev John Culver spoke on youth in the community and the need for adult sponsorship of Scout troops and youth groups. Grand Lodge officers from Virginia attended, with 26 Rebekahs, 41 Odd Fellows, and 21 visitors registered. Next meeting set with Madison Lodge in Winchester on May 12.
Hollywood figures led by Cecil B DeMille and Sam Goldwyn weigh pay-as-you-see TV as progress for cinema. DeMille says theaters won’t suffer while TV expands. John J. Fitzgibbons of Famous Players Canada foresees room for both, and producers mood to tailor films for TV and theater audiences.
The original Capitol completed in 1827, but the present dome finished in Lincoln's administration during the Civil War. On December 2, 1863 Crawford's statue of Freedom was placed atop the dome lantern as crowds watched, marking the Capitol’s main completion in today’s form.
Betty Cooper, a platinum blonde of 39 who has been married 13 times to 11 men, offers blunt advice to girls: be yourself. She says attempts to change her led to failed marriages and notes her busy, public life while selling costume jewelry. The article also cites a criminology study noting trials cost the government over a million dollars.
Paul Comly French, born March 19, 1903 in Philadelphia to a Quaker family, administrator for CARE the Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe. He later led the Federal Writers' Project in Pennsylvania and was a noted author and former newspaper man.
The 18 member Wage Stabilization Board meets to frame recommendations to settle the steel labor dispute as a threatened 650,000 worker walkout looms. CIO President Philip Murray awaits the proposed solution before advising postponement of the strike at a policy committee meeting.
Washington Post reports former Virginia backfield star Bill Dudley who quit the Washington Redskins will join Yale as an assistant football coach replacing D C Peahead Walker who resigned to coach a Montreal team Dudley said the official word must come from Yale while at his Lynchburg home.
Judge Mershall Rests at Myrtle Beach on doctor advised break accompanied by Robert Von Beck. Other judges will cover duties until his return. Judge C. G. Quesenberg presided Frederick County Circuit Court. Judge R Watson Sadler heard Winchester Corporation Court civil suit and was designated to serve as Warren County Circuit Court judge.
Three Frederick County fires Tuesday evening prompted rapid responses by Friendship and South End fire companies. A chimney blaze at Mt Falls Road home of John Larrick was contained after about an hour, with no major damage. A grass fire near Paper Mill Road and another near Albin area were also extinguished with minimal threat to structures.
The answer explains that yarn dyed materials are dyed before weaving. Yarn fibers are colored prior to being spun into yarn and woven into fabric.
The Clear Brook company was summoned for the latter fire but arrived only as far as Winchester when it was learned the fire was out. The Presbyterian Church is mentioned in the context of the incident.
A House Interior Subcommittee unanimously approved a bill to fund underground mine fire suppression with a $500000 annual allocation.
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