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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1952
Page
14
Victoria, a 30 year old licensed amateur radio operator and member of the Amateur Radio Emergency Corps, remains able to operate his radio set unaided using a braille machine for messages.
Mr and Mrs William Nagiey and son Dickey visited Floyd Luttrell Thursday evening. Rev and Mrs C E Burke and son Alvin visited Floyd Luttrell Friday. The Burkett and Luttrell families attended a skating party at Ridgeway Rink. Rev Mr Burkett and Mr Luttrell attended skating. William Holliday is ill and confined at home. Revival meetings are in progress nightly at the White Hall Church through March 28.
Television listings show WNEW Channel 6 airing The Big Payoff and various segments including Hawkins Falls, Howdy Doody, and Tonight's movies with names like Kate Smith and Dennis Day. WTTG Channel 5 features News and Disc Jockeys, Space Cadet, Captain Video, and Cavalcade of Stars. WMAL Channel 7 lists Modern Woman and Puerto Rico, with G I Honeymoon and sports reels.
A dense listing outlines an evening radio schedule featuring news broadcasts, commentary, dramas, and music across multiple time slots. Programs include The Tim Jack Smith Show, Roy Rogers Music, The Adventures of Maisie, Mario Lanza, and Night Beat with sport and mystery segments, plus talk and variety features.
Donald J. Sprague of Aurora caused a train delay by parking on Chicago and North Western tracks cutting through downtown Elgin. Police searched for him as traffic stalled until Sprague surrendered at the station and agreed to pay towing charges to reclaim his car.
A Senate Armed Services panel reports the mobilization program is hampered by prioritizing civilian economy over defense needs. It warns deliveries of planes, tanks, ammunition and guns fall behind schedule risking target readiness. Officials failed to give weapons requirements top claim on industrial capacity.
Vice Admiral Turner Joy, then chief U N negotiator at Panmunjom, will become superintendent of the Naval Academy this summer. Joy also commands U S Naval forces in the Far East and leads the negotiating team. He will replace Vice Admiral Harry W Hill who retires in May but stays through June Week ceremonies.
A Helena patron asked caterer Fred Jorgenson to stuff and roast two beavers. He said they smelled like cottonwood trees but tasted tender like chicken as patrons licked the platter clean.
Rev. P. W. Hayes of the Central Church of Christ invents Smartee a cross word style word game to fund a new church and teach spelling and vocabulary through sales and play.
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