25 Mar 1952
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1952
Page
1
Negotiations on a prisoner of war exchange in Korea are conducted in secrecy as a news blackout aims to break deadlocks. The UN and Allied sides dispute if POWs should decide homeward return versus total repatriation and agree on port entry oversight. Russia’s neutral role remains disputed.
Charles Avery pled guilty to breaking and entering Lovett's Hoe Store at 165 N. Loudoun Street and stealing 81.99. He was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary after arraignment before Judge Pollard. Hugh B. Emmons faced similar charges with case continued due to absent counsel. Jury included Anderson, Gorham, Kater, Hardesty, and Miller.
E Blackburn Moore from the Virginia House of Delegates will speak at the Father Son Mother Daughter Banquet of FFA and FHA. The James Wood High School cafeteria hosts the event at 6 30 p m on Wednesday. The program includes remarks by Ruth Snapp and Mrs Alfred Snapp with guests invited by J L Givens.
Auction proceeds from a Republican Women’s Finance Committee event in Washington DC raised 550 dollars for Taft’s hat and 258 dollars for Eisenhower’s K ration kit. The funds supported the party in the District of Columbia.
The Senate considered inviting Eisenhower to testify on foreign aid but shelved the plan after Gruenther’s briefing. Delegates in Wisconsin and Nebraska shape a volatile primary season as Taft Warren Stassen contend with Eisenhower in write-in drives and Missouri delegates shift.
Boston scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital explore a brain probe to sever pain pathways. An electric needle targets a central brain spot, aiming to relieve cancer pain. Monkeys have been tested, with potential human trials ahead according to Dr William H. Sweet.
Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio leads the The Star presidential popularity poll as 23 votes boost him to 33 to 21 over Dwight D. Eisenhower. Truman and MacArthur gain most, with Truman up to 12 and MacArthur to 16, pushing Russell and Kefauver down.
U S Sabre pilots report destroying one Red jet and probable second in renewed air war over northwest Korea near the Manchurian border. Fifth Air Force counts 18 Communist aircraft destroyed or damaged in two days as U S air wings blast railway lines and RoK fliers add cuts.
Arkansas faces a 25 million dollar toll from Black Friday tornadoes with 129 dead and 711 injured in the state. Red Cross and Salvation Army relief efforts unfold as the Reconstruction Finance Corporation labels the region a disaster area enabling loans. Federal Reserve lifts consumer credit restrictions for affected Arkansans.
Janis Marie Whitacre daughter of Mr and Mrs Harrison Whitacre Capon Bridge West Virginia has been chosen as Honorary Chief of the Gore Fire Company for the Apple Blossom Festival Fireman's Parade on May 1 She is a Capon Bridge High School senior valedictorian and active in the Glee Club cheerleading and basketball along with class work across her high school career
Virginia forecast calls for near normal temperatures with little change. Rain possible Friday or Saturday totaling about one third inch.
In Rome thousands of students clash with police over Trieste being returned to Italy. Thirty officers and scores of demonstrators are hurt, with arrests and tear gas used in several districts including the Via Della BoEmeghe Oscure and near U.S. missions in Rome and Naples.
Three gunmen halted an armored car crew in Danvers Massachusetts and escaped with about 600000 in cash. The Holdup occurred opposite Danvers National Bank as the truck from U S Trucking Corp was collecting funds from North Shore banks. The robbers fled in a black sedan in what authorities call the largest local heist since the Brink's robbery of 1950.
Richmond reports four more of Virginia's ten districts rejected primaries and opted for convention nominations for Democratic Congressional candidates. The First Fourth Fifth and Eighth districts joined the Seventh and Ninth already using conventions, while the Third and Sixth reiterated primary plans and the Second and newly created Tenth still decision pending.
Army announces a sweeping levy requiring all Army units in the United States including National Guard and reserves to turn in thousands of tanks and other vehicles for overseas Allied build up. Gen Gruenther cited priority shipments guided by Gen Eisenhower headquarters as defense needs rise. The reserve and guard bear the burden with Marines contributing similar heavy gear.
Sen Williams told a Senate Agriculture Committee Brannan is playing president while the President is in Florida. He cited a probe of Camp Crowder Mo grain storage leases and alleged private operators profits totaling $382,201 over about 20 months. Arden Myers of Midwest Storage testified on leasing and recall.
Shenandoah Valley Inc will hold its quarterly meeting in Winchester at the George Washington Hotel Monday at 2 p.m. with Kenneth R Hyde of Roanoke presiding. Civic leaders from 15 counties plan to attend along with the Apple Blossom Festival events that evening.
The Conrad Hoover Post No 21 American Legion will sponsor the Red Cross Bloodmobile visit on April 1 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Presbyterian Church. The 125 pint quota requires registration 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday and Monday at the Red Cross office in the George Washington Hotel building. Donors may call at the office for appointments or dial 5412. Robert Baker chairs the Legion committee with members Carl Campbell Raymond Constanza Bill Louman Charles Dorton Marshall Castlem an Ralph Cain John Leather man Pedro Moore Lawrence Bell Shirley White Bill Semorees Jesse Richardson Bud Lewis James Shiley Charles Zuckerman Ralph Grubbs Bernard Groves.
Admiral Richard F. Byrd attended the Mariner Girl Scout dinner in Winchester. He saluted and shook hands with each girl and praised the troop newly named in his honor. Mrs. Byrd offered to sell tickets to support the scouts and their citizen training program.
Preparations for the twenty fifth Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival on May 1 and 2 progressed at a directors meeting led by H B McCormach. Plans cover visitor comfort safety ticket booths seating queen's float secrecy rest of program details and parade floats.
The Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival faces a $5800 shortfall toward its $12 300 In Town Finance goal. Festival director Howard J Cahill said the drive is behind last year s pace but workers are active in divisions to reach the target. Local firms are urged to mail checks or call to arrange a worker visit. Division heads include Amos Shryock Division I P B Wright Division II Leary G Baker Division I H W Ebert Jr Division IV and B F Arthur Jr Division V.
Washington three Wage Stabilization Board industry members say the panel should go out of business arguing it inflates prices. They accuse the board of overreaching while CIO President Murray blasts defense mobilizer Wilson amid steel wage price talks after Key West meetings.
A blaze at a Hopewell building caused extensive damage estimated above 100000 dollars. Window washer Royne Moon rescued two women and assisted several occupants while two firefighters were overcome by smoke. Store merchandise and fixtures in the first floor suffered heavy water and smoke damage.
State Police report normal traffic on Pennsylvania highways despite a week old strike involving picketing and three violent incidents. A dynamite explosion damaged an eastern Motor Express Co. truck in West Alexander. driver Orville Kay from Everett was not aboard. Deputies with machine guns and gas bombs patrolled at night.
A blast near Naples kills at least 35 workers and injures 12 in a Caserta hydroelectric tunnel incident. Rescue teams search the site as authorities investigate possible causes and safety failures.
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