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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1948
Page
2
Three railroad unions engineers firemen and switchmen faced a tough choice as the government seized the rails and a court order halted any strike. While nineteen unions accepted raises, the three holdouts demanded 30 percent and $3 minimum, clashing with President Kuamans fact finders and White House talks.
By order of the Civil and Police Justice Court of Winchester Virginia the George Washington Garage will auction a 1942 Packard sedan at 210 North Loudoun Street Winchester on Monday May 17 1948 at 12 noon DST Serial No 1542-
The armed services committee debates President Truman’s draft and UMT proposals. Senator Byrd opposes a hybrid plan, favoring expanded air power and Selective Service to build reserves. He objects to compulsory service and the race issue tied to unit assignment. Byrd vows to push the strongest preparedness measure.
About $2 million in gold was stolen by 20 to 30 armed bandits during a Bangkok airport robbery. The shipment en route from the Indies to Macao, in a KLM plane, was guarded by local guard detail who were restrained. Police recovered $200,000 worth of metal. five boxes remain missing as investigators chased a planned repetition seen earlier.
Funeral services for the late Mrs. Katherine Glass Greene will be held Friday at 11 a.m. at the Presbyterian church in Winchester with Dr. Ronald S. Wilson and Rev. Joseph S. Duckwall officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Hebron cemetery. Viewing at Kurtz Funeral Home after 9 a.m. tomorrow.
Glaize urged remodeling of the Aaron city building and the John Kerr school as essential. He noted sewer main extensions beyond current contracts due to city growth, with demands from additional areas for timely sanitation service as plans from years past age.
Answers to the daily quiz list ten items including Contempt of Copyright for refusal to answer by the House Committee on Un-American Activities, Belgrade, Poet, Prince Edward Island, Filipinos, Harold E. Stassen, Erwin Rommel, President of the Philippine Republic, Sullivan, and that common knots are named. The cold causes the most lost man-days of work, about 800 million.
In Washington on May 12 a pivotal Senate test vote could launch a civil rights battle over a regional university system planned by 15 Southern states. Morse proposed sending the measure to the Judiciary Committee for study, with a threat to pursue an anti segregation amendment if defeated. In Columbia South Carolina delegates at the Southern Methodist church conference declared segregation a divine will and part of church discipline.
Secretary of the Army Royall on May 12 named three consultants to help run Army railroads under presidential order. Edward F. McGrady of Radio Corp of America in New York, Harold C. Heiss of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, and William K. Joyner, division counsel for Southern Railway in North Carolina, were named.
Rev and Mrs Whit ten, Mr and Mrs Eddy, Mr and Mrs Jones, and other local members depart for Old Point Virginia to attend the 126th annual Grand Commandery Knights Templar of Virginia conclave. The meeting will conclude Saturday. Whitten serves as local commandry commander. Eddy is grand receiver.
British Prime Minister Bevin rejected calls to reveal all cards in the ERP talks and urged a general world peace solution. He argued the European Recovery Program and five power treaty remain intact despite Soviet references. Separate note mentions 12th century Persians inscribing prayers on wall tiles.
Detroit May 12 CIO United Auto Workers 75000 Chrysler workers strike for a third postwar wage increase. Gov Sigler orders complaint under Bonnie Tripp law, mediation board to prosecutors in Wayne County, possible injunction. Union funds a one million dollar fund as talks fail.
The UAW CIO scaled demands from 30 to 17 cents an hour, but no agreement. Picketing started before the 9 am deadline at Highland Park with no disorders reported as union leaders vow a tough strike while Chrysler negotiators say they remain open to talks.
In Charleston on May 12 Matthew M. Neely won the Democratic senatorial nomination over Rush D. Holt in yesterday's West Virginia primary race. The report notes the Appalachian peaks exceed 6 000 feet.
A sequence of estate and household goods auctions listed with dates from May 15 through June 5. Items include antiques furniture farm implements livestock and kitchen wares at locations near Gainesboro Summit Point Winchester Berryville Brucetown Whitacre Wadesville Kernstown and Kernstown via Rt 50 and Apple Pie Ridge Road. Most sales run mornings or afternoons with specific addresses and routes indicated.
Col. Pickens Miller former Fairfax County House of Delegates member confirmed he may seek the Democratic nomination for governor in next year’s primary. Miller now resides in Albemarle County and was in Radford visiting friends May 12.
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