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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1951
Page
5
Washington reports a halt on drafting college students until boards receive aptitude-test scores or scholastic records. Inductions won’t be delayed past August 20, and boards may defer students for 30 days after the academic year to seek essential jobs or enlistment. Aptitude tests will be offered at college centers nationwide over the next two months.
Turkish gardeners cultivated the tulip whose name means turban. Busbequius the Austrian ambassador to the Turkish court brought seeds to Vienna in 1554. Clusius, court gardener to the Emperor of Austria, later introduced tulips to Holland.
A reader asks about the origin of Mother's Day observance. The answer traces mother worship from ancient Cybele rites on the Ides of March to Christian traditions of Mother Church at midLent Sunday, culminating in the US designation of the second Sunday in May by Congress on May 8 1914.
A press note states there has been no formal declaration of war.
Washington officials ordered a nationwide inquiry into reports of illegal livestock slaughtering. Price Stabilization Director Edward P. Morgan said district agents will check Class 2 slaughterers who operated last year without federal inspection. Estimated 12 000 to 15 000 such slaughterers last year. OPS records show about 11 000 registered this year.
The report shows hospital finances with total gross business around $800,000 up $68,000 from the prior year. Cash collected reached $750,000 while accounts receivable stood at $105,000. Dietary services served 394,295 meals at an average cost of 32.4 cents. Free service equaled 8.2 percent of gross business.
Guitarists Garland Owens and Billy Grover and singer John A. Miller from near Berryville won second round honors in the Strasburg Lions Club Amateur Show. Other winners include Floyd Utz from Front Royal, Shirley Lam from Strasburg, Evelyn Fleet from Strasburg, and Peggy Mosteller from Middletown. The third round is set for Friday night at the Home Theater after the first show.
Alberti says hospital year ended with a $605.07 red result and modest patient-cost rises, an improvement after a $11,850 operating loss the prior year. Board members were reelected for three-year terms including H. E. Alberti and many others, with several new directors named and officers reappointed.
The Negro Day Nursery students stage Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Friday night at Mt. Carmel Church Braddock St with Sheilah Humbert as Snow White. The seven dwarfs and cast include Sondra Lea Finley Carey Jackson Kenneth Willis and others. Executives of the Nursery Auxiliary and Mothers Club oversee preparations as the operation marks its seventh year and seeks larger quarters and new equipment.
A sharp long lasting earthquake struck northern Italy last night and into today, rattling more than 20 provinces. No casualties were reported though initial tremors damaged buildings with windows broken and plaster falling. In Milan some old structuresshowed cracks.
The former Japanese portion named Karafuto was returned to the Soviet Union by international accord after World War II. No peace treaty with Japan has finalized the Russian occupation of southern Sakhalin.
The article notes an unidentified man and a woman in a speeding incident near Hopewell. Stowe, 33, listed as a Greenville, SC native who joined the Secret Service in 1941 and served in the Navy 1942 45, was assigned to Grandview Missouri in 1946 to assist the President family.
A fragment notes the President's sister traveling in western New York and that aides said the incident was not attributed to her. It mentions someone not naming Miss Truman and the White House dispatching word of the incident without assigning blame.
The discussion centers on reduced American aid and whether Greece and Turkey should seek help as treaty members. Northern European states resist expanding treaty obligations toward the southern flank, reflecting interest boundaries. A ski question notes the bottom is the running surface, also called the sole.
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