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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1951
Page
11
A German film titled Eva and the Gynaecologist draws crowds while alarming police. It includes sections on venereal disease and birth within a plot. Frankfurt authorities restrict admission by sex, seating women on the right and men on the left, with center seats empty. Munich allows normal seating.
The Virginia Department of Highways invites sealed bids by 10:00 AM May 24 1951 at the Central Highway Office Building Richmond for multiple road projects across counties including King and Queen Brunswick and Chesterfield. Details cover asphalt and bituminous paving bridges and maintenance terminals with material totals and plan references. Plans may be reviewed May 14–23 1951 at Richmond and district offices.
Local notes report a lawn party planned at Stonewall School for May 194, with plate suppers to begin at 5 pm. Several social visits are recorded including Mr. and Mrs. Yancey Mauzy, the Whistlers in Winchester, and the Willeys with other local families. A captain recovering at Walter Reed Hospital is noted along with hospital patients and church women’s group meeting in Berryville.
Recipe notes Cream of Tomato Soup scents Butter Sandwiches and a Starved Dish. Chocolate Marshmallow Crunch combines milk chocolate, marshmallows and nuts melted in a double boiler then set on waxed paper to cool and cut into pieces yielding about 1 1 2 pounds.
Investigators resumed Monday probe into the Valcour collision with the collier Thomas Tracy five miles off Cape Henry. One dead and four missing after the fire engulfed the Valcour. Naval Court of Inquiry and Coast Guard hearings underway. Lt. Van Winkle praised for saving three men as Captain Tatum says 90 percent of aboard jumped during the blaze.
Mrs Garland Bray moved from her home to Hillcrest Nursing Home in Win. She is reported improving at Community Hospital in Front Royal. Mrs Conner, living with her niece Mrs Robert Stelle and family, is very ill and over 90 years old.
Army and Air Force units at Fort Monroe Fort Eustis Langley Camp Pickett and Fort Lee will stage exhibitions and demonstrations. Parades are set across the state with 3000 personnel expected to participate. Senator Byrd and Rear Admiral Ginder will speak in Newport News tonight.
Servicemen from Camp Pickett and nearby bases march in Roanoke Lynchburg Farmville and South Boston. Governor Battle and Senator Robertson review the Richmond raid with 43rd Infantry Division units. Covington Blacksburg Langley jets and Navy fighters will feature in ceremonies with Rear Admiral Crawford addressing at Blacksburg. About 80 Navy vessels finish convoy drills and head to Norfolk and other ports for Armed Forces Day.
The Reynolds Metals Company gains control of 40 000 to 50 000 acres in Jamaica believed to hold the world's largest aluminum ore deposit. The British West Indies tract could supply United States aluminum for decades, said Walter L. Rice. Reynolds borrowed 14 million dollars to develop the project.
Washington senators and representatives resume debate on universal military training. House demands full reconsideration of the UMT proposal before compulsory training begins, while the Senate favors four to six months of training for 18 year olds once the draft ends. Draft Act expires July 9. conferees aim to settle UMT now.
Eight starters were entered for the fourth richest Preakness in 75 runnings with $82,935 to the winner and $80,820 to others. Favorites include Bold with jockey Eddie Arcaro and Hall of Fame, while Big Stretch, Alerted, Repetoire, and Counterpoint contest the odds.
A 15 year old pet mallard named Goo-Goo gained fame in Vancouver articles. The duck laid 324 eggs by age two, then output fell as tail feathers changed and a male ring appeared. Beak darkened and eggs stopped. Experts debated a name change to reflect its sex. A brief fling occurred when Goo-Goo attempted a wild flight.
Louis Albert, a retired rancher near Missoula, Montana, killed a bobcat that had entered his woodshed with a solid blow from a club. He displayed the three-foot-long pelt as proof the predator is dead.
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