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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1947
Page
5
In Hollywood Wallace urges that lasting peace is possible even with global unrest as capitalism socialism and communism coexist. He defies the Truman doctrine critics, questions aid to Turkey and Greece, and vows to speak for peace amid rising intolerance.
Former Rep Andrew J May testified in a war fraud trial that he posed as proprietor of Cumberland Lumber Co to avoid labor trouble. He said the Garsson brothers owned the firm and that outsiders who were Jews would deter workers, a remark he later regretted.
Mrs Larrick aged 93 died at 11 30 am in Cline s Nursing Home Middletown after a period as patient there since November Death cited as complications She was born August 14 1853 in Hampshire County West Virginia and married Taylor Larrick who predeceased her Surviving are five sons twenty four grandchildren twenty five great grandchildren and six great great grandchildren Funeral arrangements pending with Jones Funeral Home resting in Lehew West Virginia area
Maurice Franklin Wisecarver Sr. 55 prominent Berryville merchant died Sunday night in Memorial Hospital. The Rev R K McDonald pastor of Berryville Presbyterian Church officiated. Pallbearers were nephews Walter D Wisecarver Jr Fleming Wisecaver Charles Fries Wisecarver Roy Wisecarver Leonard M Wisecarver and Denzil Wisecarver. Interment followed at Green Hill Cemetery in Berryville.
Last night in the Junior Division the Highland Avenue team beat Braddock Street 13 to 12 on the Rouss Spring Park diamond. In the Senior Division Sacred Heart defeated United Brethren 16 to 15 at Senseney Park.
Handley Latin Team placed second in District B Latin Tournament losing to Robert E. Lee High School Staunton. Members Betty June Hurst Barbara Hough Lulu Glascock Gary Marshall Bobby Hall Frida Emmerth Diane O Nal earned Honorable Mention. Hurst starred with the state's second highest Fourth Year Latin score.
Richmond Va May 20 Apple orchards in low grounds of the Shenandoah Valley suffered practically a total loss from freezing May 9 11 while higher ground orchards remained fair to good. The Virginia Cooperative Crop Reporting Service cautioned that full damage won t be known for weeks as crops statewide are in poor condition from lack of rain and drought.
About 35 000 Arab and Jewish civil workers in Palestine joined a 24 hour strike protesting recent dismissals. Government offices in Jerusalem and Haifa were picketed.
Five men including three army air force officers and two enlisted personnel died when a twin engined C 45 Army transport crashed in a rain soaked wheat field near Windsor Ontario during a severe electrical storm. In Washington the Senate fights over a tax cut bill with Democrats delaying final action until June 1 while awaiting a Republican recruit and a plan to reduce individual income taxes from 30 to 10.5 percent effective July 1.
Danville Virginia May 20. Mrs Lucy Richards Mc Cracken 60 textile plant employee drowned yesterday after she fell accidentally into the Dan River. The report notes a separate question about Brookwood Cemetery in England and clarifies the land was ceded by England and is under the American Battle Monuments Commission in Washington DC.
Eight year old child hit by a car yesterday at the Kent and Boscawen streets intersection. Police name driver Strother Woodrow Boyd of 24 Pairfax Lane. The boy was treated at Winchester Memorial Hospital and released, with possible X-ray follow up this morning.
Clarke county Lions club entertained fifteen Cub Scouts and Den Chief Johnny Dan at the Southern Cafe on May 15. Cubs expressed thanks for financial and moral support. In March 1946 there were eight cubs in two dens. the year brought thirteen more, two graduated to Boy Scouts, nineteen active cubs total. Capt. Jack Russell named cub master to fill kercheval’s vacancy. kercheval becomes assistant cub master. Reginald Morrison presented a Bell life film from Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co.
A charity appeal urges readers to donate to cancer research campaigns and patient support programs. The notice highlights ongoing fundraising events and emphasizes the impact of gifts from individuals and organizations on treatment advances and access to care.
Clarke County 4 H member Hardesty placed second high individual in the judging contest at the Polled Shorthorn sale at Winchester stock yards on May 17. He scored 280 of 300 and received a $5 prize donated by the Polled Shorthorn Association and the Farmers and Merchants National Bank of Winchester.
About 110 FFA and 48 4 H Club members took part in a livestock competition featuring cow and heifer classes.
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