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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1950
Page
2
The state highway department cites heavy rains delaying a $4,000 resurfacing program and holding up $30,000,000 in new highway construction. Hazardous slides have developed along mountain roads, roughening conditions for motorists.
The Alexand ria Barcroft and W 1 Transit Company serving Northern Virginia and DC was seized to avert a driver strike. Governor Battle issued an executive order returning the property to private owners at 12:01 a.m. The dispute with the Amalgamated Association of Street Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes of America was settled. The company had three fare increase applications pending before state and federal regulators.
Auction notices list sales in and around Winchester including May 27 10 am at Harvey ant 6% mi from Winches off Rt 522 livestock personal property and seers 31 10 am estate of cy Scothorn 1 mi east of Dichene City household goods farm machinery June 1 1 pm estate of Ray M Staples Stephens City household goods antiques June 10 10 11 am W E Edwards trustee front of Court House Winchester real estate Rt 50 west June 10 11:30 am W W E Edwards trustee front of Court House Winchester real estate near Middstown
Newport News grew from 37,067 in 1940 to 46,300 in 1950, a nearly 25 percent jump, while Hampton rose from 5,898 to 5,957. Danville, Suffolk, and Buena Vista also show gains in their 1950 counts.
Appeal papers filed in Washington request the Supreme Court review and halt the death sentences of seven Martinsville Virginia defendants condemned for raping a white woman. Convictions were sustained by the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals on March 13.
Attorney Martin A. Martin of Richmond says the next Supreme Court session on May 29 could grant stays or decide a high court review at a special conference. He argues prejudice in Martinsville against seven defendants and contends they should have been tried in a different court than the Martinsville Circuit Court.
A State Board of Agriculture committee will inspect five sites in northern Virginia to choose a location for a new diagnostic laboratory for poultry and livestock. Members E B Bonham of Chilhowie Forest C Nuckels of Henrico and Lawrence A Washington of Oak Grove will review Front Royal Manassas Warrenton Culpeper and Orange before month’s end.
The Celanese Corporation of America Celco plant received three safety awards for four million man hours worked without a lost time accident over nearly eight months. The honors came from the American Motorist Insurance Company the National Safety Council and the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Justice F H Barlow dismissed a suit by Lewis L Straus Brandy Rock Farm Brandy Va seeking 1800 for an Aberdeen Angus bull and 1500 expenses against John Bowser New Market claiming the bull could not breed.
Brucetown Methodist Church adult Bible class at 10 tomorrow morning invites all. Guest speaker will be J W Morrow of Winchester.
The list provides the solutions: 2 Joseph E Davies. 3 One tenth of a cent. 4 Mercury. 5 True. 6 I do not know the route. 7 Bituminous coal. 8 The Doolittle flyers who bombed Tokyo. 9 Warren G Harding. 10 True they differ only in colors.
A dairy cow proves most profitable per acre of pasture, returning about seven times the income of other livestock. The finding highlights dairy farming as the most efficient use of grazing land, emphasizing the economic advantage of milk production for farmers.
Washington lawmakers pressed for a speedy Senate inquiry into federal employment of homosexuals described as security risks. A subcommittee report estimated 3,750 homosexuals in government jobs in Washington, with 2,750 on the payroll and 300 to 400 in the State Department. The investigation was urged after testimony from Lieut. Roy E. Blick of the Washington police vice squad. The State Department said no known homosexuals are employed and any found would be fired.
Seventeen year old? No 15 year old William Jack Jenkins, seventh grader, ran from a rear door after a ball and struck a passing 1939 Chevrolet driven by Don Marsden Hough. Jenkins was treated at a Winchester hospital and kept overnight.
Warren County Schools superintendent Q D Gasque announced at a Front Royal PTA meeting that a 629000 dollar program to build and expand several facilities will start promptly. Plans include adding four rooms at Warren County High, enlarging Front Royal Colored School, adding to Riverton’s A B Rhodes Elementary, and a new Front Royal Elementary School.
HAL BOYLE imagines retirement gifts and the awkward moment of accepting a gold watch. He jokes a watch symbolizes aging and proposes alternatives like bus tickets, stadium passes, or a hearing aid. A friend even wishes for a racehorse to buy the firm back, while Boyle pleads to skip the watch.
Andre Maurois translates a revealing portrait of Marcel Proust. The critic traces Proust from a Parisian upbringing during the Franco-Prussian War to his late, fraught years and the creation of A la recherche du temps perdu. The book offers ample biographical detail but falls short of a definitive causal link.
Princess Bibesco presents The Veiled Wanderer as an intimate interpretation drawn from personal acquaintance and letters. Francois Mauriac offers a highly laudatory assessment in Proust's Way, reflecting his judgments and many shared sources.
A compilation of Q A items confirms regular Sahara travel including motor coach services between major centers. It notes six wheel pairs on passenger vehicles. Other Q A covers Hemerocallis day lilies meaning and a dozen species. Habima Theatre origins and tours, premature birth causes, and Gretna Green history are summarized.
In an exchange at a Truman press conference the reporter asks about the crucifix replica, Rey replies it is in the head under the skull where bones form a cross shape near the neck. The fish, also called Sea Catfish and Gaff-topsall Catfish, has been noted since 1789 and revered for centuries.
The clue sequence lists Greek letter tear bronze roman and home with down answers likely forming a crossword puzzle solution.
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