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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1947
Page
2
The Evan gelical United Brethren Church in Mt. Pleasant hosts the annual Children s Day Program on Sunday June 1 at 8 p m. The public is invited to attend.
The General Motors research train Train of Tomorrow debuts at Soldier Field in Chicago as a public exhibition. The model was unveiled in February and the project aims to boost railroad service for the public. It will tour over 30 cities through summer and fall.
Huntington reports the death of a three and one half month old baby boy found in a parked car outside the city limits. Coroner F X Schuller said the Kronauers from Raphine Virginia were en route to Missouri with three other children when they stopped by the state police barracks on U S Route 60 for the night. A bottle of diluted milk lay near the infant. Death preliminary ruled due to dysentery or colitis, with milk testing pending to check possible contamination.
Mount Aso in Central Kyushu, the world’s largest terrestrial volcano, erupted violently on Monday belching smoke 6000 feet high and hurling stones up to 300 feet from the crater. The US Eighth Army reported ash and smoke over nearby villages two miles away but expected little material damage. The crater sits at the center of a broad lava-covered area.
Mr. Crawford longtime genealogist of Frederick County is survived by his daughter Elizabeth Gold Crawford Engle wife of Rev Raleigh Moore Engle and by a nephew and two nieces including Eleanor Crawford married to Rt Rev John Long Jackson. Grandchildren Elizabeth Engle and Margaret Engle. Burial at Mount Hebron Cemetery with Winchester Presbyterian Church elders as honorary pallbearers.
The funeral for Dr. Henkel will be held tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. at Grace Church with Rev. Wm. E. Eisenberg officiating. Interment is in the family lot at Mt. Hebron. Pallbearers include W. W. Glass Dr. P. W. Boyd Jos P. Miller Fred 8. Boyd Dr. B. B. Dutton Fred A. Crisman Thomas Moore Dr. James A. Miller and John G. Miller.
A major fire in Grafton West Virginia hit Main Street burning the theater and six stores in the Brinkman block. Flames rose to 150 feet, an explosion shattered storefronts, and damage was estimated over 400000 with no injuries. The blaze spread east along Main Street destroying Bonafede’s Grocery Lear Jewelry Store Western Auto Sears catalog store and C B Miller Shoes with further damage to nearby Archdeacon Building.
Five cadets with Virginia ties will graduate from the United States Military Academy on June 3. Harry P. Ball, Robert F. McCord, Kenneth H. Farrier, John F. Hoover, and Charles C. Stewart are listed with Virginia connections or education, as parents and families are noted.
Harrisburg poultryman urges best possible housekeeping around yards and buildings to combat Newcastle disease and other poultry illnesses. Commissioner Walker notes hidden losses from mild infections as J. H. Henley explains the market reporting system during a Frederick county meeting attended by agents and local women.
Mrs Eliza C Shiley widow of Lafayette leg aged 87 died suddenly last night at 8 30 p m at the home of Mr and Mrs Gore 6 Glaize avenue city The death was due to a heart attack She had been in ill health for years She was born May 8 1860 in Frederick county and lived in Clarke county after marriage She is survived by two daughters Mrs Thomas Gore Winchester and Mrs Arthur Buckley White Post three sons Samuel R Clinton E White Post and Harvey S Stephenson a sister Mrs Henry Shiley and a brother Robert White Stephens City Nine grandchildren six great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
Virginia Bankers and their wives arrive in Virginia Beach to attend the Virginia Bankers Association three day annual meeting at Cavalier Hotel. Speakers include former Governor Colgate W Darden Jr and E Fleetwood Dunstan with discussion on banking legislation and possible Saturday bank closures.
The Virginia Bankers Association opens at the Cavalier Hotel in Virginia Beach with about six Winchester area bank representatives. Attending are Harold G. Brown of Shenandoah Valley National Bank Winchester Shirley H. Smith of Shenandoah County Bank Woodstock H H Cooley of Round Hill National Bank and Ralph M Ware of First National Bank Berryville.
List of quiz answers includes Queen Elizabeth Cordell Hull Claude Pepper working dogs head covering Clara J Ford this wife Do not First pitch with right hand second with the left hand Predicate Winston S Churchill Neville Chamberlain Stanley Baldwin.
The Wilson Trucking Company of Waynesboro received SCC approval to purchase all certificates of public convenience and necessity from Richmond Harrisonburg Freight Lines of Harrisonburg. The move marks the first step toward Waynesboro acquiring all assets of the Richmond Harrisonburg line, one of Virginia’s largest. The purchase price listed is 470000.
Oliver Terpening, accused of killing Ella May Smith and her sisters, denies hatred toward any family while seeking justice for his children. His father expresses confusion over the killings as authorities trace Oliver’s flight from Michigan into Ohio where Norman Dombrosky, Jr. helps identify and return him to custody.
At a subcommittee meeting yesterday former Republican chief executive Taber endorsed a 725 million dollar army appropriation request for civilian relief in Germany Austria Korea and Japan. The panel faces a week or more before finishing its review of the army civil functions and relief program in occupied zones. Taber and Hoover stressed that U S relief problems will require continued attention.
Directory lists multiple public sales including Dr H R DuPuy estate in Frederick County at 10 am May 31 with Plymouth sedan and furniture. Charles Grim in Boyce Va at 1 pm May 31 with real estate and personal property. Mrs A C Place near Yorktown Pike at 1 pm May 31 with real estate livestock and household goods. Roland L Tharp near Ridgeway on Route 11 at 10 am May 31 with farming equipment and a four acre cherry orchard. additional sales include farm machinery and Roland Tharp at 10 am May 31. M D Adams at old Pierce Home Place Clarke County at 10 am June 11 with horses cattle sheep and farming implements. J C Williams near Winchester on Berryville Pike at 10 am June 11 with livestock implements and household goods.
Tabor said formal treaties with the major axis powers are essential to restore German and Japanese enterprise and efficiency for their recovery. Hoover echoed the view urging Germany to be unchained for production and warned Europe’s move toward collectivism would curb managerial initiative.
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