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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1948
Page
3
Dr. and Mrs. A. C. Randolph of Upperville contributed 5700 to the Winchester Memorial Hospital building fund. Their gift will furnish private room 314 in the enlarged facility. Mrs. Randolph cited community experience with the hospital and her husband’s medical role as motives.
The Brown Bombers of Martinsburg AC meet the undefeated Martinsburg AC at 3 p.m. tomorrow in the last home game until June 13. Burkes or Parker will pitch. They beat Woodstock Tigers 9-3 last Sunday and officials urge Winchester citizens to attend and support the team.
Christian Gutmann of 1400 Valley Ave. operated a 1940 Buick pulling from the curb and struck a 1941 Ford driven by Mrs. Anne Bosworth Greene of Tyron, N C on Loudoun St near Boscawen. Estimated damages were $50 and $100 with no injuries or arrests.
Anne faces a painful split with Alec and John after a tense confrontation. She packs a ready-to-go suitcase and plans to leave for New York, deciding that she must move on despite Alec’s pleas and lingering guilt.
Frank Ericson, a blind news vendor in Butte Montana, complains a parking meter near his newsstand steals his papers by accepting coins without paying out. He says someone covertly drops a nickel into the meter after taking a paper, creating a disadvantage for him. The note about U S Merchant Marine in 1946 appears as unrelated context.
Yesterday's action shows St Louis and Philadelphia dominant in many matchups. Hank Seaver led Reds with two homers in a loss to Chicago while Nelson Potter earned praise as relief for the Athletics in the Yankees game.
Des Moines May 29 The feeder who breeds for fall pigs this year should be in a favorable position writes Fran cis A Kutish managing editor of Iowa Farm Science The hog corn ratio is not very favorable today but a good corn crop next fall should shift things Odds favor a larger 1948 corn crop than last fall and farmers will use hog and corn prices to plan breeding Cattle numbers have declined since 1945 and lamb slaughter remains small so plans hinge on future corn yields for 1949 spring pig crop
Berliners anticipate continuity as Western forces remain amid propaganda from Russia. The report notes confidence in continued allied presence and local reactions amid tense postwar divisions.
An American Military Government survey in Berlin's western sectors shows 76 percent believe the Western Powers will not withdraw. The October 1947 poll recorded 74 percent, despite a Russian propaganda push claiming the Powers would quit. The study sampled two thirds of the 314 Union population in occupied zones.
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