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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1946
Page
7
Charles Day a lieutenant commander in the Merchant Marine is recovering in Marine Hospital Norfolk from injuries after he was robbed of more than 900 dollars and his car on a Norfolk County road Saturday night. Found in a ditch by two county officers he recalls little, believing a soft drink may have been drugged.
Mr and Mrs Owen M Swimsey visited cousins Mr and Mrs Herod Siler in Berkeley Springs West Virginia. Mrs Herbert Fishel and Mrs Boden attended funeral services for Mrs Gerstone Moyer in Winchester. Mr and Mrs Charles White Shearer Jr of Philadelphia welcomed a son on September 21 at Belmont Maternity Hospital. Mrs Shearer formerly Dorothy Huyett Swimley. Elsie Vincent of Baltimore joined visitors at J A Smith’s home. Mr and Mrs Calvin Cain welcomed a son on September 27 at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Mrs Cain is the former Rhodelle Whitacre.
Radio schedule lists evening programs with times and hosts across stations. Entries include Front Page Farrell News Period World News and Commentary with Fulton Lewis Jr. and Elmer Davis, plus dramas, variety shows, and sports comments.
William Shands Meacham said Carter Lee would seek a reprieve for Amom J. Gusler, condemned to die for the dynamite death of J. Russell Smith. Gusler, a 52 year old Henry County furniture worker, was granted a 90 day reprieve by the Virginia Board of Pardons and Reprieves.
The Virginia Probation Parole Board reports more than 5 million dollars earned by parolees and probationers in four years. Since its Oct 1, 1942 establishment, 2 077 cases have been paroled, 472 discharged, with 3 561 individuals entering probation from the courts. Violation rate runs about seven tenths of one percent, per a spokesman.
A list of recent dispositions in the Court of Trial Justice W Erle Edwards. Defendants include Albert Poe, Doyle Ryman, Hayes Hayes, Hector Ritter, No Harmon, Calvin Mason, Albert Fadley, Jesse McDaniel, John Crawford, Boyd Pries, Vernon McClintock, Walter Hough, Herbert Grubbs, Miles Cartwright for speeding improper lights no operators license or other violations with fines ranging from 5 to 15 dollars plus costs.
The seeds of swamp trees in Latin America contain full grown larvae of a small gray moth. Inside the beans the larvae spin cocoons, causing the seeds to jump.
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