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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 04, 1948

Page

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Indians Lead Boston In Playoff Tilt As Boudreau Homers

At Fenway Park on October 1 Gene Bear den started for Cleveland against Denny Gatehouse. Boudreau hit a two run homer in the first inning and Keltner added a single as Cleveland built a 6-1 lead through early innings.

Fenway Park Boston Gene Bearden Cleveland Indians Denny Gatehouse Mitchell Fnco Williams Clark Pesky Boudreau Stevens Gordon Red Sox DiMaggio Williams Stephens Doerr Keltner Gatehouse Doby Kennedy Hegan Erro Spence Goodman Tebbetts Bob Feller Bob Lemon Bearden Mitchell

Florida Flying Storm Warnings Reach Florida Keys and South Florida

A squall area in the Caribbean, deemed suspicious by Chief Forecaster Grady Norton, prompted Navy hurricane hunter flights and Southeast storm warnings from Miami to Fort Myers. Flood risks loom in South Florida with crops north of Lake Okeechobee and winter vegetables affected by heavy rains as the system moves toward Florida. The disturbance was centered about 160 miles south of Cuba at 10 45 a m and covers South Florida with a 60 mile spread of heavy squalls.

Miami Fla Caribbean Sea Grady Norton Navy Florida Keys Fort Myers Weather Bureau Florida Lake Okeechobee 4 Lake Cuba

End of Eleven-Week Strike Hopes High In St. Catherines

St. Catherines residents unite in prayer as negotiators seek to settle the wage dispute between Mc Kinnon Industries and UAW Local 199. Citywide services urged by Mayor W. J. MacDonald aim to rally divine aid for a peaceful resolution.

ST. Catherines Ont McKinnon Industries United Auto Workers CIO W. J. MacDonald

Peru Crushes Bloody Revolt in Callao Port Clash

Government troops quelled a bloody revolt in Callao led by sailors and civilians allied with the Aprista party. Insurgents seized naval facilities and warships, but tanks and fighter planes backed by infantry overwhelmed the rebels, who held Fort Royal Phillip and the naval academy before surrender. Casualties were heavy and not precisely reported.

Lima Peru Callao Chhuao Jose Luis Bustamente Rivera Aprista Enrique Aguilla Pardo Felix Pielago Stagnaro Pielago Naval Academy Naval Armory Fort Royal Phillip National Slaughter House Seige

Third Son Down With Bulbar Polio

In Des Moines Dennis Brandhorst nine is gravely ill from bulbar polio, the last of the Brandhorst children to contract the disease after two brothers died. In Council Bluffs Joan Patten nineteen is hospitalized with polio, the eighth of nine Patten children affected, with no paralysis yet.

Des Moines Ray B. Brandhorst Manning Dennis Brandhorst Council Bluffs Joan Patten Portsmouth Patten

Democrats Open Richmond Headquarters On Tuesday

State Democratic headquarters will open for business in the Hotel Richmond tomorrow. Desks and furniture are being moved into three rooms on the third floor. A receptionist and a typist will be engaged as G. Alvin Massenburg of Hampton directs campaign activities.

Richmond Democratic Democratic Central Committee Jesse W. Dillon Tony G. Alvin Massenburg Hampton

Freedom Train to Visit Winchester on Historic Tour

The Freedom Train arrives Thursday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. visiting 10,000 expected attendees. The 126 papers and documents include Jefferson rough draft and the Pennsylvania Charter of Privileges, with loans from major archives and libraries.

Freedom Train United States Winchester Board of Trade Christopher Columbus Letted The Americas Rome Princeton University Pennsylvania William Penn American Philosophical Society Jefferson Library of Congress

Transamerica Bank Antitrust Suit to Be Heard in Public

The Federal Reserve Board will hold public hearings in Washington on Oct 12 over antitrust charges against Transamerica Corp of San Francisco, the nation’s largest bank holding company. The case accuses Transamerica of a credit monopoly by placing directors on boards of Bank of America and other banks across Oregon Washington Arizona and California.

Washington Federal Reserve Board Transamerica Corp San Francisco Reserve Board Transamerica A. P. Giannini California

Polio Patient Mother of Son Born at Lancaster General

A 29 year old polio patient at Lancaster General hospital gave birth to a five and a half pound son. Mrs Go ckley has been a patient since Thursday. Authorities say both mother and child are doing fine.

Lancaster Lancaster General Hospital

Welsh family hit by diphtheria outbreak spreads through four

Noble Welsh family in St extended area reports Peggy Jean age three, Genieva and Betty Lou ill with diphtheria after a weekend outbreak. Noble Welsh Jr. buried yesterday from two weeks prior infection. Immunization clinic set at Stonewall School with Dr C R Anderson in charge tomorrow morning.

Noble Welsh N. Loudoun St. Extended Peggy Jean Genieva Betty Lou Welsh Noble Welsh Jr Fred Catherine Arthur Welsh Stonewall C.R. Anderson

Dewey Confident Of Victory Ahead Of Truman Tour

Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, back in Albany after a Western campaign swing, remains confident of victory four weeks before election. He will meet with adviser John Foster Dulles to get Berlin crisis updates while Truman plans a New York visit in Albany. A Times editorial backs Dewey and a Courier Express poll of 47 reporters on his train also favors a win.

Albany N. Y Thomas E. Dewey New York Capitol John Foster Dulles Paris United Nations Dulles Dewey Berlin Truman Pittsburgh New York Southwest Oklahoma Missouri St. Paul Pawling New York Times Lucian Warren Buffalo Courier- Express

Russia Tightens Travel Rules Pin Diplomats to Moscow

Russia imposes new travel limits that confine foreign diplomats to the Moscow city area. The State Department released the notice outlining the restriction and its scope.

Washington Russia Moscow State Department

Missing charter DC-3 with 21 aboard under search in Atlantic

A DC-3 charter airliner with 21 aboard was presumed down between Charleston and Nassau after distress calls. The incident triggered a large search by Navy, Coast Guard, Air Force and CAA units from Florida to Puerto Rico, with 17 passengers and four crew aboard including pilot Richard Olivere.

Miami Fla Charleston S. C Nassau Bahamas Civil Aeronautics Administration New England Air Express Co Teterboro N. J CAA San Juan Puerto Rico Everglades Coast Guard Federal Communications Commission Jamaica Air Richard Roy Olivere Port Chester N. Y Olivere Jacksonville Air Force

Left Turn Crash Hospitalizes Two In County Weekend

Two weekends car crashes injured two people and caused significant damage. At 5 10 p m yesterday near the R 11 and 669 intersection Mash of Bunker Hill W V tried to left turn in front of Bohrer of Gainesboro leading to a two car wreck. Mrs Bohrer and Mash remained in hospital this morning with Mash not seriously injured. A second collision Saturday night near Jenny Wren service station on R 11 about a mile north of Winchester involved Parkinson of Jones Spring W V and Kerfoot of Berryville with about 200 damage and no serious injuries.

L. P. Coverstone Harry Bohrer Gainesboro Frank Mash Bunker Hill W. Va Bohrer Mash Cloverstone Jenny Wren R. 11 Winchester Jesse Willard Parkinson Jones Spring W. Va William Kerfoot Berryville

Red led Coal Miners Strike in France Enters Quiet Start

In Douai France on October 4 a warning strike involving about 335 000 French coal miners began quietly. Picketers from the CGT communist led federation appeared at mine entrances with no police or soldiers present. The strike was declared for an unlimited duration.

Douai France CGT Federation of Miners Call Pine Motor Co

Russians Seek Four Power Talks On Berlin Blockade

In Paris on October 4 1958 Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky urged sending Berlin questions to a four power foreign ministers council arguing UN discussion is outside the Security Council remit He warned Western currency reform and Berlin moves violate the peace and linked Berlin to Germany’s overall issue The Western allies privately doubted Moscow’s bid and ministers met to study the note.

Paris Russia United Nations Council Berlin Andrei Y. Vishinsky Council Security Council Big Four Council Moscow Bar Vishinsky U.N Germany Weeceteee Council Western Geremany U.S Warren R. Austin Juan Atillo Bramagna Austin Britain Praince United States Council of Foreign Soviet Union

Austin Seeks Effective International Atomic Energy Control

Paris October 4 Warren R. Austin US chief delegate pressed Russia to say if it will accept effective international control of atomic energy. He urged moving beyond old rhetoric to real work and backed Canadian Sweden and New Zealand for a majority plan of world agency controls with full inspection powers. Russia pushed for a vetoed international commission and parallel treaties banning weapons, hinting at possible bomb capability.

Paris Warren R. Austin United States Russia United Nations Assembly Austin Andrei Vishinsky U. N. Atomic Energy Commission U. S Atomic Commission U. N. Commission Commission Sweden New Zealand Security Council

Frost Grips Much of Nation As Cold Wave Spreads

U S forecasters note widespread frost in the north with low temperatures from Cadillac Michigan to Erie Pennsylvania. Warm southeast states reach 78 in Miami and 67 in New Orleans while the Great Plains warm and Pacific coast rain falls. Winchester Laboratory reports 41 degrees with no frost in their area. The South End Fire Co. announces its regular monthly meeting for Monday evening.

Chicago Cadillac Mich Land O'Lakes Wis Albany N. Y Brookville Erie New England Miami New Orleans Great Plains Pacific Coast San Francisco Bay Georgia Carolinas U. S Winchester Research Laboratory South End Fire CO

Tuck Invites Thurmond to Dine at Mansion

Gov. Tuck announced he will host Gov. J. Strom Thurmond and Mrs. Thurmond at a breakfast at the Virginia mansion this Saturday. Tuck declined to state his presidential election position while Thurmond plans three speeches in the state, beginning Friday at the Country Club of Virginia and continuing to Atlantic Rural.

Richmond Tuck J. Strom Thurmond South Carolina Thurmond National Party States’ Rights

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