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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1952
Page
2
At 7 30 this evening a Stevenson Sparkman Club gathering will be held in the Frederick County Courthouse to organize the club. Winchester Democratic Committee members say the meeting is open to city and county residents interested in the Democratic ticket.
The page lists quiz solutions including Col. Robert R. McCormick, The giraffe, Walse, Franz Schubert, Mae West, Eighteenth, Connecticut, Thomas Carlyle, Karl Marx, and Geiger counter.
A sequence of auction notices lists sales in Berryville and nearby Virginia towns. Items include cattle farm equipment antiques real estate and household goods with dates from October 15 to November 1 and auctioneers named.
Oliver F Ollie Vance 70 died this morning at the Newton Baker VA Hospital near Martinsburg He was a former salesman at the B and M Chevrolet Company since 1941 A World War I veteran he was survived by no immediate family Funeral services at Christ Episcopal Church with burial at Mount Hebron Cemetery were planned Pallbearers included members of the B and M Motor Company and Conrad Hoovey Legion Post 21.
Mrs Mollie Kerns known as Aunt Mollie dies at Hillcrest Nursing Home after seven weeks illness. Widow of N F Kerns she leaves one daughter Mrs Lee Sirbaugh and several stepchildren and grandchildren. Funeral 3:30 p m Wednesday at Jones Funeral Home with Rev A C Walker officiating. Burial in Fairview Cemetery near Gore.
AP reports Private Kim of the Republic of Korea, a long-doubted trace of superstition, has proven himself in brutal combat on White Horse Mountain near Seoul. He led fights for five days, regaining a peak repeatedly against Chinese forces, and embodies the strength of the ROK army in its stand with UN troops.
The Virginia Methodist Conference raised pensions for retired ministers from 32 to 35 dollars per service year effective today, Norfolk reported. The increase expands annual benefit for clergy across the conference.
Inquiries whether the two year Army service time for a January 1952 enlistment was extended. An April 17, 1952 executive order extending military enlistments did not apply to Selective Service registrants who voluntarily enlisted for 24 months.
Holmes P Owens 57 of Clear Brook died at 11 am yesterday at the Newton D Baker VA Hospital Martinsburg after two weeks illness. Born Ridgeway WV Sept 8 1895 he was a WWI veteran and farmer. Surviving daughter Mrs Charles Hodson son Calvin K Owens brother Wesley Owens. Funeral Wednesday 2 pm Omps Funeral Home Ridgeway with Rev Emory Elemore officiating. Interment Paynes Chapel Cemetery. Pallbearers listed.
Sebastian del Cano captained the Victoria back to Spain after Magellan died in the Philippines. On September 6, 1522 the vessel completed the first voyage to circumnavigate the globe.
Albert Clevenger 73 of Stephenson died last night in Memorial Hospital. A lifelong Frederick County resident, he was a carpenter and floor finisher and a Greenway E U B Church member. Survivors include his widow Ethel Chrismore, three brothers Grover Lee James and another, two sisters, and funeral services set from Jones Funeral Home with Rev. Duckwall conducting. Pallbearers named. cemetery details noted.
A former Communist Party official testified that 300 New York City school teachers were organized into a Communist underground in 1948 and 1949, signaling a wide infiltration concern during that period.
Senator Paul A. Douglas estimates that the two major parties will spend about 75 million dollars in a presidential year. He calls for reforms including voter-based small contributions, a 10 cent per registered voter spending limit, and tax-funded support for campaigns. He notes House campaigns require 10 000 dollars and Senate races 150 000 to 200 000 dollars in large states.
A Frederick County and a Brucetown sale combined brought 23 700 dollars. The Solenberger property at Washington and Cecil Streets sold for 19 500 to Charles Harper at the Frederick County Courthouse. Roy P. Duvall was auctioneer. A seven acre Brucetown tract with frame house sold for 4 200 to M D Adams. Charles Duvall cried this sale. Household furnishings brought 900 dollars.
A Gerner note backs Stevenson loyalists in Texas as they fight to keep the state aligned with the ticket. John N. Gerner urges voting straight Democratic for Nov. 4 while Gov. Allan Shivers, allied with the Eisenhower camp, remains silent. Shivers will introduce Eisenhower in San Antonio Tuesday night.
For 1951 the estimated total of stolen automobiles was 196 960 of which 91.8 per cent were recovered.
The Air Force says four Red warplanes were destroyed and two damaged on Sunday over the Yalu River, bringing the two day toll to 10 destroyed and two damaged. In the United States several million pints are used for transfusions each year by doctors and hospitals.
A quoted political remark says Gen. Smith or his counterpart faces difficult ties, and if either party performs as well as President Truman in cooperating with security agencies to ferret out subversives, the American people can congratulate themselves and have little to worry about.
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