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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1947
Page
11
Blacksburg October 14 Injuries hamper Virginia Tech workouts for Saturday clash with Army at West Point. Regulars Ralph Beard and Bobby Smith are out of the backfield with Smith sidelined by a bandaged hand and Beard missing several weeks.
The latest census reveals 1 285 000 farms have electricity but no telephones while 464 000 farms have telephones but no power.
Funeral services for Mrs. Gladys May Hofer wife of C E Hofer were held at 2 p m today at Braddock Street Methodist Church with Dr T J Hawkins officiating Pallbearers included C Ridgeley White Daniel Leatherman Mc Sherry Lupton Rev Ronald Wilson Andrew Bowen and H L Collins The remains will be shipped to Portland New York for burial Thursday
In 1913 while in the Philippines Lieutenant Marshall was commended by Major General J Franklin Bell Chief of Staff 1906 1910 who called him the greatest military genius since Stonewall Jackson.
Commonwealth Attorney James P. Reardon welcomed 24 officers enrolled in the Winchester police department training school run under Chief J. T. Boyd and Sgt Joseph Ritter with cooperation from the Richmond FBI office. The opening lecture on interviews and confessions was given by W. Brown, agent in charge of the Richmond FBI office, with attendance by local, state, and federal officers. Future sessions on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays over four weeks will feature Judge Elliott Marshall and J. Sloan Kuykendall as lecturers.
Clapboards were first used on houses in the 16th century. They were imported to England for barrel making and became early exports from New England around 1621. Likely used to cover homes of the first New England settlers and shipped on the Fortune in 1621 with clapboard cargo.
In Richmond on October 14 the Virginia League of Planned Parenthood reported expanded clinic services this year under Dr Hudnall Ware Jr. at its eighth annual meeting. Ware said 36 planned parenthood clinics are integrated with state and local health departments or hospitals at MCV and UVA. Prizes for an essay contest on planned parenthood and delinquency were awarded by Judge Herbert Cochran. winners included Earl Kelley Lane Randolph Macon College Odessa Lindsay and Beilah Martin MCV School of Nursing.
Premier Paul Ramadier described a CGT led strike by 3,606 subway and bus workers as political intrigue aimed at Paris elections. He urged order as buses were briefly occupied and a large portion of the city faced transport crippling, affecting about 4 million people with potential suburban worker walkouts.
The CIO's official foreign policy declaration urges a ban on war talk and noninterference in other nations while urging prompt U.S. aid to Europe. The statement, issued by the resolutions committee, avoids endorsing U.S. policy and positions between criticizing America and Russia. Secretary of State Marshall is set to address the convention.
In Quincy Massachusetts the Walsh family welcomed Kathleen and Kevin born October 3 at South Shore hospital. Mayor Charles A. Ross and about 150 residents attended the homecoming at the Walsh house. Mrs. John Walsh said it is a blessing and they are happy. The other two twin sets arrived October 10 1945 and October 16 1946. Walsh works as a $49 weekly clerk in the Boston VA office.
The Winchester Salvation Army urges residents to donate warm underclothing dresses suits overcoats raincoats stockings and other good used clothing for relief shipments to distressed families in France and Germany. They seek shipping details and names of recipients and note hunger and illness from poor harvests. Captain B W Wyatt leads the Winchester office.
Brewer scientists say bright sunlight harms beer by denaturing proteins and causing haze which degrades flavor. Amber bottles block most ultraviolet rays, with green offering partial protection, preserving quality.
Denham stated that individual union members may file unfair labor practice charges under Taft Hartley even if a union leaders refuse to sign non Communist affidavits. He noted NLRB data through Oct 1 shows 305 charges by individuals versus 30 by unions. Also a stray line says there are no flowering plants in the Antarctic.
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz announced in Dallas that he would retire from active duty in mid-December. He said he planned to move to the West Coast and remained available for any service the President might desire except a diplomatic appointment.
An advertisement claims INNER-AID cures stomach gas bloating headaches and irregular bowels. It states a woman improved after taking INNER-AID containing 12 herbs that cleanse bowels and aid digestion and urges readers to buy at drug stores.
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