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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1950
Page
2
The first program in the community concert series features American baritone Edwin Steffe at 8 15 p m in Handley Auditorium on Wednesday November 1. New residents since May 1950 may contact Jay Lowden at 35 W Boscawen Street to obtain membership cards.
Charles Aikin city recreation director said the Winchester School Board will seek access to the Doug School for colored youths, with several evenings weekly for wrestling and gym activities. The department notes new wrestling mat dumbbells barbells and a punching bag for colored boys.
Public notices list multiple sales in Frederick County with auction times and items. Listings include W.C. Mill Estate near Frederick County House with nine parcels, personal property in Berkeley Springs area, Emily B. ard estate at the Frederick County Court House, E. Miller estate near Winchester city limits, and Delbert estate near Bun Hill with livestock and farm machinery.
A 1948 Chevrolet owned by Melvin 8. of city sustained $250 damage in a last week collision on 1 Ave. with a 1946 Studebaker truck from Blue Ridge Asphalt Co driven by Jesse J. Richardson of 942 Orchard Ave. Police reported Richardson began to move as his view was blocked by the truck bed and hit the Chevrolet.
Hollywood star Lana Turner, wife of Lex Barker, reportedly slipped and fell at her Bel Air home and miscarried a baby due next January. She was hospitalized at St. John’s in Santa Monica in satisfactory condition. she previously lost a child in January 1949, and has a six year old daughter Cheryl Christine from a prior marriage.
President Truman told a global audience via the Voice of America that fear of another world war stems from international tensions and Korea aggression. He said war is not inevitable and praised UN actions in Korea as proof the Charter works. He urged faith in UN to improve living conditions and deliver peace.
Secretary Vinson outlines a future US military plan calling for at least four Marine combat divisions and 24 air squadrons, with two divisions kept abroad ready. He envisions Marines as a key UN police component and urges expansion to support a multiyear national program free from Soviet control.
Gen Omar Bradley told leaders of 22 NATO powers that mutual forces for common defense must be created now or we may be forced to improvise them in face of attack. He welcomed the NATO Military Committee during its session as groundwork for a three day defense ministers meeting starting Saturday.
The article recalls Al Jolson performing for U S troops during a Korean front period as the beachhead faced bombardment. Jolson notes the war’s severity and jokes with an officer about stopping rifle fire for the listening GI audience. He was born Asa Yoleson on May 26, 1886, in St Petersburg Russia, and moved to Washington D C as a child.
A printed page provides the answers to the ars one puzzle on Page 4. Items include Come ye faithful Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam True by accident No Hummingbird Connecticut Egypt Yes and One for all and all for one.
Ryland Scott Carper and Garland Elwood Pugh, both 21, left Winchester this morning for the Induction Station at Martinsburg after being ordered drafted by the Frederick County Draft Board. This brings the county total drafted since the Korean fighting began to 25, with 166 already sent from Frederick County and 12 more ordered to report on November 9. The City board has six men scheduled for November 21, having already called nine.
About six scientists rebut Senator McCarthy’s claim that U S scientists are heavily infiltrated by Communist enemies. They call for a thorough check of the Atomic Energy Commission stance on communism and cite the AEC as previously lax.
Pit vipers differ from other vipers by a facial pit on each side of the head between eye and nostril. The pits help in locating and striking warm-blooded prey at night. American rattlesnakes are the best known pit vipers.
Lt. Joseph C. Ritter Jr. of the Winchester Police Force was named president of the FBI National Academy Associates of Virginia. The group, including local state and federal officers, met in Richmond to draft minimum standards for police departments in Virginia. Ritter, a 1947 FBI Academy graduate, has served 12 years with the department, including three years on leave for World War II Navy service. He is married with two children.
Premier Rene Pleven asks the French National Assembly to create a supra national European army including German soldiers and officers. He warns that German divisions and a German defense ministry could revive German militarism and threaten Germany itself.
Governor Battle announced he will not call a special session of the General Assembly to extend Federal Social Security coverage to county and city employees. Senator Andrew Clarke of Alexandria had urged a session after the November 7 elections to ensure coverage by January 1. The governor said he favors action but believes a special session is unnecessary at this time.
Clarke County records show multiple property transfers. Parcels include Berryville lots fronting Page Alley Lot 3, 303 acres across three parcels to the Hardesty family, 47 acres west of Blue Ridge Mountain, 85 acres on the Shenandoah River Mason Tinsman tract, two Berryville blocks and a 4.4 acre Battle Town District parcel, with various grantees such as Nellie Cobb, Bernard Webb, the Hardestys, Sunderlins, Jenkins, Barlow, and Adams.
Funeral services for Mrs. Lucy R. Driver were held with a 1 p.m. gathering at Jones Funeral Home and a 3 p.m. service at Fairview Brethren Church. Rev. Robert Bradford and Rev. Robertson officiated, with burial in the adjoining cemetery. Pallbearers were six grandsons Harold Driver Everette Driver Lloyd McDonald Kenneth McDonald Warren Driver Jr. and Bradley Driver.
General Eisenhower said he favors rearming Western Germany with restrictions to avoid threatening France. He noted Germany and Japan balance powers and urged West Germany to join our camp. He warned we cannot act alone and proposed universal military training at age 18 for a 3,000,000 man force.
A safety film will be shown at 12 30 p m tomorrow during the weekly Kiwanis luncheon in the George Washington Hotel.
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