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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1950
Page
2
Earl Bunting of the National Association of Manufacturers spoke at the NAM sponsored 20th Institute on Industrial Relations in Winchester Virginia. He noted postwar developments in how industrial executives think about employee relations as about to rearm America with a week of round table discussions.
County Court House sales include lots on Oak Ave Winchester NoV 4 11 a m Miller estate and lots on Frt 522 beyond Winchester City limits Fred A Farm 5 mi southwest on Cedar Creek. Livestock farm machinery and feed. Hilda Forney antiques 119 E Clifford St NOV 15 10 a m Delbert Cain East of Rt 11 at Bunker Hill W Va livestock farm machinery and household goods.
Richmond officials announce a two day conference for planning and development agencies from 12 Southern states starting November 10. F. James Barnes II notes the BASPDA meeting alignment and focuses on immediate regional development and marketing Southern products. William E Warne will discuss Water Resource Development in the South.
In Norfolk to a crowd of about 30,900, Charles Edward Bailey of Madison North Carolina died when a stunt he had performed 50 times collapsed. His self-designed acrobatic plane lost altitude during a snap roll and crashed on the runway, bursting into flames after skimming 60 feet.
An air show witnessed its largest crowd yet when a troupe suffered its first-ever accident. Milton L Bailey, brother of the deceased pilot, was restrained from rushing into the wreckage to save Bailey.
The Virginia Travel Council ended its second annual conference in Natural Bridge by approving a resolution urging Governor Battle to release 150 000 for state advertising and asking the Legislative Study Committee to boost the 50 000 budget. George Summerson of Bristol Hotel was elected president, succeeding Commander Raymond Bottom of News. Other officers include Walter N. Chinn Fredericksburg first vice president Carl W. Windel Roanoke secretary J Harvie Wilkinson Richmond treasurer and E B Muire Richmond assistant treasurer.
Norfolk police investigate a Ringling Brothers Circus roustabout killed on a Pullman car. Otis Marcott, about unknown age, was struck twice on the head with a hatchet or axe. The body was found by fellow circus worker William Robert Shores, a Negro from Lexington.
Over the weekend a car ran off a slick Balti more road and hit an embankment injuring at least two locals. Miss Georgia Sirbaugh suffered an injured shoulder while Lt. George Reddig Jr. sustained minor cuts and bruises.
McCormac and a slate of officers attended a meeting with annual elections and reports by the president treasurer budget and resolution committees. A resolution honored the memory of W A Sandy Baker. The 1950 Festival Budget Committee chair reported last year’s cost at 26981 dollars. Directors discussed the annual Apple Festival at Charlotte and the need for more rest room facilities during the two day fete.
India reports Tibetan defenders abandoned Lho Dzong on October 22 and Lheshado on October 27 and pulled back to Pemba Go 200 miles east of Lhasa. China planning a three pronged push on Lhasa officials say. India pressed Peiping for diplomatic help but not military action.
In Vienna over the weekend the Communist party in the Soviet zone of Austria suffered a minor setback as twenty one rural communities voted for local councils. The party fell from two seats and 131 votes in May to no seats and 78 votes. The Austrian Peoples Party gained seats and votes from both the Communists and the Social Democrats. The Peoples Party rose to 166 seats from 143, while the Socialists dropped from 174 seats to 58.
Belgrade Tito announces that the United States will provide aid without conditions to aid Yugoslav famine victims. He says American help will reach damaged districts and criticizes Cominform for planning an attack to destabilize Yugoslavia from within and abroad.
The page lists quiz answers: 1 None. 2 The Netherlands. 3 General Douglas MacArthur. 4 Mohammedanism. 5 A social error or blunder. 6 Homonya. 7 False. 8 New Hampshire Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia. 9 Nepotism. 10 Pontiac.
John Teeguarden of Washington won the 1950 Pontiac sedan in a Lions Fun Festival drawing held Saturday night to fund sight conservation work. The event included nightly door prizes with winners H N Funkhouser Delores Riggleman and more. Net proceeds will be reported later at a luncheon.
Anti communist allies in Indochina are expected to be reorganized into three national armies with a combined strength of 150000 or more. The move, favored by the United States, aims to counter Ho Chi Minh's revolt and shift prestige to local leaders in Vietnam Laos and Cambodia while giving them control of their own forces.
Two Halloween masked men threatened a girl clerk with a sub machine gun at the Newtonville Newton National Bank branch and escaped with weekend night deposits. Officials could not confirm the amount as it was in the night deposit box. The gunmen wore gray hats and dark suits and fled in an automobile.
Maurice Costello of Vitagraph began as a scenery helper in 1907 and became the first screen actor to show temperament. He received fan mail early and faced crowds, with a nervous breakdown in 1915 narrowing his film work. He later lived in obscurity, voiced in radio soap operas, and endured multiple marriages and divorces while noting that actors with checks kept “Cos” funded.
The National Geographic Society notes that about one third of South Africa's white population centers around Johannesburg, illustrating urban concentration in the area.
Flooding across Oregon from five days of storms brought another death and widespread devastation. The Willamette River crest passed Eugene, causing evacuations and sheltering about 1,000 people with Red Cross aid as towns were isolated and infrastructure disrupted.
Donors from three states and city groups led by the National Fruit Product Co canning department under Mrs Norma M Hoke contributed to a blood drive. Last week 96 new donors were counted with varied repeat visits from two to six pints. Gallon Club members and others reached milestones as local totals rose to 1 918 pints under the peacetime program.
Pravda reported the American election campaign is taking on an increasingly scandalous character, a view echoed by the Communist Party in New York State.
Lake Okeechobee in Florida is the largest wholly within the United States with an area of 700 square miles, following Lake of the Woods which spans Canada and the U S with 1,485 square miles.
In Hanoi North Vietnam residents rely on BBC broadcasts from London to learn about French military actions and Vietminh activity. Rumors spread quickly as government censorship tightens control over Vietnamese and French newspapers.
Nine foot sculptures of Champlain Wolfe Simcoe and Brock overlook Queen's Park Avenue in Toronto. The pieces by Josephine Jones took 11 months to create with extensive research, celebrating Champlain Wolfe Simcoe and General Amherst's roles in Canadian history.
Officials announced this morning that due to Halloween activities in Winchester the regular Tuesday night bowling schedule will not be observed. B Lekeglerg suspends the usual matches for the evening.
Gourdlike fruit is calabash or bottle gourd. Bird’s stomach is crop. Port is harbor or export. Capital of Viet-Nam is Hanoi. Ireland is Eire. Obstruct is block. Close to is near. Slide is slip. Southeast abbr is SE. Equip is fit or arm. Insert is put in. Frightened is scared. Small bottle is vial. Foreign is alien. A kind of thread is cotton thread or floss. Japanese money pl is yen. French novelist is Zola or Flaubert. Begin is start. Skul is scam? likely skull? Exclamation is aha or alas. Encounter is meeting. Personal pronoun is you or I. Capital of Russia is Moscow. A division of Saudi Arabia is province region or emirate. Capital of Korea is Seoul. Capital of Moravia is Brno. Certain is sure. Lyrical ballad is idyl or ode. Down clues include minute part yesterday’s answer. Source of light is lamp. Bachelor of Science is BS.
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