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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1951
Page
6
Britain ends private informers profits under the Common Informers Act effective today. It ends private bounty payments for convicting breaches of 43 laws including Sunday observance. Informers previously earned fines from those accused of unauthorized entertainment on Sundays.
Pvt Gaetano Ippolito of Brooklyn New York, shortstop for Fort Lee’s baseball team, saved his life and a recruit’s on a grenade range by scooping a live grenade timed to explode in 4 1/2 seconds. He stepped forward and moved the live device away before it detonated, keeping both men safe.
A reader asks how much opium is required for global medicinal needs. The reply states five hundred tons would meet the world’s annual requirement for medicinal purposes.
Walter A. Bowman outlines how only about a dozen 1951 52 business names stayed in the same place as in 1898 99 Winchester. He notes Herbert S. Larrick as the sole long term tenant at 44 Rouss Avenue, with several firms like Shenandoah Valley National Bank and John S Solenberger & Co retaining names and locations. The piece details streets, city officials, newspapers, and the growth from 39 to about 115 streets, plus directory costs and the 700 page current edition price 22 50.
Dr. Mack I. Shanholtz named State Health Commissioner by Governor Battle. He is a first cousin of Winchester doctor Chester Riley and has other local relatives listed. A Handley High School alumnus, he studied at the University of Virginia and Johns Hopkins, earning a public health master’s in 1938. Previously he was Washington County health officer.
Police Court cases heard before Police Judge John W Rice list fines and costs for several individuals. Harry R. Kern Jr. paid 14.25 for improper parking, Herbert Strosnider 14.25 for drunk, Richard L. Boxwell 10.25 for drunk, and San. Householder six months suspended sentence plus 4.25 costs for threatening language. A second item notes who coined the term Dixiecrat, crediting D S N A Bill Weisner of Charlotte News.
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