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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1952
Page
2
The Treasury reports 33,884 checks totaling 88 070.92 remain unclaimed as refunds for 1943 through 1950. Taxpayers named in state newspaper lists have only about 15 percent acting. If you moved, refunds may not forward. contact the county treasurer to have checks re mailed to a current address.
In late winter after the coldest weather is the best time.
SEPT. 10 sale Rt. 12 100 head Hereford cattle bred stock and farm equipment. SEPT. 12 noon auction in Millwood Roy P. Duvall, G. Baker estate sale at Frederick County Oct 1 10 a.m. livestock farm machinery bees household goods Estate of Landon Rackley east of Winchester off Berryville Pike Auctioneers Charles Duvall.
Western officials warn that Soviet policy aims to tighten control through economic penetration in Austria. The report cites rising East trade pressure, Russian owned plants, and delaying payments to drain wealth, while noting Moscow advisers replace occupation forces as the country debates future alignment and trade with the East.
Peiping radio quotes communist broadcasts claiming U S warships were sunk or damaged. The report says the aircraft carrier Boxer was seriously damaged in August and six other ships were hit. The Boxer reportedly lost 12 planes in an accidental hangar deck fire, was repaired, and returned to action days later.
East German workers begin a long overdue bridge across the Elbeiver to connect Berlin and West Germany. The proposed span replaces a 1945 Nazi buckled original. A temporary wooden structure had linked the Allies, while the Soviets used the rickety bridge to justify a Berlin blockade in June.
The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis reports a weekly record of polio cases in the United States for the week ended August 30. It notes 367 more cases than the same week in 1949 and 23,536 cases since January 1.
An acre-foot is the quantity of water that would cover one acre to a depth of one foot. It equals 433 560 cubic feet and is used as a standard measure for irrigation water.
Answers to the quiz printed on Peg 4 include Flower as item 1 Erle Stanley Gardner as item 2 True Mellow as item 3 Petruchio as item 5 Brooklyn Bridge as item 6 a scapegoat as item 7 Boston as item 8 Into the midst of the fiery furnace as item 9 and The rainbow as item 10.
The article reports the United States and its allies effectively cornering global oil supply needed for war, aided by Middle East and Venezuelan output. It notes W Alton Jones of Cities Service Co visiting Iran, amid government charges that seven Western firms form a cartel to keep prices high. Russia accelerates oil production as US output reaches about 2.21 billion barrels.
The analysis notes North America holds about 30 percent of world oil reserves, with South America at 13 percent. It argues the Middle East contains roughly half the reserves, making it a pivotal area for supply control in any conflict. It cites U S refining capacity at 7,233,004 barrels daily, about 56 percent of world capacity.
Miss Jean Walsh Phell won a Circuit Court divorce after alleging her husband left her for his saxophone. She testified he was intentionally unemployed and spent time in New York studying the instrument, returning neither to work nor home.
The adrenals are a pair of ductless glands near the kidneys. They secrete hormones including adrenaline directly into the bloodstream.
A severe Atlantic hurricane moved north in the open sea and posed no threat to land. This is the second hurricane of the season, with no immediate danger to Bermuda or the Carolinas.
A report notes that giraffes rival camels in their water needs while a season was expected to pass between the North Carolina coast and Bermuda avoiding damage.
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