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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1947
Page
2
Mrs Theodore Roosevelt Jr, widow of Brig. Gen Theodore Roosevelt Jr, travels to Europe to visit her husband's grave and urges that American war dead remain buried abroad. Gen Roosevelt died in Normandy on July 12 1944 and is interred at St Mere Eglise cemetery near Cherbourg.
Washington reports Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach urges youths of school age who spent summer working to return to their schooling. The note appears in a brief government statement.
Listings show sales near Berryville Stephenson Middletown Winchester and Jordan Springs with items including livestock machinery household goods furniture farm equipment and shop tools. Advertisers include Guido Thompson Philip Kap W F Long E B Clevenger and John H Myes with sale locations on Point Road Broad and Welltown Pike and Jordan Springs road.
Mrs Mary Louise Spillman aged 75 died at 8 p m yesterday at the home of her daughter Mrs Elsie Carpenter in Round Hill Frederick county Born February 13 1872 at Mt Pleasant she was a daughter of the late Thomas and Mary Ryan Lamp She was married to Jonah L Spillman and was a Mt Pleasant Methodist member Surviving are her husband a son Holmes M Spillman two daughters Mrs Elsie Carpenter and Mrs Zela Everly two brothers Leavis H Lamp and William Lamp four sisters Mrs Alice Renner eight grandchildren and one great grandchild Funeral services are 2 p m Thursday at Lamp s Methodist Church with Rev B W Johnson officiating Interment Lamps Cemetery Friends may meet at Jones funeral home 1 30 p m Pallbearers will be grandsons of the deceased
Sadie Frances Jackson aged 25 of 25 E Pall Mall St died at her residence after several months illness. She was born in Winchester and lived there all her life. Survived by mother Mrs Lucy Jackson four children Mary Frances Martha Ann Robert Diane three sisters Hattie Widse Adele Annie Jackson a niece Dorothy Jackson and great niece Bettie Ann Jackson. Services at Cartwright funeral home 2:30 PM Thursday conducted by Rev A T Gaskins. Interment Millwood Cemetery Millwood.
Danville voters consider issuing 1.5 million dollars in bonds to fund a new steam plant producing 4,000 kilowatts of electricity. A two thirds yes vote is required, with a majority of real estate owners voting in favor.
Ira W. Whitmire 29 a Harrisonburg area farmer died from burns after a Sunday night automobile accident. He had many local aunts and uncles including Mr and Mrs Gilbert Whitmire Mr and Mrs Jess Dove Mr and Mrs Dorman Dove Perry Whitmire Mrs Martha Whitmire and Mrs Bessie Turner. Funeral services were held at 3 p m today at Kee gletown near Harrisonburg.
The Census Bureau reports total U S population last April about 143,311,000 including 1,250,000 in the armed forces. Civilian population 142,061,000 up 7.9 percent since 1940 with the West showing the largest gain and the South the smallest. Whites 127,044,000. non whites 15,017,000. medium age rose from 29 to 30 years.
Washington officials said the British American agreement to boost German coal production would be announced near week’s end, delaying from the planned tomorrow. No reason was given for the postponement.
Federal Judge T Whitefield Davidson in Fort Worth upholds Taft Hartley requirement that labor unions file non Communist affidavits. He finds Oil Workers International Union CIO not compliant and not eligible for certification in the Deep Oil Development Co election case. He argues non communists protect republican government and restrict organizations opposing it. The CIO affiliates must sign affidavits and face NLRB inaction pending conclusive CIO accord in Boston.
Rome reports the ruling party facing pressure from leftist groups after a valley labor strike involving about 800,000 workers. The party’s directing committee met to assess the political situation and confront what they call an offensive by the left. The Po valley strike threatened the rice crop and fuelled accusations against the government by Socialist and Communist parties and some labor factions.
Dr L A McMurray a Presbyterian missionary and his wife Jean Harlan will sail around Sept 25 to the Belgian Congo to resume work at the Mutoto mission center. The family of five has just completed a two year furlough in Winchester and Martinsburg while he has served the Mission Board in the United States.
Virginia crop conditions deteriorated overall for the week ended Saturday per the Cooperative Crop Reporting Service. Late corn and soybeans suffered serious damage from prolonged heat and were described as in very poor condition. Pastures statewide were generally in poor shape.
Augusta county Democratic chairman W Edward Moore announces his bid for commonwealth's attorney in the November 4 general election in Waynesboro.
Answers listed for the daily quiz cover topics from Norway and Palestine to Upton Sinclair and the Socialist Party. Notable lines mention Eric Johnston, Romania, and New York City with a playful note on lubricants for leather.
The Frederick county board of supervisors approved a $158.40 claim by C.M. and T. B. Rosenberger for 44 turkeys killed by dogs in August. The flock of about 2400 turkeys was kept on a 3 acre field. pups are blamed. Several smaller poultry claims and a delinquent land list were also approved.
The United Nations General Assembly opens in New York as the Russo American conflict intensifies. Secretary of State Marshall leads the American delegation. The key issue is whether to call a special session of Congress to establish a temporary aid fund for Europe amid an European economic crisis.
The text notes that official thinking stresses United States action to aid Europe before the Marshall Plan fully takes effect. Without aid, Russia could exploit political and social upheaval to push Communism in Western Europe, guiding policy discussions on a long term recovery program.
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