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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1951
Page
5
HAL BOYLE surveys American husbands on how much they tell their wives about work. Men joke about inventing a fictional co worker named Jones to explain away daily troubles while wives seek details, prompting debates on honesty and imagination.
President Truman attacked misinformation about government spending, insisting the nation is financially strong. He cited higher taxes, rising corporate profits, and per capita income up 40 percent since 1939, while blasting critics spreading bankruptcy fears.
A discussion on teen girls balancing school life and chores. Parents should outline tasks in advance and speak kindly. A Tide Washing Clinic survey of 715 communities shows 70 percent do chores, 85 percent do laundry, 65 percent help with family wash, with cheerfulness easing burden.
The Department of Agriculture lists six egg classes for retail sale. The weights per dozen vary by class, with jumbo at 30 ounces and large at 24 ounces. other classes include extra large and medium, though some OCR text is unclear.
The Bureau of International Revenue in Washington signals a tougher policy on farmers income tax returns. Tax collectors have long pressed for stricter interpretation of the laws and stricter records. Congress is viewed as ready to crack down on the Bureau for lax rural taxation. The piece notes court decisions causing inconsistencies across regions.
Secretary Brannan told the Senate Expenditures subcommittee the Agriculture Department is a highly efficient agency and opposes major structural changes. He cited a 25 percent budget drop from 1.6 billion in 1940 to about 1.2 billion this year and a personnel reduction from 71,000 to 58,000.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond reported that during the week ended September 1 sales at 18 representative stores in Maryland Virginia West Virginia North and South Carolina and DC were one percent higher than the same week last year and 23 percent above the prior week. The bank noted improvement in soft goods yet a moderate decline in hard goods with price cuts boosting rug sales.
The Trobriand Islands lie just north of southeastern New Guinea and form part of Papua Territory, Australia. The group centers on Kiriwina with at least 15 smaller isles, totaling about 170 square miles in area.
In Newport News two young cousins died in a shed behind their home. James Horace Newman Jr. aged 3 and Tracy Leroy Allen aged 4 were found stuffed in an unused icebox. Their bodies were discovered by an aunt, Lizzie Bunn, after the boys had been reported missing since shortly after 4 p.m. yesterday. Police identify the children and continue investigating how they became trapped.
Bruno Engler and Fritz Frey, both Swiss born, scaled five of seven rock spires known as The Sisters in the Canadian Rockies near Coleman Alberta. They faced their hardest climb on The Old Sister with 120 feet of handholds and descended using rappels and rope-offs. They plan to return to tackle The Witch, the remaining spire.
A Bucharest court began the trial of ten men accused of spying in Romania for Britain the United States and the Vatican the Soviet Task Agency reported.
Seven interborough bridges cross the river within the city. They include the Brooklyn, Williamsburg, Manhattan, Queensboro, Triborough, Hell Gate, and Bronx Whitestone bridges.
An Air Force B 17 crash landed 100 miles north of Anchorage after an engine failed at 11 000 feet. One man was killed and six injured, one serious but expected to recover. It marks the 14th Alaska air disaster in seven weeks with 95 dead or missing.
Americans describe Indian earnings from farming land rentals and royalties, tribal per capita payments, and welfare aid. Many supplement cash by crafts like weaving pottery and silversmithing, with craft sales constituting about seven percent of income.
Harry K. Fowle, formerly of this city and now with Hardware Mutual Insurance Company of Minnesota in Danville, has been named sales supervisor for Virginia and North Carolina. He will remain in Danville. The promotion coincided with his wedding to Miss Ann Jefferson McDaniel at Mt. Vernon Methodist Church Danville. They will live at Meribrook Apartments Westmoreland Court.
In London rationed Britain encounters a short term meat surplus as organized butchers plan a meeting with Food Minister Maurice Webb to press for lifting rationing while they struggle to sell stock on their ships.
Moscow issued a public notice stating the foreign ministers meeting in Washington is designed mainly to accelerate further militarization in Western Germany.
Louisville report notes moonshine from eastern Kentucky and Tennessee tainted with isopropyl alcohol. Fred Farrell of the Alcohol Tax Unit warns the diluted “mountain dew” can cause indigestion and blindness, though no direct deaths or illnesses have been traced to current samples.
The article recounts Florence and her father planning a return flight to the United States after a challenging swim along the California coast. Florence covered about 35 miles due to strong tides, navigating a zigzag path from St. Margaret's Bay, with past records noted for Brenda Fisher and a 13 hour 20 minute France to England crossing.
A Newport News grand jury began hearings into numbers operations and related rackets with early testimony from Raymond B. Bottom publisher of the Daily Press and Times-Herald and reporters Stanley J Schill and Frank O Neill as part of a broader newspaper campaign for inquiry.
In the past 24 hours, Lester Brown Mason of Baker Street was fined $5.25 for assault and battery. Bernard M. Bard of Woodstock paid $9.25 for passing a red light. Lyle P. McCarty of Bladensburg Maryland was fined $14.25 for speeding. Edward A. Buenger of Washington DC paid $15.25 for speeding.
News of the death of Dr Gilson H Metcalfe arrives from his Baltimore home. Funeral services were conducted in Baltimore this afternoon, marking the end of the physician's life and career.
Retired funeral notice lists Dr. W. A. Wright and Rev. E. Eisenberg officiating. Burial at Mount Hebron Cemetery with pallbearers Joseph Ritter Ernest Stotler Tom Bond Francis Funk Edward Hinkins and Ernest Dove all members of the Winchester Police Department.
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