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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1951
Page
3
Boston authorities designate September 30 as Traffic Memorial Day to mourn the toll of road deaths and injuries. Arthur W. Stevens, president, notes tens of thousands killed and a million and a half injured yearly.
John W. Boitnett said Bridgewater College will see a 12 percent larger freshman class than 1950. Upper classmen register Monday and Tuesday, with classes beginning Wednesday.
In Hagerstown Fairchild Aircraft Division appoints Phil Hart quality control J Earl Steinhauer plant operations and B S Mulroney materials as directors overseeing work in Hagerstown and Chicago. Dr J W Hart speaks at the International Congress of Pure and Applied Chemistry in New York City as a featured speaker. Skirts remain in style with higher hems, per Paris and American designers.
Marguerite Church born September 13 1892 in New York is highlighted as a Republican Congresswoman from Illinois. An early female House member elected in 1950 she chaired her late husband’s political science interests. A Wellesley graduate 1914 she earned an MA from Columbia and worked as a teacher and consulting psychologist.
The will of William Shank deceased probated in Corporation Court leaves property to his wife for life with remainder to his children if she remarries. His daughter Margaret Shank is named executrix.
Gerald Wilbur Ottmann an 18 year old Texas Christian University freshman was electrocuted while flying a kite in a yard near his home in Fort Worth. A thin wire touched a 7 200 volt power line and Ottmann was killed instantly with the wire pinning the kite behind a noose.
Testimony in Princess Anne County election suit outlines sailors voting with navy IDs and officials obstructing observers. A 36 vote discrepancy at Kempsville and absentee ballot issues are argued to warrant a recount. Victims include Mrs. Irna Rice and Mrs. Barbara Rose, with comments from clerk R A Jones. Six defeated People's Ticket candidates seek redress for irregularities.
In Danville a death by own action verdict was entered for Joy Alderman 18 of Dan River Mills Research Laboratory. Her body was found last night at 8 30 floating in Dan River. A note left at home advised not to search for her body and said it would be found above Schoofield Dam today. Danville Life Saving Crew recovered the body but could not revive her after artificial resuscitation efforts.
Named trustee Miss Vivian Hott appointed to Church of the Nazarene of Winchester replacing resigning R. Crossen to serve with W. T Swisher and John H. as previously recorded in the Corporation Clerk's office.
Assistant Secretary of Defense Anna Rosenberg announced that college students will remain eligible for draft deferments during the coming academic year. She warned the program may be tightened next year as military manpower nears its bottom.
Refugees in Stockholm report rumors from Warsaw that Poland may seek to join the Soviet Union as Russia’s 17th republic, with Communist party circles in Poland alive to the possibility.
The Upperville Garden Club presents a Progressive Flower Show on Saturday September 15 from 2 30 to 6 00 p m. Featured displays include speci men dahlias and mums at Miss Mary Rosser Calvert s home in Upperville with other houses Sunnyside Montmorency Bollingbrook and St Brides offering Flemish Dutch and harvest time arrangements. Notables include Mrs C W B Cushman and Mrs George R Slater appearing on TV and a team of judges from Front Royal Leesburg Bluemont Markham and Lincoln.
Volunteers are urged to come forward and testify before a grand jury probing a numbers racket in Newport News. Judge Herbert G. Smith urged witnesses as the inquiry enters its third day, with 12 persons having testified including Police Chief W N Peach and Bruce Johnson, a former numbers convict.
An amused New York reader imagines modest, practical Soviet inventions to boost global appeal. Jokes range from long lasting shoelaces to a trustworthy television program and a radar lawnmower, with a housewife prompting a real advance in world peace.
Police responded to repeated calls about a hand protruding from a parked car with out of state plates. Officers Willis and Bledsoe found a neatly manicured rubber hand when they opened the trunk, confirming a hoax in a homicide scare.
Walter Parker Stacy aged 66, chief justice of North Carolina, died of a heart ailment in his Raleigh hotel apartment early today. His death shocks the state judiciary and he served as chief justice for many years. Local officials expected to announce further details.
In Magnolia Arkansas an 11 year old boy Thomas A Spaulding III died when his homemade trapeze rope loop caught his neck. Police chief Leo Neely said the tragedy occurred in the family garage after the boy mounted a ladder and lost balance. His body was found by a younger sister.
President Juan Peron says Argentina must establish its own publicity organs to defend against what he calls distortion by major news centers worldwide. He frames the move as a shield against foreign press bias.
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