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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1948
Page
9
Katherine Jones aged from Frederick county died yesterday at her residence on 12nd Street. She was a member of John and Methodist church. Her husband John Jones and daughter Margaret Jones survive.
Basil Good 43 native of Middletown died suddenly while en route from his home Indian Head Maryland to George Washington hospital. Interment at National Memorial Park cemetery near Falls Church. Survived by widow Ruth Bly Good and brother Philip Good.
Lou Marion Larrick age 35 of Winchester died of a heart attack in the VA hospital Roanoke after two weeks as a patient following months of poor health and a prior stay at University hospital Charlottesville. He served in World War I in France and Germany and is survived by wife Miss Mitler Wisecarver and son Warren Edward Larrick, plus siblings and four brothers. Services are at Omps funeral home Wednesday at 2 p.m. with interment at Mount Hebron cemetery.
The new credit rules set a $70 minimum monthly installment with a 15 month limit if smaller. Appliances including stoves, washers, refrigerators, radios, and furniture face controls, while clothing terms stay negotiable. Bank officials warn auto sales may dip due to higher down payments and longer terms, though some retailers report little pre-change activity.
Hockman and William O Grove of Winchester met with Ralph Becker of Maryland to discuss organizing work for Virginia Young Republican clubs. Hockman predicted Virginia would support the Dewey Warren ticket. Clubs have formed in 30 of Virginia’s 126 counties and cities. He stressed building chapters to sustain party activity beyond the election.
William M. Long a Virginia legislator from 1922 to 1926 and Page county Democratic chairman died in a local hospital. He helped pass the Lee highway bill and helped set East Side highway and paid as you go road plan. He supervised Farm Credit Administration during hard years and helped organize Farmers and Merchants Bank at Stanley where he served as director for 29 years. He is survived by his widow and daughter Mrs. Thomas Jennings of Harrisonburg.
Gladys R. Conrad, 46, of Winchester RD 2, died this morning at Winchester hospital after a weeklong illness. Born Sperryville, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Eve Weakley and a Methodist. Survived by husband Homer Conrad, brother James Weakley, and sisters Mrs. H. H. Jenkins and Edith B. Sales. Remains at Jones Funeral Home.
A 26 country group of YWCA leaders in Washington reports women increasingly leave home to participate in business and government. Italian and Japanese observers note rising voting and political involvement, while Chinese, Filipino, Turkish women push into public life with professional salaries equal to men and nine Turkish deputies in the national assembly.
A campus appeal invites sending the Evening Star daily to students with a contact number 3424 for subscriptions and campus-wide readership.
Paris reports secretary general Trygve Lie calls for urgent UN guard to prevent assassinations and keep order in troubled areas. After the 58 nation gathering opens, Lie will seek a constabulary of 1000 to 5000 men with full UN authority. Berlin tensions loom over the conference as Marshall Bevin and Scauman attend. Modern lighthouses can be remotely operated, with the first US lighthouse built in 1673 at Boston harbor.
Berlin dispatch reports Montag's Echo claims communists in eastern Germany arm illegal shock troops for a power grab in Berlin and Germany. It says armed civilians are organized as auxiliaries of the eastern German police and notes Western reports of Russian aid to build forces. Newsstands in the Russian sector were raided as anti red papers were torn and scattered.
The States Rights Democratic party forms by qualifying the Thurmond ticket for Virginia’s ballot and takes over the Young Democrats banquet plans. The article notes impeachment of an American president occurred only once, against Andrew Johnson in 1868, and that attempt failed.
American officials denounced communist raids in Berlin as a violation of Four-Power rules for free press. Soviet sector police allowed Red squads to tear up Western publications and threaten dealers with future bans. Claims of other measures included incendiary threats using gasoline cans.
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