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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1948
Page
1
Initial screening of 18 to 26 year olds in Frederick county and Winchester shows 424 men in the county and 243 in Winchester meet the criteria of single non veterans and non fathers. Combined 667 near one third of the nearly 2000 registered will form the first inductees.
Frederick county teachers will elect delegates to the Virginia Education Association meeting in Richmond on October 28 29 at a 10 a.m. session in the courthouse. President Paul Beable will announce committee appointments and set annual goals. Workshop reports will be given by Charlena Grim Grace Carpenter Ethel Cooper Saxton Samsell and Mary Seidel with Superintendent Leslie D. Kline R. E. Ayler and Miss Annie P. Starling on the program.
Local history notes Clarke countians mocked over the letter e in Clarke. It cites 1836 county formation and Virginia records naming General John Rogers Clarke, arguing the e usage appears in official documents of 1779 to 1783 and suggesting Clarke may have used the spelling himself.
The Paris meeting of the UN General Assembly opened amid East West tension as 58 nations gathered. Temporary President Bramuglia urged cooperation and non domination and Evatt of Australia won the presidency on the second ballot after a first round draw.
Secretary of State Marshall urged UN adoption of Folke Bernadotte’s report as a fair basis for resolving the Palestine question. He praised Bernadotte’s effort and urged parties and the General Assembly to accept the conclusions as the best path to peace. Arabs resented the report’s stance and the Arab League indicated rejection.
Mrs. Jane Gross of Frederick county public welfare dept says about ten people in the county need care in a district home for the aged and infirm. Leaders Arthur James and John Bruner led a regional meeting with officials from Warren Rappahannock Page Frederick Shenandoah counties and Harrisonburg and Winchester to form a steering committee to learn more and visit existing district homes.
In Richmond on September 21 the State Democratic central committee will likely approve a resolution avoiding the presidential race while urging a strong push for all other Democratic candidates. A spokesman suggested adoption similar to the Second district, which favored campaigning for Senate and House candidates without addressing the presidential race. Leaders fear pro Truman gestures could provoke more opposition in the state. failure to back Truman-Barkley may lead to Truman-Barkley headquarters under the Hutchinson faction.
Eleven onion field workers and a truck driver were killed and six others injured when an open truck carrying workers collided with a semi trailer during heavy rain. The dead include two brothers a father and his two sons. All were employed by L Donchin growers near North Judson Indiana. They were on their way home from the fields along U S Highway 35 thirteen miles south of La Porte. The truck remained upright while the semi trailer went into a farm yard.
President Percy Rogers of Front Royal and Secretary John Hardesty of Berryville will attend a chapter officer forum in Blacksburg. W. R. Legge of Winchester will speak at the Friday session. Visitors will attend the VPI football opener with George Washington University.
The forecast calls for temperatures about two to three degrees below normal. Cool Wednesday and Thursday, warmer Friday, cooler Saturday and Sunday. Rain is expected Wednesday with showers Friday, totaling about half an inch.
Mrs. H B McCormac Jr chairs the plant sale committee for the Community Flower Show at Winchester Armory from 3 to 9 p m Thursday next week. Florists gardeners and garden clubs donate unusual flowers bulbs shrubs and potted plants for sale and to attract attendees. Proceeds defray show costs with no admission fee and volunteers may donate canned goods.
Police impounded more than a dozen bicycles over the past week for traffic rule infractions. Chief J. Thomas Boyd said each bike was detained from one week to 30 days based on offense severity and prior violations. Bicycles without licenses, ridden at night without lights, riding on sidewalks, or carrying more than one rider prompted seizures.
In Pennington Gap Virginia on September 21 an 18 year old Lester Delph Jr a feared gunman known as the bad boy of Fleenhorn was felled by Sheriff Bill Bays and Deputy Neil Trent after a gun and knife battle at Will Spivey s home near Jonesville Delph wounded three people including Mrs Spivey and deputy Trent before being shot three times and taken into custody Delph is in serious condition at a local hospital with wounds to the thigh hips and lower abdomen while the others injured are recovering.
William Louthan of Conrad Hoover post called on Winchester area citizens to donate to the Freedom Train fund drive. The seven car exhibit, visiting Winchester Oct 7 from 10 am to 10 pm, contains 127 historic documents including the Declaration, Constitution and Bill of Rights. Contributions go to the American Legion business office Shenandoah Valley Bank building.
Clarke county fair at Berryville High School opens Friday with a larger premium list. New divisions include mother and daughter dairy, yellow and white hybrid corn, and Crayon pictures by students. A Winchester store donates $10 for prizes.
Glen Burnie Maryland September 21 police report few clues in the brutal double killing of John H. Mahlan 25 and Mary C. Kline 18. Chief John H Souers says no suspects and autopsies expected to shed light while bodies show battering and potential beating before death. The couple was found in woods off Chesterfield road six miles northwest of Annapolis.
The late Wilbur M. Krise leaves his estate to his widow for her lifetime then to daughter Mrs. Harriet K. Mattern of Galesburg Ill. Dated Oct 26 1942 the will witnesses Edna Cather and Salome Crisman. Mrs Krise is executrig under $25 000 pond without surety. A B Solenberger Claude Grim C P McVicar H W Copenhaver and B M Sullivan may serve as oppressers.
President Truman expands his campaign schedule with two Raleigh speeches on October 19 and additional Utah stops. Large Denver crowds greet him while a parade attracts about 50,000, with whistles and cheers as he waves from the train platform. He jokes that a big vote could delay leaving the White House to face the housing shortage after November.
Police Justice John Rice jailed Harlan Arthurs 21 of 400 N Loudoun St for 10 days on a 60 day sentence for destroying property. Arthurs tore down advertising pennants at the Firestone store on Braddock and Amherst Streets as a police car passed through Indian Alley. officers caught him in the act.
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey's campaign rolled west to Denver after outlining his New Era program in Des Moines. He promised honest answers on prices housing and farm aid and stressed faith in America's enterprise system. Warren pressed his cross country drive in Oklahoma.
Five men were fatally shot and two wounded during a gun fight that followed a routine police disturbance call in a Kansas City Negro district. Three of the dead and two wounded were officers, as the clash erupted after officers responded to a loud party report in an apartment building.
Archibald Crossley reports the Dewey Warren ticket at 51 percent of the national vote as of September 1, with Truman Barkley 42 and Wallace Taylor 5 and Thurmond Wright 2. The piece analyzes potential shifts, ballot access issues, and regional splits including urban versus rural support and labor union affiliations.
Winds up to 140 mph from a hurricane lashed the Florida Keys and Key West as a storm neared mainland. Rescue officials prepared to evacuate about 2000 people around Lake Okeechobee and 2000 more sheltered in Miami Red Cross facilities.
Miami residents stayed indoors as winds intensified and boards covered buildings. Palm trees swayed wildly and coconuts bounced on streets while tides climbed seawalls. Few cars were on the roads as authorities closed routes to awaiting the storm.
Rainfall measuring three quarters of an inch broke a spell of dry warm days. The shower aided late corn planting and moisture for crop maturation. Frost risk for Northern Virginia corn is easing as cooler air moves in with possible showers tomorrow. Pastures alfalfa and gardens welcome the rain as Fall approaches tomorrow.
A mixed sale of antiques objects of art bric a brac paintings oriental rugs silver and jewelry will be offered at auction at York Inn on Thursday September 23 at 10 a m DST with all items on exhibition. Other ads note coal for immediate delivery by A C Slonaker & Son and a cider mill night shift position with Heinz Foods.
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