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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1949
Page
6
The U S Navy secured more than 400 000 tons of meat as part of wartime logistics during World War II. This supply effort supported ships bases and operations across the Atlantic and Pacific theaters, sustaining crews and allied forces.
Daniel Franklin Dyke of Stephenson paid 10 and costs on a reckless driving conviction stemming from a late Sunday collision at Loudoun and Cork Streets. Damage was estimated at 400 dollars. Officer Cain said Dyke, driving a 1941 Packard owned by Herman J. Dyke, hit a 1941 Ford driven by Carl John Shanholtz of Rt. 3. No injuries reported.
The Statue of Freedom on the Capitol dome in Washington D C weighs 14 985 pounds and cost about 23 700 dollars as a historic display of national symbolism.
Clyde N. Waybright a 24 year old Mineral county native serving time for breaking and entering was killed when a guard fired a rifle to stop an escape from a truck carrying road camp workers at a site about 20 miles from Glenville Sheriff Drexell Frame said another escapee was wounded and fled while a third was recaptured Prosecutor H H Boggs Justice of the Peace W W Self investigated and ruled an inquest unnecessary.
Miss Frances Coleman and Rodger Kelly spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Howard Rausburg. Mrs J C Breckenridge of Flag Stop left for New York to visit relatives. The Woodrow Thish family moved to the R W Goodwell farm near Middleway. The Light and Cheshire families spent Sunday in Shanks. The Episcopal Sunday school held its annual picnic on the church lawn with about 25 attendees.
Local visitors from Romney Shencks and Winchester drop by residences in Romney and Purcell Dick and Sunnyside areas. Several families including the Shenk, Yost, Haines, and Carpenter households share Sunday greetings with neighbors, while Walter Moore and others spend the day with Mrs. Susan B. Lewis and Mrs. Homer Elliott.
Hollywood ex actor's agent testified to a grand jury that a ring of prostitute extortionists led by Mickey Cohen extorted hundreds of thousands of dollars from victims. Behrmann refused to name prostitutes and faces possible contempt in court as District Attorney Simpson seeks answers and details of the alleged scheme.
In Toledo on September 21 a home owned by Mrs Patsy Woodruff produced attic smoke after she lit a stove. Firefighters found no blaze until District Fire Chief Karl Scheidler identified the cause: the roofers had left out the chimney and sealed the opening with shingles, venting smoke into the attic.
New Jersey burglars bungled two daylight safes in Great Meadows and Irvington. At Morgan Brothers Lumber Co. they found the door unlocked and took 60 dollars in cash, while at the New Jersey Bell Telephone Co. office they broke handles on a six foot strong box and finally fled without opening the safe. The combination was written on the door.
The Bureau of Mines says the deepest gold mines in the world are in South Africa with depths nearing or surpassing 10,000 feet at several properties.
Rain totals for the 24 hours ending 7 am show no rainfall. Sept rain this year is to date 1.92 inches and the 1949 year-to-date total is 33.95 inches. The long term average annual rainfall for 36 years 1913-1948 is 36.42 inches with monthly averages ranging from 1.92 inches in February to 3.88 inches in July and August. Data courtesy Winchester Research Laboratory.
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