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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1947
Page
1
At a Paris conference Western European nations urged the United States to provide 19.33 billion dollars over four years via a Marshall plan to avert economic catastrophe. The 16 nations approved a 1500 word summary and await Washington's response as they push self help and recovery plans.
The Virginia advisory legislative council invites automobile owners garagemen and others to a public hearing October 4 in the state capitol to study possible changes to the existing inspection system. Governor Tuck noted complaints of gouging and favoritism but praised overall repair industry conduct as about 60 000 vehicles to be inspected this fall. The council will investigate the program with an executive session planned for the same day. PUBLIC SALE in front of Court House on Thursday Sept 25 at 10 rooms and hot air heat. Coleman Dunn Auctioneer.
A cabinet food committee agreed on future exports to Europe and will recommend details to President Truman. The meeting, attended by Marshall Harriman Lovett Loyall Fead and Anderson, discussed aid to Europe and potential crop reductions to 575 million bushels.
Novick and Elliott Motor Lines reached a draft agreement at about 10 p m ending a walkout that began September 6 involving seven companies. The 2 year contract runs to August 31 and raises pay about 15 percent for city drivers and dock workers. Work hours drop from 51 to 48 per week and nine to eight hours per day with breakdown pay at 1.10 per hour after two hours of outage. Both sides express satisfaction with the settlement reached after negotiations that started at 3 p m.
Nathaniel Burwell Jones 34, of Millwood, an O'Sullivan Rubber Co. salesman with a four-state territory, drowned during the Gulf Coast hurricane. The Mississippi death followed a swing through Louisiana Mississippi Arkansas and Oklahoma. Jones left Aug. 27 and was reported dead after his wife learned of the tragedy from Gulfport. He served in World War II and leaves a wife Margaret Patterson Jones, his mother Mrs. Courtney Jones, a Birmingham brother M F Henry Jones, and two sisters. Funeral plans pending arrival of his body.
Prices for grains reversed slump at the Chicago Board of Trade opening but edged lower in early trading. Butterfat and butter fell four cents a pound at a Winchester dairy shop, while other local prices were not announced.
Philadelphia municipal court hears whether an engagement ring is a gift or contingent on marriage. Franklin P. Berkelback, 27, World War II veteran, sues for return of the ring given to Margaret Wilson last December after their engagement ended.
Nine persons were injured in a series of Saturday accidents with two hospitalized. People named include Paul K Brown of Bridgeport W Va and Frank Saunders of Boston. Accidents occurred on routes 50 and 522 near Winchester with damages estimated around 350 dollars.
Fierce street fighting in Chihsia 35 miles southwest of Chefoo raged as government troops with strong air support pushed to seize the Shantung peninsula. Nationalists reportedly took Chaoyuan and another Communist strongpoint, and were within four miles of Lungkow, a seaport 60 miles west of Chefoo.
Winchester area apple growers welcome cooling clear weather that boosts ultraviolet rays enriching color in Red Delicious and apples. Scientists note UV color deepens in cool clear air, while heat hastens maturity and some Jonathans lack full color. packer E P Bean expects midweek harvest with improved hues.
Local CIO United Auto Workers officers threaten strike action over Clark Equipment Co plan to employ 8 to 20 Russians this week under a Soviet purchasing commission contract. Union cites fear of foreign power at war with U S and opposes training citizens of a foreign nation.
General officers of the United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America CIO denounce Truman administration foreign policy as causing insecurity and signaling war. The criticism came in a formal report to 1000 delegates representing 600,000 workers at a CIO convention in Boston.
Soviet readers react to Andrei Vishinsky’s UN General Assembly speech linking U S war-mongers to aggression. Reports from New York describe American charges and Dulles denying the claim while Russians at a football game and a race track study the debate and U S positions.
Three year old Robert L Witcher was hospitalized after being tossed from a horse during a riding incident at home in Atlanta. He described the horse galloping wildly before tipping over backward, leading to injuries to his mouth and needed care as he recovers.
The LSS Progress, a 30 foot tractor trailer, begins a tour from VPI campus to 40 counties with farm and home labor saving ideas. It reaches Farmville today, Winchester October 13, Berryville October 14, Gate City October 31, with daily hours 9 am to 5 pm. County agents Stine and Olcott urge local farmers to join, and inventors should contact them for display slots.
An assortment of small classified notices announces education emphasis as a future investment, with brief items on auto repair services by Hodgson and Brown, hiring for a porter at Jewel Box, an auction sale by Headley’s Auction, a 1947 Rev 2 1/2 ton tractor for sale, and Heinz cider apples now being received daily.
A new tropical disturbance moving across the Gulf of Mexico brought winds up to 60 mph, threatening the Fort Myers Tampa Bay region tonight. The Miami weather bureau said the blow is not expected to be dangerous, though it follows prior hurricane damage. The Red Cross allocated 1 million dollars for disaster relief to Gulf States and southern Florida families.
The Agriculture Department estimates last week's hurricane killed between five and seven million boxes of citrus fruit in Florida. It puts grapefruit losses at four to five million and oranges at one to two million boxes. Florida's citrus output last year was about 30 million boxes of grapefruit and 53 million boxes of oranges.
Three masked men armed with submachine guns robbed wealthy oil man E. S. Price and guests at the Price home in Ballinger Texas last night. They forced the four victims to lie down and took two diamond rings from Mrs. Price valued at 6000 and 2000 dollars and a 6000 dollar ring from Mr. Price along with 400 dollars in cash.
RICHMOND. Through Aug 31 this year the bureau of communicable diseases logged 71 typhoid and para typhoid fever cases, down from 85 in the same period in 1946. Deaths from both diseases were 28 in 1940, five in 1946, and four in 1947. In August 1946 there were 27 cases, and in August 1947 there were 18.
The Goodyear Co blimp was delayed in Washington due to high winds and squalls and its Winchester appearance at 4 p.m. was canceled. Officials said the flight here would cruise over the city and has been rescheduled for tomorrow at 4 p.m.
Britain’s Hec tor McNeil told the United Nations Assembly that continued Soviet pressure to force its will could crash the unstable peace, calling Vishinsky a warmonger and denying threats to sovereignty from the Marshall Plan while urging Moscow to open its doors. He attacked Russia’s obstruction of atomic control and veto use.
A Michigan windstorm blew through Benton Harbor and surrounding areas, ripping hundreds of bushels from trees as a southern hurricane tail and a Canadian cold front hit. Prices for U S No 1 Albertas rose from a postwar low of 1.25 to about 2 dollars per bushel.
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