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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1949
Page
2
Text fragment notes B 36 memo authorship and committee testimony about identifying draft writers. It moves to motorists near schools and residential areas and stresses the danger to children. It mentions the Appalachian Trail as a continuing topic.
Prof Otto Hahn, a nuclear fission pioneer, stated that news of the Soviet atomic bomb is good news and that if both the United States and Russia possess it there will be no war. He added he never believed the Russians could have it so soon and thought two more years were needed.
Superintendent W T Coodson reports 14 classrooms already in basements and offices as county schools crowding grows. A four four classrm school plan and a three member committee will study federal plan, survey acquisition of Camp Pickett at Blackstone, and report to the governor for the next General Assembly. Members include Maj Gen S Gardner Walller, Maj Gen William H Sands, and J Lindsay Almond Jr. The Army seeks state interest in a 46000 acre site as a potential National Guard training center.
Verona Va Sept 23 long serving Augusta County revenue head McCue 177 died at home after taking office in 1926 when county government structure changed to remove commissioners from each magisterial district He retired Feb 28 due to ill health.
Estate of T. J. Orndorff at 540 N Lou Street offers household goods and a 1 ton International truck. R. C. Clem at Cook Farm near Stephens City lists livestock events and feed for October 5. F. L. Barrett at 654 near Cedar offers household goods farming equipment and livestock. George H. Greenwood Road near Winchester on October 7 features a dairy herd and farm machinery. J. Hart in Albin Va conducts October 15 with household goods and carpenter tools.
By virtue of a levy on a writ of fieri facias the court will auction at the Frederick County Court House Winchester Virginia on September 24 1949 at 10 o clock a m the portable property in the case Barrs Orchard Farm Supply versus Earl Armel Cash terms. Robt L DeHaven Sheriff Coleman Dunn Auctioneer.
Private John A. Roach 18 of Elkton will return from Germany in October to testify Oct. 10 in Harrisonburg in the new trial of Lawrence Deans and Floyd Shiffler for felonious assault against ABC investigator H. E. Taylor. Deans got two years, Shiffler 15 months. case remanded on a technicality after appeal.
Kenneth Holland Jr. of Norfolk appeals a 20 year sentence for the killing of Charles E. Utt found dead in a car on a Norfolk street. Police say Utt was struck with a hatchet. Holland was convicted in Norfolk County Circuit Court last December amid evidence of a long affair with Mrs. Att.
Clover, a 23 year old Rev J L Anderson a Negro minister from Pensacola Florida faced a preliminary hearing in Halifax county Trial Justice court on involuntary manslaughter in a crash near here yesterday John D Roth a truck driver from Charlotte NC was killed when his vehicle went through a bridge railing onto Southern railway tracks. State trooper C T Coates said Anderson drove a car owned by J S Townsend Townsend rode as passenger in the crash
Bernard M. Fagelson won election as chairman of the Alexandria Democratic committee. The attorney said he will form party committees in six wards. Other officers named are George Boeteler as vice chairman and Miss Camille DeLane as secretary treasurer.
Senate will defer action on a committee approved bill to raise postal rates by about 100 million dollars a year. Senator Olin Johnston said no action this session as lawmakers are adjournment minded. The measure falls short of the 250 million sought by the Post Office. House hearings have occurred but no action.
Answers to the daily quiz questions printed on page es edi 2 include Hannibal false Egypt John L McAdam Carried Andrew Johnson Franz von Papen April 1945.
The House expected to take up discrimination and union membership measures later, but labor chairman Lesinski says action will wait until the 61st Congress second session begins in January. Senate chair Elbert Thomas hopes to move similar measures, while Taft opposes committee approval and favors a voluntary approach. Anti-poll tax remains the sole civil rights bill passed so far, with an anti lynching measure only in committee. The piece also notes bloodhounds are mainly used for tracking people and criminals, with about 150 in service in 1948.
Officials caution Russia could be manufacturing atomic weapons and may reach Los Alamos stage soon. Senators, scientists, and White House advisers debate secrecy myths and the impact on global politics after renewed nuclear test reports.
The list names Delaware Florida Oregon Pennsylvania Carolina Texas Vermont Virginia and Wisconsin as states with no state use retail or manufacturers sales taxes.
Superintendent Josepha of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said Canadian officers will detain a woman in Quebec for questioning about possible sabotage of a Canadian Pacific Airways plane that crashed on September 9, killing 23 people.
Operators say the two year extension offer was rejected and miners press for a new contract in a wage rich industry. The dispute over pensions and welfare funds drags on with no progress toward a settlement as a 40 to 60 day soft coal stockpile remains. A federal suit seeks an accounting from welfare trustees.
George Helsley at White Hall reports orders similar to last year. Ernest Thompson of Greenspring enters the wood trade this year predicting colder weather will boost demand. Dealers note many switch to oil burners and most orders come from summer bookings with few new inquiries since Monday's coal strike.
Cedric Worth testified that the defense structure was warped and Navy officers suspect memo leaks. The Navy court probes whether Navy aides aided Worth in spreading the memo and whether Symington assisted. The dispute centers on who should lead wartime bombing and how defense plans are shaped.
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