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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1950
Page
11
Winchester Exchange Club welcomed four new Exchangies at its bi monthly luncheon. Honorees were Mil Radcliffe of O Sullivan Rub Co Henry Whiting of the J Kuykendall law offices and a Gulf Oil Corp executive.
The club announced plans for a golf event at Winchester. It also discussed forming a Fen Tees group and arranging a Benda Club activity as part of the schedule.
In ordinary weather nearly part of the water leaves the skin and more than a pint is exhaled in the breath each day.
Charles McVicar a former community leader placed a walnut sign with gold lettering on the walk to George Washington's Office. The sign is a reproduction from a Melvern England rock garden once home to hibiscus plants. Harry T. Cook suggests local garden clubs may add a similar rock garden to the Winchester Office grounds.
Carl Mann will join the Virginia Artificial Breeding Association Center at Stephens City and arrive in Frederick County Saturday. The service for dairy herd producers will begin Monday, Oct. 2, serving farms within 20 to 25 miles in Frederick, Clarke, Warren and Shenandoah Counties. The center will be at the Frank Bailey Tourist Home, where Mann will reside, and more than 1,000 cows have been pledged to the program under the Frederick Clarke Breeding Association led by James P. Reardon Jr. Membership is $5 with a $6 service fee per cow. Semen is shipped daily from Rocky Mount except Sundays.
The Senate Crime Committee led by Kefauver plans a road tour to expose organized crime in major cities including Kansas City Chicago Philadelphia and the New York New Jersey area. Open hearings begin in Kansas City with preliminary closed sessions and investigations tied to recent Chicago violence.
The text notes the completion of the city’s encirclement and seizure and claims the liberation proceeded with minimal damage to civil installations.
United Nations diplomats cautious on Malik proposals while studying his four yes replies to questions from Maryland peace petitioners. State Department says U N atomic control plan stalled by Soviet rejection and calls for concrete actions over words.
The near winter weather may end as temperatures rose from a Saturday night low of 39 and a forecast calling for above 40 tonight. A forecaster expected Wednesday to bring warmer conditions than today’s 66 at 1 30 p m.
C W Sanderson of Lancaster Pa was the 1000th visitor to the George Washington Office and was given James Schouler History of the United States. Since opening on August 1 the office has drawn 1,005 visitors from 35 states and tourists from France England Bermuda and Canada.
Eugene O Neill Jr 40 son of the famous playwright killed himself in a bath using a razor after a broken engagement with Ruth Lander an artists agent. He was a classical student and drama literature teacher. Police found an unsigned note saying Never let it be said that O Neill failed to doy bottle.
Jackson warned against jailing the 11 Communist leaders amid an ongoing appeal. Eleven leaders convicted in New York last October face prison terms and fines, with Eugene Dennis already jailed for contempt. Bail totals 260000, and most were free except Dennis before a potential stay from a Supreme Court Justice. The court set a deadline and next actions loom as a Supreme Court stay request nears.
In Vienna riots linked to Communist protests disrupted rail lines and halted traffic in the central Amstrasse area. Workers walked out in Soviet-controlled plants to oppose price hikes and wage boosts, while police and American MPs guarded entrances to key sites amid speculation the rail cut aided the demonstration.
Communist forces erase key Berlin landmarks as Frederick the Greats statue is hauled away and Adolf Hitler era sites are dismantled. Kaiser Wilhelm’s residence, the Kaiserliche Schlosse, is also being demolished, alarming West Berlin residents.
Annapolis Maryland sits as the hub of a wheel map with the capitol at its center. Surrounding towns joined in May 1950 expanding the city beyond its former one square mile core.
Washington outlines the national farm policy task for 1961 to meet next year’s demand under peace or war. The Agriculture Department must set a production program balancing potential surpluses and shortages to avoid price swings and costly price supports. Annapolis became Maryland’s capital in 1694.
Local restaurateur promotes weekly Sunday service starting October 1 with a children's rate of 1.25 for under 10. The York Inn touts buffet space reconsecrated from Siear room, individual tables by reservation, a cocktail lounge, and a refined dining room offering a la carte and table d hote dinners. The ad claims York as the most affordable establishment competing with top hotels for food and hospitality.
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