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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1949
Page
2
In Lexington Virginia authorities hold back reopening a 641 member student body until investigation completes. Discontent stems from disciplinary actions seen as necessary by officials, while some parents and students resent them. A clash involving three girls and a lounge incident triggered tensions. school doors closed as protests grew.
Officials investigated an advertised offer in a Tidewater newspaper claiming the Virginia education and guidance service would grant official high school certificates. The ad sought names of Virginians who would benefit from state authority, prompting inquiries about the legitimacy of the program and possible links to the education department.
Two brothers were burned to death in a blaze that destroyed their five room frame home near the Wilbur Eliott O Connor farm northwest of The ig weave pare fa. Neighbors reported the fire late last night as fire crews battled the flames.
Governor Tuck restored citizenship rights to 21 men convicted in a 1948 mob assault on a Buchanan county mine operator named R. L. Gilliam. The action follows a larger group of 100 who were convicted after the attack on the non union miner during a truck operation.
The state will formalize the acquisition of the James River bridge system for 5 600 000 tomorrow at the National Bank of Commerce in Norfolk. Attending are State Highway Commissioner James A Anderson Sol Rawls secretary for the highway commission Albert Sydney Johnston president of the Bridge System and attorneys for both sides.
Duncan Hines states he charges no fee for listing in his books and takes no advertising. Listings are earned on merit. He does not include a place until he has toured it or his representative has inspected it.
Long Court House yard Ber Va sales directory lists items for Oct 5 to Oct 15. George W Lutz F L Barrett R C Clem George H Eagle and L J Hartman offer furniture household goods livestock dairy herd farm machinery tools at defined times and locations near Winchester Stephens City Cedar and Albin.
West Germany cut the mark from 30 cents to 23.8905 cents after a rate fix requested by the central bank council of Bank Deutscher Laender. Chancellor Adenauer spoke with U S British and French high commissioners over coal price regulations tied to the change. The Allied commission said no objection to the exchange. The meeting with the allies ended without decision.
Ford pension plan starts March 1 with 100 dollar monthly ceilings for retirees and 83 to 84 cents per hour pension cost estimates. About 5000 Ford workers are eligible to retire, with retirement voluntary at 65 or after 30 years and compulsory at 68. A joint board will administer the plan, with equal union and company representation.
By order of the Civil and Police Justice Court in Winchester Virginia the undersigned will sell at public auction for cash the listed household items including furniture bedding appliances and various small articles to satisfy judgment and costs in the case Lages vs Turpin et al.
The Wayside Inn at Middletown, a 152 year old hostelry, was sold by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shattuck to Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Wright of Pittsburgh. The Wrights plan no changes in staff or policies and no renovations. The Shattucks will return to Miami. Wright, formerly with Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., and a Pittsburgh native, moved with his wife and four children to the new home this week.
U S Delegate Warren R Austin urges a full hearing on China's charges while Yugoslav Deputy Foreign Minister Ales Bebler calls the China war a civil conflict and warns UN intervention would entrench ideological fighting and risk a world war.
The hospital outlines capital projects including diet kitchens on each floor renovations of the children’s ward a converted x ray room isolation ward a portable x ray machine ten ward beds bedside tables sun porches and other room upgrades plus a 1933 Children’s Endowment Fund managed by Mrs J Pinckney Arthur. The auxiliary reports 253 children treated last year with many needing tonsillectomies abscesses or X rays and notes diatheria clinics reaching over 500 children. A proposed hospital cart for patient comfort was funded by the auxiliary with proceeds reinvested in the hospital.
About 2600 exhibits go on display at the Farmer's Livestock Exchange Arena as Frederick county agricultural fair starts a two day run. 4-H and FFA groups show hundreds of projects including livestock dairy and garden displays, with dozens of youths competing for ribbons and prizes.
Tipples with the Northern and Western men, describing the event as spontaneous, say the demonstration grew from anger over welfare and pension benefits being cut. The miners deny it being an organized strike and emphasize protest as a response to benefits reductions.
A school team is invited to receive the Star daily at a special subscription rate. The offer targets supporters who want regular coverage of school athletics and events.
Anderson convenes with council members to chart next steps amid governor order on coal. Union leaders discuss safety roles but vow not to mine while nonunion mines run part time and 40 to 50 rail cars of coal a day are produced. Governor Tuck denounces UMW leader Lewis and asserts supreme control over operations.
The page shows ten quiz answers: 1 All three 2 Medicine 3 Georgia 4 Vice President Albin Barkley 5 Elephants 6 Southern California 7 The practice of free bodily exercise 8 Balboa 9 Celery 10 Second
Governor reaffirms order renewing a three member council created in December 1946 to handle a coal crisis and directs priority for its duties. The order authorizes hiring and spending with at least 750000 dollars set aside to launch operations if needed.
In response to a prolonged UMW mine shutdown the council plans to tighten control of output from numerous small strip mines. If owners fail to cooperate the state may lease or seize operations by condemnation. After a three day work reduction, Governor Tuck ordered stronger state police presence in the region and began coordinating with state officials.
The game gin rummy was invented in 1910 by Elwood Baker, a New York banker. He created it as a compromise between straight rummy and knock rummy, with rules published by 1915 and popularized around 1941.
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