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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1952
Page
4
A critical editorial argues President Truman overstepped constitutional bounds by seizing steel plants without Congress. It warns that declaring inherent powers threatens the Bill of Rights and risks future control of press, newspapers, and radio, risking the American system's liberty.
A 17 year old boy appeared before a Nanaimo magistrate charged with disturbing the peace. His knee length flaming red striped zoot suit and dog collar drew the judge's ire. After a crew cut and decent clothes were ordered, he apologized, pledged better conduct, and was released on his own recognizance.
In a Maine village at the Leeal Grange meeting Uncle Ed turns 86 as Aunt Nancy, 83, marks 42 years of marriage. A college boy guest calculates heartbeats in 86 years as 3 299 087 600 but Eb corrects him with a sly line about a skipped beat on sight of Nancy.
A man said this week he will retire at the start of summer, buy a rocking chair, take it home, and place it on his front porch where he plans not to rock for three months.
Voters hear that 1952 may be the GOPs best shot since Roosevelt era with Taft and Eisenhower clash over foreign policy. The split risks alienating other leaders and could scuttle a unified bid at Chicago. Truman’s role and bond taxation issues also loom in the discussion.
Daily questions test memory and reasoning with scoring bands from Memory Genius to Good. Page 2 provides correct answers. Questions include coffee exports by country, Fort-de-France location, wording of anchors phrases, Pyramid of the Sun location, brain gray matter, US state initials, Kaiser origin, Sarawak island, Marathon hero, and John Paul Jones birthplace.
The typical vocabulary grows to 3 000 to 6 000 words by high school graduation while college seniors use 4 000 to 10 000 words. The average person maintains separate vocabularies for speaking reading and writing. The speaking vocabulary is the smallest, comprising everyday speech terms.
Earl L. Douglas argues against bigness and greatness in all forms. He cites William James to question faith in large organizations and defends the Christian gospel as a counterforce led by Jesus and his small group.
The longest officially recorded game, reported by Cherney, was a 168 move marathon between Duras and Wolf at the Carlsbad tournament in 1907.
Rainfall for the past 34 hours ending at 7 a.m. shows no precipitation in April. Cumulative April rainfall to date is 3.03 inches, with year-to-date at 12.11 inches. Average monthly rainfall over 39 years varies by month, with March 2.88, April 3.02, June 3.83, January 3.45, August 3.82, September 3.63, October 3.27, December 3.50 inches.
John Ellet Pennypacker Jr and Raymond Joseph Costanzo selected as festival pages while Stephen John Bauserman is crown bearer to Queen Shenandoah Guri Lie. Miss Jane Cather elected junior house leader at Westminster College and others travel or engage in local civic roles. Mrs Loring J Wright Sr hospitalized after operation with satisfactory progress reported. Mrs H B Garber returns home after visit with daughter Marie Garber at Bob Jones College.
Leonie Hughes comes home from Baltimore and faces family expectations while navigating suitors including Lincoln Calvert. Uncle Henri worries about her education and prospects as she reconnects with Charleston society. Leonie meets Lincoln again and plans to visit while considering what life may hold after graduation.
Harold Baughman of Sunnyside becomes the first area youth to qualify as an aviation cadet in the Army Air Corps. Mr and Mrs Harry L LaFollette host a birthday celebration for their daughter Miss Rupp LaFollette. Mrs Charles J Athey of Gray Avenue takes a two week vacation to Charleston DC and Florida.
Harry McCann was elected secretary of the Shenandoah Valley Agriculture Association. Mrs. J. S. Steele returned to the city after visiting her daughter Mrs. Henry Schneider Jr. in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Hinton Jackson visited them, joined by Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Knight of Miami, Florida.
Fifty years ago Shenandoah Valley Academy shut out Hagerstown 6-3 as Stauffer cleared the bases with a bases loaded triple to cap the scoring. The game highlighted a key rally and solid pitching from the Aces.
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