Life Worth More Than Food Says Luke Verse
A brief biblical maxim from Luke 12 23 emphasizes spiritual value over material needs. The verse states life is more than meat and the body more than raiment highlighting faith over earthly concerns.
Winchester Evening Star in Winchester, Virginia
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1948
Page
4
Baseball Now Heading For Its Most Prosperous Year
Baseball is poised for a record year as big league clubs pursue talent in a busy winter. Seven figure contracts for stars and top players across the sport reflect baseball as a major business, with fans nationwide fueling its growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
More Firms Collapse Across Regions in 1948 Survey
A Wall Street Journal analysis of Dun and Bradstreet figures shows 1948 business failures rising regionally with New England up 163 percent and the Mountain states 278 percent versus 1947. Total liabilities reach about 17.4 million in March, the highest wartime prewar comparison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Wall Street Journal
Dun & Bradstreet, Inc
Dun & Bradstreet
Dangerous occupations for business in current year
The text ranks industries by failure risk and lists candidates such as wholesale dry goods chemical manufacturing mining oil well operation drug stores food processing lumber production machinery and transport equipment textile mills apparel manufacturing wholesale and retail food building materials automotive equipment and chemicals services transportation laundries hotels and general contracting.
New Virginia driving laws tighten safety rules
Governor Tuck signs bills giving the Motor Vehicle Department power to revoke licenses for manslaughter in vehicle use driving while intoxicated false license affidavits felony motor vehicle offenses multiple reckless driving convictions and hit and run with failure to stop. The goal is safer crowded highways through stricter penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuck
Virginia
Motor Vehicle Department
Motor Vehicle Commissioner
How to Flatter The Subtle Art Of Complimenting
The passage notes flattery hinges on targeting a person’s weak point not their main virtue. It advises praising the right traits for different figures from women to clergy to men, using age and behavior as cues, with examples like praising a woman’s intelligence or looks, a pastor’s suit, a strong man’s dancing, or a serious man’s playful side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scrooge
Wallace uses nails as metaphor in Truman address critique
On March 18 Henry A. Wallace, in New York radio remarks, said ideas are nails and hit them hard for impact. Two days earlier the New York World Telegram cited Lunacharsky saying religion is a nail and hammering drives it deeper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry A. Wallace
New York
Truman
Congress
The
New York World Telegram
William Philip Simms
Lunacharsky
Festival Grand Marshal Named by Gen Devers
Gen Jacob L Devers named Grand Marshal of the Festival Grand Feature Parade. About 300 people watched Shawnee District Boy Scout kite contest at Handley school grounds. Handley high track team won the seventh annual invitational meet, taking first in all but two events and set two new records. Mr and Mrs M B Clowe learned from son Sgt Donald Clowe that he had encountered Walden Resseguie in India. Research laboratory logged 2.25 inches rain in the last 48 hours. Roy E Potts elected chairman of Winchester Area Bank Clearing House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob L. Devers
Shawnee Dist
Handley School
Handley High
M. B. Clowe
Sgt
Donald Clowe
Walden Resseguie
India
Roy E. Potts
Winchester Area Bank Clearing House
Plane Travel And Medical Readiness For Flight
Physicians say air travel is generally safe with cabin pressure control though certain heart and lung conditions need caution. Those with prior pneumothorax or severe lung scarring should avoid non pressurized cabins. oxygen may be needed for asthma patients. anemia may require transfusion. ear, sinus issues can cause discomfort. motion sickness prevented by specific drugs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Hopkins Shillito
Columbia University
Lofton Son Wins Chinese Air Medal While in China
Mrs Julia Lofton of Bloomery Route Winchester learns her son Tech Sgt Eugene Lofton of the Army Air Advisory group U S Embassy Nanking China is to receive the Chinese Air Medal as a field army unit in Nanking. Lofton enlisted December 1942 served with the 14th Armored Division in Europe and now serves as crew chief and radio operator of a B aircraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Lofton
Bloomery
Winchester
Eugene Lofton
Army Air Advisory Group
U. S
Nanking
China
Set Lofton
14Th Armored Division
Europe
Chicory Admixture Used With Coffee Origins Traced
An article notes chicory as a popular coffee adulterant, with origins traced to Batavia in Holland in 1799. The piece mentions Napoleonic Wars rising coffee prices and British restrictions boosting chicory cultivation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavia
Holland
Miss Adelaide Moffett Leads Radio Parade Announcement
Festival headquarters announced Kidron and Jeff the Pershing horses would take part in the parade. Miss Adelaide Moffett, Queen Shenandoah XV, was featured on nationwide radio. Mr. and Mrs. George Burne were guests of Mrs. F A Read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelaide Moffett
Kidron and
Jeff
Pershing
George Burne
F. A. Read
Small fruits bloom expected within a week
In 1923, a forecast noted small fruits likely to bloom soon. The Commonwealth dropped a case against chiropractors Dr. W. and Dr. J. KR Adams. Rev. C. C. Bush, a Methodist missionary to Africa, gave a talk at Braddock Street Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth
J. KR. Adams
C. C. Bush
Africa
Braddock St. Methodist Church
Bev Jones Hosts Social at N Braddook Street
Fifty years ago 1898 Bev Jones entertained at home on N Braddook Street with friends while Robert Glass departed for Orange County to accompany his wife home Philip Walker set off for Washington to join the Army or Navy, reflecting the era's wartime mobilization and local social life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bev Jones
N. Braddook St
Robert Glass
Orange County
Philip Walker
Washington Wenalat
Strength For The Day By Earl L. Douglas
A reflective essay argues that lasting change comes from daily work and personal growth rather than warfare. Individuals are described as soldiers on a personal battlefield, with power found in home, work, education, and faith, shaping life and shedding prejudice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl L. Douglas
D. B
How's Your I Q A Quiz Scoring Guide
A reader quiz scoring list presents ten questions about science history geography and literature. It assigns rank categories from Genius to Poor based on correct answers and invites tracking monthly average to measure memory improvement.
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Principal Commodities Exchange
New York
Chicago
New Orleans
John L. Lewis
Roosevelt
Dewey
New South Wales
Rimini
Libya
Italy
Yugoslavia
Albania
Henry L. Stimson
Caucasus
Charles Pickens
Fagina
Palau Islands
Pacific
Indian Ocean
Dally Crossword Across and Down Clues
A compact clue list for a mixed crossword puzzle with across and down entries, including insects fairy window part incite Verdi opera at one tin wheelers lampreys Moham med s adopted sis total amount sign of the infinitive a petty quarrel treeless plains caress to take supper distress signal chart convulsion cushion table lands guido s highest note cone of thread on a spindle of the axis old times noblemen permit one of the Apostles
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Mohammed
Lofty Mountain
Ever
Property
Guido
Marriage and home at last in Tracy and Mike's life
Tracy confesses her post illness realization and marriage to Mike, sharing how their bond grew from kindness and trust. Kit learns the truth about Tracy and Mike, while planning her own future with Kirk as Tracy plans to stay home through winter.
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Tracy
Kit
New York
Boston
Mike
Kirk
Anita
Tony
Mil
Home Sweet Home
Michael Saunders
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