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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1951
Page
4
Local daily page from Winchester Virginia summarizes city and county notices and brief updates. The item lists publication details, editor and national representatives, with focus on regional notices and community information.
Poor farmers neglect land as acres rot and cattle suffer. The author warns that unkempt fields and dilapidated fences harm the landscape and erode pride in rural labor, urging reform and care.
The piece surveys famous war slogans from U S history, noting aggressive phrasing and lacking limited war ideas. It cites sayings like Don't give up the ship Remember the Alamo and Damn the torpedoes while highlighting a shortage of uplifting lines during the Korean War era.
A note on Jess Willard visiting Elk City Oklahoma for the fiftieth anniversary celebration. The piece reflects on how historic names fade from public memory as new generations forget early champions and political figures from past eras.
Twenty years ago Rexford Guy Tugwell topped public adulation as the nation’s No 1 hero and his every move drew press glare. Fifteen years ago he was called Assistant President by newspapers. The piece notes that death taxes and oblivion overshadow public figures including politicians actors and prize fighters.
Night report notes a new thinking typewriter shown to the American Newspaper Publishers Association. It supposedly spells oddly and needs space the size of two refrigerators, prompting jokes about its accuracy and practicality compared with familiar Underwood models.
Governor's office notes that agencies with conditional appropriations may lose funding as revenue likely surpasses 100 million dollars, complicating the Byrd automatic tax reduction bill. The piece argues agencies cannot spend 37 million if funds free up and notes debates around five million in Byrd bill are misplaced given larger uncollected sums.
A female student remarks on 33-year-old Paul A. Wagner’s dreamy appearance as he accepts Rollins College presidency. His wife jokes she dreamed first, as colleagues note his six-foot frame and curly brown hair.
On The Big Show Tallulah Bankhead was asked about Bette Davis impersonating her in All About Eve. She replied that Bette and I are very good friends and there’s nothing I wouldn’t say to her face both of them.
The National Press Club mourns La Prensa once the symbol of Argentine press freedom slain under Peron. The State Department has offered little comment and actions appear absent while liberties erode.
Win chester laboratory entomologist notes two additional warm days will bring apple blossoms to peak. About $1000 of photographic gear was stolen from Hugh Peters station wagon. E Pentz of North Cameron St. enlisted in the Navy. Frank Turgeon and wife flew to Nassau for Turgeon to photograph the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. Green and Schutte returned from Brunswick, Ga., via inland waterways on Behutte's boat.
Lt James E Owens of Berryville replaced Capt Chester D Harding of Richmond as Chief of Quota and Caux Manpower Division in Selective Service Headquarters Colonel J Griffing, State Director announced While in Winchester for the Festival Nancy Anderson Queen Shenandoah XIX will guest of Mr and Mrs W Nelson Page Mr and Mrs L Russell Cather of Winchester and Baltimore announced the engagement of their daughter Jeanne Elizabeth to Rice W Levi Jr son of Mr and Mrs Rice W Levi Berryville
A brief notice identifies Austin Penis as the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald, noting a family connection within a local society column.
Mr and Mrs Henry R Bryarly relocate to the capital as he takes a manager role at the District Office of the Home Life Insurance Company Mesars D B E Stultz and R E Mudd attend a Potomac Edison staff meeting in Hagerstown Mrs Allen Gray remains homebound due to illness on Gray Avenue
Board of Trade members report a large brass implement manufacturing company sought a location here. City Council’s Building Commission finally decided to lower the lights on the stage of the new City Hall Auditorium.
A reviewer surveys top Broadway offerings: South Pacific at length for its music and Mary Martin. The Country Girl with Paul Kelly and Uta Hagen. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn starring Shirley Booth. The King and I with Gertrude Lawrence and Yul Brynner. Affairs of State featuring Celeste Holm and Reginald Owen in a Washington setting.
A quiz style listing promises daily scoring over ten days with ranges for memory genius and very superior results. It then poses several questions including who wrote detective stories about Lord Peter Wimsey and asks about limits in mathematics and the family of climbing vines for the sweet potato.
A medical overview explains how pregnancy raises blood volume and can cause anemia which predisposes toxemia. Iron therapy, especially iron combined with molybdenum, improves pregnancy anemia and lowers risk, with rapid blood coloring increase after treatment.
Rainfall data shows 48 hour total at 0.47 inches with April rainfall to date at 3.86 and 1951 rainfall to date at 12.15 inches. Average rainfall over 38 years stands at 36.73 inches, with monthly averages from 1912 to 1950 listed including January 2.48 February 1.95 March 2.86 and April at 5.20 inches.
The riddle asks to name a Greek goddess with bronze claws and serpentine hair. Medusa fits the serpentine hair description, though bronze claws is not a standard trait. the question blends mythic imagery and a classical reference.
IRONVILLE Pa a two year old mongrel named Sass lived 31 days imprisoned in a nine inch roadside drainage pipe a passerby heard his yelps and freed him He recovered with a diet of warmed raw eggs and milk six times daily and returned to a normal dog's life.
Detective McGann trails Ronnie Tompkins murder across Manhattan from 60th Street to Central Park, tracking Red Face and Charity Jones. The pursuit leads to the Plaza and a park rendezvous as McGann plans a swift escape before the homicide car closes in.
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