U. S. Steel and Its "Responsibility"
Irving S. Olds, chairman of United States Steel, announces a five dollar per ton steel price increase with potential for more. The piece criticizes the company’s actions as expedient and inflationary, citing past capitulations to John L. Lewis and alleged disregard for public welfare.
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Irving S. Olds
United States Steel Corporation
Olds
United States Steel
Benjamin F. Fairless
Fairless
John L. Lewis
Mexico’s quiet stability shifts the fate of border dealings
A historical view notes Mexico’s move from revolt and chaos after 1910 to a stable era driven by economic interests and enforced responsibility. It cites Miguel Aleman’s Mexico City shopping scene as emblematic of calmer times and U.S. concern over border disorder fading as foreign investment grows.
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Rio Grande
Miguel Aleman
Mexico City
International Boundary Line
United States
Mexico
Tallyho Critique of British Mission to Civilize America
Current Opinion ridicules London birthday of civilizing mission for Americans arguing ice water and refrigeration define US lifestyle. Writers joke on charity and tolerance, noting political unity skirts economics and tastes. The piece ends with a jab at missionary zeal and cultural imposition.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Civiliz America
London
Truman warns coal and steel firms over price hikes
In a public statement President Truman urged coal operators not to shift higher costs to consumers and signaled a veto of the pending tax bill. He connected inflation to government cost and noted steel workers have had wage gains without price rises, underscoring the tension between production demand and inflation control.
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Truman
Congress
Strength For The Day Live Day By Day
A reflective piece on seizing the present and not deferring tasks. It cites an ancient Greek tale of a prince who boasted about future plans but was killed by a wild boar before acting, leaving a untouched glass of wine as a reminder to act now.
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Deine Spe
Pepsey
How's Your I Q Quiz Answers on Page 2
A brief quiz item list asks readers to identify Kattegat neighbors, Derby winner retired, Hakluyt’s role, Punjab Assembly partition vote, sentence correction, Budge Patty sport, Scotland city by population, red blood cells function, Briquettees biscuit type, and Eisenhower post retirement position.
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Kattegat
Richard Hakluyt
Punjab Legislative Assembly
Podunk
Budge Patty
Scotland
Eisenhower
Army
Contests Mark Warren County Democratic Primary
Front Royal August primary centers on the commonwealth's attorney race and three board of supervisors seats. William J. Phillips and Robert H. Webb seek the attorney post, while incumbent William D. Armstrong is not running. Bowen is unopposed on the board, with Maddox Stokes Rudacille Delinger Hunt Estep facing challengers in various districts.
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Front Royal
Commonwealth
Board of Supervisors
Warren County
Veteras
William J. Phillips
Robert H. Webb
William D. Armstrong, Jr
E. Maurice Bowen
C. Oma Maddox
E. H. Stokes
Tracewell Brown
Raymond Rudacille
South River District
A. L. Delinger
James L. Hunt
Samuel Estep
Fort Distict
Dutch Consul Picketed by Five At Los Angeles
Netherlands consul D Adramn Hartog faced a picket at his Los Angeles office when five men arrived to protest the war in Indonesia. About 40 demonstrators gathered on the street outside bearing placards and a spokesman delivered a resolution demanding withdrawal of Dutch troops. Two-fifths of Ceylon's tea crop is shipped abroad, mainly to London, with the rest sold domestically.
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Los Angeles
D. Adramn Hartog
Netherlands
Indonesia
Ceylon
London
Flash-Ready Tire Lights Signal Turns With Flexible Bulb
A novel electrical device appears: a flash-sent tire light with a bulb mounted at the end of a flexible metal tube. The system allows the bulb to peer around corners, aiding visibility and signaling turns in motion.
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Aes
Registration totals show U S and England vehicle counts
The record notes that the United States has 1 300 000 registered vehicles and England 2 500 000, reflecting comparative motor vehicle totals across the two countries.
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U. S
England
Schoolboys discuss French memory joke at bus stop
Two Manchester teens waiting for a bus joked about learning French. One asks if French was learned in America. The other quips it was in America that he forgot it. A light, conversational moment captured in the street scene.
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America
Winchester Kiwanis, officials, and frontier farming notes
News of 1946 and earlier years from Winchester highlight the Kiwanis Club receiving a membership plaque from Lt. Governor Rhodes Lewis, W. Erle Edwards’s four year trial justice appointment, and Frederick county crops praised by County Agent I Fred Stine. Rest-of-era items mention a trooper’s anti theft horn gadget, Mildred Sowers leading the Graduates Nurses chapter, and a 1922 butter process debut with Irvin Smith touring chained to a bicycle through town.
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Winchester Kiwanis Club
Rhodes Lewis
W. Erle Edwards
Frederick County
Winchester
Mildred Sowers
Winchester Council
The
Graduate Nurses Association of Virginia
S. Haldeman
S. Kent
Healthmade Carbonated Products Co
Chicago
Irvin Smith
New Map of the United States
An up to date five coil map edition measures 21 by 28 inches and includes Alaska Hawaii and dependencies with a new Republic of the Philippines. The reverse lists state populations travel distance tables and a guide to sites of interest. Postpaid fifteen cents with coupon to Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau.
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United States
Alaska
Hawaii
Republic of the Philippines
Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau
Eye St
N. E
Washington, D.C
Little Giant Steam Engine Tied to Fire Company Exercise
Engineer Darlington exercised Little Giant, the fire company pet steamer. Lineman Joe Crawford of Winchester Telephone Co. manufactured and installed the Berryville central office switchboard.
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Sarah Zane Fire Co
Darlington
Joe Crawford
Winchester Telephone Co
Berryville
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Winchester Evening Star
H. FP. Byrd, Jr
Evening Star Publishing Co
Winchester, Va
Star
National Representatives DeLisser, Inc
New York
Virginia
West Vir
Matt
U. S. Steel
Wall Street Journal
I.Q
Scott
U.S.A
By Rj.scott
Australia
Fireglass Coffee Makers
Grimm's Radio Sales & Service
E. Boscawen St
Seaforth
Nbap
Buck Miller's
N. Loudoun St
Mrs
Evelyn Ryan
ESSO
Kernstown
Manchester Guardian
I. Fred Stine
Roy M. Morse
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Washington, D. C
Virginia Green
Rhodes Drug CO
Braddock
Boscawen
Winchester FurniTure Co
Loudoun ST
LoLita
SEARS
S. Loudoun St. Winchester
National and
Aldrich
ROY A. Plumbing & H
Kent ST
Lee
Sherwim Willia
Sucawin
Williams Enameloid
Suarwin-Wiliams
Sherwin-Williams
Miller’s Hardware
IM Wiliams Paint Headquarters
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