Noted Faith Practice Sparks Self Harm Drawn Outcry
A report describes a group reacting to spiritual teaching by crying out and self harming with knives and lances until blood flowed, illustrating the intensity of their devotion and distress.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1950
Page
4
Population trends show the South leads in growth
The 1950 figures reveal nine of the 50 largest cities grew over 30 percent since 1940, six in the South and three in California. Virginia gained 21 percent, Winchester and Frederick County up 21 percent locally, while San Antonio Texas led growth at 60 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
California
Virginia
Richmond
Norfolk
Winchester
Frederick County
Ohio
New York
Texas
Pennsylvania
Missouri
San Antonio
San Diego
Fort Worth
Houston
Long Beach
Dallas
Miami
Florida
Mepmhis
Tennessee
Los Angeles
Chicago
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Detroit
Exchange Club to Present National Symphony Orchestra in Winchester
Music lovers welcome the return of the National Symphony Orchestra to Winchester. The Exchange Club and Dr. Pem broke T Grove, committee chairman, are thanked for initiating and continuing this cultural event. The date is November 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exchange Club
Winchester
National Symphony Orchestra
Pembroke T. Grove
End of an Era as HOLC Closes Operations
The Home Owners Loan Corporation ends its lending and begins liquidation after 14 years. Since 1936 HOLC issued over 1,000,000 loans totaling about 3 billion dollars, closing portfolios in 20 states and ending HOLC activity in Virginia today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Congress
HOLC
Virginia
Heavy new taxes loom for business and individuals
The editorial argues Congress faces heavy tax increases to fund wartime costs and warns of a 20 percent rise in both corporate and personal levies likely by October. It criticizes Truman administration spending and calls for reduced domestic spending and a new national leadership to curb pork barrel projects and waste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Truman
Stalin
No 50 Resting Comfortably in Norfolk Size Rank
Norfolk holds the fiftieth position among U S cities by the 1950 census preliminaries as it did in 1940 when it jumped ten places. The article notes the quirky battle over whether this year is the fortieth or fiftieth year of the century and cites the steady rise in rank by ten steps over ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Antianemic Factoratures Syndicate, Inc
Peace It's Wonderful
Peace is like matrimony with daily work not just signed treaties. True peace requires everyday actions and shared effort, not glamorous displays or quiet utopias.
Johns Hopkins Patient Improves. Births and Obituary Notes
One year ago W R Legge at Johns Hopkins Hospital showed steady improvement. Mr and Mrs Oscar Jenkins Route 2 welcomed a son, Mrs Jenkins being Virgie Richard by birth. The body of Winchester man Sgt Charles G Miller husband of Fay M Miller 318 Handley Ave was interred with military honors at Arlington Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Legge
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Oscar Jenkins
Route 2
Jenkins
Virgie Richard
Winchester
Charles G. Miller
Fay M. Miller
Handley Ave
Arlington Cemetery
Virginia Is Teaching Retailing remembered in Commonwealth
Five years ago Miss Ann Yost of Winchester wrote in The Commonwealth about retailing education. The report notes Sgt. Jack Enders of Berryville and Pfc. Alvin N. Lee of Winchester aboard the Queen Mary returning to New York. A Washington Street foot race with seven youths and Winchester police ended with the capture of an alleged peeper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Yost
Winchester
Handley High School
Commonwealth
Virginia
Jack Enders
Berryville
Alvin N. Lee
Queen Mary
New York
Washington St
Engagement announced Miss Himelright to Cpl Randall
Ten years ago the engagement and forthcoming marriage of Miss Mary Himelright of this city to Cpl Paul J Randall commander of the Maryland State Police Barracks at Easton was announced. Josh Oates a well known West Virginia lumberman of Capon Springs died of a heart attack near Cross Junction Handley High School announced it would open its winter Session September 5 with registration Aug 26-27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Himelright
Cpl
Paul J. Randall
Maryland
Easton
Josh Oates
West Virginia
Capon Springs
Cross Junction
Handley High School
Winchester Crowds at John Robinson's Circus and Gypsy Caravan
The report notes John Robinson's Circus drawing large crowds in town. It also records the death of A. H. Boyd, a Winchester native and former Maryland Supreme Court president, in Cumberland. A caravan of 50 gypsies parked nine cars in front of the Elks Club before police ordered them away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Robinson
Winchester
Maryland Supreme Court
A. H. Boyd
Cumberland
Elks Club
Hiss Plan Analyzed By Senator Ferguson On State Dept Power
Senator Ferguson charges Alger Hiss would have controlled all State Department and White House communications to the U.N. delegation and Warren Austin and Eleanor Roosevelt. He argues Acheson and other officials may have withheld evidence harming Hiss, impacting the McCarthy era probes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dean Acheson
Homer Ferguson
Alger Hiss
Congressional
Michigan
Detroit
Tydings-MccMahon- Green
State Department
McCarthy
Tydings Committee
Ferguson
Senate
Hiss
White House
United Nations
Warren Austin
Eleanor Roosevelt
U. S
United States
J. Anthony Panuch
Mr. Acheson
Mr. Panuch
Russia
U. N
Department
Yalta
U.N
Ane
Acheson
New Help for Motion Sickness Sufferers
A 1950 guidance column explains motion sickness causes in seas, airs, and car travel. Dramamine antihistamine offers prevention and treatment with eight hour intervals, plus resting positions and light diet during recovery. Mental attitude also influences symptoms and simple precautions reduce discomfort.
Handley bequest funds schools to over two million total
Judge Handley's bequest for schools totals 1 640 953 59 dollars with current fund totals at 2 088 034 25 dollars. Clifford Grim serves as president of the Handley Board of Trustees. When James Wood and Lord Fairfax laid out the town they named it Winchester after Colonel Wood's birthplace in Winchester England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Handley
Clifford Grim
Handley Board of Trustees
James Wood
Lord Fairfax
Winchester
Colonel Wood
England
Bone bank concept similar to eye bank questioned
W A A notes hospitals maintain bone banks to supply grafts. Human bone can be stored in deep freezers for about three months. The U S produced 390000000000 cigarets in fiscal year 1948 49.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
How's Your I Q Based On 100 Questions
A reader quiz offers ten days of prompts with scoring bands from Memory Genius to Good. Page 2 provides answers to questions about politics, science, history, and literature including Senate committees, Goethe, Korea, valuables, baseball, stock markets, Chopin, UN Security Council, silkworm diet, and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Georgia
Senate
Goethe
Australia
Joe McCarthy
Boston Red
Sox Baseball Club
New York Stock Exchange
Chopin
United Nations
United Nations Security Council
Dr. Jekyll
Mr. Hyde
Lemuria Sunken Continent Links
The sunken continent Lemuria is said by some scientists to be connected with Madagascar and Australia, while others propose a link with India through the Asiatic islands. The idea remains a speculative hypothesis in geology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemuria
Madagascar
Australia
India
Asiatic Islands
Rainfall Statistics From Winchester Research Lab
Present and past rainfall data for a 24 hour period ending 7 a m today and year to date figures. Includes August, 1950 totals and 37 year averages. Monthly rainfall averages from 1912 to 1949 list values for each month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Research Laboratory
Shadow on the Range advances on Hammer holdout
Ives leads a dangerous escape as Tana bargains for Benedict while Jorgensen and Lund confront a tense standoff. Rain rains down on the trail toward Hammer as Ives fights to free Rod Benedict, recalling past failures and races against a looming telegram to Cheyenne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jorgensen
Ives
Lsha Lund
Rod Benedict
Lund
Cory
Tana
Ves
Benedict
Doctor Ives
Hammer
Cheyenne
Prince Albert
Feather’s
Lund’s Place
Carradine
Oregon
Elisha Lund
Brian Ives
Marybelle
Tamerlane
Marco Stoll
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