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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1950
Page
4
The August 9, 1950 issue presents a Gutenberg era motto quoting a Biblical vision about creation. It reflects the paper's local newspaper tone and features the standard masthead and address details of the Winchester publication.
Virginia faces a rising traffic toll with 800+ deaths in seven months of 1950. Governor Battle orders stronger enforcement and public awareness. Citizens urge strict speed limits and universal road courtesy to curb deadly crashes.
Current Opinion praises Judge Earle Rives in Greensboro for starting an illustrated safety lecture before cases. The practice, tied to his National Safety Council role, aims to deter violations by showing consequences and promoting thoughtful driving behavior. The Greensboro Record questions whether lectures change minds but notes the potential for real impact.
The United States Census Bureau reports that the typical American paid 26 cents of every dollar in taxes last year, totaling 56 million nationally. Per capita taxes rose from 179 to 379 dollars since 1942, while federal debt per person tripled from 538 to 1 695 dollars, illustrating rapid government growth over seven years.
Early yellow Summer apples are being picked in Jersey and northern orchards. The piece celebrates the first fresh apple pie and applesauce from tart harvest apples, noting the scarcity of commercial early fruit and the joy of a farm kitchen treat amid wartime rations.
A House Armed Services panel hears Rear Admiral Hillenkoetter dispute Secretary Johnson and President Truman over being warned of the June 25 North Korean attack. Democratic and Republican members press for deeper review while naming possible administration blame and the fate of MacArthur. Forty-two Eskimo habitation sites found in Nunatagamuit Alaska.
One year ago Irvin Barb, 14, of Clarke County, headed to Akron for the soap box derby national event while Winchester Common Council held a special meeting amid rising polio cases. Mr and Mrs Edward Lee of Stephenson welcomed a baby boy. Ten years ago firefighters traveled with their bands to the Cumberland Valley Firemen’s Association Convention in Shippensburg.
C. J. Renner won three trapshooting titles at the Virginia State meet in Roanoke. The Winchester City Council allocated funds for a pornograph machine in the Corporation Court clerk’s office to help veterans duplicate discharge certificates.
Twenty five years ago Eugenia weighed eleven pounds at birth to Mr and Mrs Mayo Shiley in Winchester Memorial Hospital on Sunday. Beulah Williams of near Summit Point, W Va is the former Mrs Shiley. The McCarty patient at the same hospital was reported to be improving. Winchester lost a game to Charles Town 6 0 with Green Merchant and Breckenbridge in the local battery.
A medical primer explains that stroke arises from embolism thrombosis or hemorrhage in the brain. It describes diagnostic steps and treatments including nerve-blocking injections and supportive measures to improve circulation, reduce brain fluid, and save lives.
Cornerstone laid in April 1762 and Old Stone Presbyterian Church on East Piccadilly Street built 1788 to 1789 and later suffered a fire destroying the 1854 structure.
An editorial warns about widespread emotional distress from national troubles and domestic worries. It stresses that losses of emotional control harm health and flood mental institutions, and urges personal restraint as a crucial safeguard.
The passage contrasts two approaches to belief a cautious detachment and a confident faith. It advocates a knowing faith born from love, not mere blind assent, urging inward assurance through informed conviction and cheerful trust.
A vintage quiz page lists daily IQ style scoring with labels Memory Genius Very Superior Excellent Good. It then poses questions on mayor William J Gaynor, a Bible commandment, Tawau currency, rust prevention, a trick English word, Manila’s nation, Taejon location, the paternal grandfather of the British monarch, grammar correction, football rules, Vermeer painting significance, and a note on attitudes for cosmic rays research.
Rainfall totals for the 24 hours to 7 am today show none in August and 24.73 inches year to date for 1950. The 37 year average to date is 36.56 inches. Monthly averages from 1912 to 1949 list January 2.50 February 1.92 March 2.86 April 3.09 May 3.77 June 3.78 July 3.81 August 3.93 September 2.58 October 3.34 November 2.47 December 2.42. Statistics courtesy Winchester Research Laboratory.
Doctor Ives treats a sick child in a tar paper shack while tension with local families grows. He encounters Beamis and a second ill girl as the outbreak spreads, fearing more cases as a farm boy’s arrival hints at violent danger and a fatal accident.
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