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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1952
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star, a long running city paper serving Frederick and Clarke counties, dates back to 1896 and remains a local news source for Winchester residents.
Governor touts last session achievements citing 30 percent higher school funding and continued 75 million Battle School Construction. He notes 40 percent more mental health funds and unemployment tax relief, plus welfare funding with tougher relief audits. Whitehead’s tax stance condemned amid broad repudiation of Miller and Whitehead in several counties.
The piece argues the Automatic Tax Reduction law has saved taxpayers 17 million dollars and left Virginia with sufficient funds to raise appropriations. It cites increases of 23 percent for public welfare, 30 percent for public schools, and 40 percent for mental health, critiquing a so called log chain idea.
Opinion flags the Reconstruction Finance Corporation as potentially entwined with both government and industry. It cites RFC credits to a country store in Alabama a dentist in Indiana and a chiropractor in Oklahoma plus a Kaiser-Frazer board appointment funded by an RFC loan totaling about 49 million dollars.
A Wisconsin representative reports waste in defense spending. Findings include Navy accepting 67 cent per ton surplus landing mats in 1947, resales at 30 to 35 dollars, price reaching 75 dollars, and Army buying new mats at 157 dollars per ton. It suggests why high taxes coincide with a large deficit for 1952–53.
One year ago Mr and Mrs Jefferson C Painter visited friends in Durham North Car and Spartansburg South Carolina Mr and Mrs Melvin Gray hosted a seventh birthday for daughter Phyllis Mr and Mrs Robert Creamer Jr returned home on South Braddock Street after vacationing at Rehoboth Beach Mrs Herman S Barr recuperating at her home on Oates Blvd from grippe
Mayor and Mrs. C. R. Anderson and Mr and Mrs. Richard Bauserman celebrated their wedding anniversary with a dinner at Kenilworth Inn. Mrs. Herbert Harmer of Albin hosted in honor of Mrs. Dollie Newcomb on her 71st birthday.
Miss E Prangisco of Richmond becomes the bride of Lt Ralph Buckley son of Mr and Mrs Arthur G Buckley of White Post. Mr William Brown attended as guest of Mr and Mrs H C Spencer in Gainesville, Fla.
Twenty five years ago Herbert S. Larrick George F. Norton Lee Lamp Frank H. Taylor Dr K W Adams Howard E. Taylor W W Tanner and Edwin T Binder attended the Virginia Elks convention at Fredericksburg. Mrs W W Irwin returned to Wheeling after visiting Miss Mary A Griffith. Mr and Mrs Henkle Carpenter Miss Elsie Carpenter and Mr Edwin Ritter motor to Washington to visit friends.
The Sarah Zane Fire Company horses on the retirement list for a month due to injuries are ready to serve the community again. Roy Dinges, son of W H Dinges, died in Luzon while stationed with the U S Army.
A Washington report claims Secretary of the Interior engineered a scheme to aid Ernest W. McParland and John R. Murdock by fast tracking a water rights grant for an Arizona aqueduct. The maneuver could cost Stevenson California’s thirty two electoral votes and reshape key western contests.
Past 24 hours ending 7 a.m. shows no rainfall. August total to date is 3.06 inches in 1952 with year-to-date 28.63 inches. Average over 39 years is 36.79 inches. Monthly averages from 1912 to 1951 include January 2.45, February 1.99, March 2.88, April 3.02, May 3.99, June 3.82, July 3.82, August 3.82, September 2.63, October 3.27, November 2.86, December.
An article explains antibiotic advances lifting fear around venereal diseases like syphilis and gonorrhea. It notes penicillin and newer drugs control infections, though nervous system and cardiovascular involvement pose greater challenges.
An ecclesiastical meditation calling the Church God’s building and bride not a stone edifice but a community of believers. It describes the Church as the body of Christ, the loyal brotherhood of Christians, and emphasizes life of faith beyond institutional structure.
The United States entered seven films for Venice International Film Festival top honors opening day. Charlin's Limelight tops the list along with The Quiet Man Death of a Salesman Ivanhoe Phone Call a Stranger Carrie and The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima. Some uncertainty surrounds Chaplin withdrawal. Star attendees include Claudette Colbert and Zsa Zsa Gabor.
In the 1929 Rose Bowl between California and Georgia Tech the California center Roy Riegels recovered a fumble and ran 60 yards toward his own goal before realizing his error, during the second quarter, causing a historic misdirection in college football.
In Chapter Five Nance and Jeremy discuss love and future marriage as a fragile magic binds them. They joke about becoming a doctor’s wife and face the demands of his career while Eleanor teases and plans, hinting at tension and humor in their household.
Nance receives a package from New York containing a tea kettle and a spirit lamp with methylated spirits. The group reacts with wonder at the antique gift as they anticipate Nance and Jeremy's upcoming wedding and their shared home. Eleanor muses on missing the family table and Hattie's cooking once they have their own place.
A fragmented quiz page lists 10 questions on memory and general knowledge. Topics include Mason Dixon Line, Brown's Harper's Ferry raid, submarine Nautilus, Russian roulette odds, Everglades location, Washington burial site, Drake oil well in Pennsylvania, and a sayin g about a long lane. The text mixes question prompts and a note about Geneva Convention 1949 standards.
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