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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 24, 1950

Page

4

Winchester Fiscal Times Ad Rates and Motto

Publication details list advertising rates and office location in Winchester Virginia. The notice mentions a motto about wickedness and restraint, and directs display and classified ad practices and rates. It cites over 7 500 copies daily except Sundays and specifies Favert Kent street address.

Fiscaily Winchester Frederick and Clarke Favert Kent Virginis Ps Vaya

Truman era warnings on Korea and Formosa amid evolving conflict

The piece critiques President Truman for downplaying danger before the Korean invasion, noting advisers warned of trouble with Russia. It asserts Korea became a full conflict, Formosa policy shifted, and UN support varied, calling for urgent sober leadership and citizen vigilance.

MR. Truman Korea Richmond Times-Dispatch Truman Russia MacArthur United Nations Formosa Red China Harriman

Last wedding leaves mother in tears and new idea

A mother, after her youngest daughter's wedding, mourns the empty nest and laments guiding her three daughters for 25 years. Her husband quietly suggests opening herself to remarriage as a solution.

Tom

News of Other Years From the Files of the Star

One year ago M K Shirkey of the Golden Glow restaurant received a card from Capt Robert Manuel praising him for feeding troops at Indian Town Gap summer training camp Mrs Charles E Murphy and Mrs Harry Murphy were at the bedside of brother William P Coughlin of Indianapolis heart attack Ben Belchie chaired a drive collecting 10000 pounds of paper and tin A broken Novick Transfer Co tractor trailer in Staunton rolled down a hill and into a resident's yard Lt and Mrs Jack Cole Pamplin announced the birth of daughter Louise Glass Pamplin in Winchester Memorial Hospital. before marriage she was Mollie Glass Aliens in Winchester and nationwide were told to register after August 27 Shenandoah Baptist Assn planned its 58th annual convention at Boyce.

M. K. Shirkey Golden Glow Restaurant Robert Manuel Indiantown Gap Charles E. Murphy W. Pall Mall St Harry Murphy National Ave William P. Coughlin Indianapolis Ben Belchie Winchester Committee Waynesboro Novick Transfer Co Staunton Jack Cole Pamplin Louise Glass Pamplin Winchester Memorial Hospital Pamplin Mollie Glass W. W. Glass City

Festival transforms garden into fairyland by Junior League

The Garden of the Sacred Heart becomes a miniature fairyland for a Junior League festival. California Frank Hadley arrives in Winchester with plainsmen and frontier women billed as the greatest roundup ever held. Winchester Glass Sand Corp files a $50,000 charter in Corporation Court with Philip Hack as company president.

Church of the Sacred Heart Junior League California Frank” Hadley Winchester Winchester Glass Sand Corp Philip Hack Company

Ad urges grey-haired women to use sage tea and sulphur

A Star advertisement promotes a beauty remedy for aged hair using sage tea and sulphur. In Berryville several couples from Sey oak plan to attend a dance at the Battletown Inn, indicating social events in the area.

Star Berryville

Answers on Answers Quiz Feature Summary

A collection of Q and A items covers topics from education output in 1949 to Renaissance symbolism and newspaper costs. Specifics include 25 000 graduates and 75 000 vacancies, church shaped like a wine barrel in Asti California, solar eclipses averaging 237.5 per century, Amazon mouth width about 160 miles, and the U.S. Bill of Rights comprising ten amendments.

James Harold Fox Bulletin The George Washington Victory Council Church of Our Lady At Mount Carmel Asti Calif Russian River Valley Sonoma County California Oppolzer

The Disease of Accommodation and Rome’s Fall

A historian warns that national decline follows the social disease of accommodation. The piece contrasts ancient Rome’s tolerance with the United States, urging preservation of traditional ideals to avoid decay and a self-centered fate.

Roman Empire Rome United States

How's Your I Q Score Based on 100 Questions

A quick scoring guide for an IQ quiz over ten days assigns labels by daily accuracy: 9–10 correct equals Memory Genius, 7–8 Very Superior, 5–6 Excellent, 4 Good. Page 2 provides the answers. The questions include sport figures, weight estimates, tax types, and prewar abolition era debates.

Jimmy Demaret

Byrd Replies To Byrd Draft Act Letter

A reader recalls a prior letter about Drew Pearson and Senator Harry F. Byrd and notes Byrd later published a letter in the News-Virginian contradicting the radio report on the draft act extension.

News-Virginian Drew Pearson Harry F. Byrd Byrd Mr. Pearsop

Letter to the editor calls for action against radio misinformation

A writer rebukes Drew Pearson for alleged false reports about Senator Byrd and presses for correction or removal from the air. The letter urges protection against malicious misinformation on radio and questions democracy's defense without accountability.

Senator Byrd Pearson c/o Washington Post Adam Hat Company American Broadcasting Corporation Drew Pearson

Rainfall Totals and Averages From Winchester Laboratory

Rainfall data show none in the 24 hours to 7 am today and August total 1.75 inches. Yearly rainfall through 1950 reaches 26.18 inches, with a 37 year average of 36.56. Monthly means are listed for 1912 to 1949, led by August at 3.93 inches and November at 2.47. Statistics courtesy of Winchester Laboratory.

Winchester Laboratory

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