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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1950
Page
4
Radford News Journal notes Roger William Riis discusses in a Reader’s Digest piece that medical opinion on coffee differs on its health effects. The article previews lingering questions for coffee drinkers seeking guidance.
A historical review notes coffee can boost alertness and digestion but affects individuals differently. Riis finds it harmless to about 97 percent, with 3 percent troubled, compares caffeine content across beverages, and warns sugar and cream lessen effects. It favors drip brewing over boiling and hints at public skepticism toward morning coffee rituals.
The royal family reportedly has a Rolls Royce with a narrower, more upright back seat for Princess Elizabeth compared to Prince Philip. The piece notes this may reflect perceived hierarchy but asserts that in this country the consort in the back seat is in full command at all times.
One year ago eight nurses earned graduate certificates from Winchester Memorial Hospital School. Other items note J Paul Barr directing Rouiss Drum and Bugle Corp, birth of a boy to Mr and Mrs Kenneth Jobe, and local weather and harvest impacts.
Garland Quarles, superintendent of City Schools, announced the district would reopen September 6 and enforce compulsory attendance laws.
Mrs. Hunter H. McGuire, a prominent society figure in Win ester, is confined to bed with a broken leg. In Capon Bridge, William Alabaugh reportedly caught an eel of 3742 inches and 344 pounds. Winchester hunters await the squirrel season as no bag limit is imposed.
Fifty years ago the city council decided swinging doors or screens were not illegal at barrooms or saloons. Misses Beulah Cline and Mary Jane Gray were renamed to the faculty at John Kerr School. C W Gibbons Joe Sumption John Brown and J A Kern served as mail carriers in Winchester.
The Defense Production Act and allied measures would grant the President power to direct, expand or curtail output across raw materials, minerals, heavy goods and even consumer items. Officials would estimate needs, finance expansions with low interest loans, guarantee markets and set penalties for noncompliance.
A concise scoring guide outlines a 10 day IQ exercise based on 100 questions. It classifies daily results into memory levels: 9–10 correct marks a Memory Genius, 7–8 Very Superior, 5–6 Excellent, 4 Good.
The questions cover topics from law and government to science and etiquette including the Chief Justice, Mexico, income tax amendment, grammar correction, sea horse classification, tetanus, Marquis of Queensbury, genocide, commercial date production, and champagne alcohol content.
Report covers 24 hour rainfall ending 7 a m today totaling 1.06 inches and August rainfall to date 2 81 inches. 1950 rainfall to date 27 24 inches and the 37 year average 36 56 inches. Monthly averages from 1912 to 1949 include 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. Courtesy Winchester Research hatory.
The text recalls meeting locations and roles from Virginia history. It mentions a former Attorney General and Governor associated with Clarke County and Old Chapel graveyard, plus W. W. Smallwood who served as sheriff’s father and held office from 1898 to 1940.
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