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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1949
Page
4
A devotional line urges sincere effort to follow God’s plan and give glory to the Lord as commanded in scripture, framing devotion as a faithful response to divine guidance.
The White House health plan faces cautious delay as Oscar R. Ewing surveys England and Scandinavia for lessons. Truman aides warn hasty enactment could backfire politically and fiscally. Senators Humphrey and Douglas question specifics while Democrats seek a slower, safer path.
Hollywood stunt driver Careful Daredevil Satan LaMont, age 37, lives by precise risk calculation. He performs leaps and head on crashes at 40 mph, claiming open highway speeds are riskier due to unpredictable other drivers. He notes a fatal Los Angeles joyride example as evidence and urges caution to others.
The article notes presidents vacating the White House for repairs from the Madison era in 1814 to modern renovations. It recounts past moves to Octagon House, 1902 disruptions, attic alterations, and the ongoing project including steam heat and air cooling. It mentions the 1792 cornerstone date and initial bath installations in 1875 amid public concern over modern amenities.
The text notes the Blue Room faced straw carpet damage from tobacco use, 24 wagon loads of old furnishings sold after 1881 renovation, and plans to restore interiors to a simple Georgian style. It quotes Theodore Roosevelt on preserving historic buildings as a link to the past.
Britain seeks prosperity through free enterprise and higher wages for workers. The article contrasts this with restrictive systems and argues that better tools raise living standards, noting America’s higher wages and productive tools compared to prewar patterns.
A whimsical scene depicts Wendell Holmes and a companion strolling the beach while Dr. Holmes advises the girl to say she walked with him. The youngster plays along, replying that she walked with Mary Susanna.
Ethel Jacobson performs at Callier's as guests debate leaving at an auspicious hour or staying to help with the dishes in a terse verse style.
Joseph Butler of 318 West Cecil Street is chosen to lead the Winchester Frederick March of Dimes campaign. Sponsorship of Boy Scout Troop 21 is taken over by the Moose Lodge. Hector Ritter is the high bidder for portable iron in the Capitol Theatre contest.
Miss Lila Lee Robinson daughter of G A Robinson Jr of 111 Latane Street was injured in an automobile accident early Saturday. She was reported slightly improved this afternoon.
Ten years ago John Dixon a colored farm owner and fortune teller pays his taxes in pennies collected within the past year Mayor C R Anderson urges Winchester citizens to buy Christmas seals for the National Tuberculosis Association Handley 1940 basket Ritter is the only letterman twenty five years ago 1924 Eunice Lupton widow of L L Lupton of Winchester and Washington leaves 50000 to establish a school of horticulture Fred M Alexander native of Winchester now principal of Newport News high school is elected president of the Virginia State Teachers Assn at a Richmond meeting.
A party from Hagerstown arrives in Winchester and is hosted by Mr and Mrs W H Smith at the Taylor House for dinner. A horseman named Joe Knight is thrown from his horse near Hollis' store at Main and Cork streets when the animal slips on a newly laid vitrified brick and falls to the ground.
In Berlin a World War II bunker is being buried in the zoological gardens to create a sanctuary for birds. Workmen with power shovels began the project, with trees and bushes to be planted atop the mound to yield a sylvan appearance by next summer. the zoo plans to import birds and complete the sanctuary by fall.
The baker’s dozen is believed to have emerged in Britain as a safeguard against penalties for underweight bread. Bakers added an extra loaf to avoid fines, yielding 13 for a dozen, or alternately 13 loaves given to hucksters to cover the middleman’s profit.
Quiz scoring guide lists daily results from 9 to 10 correct as Memory minus and 7 to 8 as Very Superior. It also offers 5 or 6 as Excellent and 4 as Good with page 2 providing the correct answers. Includes a question list on founders, relations, harbors, lens origins, Wynken Blyken Nod verses, mountains and authors.
Rep Chelf of Kentucky urged a new federal offense to molesting a child with penalties from ten years to death. He called crimes against children increasingly horrific and said the FBI should help protect children, even proposing a constitutional amendment if needed to bring such offenses under federal jurisdiction.
The novel Old Curiosity Shop was written by Charles Dickens. The Zambezi River is in Africa.
Fran obsesses over Ken and Myles Jaffray while enjoying a beach morning after a gallery preview. She overhears two men plotting a priceless painting sale, fearing exposure and danger as she recalls debts and romance. She must guard the secret and act carefully.
Fran encounters a disheveled man on a private beach. He claims to be a former Belgian head butler turned waiter and asks for directions to an artists colony while offering a surrealist painting remark. He shows interest in crustaceans and paintings but hints at a secretive motive.
New York columnist Hal Boyle jokes about Christmas neckties as gifts and offers humorous solutions. He gathers readers’ responses and shares absurd methods of disposing or repurposing ties, from hiding them in artwork to using them for Easter eggs and TV set patterns.
A condensed article reviews a manuscript sermon by Phillips Brooks. It emphasizes Jesus as a living presence today, guiding modern life with unfailing care and power, likening Christ to a captain who stays with his voyage through every doubt to the world’s end.
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