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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1952
Page
4
In the December 15 1952 issue a brief historical reference states the prophet Jonah lived around 825 BC and authored a later text. It notes Jonah was the first foreign missionary and reports the Bible quotation from Jonah 1 1 2 about the Lord's command to Arise go to Nineveh and cry against it.
The article notes Queen Elizabeth approved selective television coverage of the Buckingham Palace procession and crowning on June 2. The anointing and religious portions stay off air while rebroadcasts will reach international audiences. Santa Claus and Lady Wonder are also mentioned in lighter notes.
The Virginia Supreme Court in civil damage cases held no explicit exemptions for police cars ambulances or municipal vehicles from traffic rules. A special session of the General Assembly failed to pass a bill granting emergency vehicles red light exemptions. The article notes operators must still exercise ordinary care and prudence.
The article discusses the mental capacity of animals, praising Lady Wonder as a remarkable horse owned in Petersburg Virginia. It notes how animals like horses and dogs are credited with instinct and sometimes extraordinary abilities in danger or problem solving, comparing Lady Wonder to fortune tellers and palmists in finding missing persons.
Obituary notes Miss Minnie C. Baker's death at her home on Cameron Street. she was 92. The column also records social visits, engagements, births, marriages, honors, and local people including Wayne Whitham joining Army Aviation Cadet Corp and Chief M. A. Doran's illness recovery.
Fifty five years ago Charles M. Chiles aged 37 died at his Kernstown residence. Mr and Mrs A M Baker and daughter Virginia departed for a visit in Baltimore leaving home duties to neighbors.
Private industry moves to capitalize on Eisenhower victory and shed Truman era controls. Manufacturers, workers, and consumers now operate in a freer market with rising wages, plentiful civilian and defense goods, and falling prices. The shift signals reduced federal bargaining power and an Ike era economic upturn.
A memory and general knowledge quiz presents ten daily questions with scoring bands from Memory Genius to Good. It includes questions on politics Spain the Reconstr uction Finance Corporation Torquato Tasso and aviation pilots.
Past 48 hours rainfall ends 7 am today shows none. Year to date 43.20 inches. December to date 1.96. Average monthly rainfall from 39 years 1012 1951 period lists Jan 2.45 Feb 2.99 Mar 2.88 Apr 3.02 May 3.99 Jun 3.82 Jul 3.82 Sep 2.63 Oct 3.27 Nov 2.86 Dec 2.50.
Elderly readers suffer night leg cramps that wake them. Quinine, used under physician supervision with careful dosage, can relieve cramps in most cases.
A guidance piece urges immediate self protection and spiritual prep. It uses a lightning rod metaphor to urge people to fortify character and faith now before future harm or moral disaster. It cites scriptures urging youth to remember the Creator and today as the accepted time for salvation.
The text explains white light split into colors by refraction and reflection, noting primary colors violet to red, and how objects appear by reflected light from white or absorbed light. It also discusses heat from colors, and mentions dust in the atmosphere and rainbows created by light through water droplets.
Whirter confers with Jenkyn in a dim cabin planning a bold raid by river crew. They aim to seize guns and whiskey from ships and lure Sioux allies to attack distant gold camps, risking a massive uphill clash with miners and settlers.
The crew discusses a bold plan to move upriver with the Astrid after landing yet delaying the cannon test. They intend to separate, leaving Varma with the women, and strike overland to Pomp's Pillar while Rawls and allies gamble on a risky, all or nothing course. The scene ends with a cliffhanger as the plan unfolds.
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