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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1950
Page
4
National representatives DeLisser Inc lists address in New York for news dispatches. The Winchester Star notes postage details and subscription options including one year and six month terms.
Bernard Baruch urged arming first then planning its use. He warned this logic clashes with Korea’s approach, where the U S government hurried to act before formulating how to employ the arms, leading to retreat rather than progress.
Atomic scientist and Nobel laureate Harold C. Urey believes life exists on other planets and that humans may not be the most intelligent life. He sees hope rather than invasion in the idea of peaceful extraterrestrials and questions flying saucer hostilities.
Indignation forces government action to stop shipments of strategic war materials abroad. About one billion dollars of goods, rebuilt with ECA funds, had flowed to Russia and Communist China this year, despite prior wartime controls. Government acknowledgment marks a significant shift after years of unchecked exports.
The text notes that promised restrictions on rearming nations and limiting aid via the Marshall Plan were not enforced. It claims Western European trade with Russia and its satellites remained extensive, and that British firms in Hong Kong and American firms moved war materials to China, undermining stated controls.
The Baltimore Sun notes sharp reactions from business and labor groups to new credit limits while Federal Reserve action and higher taxes bite workers. It highlights Byrd's 6 billion nonmilitary cut goal, and National City Bank of New York’s stride toward a seven billion reduction based on 1948 and 1950 budget contrasts.
Francis Pickens Miller of Charlottesville denounces Harry Byrd as a demagogue in a Tuesday speech. He accuses Byrd’s CIO warnings of political dictation and cites CIO weakness shown in Ohio and Virginia to explain voting trends and his own 1952 Senate bid implications.
Three infants were baptized by Dr. William Archer Wright at Braddock Street Methodist Church. Joseph Thomas Butler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Butler of 318 West Cecil Street. Thomas Lynn Jackson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Jackson of 305 Millwood Avenue. John Henry Rosenberger, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Rosenberger of 301 Millwood Avenue. A county youth received a six month suspended sentence for selling a stolen car that netted $2.50.
Returning servicemen welcomed home by The Star include Aubrey H Funk Frank E Stuka Cecil A Dellinger Amon R Schindel Henry JM Brooks Robert L Ward Loring E Anderson and Harry Evans Cain Mr and Mrs Guy Snead of 5158 Brad dock St announced the birth of a son They had one other child a daughter Philip Preffitt 3d seven year old second grader at Mount Airy School distinguished himself by selling the most bonds at his school during the War Loan Drive.
The Clarke County Board of Supervisors approved spending 45 for lightning rod repairs at the Court House. Gordon McKnee the 20 year old assistant manager at Health Center Bowling Alley planned to roll 100 games in his outing.
Twenty five years ago Mrs J H Berry of South Braddock Street and her husband’s aunt Mrs W A Ponton escaped serious injuries when their car overturned on the Valley Pike. Mrs Philip Affleck of Washington lost a valuable diamond ring at the Busey Baker wedding. The Shenandoah Publishing Co prepared the fourth edition of Kercheval’s History of the Valley for publication.
Fifty years ago the Rouss Fire Co members held a party for the bazaar ladies who ran the event which closed the night before. Friends attended the funeral services for William Timberlake a surgeon praised for heroism who died serving with the U S Army in the Philippines. The Star announced after a week of printer trouble that the Bab cock press would be fixed and the paper would publish on time.
In a stark reassessment, Joseph P. Kennedy argues the United States should pull out of Korea and scale back interventions in Asia. He blasts costly foreign commitments, warns they failed to yield friends, and urges defenses and unity in the Western Hemisphere.
Report shows 24 hour rainfall ending 7 a.m. today and year to date figures 11 December 1950 total 42.69 inches, 97 year average 36.56 inches. Monthly averages from 1912 to 1949 list 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 3.47, December 3.42 inches.
A reading of ten daily questions with scoring ranges from Memory Genius to Good. The page lists ten trivia prompts including authorship of Pride and Prejudice, definitions of myopia and ornithology, the Eng and Chang brothers, Mauna Loa, Sheridan's Civil War ride, Quito’s country, a grammar correction, life insurance premium terminology, and English slang for pickpocketing.
The term lek yunthos refers to a jug or vase for oils and ointment used by Athenians as a funeral offering. Some lekythoi inspired marble gravestones such as a piece dated 370 B C now owned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Liza and Abby move through a cluttered day in their shared apartment with Virginia. Abby resists shopping while Liza plans hair and social visits, nudged by Michael’s unexpected arrival with flowers and a lettuce gift. Tensions mix with humor as Abby clings to routines and Liza to secret hopes about Michael.
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