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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1950
Page
4
Display advertising and classified rates for Representatives Inc at 11 East 44th Street New York City are published. The notice lists business office phone numbers and deadlines for display ads and directs readers to the classified column for contract and rate details.
Isaiah speaks of a magnificent vision and foretells prophecies being fulfilled. The text calls for prayer with faith and cites turning swords into plowshares, envisioning a time when nations do not lift swords against each other.
The article argues that Congress and the President will not cut spending or raise taxes in the next fiscal year. It claims deficit spending will continue, the national debt will grow, and politicians protect district interests with dams and road grants. It concludes voters are misled by promises of economy during an election year.
The article notes Congress worries about the Drive speech program as the government has bought 72,000,000 pounds of dried eggs with no clear market. It asks who first ate eggs and references the egg surplus and need to unload part of it.
Senate hearing reveals farmers protest low prices despite government purchases. Officials note record egg production driven by good weather, while consumers pay high retail costs. Prices vary regionally from 23 to 60 cents a dozen with broilers also slipping. A proposal is sought to handle 72 million pounds of dried eggs.
Current Opinion mocks a cable report claiming a Yugoslav bricklayer earns more than an intellectual, writer, artist or general. It notes U S workers face high brick demands and union wages, while lamenting perceived democratic decadence and broader value shifts in society.
Weather delays postpone Red Cross Bloodmobile as appointments shift to noon. Locals report a railroad engine derailment blocking traffic near O Sullivan Rubber Co for about 90 minutes. William Tamking enters his 91st year with family at breakfast. J P Rogers seen with a senator. Coble and Miller file as Democratic council candidates. Rev Julian T Owen leads a midweek parsonage bellering in Stephens City.
Pic Lewis M Barley son of Mr and Mrs Miller Barley of Stephens City receives the Purple Heart for wounds in France. Also noted are the engagement announcements of Alice Barley to Seaman Edward Bell of Berryville and Ethel Brenner to Pic Ralph J Brenner of Clearbrook with families named Hunter Cooper and Ada Brenner.
Amos White, who fled after moonshine making in Carpers Valley, was captured in Uniontown Pennsylvania. A Handley School boiler explosion did not disrupt the heating system. Peter Rouss, son of the Winchester philanthropist, sent a letter to Herman Hable declining the fire company banquet honoring his father.
Mrs. Charles Broadway Rouss wife of the New York merchant and millionaire died at her New York home one year ago yesterday. She is buried in Mt. Hebron Cemetery. Mr. Robert Larrick suffered a $2,000 loss in a severe fire in the Vaucluse county area destroying his large barn and all contents.
Washington insiders warn the price support program faces its gravest test since the Roosevelt era as Charles Brannan struggles with huge CCC surpluses. He buys dried eggs to prop up prices while foreign buyers wane, leaving farmers receiving little return and processors profiting from drying and handling.
The piece asserts troubles come from within not from others, citing Jesus and psychology to stress inner life. It notes inner faults as the source of personal and world problems and ends with a stat about housing costs composing about one fifth of total U S capital expenditures.
A reader prompts daily IQ style questions with 10 items per day and score bands. Questions cover topics from animals and universities to literature and history, including a request for page 4 answers and a look at notable figures and state history.
The Missouri Valley Vikings once held the longest unbeaten run in college football with 41 consecutive victories. Their streak ended on December 4, 1948, when Evansville College defeated them 13 to 7.
This report lists present and past rainfall figures for 24 hours ending 7 a.m. February totals and year to date. It also provides 37 year averages of annual rainfall and monthly precipitation from 1913 to 1949, with values for January through December and notes missing or garbled entries marked as laboratory data.
In Miami Beach AFL leaders call Robert N. Denham unfit for his government post after he warned that the Teamsters union could cripple industries. Denham, general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, said unions could exert wide material control, prompting sharp rebuttals from AFL President William Green and others.
In Kingsridge the distraught King family faces the return of Gerry Barton, once an Air Force captain. Elizabeth and Steven debate discipline and the boy’s influence on his young relatives while a past filled with poverty and tragedy shapes the present. Major Frank Park and Audrey seek stability as court and memory weigh in.
Audrey and Major Park reunite after six years in the Army. Audrey pressures plans for the future while concealing distress over their daughter Susan. He reassures her, plans to wait for the right civilian job, and contemplates life after war as they confront changes and choices.
The Evening Star reports possible pari mutuel betting and whiskey sales at Colonial Beach Virginia, to be offered on piers extending into the Potomac under Maryland jurisdiction. The plan hinges on the boundary line at the river’s lower water mark on the Virginia shore. Some sea slugs are edible, some not.
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