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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1952
Page
4
Common Cold Cause Questioned as Researchers Expand Search
A press report says scientists doubt a material germ causes the common cold. A renewed inquiry will interview about 3,000 cold sufferers and examine mental and spiritual factors, noting remedies largely address symptoms rather than the illness itself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Press Association
United States
Public Health Service
Kefauver group eyed to probe car towing racket
Delegate Jack Witten of Tazewell urges the Kefauver committee to examine the car towing practices as a possible racket. He argues cities use towing to enforce No Parking rules, though critics say some ordinances are overbearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kefauver
Jack Witten
Tazewell
City tows legally parked cars to ease traffic
The piece reports Judge M Ray Doubles upholding Richmond’s car towing for prohibited parking to keep streets clear. It notes opposition from Dr Witten and cites legal opinions from New Orleans Birmingham Phoenix Seattle Cincinnati. The article argues towing improves safety for residents and visitors including state legislators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Senate Crime Committee
M Ray Doubles
Hastings Court
New Orleans
Birmingham
Phoenix
Seattle
Cincinnati
Dr. Witten
Richmond
Miss Jean Manuel joins El Club Espanol at Madison College
News notes that Miss Jean Manuel daughter of Mrs Jesse B Manuel Kernstown has been initiated into El Club Espanol a Spanish student club at Madison College. Dr and Mrs George H Murphy and Dr and Mrs C L Riley are vacationing at Ormond Beach Florida. Mr and Mrs Kemper F Shumate Route 1 announce the birth of a daughter Mrs Shumate formerly Miss Lucy Hines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Manuel
Jesse B. Manuel
Kernstown
el Club Espanol
Madison College
George H. Murphy
C. L. Riley
Ormond Beach
Florida
Kemper F. Shumate
Route 1
Shumate
Lucy Hines
Legion Post Membership Tops Seventh District
Membership in the Conrad Hoover Post American Legion reached 612, the largest in the seventh district. Mr. and Mrs. Philip Kramer returned home after visits in New York and Baltimore. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Snapp hosted at East Piccadilly Street with Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Hawn of Hagerstown, Md.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad. Hoover
American Legion
Philip Kramer
New York
Baltimore
Robert Snapp
East Piccadilly Street
Charles M. Hawn
Hageratown
Nurses Join U5 Army Nursing Corps from Winchester
Winchester Hospital assigns four nurses to the Army Nursing Corps. They are Mary Virginia Johrston Daphne Glenn Frances Watson and Stella Lippert Set. Theodore Legge departs for Fort Meade after furlough at home. Mr and Mrs M B Canter depart for Miami Florida to spend the rest of the winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Hospital
U5. Army Nursing Corps
Mary Virginia Johrston
Daphne Glenn
Frances Watson
Stella Lippert
Theodore Legge
Fort Meade
Canter
Maimi
Florida
Family and social notes and medical update
Twenty five years ago Mr and Mrs Frank W Bailey hosted their guest Miss Carrie May Bailey of Oxford. Mrs J H Carey traveled to Baltimore for several days of business. Mrs Ernest Tharpe of North Lou doun Street underwent a serious operation at Memorial Hospital with condition reported satisfactory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank W. Bailey
Carrie May Bailey
Oxford
J. H. Carey
Baltimore
Ernest Tharpe
North Loudoun Street
Memorial Hospital
Valley College students enjoy sleigh ride at Rutherford farm
A. G. Rutherford hosted students from Valley Female College at his farm for a sleigh ride. Farmers and Merchants Bank received an order for 1 000 new five dollar bills bearing the bank’s name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Rutherford
the Valley Female College
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Half life facts for radium and uranium
Per radium the half life is 1,650 years. This means that a pound of radium now would be only one half pound in 1,650 years. The half life of a radioactive element is constant and signifies the time during which about half the atoms in a given mass will have given up their energy and particles. The half life of uranium is about 5,000 million years.
Clark-Hoover Tactics May Let Judy Coplon Go Free
Supreme Court justices condemn Clark's handling of the Judy Coplon espionage case. FBI methods and wiretaps, without warrants, are cited as a miscarriage of justice that may allow Coplon to avoid indictments. Critics urge resignation or impeachment, amid political context and a South Carolina school desegregation case noted in the same period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark-Hoover
Judy Coplon
Washington
Supreme Court
Tom Clark
Theron Lamar Caudle
Judy Copion
New York
Gieneral Clark
New York City
Clark
Edgar Hoover
FBI
Hoover
A. G
Miss Copson
D of J
Department of Justice
Coplon
Caudle
House Judiciary Committee
Rainfall Report Shows February Totals and 39-Year Averages
Rainfall over the past 24 hours ending 7 a m today records none while February totals stand at 1.11 inches. Cumulative 39 year period averages indicate monthly rainfall with January 2.45 inches, February 1.99, March 2.88, April 3.02, May 3.83, June 3.99, July 3.82, August 3.82, September 2.63, October 3.27, November 2.56, December 2.50 inches.
Diabetic Cataracts in Young People Warning
Diabetic cataracts occur mainly in youth and arise from poor sugar control. About two percent of diabetics develop this cloudy lens condition, often in moderately diabetic individuals. Some cases clear with proper diabetes treatment. surgery can restore sight but diabetes must be managed during and after the operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King
High Court Ruling Delayed On Segregation Before Ballots
The high tribunal delays action on segregation until after ballots are tallied next November. Any final ruling would embarrass President Truman and Chief Justice Vinson amid election-year tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boul Garuda Wii Cewon
Truman
Juste Vinson
Are You a Person of Influence in Everyday Life
The piece argues every person exerts influence on others through actions and example. It notes parents and friends shape character, and even small interactions alter lives, asserting that everyone is an influential person for better or worse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barth
How's Your I Q Based on 100 Questions
A quiz titled How's Your I Q presents 10 days of questions with daily scoring. It lists 10 sample questions on aviation history architecture biology geography and cooking and instructs to turn to Page 2 for answers. The piece labels memory genius and other scores and uses period tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Pittsburgh
Woolworth
New York City
Willamette River
United States
Hollywood column notes jungle location and star gossip
A Hollywood column details on set life in Guatemala for Condor's Nest with trainer Ralph Helfer keeping two boys in a tropical box, director Delmar Davies praising jungle scenes, and Quiche Indians as extras. Marilyn Maxwell teases romance timing with Bill McCarthy and Rock Hudson as she avoids remarriage. Maureen O'Hara tends to family after tonsil surgery. Joe Wiseman shifts to a galley slave role in Les Miserables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Ralph Helfer
Delmar Davies
Guatemala
Empire State
Constance Smith
Marilyn Maxwell
Bill McCarthy
Texas
Glenn
Rock Hudson
Marilyn
Rock
Maureen O'Hara
Bronwyn
Juse
Maureen
Margot Edwards
San Diego
Joe Wiseman
Galley Slave
Girl Walks Again After Six Years in Wheelchair
GRAND RAPIDS Mich Betty Postema a 22 year old Calvin College secretary who was paralyzed from the waist down after a high school fall is out of her wheelchair A fall from her chair last April caused a spine injury but doctors had given no hope yet she regained leg movement through exercise and surgeons say a second tumble freed adhesions helping her walk again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids, Mich
Betty Postema
Calvin College
Kent
Edna
Dan
Donald
Van
Ing
Biveneas
Mister Kent
Joe
Constance
Birthday of Rear Admiral Herbert Lamont Pugh
This birthday notice profiles Rear Admiral Herbert Lamont Pugh born February 5 1885 near Batesville Virginia. He served as Surgeon General of the U S Navy and spent 28 years in the navy medical corps after World War I and completing his MD in 1923.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Lamont Pugh
Batesville
U. S&s Navy
Puggh
Navy Medical Corps
University of Virginia
Marines
Adv Pugh
Navy Medics
Anesthetic Tank Explodes Killing Priest in Surgery
In Evanston at St Francis Hospital a hospital anesthetic tank exploded during surgery killing Rev James P Cummings 35 a priest on sick leave from his church. Deputy coroner Thomas A Carter said hot smoke and gases filled the operating room and caused the death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Thomas A. Carter
James P. Cummings
St. Francis Hospital
Evanston
Carter
Silent confession after a difficult confrontation
Donald, Edna, and Dr. Alcock navigate a tense aftermath of Edna's beating. The doctor reassures Edna while addressing family concerns, and Edna faces a sobering, protective response from the adults as she recovers at home.
Fire and words warn Crestwood children in sermon
In a Crestwood church service, a teacher uses a fire safety metaphor to urge children to beware of reckless words and deeds. He compares matches to thoughtless speech, urging truth and kindness to prevent harm in lives and communities.
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