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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1952
Page
4
In a 1952 Winchester Evening Star editorial, the writer urges courage and character as the armor for a people facing destruction. It warns humanity is not yet ready for peace and pleads for righteous action to merit peace, invoking the Cananites and their iron chariots as caution.
Current Opinion argues that televising House hearings risks spectacle yet strengthens democracy by informing the public. It notes early opposition to press access faded as galleries and cameras became normal, while warning that publicity may tempt lawmakers to perform for viewers.
A debate on television limits and public intelligence argues the public will resist demagogic noise. It praises media as a democratic tool while warning against sensationalism and urging restraint in practice rather than in principle.
Victor Carbaugh son of Mr and Mrs H M Carbaugh of Steph ena City pledged to Kappa Sigma Ni at the College of William and Mary. Mr and Mrs John Ambrow of North Loudoun Street receive congratulations on the birth of a daughter Miss Dorothy Ann Campbell returned home on South Kent Street from Memorial Hospital where she had an appendectomy.
Chief of Police Hollis announced Leo Smallwood aged 27 is appointed to the local force. Miss Margaret Carper of Stephens City returned home after several weeks in Fort Knox Kentucky. Mr and Mrs J C Pamplin of Washington spending several days with Mr and Mrs R White of Merrimans Lane.
Notices from Winchester report the death of Miss Sue Kemp a prominent local schoolteacher on West Boscawen Street. Dr and Mrs B Mitchell Knight return from their wedding trip and are at home on Fairmont Avenue. Mr and Mrs Sterling C Hosh our receive congratulations on the birth of a son.
Fifty years ago Mrs. Charles Boxwell slipped on ice near her home on North Prad dock Street and broke her collar bone.
Nine year old Elizabeth Bean returned home to Kansas City after a nine week vacation visiting relatives in India. She met Prime Minister Nehru at an airfield, who gifted her necklaces but said he had only ten minutes to catch a plane.
United States delegates used domestic politics to push the Lisbon agreement for a European Defense Community amid European nerves and Taft faction skepticism. Eisenhower Bradley and Cruenther are centerpiece witnesses as debates over cost and military value loom in a pre election climate.
Rain gauges show no rainfall in the last 24 hours ending 7am today. February totals are 1.77 inches, year to date 5.38 inches, with a 59 year average of 34.7 inches. Monthly averages from 1912 to 1951 indicate January 2.45, February 2.99, March 2.88, April 3.02, May 3.88, June 2.90, July 3.82, August 3.82, September 26.38, October 3.37, with current month 2.58 inches and May 2.86 inches for comparison.
The article discusses periodic diseases, likely hereditary, affecting both sexes from early childhood. Attacks include fever, fast heart rate, chills, and aches, often resolving between episodes. Some pains arise from abdominal regions with hive-like rash and digestive symptoms.
Hollywood column profiles Finlay Currie as a lifelong actor who rejects retirement at 65. The 6 foot1 star reflects on a career spanning music hall to film, cites roles from Magwitch in Great Expectations to Quo Vadis and Kangaroo, and notes a seven year Fox contract plus travel from Rome to Guatemala. Currie emphasizes living in the moment and choosing roles by impact rather than lines.
A disabled ship drifted for 102 days after Bikini atomic tests knocked out its compass. The piece warns that magnetic material can deflect a ship’s compass and applies the danger to daily life, urging vigilant care to keep one’s conscience precise and untainted by harmful environments.
A reader quiz asks ten questions covering topics from Turin Italy to Maurice Maeterlinck. It includes details about the October Revolution, Andorra’s location, and famous World War II era figures with a mix of geography history and general knowledge.
In Mexico City the old fashioned swinging door saloon thrives as a social hub and informal market. La Mundia hosts music, gambling, vendors, and occasional brass rail charm while Don Serafin Paradela runs the venue and cashes daily checks. He plans a Buenos Aires visit next spring.
Detective Liddell and journalist Muggsy Kiely chase a murdered Hong and a mysterious package tied to the Gee Fan gang. Inspector Herlehy guides the case as fake T men and gunmen threaten them, with clues linking Ben Ceria’s up town mob to the Chinatown racket.
Inspector Herlehy and Liddell discuss a dead man who hired Liddell to guard a mysterious package. They suspect two mobs are after the package and search for clues, including an elusive connection to Johnny Tiddell and possible Coast ties. The case stalls as they whet the trail with limited leads.
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