The Immortal Self and Ashen Possessions
A meditation on the unseen inner nature as forever immortal while earthly wealth fades. The speaker reflects on the futility of material accumulation and the inevitability of return to dust.
Winchester Evening Star in Winchester, Virginia
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1950
Page
4
Shocking 1949 Highway Fatalities in Winchester and County
The Winchester Frederick County Safety Council led by George W. Jones releases a grim 1949 highway fatality tally showing 12 deaths. It urges public accountability and stricter caution by drivers and pedestrians to reduce the toll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Frederick County
George W. Jones
Winchester-Frederick County
Jones
Air Force Disputes Supersonic Speed Claim
The Air Force refutes a West Coast editor’s report that an experimental Air Force plane reached Mach 3 and 1,989 miles per hour. The editor had claimed the piloted craft flew three times the speed of sound, a figure later questioned by officials familiar with the X-1 project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Force
Sonic boom era reshapes frontiers and self worth
The piece notes X-1 style speeds near mach 3 show sonic barriers crumbling as Air Force flight pushes new frontiers. It then humorously rebukes the old 98 cent value of the human body, declaring a $31 value instead, highlighting inflated ego and practical implications amid prices and bills.
Coal price rise shocks households as two day weeks cut supply
Current Opinion notes John L. Lewis and coal operators cut production to two days a week, driving up per ton costs passed to households. Consumers face 50 cents to 2 dollars more per ton while winter demand looms. antimonopoly laws may be applied to organized labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Lewis
Illinois
Kentucky
West Virginia
Tennessee
Leavenworth
John L
Congress
Truman Names Acheson to Replace Marshall as Secretary of State
President Truman appoints Dean Acheson to succeed Secretary of State George C. Marshall. Reports note Spanos returns for his 13th skin graft after a Baylass Store explosion last June. Local clubs elect officers and a winter snowstorm brings nearly three inches. Royal A. Cather sails from Leonardtown to Florida with John Earle. Brumback installs as Middletown Grange master.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Dean Acheson
State Marshall
Chris Spanos
Winchester Hospital
W. H. Himelright
Mt. Williams
Ashley S. Brumback
Middletown
Dutch battle pause narrows Belgian Salient in snow blitz
American First and Third armies push through a severe blizzard to shrink the Belgian Salient to under ten miles. Von Rundstedt orders faster withdrawal as Montgomery credits American valor. County schools suspended due to icy roads. two city collisions reported from yesterday’s weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
von Rundstedt
Belgium
Montgomery
Leslie D. Kline
Miss Mary Catherine Aulick Injured In Slip Incident
Miss Mary Catherine Aulick was severely injured last evening when she slipped on an unspecified surface. The accident prompted medical attention and authorities may investigate the circumstances surrounding the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Catherine Aulick
Death of Winchester Garage manager shakes Braddock area
Daniel W. Melsinee of Winchester Garage Braddock and Amherst streets dies suddenly. The Standard Gas and Oil Supply Company formally informs the City Council it will abandon its appeal to the Supreme Court in its suit against the city over a building permit for a gasoline filling station at Water and Braddock Streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel W. Melsinee
Winchester
Braddock
Amherst Streets
Standard Gas and Oil Supply Co
Supreme Court
Water and
Braddock Streets
Fire Co. Leadership Changes Mark 60th Birthday Gift
Ex Captain Lewis F Cooper becomes head of the Sarah Zane Fire Co succeeding Captain Robert L Gray. Charles Broadway Rouss writes to George H Kinzel of the Charlie Rouss Fire Co sending a $1000 check from New York to honor Rouss’s 60th birthday on February 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis F. Cooper
Robert L. Gray
Sarah Zane Fire Co
Charles Broadway Rouss
George H. Kinzel
Charlie Rouss Fire Company
New York
Truman economic clashes spark reader questions
Washington readers debate President Truman's budgeting approach and multi billion dollar programs urging social, farm, foreign and economic measures. Edwin Nourse offers a candid critique of Truman’s money values while Snyder and Keyserling back his expansive plans amid wariness among conservatives and veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
M. T
Cincinnati
Sawyer
Snyder
Keyserling
Congress
Edwin G. Nourse
Mr. Truman
John Snyder
Leon Keyserling
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Calvin Cooldge
Herbert Hoover
Andree W. Mellon
Albuquerque
Ike
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Beethoven Fifth Symphony A Chronicle Of Suffering And Triumph
A meditation on Beethoven and his fifth symphony in C minor, linking the composer’s deafness and hardship to the symphony’s dramatic arc. Critics describe the work as a blood written message and a musical picture of a soul rising above misery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beethoven
Coal output drops in 1949 but 1939 low noted
The National Coal Assn estimates soft coal production in 1949 fell by about 171.3 million tons, a 29 percent drop, due to strikes and work-week reductions. Estimated 1949 output is 428.24 million tons versus 599.52 million in 1948, marking the lowest level since 1939's 394.86 million tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Coal Assn
United Mine Workers
Pen L .Lewis
How's Your I. Q. How to Score Based on 100 Questions
A quiz feature outlines a 10 day scoring plan for IQ style questions. Daily results categorize performance from Memory Genius to Good with a page two answer key. It lists ten sample questions on superstition, numerology, language, science, proverbs, rubber, presidents, organizations, geography, and Smuts.
Myles and Fran Court a Night at the Gallery
Myles plans a dinner and dancing outing with Fran to escape closer threats at Shore Acres. Natalie warns of a lingering mystery tied to St Pond and Hal and Matilde, while Morrie Grove presses for marriage, and an urgent note from Morrie surfaces for Myles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shore Acres
Myles
Natalie
Nat
Morrie Grove
Hal
Matilde
Morrie
Fran
Miss Tassie
St Pond
Digbys
Bridie Loring
King Features Quaction
Mystery Deepens In Jaffray Emeralds Plot
Emilie Loring style dialogue follows a tense plan to retrieve jewels from the bank. Myles and Fran prepare to avoid a contact at Trent Place as Major warns secrecy while Betsy suppresses hints to a suspect. The scene ends with a cryptic phone warning and a promise to continue tomorrow.
Fame Next Half-century
Hal Boyle surveys future paths to lasting influence in the next 50 years. He lists ten feats spanning politics science literature religion and motherhood from unifying the world peacefully to curing diseases and inventing novel technologies. Frances adds a quip about a perfect husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rockfeller
Einstein
Frances
States with no medical schools listed
The record notes at present no medical schools in Arizona Delaware Florida Idaho Maine Montana New Jersey and Wyoming. It also mentions New Mexico Rhode Island and a Rutgers University study commission on establishing a medical school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
Delaware
Florida
Idaho
Maine
Montana
New Jersey
Vada
New Mexico
Rhode Island
Wyoming
Rutgers University
Average monthly rainfall and totals from 37 year period
The 37 year period 1913 1949 inclusive yields monthly averages for precipitation in inches with 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 2.47 December 2.42. Precipitation 34 hours ending 7 a.m. 0.07.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Research Laboratory
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