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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1952
Page
4
The snippet lists publication details for a Winchester Virginia newspaper, including address 24 North Kent Street and editor H F Byrd Jr. It notes advertising deadlines 48 hours before publication, rates for subscriptions and single copies, and includes a Bible verse quote from John 6 37.
Richmond resident Ernest H. Dervishian, a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, rejects a proposal to pay medal holders 100 dollars a month for life. The editorial argues such pay would cheapen the nation’s highest combat award and denounces the proposal as demagoguery. Dervishian notes his actions at Anzio including capturing 35 Germans and destroying three machine gun nests.
The Democrats argue that disclosure of graft in the Truman era need not doom 1952 prospects, citing 1924 Harding scandals, Grant and Garfield eras, and 1870s elections as comparisons, while noting special circumstances separate those cases from 1952.
The text notes deep party divisions after the 1924 Democratic convention with clashes among McAdoo and Smith factions, Klan tensions, and League of Nations disputes. It mentions Attorney General Daugherty’s dismissal and John W. Davis, the 103rd ballot nominee, who once represented J P Morgan in government finance matters.
The text notes 1872 election where Horace Greeley opposed Grant and Southern states faced Reconstruction suppression. It claims 1876 election produced a Republican electoral majority by dubious counts and a switch in House control, with Hayes and Tilden as central figures. It also mentions Garfield linked to the Credit Mobilier scandal and accepting a District of Columbia project fee.
The Garfield Arthur era faced graft charges over Star Route contracts with the Second Assistant Postmaster General among the indicted. Although trials failed to convict, the 1884 election brought Democrats to the presidency for the first time since the Civil War, fueling beliefs that corruption tainted the administration and sparked hopes it would affect future leadership.
Conductor Harry A. Taylor took the Pennsylvania Limited from Fort Wayne on his last run with a train crew made up of six of his sons from engineer to flatman. One son drives a bus, prompting playful questions about nepotism in the family namesake operation.
Fragmented wartime dialogue shows a speaker questioning a comrade’s alliance with Communists while another asserts a dying doctor’s prognosis and a fatalistic preference for a Communist death over an Irishman. The exchange hints at political tensions and personal loyalties amid conflict.
A Lamar Missouri Democrat column argues that a wife with horse sense never becomes a nag, presenting a lighthearted reminder about temperament and domestic harmony. The piece frames common wife stereotypes within rural life and humor.
News of Other Years reports congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. D Eugene Dunn on a daughter born to the couple the former Virginia Butsler of Winchester. engagements announced for Nancy Helen Taylor to Ralph Guy Frye. visits and home postings for residents including Helen Rowe as Home Demonstration Agent and plans from Seaman Second Class Clifton Teets and families. Ten years ago local residents hosted guests and travels included visits to New York City and Wendell North Carolina with various social happenings.
George Willey was injured while operating a butler for a plant at Ridings Chapel near Middletown when the device exploded. The incident caused injuries but details on severity or cause were not provided in the report.
Health officials warn chronic barbiturate use outpaces marijuana and cocaine as a societal threat. Doctors cite physical dependence and severe withdrawal, with interstate trafficking needing federal control. experts rank sleeping pills as more dangerous than morphine or heroin when misused. Clinical and public-health voices describe rising wreckage and thousands of habitual users amid widespread availability.
Rainfall in the past 48 hours ending 7 a.m. today is none. January rainfall to date is 1.11 inches. The 1952 rainfall to date is 1.11 inches. Average rainfall for 39 years is 36.78 inches. Monthly averages (1912–1951) are January 2.45, February 1.90, March 2.88, April 3.02, May 3.88, June 3.99, July 3.82, August 3.82, September 2.63, October 3.27, November 3.56, December 2.50.
Headache face neck pains may signal hypothyroid condition due to thyroid hormone deficiency. Tests including metabolic and cholesterol blood work help confirm. thyroid extract dose must be prescribed by a physician after proper examination.
A report from Dr. Toolan based on Bellevue studies finds no teen narcotics users relying on sleeping pills yet. Experts warn pills can reduce inhibitions, create a false sense of well being, and could spur antisocial acts among anxious youths.
Donald frets over Anne Atwood as he reads the sports section while watching the Atwoods depart. He recalls their uneasy closeness with Philip Virginia and Beth, suspects Joe Melick’s influence, and debates teaching as his vocation echoing Barth’s ethics for students.
Joseph Barth observes Anne facing social pressure to attend church while she secretly plans a date with Joe Melick. Anne resists his coercion, and a heated kiss between Anne and Barth hints at deeper tensions. Donald remains volatile, and Barth contemplates guiding the youths while awaiting time and fate.
The article argues that education must include religion. It criticizes secular focus and home neglect of spiritual training. It warns that without knowledge of God revealed truth, education is incomplete despite degrees or societies.
A discussion extols the fourth R as essential beyond reading, writing, and arithmetic. It argues religion equips individuals for eternal life in the universe of God, shaping character and purpose.
Extension specialists at VPI urge good winter care for dairy cattle. They warn proper shelter ventilation and light improve later production and herd health, noting the off season allows dairymen more time for management.
English admiral Horatio Nelson reportedly lost his right eye at Calvi in Corsica and his right arm at Santa Cruz, with severe injuries at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 where he died.
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