Winchester Evening Star Classified Rates Notice
Entered at the Winchester post office as second class matter and published daily except Sunday. Advertising policies and pricing include display ads due 48 hours before publication and transient rate of 60 cents per inch with contract and classified rates available in the columns. National representatives listed as DeLisser, Inc. in New York.
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Notice to readers on delivery delays and subscription rates
Subscribers are asked to report delays or irregularities in delivery to help maintain a reliable service. The notice lists subscription rates by mail or motor route for one year six months three months and one month and includes carrier and single copy options. The page also features a Bible verse from Daniel 9 4.
Public Health Service Promotes Sodium Fluoride Treatment
The Public Health Service expands its sanitation work to dental care using sodium fluoride. Dentists and technicians demo the painless method, painting fluoride on teeth at intervals to reduce decay. School authorities back the campaign as a major boon to children's health.
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U.S. Public Health Service
US Public Health Service
Outpost in the Sky Earth satellite project gains DoD coordination
The Defense Department reveals an earth satellite vehicle program already active in each service and coordinated by a new Missile Committee. Studies and component designs now define a lengthy effort to build a craft riding 200000 miles high, with possible implications for navigation and warfare.
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Department of Defense
Forrestal
Shortest-Reports Schoolmaster Delights Parents
In Francis Toye’s autobiography a Winchester schoolmaster famed for the briefest parental notes wrote of a boy named Trying. Parents rejoiced at the praise until the next month’s report arrived.
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Francis Toye
Winchester
Crosby Tops Box Office For Fifth Straight Year
Current Opinion notes Bing Crosby again leads the yearly top movie box office list. It cites his plain spoken charm and clean persona as factors, with Betty Grable Abbott and Costello Gary Cooper and others following, while few new faces rise.
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Bing Crosby
der Bingle
Betty Grable
Merriment
Abbott and Costello
Gary Cooper
Bob Hope
Humphrey Bogart
Clark Gable
Cary Grant
Spencer Tracy
Ingrid Bergman
Gable
Cooper
Grant
Tracy
Crosby
Bing
Federal action urged over medical school discrimination
Federal Security Administrator Oscar R. Ewing warns that many medical schools discriminate against Jews and urges government intervention. He notes a nationwide shortage of doctors, including thousands more pediatricians, and calls for expanding medical training to address heart disease, cancer, polio, and other killer diseases.
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Oscar R. Ewing
A Princess Steps Out
An 18 year old Princess Margaret made four public appearances in one week drawing mixed reactions. Americans see less concern while Britons may wonder how the King kept her home for three nights.
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New York World-Telegram
Princess Margaret
Friendship Fire Co Captain Re-elected and Local Openings
Marion Anderson is re-elected captain of Friendship Fire Co. Charles W. Shade announces the opening of Red's Auto Body shop. Henry Hardenburg serves on the committee planning the Shenandoah Valley chamber of commerce secretaries luncheon and program for January 17 at the Stonewall Jackson hotel in Staunton.
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Marion Anderson
Friendship Fire Co
Charles W. Shade
Red
Henry Hardenburg
Shenandoah Valley Chamber of Commerce
Stonewall Jackson Hotel
Staunton
Balkans Romanian Premier orders roads cleared of refugees
Ion Antonescu orders Besarabian roads cleared of refugees after German protest clogging highways from the Russian front. Australian advance in New Guinea slowed by stiff Japanese resistance. Bitter combat reported in northwest New Britain. Mrs George Craig Jr returns from Washington after visits with Cpl. Craig before he goes to North Carolina. Cpl. Bill Butler arrives in Winchester for a fifteen day furlough with parents Mr and Mrs H W Butler. Mrs Blackburn Moore invites guests to a Friday dance at their W Boscawen Street home for Dorothy Moore. Mrs Mary Buckner of Amherst Street sick with influenza sits up. Mrs B B Dutton elected president of the Woman's Auxiliary Winchester Hospital.
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Balkans
Ion Antonescu
Besarabian
Southwest Pacific
New Guinea
New Britain
George Craig Jr
Washington
Cpl. Craig
North Carolina
Blackburn Moore
W. Boscawen St
Dorothy Moore
Mary Buckner
Amherst St
B. B. Dutton
Woman's Auxiliary
Winchester Hospital
W. D. Field
Margaret Green confined by diphtheria in 1924
In 1924 Miss Margaret Green eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard A Green is confined with diphtheria. The Farmers and Merchants National Bank names Theodore Y Kinzel assistant cashier by unanimous vote. Tom s Brook fruit shipments reach record highs. Morgan Anderson reports three cows died from freezing at Hopewell after town refuses stabling privileges.
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Margaret Green
Richard A. Green
Theodore Y. Kinzel
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
Tom's’ Brook
Morgan Anderson
Hopewell
How's Your I Q. Daily 100 question quiz for 1949
A retro quiz prompts readers to rate memory by daily scores across 10 days with answers on Page 2. Questions cover fiscal year ends, timekeeping, sabbatical cycles, Hebrew calendar, false statements about calendar days, leap years, solstice timing, papal calendar authorship, biblical quotations, and a lullaby line from Elizabeth Akers Allen.
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Elizabeth Akers Allen
Russians Claim First Air Flight
A Soviet youth paper asserts Russia flew the first powered heavier-than-air craft in July 1882. It credits A. F. Mozhaisky with designing a steam powered monoplane and pilot Golubev as the flyer, claiming the Russians beat the Wright brothers by 21 years.
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Moscow
Wright Brothers
Komsomol Pravda
A. F. Mozhaisky
Golubev
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Shingles Symptoms Distinguish From Abdominal Disorders
Medical note explains shingles or herpes zoster can mimic abdominal ailments when nerves in the abdomen are involved. Pain is usually one-sided and severe. rash may precede or follow it. Tests include local anesthetic nerve block and Carnett’s test. Most cases improve with proper treatment within weeks.
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King
Carnett
Crossword Clue Grid From The Daily Paper
A reader puzzle listing across and down clues with definitions for a classic newspaper crossword including entries such as Carp Latin arrange via line stop intended troubles lamprey pronoun march day bobbin final in front harden compet it impair pluck al point of t compass rough growth negative reply mineral spring pellets of medicine true medieval helmet semblance prepared strips of woven cloth and down clues tracing wordplay and answer pairs across and down with entries like Arrived toward sea eagle little island girl name old weep testament convulsively apocrypha choked mast over employ poet dancing cover girl sayings Egypt an amount break eggs suddenly flowed book mart h old times division archaic self beverages a) the lee small bottle tavern abatement colleg highest cafe anoctopus pig pen wine receptacle.
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Little Island
Egypt
Anamount
Marth
The Voice Of The People Editor's Note Unsigned Letter Policy
The Star prints unsigned letters only when signed by the author and not libelous. Editors will publish as many reader letters as possible while preserving fairness to readers and referenced groups.
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the Star
Voice of the People
A British officer in the jungle keeps British manners abroad
A British officer stationed deep in the jungle insists on daily rituals from home, wearing a dinner coat each evening and taking afternoon tea. He embodies Noblesse oblige, refusing to let jungle life erode his British identity and to go native.
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Empire
Kent
Remembering Our Background To Fight Degra ding Influence
A speaker urges maintaining civilizational gains by recalling our background, best moments, good name, and religion to resist moral decline. He envisions living among beasts yet remains above their level, stating the best defense is memory of high foundations.
First Joe Miller Jests Published in England 1739
The first Joe Miller joke book appeared in England in 1739 selling for one shilling. It followed Miller the actor from Drury Lane noted for comic roles and described as a solemn illiterate man. The original volume titled Joe Miller's Jests or Wit's Wade Mecum contained 247 jokes about Joe.
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Joe Miller
England
Miller
Drury Lane
Wade Mecum
Joe
White Hall Jotting News Roundup
Franklin Strother Jr. shows improvement after hospital stay. Visitors include Mrs. William Fisher and children of Gainesboro and Mrs. Olen Miller of Winchester to Ernest Milburn home. Howard Plotner visits Martinsburg friends. Carter Luttrell ill at home with grip. Shirley and Judy Moulden have measles. Betty Lou McDaniels of Winchester visited Hazel Shifflet during Christmas. Lloyd Milburn and Ernest Milburn hosted Sunday callers.
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White Hall
Franklin Strother Jr
William Fisher
Gainesboro
Olen Miller
Winchester
Ernest Milburn
Howard Plotner
Martinsburg
Carter Luttrell
Little Shirley
Judy Moulden
Betty Lou McDaniels
Hazel Shifflet
Lloyd Milburn
Private wedding plans in Red Islip apartment
Red and Sammy discuss delaying their church wedding with Mark as they plan a private ceremony. They consider July as a practical honeymoon start, moving in together, and using Red's waterfront chapel for a simple solemn ceremony away from public attention.
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Sammy
Samm
Mark
Red
Maryland
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