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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1951
Page
4
The page lists subscription prices by mail or carrier with yearly, semiannual, quarterly, and monthly options, and outlines outside Virginia rates. A quotation follows urging rejection of unworkable philosophy, warning that a fool’s mouth harms the spirit.
The debate over foreign policy centers on Hoover Taft and Truman schemes. Hoover urges pulling out of Asia except Japan and bases. Taft favors partial withdrawal from Korea with a limited war on China. Truman calls for broader action against Soviet allies and Europe. The administration foresees large troop commitments, while Taft and Hoover urge restraint. The Korea war highlights perceived missteps and questions of capability.
The passage argues against unilateral U.S. action and calls for diverse leaders to present facts and consider alternative programs. It warns against following Truman and Acheson without broader input, noting America has much at stake.
A House bill sponsored by Chairman Carl Vinson, backed by recent naval air power success in Korea, proposes a 60 000-ton super airplane carrier. Proponents argue carrier based planes can defend and attack effectively, reviving Navy confidence after the canceled United States project and criticis m of land based bombers.
William H Wells argues in Harper's that the Voice of America misleads Asia by mumbling about its own product while denouncing rivals. He cites a total overseas propaganda budget of 111 million dollars and says the campaign fails to distinguish between Communism and democracy or between American and Asiatic mindsets.
A critic argues that modern girls indeed blush, but for different things than their mothers. The comment notes the change in social triggers and expressions across generations.
E Blackburn Moore, Virginia House of Delegates member, won the speaker’s post in Richmond. City Council approved a franchise for Northern Virginia Power Co. to erect and operate transmission lines over public spaces in Winchester. Judge Elliott Marshall ruled Henry's will invalid.
Baby boys numbered 375 to baby girls by 19 at Winchester Memorial Hospital five years ago in 1945. Pvt Denzil Fawcett of Stephens City earned a boxing reputation at Camp Wheeler Georgia. Arthur H Edmunds joined the Bank of Clarke County staff per Roy E Potts the cashier's announcement.
The list includes Elmer J. Braithwaite Howard Co Braithwaite William Ray Claude M Poling Far C Lineweaver Howard C Fox Lewis W Smith Jr John W McClure and Earl R Bayer.
A local report recalls a 25 year old incident in Winchester where "Little Joe" Nachman escaped injury after a car from the Winchester Auto slipped and rolled. The Hotel Jack planned a March 1 reopening after renovations. The Robert Y. Conrad Post American Legion basketball team opened its season with Legge, Marshall Ramey, Washington, McCauley, Verzi, P. Arthur and Carper.
Fifty years ago Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Smith were feted by friends in Cedar Grove for their 25th anniversary. Hope rose for a $25,000 congressional appropriation to fund a monument to General Daniel Morgan in Mt. Hebron, where he is buried. John Silver found carvings on flat rocks along his Front Royal Pike farm, with some speculating they were done by Indians.
Washington insiders reveal a bipartisan plan to guide government policy with a cabinet chosen for reliability, sidelining Truman on major decisions. Senate and House leaders push backed by Taft and Vinson, naming Eisenhower era power alignments and policy controls across defense, finance, and industry.
Some survivors of coronary thrombosis develop a painful arm and hand disorder weeks after the heart attack. The condition progresses through stages with shoulder pain, swelling, wasting, and possible deformity, but may improve with Etamon treatment or sympathetic nerve procedures. Early recognition aids outcome.
Rainfall data show 24 hour period ending 7 a m had no precipitation today. January through December averages listed for 38 years from 1912 to 1950. monthly means range from 1.95 inches in February to 3.90 inches in August with all months above 2 inches.
A quiz promises daily scoring across 10 days with tiers like memory genius and very superior. It then lists ten trivia prompts about North Korea, Lake Success, a car named after a Holmes landlady, giraffe anatomy, draft deferments, Gaul, dog tags, Statue of Liberty, Petroleum V Nasby, and a famine relief aid recipient.
Water in a river has little power but rushing through a gorge becomes a mighty cataract that can generate electricity. Steam in air has no power until confined in a boiler and cylinder, then becomes a strong energy source. An electric light results from current through a small wire and poor conductor. Discipline is a key factor in personal growth and in seasons of war nations seek survival.
The text argues that necessity fuels scientific research more than wealthy endowments and that earthly discipline shapes future benefits. It reflects on heaven’s discipline and the idea that enduring earthly challenges leads to eventual enlightenment.
A reader asks how widely English is spoken and is told not less than 225 million people speak Finge lish. The piece also notes that in the U S Army pay for enlisted men is the same whether they are Regular Army National Guardsman or draftees.
The cheese originated in cottages and small homes, leading to the name gottage cheese. It is sometimes called Dutch cheese because the Dutch were among the first to produce it.
In a Daly mystery, Henry Gamadge investigates a widow Sylvia Coldfield jailed by family pressure after her husband Glendon’s death. A cryptic message and a crossword clue hint at a hidden plan to reach Gamadge from an upper floor with a nurse present, suggesting urgency and danger.
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