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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1952
Page
4
Fragments show newspaper masthead location and date January 11 1953 with religious quote from Psalms. Ads and classifieds details are partially visible including circulation notes and address lines.
Current Opinion ridicules Georgia Governor Herman Talmadge for opposing Black performers on television. The piece dismisses his speculated boycott and predicts increased publicity for a range of Negro acts led by Arthur Godfrey. It concludes that his attempts are absurd and likely to provoke public amusement.
Advocates press United Nations General Assembly to adopt a four quarter calendar with 31 day first months and 30 day others, adding Worldsday as a year end holiday. Leap years would add a second Worldsday. Changeover planned for Sunday January 1 1956 with national actions to follow.
Seventeen governments have approved the World Calendar according to the World Calendar Association. The United States has not endorsed it due to insufficient public support. The plan keeps birthdays and anniversaries on the same weekday each year and proposes long weekends by moving holidays to Mondays. A New York physician argues bottled-up anger harms health, urging venting through constructive projects and focusing on good will toward others.
The passage ponders how figures like James P. Finnegan Theron Lamar Caudle John W. Snyder Howard McGrath and Harry S Truman would present democracy on the Voice of America program. It suggests a debate over how state department officials convey democratic ideals during broadcasting.
Mrs C Brooks was elected president of the Old Pred ericktown Garden Club. Dorothy Cooper Mil Me Sanderlin and Ann Arthur attended the Girl Scout Senior Planning board in Havers town. Gary Sams, son of Mr and Mrs Marvin Sams, 212 East Lane Street, was a patient at Memorial Hospital.
The ceremony unites Miss Marguerite Baker daughter of Mr and Mrs W F Baker with Claude C Curry son of Mrs C C Curry and the late Mr Curry of Brucetown Miss Lucy Allen deputy clerk returns to Clarke County Clerk Office after illness due to influenza V R Strader heads Winchester Kiwanis Club and Ralph Yount serves as vice president
Ten years ago ice skaters glided on the Bartonsville Dam and along the Shenandoah River with Ryland Cenner serving as chairman, marking a brisk day in regional recreation.
The article notes 14 572 people used Rouss Park facilities last summer. Grover Cooper, chief air raid warden, called a mass meeting of all wardens at Handley High School to discuss the event and organize the group. Directors were elected for the Farmers and Merchants Bank and for the Commercial and Savings Bank, listing multiple named officers and board members.
The Mullican Post of the Grand Army of the Republic announced plans to hold a bazaar. Organizers seek community support and aim to raise funds through sales, crafts, and refreshments at a local venue.
Chicago reports six leading designers at the 1952 Winter Home Furnishings Market favor mix and match lines over traditional living room suites. Producers show 20 plus items per grouping expanding floor space needs, while experts urge dual purpose pieces and softer lines to fit smaller homes and evolving tastes.
The text explains battleships are the largest and heaviest ships with great tonnage cruising range and armor and guns. It notes battleships in fleet actions form the battle line and that U S Navy BBs are named for states. It asks about Seatch whisky being dup and answers that authentic Scotch whisky comes from Highland waters and cannot be made elsewhere.
President Truman’s plan to reconfigure the Internal Revenue Service and place it under Civil Service faces GOP resistance on Capitol Hill. The 1949 Canfield investigation found criminal laxity in Boston Kansas City and San Francisco, while many officials were fired or suspended.
The reader explains button length for ladies' gloves equals the distance in inches from the base of the thumb to the top of the glove. A separate inquiry notes ancient belief that the lynx gave humans the ability to see through walls, hence the term lynx-eyed.
The main reason is the high cost of operation, about 8000 dollars per year per motorcycle in California. Costs stem from higher officer salaries, workers compensation for hazards, equipment and maintenance, and lost time accidents.
Rainfall in the past 24 hours ending at 7 am shows none today. January to date totals minus 1.67 inches for 1952. The 39 year average is 36.75 inches. Monthly averages from 1912 to 1951 list January 2.45, February 1.09, March 2.88, April 3.02, May 3.83, June 399, July 3.82, August 3.82, September 2.63, October 3.27, November 2.56, December 2.50 inches.
A winter eczema linked to wool causes rashes in many children with cold weather. Woolen clothing irritates the skin, especially around the neck, wrists, and ankles, and avoidance or protective cotton layers can prevent symptoms. For persistent cases a doctor may prescribe a proper salve and gauze for protection.
The piece reflects on Andre Ampere a French physicist who became nearsighted and, aided by a friend, realized he had missed beauty and truth. It warns that life’s regrets arise from spiritual neglect and poor choices between right and left, urging fulfillment through education and faith. It adds a Q and A about titles of nobility in modern France.
Records indicate dairy cattle produce identical twins more often than beef cattle with about one twin set per 2,000 births for beef and higher rates in dairy. Calves are identified by nose prints and other prints, as identical bovine twins typically share similar nose patterns.
In autumn 1843 Dickens wrote a Christmas work rushed to press to raise money. It was announced in the Athenaeum and Publishers Circular and sold out its first edition on publication day December 17. The author’s profit from that edition amounted to about 230 dollars.
A college style classroom scene follows the Parson as students listen to a new teacher named Donalds. The principal moment has the class challenged about their purpose, with Hap Maxtell pressed on football as a path to scholarships and later possibilities.
A teacher, Donald, leads a discussion with a class about what happiness means beyond money and status. Students name ideas like family and travel while Dr Atwood’s example prompts questions on character, values, and becoming valuable citizens of America and the world.
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