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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1951
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star publishes daily except Sundays from 94 North Kent Street Winchester Virginia. All display ads due 48 hours before publication. Rates listed for mail and carrier subscriptions with various advance plans. outside VA and WV add 61.
A devotional note proclaims God desires to reside among the people of restored Jerusalem. The message emphasizes divine presence in city life homes and daily existence as a central spiritual appeal.
Reports say President Truman will pause his socialization program for now and Congress is likely to defeat any proposal to reverse the pause. The nation may find relief in this development during difficult times.
A Pentagon briefing by an Army captain and doctor argues medics should be trained as combat troops first and medics second. He recalls his front line evacuation unit being overrun in Korea, narrowly escaping thrice as wounded are shot or blown up. He cites Jeep armament of a carbine a 45 and grenades.
The Army Quartermaster Corps asks states to reopen deer seasons to supply native deerskin gloves for combat troops in Arctic conditions. The request should go through the U S Fish and Wildlife Service as the proper agency.
The article suggests surveying state game departments to let federal experts decide deer tapping sites without depleting supplies. It notes Adirondack deer overbrowsing after mild winters and mentions deerskin as ideal for arctic GI gloves, advocating warm yet thin gloves for soldiers.
Tito argues the Korea situation cannot be saved and UN forces should withdraw to avoid a deeper clash that endangers world peace. He says the Western Powers must pursue all options short of appeasement and warns that staying could cost more in lives and credibility.
A Time review questions Dean Acheson influence on United States policy in the Far East over recent years. It contrasts liberal and right wing camps, cites General Marshall’s China mission, and discusses attitudes toward Nationalists, Communists, and Russia shaping policy decisions.
Mrs Florence Dean Grim 90 widow of Thomas E Grim died at 118 Peyton 81. Davis G Cooley 67 longtime Berryville High School principal died at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Mrs Bledsoe succeeded L C William at Baylass Department Store. Mary Elizabeth Ebert became first licensed female pilot in the Winchester area. A new 80 foot steel fire tower will be erected on Big North Mountain Frederick County by the Virginia Forest Service.
Carter Baker elected president of McKlwee's Municipal Band in Winchester. Peyton J. Marshall Jr son of Mr and Mrs Peyton J Marshall 4098 Stewart 8 joined the Navy. United Nations Assembly completed Security Council with six nations named as members.
Mrs Rose Melton Krebs a longtime clerk of the Common Council died at Memorial Hospital J Bledsoe arrived in Wimchester to be
George Melvin Wynkoop of near Berryville and his bride were among travelers terrorized by bandits in Mexico during a rail journey. Sengers and train crew suffered goring in the attack. Rouss Fire Co planned its annual banquet and a committee led by M. T. Reed and John H. Seal Jr. was appointed.
Fifty years ago Rev. B. B. Jackson lectured on Tem perance in a Market Street Methodist Church sermon. New additions were added to the M. J. Grove Lime Plant at Stephens City.
A carpenters union leader opposes national health program arguing it threatens free enterprise and choice. He cites London doctor distribution under Britain’s system and warns of government control over where professionals work, urging independence for workers.
The term soldiers of fortune arose during Italy’s wars where men of enterprise offered mercenary services to various states. Their practice expanded across Europe and beyond. Mercenary troops date back to ancient times, predating formal military professions.
Young women applying to the Women's Army Corps who lack a high school diploma must pass the GED test. The exams gauge educational level and a passing score implies equivalence to four years of high school work.
A long overview describes chronic blepharitis, its symptoms, and a combined treatment addressing the suspected germ Pityrosporum ovale. Care includes scalp and eyelid cleansing, hair protection, boric or silver lid cleansing, removal of loose lashes, antiseptic and penicillin ointments, vitamin A capsules, and overall health checks.
Report of rainfall metrics including today’s 24 hour total none at 7 am, January to date, 1951 total to date, and 38 year averages from 1912 to 1950. Monthly inches listed for each month from January to December, with values ranging from 1.95 inches in February to 3.90 in August.
A mixed questions feature lists ten sample items from a quiz style page with multiple choice prompts about measurements languages and history plus a long passage about vocation and daily life showing religious reflection in work and daily acts. The tone resembles a 20th century newspaper education section.
Karl L. Douglass outlines Christian vocation as the biblical teaching that salvation is found within the surroundings of daily life, including work, rather than in external unattached factors.
Detective Henry Gamadge visits Mrs. Blagdon at the Blagdon house to learn more about Sylvia Coldfield after Glendon Walburg’s death. The talk touches money worries, family fortunes, and the Coldfields’ social circle as Gamadge gathers clues and weighs Sylvia’s fragile state.
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