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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1950
Page
4
A brief notice reflects a January 14 1950 date and quotes a religious adage about charity and loving one’s brother. The fragment refers to a comparison or column item titled Single Copy versus Saturday with a spiritual exhortation.
John L. Lewis orders 70,000 miners to resume work on a three day schedule amid dwindling coal stocks. The Interstate Commerce Commission cuts rail passenger service by a third on lines with under 25 days of coal, risking disruptions and layoffs. An 80 day injunction under Taft Hartley could suspend a strike if public safety is at stake.
Operators press the National Labor Relations board to find Lewis guilty of unfair labor practices for refusing to bargain in good faith and seek an order to restore full-time work. A reader offers a seasonal metaphor of the year, noting the public dreariness before renewed activity and spring.
A remark notes small savings for the living versus high costs if one dies, mentioning 5 shaves price, morgue costs, and prices for wool and wooden coats. It contrasts a theatre taxi round trip at $1 with a cemetery trip at ten dollars one way and urges careful driving to stay alive.
The piece argues the United States suffered a grave setback in Asia driven by Chinese leadership ineptitude, flawed policy, and war weariness in China. It contends Soviet and Chinese Communist apologists misled Washington about Communists as reformers and notes strategic paralysis caused by Kremlin aims.
Harold S. Vanderbilt contributed 50000 to the Shenandoah County Memorial Hospital building fund, increasing his total to 140000. A mix of anniversary notices and civic notes follow, including garden club leadership and a pre marriage blood test push urged by civic groups.
Mrs Anne Tucker McGuire Booth, daughter Janie Booth, returns from England where they lived for years. Flight Officer Levi F. Anderson receives the Oak Leaf Cluster for a combat glider mission into Holland. Eddie Joyce and H B Carlisle enlist in the U S Maritime Service.
Harry H. Wingfield, 71, died early today. The Virginia Woolen Co. announced a dividend of $1 per share, its first in over two years. Mrs. George Snarr, president of the Woman's Civic League, endorsed the Moore bill.
Twenty five years ago the government warned of a hog shortage. The Girls Athletic Association elected Mrs George Fansler as president, Mrs Alison Hott as vice president, Miss Elizabeth Hollis as treasurer, and Mrs Gladstone Crim as secretary. Harry K Thaw advertised for a fighting secretary and hired James S Shelley of Washington, noting the job was for a man who can take care of himself.
The Virginia State Horticulture Society holds its fourth annual convention in Staunton with President Sam B. Woods of Albemarle presiding. A Fairfax Club is proposed, formed by Hansbrough and Carter's offices. A five member committee drafts the constitution and seeks quarters.
Washington reports that private sector leaders plan parallel programs in health finance and housing to blunt the fair deal. Banks and insurers outline long term lending schemes while the National Association of Home Builders counters FNMA driven housing finance with a private secondary market.
A devotional passage questions common belief versus action and urges practical faith. It argues many profess faith yet fail to apply it and notes Jesus teaching on faith moving mountains. The piece urges turning to prayer before life’s troubles worsen.
A religious exhortation quoting St. Paul urges ceaseless prayer as life itself becomes a plea for aid and guidance amid ominous signs, urging believers to seek divine support before considering worldly help.
A vintage quiz page presents ten daily questions with scored grades for IQ style results. It asks about amendments and presidential dates, Friday the 13th counts in 1950, the Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy recipient, the Dean Acheson led agency, Latin American port products, Deep freezers tied to a White House crony, and a country never defaulting on WWI debts.
Present and past rainfall data show 24 hour ending 7 a.m. totals and yearly accumulations. January to date and 1950 totals match the 37 year average 36.56 inches with monthly means listed from 2.42 to 3.93 inches across 1913 to 1949.
A set of quiz questions asks if asbestos is a mineral or vegetable, estimates the Aquitania’s years of service, and names Addis Ababa as capital of which African kingdom.
In the early hours a juvenile burglar entered a business in Decatur. He stood on a chair to reach a vending machine and took only $1 in cash. The incident was reported from the Midget Inn area.
London reports from Mass Observation show Britons on Sundays engage in routine activities. Survey finds 14 of 20 listen to radio, eight visit or entertain, eight walk, four garden, four visit pubs, two go to movies, three attend church. Most do at least two activities. Spinach is noted as native to western Asia.
The British Road Federation reports Great Britain registered 3,094,000 motor vehicles in 1938, rising to 4,016,000 in 1949. Private cars grew from 1,944,000 to 2,107,000. Separately, the U S Geological Survey found coal deposits exceeding 1,000,000,000 tons in the San Juan Basin of Colorado and New Mexico.
Myles weighs Fran's report of a sound in shrubs at Rocky Point while Eckhard's alibi frays. A waiter Barth and a missing bike entwine with blotting paper, a stakeout at the Club, and a late night meeting with Fran Sinclair and Blake.
In Emilie Loring’s tale, Myles Jaffray confronts a late night garden scene where Sinclair flirts with Fran as Myles recalls a prior incident. A frightened Nat reveals Fran’s guarded room, while Myles battles jealousy and plans to uncover truth about Fran and Sinclair.
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