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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1951
Page
4
Local newspaper page notes circulation details and publication office information for Winchester Virginia. It lists editor J. F. Byrd Jr and Associated Press affiliation. Advertising and subscription rates are shown, including mail and carrier options and geographic adders on rates.
A historical passage notes mighty conquerors like the Mongols, Assyrians, and Carthaginians fading to weakness. It reflects a moral shift where the meek inherit and strong hands are strengthened.
Senator Williams of Delaware introduces legislation to repeal tax exemptions for the President Vice-President and Congress members. He condemns the $50 000 President exemption the $10 000 Vice-President and Speaker and $2 500 per member as unfair while urging that if taxes must be raised no one should be exempt including government officials who have shown little concern for taxpayers. Senator Byrd previously fought such privileges and President Truman’s proposals are cited.
The Current Opinion column recalls President Truman urging heavier taxes to finance wars and distribute the cost fairly, portraying him as asking ordinary Americans to suffer for defense while noting his status as a US taxpayer.
The piece argues President Truman and top officials enjoy tax exemptions and lavish unofficial perks. It notes Sen. John J. Williams proposes repealing these privileges, urging Congress to act and share the burden with taxpayers. It warns of near confiscatory rates and urges official sacrifice.
An editorial attacks Tokyo censorship in Korea as a betrayal of press freedom. It denounces rules forbidding the word retreat and suppressing facts that could embarrass the military or allies, urging readers to oppose limits on reporting and defend free press norms.
Sirbaugh appointed manager of the Winchester Cooperage Co. Inc. Mayor Clowe Jr J Lee Miller and Brown Lovett continued their Miami trip by train after their plane was forced down at Rocky Mount. Clifford Grim reelected president of Handley Board.
Twenty five years ago State Senator Joseph Denny of the Winchester Clarke Frederick Shenandoah district joined the committee on roads and internal navigation succeeding Governor elect Byrd C Grim. Grim also served as city game warden and urged residents to feed starving birds. Mrs C F Massey and Mrs John Scully read papers at the Century Club meeting hosted by Mrs Stewart Bell.
An informal War Cabinet led by Charles E. Wilson favors pragmatic stabilization over wartime-style czarist decrees. Wage and price policy seeks balance for manufacturers workers and consumers, avoiding rigid controls while allowing modest protections and periodic contract revisions.
Early depictions of the Godhead and the Mother of Christ include the nimbus as a luminous nebula from divine essence. The symbol predates its use in nebula depictions by Italian Primitives by many centuries.
A biographer notes Verne read numerous reference books and kept extensive notes in his Amiens, France, library. His novels are described as dreams of airplanes submarines and television. Verne died in 1905.
The article explains ringworm infection can affect fingernails and may accompany skin infections, with diagnostic scrapings and treatments like Whitfield's ointment and X rays. It notes paronychia like peoriasia, nail loosening, and possible cures, including cignolin and arsenic injections, plus vitamins impact and a Q and A on hair bleaching nerves.
Report summarizes 48 hour rainfall ending today at 7 a m with .53 inches. January rainfall to date is 69 inches. Yo rainfall to date and average rainfall over 38 years are provided. Monthly averages for 1912 1950 are listed with each month’s inches.
Adoniram Judson and L Douglass discuss prayer and its actual workings. They argue that answers come in God’s timing and form, not our control, and emphasize that universal human control over outcomes is illusory. The piece frames prayer as a request God answers as needed.
The text ponders the aim of prayer as alignment with God’s will and notes life as a journey from earthly desires toward divine goals. It questions a historical voyage metaphor and asks two factual prompts about WWII landings in Africa and Lincoln’s burial location.
A study guide styled quiz summary listing daily scores from 9 to 10 correct answers as Memory Genius to Very Superior and Excellent ranges. It notes Page 2 contains correct answers and includes a set of trivia questions on topics from Prime Minister Louis St Laurent to Carlsbad Caverns and historical figures.
Synthetic rubber is not equal in all respects but is being improved and in some uses has surpassed natural rubber. Four basic types are GR B Butyl Neoprene and Buna N.
Detective Henry Gamadge unravels a family conspiracy linked to a murder in the Coldfield circle. A staged consignment call pulls Hal, Albert, and the Coldfields into a web of deception as Gamadge pursues motive and truth amid a conservative literary clan.
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