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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1952
Page
4
Wickedness is not strongly entrenched in high places as twenty five centuries ago. We should take sides with decency in every contest, they be all an assembly of treacherous men.
Current Opinion notes the absurdity of government price rules where buying 50 or more penny post cards triggers a 10 percent surcharge while smaller orders get a cheaper per unit. The piece critiques the Postal Service policy and imagines bulk buyers countering the odd pricing.
The piece notes the opening of Kiev's third Soviet television station as a propaganda milestone, yet points out it misses the Fourth Five Year Plan deadline by over a year and contrasts with the planned Sverdlovsk station and the United States having 108TV outlets without socialist planning.
A Washington Evening Star brief rails at various laws passed that year, mocking the endless statutes and their practical impact. The column criticizes government overreach and the burden of regulations on citizens.
Fire officials report a rise in inflammable sweaters sold in the Dia district. Manufactured mainly in New York from rayon, they burn easily and current laws do not ban or seize them, prompting calls for a law to stop their production and sale.
An incident is described where a pet rabbit jumps onto a chair holding a P2-cali ber rifle, triggering the weapon and firing a bullet toward a sleeping rabbit on a nearby bed. The piece mocks animated cartoons and warns against pet mischief provoking human reaction.
Movie star Jack Holt a Winchester native died in California at age 62. The report notes his Hollywood career and his New England links before his death. Seven Clarke County youths enlisted in the Air Corps and were stationed at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio Texas. The names listed include Willam Carpen ter, Glenn Smallwood, Donald Thompson, Grim Vance Foltz, Raymond Chapman, Paul Barbour and Rush Gibson.
Mr and Mrs V R Sirbaueh and Mr and Mrs Robert Manuel were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs L M Lomblinson of Arimeton. Mr and Mrs Delmar Chapaan Winchester Route 3 were receiving congratulations on the birth of a son.
Miss Rose McDonald Berryville spoke as guest at the Turner Ashby Chapter U D C luncheon honoring General Hubert K Lee birthday. Twelve members of Co 115 Virginia Protective Forces left for duty along US Route 1 between Alexandria and Fredericksburg led by Sgt Taylor Barr and Corporal Ray Graves. Other detail members include Privates Holmes Newcome Isaac Allamong Thomas Rosenberger Sam Laren James Lofton Lester Anderson Douwelas Dailey John Kercheval Aubrey Gillam and Douglas Bockey.
Drs. P. W. Boyd and Hunter H McGuire were in Washington for the sectional meeting of the American College of Surgeons. Mr. and Mrs Thurman Pierce announced the birth of a daughter named Jean Riley Perce. Mrs. Arthur Shull and Mrs Feathers were visiting friends and relatives in Washington.
The Rev. Hugh W. White wrote from China to friends in Winchester through The Star. Emmett Henry pulled Edward Ritter from a pond at the Paper Mill after Ritter broke through the ice while skating.
World War II command structures in Europe could be drawn into a presidential bid as General Eisenhower seeks the Republican nomination. The article discusses Berlin partition plans, occupation boundaries, and Bradley’s view on Allied logistics and the risk of Soviet dependence.
Le Journal D Extreme Orient reports a 70 year old Vietnamese woman who appeared to die at a funeral in Cholon and was later found alive. Friends and relatives gathered in the mortuary to recite prayers as the mystery unfolded.
The Singapore government weighs cutting the 30 nationalization fee and simplifying the path to citizenship for non British subjects. Chinese leaders complain the current process is costly and cumbersome, denying thousands of long time residents in the Crown colony citizen ship rights.
Rainfall data covers past 24 hours to Tam today with year to date totals for 1952 and 1951. It lists average monthly rainfall over 39 years 1912-1951 and monthly values from January to December in inches.
A nervous habit in children may lead to hair balls or bezoars forming in the stomach. Large hair accumulations can block digestion, waste stomach walls, cause symptoms like bad breath and anemia, and mimic serious conditions. Special note on hair eating in nervous young girls and accidental hair ingestion.
Born January 18 1974 in Lyons New York Myron Taylor rose as an industrialist and diplomat He became chairman of the finance committee and later the board of United States Steel Corporation He served as President Roosevelt’s representative to Pope Pius XII with ambassadorial rank and continued in public service into the Truman era.
Editor's letter from The Star pays tribute to Charles A Watts of Thamesville Ontario after a long illness. He worked as a Virginia apple exporter for Russell Turnbull & Co Glasgow while the writer represented L. & H. Williams. The two men shared friendship, church, chess, and annual apple season correspondence, describing Watts as a Christian gentleman and a dear friend.
The piece argues that a person is hard to judge by friends yet clearer by enemies. It notes that opposing viewpoints and defying dishonest rivals reveal character, citing Jesus Socrates Lincoln as examples and urging readers to consider how they are shaped by those who oppose them.
A reader challenges readers with a 100 question IQ style quiz over ten days. It lists scoring bands for Memory Genius Very Superior Excellent Good and prompts page 2 for the correct answers.
Eighty five elderly New Yorkers have been placed in homes of younger foster parents under the Private Residence program of the Jewish Community Services in New York. Sponsors say the program gives the aged advantages not available in institutions.
A bronze coin dated 1882 was found in a Winnipeg cash register. One side bears Respo Lombardo Veneto-V and the other shows the amount I0. It is believed to have been legal tender from an Italian province.
The University of Chicago introduces an employee inventory of 78 questions to measure worker morale across conditions relations and security. Pilot tests with Sears Roebuck Campbell Soup Weverhaeuser Timber New York Central Owens Corning Johnson and Johnson Spiegel and Vishing Corp show reliability by linking morale to productivity performance and absenteeism.
Phil and Virginia reminisce about a church janitor and a masked memory of the Peebies Kitchen window. Edna endures Joe's evasive seating while fearing lost affection as they navigate church, theater, and social distance.
A young woman in a close neighborhood contemplates marriage options with Joe or Mike while resentfully honoring her father Pop's push for graduation. She weighs status, love, and escape from hardship as June graduation nears and a future with a diamond seems possible yet distant.
Colorado inaugurates its first major toll road, a 17 and a half mile Denver to Boulder route with 28 cent car tolls and 50 cent truck tolls. It will link to the Colorado Springs Denver highway via the Valley road and also operates to the Pikes Peak summit, a separate 18 mile summer road, with profits cited at a 50 cent auto toll.
Czech border guards tighten security to prevent a so called freedom train escape through the Iron Curtain. West German border police report steel bars welded along the rails from Asch to the Bavarian frontier to derail unauthorized trains. German police say only trusted Czech railway personnel can pass a safety wrench to remove bars for authorized crossings. Czechs dig ditches erect electrically charged fences and prepare automatic flare signals while border guards machinegun the area.
The column notes daily crisis items from Saigon and Cholon. Youths aged 18 to 28 are described as taking their own lives by poisoning, yet the articles never state the reasons or motivations behind these acts.
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