The Crow's Nest Looks At Winchester Radio Interference
A Winchester Evening Star column opener notes a city council hearing on radio interference. It praises Mayor Clowe for addressing nuisance noises from razors and furnaces and suggests a simple "noise eliminator" device as a remedy while courtly caution advises locating noise sources for council study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mifflin B. Clowe Jr
Winchester
Florida
Miami
Cuba
Hts
Chamber of Commerce
Safe following distance to prevent winter crashes
The piece warns drivers to keep a safe distance and avoid tailgating on snowy or icy roads. Following too closely greatly increases stopping distance, especially in winter conditions, reminding motorists to maintain space and drive cautiously.
Bills and January Woes From a Household Finance Tale
HAL BOYLE recalls January fiscal stress as bills flood mailboxes. A friend hides from installment men for a TV set while the narrator jokes about paying debts with wrong envelopes. Frances later takes over finances after chaos with banks and timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Frances
Social Security Law Likely To Be Changed Several Ways
Washington reports Congress may change social security this year to expand coverage and boost old age pensions. The Senate works from a council report and House bill ideas, aiming to bring in millions more workers while raising benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marlow Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Truman
Arthur J. Altmeyer
Advisory Council On Social Security
Edward R. Stettinus Jr
Altmeyer
Amateur Auditions Begin Here Tonight at Capitol Theater
First of the Forty and Eight Amateur Contest auditions start at 8 30 p m on the Capitol Theatre stage. Eleven acts perform with five to survive by audience vote for finalists at Handley School on Feb 2. A winner will audition for the Ted Mace Show in New York. Three acts hail from Winchester. Two from Frederick County and two from Boyce addresses. Eliminations run through Friday.
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Winchester
Capitol Theater
Handley School
Ted Mace
New York
Frederick County
Boyce
Gene Kelly Eyes Childrens Films for Universal Appeal
Hollywood column notes Gene Kelly plans directing future kids movies inspired by his daughter Kerry’s nightmare experiences with scary witches. He envisions theatrical releases and 16 mm prints for schools, aiming for universal appeal that also entertains adults, while considering properties like Gulliver's Travels over fairy tales.
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Hollywood
Gene Kelly
Kerry
Gene
Kelly
Lewis Denounced For Curtailing Coal Production
Senator Robertson denounced John L. Lewis for curtailing coal production and pushed a bill to prosecute unions under anti trust laws in certain cases. He warned the move would outlaw the soft coal mines three day work week. A court hearing on an injunction to end the short week was postponed to Feb 1 at the request of Lewis the United Mine Workers and NLRB official Robert N. Denham.
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Washington
Robertson
D-Va
John L. Lewis
Federal District Court
Lewis United Mine Workers
Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
Dreams of Dreams Rise and Fall of 19th Century Idealism
Book review by W G Rogers on Holbrook Jackson’s Dreams of Dreams. Examines six reformers Carlyle Emerson Morris Whitman Thoreau Whitman as idealists opposing materialism, noting their shared protest, mixed legacy, and limited popular appeal.
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Holbrook Jackson
Farrar, Straus
William Morris
Jackson
Carlyle and Ruskin
Morris
Emerson, Thoreau
Whitman
Carlyle
Emerson
America
England
Fire whistle overhauled at South End Fire Co
South End Fire Co. whistle, activated by the telephone when an alarm is called, was dismantled for general overhauling today. Tests after the work showed the whistle in good shape again.
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South End Fire Co
Hat size seven head circumference estimate
The discussion notes that a size 7 hat is assumed to fit a head with a circumference based on a diameter measurement of 7 inches, but an historical error makes the diameter appear 5 32 inch different, and this error has not been corrected.
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Winchester Evening Star
Press Association
Gordon Baxter
Hal Boyle
Hollywood Column
Lewis
Grove’s
J. W. Grove Furniture CO
S. Loudoun St
Literary Guidepost
W. G. Rogers
Leggett
Percale
Czecho- Slovakia
Pro
Police
Moscow
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Federal Reserve System and
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Nee Corporation
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