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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1955
Page
4
A meditation on the decline of the large brass travel trunk as modern travel shifts to cars and airplanes. The piece notes changing fashions, smaller families, and the move toward portable luggage, recalling how trunks once dominated station lobbies and hotel foyers.
Discussions in Paris on a proposed arms production control plan for Western European Union members face immediate German opposition. Germany argues against supranational oversight while France pushes a centralized pool. As talks continue, a compromise seems likely though rearmament remains unsettled. Amid politics, spring seed catalogues offer a bright contrast with floral offerings and gardening aids.
Senator Harry F. Byrd questions the $101 billion presidential highway program and a proposed federal corporation bond strategy. He warns the plan would add to the national debt with 30 year bonds and high interest, while taxpayers would bear the burden.
Mrs Monford D Custer Jr heads the department of the Queen and Her Court for the Festival on April 29 and 30. Miss Maxine Massey wed Tommy Ray Headley. Guy Coffelt hospitalized at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Weedon Teets and Henry Russell plan Florida weeks. Mrs Clyde Schuler hosts Hayfield HD Club. Paul Miller and wife visit Elli cott City Maryland. Sara Hamilton Nurse Superintendent at Winchester Hospital ill at home. Paul M Haldeman named school trustee Swawnee District. Ensigh Charles Hancher returns to Boston after visit with Hancher family.
Nelson F. Richards was named Director General of the Apple Blossom Festival. Dr. E. B. Powers, long-time Strasburg physician, opened his medical office in this city. Mr. C. W. Trenary, city revenue commissioner, returned from a business trip to Richmond.
The Rev. S. D. Skelton left the CVRR for Annville Pennsylvania to attend a Leban on Valley college meeting. Mrs. W. F. Plank hosted Miss Zila Ritter of Clarke county as a guest. Mrs. James B. Russell and Miss Mamie E. Russell spent several days in Baltimore.
Relman Morin explains the stock market as a place where money is lent to firms through buying shares. It covers the NYSE and AMEX, describes dividends and price appreciation, and notes risk, advisability of expert guidance, and strategies like diversification and monthly plans. It cites long dividend records and historical price context.
Present and past rainfall figures show 24 hour total ending 7 am today none. January to date .33 inches and the 1955 rainfall total .33 inches. Average rainfall over 42 years is 36.94 inches per year. Monthly averages from 1912 to 1954 list Jan 2.50, Feb 1.94, Mar 2.95, Apr 3.11, May 3.92, Jun 3.89, Jul 3.73, Aug 2.82, Sep 2.66, Oct 3.24, Nov 2.59, Dec 2.51 inches.
A column explains how undiagnosed poliomyelitis infections create antibodies that confer virtual immunity to future attacks. It notes polio virus size, transmission through the nose or mouth, and the rarity of repeated severe infections while promising more details tomorrow. It also includes a brief Q&A on low blood pressure.
A compact note ponders cyclical shocks from two eras in the borderland between guesswork and trained skill. The author questions whether history's surge of unexpected events could recur tomorrow as in 1929 and 1955.
A scanned 1950s style IQ test summary lists 10 sample questions on geography government and language plus a note about a chartered bus trial in Cincinnati near 1954. It asks readers to score daily answers from 0 to 10 and describes a few factual prompts and a transit fare example.
The Bureau of Mines ranks carbon as the most valuable element by market price with coal and diamonds. iron and steel second, copper third. Civilians cannot join lighthouse work after the Coast Guard consolidation in 1939. The January thaw occurs regularly across the Eastern United States with milder spells typically from January 20 to 23 in the Northeast. The Panama Canal Zone is owned by the Federal government. employees may not buy homes there or stay after retirement.
The text affirms angels exist as God's messengers and that everyone has a guardian angel. It cites Jesus noting angels before the Father for children and argues modern people overlook angels though they continue their beneficent ministry. It also mentions William Henry Perkin discovering mauve dye in 1856 and Queen Victoria wearing it at the 1862 Crystal Palace exposition.
Red waits in a roadster as a jeep speeds toward a valley chase. The narrator stalks Luger to a house, encounters Dana signaling from an attic window, and confronts Luger's danger before a decisive shot ends the pursuit.
Dana urges stopping an unseen danger after a blast and a perilous attic escape. The narrator and Dana rush through a house to a brick building as tension with Mis tuh Anson and Cricket builds toward a perilous confrontation.
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