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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1951
Page
4
In a Winchester Evening Star excerpt a reflection warns against continued violation of laws of decency. A moral plea suggests the prodigal must return home before acceptance and forgiveness is offered, invoking mercy with steadfast kindness.
Europe reports of influenza deaths spark U S concern but health services see no outbreak. WHO study finds England epidemic mild unlike 1918 plague. Experts note no certain vaccine protection and stress continued study of influenza vaccines and antibiotics now reduce potential impact.
The NCAA voted to drop most of the Sanity Code, returning control of paying football players to conferences or colleges. It argues the code failed to curb violations and offered scholarships while players worked for room and board, effectively ending centralized oversight in many regions.
The piece notes continued recruiting in the South and Southwest despite the Sanity Code and says colleges led the push to change it. It argues the code is not abolished and that while recruiting rules persist, colleges will pay players regardless, threatening the code’s enforcement and survival.
Current Opinion questions Senator Robertson of Virginia proposing 8 to 9 billion dollars in new taxes to curb inflation and fund defense. He calls for urgent action, while Byrd and others urge trimming at least 7 billion from non defense items and seeking new revenue sources with careful timing.
United States News and World Report notes General George C. Marshall shifted about 36,000 personnel from pipeline and caretaking tasks into combat roles. The piece argues defense tightening could have yielded more combat units without increasing manpower.
Eddie Strosnyder 17 was near a gasoline pump when fuel ignited atop a storage tank, narrowly avoiding serious injury during rush hour. A. Sidney Racey, a blind Frederick County resident, was released from Memorial Hospital after treatment for a fractured wrist from a snowy fall.
B F Strother of White Hall was elected President of the Frederick County Council of Churches. The Salvation Army held mortgage burning ceremonies at Salvation Army headquarters. William M. Battaile announced the local National Victory Clothing Drive was highly successful.
State Senator Burr P. Harrison spoke at a Zone C Regional Clearing House Assoc. dinner attended by bankers. Garland Quarles, C. D. Barnett, City Manager, S. Lee Grant, Trial Justice Donald Weems, and Sgt. Francis Funk met to discuss reducing congestion on Handley Boulevard.
Twenty five years ago Jack Phillips foreman for Northern Virginia Power Company fell twenty five feet while trimming trees on East Cork Street and suffered painful but not serious injuries. The Democratic Woman's Club elected Mrs. Martin Wisecarver president Miss Frances W Beverley treasurer and Miss Virginia T Kurtz secretary.
Members of the Reuss Fire Co cheered as C B Rouss sent his annual 1000 dollar check for the firemen banquet. Thomas Cover and son announced plans to build a 1000 dollar tannery plant at Moorefield. Joe Pifer said he had been cutting ice seven and a half inches thick on Wrights run.
Washington column answers reader questions on United Nations personnel sovereignty, the secretary general's powers, and the postwar framework. It notes UN staff are international figures, not US employees, and discusses the draft, presidential term limits, and hunting license figures for 1950.
Medical note explains leg pain from arteriosclerosis common in older adults. It covers controlled exercise, rest, calf massage, bed exercises, and blood flow aids, with cautions on excessive activity and inflammation. It also lists heat, warm baths, massages, and leg pressure therapies as possible benefits and warns against use with vein or artery inflammation.
The record shows rainfall for 24 hours ending today at 7 a.m. none. January rainfall to date 109.1951 rainfall to date 109. Average rainfall over 38 years is 36.78 inches. Monthly average rainfall from 1912 to 1950: January 2.48, February 1.95, March 2.86, April 2.99, May 3.83, June 3.91, July 3.64, August 3.90, September 2.65, October 3.33, November 2.53, December 2.46 inches.
A trivia piece outlines a ten day IQ scoring plan with daily results from 9 to 10 correct as Memory Genius down to Good for 4. It lists sample questions on page 2 including page side, crepe Suzette meaning, Honolulu location, church head, Declaration author, title correction, novelist James Fenimore Cooper, US naval hero, the opening phrase of We the People, and three great military commanders who never faced defeat. It notes over 75,000,000 radios in use in the United States.
Earl L Douglass observes a 55th college reunion where a wife wore an orchid for her long marriage. The couple, both aged beyond 75, show romance and mutual respect that outlast decades, contrasting rising divorce rates with lasting commitment.
In Washington, pianist Ivan Noc, 49, a Yugoslav exile who fled to Italy then the United States, leaped from the Calvert Street bridge into Rock Creek Park. He had recently faced unemployment, losing a hoped for post as music director and struggling to support his family as his fingers stiffened.
Gamadge arrives at the Coldfield manor where Ames Georgette Ira and Susan Coldfield gather to hear that Mrs Glendon Coldfield recanted her poisoning claim. The family, surprised and relieved, debates how to reward Gamadge as the scene ends with a nod to a future continuation.
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