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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1951
Page
4
A July 5 1951 Winchester Evening Star column notes a bad conscience as a worm gnawing at vitals. It states the wicked man travels with pain all his days revealing a moral insight in a brief aphoristic quotation.
Current Opinion argues Louisville juries soften traffic offenders. Judges have been severe with drinking drivers but appeals overturn many lower court penalties. The piece urges juries to recognize the danger and suggests means to curb violations without leniency.
The United States Army directed public relations to drop GI and refer to personnel as soldiers. It cites Webster definitions and historic uses from World War I and II eras, noting GI stood for galvanized iron and government issue before shifting to its current meaning.
A WW II Army cartoonist linked the rise of the term GI to his character, noting slang shifts over generations. The piece argues slang colors language but changes with time, and future generations will replace GI with another term for the man in uniform.
Ralph White, 14, won the local Soap Box Derby while Ed W. Pushie Cather, also 14, placed second among 16 contestants in a model plane building contest at the Hobby Shop. Announcement was made of the marriage of Patricia Ann Clevenger to Robert Lee Whitacre.
Co. B. Carr of Boyce is elected chairman, Dr. C. H. Iden vice chairman, John O. Hardesty clerk, and G. Kenneth Levi deputy clerk of the Clarke County School Board.
Miss Irene Stickley of Frederick County suffers serious injuries after an automobile crash. Herman A. Sumption, 19, of Berryville Avenue, dies from injuries after being struck by a truck at Memorial Hospital. B and O Railroad ferries 265 excursionists from Baltimore on July 4. George Calvert, Winchester resident, escapes death by rope as a hotel fire rages in Huntington West Virginia. Friendship Fire Co wins reel race at Woodstock meeting of Valley Volunteer companies in 33.5 seconds.
Data from 112 314 men in 21 states during World War II shows an average chest expansion of 2.82 inches. The New York Thruway extends from the New York City line to Albany and Buffalo, then to the Pennsylvania line with major spur routes.
In Pearl River New York a scientist tests drugs on 20 000 snails and 25 000 white mice to combat schistosomiasis a disease affecting about 144 million people worldwide. Dr Redginal Hewitt and his team at Lederle Laboratories probe Hetrazan and other compounds to interrupt the snail human life cycle of schistosomes.
Washington debate argues a tougher line after 1951 Fourth of July admissions of weakness. Secret conferences precede the anniversary as Defense Mobilizer Wilson backs a bolder White House stance, urging stronger NATO rearmament and expanded aid to Chiang Kai-shek and allies.
Julie revels in home tasks as Jeff plans social life and talks of Maids, war memories, and Milly’s hospital birth. Family concerns surface with Milly’s health and Milly’s newborn Adam Junior arrives soon after a tense visit about Milly’s worries and a hoped San Diego trip.
A brief profile notes Miss Greening once dreaded mice but after three years of work now treats them as harmless, comparing them to baby kittens. The piece contrasts her initial fear with newfound composure.
Report shows past 24 hours rainfall to 7 a.m. July 10 totaling .10 inches with July rainfall to date .38 and 1951 rainfall to date 23.30. Average rainfall over 38 years is 36.73 inches. Monthly averages for 1912-1950 are listed from January 2.48 through December 2.46 inches.
A quiz style evaluation of IQ types with daily results and page 4 answers. It asks ten questions on topics from language and religion to literature and games. It includes Stalin language Wesleyan founder Poe Shakespeare and grammar correction.
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