Winchester Evening Star header and contact details
Winchester Evening Star, daily newspaper of Winchester and surrounding counties, edited by H. F. Byrd Jr. with national representatives PeLisser Inc. Office contact numbers listed for business and news rooms, advertising deadlines, and rates.
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Fae Daily
Winchester
Frederick and
Clarke
National Representatives PeLisser, Inc
East 44Th Street
New York City
Eternal welfare sermon on divine sonship and chosenness
A religious page message from July 8 1950 urges readers to seek eternal welfare and claim son ship in God. It proclaims believers are not worms and God chose them before the world began.
Miller Pursues Democratic Political Activity
The piece notes F. P. Miller, CIO backed Virginia governor candidate, is listed in a 1950 Institute of Public Affairs bulletin as "Currently Engaged in Democratic Political Activity." The author questions the meaning and implies Miller is using organizing skills in this role, while expressing skepticism about its value.
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Mr. Miller
F. P. Miller
Virginia
John Stewart Battle
Institute of Public Affairs
Miller
South Carolina Democrats Split Over Truman Campaign
In South Carolina the Senate race pits incumbent Olin D Johnston against Governor Strom Thurmond. Both campaigns denounce President Truman and vie to show stronger anti Truman stance. The effort features joint appearances on shared platforms as the election nears next Tuesday.
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South Carolina
United States Senate
Olin D. Joneston
Strom Thurmond
Truman
Johnston
Johhston
Thurmond
Missouri
Senator Johnston
Thurmond Opposes Truman in South Carolina Race
The Washington Star frames the South Carolina Democratic contest as a clash over who hates Truman most. The piece argues the primary reveals a deeply split party and a broad segment of Democrats at odds with President Truman.
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South Carolina
Harry Truman
Dr Ralph B Snapp Given Life Membership in Virginia State Dental Association
Winchester citizens will take pride in Dr Ralph B Snapp for his outstanding contributions to dentistry and years of service. Elected to life membership in the Virginia State Dental Association, he is a former president and a respected figure among colleagues and neighbors alike.
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Winchester
Ralph B. Snapp
Virginia
Snapp
Virginia State Dental Association
Jesse Jones Calls RFC Loans a Public Duty Gone Wrong
The piece recalls Jesse H. Jones known as Uncle Jesse who urged burying the RFC after its rise under the New Deal. It notes past waste including Lustron Kaiser-related loans and Waltham Watch bailouts and cites a Senate probe on Kaiser Frazer and Texmass loans.
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Jesse H. Jones
Houston
Jesse
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Hoover
Jones
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Jesse Jones
Henry Kaiser
Waltham Watch Company
Texmass Petroleum Company
Dallas
Senate
Kaiser-Frazer
Texmass
Lustrow
Waltham
Bass weighing around six pounds tops Ohio lakes
The Zanesville News notes bass catches in Ohio lakes this year, including a 6 1/4 pounder at Tappan. It contrasts with Shenandoah Valley Virginia claims of top bass waters and jokes about tying Virginia’s record. Readers with bigger six to seven pounders are urged to call The Star.
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Ohio
Tappan Lake
Shenandoah Valley
Virginia
United States
Harry Flood Byrd, Jr
Shenandoah
Star
Zanesville
Shenandoah River
Crane coal truck overturns near Capon Springs injuring driver
Edgar K. Warner reports 26 year old Edgar Warner from Stephenson was hurt when his coal truck rolled over on Route 50 west of Capon Springs though injuries were not serious. Other minor incidents include a motor scooter fire at Cornwell's Tavern on Berryville Pike and a car strike damaging a stone fence in Nineveh. Five Clarke County youths registered with the draft board.
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Edgar K. Warner
Stephenson
Capon Springs
Roger Pennington
Cornwell's
Berryville Pike
Virgil Massey
Anderson Ave
Anna Grubbs
N. Kent St
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Henry H. Coffelt
Winchester
Nineveh
Clarke County
Draft Board
William Walton Smallwood
William Ashby Orndorff
Leonidas Gran
New Marriage Law Triggers Fees Rise in Town
A newly enacted marriage law mandating physical examinations increased license costs. A campaign to wipe out tax delinquents was launched. Forty car owners were summoned. W. O. Richards of a store on N Loudoun St faced grand jury charges for unlawfully receiving stolen goods.
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W. O. Richards
N. Loudoun St
Grand Jury of
Corporation Court
Picture of Rouss Springs Prompts Big Water Claim
Fifty years ago a caption described Rouss Springs with water enough for a city three times Winchester. Republicans pledged fifteen million dollars to reelect McKinley. Theodore Roosevelt was rumored as a potential running mate. The Friday cotillion club met at Mrs. Daniel Conrad’s home.
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Rouss Springs
Winchester
McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
Daniel Conrad
Townsend Plan Promoter Moves to Congress Battle
Dr. Francis E Townsend, 83, opposes widened Social Security and criticizes current pension schemes. He plans a campaign in the 1950 and 1952 elections, seeks to force his Townsend Plan onto the calendar, and argues for a 3 percent payroll tax to fund universal monthly pensions starting at age 60.
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Washington
Francis E. Townsend
Oscar R. Ewing
Dr. Townsong
General Motors
Ford
Nee
House
Townsend
Truman
White House
Ewing
Taft- Millikin
Mr. Ewing
Taft-Millikin
Dr. Townsend
Ewing Power
How's Your IQ. Score Based on 100 Questions
A quiz offers 10 daily questions with varying score bands from Memory Genius to Good. It lists ten items asking obscure facts such as Koh-i-noor to Queen Victoria, a recalled ambassador, a Stephen Foster song, an English term, a Lincoln assassination plot participant, an Apple saving proverb, Acheson’s use, Bull Run states, a grammar correction, and the author of The Fall of the City.
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East India Company
Balkan
Warsaw
Poland
Kentucky
Stephen C. Foster
England
F. R
Washington, D. C
Lincoln
Dean Acheson
Bull Run
Case of Premature Baldness Theories and Observations
A summary of competing ideas on why some develop baldness early including inheritance, scalp tension from anxiety, facial expression, and fat padding differences between genders. It notes testosterone may affect scalp fat, calls for more observation and potential treatments, and includes reader questions about metabolism and goiter with suggested evaluation and propylthiouracil therapy.
Rainfall Statistics for Winchester Area
Rainfall data covers 24 hours ending 7 am today with none for July. July to date 1.77 inches and year to date 19.93. Average monthly rainfall from 1912 to 1949 totals 36.56 inches. Monthly averages listed by month with values from January to December. Courtesy of Winchester Research Laboratory.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
British Planes Fired Upon Off Swatow
Hong Kong Airways says two planes attacked a transport 25 miles off the Chinese mainland near Swatow. Six passengers aboard bound for Taipei. no injuries. First officer J Harvey described two planes as probably jets with circular blue white insignia. insignia could not be identified.
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Hong Kong
Hong Kong Airways
Swatow
Taipei
Formosa
C. Auster
J. Harvey
Royal Air Force
Miitary
Chnese Red Air Force
Strength For The Day By Ear L Douglas D BD
The piece compares natural growth to moral development in a child, urging patience with oneself as personal growth is slow. It notes the universe and life evolve over ages while urging divine patience and steady progress in character. It cites a National Geographic Society remark about Tibetan families and lamas.
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Tropics
Shadow on the Range untangles Ives homecoming tale
Brian Ives returns to Hammer after being ambushed and aided by Marybelle Lund. He faces a land war between big owners led by Colonel Carradine and farmer factions. Tana Carradine tends him as old Tom Feather and others maneuver around the colonel and Cory Lund’s kin. The scene blends memory, romance, and looming conflict as Ives mulls his uncertain future.
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Sombra Range
Hammer
Carradine
Brian Ives
Marybelle Land
Brian
Colonel Carradine
Cory Lund
Marco Stole
Ives
Tana Carradine
Montara
Tana
Nester
Tom
Marybelle Lund
Lund
Tom Feather
Feather
Sorman A. Fos
King B
St. Ives
A& Man
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