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Winchester Evening Star in Winchester, Virginia
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1955
Page
4
Davy Crockett Merchants Ride a Christmas Boom
Davy Crockett merchandise has exploded in stores as retailers report fast selling items for both young and old. The popular figure drives a mercantile surge with plans to stock millions of dollars of Davy Crockett goods, and retailers expect demand to stay high through the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davy Crockett
Crockett
Davy
Bridges Faces Repeated Perjury Charges in 1949 50
The federal government spent four months trying to convict Harry Bridges of perjury and conspiracy over his communist party links. The Supreme Court later vacated the conviction as time barred. Bridges, Australian by birth, led the International Longshoremen and Warehousemen union and loomed as a potential target again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Bridges
Communist Party
Supreme Court
Bridges
Australia
International Longshoremen’s Union
Warehouseman’s Union
U. S
Virginia guests and traffic laws stir reader response
The piece argues visitors should follow Virginia road rules and condemns aggressive enforcement as a deterrent to tourism. It contends tourists in speeding violations face the same penalties as residents, criticizes bail and court practices, and calls for better manners and safety to protect the state’s image and finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Highway Department
Regulation for Labor Groups Prompts Broad Program
The proposal calls for a broader regulation and legislation targeting labor groups suspected of subversive leadership. It questions the idea that a majority of American workers favored domination and urges careful policy action.
Fireworks factory blast shakes Chestertown area deaths reported
Exploding fireworks and munitions wreck at a Chestertown Maryland factory sent debris through town for 90 minutes killing ten people. The event is part of a roundup of distant disaster and political notes from the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chestertown
Randolph Larrick
Fredericktown
Clayton E Pingley Named School Trustee for Stonewell District
Clayton E Pingley of Northwestern Grade was appointed as school trustee for Stonewell District to fill the unexpired term of Vick. London Bewn papers attached are under review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton E. Pingley
Stoneweall
London
Social Notes From County Homes And Travel
Mrs. Claude B. Stickley returned to her home in the county after an extended trip aboard. Mrs. Lewis Allen and children left for Cape May New Jersey for a week's stay. Mr. and Mrs. J B Haldeman hosted Mrs. Charles J Beck and children of Bristol Virginia as guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude B. Stickley
County
Lewis Allen
Cape May
N. J
Haldeman
Charles J. Beck
Bristol, Va
Friendship Fire Reel Team Wins At Strasburg Race
Fifty years ago in 1905 the Friendship Fire company reel team won first prize of 50 dollars in the reel race at Strasburg. Their time was 31 seconds. Invitations went out for the opening ball of the season at Jordan's White Sulphur Springs in Virginia. the ball was among the finest in the region. A runaway accident at the Old Chapel Bridge left John Yowell seriously injured and Oliver Carroll thrown into the road with injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendship Fire Company
Strasburg
Jordan’s
No Real Tax Relief Promised Within the Foreseeable Future
Washington reports warn that neither the White House nor Congress will deliver real tax relief soon. Analysts expect only pre election cuts and potential gains from a Geneva defense compromise, but domestic spending needs will absorb any savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Congress
Experts' spending estimates and quiz answers from 1950s issue
The piece lists a five year cost projection of at least 50 billion for federally funded projects and notes possible defense cuts. It includes a Q A section with trivia on the Black Watch tartan color, Kamholz NLRB appointment, world rainfall records, West Point rules, shirt cuff exposure, and more. It also discusses Congressional spending cuts targetingCommerce, National Defense, and Public Works.
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Geneva
Pentagon
Russia
Eisenhower
Commerce
National Defense
Congress
Sinclair Weeks
Rainfall Briefings Show Past Day and Year Totals
Rainfall over the past 24 hours ends at 7 a.m. totals .08 inch. July rainfall to date is 1.34 inches, with 18.95 inches year to date. Average annual rainfall across 42 years stands at 36.94 inches. Monthly averages for 1912-1954 appear as follows: January 2.50, February 1.94, March 2.95, April 3.11, May 3.92, June 3.89, July 3.73, August 3.82, September 2.66, October 3.24, November 2.59, December 2.51.
Proper Precautions Prevent Ringworm Infections
Dr Bundesen outlines steps to avoid athlete's foot and ringworm. Dry feet thoroughly after bathing, use 1 percent thymol talc powder, trim nails, and remove dead skin. Avoid walking barefoot in public baths. consider 1 percent iodine on return home and daily prophylactic powders with thymol or undecylenic compounds.
How's Your I. Q Memory Quiz Questions
A reader quiz lists 10 true false and short questions split over 10 days. Items cover memory scoring, definitions like plash, water dynamics in quicksand, rain optics, color mixing, bulls color vision, oil discovery credit, and Dickens Twain or Barrett quotation attribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Dickens
E. S. Barrett
Mark Twain
Strength For The Day By Earl L. Douglas D C
A motivational piece urging victory over adversity. It argues God designs life for triumph, not defeat, and notes the human body tends to heal itself. It cites Abraham Lincoln’s sequence of failures leading to final victory as encouragement to persevere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Lincoln
Repousse Sculpture and the Statue of Liberty Explained
The text discusses repousse as a sculpting method meaning pushed back. It notes the Statue of Liberty as the most celebrated repousse work, describing its construction with thin copper sheets over a steel framework.
Broken Spur Gambler Plans Breaker Spur Visit
Calder coerces Lita as Cameron doubts his loyalty and plans to visit Rob Malldry in Broken Spur. Kerry and Christie recall Rob’s daring rescue and reflect on Rob’s sacrifice amid a tense frontier town.
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Calder
Cameron
Lita
Margie
Wayne Cameron
Lon
Wayne
Lia
Crowball O' Pap
Rob Malldry
Kerry
Christie
Rob
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