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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1950
Page
4
A concise Winchester Evening Star item notes community happenings with local names and places. Details emphasize Frederick and Clarke counties and city news context for the Winchester region.
A reflective piece recalls how humanity is guided toward decency, with a call to stand by leaders who risk their lives. The text quotes biblical imagery about lost sheep and duty.
A month after a UN call for peace loving nations to send armed help, only American ground troops remain on the Korean front. MacArthur is told to fly the UN flag while British Australians and French forces aid from Hong Kong Malaya Indo China, with hopes for more token troops from other nations to bolster morale and counter red propaganda.
The article discusses the shift from frontline fighting to preparations for a large scale offensive. It notes that buildup begins away from the front, in plants or posts diverting supplies and personnel, while the 24th Division buys time with losses as ships from the West Coast and Pacific bases move toward strategic support.
The force extends toward Japan and Korea with airlift delivering critical equipment and personnel. Combat loaded ships head to Pusan while two more divisions join in Japan to form a defensive perimeter as buildup continues. Potential Russian air or ground support looms over the evolving confrontation.
In White Sulphur Springs West Virginia Governor Thomas E. Dewey lauded Virginia as the best governed state praising debt free status sound tax structure anti labor strife laws and coal supply provisions noting few graft issues while criticizing national party factions and internal critics.
The article notes polio spread in Virginia with Wythe County reporting 35 cases this year, far higher than past years, and warns that Virginia faces a bad polio year. It emphasizes uncertain patterns, limited preventive measures, and urges support for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis while avoiding known outbreaks.
One year ago fifty seven owners entered 330 horses for the Berryville Horse Show, an event expected to attract about 5 000 people. Other items note Navy seaman Philip B Purtlebaugh joining a submarine duty in Boston and the birth of a girl to Mr and Mrs William Cunningham of Winchester. ten years ago Shenandoah Valley tourism rose 10 percent and Bentley Kinney’s car sank at the Winchester Country Club pool.
Jesse Burner of the Diamond K Ranch three miles north of White Hall reports a five year old prize horse was lost in an accident with a mowing machine. William H. Louthan returns to his Capitol Theatre post after military discharge. Mary Lee and Martha Lane Richard join Delta Psi Chapter of Kappa Delta Pi at Shepherd State.
Miss Zelma Carper won a floor lamp as a door prize at the Fireman's Show held at Kremer Park. Lt. John Baldwin Neil Jr USMC offered the bride to Matthew W Jones. Lt John Baldwin Neill Jr USMC of Berryville was assigned to the aviation corps and sent to school at Pensacola Florida.
Washington report outlines a broad campaign by industry groups and unions to curb low cost foreign competition under Truman era trade policy. It links tariff reductions to jobs, warns of war footing risks at Torquay, and ties Lawrence plan to mobilize workers and merchants against further openings.
Early explorers marveled at giant tracks in southern Argentina naming the region Patagonia meaning land of the big feet. The discovery tied to geographic curiosity and enduring nomenclature.
A Chicago study uses radioactive nicotine and Geiger counters to trace how a drug moves through a rat's body. Findings show nicotine concentrates in heart, kidneys, liver, spleen, and urine, with the heart limiting its own intake after minutes. The method promises insights for other drugs like digitalis and belladonna.
Report covers rainfall in the 48 hours to 7 am today with July trace and year to date figures. It lists 1950 rainfall to date 24.14 inches and 37 year average 36.56 inches. Monthly averages for 1912 1948 include January 2.50 February 1.92 March 2.86 April 3.09 May 3.77 June 3.78 July 3.81 August 3.93 September 2.58 October 3.34 November 2.47 December 2.42. Courtesy from Laboratory.
IQ scoring chart lists daily ranges from 9 to 10 correct answers as Memory Genius down to 4 as Good. The quiz asks ten questions covering geography grammar history aviation language and government with page 2 supplying the answers.
The article discusses Worry as sin and as a habit, arguing belief in God should undergird resilience. It asserts that if God holds the universe, irritations and sorrows should not cause despair, and that all things work for good for those who love God. The piece frames worry as detrimental to faith and daily living.
The text urges shaking off brooding and forebodings. It claims the sun shines daily despite clouds. Worry is labeled a waste of time and happiness destroyer and is described as a bad habit and sin to be abandoned.
Delmar Bayliss, son of Mr and Mrs Ellis E Bayliss of Bloomery Star Route, serves on the USS Rochester Flag Ship Seventh Fleet and is reported in the Yellow Sea off Korea. He enlisted February 1948 and returned to the US July 1949 after seven months on the USS Repose in the Far East. Address: USS Rochester CA 124 King Division Fleet Post Office San Francisco California.
Belgium is bi lingual with Flemish spoken in East and West Flanders Antwerp Limburg and the northern half of Brabant while French is used in other parts of the country.
In Norman A. Fox's tale Stoll restrains a looming confrontation with the colonel as Hammer's crew disperses after a tense night. Brian Ives seeks refuge at Tana's, where memories, danger, and loyalties collide amid a waiting war.
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