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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1950
Page
4
A historical scan shows the Winchester Evening Star masthead listing editors and national and local office details. It notes address, phone numbers, Associated Press rights, and subscription rates, reflecting standard newspaper branding practices of the era.
A brief religious meditation from July 26 1950 reflects on John the Baptist as a man sent from God. The piece emphasizes that God calls everyone and that heeding the call leads to a great and glorious life.
A political column argues President Truman should cut domestic spending while pressing Congress for wartime controls. It questions spending growth, calls for a 10 percent domestic cut, and urges citizens to demand restraint from the President as well as the nation.
The 3.5 inch ground rocket launcher now used by the U S Army in Korea weighs little, has no recoil, and can be carried by a single soldier. It delivers a heavy impact against tanks at close range, offering a practical alternative when strafing or bombing alone fails to stop armored targets.
The text explains a light tube weapon emits gases backward during firing, causing little recoil. The bazooka operator avoids the backward gas surge. Those gases continue to push the projectile after leaving the muzzle, maintaining forward impulse despite a minimal weight.
The editorial urges deep non military spending cuts, criticizing President Truman for not pushing stringent reductions in the omnibus $34.6 billion bill. It argues blanket percentage cuts may be imperfect but necessary, advocating executive pressure and bipartisan Senate action to enforce retrenchment.
A report lauds Major General William F. Dean for directing combat near Taejon and staying with wounded soldiers to protect his men. The piece praises his leadership, experience from World War II, and the impact of his actions on morale and the Twenty fourth Infantry Division.
The piece notes this generation must know geography as vital for survival. Learning from an atlas during new crises is a grim but practical method and contrasts past views of atlases as pleasant guides to places and voyages.
One year ago Fifty four Soap Box Derby entrants prepared for a trial run on Jail Hill. An extra day was added at Winchester Armory for citizens to obtain driver's licenses. The Winchester Exchange Club planned a fall concert by the National Symphony Orchestra. Stephens City and Strasburg joined the six man football league bringing it to a full six teams.
Five years ago word spread that a cat in Dr and Mrs George Hardesty's yard birthed three kittens in a tree. Lamar Hardy announced the marriage of his daughter Micheline Hardy to Major William Branson Claggett. Bryant Harper, president of Berryville's new Athletic League spoke at the event.
Ten years ago youthful activists organized a recruitment outing as heat killed over 500 people. The nation awaited relief slow to arrive from the West. Argentina and the United States announced a pact to protect islands, signaling stronger Western Hemisphere solidarity.
Police recalled an odd incident from twenty five years ago when a local man, moving from his business, found a fine five gallon keg of liquor in his coal bin. Gates Flying Circus offered an airplene ride during a two day stand inviting brave citizens.
Washington observers argue Truman’s civilian program to curb credit and inflation is underpowered and too late. They warn skyrocketing prices and credit growth precede Korea, with $20 billion in instalment debt and $42 billion in new mortgages inflating the economy, risking a peacetime boom overheating.
Nervous tension can influence the course of stomach and bowel ailments though it does not always cause them. Distinguish functional irritable bowel from ulcerative colitis and apply correct treatment. Therapy includes diet, drugs, antibiotics, and sometimes physical therapy or mild tranquilizers. psychiatry is rare but useful.
Record shows 24 hour rainfall ending 7 a.m. today at none with July total 4.52 inches. Cumulative rainfall since 1950 stands 24.18 inches while the 37 year average is 36.56 inches. Monthly averages for 1912 1949 period include Jan 2.50 Feb 1.92 Mar 2.86 Apr 3.09 May 3.77 Jun 3.81 Jul 3.81 Aug 3.93 Sep 2.58 Oct 3.34 Nov none Dec diculaeetee Statistica supplied courtesy of Winchester.
The writer critiques postwar defense outlays totaling over fifty billion dollars and questions why American soldiers in Korea and the Philippines faced battle with inadequate arms. The letter voices bitterness at outnumbered, poorly equipped troops and asks why forceful action was not taken despite huge defense spending.
World War II veteran Robert L. Beechan comments that an alert administration in Washington would have been prepared for the current Korea situation. He mentions Route 1-A and reflects on wartime preparedness.
A reader quiz outlines a 10 day scoring plan with daily results from 9 10 correct as Memory Genius to 4 correct as Good It lists ten sample questions covering McCarthy housing a Polish General Truman a mounted police force the Cube edges Plantagenet over England professional caducius male duck water truth false and a sentence correction about converent and Wyoming oil drillers
The piece likens moral law to a goad attached to an ancient plow. Retribution is built into morality, not divine anger. People who defy the moral order imagine they can beat the universe, but the goad enforces consequences.
Ives survives a skirmish on Sombra Range as a bushwhacker fires from the cedars. He heads to Tom Feather's shack for breakfast with Marybelle, retrieves his gun, and plans to shoot back next time. Cory lies asleep, awaiting further news.
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