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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1952
Page
4
The notice lists by mail or motor route subscription prices including one year six months and one month in advance with outside Virginia and West Virginia add on and carrier rates per month and weekly single copy or postage details.
The article notes that nature has been invoked for special purposes but asserts that rain and wind fall on both the just and unjust as part of divine will. It frames weather as a sign of God's control over creation.
Tens of thousands of Americans seek steamship and air travel to Europe as war fears ease. European visits this summer will number in the hundreds of thousands with tourists students and business travelers among the motives.
General Ridgway warns the Reds may resort to gas or germ warfare in Korea. He notes communist tactics of accusing Allies first and cites the U S Army Chemical Corps, decades of gas development, and potential retaliation in kind as a deterrent. Secretary Lovett emphasizes preparedness and counterattacks.
State Senator Harry F Byrd Jr endorses a special assembly session for redistricting arguing the 1932 Constitution mandates redrawing districts every ten years. He cites 1400 bills in the 60 day session and congressional redistricting as crowding the issue while committee chair Senator Robert C Vaden opposes. About 67 lawmakers signed the petition supporting Byrd.
A political commentary expresses strong doubt about a public figure and hopes the speaker understands the implications. The remarks hint at lasting reputational impact and civic interest without detailing specific actions or events.
Readers weigh how 1920s graft debates echo in today’s campaign. Herter cites Teapot Dome and Harding era cases, contrasting Truman era vows to recover assets with calls for strong FEPC stance. The piece notes Republican divisions and possible state-led solutions under Eisenhower and Taft.
The Senate rightly rejected President Truman’s bid for authority to seize steel mills and set wages. The piece accuses him of political manipulation, partisan bias, and bungling, arguing his message blocked a settlement and ignored key issues like the union shop amid ongoing steel industry disputes.
The Conservative government ends free wig distribution and shifts cost to patients and the health service. The move, described with a tongue in cheek as splitting hairs, marks a change in national medical aid policy.
Parents gift sons grand names to honor lineage yet end up calling them by shorter forms. The piece explores name choices and the playful drift from formal titles to familiar nicknames, exemplified by Clarence and the common fate of calling him Bud.
Dr. C. Riley is elected president of the Virginia State Board of Medical Examiners at the annual Richmond meeting. Miss Winfred Whitlock hosts a formal celebration for her parents 25th wedding anniversary. Cadet Robert D. Kern graduates among 230 at Walter Reed Military Academy. Local photographers Hugh Peters and Al Naddeo depart Winchester for Leesburg after a Capitol Airlines crash report.
Clarence W. Smallwood is elected mayor of Stephens City defeating William D Parker, Mr and Mrs Robert Snapp Moequon and others. The article also notes congratulations for the birth of a daughter named Betty Jean and mentions a double birthday dinner for W H McIlwee, 74, and his son Carl McIlwee, 34.
Professor A B C Warrick placed 24 Yale ing? ewains from Winchester on the visitors list at Valley Female College, marking them as prohibited. The fragment notes the term black list and identifies Winchester as a source location.
Abilene rose as a notorious Kansas cow town in the 1860s and 1870s as the western end of the Union Pacific. The Chisholm Trail ran north to the railhead and Texas longhorns swarmed in, with up to 5000 cowboys paid off in a single day. The lunch wagon is linked to Abilene’s cattle era.
Reporting period shows no rainfall in the past 24 hours ending 7 a m. today. Year to date totals show 21.01 inches with June rainfall file at 2.56 inches. Average monthly rainfall over 39 years is 36.79 inches, with monthly figures listed from January to August and September through December totaling 25.0 to 32.37 inches in various months.
Antihistamine ointment shows promise in easing severe itching from conditions like hives, ivy poisoning, insect bites, and atopic eczema. It helps allergic rashes and itching around the rectum, with some cases requiring further medical care. Some itch types remain resistant, and doctors seek other suitable cases for this remedy.
A sermon exhortation on the role of ministers as prophets who reveal God’s will through scripture. It argues ministers should point believers to apply revealed truth to everyday life and strive toward higher spiritual achievement through faith.
A fragment lists an IQ quiz with 10 sample questions and scoring bands from memory to genius, then notes the importance of knowledgeable ministers in communities and nations. The text mentions Nepal location US presidents ages and various trivia topics.
The American Medical Association objects to a bill provision granting payment of benefits to persons permanently and totally disabled. AMA President Dr Louis H Bauer warns Oscar Ewing would determine disability, potentially easing socialized medicine as the House considers the amended bill to liberalize overall benefits.
Henry O'Donnell warns Henri Lemay that McDevitt is behind a crooked nitrates market swindle tied to Antoinette's visitors. Henri contemplates quitting the arrangement to avoid disgrace and financial upheaval in Charleston. Henry counsels caution to avoid a damaging public scandal.
Hear argues for silence to protect Leonie and a swindler's daughters as Henry O'Donnell vows to quit the criminal orbit. Guilt wounds both, with Kilking's hopes fading and a phono records debt haunting their honor. To Be Continued.
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