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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1949
Page
4
The piece cites Willard L. Thorp, Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, explaining that three plus three equals six in base ten but twelve in a base four system, illustrating numbers and bases with a playful example.
A Nebraska popular referendum across eight questions shows strong opposition to federal programs. Voters favor cutting the federal budget and opposing higher taxes, farm relief, national health, housing, and education aid, while opposing European Recovery Plan and arming Europe. The piece also notes Dow Theory's lasting influence on market thinking amid Wall Street volatility.
Current Opinion notes Francis Pickens Miller fails to answer Senator Battle on Virginia labor laws. Horace Edwards supports the three laws and cites benefits while Miller’s vague plank promises periodic exam to correct injustices. Battle calls for clear positions and challenges Miller and other candidates to state views publicly.
The Dow Theory suggests a bear market may be forming as industrial averages break a 1946-47 low and rail stock averages hover near 41.16. Brokers fret over investors thrashing shares, while many follow the theory’s calls, fueling market moves despite skepticism.
News notes announce the birth of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Everett of the Valley Pike. The mother is Betty Patton, formerly Betty Patton.
Hayfield resident Pvt. Isaac H Moore recounts wartime injuries from Italy noting eight bullet holes in his body. He serves to inform family of his condition and return to duty status.
The Chanters announce plans to sing at the New York World's Fair marking Virginia Day with a planned appearance. The event highlights a regional musical act at a national expo during 1939.
Austerity Irks England as hammers rebuild after the war says Hal Boyle in London. Citizens complain about shortages and slow promised prosperity while praising effort and patience. Visitors note the enduring English resolve, queues, and longing for a faster return to normalcy and plenty.
A reflective essay uses Genesis chapter three as a parable of human temptation. It compares Eve and Adam’s desire after being forbidden the fruit to a child testing boundaries on a sidewalk, illustrating how prohibition can heighten attraction to the forbidden. The moral centers on impulse and consequence.
A dated quiz asks 10 questions spanning patents in vulcanizing rubber to US citizenship rules and world geography. It lists scoring bands from Memory Genius to Good with a prompt to turn to page 2 for answers.
Medical bulletin notes lip cancer is predominantly a male disease though women can be affected. It outlines early signs a lump or sore on the lip that fails to heal within weeks, differential diagnosis with tuberculosis or syphilis, and risk factors like leukoplakia and keratosis. Surgical removal is common with plastic reconstruction as needed. radium or X rays may be used for high risk cases or elderly patients.
Daniel M. Jones, principal at the Inwood Grade School, elected president of the Inwood Bunker Hill Lions. Other officers include Clark Miller as first vice president, Harry Cook as second vice president, Lucien D. LeFevre as third vice president, P. Truman McCauley as secretary, E. Glenn Lewis as treasurer, Allan P. Smith as lion tamer, Paul W. Ridgeway as tail twister, Paul A. LeDane as director, and Walter H. Moyer as director.
Colorado Jack Ives and Lia Alessandro secretly plot to flee Alessandro's grip with a dangerous truce in the Bear Creek Basin. Ives contemplates a final warning to Chip Halliday and Singin Sam McAllister as Alessandro confronts them from a cutbank with four loyal gunmen.
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