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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1950
Page
4
The item lists publication details for a Winchester Virginia paper including editions after 9 with 17,500 copies, address 4 North Kent Street, editor F BYRD Jr, and national reps Delisser Inc. It also gives phone numbers, postal designation, and advertising rate notes for display and classified ads.
A short devotional note reflects on seeking to know God’s plan, describing it as worthy and predestined according to his purpose and will. The text emphasizes divine guidance and purpose beyond human knowledge.
Winchester Council is praised for naming Mrs. J. H. Moling Jr. to the city school board. A former teacher and mother of three, she becomes the first woman to serve on the board, a progressive step.
The Senate committee recommended against confirming Martin A. Hutchinson to the Federal Trade Commission, citing his lack of qualifications and noting his CIO backing and political defeats in Virginia. The report argues there are already unqualified figures in high office and urges a halt.
Two large Air France flights crashed within two days over the Persian Gulf while storms swept the area. Both accidents occurred during approach to land and share similar circumstances, totaling 46 fatalities among passengers and crew. Officials describe frantic investigations into the twin crashes.
Two four engine Air France planes vanished after radio clearance to land on Bahrain Island 20 miles off Saudi Arabia. Investigators rule out sabotage and weather remains a possible cause. A faulty radio beam or unknown force may have misled pilots into the sea. The world watches Air France for answers.
A Berryville visit by a Liberty Bell replica tours as part of a 52 bell nationwide Savings Bond Drive themed Save for your Independence. The piece argues the campaign lacks wartime urgency and questions government spending while urging thrift and defense funding clarity. It warns deficit spending could erode bond value and leave citizens owing themselves.
Counterfeiters trouble the Secret Service as agents pursue the money men. The Service ensures currency validity and upholds trust in paper and coin, highlighting its essential role in maintaining monetary honesty.
Fire destroyed the second mural in a series for Ebenezer Christian Church near Gore. Artist Arthur Carpenter, a county native and Penn State Extension School instructor at Hazleton, Pa, was the creator.
Winchester residents celebrate expansion of the Winchester- Frederick County Honor Roll by three feet to include 200 additional Armed Forces names. Frank S. Miller, a local barber, received a gift from his son Stanley Miller, a Flight Communications Officer in New York, an Eskimo husky named Ogh-Ogh once used to pull sleds in the Far North.
Red Cross secretary cited in a Star article notes delinquency concerns, saying much effort goes to caring for wayward boys and girls. Mr and Mrs F A Hubbard of this city celebrate their sixtieth wedding anniversary.
Fifty years ago local residents joined Senator and Mrs Faulkner for a reception at their Martinsburg home Boydville. With 18 new smallpox cases guards were hired to keep Charles Town patients at home. Mrs Lela Baker beat Lula Jenkins in The Star Winchester Popularity Contest final.
Gloversville, Fulton County, N Y, famed for glove making, fears a tariff reduction under the Reciprocal Trade Agreement Act will ruin its industry and throw 6,000 of 13,326 county workers out of jobs. The decline follows postwar tariff cuts and competition, with widespread foreclosures and tax shortages strangling city services.
Bedridden patients risk foot deformities from prolonged confinement. Weekly foot checks and stretching prevent them, aided by foot boards or pillows to avoid tight coverings. If deformities appear, initiate exercises, monitor foot pressure, and expect improvement in days.
The line Carpe diem quam minimum credula postero is Horace Odes 1.11.8. The Latin urges enjoying today and trusting as little as possible in tomorrow, often misquoted as embracing opportunity rather to Epicurean pleasure.
Rainfall data show 24 hour total of .15 inches ending at 7 a m. today. Rainfall to date in 1950 is 17.92 inches, while the 37 year average is 36.56 inches. Average monthly rainfall for 1912 1949 lists values from January 2.50 to December 2.42 inches. Courtesy Winchester Research Laboratory.
A sermon-like piece advocates self control as the key to daily life and social success. It parallels brake use with personal restraint, noting language and temper as dangers and citing St. Paul on mastery and temperance. It stresses that strength without control harms others and oneself.
A reader’s quiz offers daily tasks across ten days with bands for scores memory genius very superior excellent good. Questions cover religion geography history and notable figures. A final note mentions about half of U S citizens being church members.
John Streeter leaves the mill after clashing with George Culbert who vows retaliation. Loren Matthews celebrates the confrontation while Miss Forrestal urges medical care as Culbert nurses a bruised, swelling face and plans wage talks with Morris.
The scene centers on a tense character, with a planned confrontation and a looming decision. Eliza and Hespeth attend a Meeting House gathering while tensions rise around a theater crew purge and a mysterious absent Chris Cameron.
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