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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1950
Page
4
A short devotional prayer excerpt urges inner quiet and selflessness, calling for connection with the divine presence. The text asks God to be near, contrasting worldly noise with contemplative listening.
The New York spy grand jury adds light but its federal presentment shows the Amerasia case is not closed yet. The panel notes the wartime probe was hurried and incomplete and urges caution against premature conclusions.
The foreman says a short two week grand jury could not thoroughly examine the Amerasia pur cle and recommends a special grand jury to continue espionage inquiries. The panel praises the FBI while noting past gaps and calls for a thorough Amerasia inquiry to bolster public trust amid new Fuchs-Gold spy ring arrests.
Patrick J. Hurley asserts that officials in China and Washington sabotaged U S policy in China. He accuses John S. Service and associates of passing secret State Department data to Red Army leaders in 1944 and advising them on how to defeat U S policy.
A fire at the Glaize and Bros. packing house on N. Cameron St. caused about 100 in damages. Fire Chief Taylor Barr noted oil papers as a possible origin and called for further investigation.
John O. Hardesty chosen president of Clarke County Lions Club. Dr. C. O. Dearmont named first vice president and C. E. Miley Jr. second vice president. Keith See, son of Herman and Mrs Lee of Woodland Ave, treated at Winchester Memorial Hospital after a copperhead snake bite during a Scout expedition at Rock Enon. Mildred Elizabeth Gardiner poems appear in Crown Publishing Victory Book of Verse anthology.
Guy Lynn of Front Royal Road fishes for minnows in the Opequon while nearing seventy and preparing for the bass season.
Fifty years ago W H Crawford of New York woolen mills discussed a factory location with the local board of trade. William McKinley the Republican nominee for president and Theodore Roosevelt for vice president were named. James Dusty, reel team runner for Friendship Fire Co., had an embarrassing fall during a team exhibition.
Rainfall during 24 hours ending at 7 a m today shows .01 inch with June total to date at 3.70 inches and 1950 year-to-date at 17.93 inches. Average 37 year rainfall stands at 36.56 inches, with monthly averages listed by month from 1912 to 1949 and courtesy of Winchester Laboratory.
A quiz style page outlines a ten day test with daily results linking high scores to ranks like Memory Genius and Very Superior. It asks trivia questions about Imperial family marriage Greece Turkey and the Dardanelles and mentions Ward McAllister and a smallest breed as prompts.
Five mystery questions appear in a jumbled snippet. Topics include a U S president born in Pennsylvania a historic surrender ten years ago and an author of a Galatians letter. It also mentions engine principles and Henrik Hudson’s nationality along with a note on hippopotamus hair.
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