Virginia Drives Reforms In Licensing To Improve Highway Safety
President Truman urges stricter uniform driver licensing at the Highway Safety Congress. He cites Wyoming as the sole state with no permit and many that grant permits on payment alone. Virginia reports a 19 percent drop in traffic fatalities and 35 percent fewer pedestrian deaths in three months, under Governor Tuck.
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Highway Safety Congress
Truman
Wyoming
Tuck
Virginia
Epidemic of Cure Alls and the FDA’s Rise to Power
The article recalls the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act fight led by Dr. Harvey Wiley and partners. It notes how nostrums misled the public about cures for diseases while the FDA evolved from a Agriculture Department bureau to an independent agency. It cites Charles W. Crawford warning of a current surge in drug law violations and grandiose cure devices selling for up to $2,200, likening sponsors’ confidence to Hitler's.
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Harvey W. Wiley
Bright
Department of Agriculture
Food and Drug Administration
Charles W. Crawford
United States Commissioner of Foods and Drugs
Proprietary Association of America
Atlantic City
Crawford
Hitler
Washington official warns on new drug products
A Washington official argues that bigger lies prompt more belief and urges frank talks to warn individuals while making retail druggists wary of newly marketed products.
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Washington
Truman speech at Princeton climaxes bicentennial observance
President Truman's Princeton address closed the bicentennial events with a plea for universal training and better public administration. He criticized early administration choices, urged salary and management improvements, and called for joint efforts by government, industry, and learning institutions. The crowd of about 6,000 offered polite applause and quiet typical response.
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Truman
Princeton
Virginia liquor profits should fund a hospital for alcoholics
The piece supports Fenwick's idea to use liquor profits for a dedicated alcoholism hospital but urges a careful study first. It argues alcoholism is often curable with highly skilled, individual treatment not offered by public hospitals, and warns against custodial care that merely manages withdrawal without delivering meaningful outcomes.
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Charles Fenwick
Virginia
The Wrong Place
Maureen Hurley an Irish film actress aged 22 reveals Lloyds insured her sex appeal for 2000 dollars against loss. She suggests a punch to the face could hurt her appeal but adds a light quip about a spanking as a joke.
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Maureen Hurley
Lloyds
Fire at Robert Willis home causes little damage
One year ago in 1946 a small kitchen fire at the Robert Willis residence near Winchester caused limited damage. Winchester park nine defeated the United typewriter baseball club of Washington 5 to 4.
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Robert Willis
Winchester
Winchester Park
United Typewriter Baseball Club of
Washington
Post Office Plans New V mail Service Announcement
P D Muller owner of Miller and Ander son comments on fuel restrictions and potential switch to alternative fuels. Dr Raymond Kerlin elected Past Sitting Regent and Taylor Barr chosen Grand Supreme Regent at Royal Arcanum meeting.
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Post Office Department
P. D. Muller
Miller and Anderson
Raymond Kerlin
Taylor Barr
Royal Arcanum
Judge Rose MacDonald to represent state at UVA Institute
Governor Perry designated Judge Rose MacDonald of Berryville to represent the state at the Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia. Miss Mary Lee Dowell, serving as assistant Home Demonstration Agent in Frederick county, is appointed to Shenandoah county as the new Demonstration Agent.
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Rose MacDonald
Berryville
Perry
Institute of Public Affairs
University of Virginia
Mary Lee Dowell
Frederick County
Shenandoah County
Hagen wins British Open Golf Championship in 1922
Record notes Walter Hagen, American golf star, wins the British Open. A separate item reports an Army car accident ending on the porch of Mrs. Jonah L. Besse. Another notice says an Old Methodist graveyard between East Piccadilly Street and Woodstock Lane is to be sold to the Virginia Woolen Company.
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Walter Hagen
Jonah L. Besse
East Piccadilly St
Woodstock Lane
Virginia Woolen Company
Rye stalk sent to Star office towers at seven feet nine
At noon today Winchester was placed in telephonic connection with Clearbrook. Mr. John A. Shockey of Shockeysville sent to the Star office a rye stalk measuring seven feet nine inches.
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Winchester
Clearbrook
John A. Shockey
Shockeysville
Star
Period of Old Age Brings New and Difficult Problems
Analyzes emotional and social challenges of aging, noting loneliness, insecurity, dependence, and changes in activity. Encourages fostering hope, purposeful interests, and balanced support to help elderly individuals maintain happiness and reduce emotional distress.
Everyday Laws In Brief advertisement for Home Law Book
An ad from the Winchester Evening Star promotes a compact 48 page Home Law Book that explains GI Bill rights marriage and divorce law naturalization contracts property wills and more. It invites readers to mail fifteen cents to Information Bureau 316 Eye St NE Washington DC with coin wrapped in paper.
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The
Winchester Evening Star
Eye St
N. E
Washington
D. C
Seven Quiz Questions From Page 2
Seven questions ask about state capitals York and Lancaster colors in War of the Roses Hoover fishing privacy two occasions Bunker Hill location E Pluribus Unum meaning Trujillo re election Latin American republic and zodiac sign for June born readers.
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Little Rock
England
House of York
House of Lancaster
Herbert Hoover
Bunker Hill
Leonidas Trujillo
Unsure quiz prompts on authors and UN bid
The questions ask for the author of The Talisman Ivanhoe Kenilworth and The Lady of the Lake. They query whether Italy formally applied for United Nations membership. They request Pocahontas's husband.
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the Talisman
Ivanhoe
Kenilworth
Italy
United Nations
Barking Dog Led a Future Great Preacher to Faith
A village incident from about a century ago in England begins with a dog’s bark at a sick girl. The girl’s mother writes, a retired officer and his family befriend her, and the eldest son Frederick W. Robertson rises from a “unusual” boy to a renowned preacher. His sermons, collected over seventy five years, influenced Christian thought.
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England
Ecbertabe
Frederick
Robertson
Frederick W. Robertson
Great Britain
Val
Sherry
Leda
Joel
the Civic
Joel Pemberton
Sheery
Darling
Siam Admitted to United Nations in 1947 Plenary
Siam the 55th member nation was formally admitted at a General Assembly plenary meeting on April 28 1947.
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Siam
United Nations
General Ac Assembly
Val Carington Meets Lookalike Kevin Blake in a Lounge
In a dim cocktail lounge Val Carington, still entangled with Wade, encounters Kevin Blake who resembles her late love Rick Colby. Kevin asks her to pose for his magazine illustration, while Val hides her marriage and pursues a dangerous double life blending romance, deception, and unresolved past.
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Val
Wade
Susan
Rick Colby
Rick
Val Carrington
Kevin Blake
Blake
Kevin
Quicksilver
Pet
Ade
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