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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1950
Page
4
The text reflects on how extreme winters and hot summers forge strength in people. It notes the calm drift of summer seas drains vigor and argues we should accept life’s stresses as part of existence. Divine lines affirm God set borders of the earth and defined summer and winter.
A formal address at the Governors Conference discusses the Dewey plan for a single elected governor. It supports Cabinet selection by the governor but argues Attorney General and Lieutenant Governor should be elected. The Virginia view favors independence of the Attorney General and a popularly elected Lieutenant Governor. Thomas E. Dewey is praised as an accomplished administrator with eight years in office.
New Jersey Governor Alfred E. Driscoll and Utah Governor J Bracken Lee voiced opposition to federal funding. They argued the federal government has no magic revenue source and state funds come from citizens.
Lee notes the federal government takes a large carrying charge and returns far less than it collects while adding controls. The view is echoed by New Jersey and Utah’s chief executives and Virginia’s ex Governor Tuck and his successor Governor Battle share the belief.
Current Opinion denounces Point IV as a public subsidy for private investors in underdeveloped countries. It argues the scheme would funnel profits to private capital while American taxpayers assume losses, calling the plan bold in rhetoric but flawed in practice and sustainability. It notes existing American investments and warns of political and economic risks.
State Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr told the 52nd Virginia Association of Insurance Agents convention in Hot Springs that over regulation excessive government competition and taxation threaten free enterprise. He contrasted President Truman and liberal critics with his view that their policies are liberal only with taxpayers money.
News notes from five years ago report Co 115 moving to bivouac on horseshow grounds Berryville, Pfc William R Smith liberated after German captivity, Douglas Russell family births Sandra Douglas in Winchester Hospital, $175000 fire at Hide and Junk Co Harrisonburg, Legion Post firing squad photo, and Shenandoah Valley Academy site concerns for county high school due to space limits.
Despite a severe drought, Frederick County farmers expect a solid wheat yield. Kiwanis Club members, during Kiwanis night, closed their session with renditions of America and God Save The King. Mrs. William McMillan, daughter of Mrs. Katie Forney, of South Market Street, successfully underwent an appendicitis operation in Winchester Hospital.
Fifty years ago Winchester finally prevailed in a lawsuit against Judge Handley heirs over a substantial city bequest. R. E. Trenary suffered injuries from a fall at a high trestle in Cameron Hall while preparing decorations. Rev. Julian Sibley of Atlanta was called to serve the Presbyterian Church in this city.
Washington reports a new push by leaders from labor and industry toward a cooperative peace to boost production and wages. Key figures include Walter Reuther of the UAW and John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers, plus GM’s C. E. Wilson and U S Steel’s Benjamin Fairless, signaling a shift away from White House favoritism and partisan conflict.
The statement—that Cardinal Worsley uttered the farewell line in Henry VIII—is false. Worsley did not say the line. Shakespeare invented the farewell in the drama.
Many moles are harmless and vary in color size and texture. A small flat black mole may indicate melanoma and requires physician examination to distinguish from benign skin tags and keratoses. Surgical removal leaves a tiny scar and prevents recurrence.
Rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 7 a m today shows none. June rainfall to date is 3.71 inches, with 1950 year to date at 17.94 inches. Average monthly rainfall over 37 years 1912 1949 is 36.56 inches. Monthly means listed per month from January to December, with June at 3.78 and August at 3.93 inches. Data courtesy of Winchester.
Puzzle style teaser asks 10 questions from a 10 day IQ test. Items probe a South African statesman’s 80th birthday, a Scandinavian explorer to Labrador, grammar correction, true/false on Napoleon’s birthplace, triangle with two equal sides, female red deer, author of High Tor, ancient Hellespont, capital of Wyoming, and Dail Eireann as a legislative body.
In Hong Kong during the early war the British buried 25 valuable paintings when the Japanese seized the colony. Three men buried the art in the governor's residence grounds. all three died, and none then could reveal the burial site. Austin Coates, assistant colonial secretary, noted no clues emerged from government files.
Three men and George Culbert meet with Eliza to push a sale of her grandfather's valley property, offering fifty four thousand. Eliza objects, declaring she will not sell without valley-wide consent, while Annie Wilson and Tod arrive with music to lift spirits as tension flares.
Eliza asserts authority after a failed sale attempt and calls a meeting to form a working committee to run the mill. Culbert quits briefly then retracts. Poe will review matters with Wilbur tomorrow as Eliza presses for Culbert’s resignation.
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