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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1949
Page
4
A religious verse from Nu 36 8 is cited to bless Israel’s children on Monday June 27 1949. The note emphasizes individual inheritance and family land rights as a moral reminder.
A centennial view links 1848 gold discovery and westward expansion to modern opportunity. The Covered Wagon myth reinforces the Savings Bonds Drive highlight by Treasury Secretary Snyder who calls the funds an Opportunity Fund aiding Americans' financial security and national aims.
A Virginia political figure, Colonel Francis Pickens Miller, is accused of evading candor on a vote matter. The Soil Conservation Act of 1938 controversy centers on his claimed illness that kept him from voting, while editors say records show ten votes cast that day.
President Truman nominated Mrs. Perle Mesta the longtime Washington hostess to serve as envoy to Luxembourg. The widow who led Washington society and aided his campaigns faces a quieter post and the challenge of dwelling in a grand duchy rather than hosting the capital’s social world.
The passage questions a small nation's influence, arguing its toy-like status constrains its ability to project power and negotiate effectively. It implies realistic limits on its international weight and strategic leverage.
Burr Harrison analyzes proposed federal antipoll tax legislation and warns of immediate danger to state sovereignty. He argues federal meddling could erode local election autonomy and mark a first step toward national control over elections, a view the Richmond News Leader prints with his full analysis.
The Christian Science Monitor praises Senator Harry F. Byrd for paying postage on personal letters and for requesting an original cartoon drawing, attaching three cent stamps to express thanks. The note suggests Byrd’s frugal, exemplary stance on government spending and franking privilege use.
News notes from 1948 report a fire that destroys a 200-year-old Smith Cooley house near Middletown. Other items include church dedication crowds, S Purtlebaugh guiding White Sox to a 12 11 win over Shepherdstown, Caen fighting to hold, Marines in Garapan, a son awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, and Tommy Davis undergoing a basilectomy in Winchester.
Wheat is quoted at 65 cents per bushel and corn at 60 cents per bushel in Winchester. An expert says profits in apples come only at a production level of 75 million bushels. Miss Rebecca Kern assumes leadership of the Winchester park recreation program.
In 1899, John Kerr school and both white and colored schools receive a new coat of paint and improvements. The Taylor hotel installs steam heat, making it one of Virginia’s most modern hotels. The first carload of watermelons arrives for a Harpers Ferry merchant while Aubrey Weaver is praised as best dressed at the national convention in New York.
A large firm houses its idea factory where a tall young man and a stocky colleague discuss money and power. They chase a resting life as a taxi glides to a lakeside sanitarium, ending with the line that the heart is tired.
The Barter Theatre of Virginia announces a northern Virginia base in Luray for July and August at the Luray Auditorium. Performances start at 8 15 p m with all seats reserved. Reservations may be made after June 27 by Leggett's Department Store or the Luray Box Office. The troupe aims to bring professional, contemporary plays to wider audiences.
An article advises against excessive reliance on local nose and throat treatments for colds. It explains when penicillin and sulfonamides are appropriate, warns about risks of nasal oils and silver preparations, and stresses physician guidance, rest, and salt-water rinses. It notes injections and oral dosing by doctor direction and mentions a mesenteric gland misdiagnosis question.
The Barter Theatre plans stay at the Mimslyn Hotel and offers to provide details on the Barter Players and schedule in Luray. Also a 10 day Q A quiz tests knowledge on history, government, CIA, Rita Hayworth, and rail tunnels with page 2 answers.
A transport plane with 24 National Guard bandsmen aboard crashed into Fore River after landing at a municipal runway. Pilot Lt. Edward Lent said brakes failed, the craft hit water at about 100 miles per hour, six feet from impact, leaving one critically hurt.
A brief note invites readers to subscribe to The STAR for vacation delivery with a contact line stating the phone number 3424. The item reads as a promotional notice likely from a local newspaper page.
Chip Halliday escapes a creek pursuit and hides near Tumblerock jail as he plans to uncover Seton Alessandro. He joins Singin Sam and Clark Rayburn in the jail shadows and ponders a risky move linked to the coroner’s inquest into Justin St John’s death. The escapee rides off into the night to pursue a new lead.
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