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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1952
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star prints a devotional note dated March 6 1952 reflecting on child love and perseverance. It cites biblical passages about Israel enduring captivity and the trials of bringing forth children as lessons in resilience.
A Philadelphia welfare investigator, charged with endorsing and pocketing checks for relief recipients, claims his crime stemmed from witnessing widespread improper payments. He says many ineligible beneficiaries received funds and that little legal action followed discovered abuses, highlighting systemic laxity in a Washington governed program.
President Truman spoke directly to Soviet and Chinese audiences urging peace and friendship. He asserted U S aid to liberate them in the past and said only their rulers aggression drives U S arms for self defense. He Broadcast from the Courier radio ship launching Operation Vagonbond via the Voice of America to iron curtain listeners.
The article notes a new phase of the campaign for risk broadcast as a direct appeal to people in other nations. It compares the president’s message to Wilson era diplomacy and argues that genuine peace requires strength and clear truths behind aims to win hearts behind the Iron Curtain.
H Delmer Robinson was chosen president to succeed F L Largent Jr. The report also notes Mr and Mrs Harry C Stewart moving to a new home on Apple Pile Ridge and mentions Marvin Hutchinson Eugene Dearing Jr and Bill Covington attending Mario Lanza at the Masque in Richmond.
Mr and Mrs Robert Nail Gainesboro announce the birth of a daughter Miss Gussie Malone a Berryville Elementary School faculty member was visiting relatives in Petersboro Mr and Mrs C R Shipe Pail Mall Street returned home after several days in Washington
Kenneth C. Lofton of Sunnyside is mentioned in a note of events. Warren Eddy is elected president of the Retail Merchants section of the Chamber of Commerce succeeding J Henry Moling Jr. and Mrs George Wright receive congratulations on the birth of a daughter in Brucetown.
The Charley Rouss Fire Company showed major upgrades at its West Boscawen Street engine house including a new concrete sidewalk, a tiled lower floor, and an freshly painted interior. The Northern Virginia Mar Company advertised the Pontiac Six sedan for 775 dollars. Mrs Walter Allemony was honored at a surprise family party.
The will of Charles B Pouss was admitted to probate in New York. He left all of his property to his children and other relatives. Flooding rivers Shenandoah and Potomac and numerous streams were described as running wild.
Byron B. Biehn reported to deputies that a ranch house was ransacked while unoccupied for two weeks. Missing items include a harrow a plow a heating stove a spray pump and the kitchen sink.
The coat of arms features the American eagle and the Spanish lion.
Senate and House Armed Services committees hear off the record briefings on American and Soviet casualties and the cost of the Korean affair. Analysts say Moscow seeks a painless, inexpensive offensive while U S and allied losses run high and defense spending nears 70 billion in the 1953 fiscal year.
Reported rainfall over the past 24 hours ending 7 a.m. totals none with March to date 0.70 inches. Cumulative rainfall to date for 1952 is 6.05 inches, with 39-year averages shown for each month from January to December.
Medical guidance explains aerotitis risk from pressure changes during flight. It notes the eustachian tube can close, trapping air and causing pain, swelling, and temporary hearing trouble. Suggestions include swallowing, yawning, gum, feeding babies, and avoiding sleep on descent. If relief fails, seek a physician to reinflate the ear.
A collection of trivia Q and A covers topics from smoking habits of English women to Will Rogers public notice and rainbow visibility. Facts include England leading in female smoking before the United States after WWI and Taft era anecdotes.
A reader reflects that life offers many varieties of pleasures but with limited value. The metaphor of a puffed hollow penny chocolate illustrates that sweets are finite and should complement, not replace, substantial sustenance in life.
A Star letter argues against a U S Congress bill to re impose minimum prices on branded goods under fair trade. The writer says price fixing raises living costs and mocks free enterprise as a slogan, urging public opinion and timely action.
Miss Fannie L. Webb, longtime Franklin educator who never attended school, was named the community’s first citizen. The Franklin Business and Professional Women’s Club awarded her a gold plaque at a tea, noting her private school, open to the public since 1903, and her earlier teaching in Gates County and Wilmington.
She returned to a private basis after the city built its own school and provided education for boarding students from across the area. Many traveled far to obtain schooling unavailable elsewhere.
Major A L Purcell heads the official inquiry into the shooting of four Negroes by Army MP Sgt A J Clarke in downtown Richmond. He has interviewed a few people but would not name them. A woman and three men were wounded early Monday during the arrest attempt involving a Necro soldier.
A student guide outlines a 10 day IQ scoring plan with daily results and memory genius levels. It then lists ten sample questions including selective service director five presidents before Truman boxers arena Boyle's Thirty Acres Tristan and Isolde Washington slaves Hamlin VP ship windlass Thou Sand Islands purple grackle and a spelling fix on endorsing a signature on the back of a check.
Johnny Liddell is seized by two men after leaving the Advance office, forced into a big car, and driven from Manhattan across the Queensboro Bridge toward Nassau County while he probes the motive for the abduction. The encounter hints at a planned talk and a shifting criminal reach.
Liddell meets a shadowy trio at the 115 Club on Northern Boulevard where Treasury and counter espionage agents reveal a missing package. Byers, Graham, and Gerken explain the risk, the mark on Hong, and why the case hinged on Liddell’s coast work before the story resumes.
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