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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1949
Page
4
A biblical verse note presents the Lord declaring he will speak to backsliding Israel and invite return, citing Jeremiah 3:12 as the basis for the admonition and promise of mercy.
Arthur J. Altmeyer testifies before a Congressional committee that under Truman’s expanded Social Security payroll taxes could reach ten percent with five percent on employees and five percent on employers. He illustrates with examples of workers at $25, $30, and $60 weekly earnings and a $5000 income, showing how the added taxes would extend several weeks of labor to pay government costs. Roosevelt’s 1932 remark is cited to emphasize the burden on wage earners.
Swiss watchmakers offer modern machinery to the closed Waltham Watch Company in an act seen as enlightened self interest. The move follows American competition after tariff removal, which led to Waltham’s shutdown and 2,330 workers out of work. Swiss worry about potential tariff retaliation if American plants reclose, risking a key export market.
Virginia’s Water Control Board issued Regulation No 1 directing municipalities to prepare abatement plans and progress reports to curb pollution from raw sewage. The move marks a firmer phase after a cooperative start as industries showed more cooperation. delays may face orders.
The piece argues a reader misreads income taxes and social security as separate from earnings. It notes $270 yearly taxes and costs are earned but not immediately visible as take home pay. The author suggests the government benefits system absorbs a large portion of wages beyond direct withholding.
Springfield psychologist opines that nothing beats good clean necking. A theft targets Marion Miller’s groceries in the Safeway parking lot. The play Dear Ruth rehearsals draw praise, while the recreation board fails early to schedule balls at Rouss Park.
In Italy the Nazi line shows strain while U S Marines capture Talasea airfields on New Britain. Charlotte Shiley is appointed editor of Middle town high school yearbook. Clavin Davis of Siler recovers from measles. Moscow radio claims over 2 million civilians murdered by Nazis in murder vans.
Thomas Kremer is elected president of the Winchester JET succeeding C Ridgely White. Winchester girls to enter national duckpin tourney in Washington. Committee finds Towson jailees eat from tin cans in cells for lack of dining room. Chicago bid for Louis Galento fight. Yankee Stadium seems likely.
In 1924 a snowstorm disrupted power at the Colonial theatre but the current was restored. In Stephens City, Farmer’s Union No 1 protests proposed school tax raises. The U S Department of Commerce orders several Winchester radio stations to stop operating without licenses.
The Democratic party in Northern Virginia nominates A C Reynolds for the office of Commissioner of Internal Revenue. A young man reports to police that he was attacked as he left his sweetheart’s home on North Kent. Water from town mains floods the new post office basement and puts out the furnaces.
A somber welcome at a Brooklyn pier greets 400 mourners as 6785 sailors and soldiers return home aboard the Barney Kirschbaum. An Army band plays taps and a chaplain recalls sacrifices while grieving families break down, marking a major World War II homecoming. The piece notes most dead have returned. only about 20,000 of 160,4000 remain abroad.
Little Prince Charlie is born in Buckingham Palace and will be trained for a throne. He must endure denial of luxuries, learn etiquette, memorize royal rules, and choose a wife from a limited pool. The high privilege requires self denial to serve others and set an example for the world.
The U.S. Court of Appeals ruled the NLRB cease and desist order against Emery's Motor Coach Lines in Martinsburg West Virginia would be enforced. The order from March 1947 required reinstate with back pay a driver discharged for union activity, abolish a company sponsored union, and bargain with a drivers chosen union.
A hospital study shows dentists identified more than one third of 157 mouth cancer cases. Early detection by dental exams can mean higher cure rates, and patients should seek urgent care for mouth ulcers or persistent growths.
A dated quiz asks 10 questions on inventions history and government, with hazards about air brakes, Marseillaise, Confederacy origins, the SEC, Niagara’s erosion, Yellow River, Joseph Conrad, signer counts, a Yankee Clipper nickname, and Jefferson Davis. A later note gives lightning fatality odds as 1 in 375,000.
Deb and Molly B navigate secrets from Lander's will and Ingrid Johnson's revelation of her past marriage. Tim offers a secretary post while romance and power tensions unfold around the college center, with Sophy and Mark as music and clues. Ingrid fears wrecking friendships as truth surfaces.
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