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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1950
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star prints a Saturday edition dated March 18 1950 featuring a proverb about friendship and adversity. The page includes postal and pricing data, department copy notes, and a brief moral line about friendship. No major news events are evident in the readable fragment.
A speculative column argues for a folklore of tiny flying beings to explain saucers. It cites reports of 20 to 23 inch creatures, mentions Commander McLaughlin and other sightings, and urges media to create saucer puppets and characters for children.
The piece argues that Russia’s 99 percent turnout was a controlled show for a one candidate system. It notes secret police watching dissenting ballots and calls Parliament a rubber stamp. It frames Soviet elections as a long practiced propaganda tool to quell opposition.
A retired surface admiral calls the present role of battleships dead as a dodo while outlining a three-service strategy for an attacked United States. The piece notes air power, ground base seizures, and submarine hunts, and it questions long range guided missiles and shipboard rocket tests.
Newton J. Wigginton orchardist died at 79. Friendship Fire Co. 13 members memorialized. 200 delegates attend Virginia industrial conference at Lexington. Greek Society Winchester gave 500 to Red Cross. Superintendent Kline seeks graduates for teacher shortage. Jack Brooks on CCC farm killed copperhead on St Patrick's Day. Pinckney Arthur becomes Junior Board of Trade president. Eldred Frye found 1867 nickel. Conrad Sirbaugh 35 injured in auto crash near Bluemont on Route 7.
Twenty five years ago Walter Seneff Hough of Winchester received a Doctor of Philosophy degree at Ohio State University. Mrs Albert Muller was elected president of a proposed Community Choral Club in Berryville. Centenary Reformed Church added seventy nine members to its Sunday school class after a membership contest.
Clearance work at the Old Market House site was completed by Zell Anderson John O'Rear and Charles Abram Kurtz. The area is now ready for the start of Rouss City Hall construction.
Washington readers ask how to evaluate a Congress member's support for big government or economy. The columnist notes no single rating exists, highlights biases in analyses, and urges checking home-town papers for local voting patterns. He also discusses NRARC loans and postwar nationalism shaping views.
An account notes attendees using small charcoal food warmers as makeshift foot warmers during long sermons, reflecting frugal domestic practices and resourceful use of available heating. The scene captures a period habit of comfort and churchgoing.
The article explains a nervously induced skin inflammation confined to the neck area common in women especially during the change of life. It discusses estrogens, neck tension, and treatment options including boric acid ointment, ammoniated mercury, phenol additions, ichthammol coal tar preparations, weekly X ray therapy, sedatives, and estrogen injections for relief. It also addresses angioneurotic edema with avoidance of triggers and adrenalin for quick relief.
The volt is named after Italian physicist Alessandro Volta who died in 1776. The word mausoleum derives from the name of King Mausolus, builder of a grand tomb in ancient Caria, southwest Turkey.
Present and past rainfall data for 24 hours ending 7 a.m. March. Cumulative March rainfall 1.07 inches. Year to date 1950 rainfall 584 inches. Average annual rainfall over 37 years 36.56 inches. Monthly averages across 87 years show February 2.50, March 2.86, April 3.08, May 3.77, June 3.78, July 3.41, August 3.93, September 2.58, October 3.34, November 2.47, December 2.42. Courtesy Winchester Research.
A quiz style prompt offers 10 daily questions with scoring ranges from Memory Genius to Good. It asks about continents largest by area, a labor leader’s 70th birthday, Senator McCarthy’s state, sentence correction, Moses statue carver, Abyssinian emperor, pro tempore meaning, John Alden and Priscilla marriage, marmoset type, and wartime chief US prosecutor.
Postwar trials focus on senior Nazi leaders suspected of war crimes. Prosecutions address mass killings, atrocities, and crimes against humanity, seeking accountability and historical record. Proceedings highlight the moral and legal reckoning faced by Germany and its leadership.
The article argues Christians need action not more spiritual food. It urges believers to serve others by walking into areas in need, lifting burdens, and cleaning the Lord’s pathway of injustice and sin. It connects physical exertion with spiritual renewal and suggests trying exercise to feel better.
Gerry defeats Lester and leaves Kingsridge with Alicia after a deadly confrontation. Alicia plans to flee by car to Reno via New York, leaving Susan and the ruined life behind.
Susan discusses Gerry’s possible disappearance and Alicia’s Reno trip as Gerry confides plans to buy a Las Vegas night club with Alicia. Tim reports a mysterious woman with Gerry, hinting at concealed motives and private talk away from Lester in the summer house.
TEL AVIV Israel The Israeli diet relies on frozen fish and horse mule or camel steaks. Zvi Lehman official says many Israelis buy "meat" on the black market despite ration limits. Law allows meat three days weekly, but demand persists.
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