Local paper quotes on business ethics and customer return
The article notes a publication of over 8 000 copies printed daily except Sunday at 24 North Kent Street Winchester VA with editor H F Byrd Jr and national reps DeLisser Inc New York City. It warns that a cheat cannot stay in business long and stresses merchants build success by repeat customers. It condemns false weights as abominable while just weights please the Lord.
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North Kent Street
Winchester
Virginia
New York
Voice of America
Acheson
Americans spend record 733 million on foreign travel in 1950
Americans spent 733 million last year on foreign travel, a rise of 6 million from 1949. Transportation accounted for 282 million with over half on U S ships and airlines, leaving 451 million spent abroad. Travel to Europe fell 10 percent in 1951 mainly due to Korea and Middle East unrest. Western Hemisphere travel rose over 10 percent, aided by Caribbean trips and Mexico.
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Rome
Office of Business Economics
Department of Commerce
Europe
OBE
Middle East
Mediterranean
Caribbean
Mexico
New York Airways to Begin Metro Area Helicopter Mail Service
The Civil Aeronautics Board designates New York Airways to start helicopter mail and cargo service in the New York New Jersey metropolitan area. The board limits operations to mail and cargo until testing is complete. The report notes successful helicopter use in Korea and U S cities for rapid deliveries.
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Korea
Los Angeles
Chicago
Civil Aeronautics Board
New York Airways, Inc
New York-New Jersey
Helicopters Seen Safer Yet Delayed for City Use
The piece argues helicopters offer greater safety than fixed wing aircraft and have not prompted noise complaints in Los Angeles and Chicago. It notes military rules block early commercial delivery, highlights the need for higher passenger capacity, and suggests only multi engine designs meeting safety standards can serve metropolitan routes. Public safety outweighs convenience and need.
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Los Angeles
Chicago
Tighter Virginia traffic laws aim to reduce deaths
Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch notes Virginia’s weekly highway toll raises year to date total to 150, urging stricter laws and enforcement. It discusses penalties for speeding and drunk driving, license suspensions, license reexaminations, and a five mile per hour increase to 55 on open roads, with police staffing rising to bolster enforcement.
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Virginia
General Assembly
Propaganda Postage Spurs Debate on Communist Mails
Washington readers debate U S post use for anti American literature amid Romanian and Soviet propaganda claims. Letters criticize government policies and assess Harold Stassen's presidential prospects amid cold war tensions and security concerns.
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Washington
Albuquerque
World oil output and a measuring worm description
The United States produces about 6 million barrels daily, with the rest of the world excluding the Soviet Union near 6 million. Russia yields under one million. A larva of the Geometridae, known as the measuring worm, moves by a distinctive method that appears to measure distance.
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United States
Soviet Union
Russia
Geometridae
Rainfall Totals and Averages for the Year
Rainfall in the past 24 hours ending 7 am on March 9 shows 0.49 inches. Year to date rainfall is 8.04 inches, while the 39 year average stands at 36.79 inches. Monthly averages from 1912 to 1951 include January 2.45, February 1.99, March 2.88, April 3.02, May 3.83, June 3.99, July 3.62, August 3.82, September 2.63, October 3.327, November 2.56, December 2.50.
Engagements and anniversaries highlighted in Star notices
News of Other Years recounts local life events from a past issue: Mrs. Alfred Tucker visits in Norfolk. Lena Lewis hospitalized in Memorial. Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Smith celebrate 50th anniversary. Burr Harrison Harry K. Benham and Edward Thoma form Winchester law partnership. Georgia Anna Cooper engaged to Clarence Lester Peffer Jr.. Paul Rosenberger attends International Flower Show in New York. Frances Grove to Lohr Dunlap. Ralph Cain hosts Mary Wineman in Greensburg.
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Alfred Tucker
South Washington Street
A.B. Tucker, Jr
Norfolk
Lena Lewis
Cross Junction
Memorial Hospital
Charles H. Smith
Did Street
Burr Harrison
Harry K. Benham
Edward Thoma
Winchester
Lou Cooper
Gainesboro
Georgia Anna
Clarence Lester Peffer, Jr
C. L. Peffer
Paul Rosenberger
New York City
Miss Isabelle Crisman Ill at Home Twenty Five Years Ago
Twenty five years ago Miss Isabelle Crisman of the Western Union Telegraph office was confined to her parents home. Mr and Mrs Asa Crisman with an attack of grippe visited Mr and Mrs John Dick, Kernstown, while Mr and Mrs Harry Knight of Greenwood and Mr and Mrs Charles Watts of this city were on a trip to Ontario, Canada.
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Isabelle Crisman
Western Union Telegraph Office
Asa Crisman
Srippe
John Dick
Kernstown
Harry Knight
Greenwood
Charles Watts
Ontario
Canada
Virginia dog tax hike and new life company president
A 50 year old note states Virginia raised the dog tax from fifty cents to eighty one. Harry H. Baker was elected president of the newly formed Annuality Life and Security Company.
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Virginia
Harry H. Baker
Annuaity, Life and Security Company
Only Child in Family Faces Social and Emotional Hurdles
A study suggests only children show higher emotional instability and social challenges, with mothers often dominant. Advice notes parents should foster shared play and guided group activities while avoiding overpraising or overprotectiveness to support balanced development.
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Merman M. Bundesen
M.D
Parente
Strength For The Day By Earl L. Douglas D D
Ministers face mixed marriages and weigh compatibility of faiths and beliefs. The author argues that surrendering religion for family peace risks calamity, while holding to one's faith may lead to a divided home with divided allegiances.
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Earl L. Douglas
D.D
Mixed marriages seen as fraught with unhappiness
The piece notes that although some mixed marriages succeed, young people should expect considerable unhappiness and caution about marriage choices.
Douglas High School basketball edges Andrew Jackson of Luray
Douglas High School defeated Andrew Jackson School 36 to 34 in a Thursday night game. The team, coached by Hite until recalled to the army, sits third in the Tri-State League and will play in Martinsburg West Virginia for a March 27 28 29 tournament.
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Douglas High
Andrew Jackson School
Luray
Douglas
Martinsburg
W. Va
Kamer High
Hite
Norris O. Hite
Army
How's Your I Q Based on 100 Questions 10 Days
A quiz style page asks ten questions on history and figures. It quizzes Italy Soviet Russia peace, Hawthorne, Boer War timing, King George VI mourning end date, Boxer uprising years, Jo Davide, major rivers Don Dvina Dnieper Dniester, North Carolina secretary of the Navy, English shillings per pound, and a Rhine watch bridge.
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Italy
Soviet
Russia
Nathaniel Hawthorne
George VI
China
Jo Davideson
Navy
Rhine
Brin and Liddell Tighten the Fake Ally Pact
In a tense hotel corridor scene Brin pressurizes Liddell over Goldy and a fatal deal. Liddell shoots Timmy and Brin, then sneaks toward safety as Hunt Brin sits calmly at a desk watching the door.
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Ladder
Tim
Ladden
Hunt Brin
Liddell
Timmy
Benindham
Brin
Laddel
Private Eye Johnny Liddell in Chinatown Showdown
Detectives stakeout leads Liddell to a Chinatown gambling haunt as they chase gang secrets. A brutal murder scene and a drifting lead toward a fan tan game set the stage for further pursuit in Frank Kane’s tale.
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Johnny Liddell
Chinatown
Shanghai
Liddell
Laddel
Led Gell
Liddel
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Frederick and
Clarke
H. F. Byrd, Jr
DeLisser, Inc
East 44Th Street
News Room
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Helicopter
Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch
Virginia Advisory Legislative Council
Ginia
WALC
Bly
Red
U. S
By Ray Tucker
United States of America
People’s Republic
United Nations
Romanian People’s Republic
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Romania
Truman
Congres
Stassen
F M
Concord
N. H
Minnesota
Harold
Eisenhower
Wisconsin
Scott
Women of Awe
Turkish Republic
I. N
D. McK
the Star
Lohr Dunlap
Mrs.c PF Dunlap
Ralph Cain
Bellview Ave
Mary Wineman
Greensburg, Pa
Douglas School News
I.Q
R J. Scott
Laddell
Goldy
Erin
Sing Sing
Brian
Bim
Ben Certe
Breen
By Frank Kane
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