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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1949
Page
4
Step In The Wrong Direction Says Virginia Farm Leader
H G Blalock, president of the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation, calls the administrations Brannan farm proposals a step in the wrong direction. He warns that adoption could ruin the country and harm free enterprise. He argues the plan regiments farmers and costs taxpayers the difference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. G. Blalock
Virginia Farm Bureau Federation
Liberal Senator Douglas Critiques Spending and Taxes
Tlinois Senator Douglas, once a Socialist candidate and now labeled ultra liberal, defends thrift and economy on the Senate floor. He warns against higher taxes and extra deficits, arguing the government cannot fund all requests and urging trimming fat from departments amid economic decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas
Tlinois
Democratic Party
Senate
Truman
Douglases
Congress
Williams pushes probe into CCC wartime accounts shortfall
Sen. John J. Williams of Delaware has pressed a formal inquiry into a 366 million dollar deficit in Commodity Credit Corporation wartime accounts. The Senate Expenditures Committee, with both parties, ordered immediate investigation to uncover why ledgers do not balance and what motives or errors may be behind the mismatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hich
Commodity Credit Corporation
John J. Williams
Delaware
Senator Williams
Senate
CCC
Williams
Wen
Ap. Pr
Senator Williams Probes Public Funds for Waste and Fraud
The article lauds Senator Williams for exposing mismanagement of hundreds of millions in public funds and urges careful accounting as tens of billions are spent. It credits his energy and persistence in uncovering facts and pressing them in the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
Senate
Truman notes farmers’ votes relied on bread buttering claim
The column argues President Truman openly told farm editors that farmers voted as if “which side of their bread was buttered” and questions why the White House edited the remark. It suggests voters act on quid pro quo incentives and warns future belt tightening may be needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
White House
Mr. Truman
DuPont approves four for one stock split trend grows
The stockholders of E I Du Pont de Nemours & Co vote to a four for one split of its twenty dollar common stock. The move aims to attract capital and widen ownership by spreading holdings to more investors, including small investors, as large corporations adopt the trend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co
DuPont
Bill Battaile Named Vice President of State JCC
Roxanne Rogers of the N. Frederick 4-H club wins the District stock judging contest. Marshall Novick, son of Mr and Mrs A J Novick, is initiated into Alpha Epsilon at Duke University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Battaile
State Jcc
Roxanne Rogers
N. Frederick
4-H Club
Marshall Novick
Mrs
A. J. Novick
Alpha Epsilon
Duke University
Burma airport seized as Stilwell aid aids Chinese forces
On the second day of the pre invasion period five years ago in 1944 American aid to Chinese forces helped capture a vital Burma airport. The city announced plans to stage a bond selling contest with Winchester Massachusetts. Mrs Ethiel Trenary joins the WACS.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stilwell
Burma
Winchester
Mass
King George and Queen Elizabeth Receive Ovation in Quebec
Ten years ago in 1939 King George and Queen Elizabeth landed in Quebec to a tremendous ovation. The Winchester Evening Star notes a marble tournament drawing 50 entrants and mentions C. B. Mallory along with W. B. Pingley receiving Telephone Company safe driving awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Quebec
Winchester Evening Star
C. B. Mallory and
W. B. Pingley
Telephone Company
Daughter of Today Promises Sensation at Colonial
J B Violett contractor and painter injures himself falling from a front porch. Handley nine defeats Covington 10 to 7. Twenty five years ago in 1924 the notice mentions a Colonial event and a promised sensation titled Daughter of Today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial
J. B. Violett
Winchester Colored Republicans Hold Meeting in Odd Fellows Hall
A 1899 item notes the Winchester colored Republicans conduct a business meeting in Odd Fellows hall. James H. Brown attends the Red Men's Council and is suspected of spy activities in Washington, according to the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Colored Republican Party
Odd Fellows Hall
James. H- Brown
Red Men’s Council
Washington
Brown takes over in wart of Winchester family life
A narrator recalls his wife Frances embracing brown as a dominant color after her affair with Brown. He narrates trials of wardrobe shifts from black to brown and the decorating of a second bedroom around brown themes, concluding that a man convinced against his will can only keep silent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frances
Rover
Survival Rates for Premature Infants by Birth Weight
Six hospitals reported 5 731 premature infants from 1940 to 1945. Birth weight 1501 to 2000 grams saw 70 to 87 percent survival with 1000 to 1500 grams yielding 45 to 59 percent. Survival outside special hospital care would be lower.
Clue to Cholesterol Role in Artery Hardening
Medical note explains arteries stiffen with age and links hardening to high cholesterol and fat intake. Diet changes low cholesterol may reduce risk. Chinese diet with little cholesterol shows rare artery hardening. Warns further study needed to confirm cholesterol's exact role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Sachs
King
Orient
Celestial guidance versus dead reckoning in life and faith
A comparing reflection explains that life steers by human calculation like ships by dead reckoning but requires celestial navigation through God. It argues that while intelligence helps, true direction comes from worship and prayer, with God guiding our course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
How's Your I Q Memory Quiz Based On 100 Questions
A 1940s style quiz asks daily questions with scoring bands from memory genius to good. It lists sample items on government, literature, geography, and science and notes Page 2 has the correct answers. It references figures like Edwin G N and historical data for US ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis & Clark
Thomas Jefferson
Kit Crason
Sitka
Alaska
Nome
Point Barrow
Seattle
Court Orders U S to Sue Louisiana and Texas Oil Lands
The Supreme Court granted the government permission to sue Texas and Louisiana to assert paramount U S rights to rich offshore oil lands. The brief order gave no explanations, Justice Jackson not participating. Texas and Louisiana argued consent is needed for any state suit and warned of potential suits against 19 coastal states and seven Great Lakes states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Texas
Louisiana
United States
Jackson
Great Lakes
California
Justice Department
Gulf
Jane Burns Beatrice Help Jane Navigate Future Plans
Beatrice counsels Jane as the young woman contemplates college and love. Jane shares fears of marriage and divorce, while balancing her family ties with Helen and her father. A dinner party and a budding romance with Tom Berry frame a hopeful, uncertain path ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bee
Beatrice
Jane
Helen
Paul Mather
Tom
Tom Berry
Libby
New York
Macrae-Seajih Compan
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Earl L. Douglas
D. D
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Marianne
Margaret Gorman
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King Features Syndicate
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