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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1954
Page
3
The May 18 1954 Winchester Evening Star notes historic covenanters found across nations from Palestine to Scotland. A statement declares they have built a strong lineage and the speaker pledges to establish a covenant with them.
R G Hughes, president of the National Association of Home Builders, argues abuses under the governments loan-insurance program are greatly exaggerated. He notes few builders guilty, while others warn such charges could hurt housing and the economy during Senate Banking Committee hearings.
The article notes a shift from static trench warfare to highly mobile, heavily armed operations. It cites U S Army exercises showing airborne divisions trained from Panama to Alaska and Greenland, Arctic and tropic detachments, globe spanning airlift, and planes ferrying French troops to Indochina as a glimpse of new warfare.
Senator Harry F Byrd presses Administrator Albert M Cole for public disclosure of all builders with loans exceeding project costs and details on loan approvals. He cites 1800 of 6531 insured loans totaling over three billion dollars with 38 percent exceeding land and construction costs and urges full transparency to vindicate innocent agency staff and curb profiteering.
The text discusses rocket launchers, bombing planes, and atomic artillery as tools of massive firepower. It notes an H-bomb's power rivaling all World War II blockbusters and labels the drills Flash Burn with hope they do not presage a nuclear disaster between powers on opposite sides of the iron curtain.
In Washington hearings on the McCarthy Army row, Committee Counsel Ray H. Jenkins notes the emotional currents eroding reason as he cites a seven way split infinitive. The moment is hailed as a memorable, almost canonical flourish in the ongoing hearings.
Eston Tevalt was named Director of the 1954 Apple Blossom Festival Fireman's Parade. Mr. and Mrs. Willard Gray announced the birth of a daughter. Mrs. Gray was formerly Miss Margery Boyd. Guests cited include Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dietrick of Silver Spring Md and Mrs. J. W. Hobson with guests Mr. and Mrs. Howard Fisher of Arlington.
In Winchester 1929 Handley High School beat Massanutten Military Academy with Billy Kern as high point man. Robert Stratton of Harrisonburg to preside at Capitol Theatre organ console. Cathleen Thompson named valedictorian of Boyce High School graduating class.
Donald C Duffey, son of Mrs Vera Duffey, won a Seattle scholarship to the University of Richmond. He was a senior at Handley. Mrs Alexander Gordon entertained in honor of Mr and Mrs Luther Greene. Little John Pennypacker Jr had been at Winchester Hospital for tonsil operation.
Lt. Philip C. Meade son of Mr and Mrs Louis B Meade served in England with the army air corps and has been awarded the air medal along with the oak leaf cluster for his service.
Mrs J E Stuphin and Miss Lutie Funk houser were hosted by Mrs Laura Hockman with guests Mrs Rebecca Porter and Miss Pinkie McKown of Garardstown W Va. Miss Susan Bertha Millar daughter of Mr and Mrs S Rolfe Millar married Lt Rudolph Otto Maximillian Ruthardt of the German Army.
President Eisenhower orders an accelerated domestic drive against Communists inside and outside the government. The move counters Senator McCarthy and supports a Republican strategy to repurpose anti-subversion efforts as a political asset. It highlights actions against Oppenheimer and boosts FBI Chief Hoover as a counterweight in the congressional campaign.
Question asks which electric bulb avoids attracting insects. Answer notes night flying insects avoid blue and near ultraviolet light, so bulbs not emitting blue or near-UV deter insects. Yellow bulbs are preferred for anti bug lamps, with red and orange also effective.
A builder asks why windows are painted in new structures to alert workmen the glass is installed to avoid accidental breakage.
Medical overview notes appendicitis remains hard to diagnose in children and the elderly, with risks of rupture. It cites 1950 US deaths and urges cautious removal when doubt persists, warning against laxatives or enemas for tummy pain without physician advice.
A quiz asks readers to score a 100 question test over 10 days with daily recall rates from memory genius to good. It then provides a list of trivia questions including Ike, Reykjavik, telegraph inventor, color blindness, marriage odds by age, continents naming, sub rosa, 18th amendment repeal, political doctrine, and Don Quixote.
Julia Taber and Dr. P. S. Marshall ride past railroad tracks as tensions rise over Sally’s secret. The doctor hints at absolving a man’s sins while Julia fights the pull of a dangerous dream and a past she fears to confront.
Julia Taber plans a homeward weekend while Pete Marshall grows more attentive in a hospital ward. Friends Pryor Staatz and others chatter about romance, duty, and inevitable separations as Julia contemplates a risky step in a complex love triangle.
A devotional meditation compares life to steering a ship. The speaker warns against criticizing others while lacking experience and urges readers to perform their small tasks well and trust God’s guidance and wisdom. The piece urges humility and faith in the Captain.
The term par aplegia denotes paralysis on both sides of the body starting at the waist, resulting in loss of motor function and sensation in the legs. It describes a bilateral lower body paralysis rather than localized weakness.
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