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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1950
Page
4
A historical note quotes a religious reflection about divine will and nations, describing how humility and pride shape peoples. The fragment is part of a broader editorial or column in the Winchester Evening Star. The text highlights the editor’s asides on national character and unity.
The North Carolina Democratic state convention in Raleigh refused to endorse Harry Truman's agenda. The group denounced his FEPC plan, private power firm nationalization, socialized medicine, Brannan Farm Plan, and deficit spending, urging defeat of the President's program. The stance reflected statewide sentiment.
Arkansas Senator McClellan opposed President Truman’s bid to reorganize the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Federal Communications Commission. The Senate rejected the proposals, 66 to 13 on the first and 50 to 23 on the second, endorsing efficiency and economy but resisting centralization of power.
The RFC plans an eleven million dollar loan to Tex Mass Petroleum to settle loans now held by Boston life insurance firms and banks. Jesse Jones, RFC chair and Texas publisher, questions the move calling it improper. The RFC has already loaned about a third of its assets to multi interests.
The Export-Import Bank announced a $125 million loan to Argentina aiming to persuade President Peron to grant more civil liberties. American officials express hope the loan will advance freedoms, though skeptics question using taxpayers' money for dictatorial regimes.
State Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr. spoke to the Winchester Kiwanis Club warning that excess laws threaten individual initiative. He blamed deficit spending, overtaxation, and hidden taxes on everyday Americans, urging a return to a sound economy and a rejection of socialism as the nation nears fiscal danger.
In New York midtown streets horses pulled carriages at about 11.5 mph on average while automobiles move at roughly 6 mph today, reflecting a slower car pace in dense urban flow.
News notes from the Star recount a mass meeting planned by American Legion Post in Winchester to debate rent control abolition with no sides preselected. Lions nominated Paul Anderson and others for officer posts without opposition. Birth announced for Mr and Mrs Edgar Kerns of Gore.
Twenty five years ago the city ordered a trial of an automatic electric signal at Main and Water Streets to assess practicality before permanent installation. Shoppers bought blue Cambray shirts at Hamman's two for a dollar. William C. Marshall, Episcopal Institute faculty member, resigned to join Chatham College. Detectives nabbed another robber in the Massanutten Bank heist at Strasburg, tied to a $5,000 theft. J B McIntorff, Shenandoah County school superintendent, hurt in a Valley Pike runaway.
Washington columnist Ray Tucker argues that organized labor faces a shrinking political influence as management adopts a calmer stance. He notes CIO efforts across Florida and amid Senate races, while suggesting labor gains since Taft Hartley complicate calls to repeal the act. Labor and management increasingly pursue pragmatic cooperation, signaling mature relations beyond national politics.
Earl L. Douglas discusses the biblical view of life after death. He notes Paul’s teaching that humans possess both natural and spiritual bodies and explains how decay allows the spiritual body to be raised in incorruption and glory. The sermon urges reading 1 Corinthians 15 for clarity.
A gimmick quiz tests IQ with 100 questions and daily scoring. It asks about counterfeit money redemption, the ambassador to Soviet Russia who wrote Mission to Moscow, unit values for distance and metal names, liquid air and ice, grammar correction, smoke from fuels, a Palm Desert group of flyers eight years after a Hornet mission, Coolidge’s predecessor, and gems like ruby sapphire and topaz.
The report shows 24 hour rainfall ending 7 a m today 14 May at .14 inches. Year to date rainfall 4.47 inches, 1950 rainfall to date 12.96 inches. Average annual rainfall over 37 years 36.56 inches. Monthly averages span 1913 1949 with January 2.50 February 1.92 March 2.86 April 3.09 May 3.77 June 3.78 July 3.81 August 3.93 September 2.58 October 3.34 November 2.47 December 2.42. Courtesy of the Winchester Laboratory.
The statement is true. Emerald and amethyst are both forms of the mineral quartz family, differing in trace elements that give them their color. Emeralds are colored by chromium, while amethysts are colored by iron.
J. H. Seal urges immediate public protest against proposed curtailment of rural postal delivery from six to three days a week. He argues curtailment harms business and GI veterans, and cites a Washington convention of postal groups opposing the plan. He stresses mail service as vital to wealth and progress.
Eliza Forrestal an outsider inherits a weary paper mill in Newshire as Sir George Culbert schemes to sell to a big combine. Chris Cameron a neighbor alerts and aids her on the forest trail sparking tension yet hinting at alliance. Hespeth and Annie Wilson stand with Eliza against Culbert.
Eliza confronts Chris Cameron about Major the collie who has refused to eat since her grandfather died. Chris arranges to take the dog to his place, despite Eliza’s plan to call a Cranford vet, as tension rises in the family and a hidden motive appears.
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