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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1950
Page
4
British War Minister John Strachey last week said the Truman administration is among the world’s most left wing governments. He noted that key forces in America’s Democratic Party move similarly though not in identical fashion to Britain’s Labour Government.
The piece argues President Truman misleads on deficit spending saying his claim of opposing deficits contrasts with a $9 billion two year budget rise, $6 billion of which funded domestic programs unrelated to military or cold war efforts. It notes the domestic spending surge doubles in two years and leaves the budget red by about the same $6 billion.
The automobile industry, after a record year, expects far higher output in 1950 despite the Chrysler strike. Weekly production tops new records as plants aim for 200,000 vehicles, surpassing the prior peak of 160,000 in a single week from July 1949.
Dealers face overstocking only at a few small firms while major plants work overtime to meet dealer demand. Prognosticators have abandoned a predicted postwar slowdown and foresee no near slump in demand or widespread price cuts.
Joseph Dickman from Library Pennsylvania continues to face suspension from the United Mine Workers after calling John L Lewis a dictator. Despite sympathy and aid offers, he remains jobless as Congress and President Truman take no action on union control. Dickman recounts his letter to the Pittsburgh Post Gazette and the meeting that led to his expulsion.
The passage notes postwar American industry delivering one new car or refrigerator per 2.5 households and one housing unit per 10 families, plus hosiery and shoes. It credits this growth to a free economy enabling new firms, products, pricing, and technological progress driving prices down and wages up.
Recruit John E. Hoover completed basic training at Fort Jackson and joined the Second Armoured Division at Camp Hood. The Moose dance netted $450 for the George Miller family fire victims. Pfc Eston R. Jenkins earned the Purple Heart for wounds in Germany. Casualties from Winchester rose to 24 per American Legion stats. Handley baseball lost 19-5 to Harrisonburg High School.
Cacapon State Park near the Virginia West Virginia line is slated to open for public use on May 28. The park sits along Route 7 and marks a regional uptick in recreation access.
Charles H. Dick of Baltimore becomes president of the Winchester Gas and Electric Light Co. A cigar shaped locomotive pulled a passenger train at 60 miles per hour on the Baltimore and Ohio road. In Clarke County spirited horses of Capt. C. W. Koontz ran away near New Market on the Berryville Boyce road.
President Truman breaks non interference stance to back Senator Frank Graham in the North Carolina May 27 Democrat primary. Willis Smith leads a liberal conservative clash with ties to Byrnes Byrd and George, as White House aims to avert a Florida Pepper setback and secure cabinet style favors for Graham.
A reader guide promises scoring based on 100 questions over ten days with daily bands from Memory Genius to Good. It invites turning to Page 2 for correct answers and asks two sample questions: the country of Damascus and the ASNE acronym.
Radioactive iodine now helps diagnose thyroid disease by showing how the gland absorbs iodine. Using a Geiger counter or urine radioactivity, doctors gauge activity, alongside basal metabolism tests, to distinguish normal, underactive, and overactive glands. Hospital monitoring is often needed for accurate urine sampling.
Rainfall for 24 hours ending 7 am today shows none. May rainfall to date 4.49 inches. Year to date 12.98 inches. Average annual rainfall over 37 years is 36.56 inches. Monthly averages from 1913 to 1949 listed for each month, with May at 3.77 inches and August 3.93. Courtesy Winchester Research.
A set of questions covering George S. Kaufman professions, metronomes, missing quotation words, Colonial Dames membership, Ezra Van Horn industry, ancient ecosystems, Narriman Sadek and a monarch, plus a translation meaning of a sentence.
The article praises doctors for their unpaid time and devotion. It notes doctors often give more in service than they receive in pay, outlines medical training, and warns against harming physicians while urging communities to honor and support them.
Eliza Forrestal, new owner of a small New Hampshire paper mill, faces suspicion as she contends with a powerful rival, George Culbert. After her dog Major dies, Chris Cameron offers to bury him, and he attempts to reset their rocky start as Eliza reviews her life and purpose in the valley.
Eliza Forrestal arrives to inspect the mill office with George Culbert. He explains hiring a female picker and comments on workers' attitudes. Eliza asserts leadership and expresses intent to review last month’s figures, then the scene ends with a promise of continuation.
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