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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 31, 1949

Page

4

Against Thee I Have This Against You

A brief biblical verse reference notes a rebuke for forsaking the first love, quoting Revelation 2 4 and signaling spiritual warning within a church context.

Military medical volunteers urged as shortages loom

The piece notes a postwar effort to recruit medical and dental officers for the armed forces led by Defense Secretaries. It cites projected shortages in July 1949 and December 1949 and outlines moral suasion aimed at trained medical personnel and those deferred from the draft. It also lists responses from the 10,820 addressed and the status of those who answered.

United States Defense

Doctors Urged to Enter Service Under National Quotas

The American Medical Association and allied groups have urged physicians and dentists to join the armed forces for a two year duty tour. Defense Secretary Johnson appeals through ads to aid national security and cites state quotas ranging from over 700 in New York to two in Montana. Rep. Van Zandt warns Congress that without clinician volunteers Congress may have to draft educated professionals.

James Forrestal Secretary of Defense Defense John American Medical Association Johnson New Rep van Zandt VFW Congress

Current Opinion on English Grammar Changes

The piece discusses how teachers of English sanction new usages, arguing grammarians influence little. It highlights innovators like George O Currie and cites H G Fowler on split infinitives. It asserts language evolves and writing quality depends on craft beyond rigid rules.

The Lynchburg America George O. Currie H. G. Fowler

Statesmanship Denounced at Labor Convention in Virginia

A Virginia Federation of Labor speaker attacked Senator Harry F Byrd while defending a Washington State ex senator linked to President Truman. He criticized Byrd for backing labor policy benefiting the public, and aimed to undermine Virginians to praise a distant state's unfit nominee. The speech failed to harm Byrd or the AFL.

Virginia Federation of Labor Virginia United States Washington State Truman Harry F. Byrd Senator Byrd American Federation of Labor Byrd

Farmer's wife begs Ohio State to help with noisy cow

Ohio State University received a letter from a farmer's wife describing a cow that endlessly bawls despite ample grazing and water. She questions what can be done with a bred animal that cries, joking that perhaps the cow enjoys an audience.

New York World-Telegram Ohio State University

Winchester BPW Fetes First Birthday Anniversary

Arab cannon pounds Jerusalem as Israelis struggle to open a supply line. Alex Crockett of 375 National Ave leaves for a weekend in Wytheville.

Winchester Bpw Jerusalem Israalis Alex Crockett National Ave Wytheville

O Leary of Middletown Tops All Stars 7 to 1

Middletown star O Leary defeats All Stars 7 to 1 in a 1944 scoreline as heavy bombers pound Europe for the fifth day, while British forces push 14 miles south of Rome in the conflict.

O'Leary Middletown Rome Europe

Frederick school children sing at Handley music festival

Ten years earlier in 1933, about eleven hundred Frederick students participated in a Handley music festival. Gladys Fawcett of Stephens City High won the JET health essay prize. Boyce councilmen query State Senator Russell Cather on his vote regarding the R. 501 relocation south of Boyce. Mrs. Emmett L. Henry of 3208 Main Street is injured when a car skids and windshield is struck.

Frederick Handley Gladys Fawcett Stephens City High Boyce State Senate T. Senator Russell Cather Emmett L. Henry

Night fire destroys Ridgeway home and barn

Fire swept Ridgeway destroying the Johnson home and barn. Local responders fought the blaze as witnesses reported flames spreading quickly to nearby structures. Insurance and investigation details were not immediately available.

Ridgeway Jacob Johnson E. B. Capper C. Vernon Eddy Charles Town Hensell Bros Main St

Miniature period rooms draw crowds in aid show

A display of about 30 intricate miniature rooms created by Mrs. James Ward Thorne illustrates historic interiors from Victorian to Louis XV. The exhibit, organized to benefit the American hospital at St Lo, France, is sponsored by American Aid to France with Gen. Omar Bradley and Mrs. Bradley as luncheon guests.

Washington James Ward Thorne Chicago Brittany Pho Lilipation St. Lo France Robert Low Bacon Omar Bradley U. S Victoria and Albert Museum London Paris London Times

Robertson Raps Medical Care Bills

Senator A. Willis Robertson criticized proposed Federal medical care bills in Richmond urging that doctors face demands from those who overuse free services. He questioned how a physician can maintain proper care if patients seek him only because it costs nothing.

Richmond A. Willis Robertson Robertson

Optic neuritis linked to sinus infection and eye nerve disease

Medical note explains how nasal sinus infections or dental infections can spread to the optic nerve, causing neuritis or papillitis. It covers causes such as multiple sclerosis, syphilis, tobacco or alcohol use, and outlines symptoms, exam findings with ophthalmoscope, prognosis, and the need for prompt eye specialist evaluation.

How's Your I Q? A 10 day score based quiz

A reader quiz describes daily scoring for 100 questions with ratings from Mem ory Genius to Good. It asks ten trivia questions about literature, stamps, geography, history, biology, physics, and famous people, then notes a historical Jamestown glass mint destroyed in 1662.

Jamestown Virginia

Valley of Vanishing Riders suspense unfolds in schoolhouse clash

Chip Halliday hides from a posse at a remote schoolhouse where Hope Brennan, a brave teacher, aids his escape. She proposes smuggling him into Forlorn Valley with her as a partner, while hiding from Sheriff Strunk and his men amid a tense confrontation.

Chip Halliday Sam McAllister Ute Kincade Deer Lodge Chip Hope Brennan Seton Alessandro Allesandro Alessandro Tate Strunk Tumblerock Fellers Strunk Deer Lodge Pen Hope Mead & Company Busby Halliday

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