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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1950
Page
6
Local Winchester Virginia newspaper page with masthead editor details and AP notice. Advertising rates listed for display and classifieds with subscription terms. A quoted moral line appears at the bottom discussing obedience to universal law.
J W Leaver of Ealing reports 1949 birth name trends matching the prior year with John or Ann leading for boys and Mary for girls. Notable shifts include Paul and Hugh rising for boys and Catherine and Angela for girls. Charles remains steady at seventh. Stage names and wartime influences faded postwar.
Loring Burkhart returned a blocked punt for a 7-0 Handley lead over the Waynesboro Little Giants. Other notes mention a Woodstock Lane storehouse permit for Solinger pair, Ralph Pope's rescue from Japanese custody, a berryville family shower, and armory progress ten years ago.
Fifty years ago Joe Denny won a tournament at Staunton and could pick the queen. City police nabbed a wagon thief when William Eddy alerted the sheriff to a theft of a wheat wagon. Mr and Mrs Henry Kern welcomed a baby boy. Mrs Kern is Anna Smith.
In Pineville Perry Kimbro the nurse navigates town gossip and a tense hospital mood while feeling deepening love for Dr. McKenzie. The sheriff Steve Lanning warns and teases as Perry wrestles with duty, attraction, and tangled affection in a close mountain community.
Mrs Kay Gilbert said her husband Leon a young Negro Army Lieutenant was sentenced to death by a Korea court martial for refusing to lead his men under orders. Lt Robert Ellert defended him saying Gilbert was sacrificed for the good of the whole and his demeanor was beyond control per doctors. The Army Theatre Commander will review the case.
A floating mine off Korea blasted the U S Destroyer Brush causing nine deaths and ten injuries with five missing. The 2200 ton ship took a direct hit Wednesday near Tanchon North Korea and limped into Sasebo Japan under its own power after emergency repairs.
In Memphis police say four men clipped bookies for about $30 000 with a cinch gambling scheme but authorities lack evidence that three of them committed crimes.
The article cites Joseph Fort Newton on four life paths: running from purpose, running with life to destruction, ruling or harming others, and surrendering to a higher power. It emphasizes reliance on divine strength and rejects self directed interference. It references John 1 4 and the bible verse about life and light.
A reader quiz with daily scoring thresholds memory genius very superior excellent good. Page 2 poses true false and general trivia questions covering history geography religion and famous lines.
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