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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1952
Page
4
The batch shows the Winchester Evening Star masthead with establishment date 1896 and editor H F Byrd Jr plus AP affiliation and subscription rates. It lists national reps DeLisser Inc and postal handling notes for Winchester Virginia, Frederick and Clarke counties.
A 1952 reflection highlights overcoming handicap and hardship as a measure of character, invoking scripture Judges 5 12 to urge perseverance and courage. It frames personal triumph as a societal virtue amid humble beginnings and great obstacles.
The Commerce Department totals national, state, and local debt at 519 billion dollars. Each American owes about 3500 dollars with a family of four at roughly 14000 dollars. The piece blames big government and warns of an eventual day of reckoning.
The column laments designers targeting men with formal styles. It notes the push toward a 5-button suit coat with high lapels narrow sleeves collared vests and brocaded waistcoats creating a Harvardish look. The writer urges men to defend their clothing choices.
At Bellevue Hospital New York a plaque honoring Stephen Foster who died there in 1864 was unveiled amid moving songs. The event was organized by the American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers as Foster's memory and music endure in American affection. Foster arrived as a patient with 39 cents in his possession.
Current Opinion argues Truman campaigns hard to defend his record while labeling Eisenhower as a dangerous, lobby influenced candidate. The piece notes Truman blames multiple lobbies and rails against policy continuities, suggesting Stevenson must offset sensational presidential stagecraft across twenty four states.
A scrap in his pocket carried a note titled dear friends and gentle hearts, a song never written. Foster’s gift lay in melodies that blend simple singable tunes with appealing sentiment, striking popular taste and surviving in the American heart through enduring works like Swanee River and Jeannie With The Light Brown Hair.
The observance highlights the need for a free press as a bulwark of a free people. Censorship and press control are described as first steps to subjugation by dictators, with proof seen in dictatorships where access to facts is denied and rights are abrogated.
The Rotary Club inducted Tom Kay Gus Ruppenthal Donald Stewart J D Warfield Clayton Anderson John Pennypacker and Art Wilson. The Exchange Club announced it would bring the National Symphony Orchestra to Winchester for a fourth straight year with Dr Pembroke T Grove chairing the arrangements. Mr and Mrs R L Cooper of Hayfield announce the marriage of their daughter Opal Kathleen to Oscar J Jenkins son of Moss O Jenkins. TEN YEARS AGO Pvt Cyrus A Fries brother of Miss Lucy Fries was stationed at Camp Wheeler Georgia. Mr and Mrs C E Pingley hosted their son Cpl Albert Pingley Pvts William B McKay Harry S Ritenour and James H Sandy at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri.
Joseph C. Ritter, sergeant on the Winchester police force, graduated from the FBI Nations Academy in Washington. Miss C Elizabeth Grim led music at the 19th district conference in Roanoke of Quota International. Mrs Betty Hirth Mallon, who had been in Syria with the U S Legation, was visiting her parents Mr and Mrs O L Hirth at their home here.
Mr and Mrs T W Mathews and daughters Elsie and Irene have gone home after visiting Cyril Mathews at Camp Meade Maryland. Mr and Mrs Harry Schmidt and Mr and Mrs J Howard Cather returned to their homes here after several days in Baltimore.
Fifty years ago Miss Martha A Anderson and Mr Millard Street were married. The Shenandoah Valley Telephone Company completed a new line from Strasburg to the Rockingham County line enabling distance calls as far south as Staunton.
Stevenson pivots rightward in the campaign under a core Rooseveltian advisory group at Springfield, headed by Wilson Wyatt, with figures like Archibald MacLeish, Robert Sherwood, Samuel Rosenman, Leon Henderson and Arthur Schlesinger Jr. The circle pressures a centralized government approach, shaping Stevenson’s speeches, policies and stance on labor, spending and FEPC while keeping him separate from purely Trumanite circles.
A Star reader urges continued Democratic support for Adlai Stevenson, arguing Republicans imitate comedy figures and noting past corruption alongside the Civil War theft. The letter defends Stevenson as a qualified statesman and predicts a Democratic victory if party members unite.
The report lists past 24 hour rainfall ending 7 a m and October totals. It compares 1952 rainfall to date with long term averages, and provides monthly averages for 39 year period 1912 1951. The data include January through December rainfall amounts and annual averages.
Earl L Douglas presents a portrait of Leonardo da Vinci as Renaissance genius and athlete. The essay highlights his art The Last Supper scientific insight musical talent religious devotion and frugal life. It notes his death in the arms of a monarch and places him among history’s greatest minds along with Aristotle and Solomon.
The federal government still holds vacant lands in some states but most tracts are unsuitable for homesteading. Declination in astronomy is the angle of a celestial body north or south of the celestial equator, positive north and negative south, analogous to latitude on Earth.
A quiz titled How's Your I Q presents a 10 day scoring plan with daily results linking correct answers counts to categories Meme ory Genius Very Superior Excellent and Good. The questions cover American history Geronimo geography of Damascus and Manila and literature topics.
Rena discovers a bound book while Gray reacts with growing menace. She hides as tension rises over old shelves, secret doors, and a locked room. She escapes the house with Mr. Ordway spotting her distress as the scene ends, hinting at danger to come.
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