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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1949
Page
4
Winchester Evening Star provides city news and notices with Associated Press content rights and postal details. Publication information notes address, circulation, editors, and classified sales terms for the Bee Daily Newspaper of Winchester Virginia in 1896.
A biblical reflection notes that the weak should claim strength and refrain from relying on weakness. The excerpt emphasizes inner resolve and the paradox of power in adversity. It frames strength as an affirmative statement rather than passive endurance.
The piece argues John L. Lewis proposes ten unions each give 250000 weekly to CIO leader Philip Murray creating a near 3 million weekly strike fund. It questions if unions with vast resources should face antitrust scrutiny like large corporations.
The Education Policies Commission urged against loyalty oaths for teachers, arguing such measures threaten school autonomy and freedom of thought. It warned foreign ideologies infiltrate the US, while stressing that American freedoms grow through diverse ideas and tolerance.
The speech by CIO President Philip Murray to Pittsburgh steel workers draws fear of balancing power in the economy. Critics warn Murray could wreck economic life if forced to win concessions, while steel firms resist worker costs and government restraint.
A veteran obtained a government bureau post but had never taken a civil service exam to prove qualification. After a year and a half he failed a test for lack of experience yet was promoted to chief of his section, nearly resolving the issue.
One year ago in 1948 Virginia papers largely backed Dewey over Truman per an Associated Press survey. A birth notice greets Mr and Mrs Eugene Painter of Strasburg a boy. Mrs Painter is the former Dorothy Waiters. John E Reilly, president of the Second National Bank of Washington, gave an address to Rotary.
The navy reports six United States warships lost in a naval battle near the Philippines as Canadian forces press a drive to open Antwerp. Kiwanis Club outlines plans to sponsor an apple essay writing contest in local schools.
Ten years ago in 1929 officials are named for the November 1 general election. Fred Brenchman the Washington representative of the National Grange speaks at the Virginia State Grange meeting now in convention here. The Audrey farm dispersal sale of 135 horses gets underway with 96 thoroughbreds sold by 3 p. m.
A local man was fined 15 dollars and 50 cents and required to promise that his son would attend school. He was kept home to pick apples, reflecting enforcement of schooling laws in 1899 era reporting.
A trunk belonging to Mrs. A. K. Wood of Brooklyn is sold to settle a dentist bill charged to Dr. W. F. Hutchinson as she departs the city. The Star helps capture a notorious horse thief at Cumberland courthouse who stole the rig of H. C. Shenk. A colored woman douses three children with lye after taunting her at John Kerr school.
Washington observers note a movement led by James Roosevelt toward nonpartisan government in California. Critics warn it could revive bossism, threaten party organization, and complicate Truman era politics amid cross filing debates andCalls for reform across states.
New York. A collection of Hal Boyle’s witty aphorisms on life and human nature. Observations cover balance, marriage, ambition, cynicism, and the quirks of everyday behavior with a college editorial note teasing poetry roots.
A religious tract argues faith is an end in itself not a means to prosperity. It asserts God calls for fellowship, and salvation is a by-product of friendship with the living God. It notes religious life often accompanies health and happiness, but condemns motives that seek religion for gains.
The article explains iron's role in blood formation and anemia and notes only one eighth of dietary iron remains in the body. It advises iron rich foods such as prunes meat eggs enriched bread and may suggest iron supplements under a physician. It also mentions checking underlying causes and treating excessive menstrual blood loss.
The speaker claims religion is an end in itself and the normal state of the human soul. They describe righteousness as the hallmark of healthy spirituality and label spiritual indifference, agnosticism, and atheism as abnormal illnesses of the soul.
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