Winchester Daily Ad and Classified Rates Notice
Advertisement and subscription rates for the Winchester Evening Star listed with office contacts and prices. Includes a proverb from Proverbs 24 21 urging avoiding unstable people and associating with dependable ones.
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Winchester
Frederick and
Clarke
North Kent Street
Virginia
H. F. Byrd, Jr
DeLinser, Inc
East Street
New York City
News
Unification of U S military eyed as workable
General Eisenhower told the House Armed Services Committee that unification of the military should work from now on. Navy and Air Force Army factions clash in hearings revealing deep splits, charged emotions and questions about future cooperation discipline and strategy.
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Eisenhower
House Armed Services Committee
Pentagon
Navy
Air Force
Army
Aftermath of Donora Smog Research Tracks Deadly Conditions
The U S Public Health report analyzes the 1948 Donora smog tragedy. It warns that a similar deadly blend of dense industrial fumes and a stagnant anti cyclone could recur elsewhere. Weather patterns from late October to early November fostered the dangerous air mass and its reach.
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U. S
Donora
Philadelphia
Wheeling
W. Va
Weather Bureau
Louisiana
Mn Two
Laying Cornerstone Signals UN Shift to Moral Role
The article notes President Truman’s view that the United Nations reflects mankind’s moral aspirations over its Security Council power. It discusses UN functions from human rights to technical aid, and the evolving role as a referee among great powers, with growing prestige despite past doubts about enforcing force.
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Washington Post
United Nations
New York
Truman
San Francisco
Security Council
General Assembly
U N
U. N
Vandenberg
U.N
Agency of World Peace
Weekly Allowance Price Hike Sparks Parody and Protest
A satirical verse notes prices rising and a son demanding higher allowance. The speaker calls the move extortion before surrendering to a doubled allowance request.
The $64 Question at Work for the Family
A six year old studies wedding photos as her father explains the ceremony. The child suddenly realizes the meaning and asks if the event was when Mother joined the family to work for them.
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Mary Jane
Haineses celebrate 50th wedding anniversary at Berryville Ave home
A year ago in 1948 Mr. and Mrs. William C. Haines of 707 Berryville Ave marked their Golden Wedding Anniversary. Also in 1948 the Supreme Court ruled Edmund Wilson's Memoirs of Hecate County obscene banning sale, and Miss Colleen Shine married Frank Wallace Dill.
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William C. Haines
Berryville Ave
Supreme Court
Edmund Wilson
Hecate County
Colleen Shine
Frank Wallace Dill
France’s cabinet crisis signals cautious hope for stability
Washington observers note ongoing French political turmoil amid wage and price tensions. Mayer faces a hostile left as Queuille’s coalition holds, while labor strikes loom and economic recovery gains momentum under postwar aid.
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France
Mayer
Willowl
Jules Moch
Thorez
Vincent Auriol
Communist Party
Queuille
Strength For The Day By Earl L. Douglas
A Chicago bishop stops a snowball incident to invite a boy to Sunday school. The boy joins, grows into an outstanding church member, while his two friends drift away and meet tragic ends. The tale contrasts early kindness with later fates.
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Chicago
Cheney
Sugar Shortage Threat Looms Over Consumers
The Star letters page warns of a looming serious sugar shortage despite record world output. It cites Sugar Act marketing limits, lagging domestic stocks, and Cuba's sales abroad as pressures. Secretary of Agriculture must raise 1949 requirements to secure supplies for January and February and persuade industry and shoppers of adequate, fairly priced sugar.
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the Star
Winchester Evening Star
Secretary of Agriculture
Cuba
William E. Bridgeforth
Yanks clash with Japanese in Philippines as Russians sweep Germany towns
Five years ago in 1944, American forces push through muddy jungle against stiff Japanese resistance in the Philippines while the Russian army overruns about 400 German towns. In Winchester, the American Legion post holds its first monthly smoker and Louise V. Pingley, chief operator at the local telephone company, receives a 25 year service emblem.
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Philippines
Winchester American Legion Post
Louise V. Pingley
Winchester Telephone Company
Mountain Falls youth shot in forearm refuses details
Ten years ago in 1929 Harry Pingley, 21, of Mountain Falls was shot in the forearm and would not divulge any details. Ed Mason chaired a Madison lodge 6 Odd Fellows meeting. H J Glamlich of the American-Breeders Assn spoke to Rotary.
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Harry Pingley
Mountain Falls
Ed Mason
Grand Lodge
Madison Lodge
Odd Fellows
H. J. Glamlich
The
American — Breeders Assn
Rotary
Berlin declares capture of canal system in 1914 advance
1914 report notes German forces edging through Belgium and a rebuff to a French canal system capture. It mentions Harvey Franklin Carper and Miss Susan Carper of Winchester and Carpers Valley wedding. A Tennessee firm orders three carloads of apples via the Star during the Boy and Barrel of Apples drive.
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Berlin
Belgium
Paris
Harvey Franklin Carper
Susan Carper
Winchester
Carpers Valley
Tennessee
Train nearly hits sleeping man in Clearbrook incident
In 1904 a four passenger train narrowly misses a sleeping negro on the tracks at Clearbrook. Misses Gertie and Nannie Hattle hold a taffy pull fund. Tom Keating advertises the largest glass of beer in town for a nickel and serves as agent for Cumberland Brewing Co.
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Clearbrook
Gertie
Nannie Hattle
Tom Keating
Cumberland Brewing Co
Physician rises from mischief to medical fame at bishop's hat
A column reflects on a doctor whose early mischief shaped a career in medicine, noting a bishop's insight years ago that redirected a prisoner toward professional success. It cites trivia questions including polio pioneer Sister Kenny and a 1949 daylight saving reference.
Greenbelt Cancelled Halloween Window Prank Plan
Greenbelt Maryland city council cancelled plans to let kids smash windows and soap storefronts as a Halloween stunt. They retained October 30 as beggars night to confine doorbell ringing to one night for safety and education reasons.
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Greenbelt
Council
Golden Shoestring portrays a Hawaiian homecoming and clan welcome
Terry settles at the Tantalus house with Chris as Hawaiian kinship and a clan feast unfold. The island circle gifts, dances, and mele honor tradition while Terry navigates visits, charity work, and house-hunting whispers as Chris grows restless amid family tensions.
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Faith Baldwin
Faith Baldwin-Cuthrell
King Features Syndicate
Chris
Terry
Josiah Russell
Hugo
Jack
New York
Tantalus
Oahu
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