Holy Year Raises US Cardinal Count Speculation
The 1950 Holy Year opens with Holy Doors in St. Peter's. Speculation grows whether Pope Pius XII will appoint new cardinals to reach 70. US representation may rise from four of 55 existing members, as Catholic population grows, with historical notes on American cardinals and the college's origins.
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St. Peter's
Rome
Pope Pius XII
Sacred College of Cardinals
United States
Sacred College
Italy
France
John Glennon
St. Louis
U. S
John Carroll
Baltimore
John McCloskey
New York
James Gibbons
O’connell
Boston
Dougherty
Philadelphia
Mundelein
Chicago
Hayes
U.S
Spellman
Stritch
Mooney
Detroit
John VIII
Moses
Sixtus V
Alexander III
Health insurance fight shifts to business profits and politics
Washington reports Oscar Ewing and allies press a compulsory health plan. Opponents cite 50 million with voluntary coverage and warn government competition. British system cited as contrast. lawmakers warn private enterprise could be displaced by state medical programs.
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Washington
Oscar R. Ewing
American Medical Association
Capitol Hill
Ewing
Federal Security Building
Truman Project
Congress
Bevan
Labor Party
Conformity in Pentagon Thought Questioned as Navy Debate Escalates
The Nation faces a clash over seapower versus strategic bombing as Admiral Denfeld's removal looms. Matthews pushes for change while Denfeld and others warn conformity stifles independent thinking and risks a dangerous imbalance in military policy.
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Pentagon
Admiral Denfeld
Navy
Matthews
Defense
Johnson
Pentagon High Command
Hanson W. Baldwin
New York Times
Truman May Name Outside Circle for Appointments
The Richmond Times Dispatch notes rising pressure on President Truman to appoint someone beyond his longtime political circle as vacancies appear. The piece suggests a senator, currently seated three rows away, could be considered for a key post if friend selections prove insufficient.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
Truman
Senate
Sandy Baker for City Treasurer Receives Local Backing
A Winchester reader urges support for Sandy Baker in the upcoming election, praising his family’s long civic service from the Virginia Woole era to the Armory and fire protection efforts. The letter lauds Baker’s funding of sports, parks, and public safety, urging neighbors to vote on November 8.
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Evening Star
Sandy Baker
Winchester
Wm. H. Baker
Virginia Woole
Alfred Baker
Lewis Jones - Knitting Mills
Atlantic City
Richmond
Baltimore Orioles
Washington Nationals
Park
Hunter Grimm
Anderson
Micky Forney
South End Hose Company
Friendship Fire Company
J. Henkel Henry
How's Your I Q Based on 100 Questions
A quiz includes 10 daily scores from 9 to 10 correct answers indicating Memory Genius, 7 or 8 Very Superior, 5 or 6 Excellent, 4 Good. Page 2 lists ten questions about history and science with true false items and a stock-market crash date.
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United States
F. D. Roosevelt
Truman
Soviet Russia
Japan
Nagasaki
Hiroshima
DeMille’s lavish expense on star’s wardrobe stirs debate
An efficiency expert questioned a $3000 brocade gown for Cecil B. DeMille’s film. DeMille insisted the star would not deliver her best without the luxury, noting audiences would not notice the fabric but the performer’s effect.
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Cecil B. DeMille
Mr. DeMille
DeMille
Handley Favored In Covington Game
Handley enters the Covington matchup as the favorite as regional sports stakes rise for Friday night action.
Filipinos Freed in Leyte Samar Cleanup as Allies Advance
In 1944 one and a half million Filipinos are freed in the Leyte Samar cleanup. The Twenty ninth Division smashes the Siegfried line while Richard Bong, American fighter ace, pushes his victory total to 33.
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Leyte
Samar
Siegfried Line
Richard Bong
Fort Hill of Cumberland defeats Handley 21 to 7
In a 1939 report Fort Hill of Cumberland triumphed over Handley with a 21 to 7 score. John Lazazzera, a noted Piccadilly barber, captured a red fox in a county field. Miss Jane Stuart Bickers returns home from Charlottesville hospital after recovering from injuries from a automobile accident.
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John Lazazzera
Piccadilly
Red Fox
County Field
Jane Stuart Bickers
Charlottesville Hospital
Miss Julia Dunn In Critical State After Carbolic Acid Incident
In Winchester the 1924 health scare continues as Miss Julia Fuller Dunn remains in a critical condition at her home on West Water Street after swallowing carbolic acid. Sanitary policeman Purcell D. Plank initiates a cleanup program in local back yards.
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Julia Fuller Dunn
W. Water St
Purcell D. Plank
Winchester
Irwin, Tolstoi
Hurst
Handley
Strength For The Day By Earl L. Douglas
A brief meditation on resilience and character amid disruptive forces. The prose compares hurricanes and termites to life’s upheavals, noting how damage accumulates until a dwelling or spirit collapses. The passage cautions against allowing hardship to erode courage and steadiness.
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Finan
Weaving moral ruin and danger through everyday choices
The piece contrasts hurricanes with slow social decay driven by intemperance, anger, and avarice, arguing character erodes over time. It warns against harmful living and urges caution, noting the need to avoid moral termite-like destruction and to stay visible at night by wearing white.
Coal Production Doubles Fourfold by 58 Operators in Virginia
The Virginia Emergency Fuel Commission reports non union coal output quadrupled in a month, totaling 375000 tons since reactivation on Sept 28. Fifty eight mine operators are at work, with normal non strike output around 90000 tons monthly.
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Richmond
Virginia Emergency Fuel Commission
Tuck
Virginia
Modern Manners booklet offered for twenty cents
A promotional notice from The Winchester Star Information Bureau advertises a small booklet titled Modern Manners. It promises guidance on etiquette for table manners telephone calls dressing for occasions business etiquette and more, available postpaid for 20 cents with a coupon.
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Winchester Star Information Bureau
Eye St
N. E
Washington
D. Cc
Honolulu Visit Complicates Amenly's Plans and Affections
Chris and Terry host Amenly at the Gurney household on Oahu. Amenly falls for Lilia Gurney, while Chris warns him that Lilia is happily married. The visitor is kept busy with family outings as Lilia returns from Maui and family dynamics unfold.
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Chris
Amenly
Terry
Roger
Honolulu
Lilia Gurney
Lilia
Tantalus
Tom
Fifty-second Street
Kris
Petersons
Teme
Hugo
Jack
Waikiki
Blow Hole
Beach House
the Royal
Cordelia
Maui
Kaual
Cenaee Eakinas Es Dence
Baldwin Cuthrell
Lanai
Big Island
Oahu
Harriet
Alex
Kauai
Appy
Redediaon
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Ministry of Earth
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Longner
Leonard W. Hall
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I.Q
Hollywood
National Service Life Insurance
Wall Street Journal
Covington
Harlem
Clowe
Fort Hill
Cumberland Downs
Earl L. Douglas
D. B
Scott
Cowan
Princeton
R. J. Scott
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