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Winchester Evening Star in Winchester, Virginia
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1952
Page
4
Gilberte of the Loire Becomes France’s Modern Maid Hero
Gilberte from a Loire town travels to Paris to work for Antoine Pinay as a house keeper. On day one she shops for reasonably priced foods and refuses inflated prices, challenging inflation which Pinay then fights by cutting costs on staples like butter and coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maid of
Orleans
Gilberte
Loire
France
Paris
Antoine Pinay
M. Pinay
Cain
Canasta Tops US Card Game Popularity in 1950s Survey
A survey by the Association of American Playing Card Manufacturers shows canasta as the most popular card game in the United States with 29.9 percent favoring it. Contract bridge is second at 19.3 percent, followed by Pinocle, poker, rummy, auction bridge, saimba, five hundred, solitaire and gin rummy. The study notes the canasta boom peaked in 1950 and decks were no longer produced in large quantities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association of American Playing Card Manufacturers
United States
Association
Southern Negro Perspective on Integration and Economic Rights
A Tennessee columnist argues that economic well being should precede school integration. He contends segregation aided Black economic advancement, cites Atlanta and Pennsylvania schools, and urges focus on Northern states like Harrisburg for civil rights progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Harrsburg
Pennsylvania
Mayou
Regional Card Game Popularity Across the States
The article surveys card game popularity by region noting canasta lags in Kentucky Tennessee Mississippi and Alabama while bridge dominates the middle Atlantic western and south Atlantic. Pinochle holds sway in the middle Atlantic western and midwest. Poker appeals in the west north central states and the feminine influence is evident. Before World War I poker was likely the most popular game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East South Central States
Kentucky
Tennessee
Mississippi
Alabama
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic
North
South Dakota
Minnesota
Nebraska
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Madrid Bullfight Leaves Boyle Convinced Baseball Is Fine
HAL BOYLE recalls Madrid's season finale bullfight with debutantes Manolo Cano and Francisco Blasquez Pacorro and veteran Pichardo. A brutal day ends with Pacorro mortally wounded, Cano gored, and Pichardo failing to finish his final bull, prompting Boyle to contrast with baseball and declare the sport oddly compelling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Manolo Cano
Francisco Blasquez Pacorro
Pichardo
Cano
Pacorro
Community Announcements and Personal News Highlights
Notices include Cath erine Jean Kelso marriage to Joyce Leroy Culp. Mrs D Long and Mrs Fred Duncan returning from Fort Meyers Florida. Ann Shockeys fifth birthday party hosted by Mr and Mrs James Shockey. Also reports of Ruth Michael MacIntyre birth. Howard Hart stationed in Japan. Ray Carper visiting parents. past recalls of William Welch in England and Howard Stine at Lake Field. Halloween parties hosted by Ann Butler and Thelma Dovel. Virginia Greene music class party. Garland Johnstep wedding trip return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Ed. Kelso
Gore
Catherine Jean
Joyce Leroy Culp
Henry R Culp
D. Long
Fred Duncan
Wm Fort Meyers
Fla
James Shockey
Ann
Melvin MacIntyre
Macintyre
Ruth Michael
Pic
Howard R. Hart
Howard Hart
South Braddock Street
U. S. Army
Zama Honshu
Japan
Ray Allen Carper
Seaman Boxer
USN
Elwood Carper
William L. Welch
Cook Welch
White Post
England
Corp
Howard F. Stine
Lake Field
Phoenix
F. & Dovel
Thelma
Virginia Greene
Thieves Steal Barreld Vinegar From Carter Hall Cellar
A gang of thieves carried off a barreled vinegar from the wine cellar at Carter Hall near Milwood. The incident disrupted supplies at the estate and police were notified. No suspects named in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter Hall
Milwood
Letters to the Editor on Byrd and party shift in Virginia
A reader criticizes Senator Byrd and Democratic shifts toward Republican affiliations. The letter laments partisan realignments, invokes Civil War history, Klan imagery, and Southern aristocracy. It urges voters to recall hardship of twenty years ago and cautions against socialism while praising Democratic aid to the poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byrd
Marty F. Byrd
Bob Taft
Virginia
Virginia Assembly
South
Southland
Richard E. Byrd
Frederick County
Richmond
Confederacy
Byrnes
South Carolina
Charley McCarthy
Roosevelt
Ruman
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Ferdinand
Rainfall totals by month from 39 year period
Past 24 hours show no rainfall. October rainfall to date 2. The average yearly rainfall over 39 years is listed by month with totals: January 2.45 inches, February 1.99, March 2.88, April 3.02, May 3.83, June 3.99, July 3.83, August 3.82, September 2.68, October 3.37, November 2.56, December 2.50 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yea
Renee Seintel
Asive
Dee
Maryland Virginia Democrats back Virginia delegation seating
A letter from Towson Maryland urges Democrats to unite for Eisenhower and a clean government. It supports Virginia's right to choose its delegates and calls for patriotism, opposition to Truman era policies, and praise for Senator Byrd against Stevenson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Virginia
Dominion
Can mistletoe be cultivated as a parasite plant
The text explains mistletoe cannot be cultivated as a crop because it is a parasitic plant. Birds spread seeds by wiping beaks on tree bark. seeds cling, germinate, and the mistletoe root penetrates the host. It grows slowly, persists, and typically the host tree dies after the mistletoe.
How's Your I Q Based On 100 Questions 10 Days
A quiz style page describes daily scoring with ranges from Memory Genius to Good. It lists ten sample questions about military recruits at Parris Island, Miss America winner, a candidate with a shoe hole, mosquito legs, garrulous versus shy, Lew Wallace’s governorship, the color of babies, a Swedish explorer’s balloon death, Flag Day date, and the president who drafted religious freedom language with anti religion nuance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parris Island
S. C
Atlantic City
U. S. Territory
Gen
Lew Wallace
Conscerunant fiemi daes 10. Sign from the U. S. Army
Unclear OCR fragment cites a date of the 10th and a U S Army sign off mention involving Sam Menliet MB Y. Details are damaged and identities uncertain but center on a military signing event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Army
Sam Menliet
Burglars’ Confession Shapes a Grim Night Tale
In Elizabeth Daly's Chapter Twenty Four, Eattles explains the gang's fake identities and forgeries used to dodge publicity and authorities. He recalls living in fear of discovery, avoiding public places, and the complicity of the Austen family, while plotting to move cash and cover tracks after a forged trust fund trap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eattles
Nordhal
Gamadge
San Francisco
Austens
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