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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1950
Page
4
An old newspaper display shows advertising and subscription rate details for Winchester Virginia. It lists second class mail handling, display deadlines, transient rates per inch, contract and classified rates, and various prepaid subscription options by mail or motor route with Virginia and West Virginia add-ons.
A brief devotional quotation from a September 1950 publication emphasizes love as a sacred, sacrificial gift. It notes that while humans cannot repay the Infinite, they can pass on what they have received, echoing the sentiment that God loved the world by giving.
The columnist notes Virginia Senator Robertson who backed the Marshall Plan now doubts the utility of foreign aid. He cites about 22 billion dollars spent to buy peace, arguing the effort did not secure lasting friendships or prevent Communist propaganda. He urges restraint on future funding as the nation reassesses its strategy.
The piece argues TV lowers attendance and revenue across cinema and sports. It cites sharp drops where TV interest is high, noting boxing and football bans on telecasts and broad financial harm to major leagues and theaters.
The Big Ten will experiment by televising select football games to theatres with live stadium feeds and a few seconds delay. Fans would pay about a dollar to $1.50, with Michigan and Illinois venues already planned, aiming for broader rollout if successful.
The article exposes a tangled incident where British shipowners dumped Russian crab meat in New York after a trade deal with Soviet Russia collapsed over timber payments. Longshoremen refused to unload the cargo, citing patriotic resistance amid wartime tensions.
Army records after World War II show about 85,000 tanks produced in the country. End of war inventories indicated 25,000 should be on hand, but only 16,000 could be accounted for, leaving 9,000 missing.
A Shawnee District Court of Honor ceremony at Market St. Methodist Church honored Douglas Jones 15 as Eagle Scout. Parents Mr. and Mrs. George Jones of 503 Fairmont Ave. celebrated the achievement as part of the local observance of scouting milestones from the Star files.
James N. Carr lands a contract to construct a new Woolen Company building. A tidal wave devastates Galveston, with deaths over 1,500. Superintendent M. M. Lynch notes Winchester and Frederick County school enrollment fell by 225 since 1896.
The piece notes twenty five nations aid Korea or pledge help as the U N crisis spurs debate on a permanent international army. It discusses feasibility, leadership, funding, language, and currency challenges and the idea of transforming wartime coalitions into a lasting guard for peace.
Earl L Douglass discusses procrastination and avoidance as a common habit. He uses examples from home and work life to show how people hide unwanted tasks in cupboards and delay action rather than confronting issues. The piece urges facing reality and taking decisive steps.
A quiz based on 100 questions over 10 days assigns ratings by correct answer counts. Items include true false on Cuba hawthorne and Sleepy Hollow author, with page 2 revealing correct answers.
Present and past rainfall data through 7 a.m. today show .09 inches today and 1.09 inches year to date, with 28.33 inches for 1950. The 37 year average is 36.56 inches. Monthly averages from 1912 to 1949 range from 1.92 inches in February to 3.93 inches in August, per Winchester Research Laboratory.
The record notes April 15, 1850 as the answer to the first query. The second item states a distance of 750 feet.
A fragmented questionnaire touches on racial analysis in blood samples, Roosevelt quotes, California significance on September 9, Formosa mountain peaks, a 1950 Memorial Day tribute at Punchbowl Cemetery, Boy Scouts wreaths, and legends of two girls meeting Saint Patrick at a well with baptism and early death attributed to St Eithne.
Walter notices Maryam’s skin lightening after a stain wears off. They fear exposure in the caravan as they hide at the camp’s edge. Lu Chung plots to apply more stain while Walter alerts Tristram and plots concealment with the old scholar nearby.
Walter and Tristram glimpse a hidden device in a vermilion wagon and a magnetized needle used to track direction. Maryam returns in regal dress, declaring herself Queen Maryam as the group contends with guards and curious fits of awe.
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