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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1950
Page
2
The new James Wood consolidated school in Virginia features about 85 rooms and an initial enrollment over 1100 students. Paul Beable serves as principal.
San Antonio resident Jen Jackson proposes sending taped skits from Hollywood to frontline troops in Korea. She envisions jeeps delivering brief recordings to regimental centers where six or more soldiers can watch. The idea aims to boost morale amid war and limited live entertainment deliveries.
Philip C. Jessup American Ambassador at Large denounced Russia’s leaders as cruel and selfish men bent on power. He attacked Communism saying Soviet rulers rely on tricks and promises to control their people and urged Americans to meet communism with truth. He spoke at Middlebury College predicting the Russian longing for freedom will endure and noting the need for free inquiry in American colleges.
The New City of Jerusalem is the capital. Begun in 1857 it covers 10 square miles with 112000 Jews and 1500 Arabs. The Old City spans 0.328 square mile and is ruled by Jordan.
A Virginia promotional piece touts State Farm Mutual offering low cost auto coverage. It claims over 100000 Virginia auto owners saved with State Farm and promises up to 25 percent reductions, plus safety and service from the firm led by Roy Ambrose.
Livestock prices show mixed changes with steers primarily steady to lower and hogs down modestly from last week. Calves vealers and stockers hold even as sheep prices edges higher for lambs while sows and heavier hogs retreat. Chicago sales mirror national trends with weaker slaughter cattle and firmer vealers and yearlings, and top lambs around 28 to 29 dollars.
Senator McFarland of Arizona supports possibly repealing or modifying the provision requiring public listing of defense plants barred to Communists. He warns Congress may need to refine the act after studying it while President Truman pushes for careful enforcement and delays listing of vital plants.
Corn leads gains with prices up more than a cent as trading starts. Other grains firm with broad market strength, list shows Dec and Mar bids for wheat and corn across futures, oats, rye, and soybeans, plus nearby cash-ish notes for later months.
The report lists closing ranges for multiple sheep and lamb categories. Top yearlings sell around 28.00 and 25.00 for top slaughter ewes. Slaughter lambs close 27.00-28.00 with bucks discounted 1.00 per cwt. Medium to good weights bring 24.75-27.00. yearlings 23.50-25.00. Ewes common to good 12.50-14.00. only culls and common at 12.00 down. Good to choice 14.00-15.00, sparingly paid.
Arminda Bowen daughter of the late Margaret and David L. Bowen of Gainesboro died in Winchester Memorial Hospital after moving from Hill Crest Nursing Home following a severe stroke. Survivors include four sisters and two brothers, with funeral services at Omps Funeral Home conducted by Rev. Edward Kyle. Interment in Round Hill Cemetery.
President Truman urges nationwide support for the 1950 Community Chest Campaign on radio. He argues chest contributions fund defense needs as the armed forces expand and provide recreation for many young service members serving away from home.
Court records list multiple defendants from Stephens City Middletown and surrounding areas punished for disorders speeding drunkenness and license violations. Fines range from 9.25 to 34.25 with suspensions up to 60 days.
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey told the House Armed Services Committee that about half of men examined for the draft were rejected for physical or mental reasons. He called for revising standards noting 101000 of 204000 examined in August were rejected. Dental defects were a key physical cause and a stricter dental rule may cut future rejection rates.
October sales directory lists multiple auctions in Winchester and Berryville. Items include furniture, household goods, livestock, and real estate. Dates range October 7 to October 21 with times and addresses for each sale and notices of estates and trustees.
President Truman sails on a week long cruise aboard the yacht Williamsburg with staff down the Potomac and up Chesapeake Bay. The party plans nightly anchors and returns Friday or Saturday. He will stay in touch via radio and Navy courier plane during this first extended vacation since the Korean outbreak.
Experts say eyes maintain longer efficiency if kept at 40 to 60 degrees while in a room with fairly high moisture content.
Answers to the Page 4 quiz cover topics from the 1849 California gold rush to Lon Chaney and the study of words. It names figures like George Gershwin and General Lee, plus items such as the ocarina and a 48 foot length.
The reader is presented with a set of crossword clues across and down including gourd like fruit select and other terms spanning medical food and geography. This page item enumerates clues such as South Dakota beetle crown and tobacco related terms with several historical word connections.
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