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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1952
Page
12
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union convention approved a legislative program calling for a ban on interstate advertising of alcoholic beverages and laws banning sale and consumption on trains or airplanes. It also supports state laws restricting the sale and use of barbituric acid drugs and sleeping pills.
A Tuesday September 30 schedule lists multiple broadcasts including News & Commentary by Ray Neowes and Dr. Lewie, Jack Smith Daily Commentary, News Broadcasts, Ken Concert patient feature, and Two for Money. The listing maps times to programs and networks with recurring Abe and mbe annotations.
WMAL channel 7 listing shows a day of programming including Welcome Travelers Kate Smith Show 51s Game Howdy and Cinema. Notable items include Movietone News Nite Owl Theater The Late Show and Jim Gibbons Show.
Hollywood columnist Helen Westcott promotes on location shoots to boost goodwill for Hollywood. In Rapid City South Dakota for The Bat ies of Chief Pontiac extras include Sioux actors and airmen from a nearby base. Local beauty parlor makeup crew and townsfolk observe daily work and pick up film lingo as citizens travel to Sheridan to watch most shoots.
A boy asked Miss Westcott on the street if she was Gregory Peck's wife while she was in The Gun Fighter. Helen noted that people said they really do work and praised the effort, though she believes location managers should choose cities for more than publicity and goodwill.
Instructional note on word usage pronunciation and vocabulary from a historical column. It covers common misuse and mispronunciation with examples such as as if, phantasy, metal and metallurgist. It includes tips to expand vocabulary and defines acumen with a brief example.
Clearbrook post office reports plentiful supplies of School Savings stamps and albums for the new school season. Postmaster Virginia M. Cline notes shipments received during recess and continued service to schools, while Principal Daniel Colaw expects higher demand as the drive continues. The national campaign added 5,615 new programs and aims for nearly 5 million students in Stamp Day schools by year’s end, building thrift habits.
Police booked James H. Craig, 36, of Chicago, for drunkenness after officers found him climbing into a truck and throwing letters and packages into the street.
The Automobile Manufacturers Association reports the annual miles for passenger cars decline with age from 12,260 miles in the first year to 5,890 miles for 1937 and earlier models.
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