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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1948
Page
4
Rates listed for one year six months three months and one month in advance. A 1.00 surcharge applies for postage outside Virginia and Wes. Cited Bible verse included in the text.
The piece critiques the Truman administration for hostile rhetoric and premature military gestures. It argues leaders should emulate Theodore Roosevelt by speaking softly while maintaining strength, warning that current postures show reckless unpreparedness in crisis.
A majority of House members sign a petition to discharge the Rivers margarine tax repeal bill from the Agriculture Committee. Senate resistance may arise as smaller states carry more weight. Data show 218 signatures across parties with regional patterns and varying Senate influence.
Stanford researchers report high school classes using current newspapers and magazines as texts show increased interest and participation. Students develop critical thinking, broader knowledge, better study habits and sense of history, with gains in articulation and responsibility. Some difficulties remain before broad adoption.
Current Opinion backs Governor Tuck as he urges action to secure coal supplies amid a prolonged shutdown led by John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers. Tuck renews Virginia Emergency Fuel Commission powers to prevent public hardship and curb labor tactics.
The proposal urges President Truman to draft Gen Dwight Eisenhower to go to Moscow and broker peace. Supporters include Rep Case and Senators Hill Wiley, praising Eisenhower as a skilled negotiator and wartime ally who could dialogue openly with Soviet leaders to prevent war and preserve global peace.
Clarke county Louis club forms committee to place several New York City children with suitable homes in Berryville. State trooper Carroll A. Shle reports autos killed nearly as many county people as guns in the recent crackdown.
The council rejects a request to raise operating costs within city units. The note references a late bequest of $1900 to Mt. Pleasant United Brethren Church and related permissions for the fund use.
The Apple Blossom Festival headquarters announced the celebration would be held April 28 and 29, with three weeks left to complete arrangements for the event.
Workmen razing Hotel Evans escaped injury when an elevator bolted against the outside wall and fell from the top of the building. Treasurer Robert S. Smith reported road contracts in the county for the past fiscal year. Governor Trinkle accepted the chairmanship of the Governors' Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation committee.
In 1898 Howard C Gore arrived in New York to visit his mother Mrs. S Gore before departing to explore the frozen regions of the North Pole. Col William Byrd dies at his home on S Washington St.
Henry Bessemer, an English metallurgist, invented a revolutionary steelmaking process in 1856, and the Bessemer method opened the doors to mass production of steel. Physicians say the heart is the strongest and toughest of all the vital human organs. Tests on heartwood from trees killed by fire or insects show wood as sound as that from live trees. There are 21 heart trouble types that may cause death and two non fatal ones.
A daily meditation on how ruts can protect us like careful habits. The author argues midlife routines of cheerfulness honesty courage and health thoughts keep us from peril and guide us toward good character and peace of mind.
A readable crossword puzzle list with across and down clues covering birds, tools, nautical terms, poets, adjectives, anatomy, and other common crossword entries. Includes many three- and four-letter answers and several theme hints for correct fills.
A playful reader quiz asks ten questions covering meanings and geography. Topics include a musical instrument named celesta, Waltham location, Waich State primaries, Japan baseball, Alaska governor election, windward opposite term, Belmont Park location, Carroll Reece’s party chair, Dewey birth city in Michigan, and Major Pierre L Enfant who designed the U S capital plan.
A Maryland law tested in state courts gives officials power to regulate timber cutting on private lands and to ban clearing forest land for crops where watersheds could be damaged and land deemed worthless for agriculture.
Anita dreams of luxury and a bigger apartment while Tony grows excited about a new job in town. Kit reads her father's case clippings and plans letters to Aunt Chris as Tracy knits on the terrace with baby Diane, hinting at changing loyalties and a fading summer.
Industrial dermatitis is common across many trades from bakers to photographers. Irritants include acids, dyes, paints, and metals while sweating and friction worsen effects. Two types exist: direct irritants and sensitizers, which cause allergies after repeated exposure. Patch testing helps identify culprits and guide care.
The text stresses cleanliness as crucial and notes gloves or protective creams prescribed by a doctor have value. Protective clothing like overalls is useful. If a person becomes sensitized, changing occupation may become necessary.
Judge Elliott Marshall grants divorce to Merion P. Franks from Solomon Franks in Clarke Circuit Court with remarriage barred for four months from April 3.
A compact public information note describes Weight Control a booklet on diet and nutrition without medicines or gimmicks. It covers vitamins calories proteins carbohydrates daily menus and weight management with age and height based tables.
James S. Kniceley and May M. Kniceley will appear before the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board on Saturday April 17 1948 to seek a license to retail beer and wine of more than 82 percent alcohol content at Kennelworth Inn Route 11 Stephenson Virginia. Licenses to be consumed on and off premises.
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