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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1948
Page
10
The text notes that Edmund Hoyle wrote short treatises on only five different games, notably whist, bound together in a single volume. It references Hoyle cataloging five card games in a single bound publication.
The Winchester NAACP branch hosts guest speaker Spottswood W. Robinson III, Richmond attorney, at 8 30 p m tomorrow at Mt Carmel Baptist Church. He is joined by W Lester Banks, executive secretary of the Virginia NAACP.
Winchester boxer George Elbows McFadden, famed for inside fighting and a flawless record, is profiled in Ring magazine. The piece notes 380 bouts over 15 years with no disqualifications, his defensive style, and his postboxing life between Winchester Philadelphia and New York.
Washington report on the House Un American Activities Committee recommendation to outlaw leaders of the Communist movement without banning the party itself. It outlines a proposed law targeting conspiracy with foreign power and urging overthrow, requiring proof of a world conspiracy and foreign intent before prosecution. The panel notes final legality rests with Congress and the Supreme Court.
The Wallace for President Committee announced a national founding convention at Philadelphia on July 24 and 25 to nominate Henry A Wallace for president and Senator Glen Taylor Idaho for vice president. It will name the new independent party.
Princeton scientists led by Albert Einstein urged top level talks between the United States and Russia to avert the collapse of civilization. The Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists warned no serious negotiations are occurring and called the situation dangerous to world peace.
In Winchester Virginia the Haddox estate seeks sealed bids for most of George W Haddox property at the southeast corner of East Cork Street Extended and the Baltimore Ohio Railroad tracks. Bids due by April 26 1948 with payment terms including one third cash and balance in cash or two yearly installments secured by a deed of trust.
After redecorating, H W Swartz invites customers to try the shop with hair cuts priced at 50 cents. The barber shop is located at 206 East Piccadilly Street in Winchester Virginia. Dated April 9, 1931.
The passage notes that nearly every part of the common sunflower has uses. Seed oil serves as food, the whole plant makes ensilage, flowers and seeds yield honey, and dried seed containers function as blotters.
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