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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1947
Page
4
Readers are asked to inform The Star office of any delay or irregularity in delivery. Prompt reader action aids a perfect delivery system. The notice is published by The Evening Star Publishing Co. Winchester Virginia.
A Covington Virginian survey of 40 of 100 counties finds the assessment ratio shifts true tax rates. Surry leads at 1.50 dollars per hundred, Arlington 1.20, Patrick 1.95, with Tazewell lowest near 0.12 and average around 0.676 dollars.
Current Opinion from Lynchburg News argues that federal subsidies to state education must come with controls. It asserts the National Education Association’s stance on “without Federal control” reveals the peril, and contends such a pledge is impractical and fraudulent given bureaucratic realities and changing Congresses.
Wartime limits on harmonicas eased as American factories pivot back to civilian goods. Government plans to release 72,000 Japanese models this month and German imports may follow, signaling an influx for young players and hopeful hobbyists after years of scarce mouth organs.
News notes from 1946 report Rev. William J. Hadden of Nashville Tennessee has accepted the call to lead Cork Street Christian Church. The Stonewall High School track team won the District 6 Group 4 championship, defeating Timberville 37 to 24.
All production records at the Ford plant have been broken as a new car is completed every six and a half seconds, demonstrating a surge in manufacturing efficiency.
Henry Janney a Confederate veteran living 21 miles away visited Winchester for the first time in two decades this week. A large black bear was observed near the Hunter Stine farm in the Long Marsh District of Clarke County.
The questions ask about Capistrano swallows timing a war in a South American country a mulatto definition US WWI war status a government official on un American activities White House Easter egg roll Rockefeller money for Nations site pencil wood and the 1947 Buddy Poppy Girl chosen by Veterans of Foreign Wars
A meditation on melancholy showing mood as an inner trait rather than life conditions. It cites Abraham Lincoln Napoleon Bonaparte Puccini and others as examples while noting causes include physical ailments and interior rebellion against right action.
A fragment reflects on sorrow and the frequent sadness people feel when life seems ineffective. It contrasts good and bad circumstances and notes a tendency toward melancholy.
Chairman Dondero introduces a bill to recall congressional authority for 81 Army Engineers survey projects involving rivers and harbors improvements. Listed sites include Browns Bay Virginia. Chassah Owitska River Florida. Peace River Florida. Tampa Bay to Oldsmar Florida. Harbor plans near Norfolk Newport News Hopewell and Gloucester County Virginia.
The Warren County Democratic Committee voted unanimously to place the name of H. F. Minter, Front Royal attorney, before the Democratic voters of the 24th senatorial district.
Incumbent Republican Jacob A. Garber of Harrisonburg files for renomination in the state senate district covering Warren Rappahannock Page Rockingham counties and Harrisonburg city. Democratic primary set for August 5.
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