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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1948
Page
4
Advertising guidelines for the office set a noon prepublication deadline for display ads with transient and contract rate details. The page also cites classified rates and includes a biblical verse from l John 4 1 dated Thursday April 29 1948.
An editorial defends the South against claims the civil rights program targets only the region. It argues federal civil rights measures threaten local self government and cites antipoll tax, anti-lynching, and anti-discrimination in employment as debated issues with constitutional concerns.
The piece argues FEPC would infringe hiring freedoms and force intolerant practices. It warns of exploitation through complaints and raises concerns about practical enforcement and potential increases in prejudice. The critique cites New York patterns and a hypothetical crew formula to illustrate unworkable outcomes.
The Washington Post notes House Appropriations Chair Taber's scrutiny of Hoffman plans for allocating ECA funds. It warns that preliminary estimates remain unverified and premature announcements could trigger protests. The main concern is Taber's potential to craft his own distribution scheme or impose conditions that hinder the recovery program.
A newly published booklet titled Cities of the Commonwealth of Virginia lists Williamsburg as the first, Petersburg as second, and Winchester as third city incorporated. Festival officials predicted 100000 visitors would pack the city for the Grand Feature parade.
An employee from three local trucking firms resumed work following a five day walkout. Plans were unveiled to bring women recruited for farm labor to Clarke County in June. The State Health Department reported 290 restaurants had undergone inspections since the sanitary food campaign began.
Ten years ago in 1938 a firemen parade and new festival feature drew acclaim. Queen Adelaide Moffett publicly thanked residents for hospitality while noted author Margaret Mitchell watched from the crowd at the event.
Michigan court denounces the House of Devil colony as fraudulent. Eggs priced at 22 cents and young chickens at 25 cents are listed in a separate notice. Harrisonburg abandons plans for a tablet memorial to General Sheridan.
In 1898 Mrs H D Fuller leaves for a visit to Martinsburg while wheat is quoted at 21 65. P H Mayo of Richmond spends the day at Boyce.
A medical column explains hypothyroidism, its common symptoms in women 30 to 49, and how thyroid extract can relieve the condition. It notes the basal metabolism test aids diagnosis, describes myxedema in severe cases, and warns that treatment should be medically supervised.
The Devils most effective weapon is fascination. People chase desires they cannot have and suffer disappointment when obtained. Lord Chesterfield warns of the futility of worldly pleasures and urges a firm hold on things that truly count.
Information bureau provides a digest of basic legal topics including marriage and divorce laws, wills, naturalization, copyrights and patents, and the GI Bill of Rights. The 1947 state codes are available in convenient tables. cost is twenty cents postpaid. Enclose twenty cents with name, street or rural route, city, state.
A trivia page asks ten questions covering presidents, biology, finance, symbols, geography, and history. Answers reference Roosevelt successors, dragonflies, short selling, the Star of David, West Africa, Snellen tests, aviation pioneers, New England geography, the ALP, and the Statue of Liberty’s torch hand.
Across clues include Detest at 2 and arbor at 9 with other entries forming a daily crossword puzzle. Down hints cover not asleep and a unit of force among many standard crossword items.
Part of a loom var. clue appears with a king of Edom and a speck small mark. Stitchbird answer matches a bird name and a prefix not used in common words.
Anne Forester joins the Doremus family at Stone House in Jersey for a formal dinner. Gram and Henry clash with John over a planned contour of affairs while Anne reads family dynamics amid preparations and a looming marriage to Lieut. Comm. Alec Doremus.
Helen enters the gathering with bold, bright flair and teases Anne, while Julia remains the lamb among the roaring circle. A veteran Gram comments on friends’ bad manners as Frank Tennant’s tropical pasts and an army stay color the scene.
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