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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1947
Page
4
Passenger deaths on scheduled domestic airlines for the first six months of this year were more than twice the figure for the corresponding period last year. The 1947 rate was 58 killed per billion passenger miles, with 33 in 1946.
The piece argues that since ancient times people seek easy gains, contrasting European temptation with American values. It recalls immigration, radicalism, and the draw of wealth, noting the U.S. funded allies in two world wars and warning against a so called something for nothing mindset.
The piece notes a trend toward conservative fall hat styles for ladies. It argues hats should complement attire and the wearer, with many hats using varied materials yet aiming for a normal, understated appearance.
Current Opinion lauds Charles W. Wampler as the father of Virginia's commercial turkey industry. The piece notes the region's economic impact with an $85 million poultry business supporting over 650,000 rural residents. It urges youth to pursue science to advance Southern agriculture and industry.
The piece notes the difficulty of pleasing with hat styles as fashions swing between oversized summer hats and impractical small designs. It questions practicality in zero degree temperatures and feathers as warmth while predicting designers will keep chasing unusual trends amid happy women.
News of Other Years reports that John J. and Opal R. Warner of Winchester and Leo T. Dwyer of Indianapolis have been granted a charter for the Windsor Textile Co. Inc. of Wardensville West Virginia. Harry K. Benham, Winchester attorney, was elected president of a newly formed Bar Association.
Five years ago in 1942 a report notes the valley's oldest tombstone marked 1742 at Opequon church Kernstown. Walter Smith Jr of Stephens City underwent an appendectomy this morning at Winchester Memorial hospital after an acute attack.
Ten years ago in 1937 Mrs. R T Barton led a Board of Public Welfare meeting at Rouss City Hall Winchester. A country store sign offered credit only to people 70 and older with parental accompaniment. Twenty five years ago in 1922 Winchester beat Front Royal 7 to 5 and Claude Stickley tied Canadian champion Sam Vance in a 100 target shoot at Lancaster. Fifty years ago in 1897 Polk Jones who helped build Thomas Kremer’s South Market Street home vanished suddenly.
Present and past rainfall figures cover 48 hours to Aug 22 1947 with year to date totals of 22.59 inches and an average annual rainfall of 36.30 inches over 34 years. Monthly averages from 1913 to 1946 show March 3.364 inches, June 3.86, July 3.79, August 3.77, September 2.61, October 3.36, November 2.40, December 2.43 inches.
The Junior American Legion team of Alexandria defeated Roanoke 4 to 3 in the state finals at Salem earning a berth in the tournament of champions at Kannapolis North Carolina.
A quiz asks true or false about elephants in captivity and covers topics from art with the Blue Boy by Gainsborough to a late president’s son fined for speeding in Elmsford New York. It includes questions on Army enlistment age Roman war god gifts for anniversaries United Nations anniversaries and rent control rules.
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