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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1947
Page
4
A religious fragment cites the line from Matthew 6 10 about will being done on earth as in heaven. The brief text presents a devotional angle rather than event specifics.
A Senate War Investigating Committee adjourned after a two week inquiry into Hughes Roosevelt and Brewster, yielding little beyond headlines. The piece praises Eliott Roosevelt’s conduct while criticizing Henry Kaiser Howard Hughes and Senator Brewster for media theatrics and poor judgment.
In Midyear Economic Report the President stresses exports as driving half to three quarters of GNP growth in early 1947. He warns export levels may not hold, while Commerce data show autos, textiles, rubber, iron and steel, and machinery driving gains. Domestic demand and price effects could cushion any decline.
The Lynchburg News notes President Truman desires a Senate return while many senators eye the presidency, framing the era as a busy political horse race with personal ambitions shaping the campaign landscape.
Mr Joseph Anderson Massie Jr son of Mrs Elizabeth Love Massie and the late J A Massie has opened a law office here and will begin practice in the city. About 150 attended the 100th anniversary services of Wickliffe Church conducted by Rev Henry G Lane rector of Grace Episcopal Berryville.
Medical piece reviews fibrositis caused by fibrous tissue inflammation linking muscles and bones. It notes three possible causes injury infections or rheumatic conditions and describes relief from local anesthetic injections for headaches shoulders and forearm muscle pain. A reader question on psoriasis is answered with fall winter prevalence and treatments including chrysarobin coal tar ointments and ultraviolet light.
The Lord Fairfax Soil Conservation district covering Frederick Warren Clarke and Shenandoah counties will elect three supervisors on November 4. Nominations open until August 25 with petitions available from the local county agent’s office.
The term Palestine was introduced officially after A D 138 and initially described only the Philistine southwest coast. It gradually extended to the whole region. The modern official Hebrew name is Paleshtinah with the initials Land of Israel in parentheses.
U S Attorney General Tom Clark said the Department of Justice will seek jail sentences and heavy fines in antitrust cases to curb monopolies. He spoke at the Eagles convention urging passage of free enterprise and warned that anti trust laws impose one year jail terms plus fines.
The bee’s main role is to pollinate about 50 crops, making beekeeping necessary for a profitable agriculture. The Department of Agriculture notes that pollination by bees is central to sustaining farming.
A fragment notes that fish in water can move in multiple directions including forward backward up and down. The text presents a basic observation on fish locomotion without further context or details.
A reluctant Charles Dickens agrees to a charity reading, discovers audience delight, and continues giving popular readings for the rest of his life. The anecdote urges embracing new steps for progress, noting how leaving familiar ground fuels growth and achievement.
L. Largent Jr. of Winchester, serving since March 1941 in the civil and police court, forwarded his resignation to the city council after learning he is commissioned as an ensign in the U S Navy Reserve. Eldon Spaid, 20, was shot in the leg during a Park yesterday afternoon game of softball. Doctors reported four .22 caliber bullets lodged about eight inches below his hip and he is recovering in the hospital.
E C Helvestine of Clarke county loses about 10000 when lightning strikes his barn on his Berryville area farm. In nearby town, residents search Town Run for a pet alligator reported missing from L L Hockman on Washington street. Also notes a car fire near Cornwell Lime Plant and federal savings data from the Fifth Federal Reserve District.
Mr T Polk Jones was confined yesterday at his own request amid reports he suffers from mental hallucination. Miss Mary Page of Boyce received a handsome new bicycle.
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