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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1948
Page
4
All display advertising must be in this office by 12 moon the day before publication. Transient rate is 60 cents per inch. Contract rates available on application. For classified rates see classified columns.
An American visitor criticizes British public speaking for lack of vitality and theatricality. A 1779 French observer is quoted noting gesturing and paper fixation. Edmund Burke cautions listeners to heed the words over the actions of a British speaker.
A historical column notes lunch boxes as status symbols beyond workers and describes sandwich variety shaped by housewives. It mentions a Midland Park, New Jersey mason who won a preliminary divorce decree after disputes over jelly sandwiches and alleged domestic abuse.
A man reports ongoing harassment involving threats and daily jelly sandwiches. Police investigate after repeated incidents described as menacing and degrading, with no mention of serious injury.
About 500 nudists in Mays Landing New Jersey wound up a convention by passing a formula for peace. They suggest removing uniforms would prevent war since soldiers could not identify foes. The text humorously notes the problem of bare bulging uniforms and medals.
The Babe Ruth film is off to a grand start, though critics and sports writers find it corny and hammy. It portrays Ruth as a swashbuckler with romantic drama, predicting box office millions despite questions of accuracy and viewpoint.
The Voice of America derides Russia's censure of Marshal Tito as hypocritical. The piece argues the accusation is inverted and labels the claim as a rusty red comparison.
A 1947 item notes the courthouse annex vacated by the county draft board was voted to be given to the Frederick county commonwealth attorney Joseph A. Massie Jr. Other items include Stephens City cannery hours, local nursing school enrollments, Miss America contestant Elva Bowers from Gainesboro, Edmund Bradfield’s visit to Alexandria, milk production declines from dry weather, and a temporary Police Court vacancy.
The L A W sanctions bicycle races in Charles Town this Saturday. The Baltimore and Ohio plan a tunnel project at Mount Airy to ease the heavy grade between Martinsburg and Baltimore. A hailstorm devastates 20 000 acres of grain in Foster and Eddy counties North Dakota.
The lone nude study in the international exhibition of the South Shields photographic society was stolen and reported to police. Five years earlier another nude study was stolen from the group’s exhibition.
A puzzle feature offers ten questions testing memory and general knowledge. Readers are instructed to turn to page 2 for answers and to rate themselves from Poor to Genius based on correct responses.
Present and past rainfall figures for a 24 hour period ending at 7 a m show 1.82 inches. August rainfall to date is 3.88 inches and 1948 year-to-date rainfall stands at 25.31 inches. Monthly totals are listed from January through December with varying amounts. Data courtesy of Winchester Research Laboratory.
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