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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1948
Page
4
All display advertising must be in this office by noon the day before publication. Transient rate is 60 cents per inch. Contract rates available on request. For Classified rates see classified columns. National representatives DeLisser Inc located at 11 East 44th Street New York.
The notice outlines subscription options by mail or motor route with terms for one year six months and three months in advance and by carrier with options for one year and partial advance payments. It lists multiple incomplete phrases and pricing lines.
A religious quotation from James 1 26 appears in the August 28 1948 issue emphasizing bridling the tongue and vanity of religion.
The Virginia State Chamber of Commerce plans an independent study to analyze Virginia's biennial budget. It seeks expert, disinterested analysis on whether a two year fiscal forecast is sound and whether changing the method would need a constitutional amendment. The project aims to inform potential recommendations.
Defense leaders plus the Joint Chiefs of Staff gathered at the naval war college in Newport Rhode Island for high policy discussions on America's defenses. The meeting parallels the Key West conference of March, and aims to unify the armed services amid lingering interservice rivalry and debates over strategic air power.
The piece reviews one year since Taft Hartley Act passage noting rising employment and union membership, higher wages, and fewer strikes. It acknowledges mixed effects including losses for some communist-dominated unions and checks on leaders like John L. Lewis, while questioning whether average union members feel slavery or progress.
The long Century old Oak Hill estate near Aldie figures in a Monroe and Jefferson lore. Frank C Littleton 70 defies a Federal Court order to open the historic home for bankruptcy sale glimpsing Monroe era treasures. Littleton aims to found a James Monroe foundation and made the mansion accessible during Virginia Garden Weeks.
A London story notes the president of the Board of Trade kept silent about lowering clothing coupon prices effective the next day as his wife spent coupons on a bathing suit and woolen items. The couple lacked sympathetic confidence to wait one more day.
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Tom Baldridge of Winchester and Warren county, chairman of the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce war memorial fund, told Tulsa trustees the fund holds 150000 in cash and real estate. He urged a 1600 local Jaycee drive to reach a quarter million next year and 500000 ultimately for education and patriotic training of young men killed in World War II.
Two boys were fined for raiding Frank Minors peach orchard near Opequon. Frederick M. Yellett, longtime state highway department resident engineer at Winchester, Frederick, Clarke and Warren counties since 1940, was transferred to Lexington.
Coach Hunter Maddox issued a call for Handley junior varsity grid candidates at 3 p m Monday. Boys from seventh grade up interested in football are invited to report. Despite heat, rough work will start, with running and passing as main drills this week in gym clothes.
A cautionary note urges constant vigilance while driving. The message emphasizes staying focused, avoiding distractions, and observing traffic laws to prevent accidents and injuries on the road.
In 1943 the announcement stated overseas mailing of Christmas gifts would start September 15. Reports from Salamaua describe American Australian troops bathing Japanese at the edge of the airfield as enemy bases near imminent.
A compact list of crossword clues spans across positions 1 through 38 with hints for Merrin Resort dried plum Perto lobe Boundary Musical drama Leave o day Planted Wooden Distress signal Cry Tart Festivi Oil of petals Anima with a hump Malt beverage Sport Part of to be Snare Astringent fruits The Bishop of Rome In bed Fall as on water Hoar frost Small area Arranged like rays Turf Tide of respect Vehicle Herd of whales Native of America Degraded Place of worship Receptacle Disease of sheep Concise Egg shaped Moisture plural Jewish month Trust Cut as grass previously solved puzzle line
Ten years ago in 1938 Guy Duff, Park pitcher, sustained an injury from a pitched ball and will sit on the bench for an unknown period. Roland G Mitchell Jr hosts a bowling party for a large group of youths at the Parish Hall in Boyce. Ansel B Solenberger attends as guest speaker at a Lions Club meeting.
The 1923 fall school session will not start until October 15. Students urged to save the fruit crop. Harry F. Wingfield of Gore dies watching a race at the Fairground. Hugh Armel of Berryville crushed by a falling log and dies instantly.
In 1898 about 212 people travel by excursion to Tolchester. The fare is $2.00. Henry Frederick Knock dies at home. Rev Nelson P. Dame, Edward E. Stone and Mason Ambler begin a pleasure tour.
New York Aug 27 The plight of a Russian school teacher who jumped from a Soviet consulate window spurred a fund to aid refugees from communism in the United States. Common Cause Inc announced the Kasenkina fund for victims of communism to cover medical expenses legal aid and future employment for Mrs Oksana Kasenkina 52 and to persuade other Soviet citizens in this country to seek freedom.
A vintage self quiz asks 10 questions on history language geography and trivia. It tests battleship surrender signings rivers state initials and birthstone with answers to be checked on page 2.
An elderly couple recently built a home around a few favorite pieces of furniture. The text uses their attachment to old fashioned items as a metaphor. It argues that people with education or Christian upbringing still cling to prejudices and outdated ideas that hinder modern living.
Attendance at the Shenandoah county fair in Woodstock rose despite high heat with a sunlit thermometer reaching 120 degrees. About 10,000 spectators passed through the turnstiles Thursday as traffic around the grounds grew heavy.
Beatrice Lippincott forwards a Beatrice note to Rowley hinting at secrets around Arden and Hunter in Warmasley Vale. Rowley visits the Stag to confirm Beatrice’s revelations while Mrs. Rosaleen and David Hunter plot a bold risky financial scheme—Operation Enoch Arden.
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