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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1948
Page
4
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Dr. Ronald S. Wilson chooses to remain at Loudoun Street Church in Winchester, rejecting a January offer from a Louisville church. The vote of appreciation by the congregation follows his decision, praised as a strong local contribution and linked to plans for a Sunny Side church and the East Piccadilly Street stone church restoration. The article also recalls World War II battles and Eisenhower’s leadership, highlighting the cost, strategy, and accountability of command.
The columnist notes rising Communist gains as Chiang Kai Shek forces retreat. Madam Chiang is due in Washington to seek more aid for the Nationalist government while a pictorial map underscores the geographic stakes of the conflict.
The piece previews Gen. Eisenhower's Crusade in Europe. It asks what he says about the Battle of the Bulge and who he blames for the difficult war situation. It notes the December 1944 Nazi counteroffensive surprised the Allies and pushed armor 50 miles into Belgium toward the Meuse, with the 106th Infantry Division amid the fiercest combat.
Floyd Hoff of Boyce won first in the Southern States hybrid seed corn test conducted in Clarke County. Will Heflin and Invon Price finished second and third respectively in the event highlighting local growers.
The Italy U S Fifth Army pushes about three miles to straighten the Allied front through the mountainous spine of Italy while the British Eighth Army keeps driving beyond the Sanero river. Aerial U S heavy bombers raid western Germany and airfields in France as Liberators hit Pescara Ancona traffic.
In 1898 E. G. Hollis enters the race for the circuit court clerk position. A sabotage attempt is found when ten railroad ties are removed from a C. V. train track. Miss Sallie Faulkner demonstrates old time confection boiling with taffy.
A STAR reader article highlights the local apple industry’s importance to Winchester and notes that plantings are not keeping pace with aging trees. The letter praises Saturday’s comprehensive front page apple piece and mentions local community impact.
Federal Judge dismisses Governor James E. Folsom's suit to force Alabama presidential electors to back President Truman on December 1 in Montgomery. Kennamer ruled the court lacks jurisdiction and denied the injunction to prevent electors from voting for the States Rights ticket.
The U S Public Health Service says the term polio comes from a Greek word meaning gray. It refers to the grayish appearance of the spinal cord area affected in poliomyelitis.
Medical overview explains emphysema as stretched lung air sacs caused by bronchitis asthma or infections. It notes symptoms including breathlessness wheezing and coughing with productive sputum. Treatments include aminophylline epinephrine sprays oxygen bed rest antibiotics and hospital care.
Crossword clues listed with numbers for across and down entries including names, plants, metals, and common words. The grid references and some scrambled or incomplete hints appear, ending with a prompt for yesterday’s answer and related terms like official residence and booth.
L Douglas argues the Bible's view that the heart is wicked and that moral choice, not environment or disease, drives evil. He rejects modern claims of universal human goodness and cites free will as the source of wrongdoing. He notes the University of North Carolina as the nation’s oldest state university chartered in 1789.
A reader's trivia page asks ten questions covering Displaced Persons in 1948, WAC address forms, gender birth stats, political coups in South America, Woodrow Wilson's first name, timekeeping devices, Army medical staffing, US state areas, grammar correction, and Groton CT geography.
Mrs Bertie Snapp hosted dinner guests including Mr and Mrs Miller and Mr and Mrs Harry Pifer of Pennsylvania On Sunday the Young Adult Sunday School group planned its next meeting at the home of Mr and Mrs Stanley Ginn Mrs Katie Branner and Virginia Branner visited Mr and Mrs Robert Branner over the weekend Thanksgiving visitors included Mr and Mrs Ralph Snapp Susan Bertie Snapp George Edna Snapp and Alfred Snapp The note adds a census literacy fact from 1840 stating 40 percent literacy nationwide.
Gail recovers after childbirth while family tensions ease. Alexandria and Gail negotiate future roles in the house and relationship with Brad. Brad plans to help Gail and her father find purpose, as Gail confirms she will have the baby and remains steadfast in their bond.
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