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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1947
Page
3
Champion stallion Degas a six year old dapple gray Percheron owned by Dr. Robert C. Snavely of Maryland was a notable sale animal at the national livestock exhibition. The event highlighted top draft horse entries amid buyer interest and bidding.
A testimonial promotes INNER-AID for gas and upset stomach after meals. It claims relief by taking before meals, cleansing bowels, clearing gas, enlivening the liver, and removing old bile, with alleged weight loss and easier meals. Sold by drug stores.
Congress ponders broad changes to the 40 hour week and 40 cent minimum for interstate workers. Business urges repeal or reform while labor seeks expanded coverage, with debate over overtime penalties and industry exemptions. The discussion centers on preserving a wage floor and balancing production goals. The Mauritius island note appears as a stray fact.
A compact listing of across and down clues with definitions for a newspaper crossword puzzle. Includes standard entries such as drinking vessel and pen-name among others, inviting solver input for grid filling.
Judge John Rice disposes cases in Roger Dudley Winchester and nearby towns. Defendants include Charles Dudley on disorderly conduct, Lynn Harold Comer for speeding, Emma Lofton for drunkenness, Dorsey William Good for drunkenness, Robert Koontz for drunkenness, Henry Jackson Payne for drunkenness, and John M. Stottlemyer for no city tag. Fines range from 5.25 to 14.25 dollars.
Passenger ships are built with deliberate instability to smooth rolling for comfort. Naval architects note such hulls resist combat use because battle damage is expected and a vessel deemed safe for civilians could capsize if partially flooded.
County Agent I. Fred Stine reports corn husking about sixty percent complete in Frederick County. Remaining harvest tasks are near normal, with most orchardists finishing pruning and nitrate applications. Many farmers are now tackling mice eradication as part of fall chores.
The phrase stems from a Jewish custom involving the Pentateuch scroll. A mantle or fine silk layer was spread along the scroll to protect the five books of Moses from damage.
Dr. Joseph H Branson 80 native of Frederick county died yesterday at his Washington home where he practiced medicine with a homeopathic hospital. He taught school in Brucetown and was a birthright member of Hopewell Friends Meeting. Survived by his widow Nellie R Branson and two children Holmes Branson and Mrs Dorothy White. Burial at Hopewell set for 12 15 p m Thursday Dec 4.
Karl Eisenhardt, Ellicott City executive, testifies in a federal trial tied to a plan to seize 21 Navy guns from Bush Field in April. Prosecutors allege the weapons funded a bid to overthrow Venezuela’s government, while Eisenhardt and co defendant Edward Browder Jr deny the motive and claim Dominican Republic ties. Co defendants J Meredith Russell and Manuel L Fuego face separate links to the case.
In 1940 the average value per enrolled pupil for school property in the United States was $300, with a low of $80 in Tennessee or in the District of Columbia.
In San Pedro California a son scanning the sea through a dime-in-the-slot telescope spotted a body in the water. Fritz Kreancke a 57 year old scenic artist and film set designer had been missing since Sunday. His son Herbert aided the search and identified the body when it was brought ashore by the Coast Guard.
Thomas Brown, colored, Berryville, was fined 25 dollars and costs by Trial Justice Harold Potts for reckless driving stemming from a November 25 three car crash on Millwood Road Clarke ity. State Trooper Seale testified Brown sideswiped a pickup owned by A B Shaw Berryville and a George Burwell truck driven by Mervin Ashby of Millwood. total damage about 350 dollars to the trucks and minor injuries to Brown.
Senator Hawkes of New Jersey says the Senate leadership will push for federal anti lynching legislation next year. The measure would impose fines up to 5000 dollars and up to five years imprisonment for officials failing to protect a person from lynching. In prior sessions House approval failed in the Senate due to filibusters.
A large city shows a remarkable concentration of iron copper lead and zinc rivalling the output of the world's largest mines. Local analysts note the urban metal wealth stems from extensive recycling and industrial activity shaping regional markets.
Funeral services for Linwood W. Oates 27 will be at 11 a m tomorrow at Ebenezer Church. Friends meet at 10 a m at Jones Funeral Home and accompany the cortege. Rev S J Goode and Rev Joseph Duc conduct the rites with pallbearers George Fin Theodore Kerns Elmer Parland Ray Fahnestock Edward Swartz Melvin Whitelock.
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