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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1948
Page
3
Dr. Fred C. Downey of Edinburg received a Medical Society of Virginia accolade for fifty years as a practicing physician. He has attended 1600 births, often serving two generations, and still answers calls day and night. He recalls making similar house calls forty years ago by horse and buggy or on horseback.
British statesman Ceci John Rhodes traveled to Natal in 1870 the year diamonds were discovered in the Kimberly fields. By the following year he gained significant wealth and became financially independent before turning 19.
Guy Lombardo insists his band stays true to sweet music when it fits, criticizes synthetic trends of the era, and notes his success comes from playing what audiences want. He manages a seafood house, speeds boats, and hosts broadcasts while backing a Long Island Boys Town initiative with $100,000 already raised.
Judge Elliott Marshall continues the case of Floyd Frazier of Warren County to December 27 for sentence consideration and a pre sentence report by the probation and parole officer. Frazier pleaded guilty to unlawfully assaulting Branson P. Myers of Winchester with intent to rob.
Funeral services were held yesterday at Baker West Virginia for C Lee Miller 79 who died at his home. A native of Edinburg he was a farmer and plasterer. Survivors include brother Russell Miller of Hayfield.
Washington gears up for President Truman's January 20 inauguration with seating, parades, and balls. About 750000 spectators expected at the event or along Pennsylvania Avenue, with costs around 300000. The first ever televised inauguration will draw national radio and TV coverage.
Funeral services were held for Lynn Swisher 21 of Baker West Virginia killed while hunting near Wardensville. Prosecution said shooting by Revs Guy Ludwig accidental as minister mistook badge and raised hands for a deer. Second Hardy county hunting death this season.
The death by own action rate in the United States declined steadily through World War II and hit a record-low in 1944, but personal crisis reports have risen in frequency since the war's end.
W. H. Hubbell of Woodstock resigns as general manager of the Woodstock plant of the Virginia Cooperative Milk Producers Assn. to devote full time to promoting a patented dairy drink he has developed. The move shifts leadership at the plant as Hubbell pursues his product marketing plan.
Readable text notes the market was started but abandoned due to sugar shortages as war approached, illustrating wartime disruption to trade.
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