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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1947
Page
4
The Evening Star Publishing Co Winchester Virginia lists advertising deadlines subscription prices and delivery notes for The Star. Readers urged to report delivery delays to maintain service. The issue includes the Thanksgiving season date and a Bible verse quote.
The piece argues Virginia should buy Natural Bridge in Rockbridge County as a state asset. It notes current private ownership with $1.20 adult admission and 60 cent for veterans, but warns the price offered by stockholders at 2.2 to 2.6 million must be fair and self liquidating. The legislative commission should ensure terms yield self sufficiency, weigh timing, and aim for a toll free or nearly toll free future.
The article compares U S apple production from 1936 45 to 1946 47 showing a stable range around 113 119 million bushels and about 112 million in 1947. It highlights citrus growth from 83 million orange boxes 1936 45 to 114 million boxes 1946 47 and grapefruit boxes rising from 5 million to 60 million, noting a 37 percent citrus increase and a bright future for the apple and citrus industries.
Current Opinion argues the Knutson bill offers a basis for tax revision but should wait until Europe recovery plans and foreign aid commitments are settled. It favors higher exemptions, broader marriedCouple income division, and gradual rate cuts totaling about 5.6 billion, with financing debated between taxes and bonds.
A bleak forecast warns that germs and pests threaten daily life while a new insecticide is touted to wipe out insects. Headlines emphasize fear of the unknown and the hope for safety through science.
A year ago in 1946 the local post office saw Christmas mail reach record levels with 500000 stamps sold and equal numbers of letters canceled. Charles Fishpan and wife Oak Farm Clarke county celebrate garden anniversary at home. Two cars damaged in Berryville pike collision. no serious injuries. Lt. Harry Ebert Jr. reported safe by War Dept after navigator plane shot down in North Africa. Shirley Carter Williams to J W Stribling Jr U S Naval Academy announced. Fellowship club reports 239 families received food and toy baskets from local citizens.
Ten years ago Dr. Allen Hawthorne explained a skull found on town outskirts came from the University of Virginia for scientific use and later discarded by his janitor. Today near D. W. Lupton’s home on N. Washington Street investigators found eight rolls of dynamite fuse and 100 caps.
Twenty five years ago in 1922 Owen Higgins, the last Winchester veteran of Jeb Stuart's army, died at the Maryland Soldiers' Home in Pikesville. Boofus, Winchester's oldest and most popular dog, died at age 22.
Fifty years ago in 1897 Messrs Edward Stone and Albert Worthington bagged 40 partridges on a hunting trip near Front Royal. A telephone was installed in the Gas Company office after months on order. Ed and Sandy Baker, students at Episcopal High School in Alexandria, returned home for vacation.
The piece recalls John Hawkins a famed slave dealer with three ships named The Jesus The Angel and The Grace of God It notes his religious pose while cruelties of the slave trade tormented families and bodies at sea and echoes a biblical rebuke about treating the least of these brethren lightly.
Dr Kenzo Sasa of Kyoto University predicts a major earthquake in the Kansai region including Kyoto Osaka and Wakayama. Residents begin packing and evacuations start though no date is set for the event.
Quiz asks seven questions on literature music history WWI botany geography and history. Answers reference George Eliot gender correction song composer world war dates census year capital city and the cause of a major war.
The Army tanker El Caney with 42 aboard, reporting from south of the Aleutians, said it had lost its rudder in heavy seas and was facing hurricane force winds. Navy salvage ship Bolster and a standby vessel met nearby about 300 miles westward.
The 7606 ton Middlesex Victory named Kuriles reports 16 cracks in its checkplates and a flooded peak after a storm. The damaged ship details include significant hull wear and water ingress as crews assess repairs.
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