This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1948
Page
7
Present and past rainfall figures show 24 hour ending rainfall, year to date totals, and average annual rainfall over 35 years. The data list monthly averages by month 1913 to 1946, with December through October values and a courtesy acknowledgment to the Winchester Research Laboratory.
Westinghouse Electric Corp has a government commission to build the world’s first atomic power unit for propulsion of U S Navy ships. The project aims to develop a uranium reactor ship power plant with work set to begin within months and completion possibly in two to six years.
Social updates from Gainesboro Virginia list visiting relatives from Winchester including Curtis Grove Jack Brown and Harold Patton. Carlton Ramey and children visited Fred Boxwell of Hayfield last Thursday night. Little Judy Fay Miller from Winchester visited Blue Metl nee. Youth Fellowship meets 7 p m Sunday with Pastor Kyle preaching afterward. Roy Owens visited Everett Pavey in Winchester Saturday night. Loraine Williamson and children spent a day with Mary Virginia De Haven.
Western German political leaders and major trade unions denounce the Ruhr authority pact to run the coal and industrial basin. SPD leader Dr Kurt Schumacher backs a review and socialization of industries. The call is for internationalizing Ruhr alongside other European partners.
Detroit reports GM plans a New York auto show in the third week of January to unveil Pontiac and Chevrolet. Chrysler, DeSoto, Dodge and Plymouth models await dates for public showings as Ward's notes conservative styling with pontoon cues and distinctive body dims across divisions.
Richmond December 30 Governor Tuck plans to discuss possible arbitration of a labor dispute between the Virginia Transit Co and union employees in Richmond Portsmouth and Norfolk. A strike is set for February 3.
Ranson announces the organization of a new bank and trust company with capital stock of 100000 dollars. R J Funkhouser says the bank will be the sole Jefferson county institution with a trust department among four banks in the area. Funkhouser also runs the O Sullivan Rubber Corp in Winchester Virginia.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.