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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1947
Page
4
Winchester Evening Star asks subscribers to report any delivery delays or irregularities to improve service. The notice mentions subscription rates by mail or motor route and urges prompt reader action to maintain a perfect delivery system.
A biblical verse from John 5 39 urges readers to search the scriptures for eternal life, asserting the scriptures testify about Jesus. The line emphasizes that biblical texts point to Christ as the source of salvation and life.
The editorial laments Henry A. Wallace shifting from Democratic ranks to lead a third party. It cites Virginia Democrats at Roanoke in 1944 opposing Wallace for vice presidency and argues splinter movements differ from full political realignments, recalling historic third party episodes from 1860 to 1892 and their fragile electoral impact.
The text traces how Populists, Rooseveltians, La Follette, and Lemke influenced elections from the 1890s through 1936, detailing vote totals, state victories, and impacts on major-party outcomes. Roosevelt’s 1912 bid helped Wilson win. La Follette carried Wisconsin. Lemke failed nationally but affected margins.
Current Opinion notes Bevin's House of Commons speech exposing that Americans will soon sign an agreement shifting about 400 million dollars annually to taxpayers for occupying Germany. The piece mocks the State Department for secrecy and suggests AP coverage from London.
News from 1946 reports George Kuhn of Winchester in serious condition after his truck ran off the road. The Yuletide slaying of Seaman Frederick Currie gains two more suspects as the investigation continues. George Dieckman, longtime Heinz Company employee and local plant manager, was honored at a retirement banquet.
Maurice Eckman a Handley high school junior has been appointed to the CVAL all star football team. The article notes record flood levels this year with 52.27 inches, surpassing the 29 year average of 35.08 inches. The city purchased the Hollingsworth property at Rouss Springs known as Abrams Delight for 5000 dollars.
In circuit court two local colored men were arraigned on grand larceny charges after intercepting a Shenandoah Valley bank Christmas check. A fire destroyed John Clark’s Cedar Grove home, with an estimated loss of about $3500. Police Chief C W Hollis warned merchants and citizens to watch for fake ten dollar bills.
Clifford D Grim has turned in his resignation from the city electoral board. The judge of the Corporation court appointed D W Rite to fill the vacancy. Arthur Seabright won the annual clay pigeon match at Four Mile House, besting forty other participants.
Fifty years ago Mrs. Thomas Hart of the Back Creek district welcomed triplets all reported in good health. Edward Robinson of Berryville was buried alive when a 60 foot well he was cleaning caved in. Reverend J. P. Graham Jr. has returned from China and will travel to Baltimore to pursue medical study.
Seven quiz items cover U S armed forces pensions, World War II leadership, fluid density, social rank etiquette in Washington, country names, Dutch royalty, planetary size, college football teams, Pearl Harbor location, and U S territorial boundaries.
Mrs. Thomas J. Preston former Mrs Grover Cleveland died recently at eighty three. She remained devoted to the blind, learned Braille to prepare for blindness, then continued to write with a Braille typewriter producing books and articles for the blind until her death.
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