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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 26, 1948

Page

2

Return to Warsaw and Soviet influence loom in postwar Poland

Stanislaw Mikolajczyk recounts returning to a Russian dominated Warsaw on June 26 1945 as second deputy PM and agriculture minister amid Red Army occupation. He describes drunken troops dragging locals and girls, NKVD pressure, and fear of Gomulka while urging Truman and Churchill to secure Poland’s independence and promised elections within a year.

Stanislaw Mikolajczyk Warsaw Red Army Secce Stalin Pro Ae Ec Moscow United States Great Britain Poland Russia Boleslaw Bierut The Free Okecie Das Bierut NKVD Krakow Peasant Party Mr. Witos Germany Witos Gestapo Moscov Gomulka Tage Truman

Sales Directory Horses Cattle Hogs Feb 25 10 PM Gilbert Roy

Farm machinery and livestock sale listed for February 25 at 10 p.m. near Berryville east of Gilbert Roy on the farm. Pending buyers may inspect items prior to sale.

Gilbert Roy Eas Berryville

W S Campfield Dies long-time Virginia Horticultural Society Secretary

Staunton mourns the death of William S Campfield a 69 year old fruit grower and longtime secretary of the Virginia Horticultural Society since 1926 He led the society from debt to surplus expanded membership and fought for fruit growers including on cedar rust and rail freight issues Funeral services set for 11 a m at Fred Henry Funeral Home.

Staunton William S. Campfield Virginia Horticultural Society Campfield Florida Horticulture Society Virginia Fred Henry Punera

Senator Byrd Named On Annapolis Board

Senate President pro tempore Vandenberg named four U S senators to the Naval Academy board of visitors. The appointees include Byrd Robertson Saltomstall and Tydings.

Senator Byrd Annapolis Washington P. U Byrd Naval Academy At Annapolis Senate Vandenberg Mich Robertson R-Wye Saltomstall R-Mass Tydings

Answers to Daily Quiz page quiz prompts

The snippet lists quiz answers and locations including New York City and Buenos Aires with topics like Chamorros and Greece. It mentions the femur as a bone and references places such as Pennsylvania and California.

New York City Greece

DAILY CROSSWORD 39 One of the people of 8

Across clue set hints a themed puzzle with entries like Pacific and remuneration tied to a wordplay grid. Clues such as Draws close Bad temper Musical instrument and Remunerates suggest a compact daily puzzle item with a few intersecting answers awaiting solver.

Pacific

Senate weighs three anti lynching bills in hearings

James Marlow reports a Senate judiciary subcommittee is examining three anti lynching bills amid decades of failed federal action. Proponents cite due process and 14th amendment guarantees while opponents warn of federal intrusion into states rights and the long history of Southern obstruction.

Washington South Congress Congressional House Senate Senate Judiciary Committee United Sta Sen. Wagner New York Hawkes New Jersey Morse Oregon Knowland California Truman

Tattooed Gangster in Court Photo Sparks Interest

A gang member with visible tattoos stands in court when a photographed moment captured truth over poetry. The image highlights a legal proceeding and the stained history surrounding the individual.

Fredericksburg Bank Case Hearsay Resumed In Richmond

The trials of Hugh Rakes and wife Lillian Connor Rakes and Joseph E. Proffit are to resume next week in Richmond. Proffit, Floyd County bank president, faces separate trial without a jury as government testimony ties him to misapplication of Fredericksburg bank funds.

Richmond Hugh Rakes Lillian Connor Rakes Joseph E. Proffit Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Fredericksburg Rakes Federal District Court Proffit Floyd County Bank Floyd Bank Joseph A. Sowers E. 8. Salmon Lolita Williams FBI Eugene C. Sauer Salmon Sowers Johnson Hayes Sauer George Humrickhouse

Manroot plant described as storehouse of moisture in California dunes

Passage notes wind erosion by strong winds moving soil, then shifts to a dialogue about the manroot plant. It describes a large root plant in central California's dry sand regions, whose enormous root stores moisture.

R.C.D. A California

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