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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 27, 1948

Page

7

Radio Repairs and Roy O. Kern Service Ad

In Memoriam for Pvt. Wilmer Odell Lupton recalls his death in Belgium January 27 1945. Wife and Soe mourn his loss with a grief filled verse about a soldier’s sacrifice and lasting memory.

Wash D. C and Coyne Electrical School Chicago Roy O. Kern Pvt Wilmer Odell Lupton Belgium Soe

Beverages and Terms Across and Down

Word clues from a newspaper crossword listing various horizontal and vertical hints. Includes beverages, body parts, gods, vehicles, and general terms with several paired definitions and an unrelated note at the end.

Gas Co Asks Schools Closed During Cold Wave

The Ohio Fuel Gas Co., serving half of Ohio, asked gas heated theaters halls recreation drinking establishments schools and churches to close for the duration of the Midwest's bitter zero wave.

Columbus Ohio Fuel Gas Co Ohio

Town Council Sets Traffic and Tax License Rules

At a recent regular meeting of the Town Council of Mid Deltown several ordinances were passed governing traffic and taxes on autos and businesses. A partial license list includes Attorneys, Agents, Auto License effective March 15. Barber Shops Beauty Shoppe Bread Delivery Trucks Cleaning and Pressing Coal and Wood Dealers Dentists Doctors Garages Merchants Milk Dealers Peddlers The ordinances take effect February 15. Application blanks available from the Treasurer.

Middletown

California faces extreme drought across the state

California endures its worst drought in 170 years with searing northern winds and falling underground water levels. Ranchers haul water as wells run dry and the San Joaquin valley suffers its longest winter dry spell on record. Fresno water tables drop four to twenty feet while high school attendance for U.S. children nearly doubles from 1920 to 1936.

San Francisco California San Joaquin Fresno

Public Milk Hearing Planned in Winchester Virginia

Producers and distributors of milk in the Winchester Milk Market informed the Virginia Milk Commission will hold a public hearing at the Frederick County Courthouse in Winchester at 10 o clock a m on Friday January 30 1948. The hearing will decide if it is in the public interest for the Commission to exercise its powers in the Winchester Market and will allowConsumers producers and distributors to present evidence related to the matter.

Winchester Virginia Milk Commission Acts of Assembly Frederick County Virginia E.s.t Milk Commission Commission State Milk Commission John W. Owen

South Africa Lacks Navigable Rivers

The country’s geographic setup results in no rivers suitable for navigation, reflecting a long standing constraint on inland waterway transport and related infrastructure.

Union of South Africa

Real estate commissioner's report order in Swartz case

Court directs Master Commissioner Joseph A Massie Jr to value the realty in the Swartz suit, review a $4000 sale to W H Marshall and Katie V Marshall, consider partition options, identify heirs and liens, set fair commissions, and report by February 3 1948 with parties notified to attend at Massies Winchester office.

Herbert Swartz Joseph A. Massie, Jr Mae V. Chiles W. H. Marshall Katie V. Marshall Mae V B. M. Sullivan Winchester Evening Star City of Winchester Virginia Chancery James P. Reardon P. Q

Near riot erupts after college basketball game

At Duquesne vs Texas Wesleyan in Pittsburgh a heckling spectator accused a Duquesne player of throwing the game. After a 57-53 Wesleyan win a 10 minute melee broke out on the floor with chairs overturned. police said no serious injuries or arrests.

Pittsburgh Duquesne - Texas Wesleyan Gardens Duquesne Wesleyan Ben

Raedecker’s three double star sites in the United States

Rae decker marked three places with double stars in his guide book to the United States. The locations named were Niagara Falls, the Grand Canyon, and Magnolia Gardens at Charleston, South Carolina.

United States Raedecker Niagara Falls Grand Canyon Magnolia Gardens Charleston

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