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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1947
Page
6
A proposed House probe of oil shipments to Russia and other nations spurs administration action to reimpose export controls. The piece argues for conserving American oil, notes unknown undiscovered reserves, Russia’s potential abundance, and the need to avoid exports to enemies or friends while planning increased crude imports.
Unanimous House action freezes the Social Security tax at one percent for two years, with Senate forecast to follow. The 1 percent levy applies to wages under the Social Security Act, while the act originally set three percent from employer and employee, totaling six percent by 1949.
Reporters uncovered talk of a British American secret weapon claimed to rival the atomic bomb. Prof T D J Leech of Auckland and Prof James M Snodgrass of Cincinnati call it tremendously significant. They urge caution in assuming all secrets are revealed and warn World War I lessons may apply.
Current Opinion notes Middlesex County Council cut an $800 grant for outdoor Punch and Judy shows and Gloria Jean was asked to omit a Lord's Prayer line in England. The piece says these actions reveal growing British jitters and sensitivity after years of hardship, contrasting public prudence with cultural edge.
The President's appointment of a board of inquiry on air safety gains broad approval. The effort aims to probe carelessness, judgment, and mechanical defects in recent fatalities to aid aviation authorities and airlines in preventing recurrences. Air accidents cannot be eliminated but can be reduced.
Mrs Ashbury H Jackson becomes the first member of a Winchester serviceman family to leave home to join Major Jackson overseas. National Fruit Product Co of Winchester absorbs Krouse Corp makers of apple products.
In Clarke county Cun ningham parish rector Rev. Claudius P. Shelton receives leave to join the Chaplain Corps. Clayton Sherman and sister Miss Mary Sherman have taken on boarders involuntarily a family of skunks at their home.
Reported on a fall from a Woodward building at Loudoun Street where painters plunged through a skylight into Peoples Drug Store. Also notes Amelia Earhart preparing a 2570 mile flight from Lae to Howland that she did not complete.
Twenty five years ago in 1922, Thomas Lillis aged 68 of a long Winchester family died this morning. Hog cholera reports invade Clarke county as Robert Rust's farm records its first hit. The Shenandoah Valley National Bank shows a $200 076 gain in deposits over the past year.
John Nooman reported a missing watch found in the gutter in front of his restaurant this morning. The Winchester creamery operated from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. to prevent cream from souring.
The text argues that many geniuses fail to achieve due to lack of diligence and vanity. It notes few outstanding professionals because talent exists but is not fully utilized. It cites a famous line about being a bright button and warns effort shapes outcomes more than mind. The Q and A discuss the naval quarterdeck as a ceremonial area on the main deck.
Clarke county Lions club will meet at 6 45 p m Thursday in Southern cafe Berryville.
Mavimos serves as premier of Greece. The United States gold depository is in Fort Knox Kentucky. The book Undercover was written by Danielle Steel. In Browning's poetry priest Caponsacchi appears in the poem The Ring and the Book. President Truman flew to Sweet Springs Missouri to his mother’s bedside. Toplady is associated with the hymn Rock of Ages. Four U S states begin with the letter M.
A set of trivia style queries asks about Yugoslavia negotiating its Sere Account, Basel location, and the bloom period of Scarlet climbing rose. The text also notes required documents for a foreign resident visiting Canada and mentions obtaining a border crossing card from the Immigration and Naturalization Service office.
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