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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1948
Page
4
An errant thought recalls the navy’s wartime borrowing of civilian binoculars with promises of immediate return and questions what happened to those optics after hostilities ended.
The musical Oklahoma a file by H. V. Wade notes the show has grossed $7,000,000 in five years on Broadway. It has dominated sales of recordings and sheet music and, in sum, has achieved wide success even without oil strikes under the stage.
News of Other Years reports that a crash inquiry begins in Hillsboro with proceedings starting in Leesburg. Russia rejects a U S plan to aid Europe. A purchase order for a Stephens City fire truck was issued.
Local committee reviews meat supply amid wartime strain as nations adjust rationing and distribution.
Miss Eva Crowser of Hayfield killed a rattlesnake with a hoe to save a song bird in her garden. Veterans parade at Gettysburg marks the 75th anniversary. Jack Grabill of Woodstock hooks a 21 inch Shenandoah River bass with live bait. Dr Frank T McFadden begins first Presbyterian church service. Mr and Mrs George Reynolds Green welcome a daughter at White Post. Belgians push to crack down on Germans suspected of planning another strike.
Mr Bentley Kern of this city is visiting for some time in Stephens City. The thermometer was over 100 degrees in the shade.
Mrs. Herbert Fishel leaves Brucetown on a trip visiting St. Louis West Branch Town Walworth Sister Bay Wisconsin Chicago Wilmington and West Salem to see friends. Mr and Mrs George Betthyhoover Jr return home after attending the Republican National Convention in Atlantic City Cape May and Philadelphia.
A reader quiz asks ten questions on religion in Austria colonial history Madagascar the four time Arizona governor who died in 1948 Oregon flood river how long a fortnight spiders insects the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Hoover Roosevelt or Truman and whether lightning strikes twice in the same place and which federal agency holds 172 500 000 fingerprint records.
The American Dental Association says in selected cases a dentist may amputate part or all of the tooth pulp. The pulp consists mainly of nerve tissue and blood vessels and removal is needed when decay or injury exposes it.
The ad promotes a peace of mind program with extra features service at Atlantic dealers. It emphasizes avoiding a mental hazard on the highway and urges customers to visit a dealer for regular maintenance to keep cars on the road.
The report shows 24 hour rainfall at .02 inches ending 7 a.m. June, year to date totals of 2.82 inches for June and 17.93 inches for 1948, with a 35 year average of 36.20 inches. Monthly averages from 1913 1946 list values such as January 2.46 and June 3.92 inches. Courtesy Winchester Research Laboratory.
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