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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1948
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star dated Friday July 23 1948 features editor H F Byrd Jr and covers local news items of that day including notices and brief reports. The page layout centers on community events and public notices typical of a mid 20th century local newspaper.
Two editorials on President Truman's fifty million dollar civil rights program are highlighted. The Baltimore Sun and Roanoke World-News editor M Karl Andrews provide dispassionate, well reasoned commentaries. The pieces aim to defuse racial tensions rather than inflame them.
The piece argues that civil rights laws will dominate a special session called by Mr. Truman. It notes deep South resistance, but rising Northern and judicial support, and warns that federal enforcement could replace gradual progress with force, risking regional tension and trials over implementation.
The Roanoke World News argues that Virginia has slowly advanced in racial relations, noting anti lynching progress, increased Negro representation in Roanoke and Richmond, and broader white support for equality. It warns that federal maneuvers on civil rights risk inflaming Southern tensions and urges vigilance to preserve harmony and real understanding.
A correspondent asks what makes a good father. The core is responsibility and keeping the home unified. Discipline, if sane and kind, earns respect and trust, while children emulate parents who live up to high standards and duties.
Quiz page asks ten questions to test memory and IQ with answers on Page 2. Topics include UMW miners size PT boats and destroyers, Warren election ticket, National Guard in June, Fenway Park location, Dewey farm in New York, cicada pronunciation, Miss of 1948, meaning of Stalin, and Democratic vs Republican convention delegate totals.
The Sun argues that the country risks civil turmoil if gradualism is abandoned. It cautions that leadership by demagogues would be tragic for the nation and for African Americans, urging real statesmanship in Congress or beyond to prevent obscurity and impotence for enlightened Southern voices.
Virginia's unaudited liquor store profits for the year ending June 30 total about 17.5 million dollars, up by one million from last year. The state collects the first 750,000 plus one third of the remainder, with two thirds to localities, distributed by 1940 census figures.
Present and past rainfall figures show 24 hours ending July 12 at 2.66 inches and year to date 20.57 inches in 1948. The 35 year average is 36.20 inches with monthly averages ranging from 1.94 inches in February to 3.92 inches in June. Courtesy Winchester Research Laboratory.
In the Corporation Court for the City of Winchester Virginia on June 30 1948 Eva A Faulkner seeks partition of real estate in Winchester with joint interest by several defendants including Belle Faulkner Ferguson Brown Faulkner Weaver and John Weaver non residents ordered to appear within ten days of publication to protect their interests. Joseph B Newlin counsel.
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