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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1948
Page
3
The article fragment shows ongoing Senate debate with mentions of Russell and ongoing consideration. It highlights procedural attention and continued coverage beyond the front page. The exact positions and outcomes remain unclear in the excerpt.
An ad promotes IE TEOL FOR WHLETE'S FOOT with 90 percent undiluted alcohol for deep penetration to kill germs on contact. It promises relief in one use or a 35 cent refund at any drug store, urging readers to buy today at Boyd Drug.
A reporter probes if the debate will echo Bull Run or Appomattox. Russell cautions against revisiting the Civil War while signaling Southern resolve. Eighteen of twenty two Dixie senators attend, with Fulbright and McKellar absent and Pepper not invited. He notes plans to face two or three possible eventualities but withholds detail.
The discussion avoided official talk on adjournment and the Dixiecrat ticket as extraneous to the meeting. President Truman said he would later name a committee to ensure equality of treatment and opportunity in the armed services, outlining rules and procedures to conform to White House policy. No explicit move toward a quick end to segregation was made.
President advocates passage of the Taft-Ellender-Wagner housing bill citing an acute shortage. He calls for price and wage controls and a wartime excess profits tax, plus expanded consumer credit controls and new regulatory powers for inflation, speculation, allocation, and rents.
President Truman outlines an eight point program to curb rising prices and protect the economy. He urges non inflations wage increases via free bargaining and favors wage control only to prevent price ceilings breaks. The plan includes displaced persons aid, federal education funding, UN headquarters loan, wheat agreement approval, restoration of cut reclamation funds, federal pay reform, higher minimum wage, and expanded Social Security benefits.
The Virginia health department reports three new polio cases in July, raising the 1948 total to 71. Victims include a 13 year old boy and a 29 year old woman from Troutville Botetourt county and an 18 year old boy from Salem. all taken to Roanoke hospital. Earlier in the day three more cases were listed in Fluvanna county and Lynchburg.
Emmart case continued from page one with proceedings at a Woodstock venue. Walker is assisted by Richard S. Wright of Woodstock in the prosecution. Defense counsel are J. Lynn Lucas of Luray and Frank H. Brumback of Woodstock.
A truck crash left beer spilling from a damaged trailer in Stephens City. Gossard and Bea ver escaped injury as onlookers crowded the scene while Trooper Mitchell noted salvage from tins. The tractor and trailer remained in place and the highway stayed open by N B Smallwood.
A 40,000 pound tractor trailer damaged a house in Stephens City injuring occupants possibly. The dwelling rented since 1938 from Dr. Randolph Grim of Bethesda Md stood near a planned filling station for purchase by Harry Nelson of Sunoco Oil Co. The crash tore a porch railing, broke a window and ripped the top porch loose, with the house possibly shifted an inch.
Miller, a married author and father of two, declares for governor as the third candidate in the race. He criticizes the current party leadership as narrow and provincial, claiming they lack statesmanship and fail to represent the party. Senator John Battle of Charlottesville and Mayor Horace Edwards of Richmond were the other declared contenders.
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