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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1948
Page
6
The piece notes the hummingbird feeds largely on nectar but also eats insects. It mentions some birds develop a taste for sweets in certain environments. It estimates a single hummingbird may consume two teaspoons of gas daily, about the amount a human would need to reach fifty pounds.
Senator A Willis Robertson of Virginia introduces a 600 million education aid measure to reach both city and rural schools. The plan splits 300 million in grants and 300 million in 20 year loans, with Virginia and southern states needing rural Negro school consolidation. State boards would allocate funds and the bill bars federal control over schools or state agencies.
Berlin faced a police leadership crisis as Paul Markgraf, a Communist trained head, refused to yield his post after the city government ordered his removal. The dispute centers on central command now in the Soviet sector with possible Western Allied mediation.
Wanted advertisement listing washing and ironing service with phone contact 4993. Period notation hints at a classified short request.
A small white terrier with black on its back and a tan head was found on Front Royal Road near Plaza. Contact 5482 to identify the owner. This notice is dated July 27, 2021.
Gov. Tuck fills seat on University of Virginia board by appointing John Segar Gravatt to the unexpired term of Maitland Busard. He also creates a 20 member tax study commission to examine state and local taxation and the need for sales tax to fund localities and school construction.
Paris July 27 Premier Andre Marie formed a new French coalition cabinet and presented its members to President Vincent Auriol. The cabinet excludes communists and favors the Western Allies. Georges Bidault is replaced as foreign minister by 62 year old Robert Schuman, who had just resigned as premier.
Schuman and Populary Republican leader Bidault align as key actors in the crisis with no major shift anticipated in French policy. Marie’s statement follows over 36 hours of talks with the Socialist party.
The speaker notes that Marie, a Radical Socialist, belongs to a party that is not truly radical or socialist by common standards. The description calls the party a moderate centrist group rather than the label suggests.
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