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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1948
Page
4
Winchester Evening Star outlines office submission deadlines for display ads and rates. Advertising must be in by noon the day before publication, with transient rates at 60 cents per inch and contract rates available on request. Subscription prices via mail or motor route are listed for one to twelve month periods.
The Roanoke World-News argues a large Aug. 3 primary vote could reveal how far liberal revolt has spread in Virginia. Labor unions, especially the CIO, are attacking Senator A Willis Robertson, and CIO support for James P. Hart Jr. could test Democratic unity ahead of the November election.
The piece argues voters must back the primary winner, noting no Truman Barkley option and urging August 3 participation to uphold Hart's CIO-backed candidacy and Robertson's principles. It ends with a literary aside on gender roles from Eve Peeve in the Wall Street Journal.
News notes a potential predicted strike by Blue Ridge bus drivers set for the following day. The report also mentions a poor apple yield compared with last year and cites a gas leak blamed for a Harrisonburg blast.
The annual sessions of the Virginia Valley Central conference of the Congregational Christian church will be held August 4-5 at Leakesville near Luray. Cc. P. McVicar, resigning chairman of the Winchester and Frederick Ration Board, told state OPA officials he would not reconsider.
The state of West Virginia has extended a highway 1800 feet across the border into Virginia amid uncertain boundary markers. Premier Mussolini appears angered by Pope Pius XII’s assertions that he is imitating Nazi Germany. The Boy Scouts conduct their annual encampment at White Rock.
In 1923 President Harding while touring by auto becomes seriously ill in San Francisco. Officials warn Germany faces a potential revolution as unrest grows. Edgar L. Schriver, longtime harness and saddle maker, dies in hospital.
Mrs. Aramenta Calvert dies at her Gerrard Street home, wife of William Clavert. Harry Baetzer sustains knee injuries again in a bicycle accident tied to a past Johns Hopkins injury, after a prior knee issue.
The article presents present and past rainfall data with a 35 year average of 36.20 inches. It lists monthly averages from January to December with values ranging from 1.94 to 3.92 inches based on 1913 1946 inclusive and credits the Winchester Research Laboratory.
In Binghamton New York a State Supreme Court justice said he would transfer custody of a two year old from a mother if convinced she raised the child under communist influences. Judge Bertram L Newman noted the child is entitled to be reared as an American. The father Edmond Kokalas of Johnson City lost his custody plea after failing to prove communist leanings. The mother, Mrs Victoris Kokalas, had custody since a March 1947 divorce.
Earl and Douglas advise constant search for beauty in books, antiques, art, and places where beauty hides. They argue seeking beauty nurtures happiness and peaceful relationships, while looking for trouble breeds strife and unkindness.
A quiz feature asks readers to score 10 questions on religion, sports, flags, semantics, geography, science, and federal agencies. It includes clues about excommunication, a southpaw pitcher, flag salutes, word meanings, Klondike location, boiling point, linseed oil, button placement, a famous quotation, and the F D I C.
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