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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1948
Page
6
Rouss Fire Company combined its monthly meeting with a ladies night last night. Entertainment featured selections by the Eastern Star quartet and a movie, followed by refreshments. British Honduras is smaller than Vermont.
Washington reports heated debate among Taft Dewey and Stassen camps over first ballot totals at the Republican National Convention. Taft claim 306 votes, Dewey backers say 218 plus 149 for Stassen and others totalling around 358 non presiding votes. Brownell predicts Dewey winning on first ballot but offers no exact tally. Stassen projects 340 votes as party leaders seek early nomination in Philadelphia beginning June 21.
A lion from a traveling circus escaped during a highway crash near Mount Pleasant PA and roamed rough terrain for hours before recapture. Spectators noted the weary animal preferred captivity to the rugged life outside its cage. The circus troupe was en route to Houston, Texas. St. Louis began as a fur trading post in 1764 founded by Pierre Laclede.
The Gray Family thanks friends both white and colored for cars and flowers and for Mr. Charles Reed for the music and hymn.
Hollywood star Ginny Simms says she will sue architect Arch Dehn for divorce citing a conflict of personalities. She reveals she gave up singing since last December to save the marriage but now plans to resume her career.
MLB standings show Cleveland at 24 12 .667 and Philadelphia 27 14 .659 while New York leads NL with 21 18 5-4-2. Yesterday’s results include New York 5 Cincinnati 4 and Boston 10 Pittsburgh 7. pitching highlights feature Feller Muncrief 15 innings four hits.
Present and past rainfall data show none in the 24 hours to 7 am. June rainfall totals 69 inches for 1948 to date 15.20 inches. Average monthly rainfall over 1913 1946 period is listed with month by month figures and is provided by the Winchester Research Laboratory.
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