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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1948
Page
4
Fluorine in Water for Winchester’s Teeth Health
The STAR urges Winchester to study fluoridating the city water after data show children in fluoridated areas have about 85 percent less tooth decay. Health officials want sufficient tests before artificial fluorine use, but recent data supports careful consideration and possible cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Health Department
High Cost of Politics at the 1948 Republican Convention
The Philadelphia convention employs a vast press corps with 120 telegraph circuits, 1,200 reporters, 500 photographers and 1,600 telephones. Coverage includes television broadcasts and post event rebroadcasts. The event costs run into millions with daily music spending by the Republican National Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Republican National Committee
Inflation exposes currency chaos in Tsungming
An employee of the Farmers Bank in Tsungming, China tried to subscribe the Washington Star with $100,000 in Chinese stamps. The Star cost $4.50 a month, but one day’s issue equated to $1,030,000 in Chinese currency. The paper billed an extra $3,650,000 to cover thirty days. The inflation effect is demonstrated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Bank
Tsungming
China
Washington Star
T. C. Pan
Star
Pan
Rainfall statistics for Winchester area 1948 and 35 year norms
Presents present and past rainfall figures with 24 hour totals and year to date totals. Includes 1948 rainfall to date and average annual rainfall over 35 years 1913 to 1946 with monthly averages from January to December. Courtesy of the Winchester Research Laboratory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Research Laboratory
Democracy’s primacy challenged by reckless spending fears
Current Opinion argues that economic strain nerves citizens toward totalitarian doctrines like communism or fascism. It claims such regimes echo ancient oppression, while democracy alone preserves civil liberties and collective authority. It warns excessive spending risks breaking the social contract and eroding freedom.
Divorces Fall Off in 1947 Dip Tied to War Marriages
Figures from the Family Service Association show the national divorce rate dropping 26.6 percent from 1946, the peak. Factors cited include the end of postwar marriage surge, easing housing costs, high divorce costs, women remaining at home, and a stronger approach to marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Family Service Association
Commencement at Memorial Hospital School of Nursing
Commencement exercises were held at Christ Episcopal church for members of the graduating class of Memorial hospital school of nursing. A bus company sought permission to operate on Loudoun Street between Rouss Avenue and Cork Street. W R Legge district supervisor of agricultural education announced boys and girls would not attend camp until mid August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ Episcopal Church
Memorial Hospital School of Nursing
Loudoun St
Rouss Ave
Cork St
W. R
City to register for next food allotment by July 1
Treasurer W. A. Baker announced that persons seeking a 2 percent discount on city real estate taxes may act immediately. From Clarke county 36 were accepted for induction at Roanoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Baker
Clarke County
Roanoke
Sentenced in Larceny Case for Car Accessory Theft
Leonard Metcalf and Robert Leatherwood of Sykesville and Sister Burns Bevard of Baltimore were found guilty in police court of petty larceny from cars. They received six month suspended jail sentences for stripping hub caps wheel rims and other items from parked autos in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Metcalf
Robert Leatherwood
Sykesville
Burns Bevard
Baltimore
Shere
The Oyster and the Pearl Editorial Reflection
This piece argues against self pity for handicaps and praises overcoming adversity. It cites Helen Keller and Franklin D Roosevelt as examples and compares resilience to an oyster forming a pearl by turning irritation into value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Keller
Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
How's Your I Q A 10 Question Quiz From 1947
Ten question quiz with multiple choice prompts covers myths and history. Topics include Pegasus Medusa, cigarette stamps, Haakon VII, Truman veto, October 1947 population, George Polk, desertion punishment, WWI Allied D ef r, state nicknames, and Lawrence Tibbett vocal range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haakon VII
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Senate
Truman
FBI
Atomic Energy Commission
Japan
George Polk
Columbia Broadcasting System
Balkan
U. S
France
Old Dominion
Lawrence Tibbett
New York Society Arrests Surpass Five Thousand
The New York Society for the Suppression of Vice, now renamed the Society to Maintain Public Decency, reports it arrested more than 5,500 people over its 75 year history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Society For the Suppression of
The
Society To
Silek plaintiffs seek attachment in Winchester suit
In Winchester Virginia civil and police justice court George Silek Abraham Silek and Joseph Silek trading as Warren Quality Shop sue L E Hull dba Winchester News Co co defendant to attach defendant G G Lewis property held by Hull to satisfy a debt of 292.05 plus interest from December 19 1947. The defendant a non resident of Virginia with address 3601 Connecticut Ave Washington DC must appear within ten days after publication. The order requires weekly publication in the Winchester Evening Star for four weeks and posting at City Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Virginia
George Silek
Abraham Silek
Joseph Silek
Warren Quality Shop
G. G. Lewis
L. E. Hull
Winchester News Company
L. E. Hill
Connecticut Avenue
Washington, D. C
Winchester Evening Star
Chamberlain pushes for truce in Spanish war
Franklin Pierce McCall, condemned for the kidnapping and slaying of Jimmy Cash Jr. at Princeton, Illinois, is executed by electric chair after ten years of legal proceedings. He had been convicted of the child abduction and murder tied to the Spanish war era truce efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Franklin Pierce McCall
Jimmy Cash Jr
Princeton
Fila
Benzine Fire Threatens Oil City in 1923-25 Years Ago
Heat wave that caused many deaths across the east and middle west prompted relief efforts. Mrs. Webster’s pupils performed a piano and vocal recital featuring Dorothy Swartz Virginia Rosenberger and Nancy Pusgitt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oil City
East
Middle
Martinsburg Presses Free Mail Delivery Effort in 1898
Citizens in Martinsburg push for free mail delivery as the city marks 50 years since 1898. Auntie Ragglin, an elderly Black woman, suffers paralysis while local events include Mabel McIntosh's fall on Kent Street near Scott Grant's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsburg
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