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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1948
Page
4
Present and past rainfall data show 24 hours ending 7 a.m. with none. June to date 2.52 inches and 1948 to date 17.63 inches. A 35 year average annual rainfall stands at 36.20 inches with monthly averages listed from January to December. Statistics courtesy of the Winchester Research Laboratory.
Public notice from The Star Winchester advising advertising deadlines rates and delivery reminders. Readers are urged to report delays or irregularities to maintain service. includes subscription rates and Bible verse Prov. 13:12.
In Princeton baccalaureate remarks President Dodds argues that liberty rests on an unwritten, self enforced ethic rooted in the worth of the individual and in divine guidance. He cites Lord Moulton on obedience to an unenforcible code and says law alone cannot secure the nation against communism.
Detroit physician Dr. Claire L. Straith reports that front seat passengers face high injury risk in traffic crashes, with about 70 percent of facial injuries among women riders beside the driver. He urges removal of interior hazards and cautions reforms may take time.
The article argues wet breeding seasons do not always harm quail, citing Stoddard and Southern plantation data that hatch success can rise in some wet years. It notes many coveys seen, while cautioning against overoptimism after heavy rains and snow last winter killed more brood stock than the floods.
Two out of town cars collided on Brad dock Street near Clifford causing about 65 dollars in damage. Stella Payne of Washington Virginia drove a 1948 Ford pulling away from the curb and hit Jay Musil of Fox River Grove Illinois in a 1946 DeSoto. No injuries were reported.
A reader recounts surviving a 1932 heart illness and credits faith and obedience to nature as key to healing. The piece argues healing is divine and doctors merely assist nature, with God guiding life and illness outcomes.
A 43 year old note recalls Portland first arming women for the Lewis and Clark Exposition. Since then over 140 cities with 25 000 plus populations employ women police with estimates nearing a thousand in public service. Detroit Chicago New York and others show wide variation in armament and duties including juvenile cases and protections for women and girls.
A short memory test asks ten questions on politics holidays language bridges and science with page 2 for answers. It asks about William Foster party leadership correct sentence about brothers coming national game of England two holidays that fall on same weekday Memorial Day wreath on Truman’s tomb Adelaide location and copper versus silver conductivity.
John Boyd announced that preparations were finished for the Cumberland firemen annual convention. Ralph Grubbs named 7th district commander of the American Legion. Russia said it would join Britain and France to discuss the Marshall Plan. Dunn Woolen Mills Martinsburg earned the Army Navy E award.
Warehouseman's sale on July 1 1948 at 12 o'clock noon at John L. Deighton Service Station Middletown Virginia. Mrs Josie Mayes property offered to satisfy a lien of 82 75 dollars Cash terms. Auctioneer Byron Brumback. 16 23 3031.
Ten years ago in 1928 five men were held in the robbery of the Albert Keller store at Wheatfield Shenandoah county. Miss Eleanor Scully, who studied in Paris the past ten months, arrived in New York today.
Winchester fell to the Twin Towns Ball Club 6 to 2 as the hosts battled for a regional game. The loss followed a note from the Commerce Chamber urging wide civic backing.
In 1898 troops landed in Cuba and the first American Army readied attacks on peninsulas. Alexander Porter, designer of the city water system, won a Newport News contract to modernize the same works. The Sarah Zane Fire Company sought city council aid after twenty years to remodel their engine house.
The trustee will offer for sale at public auction on Friday July 2 1948 at 12 o clock in front of the County Court House Winchester Virginia all that lot at the corner of Cameron Market and Pall Mall Streets fronting eighty eight feet on the east side of Cameron Street with a frame building Nos 713 and 720 South Cameron Street Terms require one third cash and the remainder in two equal annual installments secured by bonds and a deed of trust with a policy of insurance on the property.
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