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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1948
Page
4
Office display deadline 12 noon day prior to publication. Transient rate sixty cents per inch. Contract rates on application. Classified rates include columns. National representatives DeLisser Inc New York listed with address in this notice.
The column argues that the European Recovery Program risks turning into a WPA style wasteful program. It questions European sovereignty over aid use, criticizes fund requests, and notes trouble in recruiting ERP leaders. It warns of growing deficits and urges Secretary Hoff man to reverse the trend or face escalating American outlays.
The Roanoke World News notes 10511 licensed roadside signs remain in Virginia. Despite 1938 outdoor advertising laws and a wave of removals, many boards still distract drivers and mar scenery though 170000 signs were torn down earlier and 6500 permits issued in the last decade.
The article notes a rise in highway signs after wartime traffic returned, with 1 919 permits issued in the last year and 135 in 1944. It laments roadside advertising as a distraction to drivers and outdoors beauty, recounting efforts by garden and women’s clubs to push anti billboard laws and urging stronger action nationwide. Virginia is praised as a relief but still lagging behind states that halted roadside advertising entirely.
The article weighs the peacetime draft, noting bipartisan friction and a united defense mission. It points to a 90 day delay, 21 months service, and president powers to spur defense production, framing the act as a nonpartisan foreign policy victory and a break with long-standing traditions.
The Baltimore Sun notes Canadian forest fires are being fought with dry ice to induce rain. It suggests the public may soon face weather related legal actions as science increasingly shapes local climate outcomes.
News of Other Years recalls C A Hobert chosen Lion of the Year in 1947. It also notes nearly a thousand citizens x rayed at TB clinics and 13 enlisted at the Army Recruiting Station.
Census returns show 1,063 fewer unemployed in Winchester and vicinity ten years ago. United States government announces measures to aid refugees from Germany. A weather bureau is planned for the local airport.
In midwest tour 1923 25 years ago 1981 President Hang discussed farmer troubles while touring the region. A bolt of lightning last weekend rang the bell at John Kerr school. Virginia passes law requiring autos to stop before railroad crossings.
H C Schenck of Stephens City reports his horse was fatally injured after becoming caught in a barb wire fence. The article also notes a business consolidation by Sim Tokus the berber and the tensorial par lor run by Mom Lovett on Water Street.
A nostalgia quiz on memory and general knowledge with ten true false and fact questions. It teases scores from Genius to Poor and directs readers to Page 2 for answers.
Earl and Douglas discuss Acts chapter three and the role of charity versus curing underlying poverty. A perfect world demands just economies and virtuous people, with systems shaped by humane conduct. Lightning deaths in the U S average over 500 annually, most dangerous at storm onset.
Trustee announces a public auction of a house and lot at the corner of Millwood Avenue and South Kent Street in Winchester on July 17 1948 at 11:00 a.m. The property details include a 108 by 76 foot lot with an east Kent Street boundary and the improvements. a separate hot air heating unit is sold with the property. Terms require one third cash and balance within 30 days with possession 30 days after sale.
Present and past rainfall figures show 24 hour total up to June 4 1948 and year to date 17.67 inches. The 35 year average annual rainfall is 36.20 inches with monthly averages listed from January to December. Statistics courtesy Winchester Laboratory.
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