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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1948
Page
4
Daily Winchester paper with pricing and circulation details. Includes subscription rates by mail or motor route and single-copy price. Final line notes quote Many waters cannot quench love neither can the floods drown it.
Virginia leaders condemn President Truman’s Civil Rights program as federal overreach. Governor Tuck seeks to modify election laws to keep Democrats aligned with state rights, arguing federal rules undermine state authority over suffrage and policing powers. The piece stresses states rights and Supreme Court precedents in resisting federal integration measures.
A historical warning discusses dangers of dictatorial power by centralizing authority in the national government. It argues that state sovereignty, preserved by the founders, protects democracy against oligarchic control and cites Roosevelt's 1930 remarks against centralized power. The author foreshadows opposition to the Truman Civil Rights Bill.
Winchester remains the only spot in the state without snow as of the week noted. Chief Fire Warden Thomas B Rosenberger urged strict enforcement of the no brush burning law amid cold conditions and fire risks.
In fifty years ago notes from 1893 report rumors of a large trunk and baggage factory planned for the area. Mrs. John B. Chiles of Kerns town has seen a doctor for the first time in ten years. Thorace Keating adds a beer storage plant behind his warehouse near the railroad station.
A column presents ten quiz questions with a page link to answers and notes on scoring. It asks about a southern governor Field L. Wright and asks general knowledge items on the marine corps, mythological Atlas, Eamon de Valera, bugle calls, UN Secretary General, plane type C-47, Molotov reference, and US railroad centers. The prose reflects a college student’s study ethos and ends with reflection on the value of sacrifice, skill, and faith behind achievement.
Present and past rainfall figures show 24 hour total at 7 a m of .68 inches. Annual rainfall to date in 1948 is 5.10 inches and March to date is 1.68 inches. Average yearly rainfall over 35 years is 36.20 inches. Monthly averages from 1913 1946 list January 2.46 February 1.94 March 2.91 April 3.02 May 3.67 June 3.92 July 3.82 August 3.76 September 2.57 October 3.31 November 2.44 December 2.38. Courtesy Winchester Research Laboratory.
The piece reflects on Marie and Pierre Curie’s work transforming tons of ore into a tiny radium residue. It notes how such a small remnant emits glow and rays, illustrating that great achievements arise only after long patient labor and growth.
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