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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1948
Page
4
Winchester Evening Star announces delivery timing and advertising rates. It requests subscribers report delivery delays and irregularities to help maintain service. The notice runs in the Saturday March 13 1948 edition and cites a Bible verse.
Senator Byrd warns that Truman civil rights proposals threaten the South with bloodshed and a federal invasion of states rights. He argues anti-poll tax, anti-lynching, and fair employment laws could provoke violence and undermine democratic principles.
One year ago 1947 C T Rowland took the station agent post succeeding J G Fosbrink who resigned due to ill health. George Hillyard Jr. was struck by a car on the way to school as Exchange club planned its 36th anniversary celebration.
The text presents a 10 question IQ style quiz with scoring categories from Genius to Poor. Questions cover spelling Porto Puerto Rico, federal annuities, Liberty ships, the American Heart Association, literacy metrics, Jeremiah, Washington inaugurations, citizenship upon marrying aliens, Madame Chiang Kai-shek's college, and whether food cooks faster in vigorously boiling water.
Chester Research Laboratory says next ten days will likely set the bloom date for local apple trees. WCTU members and Brad dock St Methodist missionary note a nine year old boy who begged money from Winchester residents was part of an Indiana family touring the country with funds from a gullible public. Duke the St Bernard dies at 13. A fire sparked by an exploding lamp injures no one at George Woodward's barber shop. Miss Maude Yost and James Prince marry at Millard Yost's Red Bud home.
The report lists 24 hour precipitation ending 7 am as none. March rainfall to date is 1.77 inches while 1948 year to date is 5.19 inches. The 35 year average annual rainfall is 36.20 inches with monthly totals from January 2.46 to December 2.38 inches. Courtesy Winchester Research Laboratory.
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