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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1948
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star lists publication details, advertising deadlines, and subscription rates for local readers. It notes daily weekday publication, Sunday exceptions, and regional postage charges with a scripture verse featured on the masthead.
The Petersburg Progress Index notes Winchester plans to raise 850000 by popular subscription to enlarge its current hospital to 275 beds, with substantial participation from Frederick Clarke Shenandoah and other counties in Virginia and West Virginia, and without state or federal aid. The piece contrasts Petersburg’s regional hospital study with Winchester’s self funding approach and calls for awaiting study committee recommendations before drawing lessons.
The General Assembly approved revisions to Virginia unemployment compensation to lower payroll taxes and raise benefits. The tax drops from 1 percent to 0.3 percent with a 2.7 percent cap, while maximum weekly benefits rise from 15 to 20 dollars, saving employers about 6 million dollars yearly.
The text notes reduced benefits for employers with low labor turnover and a minimum annual return of 6 million dollars from reductions. It states Virginia will raise maximum payments by 20 to align with other states, with only three states offering lower rates. The $15 limit from 1936 will rise to be more in line with living costs.
Commerce News notes a household change as grandma consistently leaves her glasses in convenient spots instead of misplacing them. The piece highlights a light, everyday mishap captured in a humorous domestic vignette.
A humorous note contrasts snoring prowess with a Wall Street Journal style line about hush money. The Fort Myers News-Press explains devaluing the franc aids tourists with exchange rates: 1 dollar buys 340 francs and 340 francs buys a 50 cent meal.
Thomas Lockhart bought 403 acres in Hampshire County. Wa ve Handley School auditorium filled to capacity for the senior play Four Daughters. H Dennis Hoover announced 1947 Frederick Clarke baseball league schedule. Mrs Lottie V Kline of Middletown died at Blue Ridge sanitarium. Yankee Eddie Raff praised for North Africa service. Farm equipment prices rise.
The passage argues that equality is valid in law but not in personal traits. It asserts that individuals differ in mind, body, and heredity, yet individuals can rise from mediocrity through effort, with political freedom aiding ascent and personal responsibility shaping outcomes.
State Senator George M. Warren of Bristol said he would not seek the Ninth district congressional nomination and endorsed Tom Fugate, Lee county farmer and banker, as the sole announced Democratic candidate. Works as a political note from Bristol dated March 16.
The British Museum was established by a lottery and Fanueil Hall in Boston and the New York State House were rebuilt after fires with lottery funds. Lotteries also financed construction for Yale Harvard Dartmouth Williams and other colleges and universities.
Virginia swine breeders are urged to prevent internal parasites especially roundworms. Animal Husbandman George C. Herring cites sanitation as key, advising clean sow surroundings before farrowing and pigs on land unused by hogs for a year or land cultivated since last use. If parasites appear, a dry feed sodium fluoride treatment is advised at nine to ten weeks, with a possible second dose at four months.
Boost vitality with a tonic claiming to fix low blood counts by improving red blood cell production. It promises increased appetite, resistance, digestion, and energy, marketing vibrant health and better sleep, skin tone, and strength.
A reader quiz page asks 10 questions on capitals, starfish points, union leaders, sports equipment, Gandhi's middle name, Highland Fling dance, magnetism insulators, GI Bill subsistence, and ice cream making. Page 2 reveals correct answers.
The report lists 24 hour precipitation to 7 a m March and year to date totals for 1948. It also provides average monthly rainfall based on 1913 to 1946 with values for each month and notes statistics courtesy of the Winchester Research Laboratory.
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