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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1948
Page
7
Chief Justice Edward W. Hudgins of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals announced a full reorganization of the Judicial Council in Richmond on May 5. The move restructures leadership and committee assignments to streamline oversight and policy.
The Virginia council created by the General Assembly in 1928 will meet May 19. It is a nine member body of judges and leading attorneys tasked with recommending rules and procedures to improve Virginia court administration. Newly appointed members include Judge Earl L Abbott and Judge Kennon C Whittle along with several other judges and attorneys serving four year terms.
Secretary of State Marshall urged the U S to keep the Soviet Union in the United Nations arguing peaceful coexistence with Western powers. He warned drastic UN changes could destroy the organization and lead to rival alliances and cautioned against a conference to revise the charter without Moscow.
Virginia local public hospital construction will receive just over 11 cents on the dollar from the State under new legislation. Ronald Allmack director of the division of hospital survey and construction and Dr. L J Roper State health commissioner announced the figure based on available State funds in sight.
The text details federal Hill-Burton Act support with about 45 cents per hospital dollar and state aid of 11.31 cents per dollar for priority communities. State funds depend on a $1.5 million outright appropriation, with another $1 million approved by the General Assembly not included in this figure.
Virginia highway engineers estimate total costs to repair winter damage to primary and secondary roads at 6.5 million dollars. Primary system repairs total 3.2009 million and feeder routes 3.3 million. Severe winter weather and wartime maintenance cuts drove the failures, with some spring and summer projects postponed due to lost priority for repairs.
The maxim The end justifies the means is attributed to Publilius Syrus, known as Publius, who lived around 42 B.C. This is a loose rendering of Honesta turpitudo est pro causa bona, meaning crime is honest for a good cause.
A.L.D. explains the phrase derives from ancient ideas about blood changing temperature. The belief held that blood could become hot then cold, affecting a person’s temper and actions.
At Roanoke on May 5 the 52nd Virginia State Federation of Labor convention endorsed a resolution calling for outlawing communism fascism and Nazism in the United States. Delegates paused civil rights debates to form a committee for a state league for political education. The session also condemned Virginia Governor for proposed voting and civil rights restrictions, while Richmond delegate W H C Murray spoke on segregation bills that died in the General Assembly.
The ad promotes Victory Ointment as a grease free antiseptic remedy for eczema psoriasis rashes and related skin troubles. It claims Army origins and lists Winchester retailers Miller's Rhodes Brooks' Rexall Peoples and Silco Cut-Rate selling jars and tubes.
Richmond May 5 Ern est Robertson Roanoke county Democrat qualified today for the Democratic nomination to Congress from the Sixth Virginia district. His entry on the final day for candidates to qualify assures a three way race to fill the seat left by the resignation of Rep J Lindsay Almond Jr Sixteen candidates have qualified for the Aug 3 primaries with contests in the 8th 4th and 8th districts Midnight is the deadline for qualification}
Leaders of three railroad unions represent under ten percent of workers and refuse a 152 cent an hour raise retroactive to November 1 1947. The Emergency Board backed the raise except for their demanded changes, yet they insist on broader pay hikes and rule alterations, challenging the Railway Labor Act and President Truman’s board after 33 days of hearings.
The American Automobile Association notes the 101 Ranch lies about 9 miles southwest of Ponca City Oklahoma. Once a famous show ranch it is now part of a government rehabilitation project and has been divided into small farms.
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