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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1948
Page
4
Public notice lists publication details for Winchester Evening Star including office hours, advertising rates, and subscription prices for various terms and regions. It notes deadlines for display ads and postage supplements for out of state copies. The page ends with a Bible verse, Fervent in spirit from Romans.
In Martinsville Senator A Willis Robertson urged letting the Soviets know that U S plans to cooperate with Western Europe could extend to Eastern Europe and Russia if the Soviets change course. Roving Aid to Europe chief Averell Harriman echoed Paris remarks. Critics warn of overextension as U S funds Western Europe and China, questioning Russia subsidies and Soviet reliability.
Bell Laboratories researchers convert diamond chips into solid vacuum amplifiers that boost voice signals up to 500 times. A focused electron beam turns the diamond from insulator to conductor, enabling ultra fast amplification for radios, radar, televisions, and future military devices. Diamond chips offer smaller, lighter, more durable alternatives to glass vacuum tubes.
Current Opinion discusses Senator Harry Byrd’s call to curb federal spending by likening the national debt to a Plimsoll mark on ships. It warns that without restraint the United States could reach a $10 billion deficit within two years, risking the free enterprise system.
Gov. Dewey and Harold E. Stassen clashed over how to handle Communism with Mundt bill provisions sparking controversy. Dewey warned outlawing the party would drive it underground, a view supported by FBI head J Edgar Hoover, while Stassen claimed the bill would ban Communists from elections.
Charles E Bass of Frederick county school board told the county board of agriculture that education is the greatest problem facing almost every state. Billy Whitacre, eight, son of Mr and Mrs Herman Whitacre, is discharged from hospital four days after being struck by a car. Mrs George Smith appeals for playground equipment for the Junior Country club.
In 1943, the Handley High School A Capella choir, under Frederck Clarke, was announced to perform at the First Baptist Church. Gasoline restrictions were said to threaten local baseball games and commencement exercises, with wet grounds delaying events.
Scout Executive Dan O. Henry named to lead role in Little Theatre in East Lynn. Britain and France urge Germany to withdraw from Czechoslovakia, keeping peace in sharp exchanges.
In 1923 Beaumont Texas logged 13 and a half inches of rain in three hours setting a new record. The city council opened bids for a 200000 dollar water and sewer improvement bond issue. C Harry Hardy was chosen as Worthy President of the Eagles.
Sidewalks on Water Street between Stewart and Market flooded with water and dirt following torrential rains. Kenneth Grim cut his thumb badly and was absent from Frekels News agency. SVA defeated Berryville 24 to 8.
An advertisement promotes a weight control booklet titled Weight Control. It promises practical tips to gain or lose weight without medicines or gimmicks, with maintenance and reduction menus and a table of average weights by age and height. Fifteen cents postpaid to the Information Bureau in Washington, D.C.
The piece argues Ralph Waldo Emerson shaped ethics apart from Biblical religion, offering a noble but rooted in humanist thought that lacks the Bible’s life-giving power. It questions whether modern religion is true gospel and warns that humanism competes with revealed faith, challenging common moral needs.
A playful quiz asks ten questions on topics from tax law to Concord’s 1775 skirmish, calendar years, and famous animals. Questions cover withholding tax timing, Concord shot, days in leap year, Cribbage, violin bow hair, and Man o War’s Derby history.
Present and past rainfall figures show 24 hour ending May 1 at 7 a.m. and year to date totals of 4.20 inches for 1948 and 14.37 inches overall. The 35 year average is 36.20 inches. Monthly averages for 1913-1946 range from 1.94 inches in February to 3.92 in June, with January 2.46 and December 2.38. Courtesy Winchester Research Laboratory.
Notice records the mutual dissolution of the Woolen Shop partnership at 304 South Braddock Street Winchester Virginia by Dechert Dechert Weaver and Weaver. It states ownership will pass to Marvin D Weaver and Lillian L Weaver and lists remaining partners. A second dissolution notes Shenval Tea Company in Fredericks County Virginia with Goerlich and Hodgson. Goerlich assumes business and obligations and Shenval Tea Co continues.
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