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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1948
Page
4
Readers are urged to report delays or delivery irregularities to maintain a reliable service. The notice comes from editor H. F. Byrd Jr and is stamped for Winchester Virginia with a Bible verse citation.
At the UN General Assembly in Paris Yugoslav Foreign Minister Kardelj defended Yugoslavia’s line aligned with Moscow. He accused Britain and the United States of abandoning cooperation while endorsing disarmament. Reports from Geneva suggest Yugoslavia may sign a broad trade pact with Britain to diversify its exports and offset uncertain Soviet-aligned trade.
The Rev William H Alexander frames play as spiritually valuable at an Omaha conference on community recreation. Experts note play can be a positive force in education and mental hygiene, aiding diagnosis and therapy through doll play and fingerpainting.
The United States holds about 26 billion barrels of known petroleum remaining and consumes nearly 2 billion annually. If reserves run out, a major shift could come from an estimated 200 billion barrels of shale oil in Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah, though extraction costs are high and near-water access is limited.
The text argues that without oil America would be a have-not nation with a lower standard of living, asserting this outcome is unlikely to occur. It frames oil as essential to national prosperity and global influence.
Current Opinion notes Crosby’s election as a corporate vice president and his status as a financial institution, while mentioning Sinatra’s rising profile including a piano-shaped swimming pool on his property. The piece muses on the entertainment figure rivalry and lasting success.
Governor Tuck urged that fine surroundings do not guarantee learning and championed teaching quality over architecture at the University of Richmond convocation and at a King George Farm Bureau picnic. He emphasized patient, steady reform, noting mass education is costly and improvements take years.
Freda Milhorne captures top 4 H girls sweepstakes at the county fair. Scout troops prepare parade floats for the Boy Scouts circus event. Epsilon chapter of Beta Sigma Phi hosts a tacky party at Mrs Evelyn Binner’s home.
Five years after 1943 Mor genthau calls for war taxes while wounded soldiers visit the city to recruit blood donors. American Flying Fortresses sweep over Germany in heavy raids.
Unusual heavy drop of apples in Shenandoah area may yield thousands of dollars in losses for local orchardists. Stephens City approves a 16500 dollar bond for municipal water system and will seek federal aid. International City Managers Assn elects A M Field 2d vice president.
Mrs W A Baker leaves for California to represent the women s auxiliary of the Virginia Department of the American Legion. A nine game schedule opens October 6 as announced by Handley. Marshall Baker, manager of the Empire theater, is at his home.
City council reviews committee plans for an electric light plant and will decide if the city should operate its own facility. Mrs. Nancy Lee Coble departs for a Baltimore visit. John Snyder dies at his home near Stephen.
The article lauds A Study of History by Toynbee as intellectually profound and widely read despite its length and difficulty. It argues the book warns that societal decline is spiritual, not political or economic, and contends reading it reduces fear of the atomic bomb by highlighting collective spiritual indifference.
State police report details a collision on Route 11 that killed 73 year old Claude L Hockman of Mr Jackson. A warrant is issued against Woodstock undertaker W L Dellinger for involuntary manslaughter. preliminary hearing set October 15 in Woodstock.
A vaccine from a patient’s own staphylococcus germs given twice weekly showed apparent recovery or improvement in ulcerative colitis after several weeks. Some patients benefited. results depend on germ involvement and accompanying nose or throat infections. Dr. W A Heazlett reported thorough improvement in treated cases.
Across clues list many entries from young horse to Bay window and beyond with items like leader of the Israelites and Norse god of war. Down clues include outer garment and largest continent among others plus a range of common crossword terms.
Seoul police arrested 20 people amid claims of a plan by an anti administration group to seize control after the United Nations General Assembly's Korea question discussion. Among detainees was Choi Neung Jin, former detective chief under the AMG, and Korea Press, a key news distributor, was shut down by order of President Syngman Rhee.
An ad for a Dream Booklet from the Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau offers a booklet on dream lore from birth to death. It includes chapters on interpretation and a dream dictionary, priced at 15 cents postpaid, with a coupon to mail to Washington DC.
A retro quiz page asks ten questions on insurance, classical names, royal children, ancient languages, a famous saying, rabies, the FBI, Faye Emerson, Chinese mourning color, and male whale terminology. It invites readers to turn to page 2 for answers and track monthly averages.
In a tense kitchen scene Lynn, Rowley, and David face a crisis when Rowley admits killings and Lynn is strangled. Poirot arrives, calms the room, and begins a lecture on crime. He explains the Cloade family’s protected lives and the test of adversity. The cliffhanger hints Rosaleen Cloade’s fate.
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