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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1947
Page
4
Subscription rates by mail or motor route show one year six months and three months in advance. Outside Virginia and West pay $1.00 extra for postage. By carrier rates include one year six months and one month in advance and a weekly or single copy option.
The Times sees a broad Labour shake-up as a guard change not a policy shift, widening power in few hands and directed state planning. It argues reconstruction hinges on dollar aid before the Marshall Plan, warning such planning risks dictatorship and questions aiding a system opposing American democracy.
The Bureau of the Census places the 1947 U S population at 143 311 000 an increase of 10 392 000 since 1940 About eight percent The baby cohort grows 36 percent under five while the median age rises from 29 to 30 The West leads with a 24 percent gain The center has long sat in Indiana near Carlisle and by 1950 may move across Illinois.
Current Opinion notes that University of Virginia traditions render references to “Mr. Jefferson” and “the University” in Virginians’ own idiom. It lists examples from Charlottesville lawn culture to Alexandria High School, spelling and pronunciation quirks, and regional place names across the commonwealth.
The Wisconsin State Federation of Labor drops its plank for public ownership of utilities. Du luth Herald notes bargaining with private employers yields better contracts than government agencies and warns government ownership harms unions and labor mobility. It argues socialism dampens initiative and leaves people to follow leaders.
School is about to reopen and we shall see the annual parade of carefree happy parents in this seasonal note from the St Louis Post Dispatch.
Earl L. Beaver, recently re enlisted in the Army air corps, became the first Pilot to fly in conjunction at the Newburgh New York air base. H. B. McCormac Jr. was elected to the board of directors of the Manufacturers Assn. at a Virginia Beach meeting.
Reports indicate all Virginia vehicle inspection deadlines are pushed to November 30. A fire alarm at the White Palace Restaurant was misread as a blackout signal last night.
Jonas Chamberlin, president of the Han ley FFA chapter, will lead a Virginia delegation to the annual FFA meeting in Kansas City. Frederick County apples and Winchester by products shown at John Marshall hotel in Richmond for three weeks. Burglaries reported in the south end. A young girl died at home from malignant diphtheria before diagnosis.
The short piece compares a clock needing inner repair to changing behavior. It argues adjusting outward acts wastes time. focus on inner impulses and root causes. Cleaning the “works” and replacing worn parts like courage benevolence or faith restore the soul’s mainspring.
A set of seven trivia questions covers the White House cornerstone, a V 2 rocket launch at sea, Davis Cup winner, chirping crickets, vacuum truth, Henry A Wallace editorship, Minaret meaning, Georgia capital, smear case wear or eat, and 1947 Allied troop withdrawal dates.
Two Philadelphia men traveled into the city to collect a wager that they could not ride the rough roads to here in two and a half days. In town, several Main Street business houses have names placed in gold leaf above their doors.
Present and past rainfall data show 1947 to date 26.24 inches. Average monthly precipitation for 34 years 1913 1946 lists Jan 2.45 Feb 1.97 Mar 2.95 Apr 3.07 May 3.64 Jun 3.86 Jul 3.79 Aug 3.77 Sep 2.61 Oct 3.36 Nov 2.40 Dec 2.43. Courtesy Winchester Research Laboratory. Average annual rainfall 36.30 inches.
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