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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1947
Page
9
Washington dispatch reports that on October 14 John M. Hightower notes Russia mounting an all-out battle. The piece outlines strategic tensions and ongoing military actions shaping the broader conflict.
American informants predict the Soviet Union will press on great world issues but avoid wrecking international negotiations. The view, relayed to State and Defense, stems from Bedell Smith and Lucius Clay after meetings in London and concerns over Paris recovery steps and France facing midweek dollar shortages affecting coal fats and fuel supplies.
Classified ads and help wanted notices from a Winchester Virginia paper including job inquiries for a live-in domestic, salesgirl, maid, interviewers, and cooking, plus various sale listings for cars, furniture, and rentals with specific contact details and dates. The page also contains public notices from the Corporation Court regarding estate matters and publication orders.
D Tennant Bryan, president of Richmond Newspapers Inc, told managers at a mid Atlantic meeting that net paid circulation of 27 papers in Virginia and North Carolina rose 662 percent in ten years despite radio and magazines. He urged strong, independent papers as a bulwark of a free press and argued subsidized press weakens nations.
The Division of Territories and Island Possessions states profitability is judged by comparing total value of Alaska’s gold fish furs and other commodities with the original purchase price. For the five years before World War II the average annual value of products shipped to the States exceeded ten times the purchase price.
Application of rail carriers in Virginia seeks authority to apply intrastate rate increases in Virginia matching ICC increases authorized in ex parte 166. The hearing before the State Corporation Commission will be held in Richmond at 10 oclock AM on Thursday October 23 1947.
Harrisburg announces the marriage of Rep. John J. Kunkel R Pa to Mrs. W Minster Kunkel of Harrisburg at Arlington Virginia on Saturday. Kunkel 49 in his first marriage has represented the 18th Pennsylvania district since 1939. The bride widow of Dr W Minster Kunkel met him in New York after a Europe tour with an investigating committee. The couple then traveled to Baltimore before Arlington for the ceremony. The bride is Katharine Smoot of Baltimore.
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