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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1948
Page
2
Berryville fire company responded last night to the Henry Johns property near Boyce finding a house full of smoke but no blaze. Investigators traced the smoke to an electric pump in the residence occupied by William R. Essig.
President Truman continues his Midwest tour with a night speech in Indianapolis and multiple appearances in Chicago Cleveland Boston New York Brooklyn and St Louis. Police and state estimates place crowds ranging from 40 000 in Kokomo to 125 000 in Indianapolis as he pledges New Deal measures including education funding Social Security expansion and a national health bill. He notes many whistle stop talks ahead and travels through West Virginia with a single engagement in Clarksburg.
Public sale items listed with times and locations include Logan R Fay estate 144 miles northeast of Winchester at York Inn turn east. Melvin Manuel estate 7 miles from Winchester near Relief on Middle Road. J HL Puakhouser Estate at Waverly Farm Double Tollgate with live stock and farm machinery. J H Punkhouser Estate Highland Farm Double Toll gate with livestock and farm machinery.
Miss Engeline Krist, 56, of Cleveland, died of breast cancer after keeping three jobs daily to save over 10000 dollars. Her will directs the Cleveland Clinic Foundation to use the fund for beds and care for women unable to pay, and to support patients in experimental treatment. She came from Albania and left two suitcases of belongings to a friend, living simply and focusing on future security.
Richmond October 16 Dr L J Roper state health commissioner announced a reorganization plan for the state health department to create five major divisions Local health service specialized medical services tuberculosis control engineering and administrative services The existing bureaus of alcoholic studies health education and the chief medical examiner will be retained under his supervision
Atom the Vanadium Corp. of America will purchase uranium from two ore treatment plants starting operations next year. One plant in Durango Colorado will be leased by the commission, the other to be built by the firm in White Canyon district Utah. The opening is expected to stimulate prospecting and mining and may benefit Navajo communities in Arizona New Mexico and Utah where some ore could come from tribal lands.
The page lists ten quiz questions with concise answers: India. True. No, the President is elected by electoral votes. Yes, as yeomanettes. Dexter, Iowa on Sept 18. the six New England and upper Atlantic states. False. Irishmen. Before. Columbia.
The report notes that American barred owls have a wing span of 43 to 45 inches. The measurements indicate the wings are slightly larger than the e.
U S Secretary of State George C Marshall departs for Athens to review American aid to Greece and assess efforts to suppress guerrilla forces along the Yugoslav and Albanian borders amid a recrudescence of rebel activity led by Markos Vallides and the Free Greece movement.
In Paris on October 16 Soviet delegate Andrei Vishinsky angered Security Council neutrals by accusing mediators of a trap to force Russia into debate on Berlin. Bra munglia led neutrals who planned to meet again to seek a solution as Four Powers remain split.
The Assembly’s political committee set aside the Palestine issue for now as the subcommittee on atomic energy prepares a report. It is expected to urge the five permanent Security Council members and Canada to press for a principle agreement on atomic energy regulation. Russia faced defeats in other committee meetings as the legal committee approved protections for political groups against mass slaughter in the genocide treaty.
The tall San Jacinto Monument in Texas sways due to sun heat causing a westward tilt in the morning and eastward in the afternoon. Strong winds can move it several inches, but officials say the structure is so solid it would not be endangered by a hurricane.
According to A Becuiniaay Smith in The President is Many Men Benjamin Harrison was the first to appoint a woman secretary in 1890. The secretary was Miss Alice B Sanger who had previously worked for Harrison as a stenographer.
Northern Virginia raisers of feeder calves sold more than 500 head at Farmers Live stock Exchange arena, bringing in 71 200 dollars above last year’s receipts. Average price topped 150 dollars, with buyers from Pennsylvania purchasing large lots including a 38 head group to Reading. Local shippers and trucks filled the arena as trucks were hired to move purchases.
The explanation notes that Jewish genealogy counted by males and did not pass through a daughter. If a grandfather’s line went to a grandson via a daughter, the daughter’s name was omitted and the husband of the daughter counted as the son of the maternal grandfather.
Willis E. Cohoon former Suffolk Nansemond delegate issued a statement declaring support for the States Rights Democratic ticket of Thurmond and Wright He also would vote for A Willis Robertson for Senate and Porter Hardy Jr for the House arguing the key issues are States Rights and constitutional government and that these principles benefit all races The date is October 16 in Suffolk
Arthur Bai, 27, of Port Howe and Wellington Cooper, 38, of Nassau, charged with violating U.S. immigration laws. Capt. F. M. Punk said both had been living at the migratory labor camp on Fairmont Ave and passing as American citizens.
A Life Extension Institute report states that about half of American women between age 50 and older are 10 to 50 pounds overweight. The finding highlights widespread weight issues among middle-aged and older women.
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