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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1948
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star lists office hours for display ads by noon the day before publication and provides transient and contract rates. National representatives are listed with DeLisser, Inc. and advance pricing for one year, six months, three months, and one month in 7.50, 4.00, 2.25, and 0.80 dollars respectively.
A 1949 outlook from the U S Bureau of Agricultural Economics and other sources notes steady high activity in autos and housing with potential for a recession if auto steel and building sectors slump. Optimists cite replacement demand while pessimists warn of tighter money and slow collections.
The petroleum industry has driven the machine age since 1859 with more than 34,000 firms and over 2,200 new producers in three years. It employs over two million people, drills 1,200,000 wells in 25 states, and creates 1,200 products from crude oil. Private capital funds expansion as research spending exceeds 100 million dollars annually.
The United Mine Workers convention backed John L. Lewis with a 50 000 annual salary and resisted proposals for life tenure, while debating higher dues and a larger initiation fee. Delegates’ displays of loyalty contrasted with the lone dissenting vote against broader pay boosts.
Social security benefit payments average $22 395 monthly in this area per figures from Harry Albert Nelson. New Chamber officers elected include Walker McC Bond J Curtis Fray P G Ireland Joseph Schroth and Thomas G Scully.
The postal delivery service in the city will start on November 1. Appointed as carriers are John Brown Pops W Sumption and Charles W Gibbons. John A Kern is named substitute. An excursion to Hagerstown fair brings 581 passengers from Winchester. Lt Philip W Walker visits at his home here.
A 1948 King Features Syndicate medical note explains the rice diet as a low salt option for hypertension with potential benefits and risks. It cautions physician supervision, notes possible symptoms from salt reduction, and discusses mercury injections, kidney disease constraints, and protein restrictions when kidneys are damaged.
Judge John Rice settles cases for nine defendants including Howard L James at 125 Piccadilly Street and Kenneth M Powers at 363 E Piccadilly Street for alcohol related offenses. Other fines cover Ernest Jenkins boxing 420 S Kent Street and Tom Parlet Martinsburg Pike for drunkenness. Speeding by Everett Pavey at 238 Liberty Avenue incurs 19.25 dollars.
A 1940 Ford owned by Mrs Calvin Boyd of Berryville was stolen Monday night and found abandoned in a ditch near Hillsboro Virginia police reported this morning. The car was recovered by authorities.
Leo Gaunt of Boyce has appealed a Clarke county trial justice court conviction for illegal sale of alcoholic beverages to a minor. He was fined 100 dollars and ordered to serve a six month jail sentence by Judge Harold Potts who presided in the lower court.
Men's Day services in Reliance and Ridings Chapel Warren county Sunday drew a successful attendance. Morning program featured W. F. Ships David Mellis Norman Carper and Rev. Calvin Harden with special music by the Reliance quartet Jack Darflinger Elmer White Carson Bowen and Robert Steele. Afternoon program included L. P. Tederick Garland Grim Oliver Grim and Rev. Harden.
Puzzle list showing standard crossword clues with across and down entries. Includes hints for plant cleansing properties, geographical names, measurements, and common terms across varied categories.
Russell Joyce of Winchester, supervisor of vocational rehabilitation for the Northern area, attends a week long staff conference at the Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center in Fisherville Virginia. State supervisors and department heads will visit workshops at both the rehabilitation center and the technical school.
A reflection on how trouble enriches some lives while crushing others. The author argues heredity and teachability shape resilience, urging readers to develop teachable hearts. Those who welcome instruction deepen their nature and find strength even in hardship.
A reader quiz with ten questions on history diplomacy UN Paris 1940s, Costa Rica ownership, Halifax natives, Cuban language, US agencies FCC, John Wesley founder, Styria in Austria, and a European city evoked by the phrase the air lift. Answers page referenced at age 2.
Police recover bicycle belonging to Wesley Jackson of 110 West Leicester Street stolen from Douglas School.
Gail, torn between Sam Meredith and Brad Spencer, navigates a tangled courtship. Sam forcefully pursues love while Gail seeks security with Brad, who faces a rival in Sam. Brad’s stern grandmother worries over the romance as Gail confronts fear, longing, and the promise of a stable future.
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