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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1947
Page
4
An editorial argues the government may back away from urging Americans to limit poultry consumption. It cites stalled cold storage, 300 million fowls kept on farms, and argues that lifting the ban could worsen grain and red meat demand. It urges clearer information and voluntary rationing.
President Truman signals willingness to forego a January special session if Republican leaders guarantee fast action on the Marshall Plan. He cautions long term aid requires extended study and wide public information, urging accountability before any global spending campaign.
In Baltimore, Henry Wallace accuses former Secretary of Defense Forrestal and associates of Wall Street domination and arming the nation. The Roanoke Times notes Americans distrust Wallace's rhetoric, while warning abroad of potential Soviet amplification and harm to U.S. reputation.
Article notes that about 48 000 full blooded Aborigines remain in Australia and discusses implications for the nation.
In Washington the Associated Press suggested it would take 343 years to pay the national debt from today. The piece recalls 1604 with 500000 Indians at St Augustine a Spanish hamlet and the London Company for South Virginia plus young John Alden. It notes a spruce tree lineage links to the paper on which the AP speculates about the distant future.
Montgomery Advertiser discusses a fashion designer's remark on longer dresses and lower necklines. The piece ponders whether supply and demand or the law of compensation drives the trend and notes the writers’ stance that the law favors their view.
The Silco store on N Loudoun Street was robbed of more than $160, according to Captain F M Funk. Miss Pavey Lupton, daughter of Winchester residents, will be featured in Mademoiselle. Mrs Feeley notes increased car traffic with wooden bumpers. Local flood damage forces makeshift heating at several businesses.
The United States Marine Corps band halted in town on its way to Washington after finishing a tour of the valley. Virginia Woolen Co. secured a government contract for material used in making C. C. C. uniforms.
In 1922 Irvin Price, a traveling salesman, saved a baby from a farmhouse fire on the North Western Grade. Kathryn Funkhouser of Double Tollgate won the B and O Railroad agriculture scholarship for outstanding work in the field.
In this city Miss Nannie Krebs narrowly escaped injury when a sash fell from a third story window. Local sportsmen William Newman and Joseph Wright will send their racers to Staunton Saturday.
The reader is asked about a seven question quiz on topics from hurricanes to geography and history. Questions cover Florida damage, Cherbourg versus Dunquerque proximity, primate classification, Fort Belvoir location, LaGuardia mayoral terms, vacuum operation of motors, Foreman's Association alignment with AFL, motto of the Marines, Bolivia’s coast, and the two words describing a horse’s cry.
The common cold is not usually fatal but can rarely trigger dangerous diseases. It may stimulate onset of serious conditions in some cases.
A devotional meditation on divine guidance and trust. The author argues that humans control little of life while stressing faith in God who guides, provides for birds and flowers, and will care for people more than worldly concerns. Worry is labeled a tragic mistake.
Fragment discusses anxiety as heathen ish and cites Jesus saying Gentiles worry about material matters. It argues followers should not be preoccupied with such concerns and implies a call to a spiritual focus over earthly care.
Trial Justice W Erle Edwards disposed cases from Burg Virginia to Stras burg and Stephens City. Offenses include drunk driving speeding improper lights brakes no license improper steering horn tail light and headlights with fines ranging from nine to fifty four dollars. The note ends with The people of Albania are pre-
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