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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1947
Page
4
The report shows 48 hour rainfall ending 7 a.m. with none. October to date 1.09 inches, 1947 year to date 27.33 inches. Average annual rainfall over 24 years is 36.30 inches. Monthly averages for 1913 1946 list January 2.45 inches through December 2.43 inches with October at 3.36 inches. Courtesy Winchester Research Laboratory.
Publication notice from the Evening Star Publishing Co of Winchester Virginia outlines daily publication except Sunday, deadline noon the day prior, transient rate 55 cents per inch, contract rates on request, and classified section guidance with a Bible verse.
Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy comments on a Price Waterhouse audit of the Federal Public Housing Authority noting that vast sums appear to have vanished and questioning whether mismanagement or theft occurred. He calls for continued investigation and safeguards despite executive resistance.
A State Highway Department survey in Virgnia notes most motorists would not walk far to work and asks if walking is a lost art. The piece argues brisk walks aid indoor workers by reducing fatigue, suggesting even short daily walks benefit disposition and productivity.
The nation built wartime capacity with tanks ships planes and trucks for aid to allies and relied on mighty dams and steam plants. Now peacetime needs strain the system as demand for electricity rises toward 1951 with plans for a third more generating capacity requiring more generators and more power.
The article notes substitutions and make do measures, including transferring boilers from an old Navy destroyer to a shore station. It warns that new replacements and installations are still needed and that each bottleneck is delaying a full speed ahead rollout, risking near term power shortages.
The AFL executive council proposes removing vice presidencies leaving only president and secretary treasurer. John L. Lewis would stay on the executive council as a member but lose officer status, potentially reducing his influence on the anti-Communist affidavit issue. The change aims to grant broader NLRB access to most unions while limiting Lewis’s effect on the policy.
A pack of wild dogs attacked Billie Bierer’s farm on R. 11 injuring 11 sheep seriously. North Hill estate, Clarke county’s old landmark, has been sold to Mr. and Mrs. R W Mitchell from Newport News. The Barter Theater of Virginia closed its Northern Virginia tour Friday night with Wings Over Europe.
A resident was threatened prompting authorities in and around Berryville to stay vigilant. Group 3 Virginia Bankers assume duties as they plan for the 34th annual meeting at the George Washington Hotel starting October 24. The first Northern Virginia six man football game is set for this afternoon at Clearbrook High School.
Ten years after the 1937 racing season Jack Bowers trophies for the horse High Hedge are shown at Clowe's jewelry store. Universal News reel photographers have been taking shots of the local apple harvest and processing plants. Mrs C W Trenary widow of the former commissioner of revenue was found dead in a Richmond house where she was staying temporarily.
James R. Winkfield reports three of five double houses near completion on National Ave. Charles L. Long, a veteran Valley printer, visited the Star office. Richards Bros. apple exporter learned that over 6500 barrels of Frederick County apples were sold in the Liverpool market.
In 1897 Harry Henry, a local brick cleaner, returned to work after a head injury from a brick but suffered finger injuries from another brick. The piece notes a “quake doctor” entertaining locals and mentions Frank Baker and Omar Jackson moving to Berry's ferry, a 15 mile trip in 55 minutes.
Dostoyevsky, the renowned Russian novelist, endured poverty and persecution yet produced some of literature’s finest works. He emphasized that there is no unforgivable sin except satisfaction with evil and showed characters seeking light after long darkness, while the saved remain those who strive beyond earthly sin.
The list poses ten trivia prompts about historical figures places and events. It asks for comparisons sources of jute white Russia capital risks in Notre Dame football and Mussolini era links atom bombs and an Egypt epidemic with Washington's birthday weekday.
A local advertisement claims INNER-AID, a blend of 12 herbs, relieves stomach gas, bloating, sleep troubles, and constipation. It promises cleansing of bowels and liver, stating relief came after daily use before meals and that it is sold by all drug stores.
Old advertisement claims SSS Tonic increases gastric juice flow to aid digestion and relieve nervous distress from bloating sour meals. It also says the tonic builds non organic anemia and improves appetite sleep energy and mood, urging readers to avoid antacid overuse.
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