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Winchester Evening Star in Winchester, Virginia
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1947
Page
4
Hollywood Communists Questioned by House Committee
The editorial criticizes the House un American Activities Committee inquiry into communists in Hollywood. It argues the committee lacks concrete evidence and warns the probe risks backfiring on Congress if not based on solid information. It sides with Cooper Montgomery Reagan against broad taint of the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House un-American Activities Committee
Gary Cooper
Robert Montgomery
Adolphe Menjou
Ronald Reagan
Congressman Thomas
Brewster
Howard Hughes
Hollywood
Cooper
Montgomery
Reagan
Thomas
Congress
Charles Luckman
Poultryless Thursday critique and atomic worry
Edmund W. Sinnott of Yale warns that government poultryless Thursday policies harm farmers and conservation. He cautions atomic bombs require more than technologists, calling for education in history and the arts for broader understanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund W. Sinnott
Sheffield Scientific School
Yale University
Humanities balance guides science driven era
Yalg already retools curricula to mix liberal arts with science for degrees while science dominates public life. The author argues that global education must mirror this balance as science with its astonishing discoveries, including the atomic bomb, holds power over humanity contingent on culture, history, and humane understanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yalg
Local control urged for schools by McCue to Norfolk group
Current Opinion commends Delegate E. O. McCue for urging Virginia Parents and Teachers to push localities to fund public education. He warns the State or Federal governments should supplement, not replace, local effort, arguing local control fosters responsibility and reduces bureaucracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlottesville
United States
World War II children get global fundraising drive
Secretary-General Trygve Lie names Chester Bowles former head of OPA as chairman of the United Nations Appeal for Children. The 1948 drive, urged by Norway’s Aake Ording, will mobilize committees worldwide to aid war victims’ orphans and displaced families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trygve Lie
Chester Bowles
OPA
United Nations Appeal For Children
UN Assembly
Aake Ording
Soviet
Russia
Bowles
Put Up or Shut Up
Governor Tuck tells the Virginian Education Association in Richmond that Virginia must fund services only from current revenues. He warns that larger appropriations require higher taxes or cuts elsewhere if incoming funds are insufficient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuck
Virginian Education Association
Richmond
Virginia
Strength For The Day On God Not Self
The text extols God’s grace as the basis of all true religion and welfare. It cites Dr. Samuel Johnson’s fifty five year struggle with resolution and his final casting of self aside to cling to God. It asserts that only divine grace can save and sustain through life and death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Johnson
God
Johnson
Jacob
Jabbock
Historical quiz on famous facts and figures
The page lists ten trivia questions on topics from literature to geography and history. Questions cover Lion Feuchtwanger’s diplomat, wheat leaders, Statue of Liberty height, Halley’s comet interval, thermometer equivalence, beard norms for Indians, Nikola Petkov, British boxing eligibility for Negros, nicknames for New England states, and eggs nutrition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Literary Guild
Lion Feuchtwanger
Paris
Nebraska
Kansas
South Dakota
New York Harbor
Nikola Petkov
Balkan
British Boxing Board
New England
Say that Jimx Falkenburg urges fat conservation at home
Radio and screen star Jimx Falkenberg keeps house and watches for waste fats. She urges housewives to save every pound to ease the global fats and oils shortage. The government notes the shortage remains critical and asks continued public effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimx Falkenburg
Weather Statistics for Indies 1913-1946 Average Rainfall
Present and past rainfall data show 48 hours ending 7 a m with no rainfall, year to date 1.09 inches and 1947 rainfall to date 27.33 inches. Average monthly rainfall by month over 1913-1946 lists values from January 2 45 to December 2 43 inches, courtesy Winchester Research Laboratory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indies
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