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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1948
Page
10
In Prague premier Gottwald fears assassination plots after justice minister Cepicka says foreign agents are out to kill the president. Cepicka described threats amid political tension in Czechoslovakia.
A son in law told a crowd that unnamed agents had orders to kill Gottwald in revenge for Eduard Benes death. He cited a slogan calling for the death of Gottwald. The talk noted heightened security at Benes state funeral and described actions against the Catholic church and Sokol.
Broadcast note explains hour changes by region with Eastern Local Time used as reference. It instructs subtractions for central and mountain zones and notes local stations may adjust relays to fit schedules. Last minute program changes are not included.
A detailed broadcast grid lists programs and times across ABC CBS NBC and MBS networks. Highlights include news segments Beulah Carman Cavallaro drama Bob Crosby Show Bob Hope Comedy and Dancing Continued with various local repeats and signoffs.
Bruce Harlan of Ohio State, Olympic three meter springboard champion, along with Hobart Billingsley and the New York Athletic Club water polo team, dived from a three meter board as Bermuda’s hurricane peaked. The wind carried them half the pool length, described as a terrific sensation.
The saying likely arose from the cranberry harvest season when cranberries must be gathered and sold within a short window. While a precise origination is not documented, the phrase reflects the urgency of handling a seasonal crop.
Virginia reports 1,176,000 turkeys in 1947, eight in the nation, with 1,073,000 placed in the Shenandoah Valley area Jan 1 to Aug 14. Rockingham leads hatchings as Beltsville Whites rise to 40 percent, reducing breeding hens by 20 percent and prompting earlier marketings nationwide.
DETROIT September 14 Blonde Georgie Martin refused to be part of her father's plan to marry her to a wealthy man for 7000 dollars. The 19 year old secretary said she was ruined while her father George Martin claimed he sought financial support to help her education after quitting work. He had sent proposals to papers in Wyoming Idaho and Montana. Georgie said she knew nothing until the local paper and called the plan a non sale.
Virginia attorney general’s office states recreational facilities for Negroes have been relatively equal to those for whites given the relative demand. The claim comes in response to a federal suit filed in Richmond by Maceo Martin of Danville alleging discrimination in Virginia facilities.
A Danville branch meat packing firm Wilson and Co was fined 300 dollars plus costs in Chatham for violating Virginia egg law by selling inedible eggs three percent, selling eggs billed as fresh with only three percent of the word fresh, and distributing improperly marked egg cartons. James McBride represented the firm and the guilty plea was entered.
Judge Elliott Marshall granted divorces to William K. Trenary from Dorothy Logan Trenary on desertion and Betty Jane Royston Hope from Charles Randolph Hope Jr on constructive desertion. Remarriage forbidden for four months from September 13.
The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau advertises a book titled Modern Manners. It promises guidance on table manners telephone etiquette dress for occasions and business etiquette. Order via mail with 20 cents.
A Savannah six year old boy, William Jones, survived a rare esophagus operation after his mother used floor scrubber liquid. Surgeons removed the damaged section and moved the stomach up beside the lung, attaching it to the remaining esophagus. He gained to 47.8 pounds and is thriving at the Georgia infirmary. Doctors expect him home once he gains seven more pounds.
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