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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1947
Page
4
The snippet lists advertising deadlines and rates for The Star Publishing Co. in Winchester Virginia with a Bible verse John 15 9 noting the father’s love. It mentions daily publication excluding Sundays and subscription terms including postages outside Virginia.
Edwin L. James of the New York Times writes to Pravda writer David Zaslavsky arguing that US press freedom protects readers, not publishers, and contrasts it with Soviet control. He questions claims of Russian openness, cites monopoly myths, and urges exposing camps to prove true press freedom.
The Egyptian who struck a U N guard at Lake Success is accused of lacking self restraint. The piece notes tensions at the talks test politeness and urges those pressed beyond endurance to imitate a good example rather than provoke responses like biting Mr Gromyko.
News items note Lewis H. Ebert earning the first class badge at Shawnee District Court of Honor. Winchester mayor Dr C R Anderson and city manager S Lee Grant travel to Virginia Beach for League of Municipalities. Scrap collection yields sixteen thousand pounds led by Lee Baking Co. A Philpot Inn cook Arthur Shorts found dead near B and C line tracks. A man named Ridget shot dead near Shady Rest. Organist William G Barnes resigns from Loudoun Street Presbyterian for Knoxville. In 1922, $29,000 more was needed for the George Washington Hotel fund and Mrs H A Riddle dies in Pennsylvania.
A list of ten trivia items and two bonus questions asking about facts such as West Point mascot, WWI leaders nicknamed "Tiger," sound speed at temperatures, a Spanish arsenal blast, stereoscope purpose, Prince Eugen's royal relation, legality of chain letters, Pearl of the Antilles island, U S entomological work in 1854, and dates for My Country Tis of Thee and America first use.
Summary of present and past rainfall figures up to Sept 4 1947 with year to date total 26.24 inches and 24 year rainfall average 36.30 inches. Provides monthly average precipitation for 1913 1946 with values for each month from January to December and notes courtesy of the Winchester Research Laboratory.
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