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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1948
Page
4
The notice lists post office status for Winchester Evening Star and outlines display advertising deadlines and rates. It also provides national representation by DeLisser, Inc. and subscription pricing options including annual, semiannual, quarterly, and monthly plans.
Subscribers to The Star are asked to inform the office of any delay or irregularity in delivery. Reader action helps maintain a perfect delivery system.
A September 25 1948 civic page prints a religious motto from scripture The battle is not yours but Gods 2 Ch 20 15 and features a reflective quotation for readers. The note emphasizes faith guiding events on a weekend edition.
Everard Kidder Meade in Local History argues Clarke County should include an E in Clarke. He cites 1836 General Assembly records and earlier accounts to prove the spelling. he notes state markers omit the E and urges the Conservation Commission to reconsider.
Lieut. Gen. Curtis E. LeMay moves from Europe to lead the Strategic Air Command while Gen. George C. Kenney takes over the Air University in Birmingham Alabama. LeMay, age 41, helped develop long range bombing and later led the Twentieth Air Force and served under Spaatz during the Pacific and Japan campaigns. The SAC headquarters shifts from Maryland to Nebraska as LeMay gains global air responsibility with the B 36 and B 29 fleet enduring in world reach.
The article notes favorable soil moisture and rains after last year's drought, signaling a near record Southwest wheat yield. With improved seeding conditions, vast winter pastures will fatten sheep and cattle, conserving grain and boosting farmer revenue as Kansas and neighboring states plan large wheat acreages this fall.
The text notes corn becoming the region’s dominant money crop, driving farmer prosperity in the Southwest. It highlights near record corn yields contributing to immediate wealth in the breadbasket area.
Current Opinion argues the farm price support program, though blamed for high living costs, is essential. It explains farmers get about 50 cents of every food dollar, with the rest absorbed by processing, transport, and distribution, and warns that ending the policy could trigger economic disaster.
A cigarette accidentally left on a serving tray appears to extinguish itself when placed on a polished table, prompting comments on the quiet cleanliness of the scene and the curious behavior of the lingering smoke.
Mrs Homer Cray of New York visits her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs H W Ebert Jr. Mrs A Stevens of Winchester is locked in a Washington drug store coin box booth while making a phone call.
Five years ago in 1943, DAR addressed by Rev. W. K. Cunningham Gore, and a vocational agricultural shop project enrolled 27 pupils.
Sylvester Sargent of Kernstown dies in a motorcycle accident. City Manager Arthur Field attends a Richmond association meeting. Handiey opens football season by defeating Berkeley Springs 13 to 0.
Durant dealers at the annual banquet praise an excellent year noting over 700 cars sold in the territory. John Dieffenderter, a retired contractor, attended the event.
Anthropologists warn civilization is thin and barbarism can reemerge at any time. Nazism and fascism showed barbarism returns despite modern weapons. The warning applies in American cities as well as African jungles.
Winchester Chamber of Commerce secretary Gene Sakers plans a 30 to 40 page illustrated booklet on Winchester history. It will be published soon and available to inquirers. The project aims to show city history for public distribution.
A 1948 study notes weight loss often signals organic trouble in the digestive tract and worsens after 60. In ages 21 to 60, weight loss implies higher odds of organic disease, while absence of weight loss points to functional issues. The article advises thorough examination and X ray tests, and includes a Q&A on leg thinness with limited remedies.
A compact crossword list presents across and down clues with numbered items from 1 to 40. Clues range from anatomy and language to geography and miscensible terms, inviting quick solving in a daily puzzle format.
United Nations truce officials led a six truck caravan from Tel Aviv toward Jerusalem when Arab Legion forces ambushed it near the Latrun pumping station. One victim was John L. Lewis of Philadelphia and four people were killed in the attack.
An order entered by Judge Elliott Marshall appoints J H Seal as registrar of the Sarah Zane precinct in Ward two. He replaces B F Davis who is ill. October 2 is the final day to register to vote in the November presidential election.
According to a January 1948 United Nations report, women own 65 percent of U S savings accounts, reflecting a substantial gender gap in household financial assets.
A vintage quiz feature asks ten questions on history science and language. It includes topics from David Griffith to Columbus and World War I and invites turning to page 2 for answers.
The passage notes there is no evidence Benjamin Franklin was involved in the Franklin cent design. Congress specified one side to feature a circular chain of thirteen links enclosing the motto We Are One, and the other side a dial with hours, the Latin Fugio, and the phrase Mind Your Business.
In pursuit of a tangled swindle case, Poirot links Major Porter’s suicide to a web involving Rosaleen Cloade and Mrs. Jeremy. He suspects disguise and blackmail tied to Charles Trenton and seeks who draped the mask that shields a hidden motive.
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