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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1947
Page
4
Present and past rainfall figures show 24 hours ending at 7 a m with trace. Sept to date 1 29 inches for 1947 rainfall to date 26 24 inches. Average annual rainfall for 24 years 36 30 inches. Monthly averages for 1913 1946 are listed with Jan 2 45 Feb 1 97 March 2 95 April 3 07 May 3 64 June 3 86 July 3 79 Aug 3 77 Sept 2 61 Oct 3 36 Nov 2 40 Dec 2 43. Courtesy Winchester Research Laboratory.
The ad lists subscription rates by mail or motor route with terms for one year six months and three months and one month in advance. An outside Virginia and West Virginia postage surcharge is noted. A Bible verse from Psalm 89 1 completes the fragment.
Detroit Free Press publisher John S. Knight spoke in Chicago arguing that the American system of free enterprise requires fewer apologies than any other. He questioned why socialism or communism are not on trial in Europe and urged continued support for capitalism as the best path to a high standard of living.
United Nations votes show 40 states backing the American position while 8 abstain or silent. Russia-led bloc includes the three Russian Republics Yugoslavia Poland and Czechoslovakia raising irony over past Nazi and Soviet domination. The piece also notes early drone and robot flight tech suggesting a future where machines handle flight and potentially combat duties.
Current Opinion argues that Chester Pierce could join Harvard’s lineup against the University of Virginia on October 11 in Charlottesville. The piece notes Virginia’s consent and NCAA norms, asserts no racial backlash from the Cavaliers, and urges equal sportsmanlike treatment for Pierce if he plays, regardless of local criticism.
No general rent increases have been granted under the new control law in effect nearly three months. An aide to housing expeditor Frank R. Creedon said local advisory boards in each defense rental area have had little chance to act beyond organizing and studying the rental picture, with few increases anticipated in the near term.
The Washington Star notes the Florida hurricane did not claim many lives thanks to Weather Bureau alerts and air reconnaissance by Army Navy and Coast Guard crews. It compares deaths to the 1928 storm and cites levees built after Lake Okeechobee as mitigating factors.
The summer has been peculiar with cool dry and cloudy weather. Crops were late and scarce while bugs were plentiful. Work was hard and demanding and business abundant yet not profitable. News at home and abroad unsettled people but the season remained pleasant overall.
The Winchester Legion will sponsor a city basketball team this season. A meeting is set for next Tuesday at 7 30 p m at the Legion home to finalize plans. Legion officials and players discussed the matter this week and invite all interested players to attend the September 30 meeting.
Seven questions test memory and trivia from a vintage page. Topics include Mayo Clinic location Bataan Corrigidor hero Dick Tracy offspring B. O. Plenty Gravel Gertie name, May 1941 Nazi flight to Scotland, Canada largest city, tree growth facts, Dawes VP, Oscar R Ewing agency, odor masking term, and Lincoln assassination city.
Dr H I Pifer has been re appointed coroner of Frederick county until December 1947 as announced today. Meanwhile local housewives face ongoing distress over a meat shortage as the community addresses wartime grocery concerns with limited supplies.
A coroners inquest began to determine the cause of Clarence Wanzer's death, a colored resident of Stephens City, with other notes on local incidents from 1937 and earlier years.
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