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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1946
Page
4
A scrambled crossword list presents across and down clues with numbered entries. The page mixes theme items, partial phrases, and varied wordplay entries including rivers, deities, materials, and common nouns.
A playful recap of yesterday's Answer 33 and entries 36 365 days 87 39 40 and a clue for a kind of fish. The notes reference a meat pie and a Confederate term while hinting at sheltered side phrases in a puzzle context.
Notice requests subscribers report delivery delays to improve service. Includes ad deadline 9 PM day before publication. Subscription and carrier rates listed: by mail one year five dollars, six months two dollars seventy-five, three months one dollar fifty, one month sixty cents. outside zones add one dollar.
A line from Psalm 68 30 is printed on a Saturday edition page dated April 6 1946. The devotional excerpt appears amid other text typical of the period and reflects wartime era sentiment.
The letter questions Lewis Douglas for World Bank leadership while praising his background from Arizona to Congress to budget director and business roles. It argues his finance expertise could match Morgenthau’s tenure, though Morgenthau warns of Wall Street influence if chosen.
Dr Clifford R Adams, psychology professor and director of the marriage counseling service at Pennsylvania State College, argues that grammar school educated girls make better wives than college graduates. He says one-fifth of college women never marry and one-third of those who marry lack satisfactory adjustment. He urges government marriage subsidies to allow younger marriages and proposes men marry at twenty two and choose wives older or same age. He also calls for a three month waiting period before marriage licenses with a counseling course.
The Music Educators National Conference reviewed American patriotic airs and approved a list deeming Star-Spangled Banner America America the Beautiful and Battle Hymn of the Republic as essential. The committee highlighted these selections to sustain postwar national fervor amid a potential slump.
The piece notes wartime songs like God Bless America and Yankee Doodle as desirable or too sectional, while lamenting that patriotic feeling should flourish in peacetime too. It argues pride and national identity extend beyond war and asks for a grand national anthem for peace.
The Senate committee inserted a military liaison committee to consult with a five member civilian Atomic Energy Control Commission. The arrangement allows Army and Navy input on defense related aspects while preserving civilian control. If disagreement occurs, the matter can be referred to the President for final decision. The compromise aims to speed action on a long-delayed bill.
Unseasonal weather sent temperatures down to 29 degrees last night, harming fruit trees in the county and surrounding areas weeks ahead of their normal development. Sgt. W R Sirbaugh informed his wife he had just arrived in New York from overseas. Clarke County learns Capt. George P Greenhalgh was awarded the Bronze Star for heroic action in Germany.
Miss Mollie Folkes Lee the daughter of Comdr and Mrs Robert C Lee of New York City has accepted an invitation to reign as Queen of the 1941 Apple Blossom Festival. Forty two seniors at Virginia Polytechnic Institute including post graduates spent today at Stephens City High School observing agricultural work. Mildred Lee Hackley of Middle Road was named outstanding performer in the Amateur Contest held at the Rouss Fire Co Hall Friday night.
Ten years ago the screen and stage star Marilyn Miller died in New York Hospital at age 38. Mrs. R. E. Griffith is named chairman of housing for princesses and their families during the festival. The public debt will soon pass 34 billion, according to the House Ways and Means Committee.
Twenty five years ago reports from the state bureau of Vital Statistics show 279 people died by burning in Virginia during the previous year. In Winchester word arrived that Rev. Dr. E C Cronk of New York City has accepted a post as synodical superintendent of the Lutheran Synod of Virginia. Miss Clara Helen Beck married William LeVan Hyssong of Hagerstown last night.
Forty five years ago a burning oil lamp ignited the dining room table at Ernest Sloat residence 8 Market Street. A monument was erected in Mt Hebron. Rouss Firemen will attend the New York Volunteer Firemen convention and the Pan American Exposition.
The passage discusses French politics after De Gaulle’s departure, focusing on Leon Blum’s arrival seeking 2.5 billion dollars from the United States, Henri Bonnet’s UNO security council role, Byrnes’s influence, and fears of a Communist-dominated France. It notes Franco’s fate, Spain’s risk of Communist leadership, and expected shifts as Blum pressures Washington while the coalition struggles with unpopularity.
War Department order opens Regular Army enlistment for ex servicemen with prior MOS. Bandsman roles include Bandsman Snare and Tuba plus others. Honorably discharged after May 12 1945 eligible. good pay steady work and benefits offered. Apply U S Army Recruiting Station 3 N Main St.
Earl L. Douglas warns that without vision from divine truth people cast off restraint. He cites rising juvenile delinquency, violence, immorality, and divorce as indicators. He urges greater church devotion, home religious training, stronger Sunday schools, and stricter use of Sunday to restore moral order.
The page presents a seven-question quiz asking for details such as the southern city hosting the first International Monetary Conference session in March, a diabetics friendly sweetener, the minimum number of solar eclipses in a year, remnants left in Pandora's box, the so-called Terrapin War, the opening of a 13th parliamentary session, the location of John B. Stetson University, the Santa Anita Handicap winner, the Census Bureau's parent department, and the figure dubbed the George Washington of Italy.
Virginia Frederick County Circuit Court orders Flourney L. Largent Jr to be substituted as trustee under Carl L. Gordon s deed of trust dated March 1 1937 recorded in Deed Book 174 Page 6. Gordon a non resident must appear within 10 days after publication to protect his interests. Clerk Let N Whitacre.
A letter from R U Turner argues for a paid Winchester fire department, citing better training and organizational advantages over volunteers. He criticizes non compulsory training, notes youth involvement risks, and urges consideration of all taxpayers including renters and non owners. He references the Shade farm incident as exposing volunteer weaknesses and promises further remarks on hydrants and costs.
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