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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1946
Page
4
Publication details from the 1946 Winchester Evening Star page include editor H. P. Byrd Jr and national ad representation DeLisser Inc. The notice calls readers to report irregularities in paper delivery to maintain a reliable system. It lists subscription prices by mail or carrier and notes a Bible verse on the masthead.
The piece portrays John Locke Green and I R Dover, Virginia Republicans, in a factional clash over Senator Byrd. Green attacks Parsons as Byrd’s foe while Dover denounces an alleged Democrat–Republican "unholy alliance" and hints at expulsion for Green. The column belittles the two self-styled leaders lacking support.
A reflective piece contrasts the 1919 League of Nations with the 1946 United Nations. It notes secrecy around the League’s birth versus the UN’s publicity, and compares major powers and veto dynamics across eras. It highlights shifting roles of Russia, China, France, Japan, and the U.S. in global governance.
Fragment discusses the continued prominence of national sovereignty in a new world organization, comparing it to its role in the previous system. It argues sovereignty remains the guiding principle for member states and shapes procedures and decision making.
The Senate Banking and Currency Committee backed a 600 million subsidy for housing expediting, while the House rejected it. Critics say the plan favors veterans, misallocates public funds, and may worsen housing market imbalances by delaying demand and not solving material shortages. They favor price signals and production boosts over subsidies.
A Baltimore Evening Sun retells a New York Journal preview of West Coast super supermarkets with refrigerated tables at seventeen below and two degrees at the top. It notes the shift from traditional crowded freezers to table level displays and questions the safety for shoppers.
Early reports from Virginia sections indicate over 500000 dollars in 1945 fruit losses from two nights of frost and cold. An electric oven used to bake rebuilt motors at Winchester Electric Service exploded this morning. Salvation Army Fund Drive totals reached 5588.50 dollars, reported Captain Clyde Koon.
Miss Reba Snarr and Miss Frances Bickers selected as Maids of Honor to the Queen at the 18th Apple Blossom Festival. Miss Patsy Sartelle wed Lieut. Harry Dieckman this morning. James Thomson Jr., 15, son of Mrs. Paul Thomson of Miller Street, elected president of Handley High School General Organization by a 276 vote yesterday afternoon.
The article notes Italian plans for a grand entry into the Ethiopian capital with 200 planes leading the way. It also reports the death of Mrs. Mamie Jackson Barr Hunt, a Worcester native, after a long illness. Percy Miller heads the ticket as residents select Democratic city council candidates.
A 25 year old ad notes real silk shirts priced 2.98. The New Parish Hall and Community Building at Boyce is set to open next Wednesday. Berryville resident Philip R. Ricamore is reported seriously ill at his home after a stroke.
Forty five years ago ministers in Roanoke Virginia gathered for conference and discussed the tobacco habit. Easter brings bright joyous observances in Winchester with special services held at seven churches across the city.
Inspector Barry and Hunt guard the Lincolns field estate after Margot Ingalls is found murdered by a paper knife. Polly and Dick discuss the scandal as the press looms, while the narrator discovers a bundle of Margot’s letters tucked in a chair. To be continued.
Washington notes that postwar stories will miss many wartime wonders as new devices flood the field. Helium extraction becomes cheap, fumes shield fields, and a German condenser machine vanishes in transit while Commerce and Army Signal Corps await its return.
The text notes the material has only been used in mess-hall dishpans and on barrack-room floors and is not yet available commercially. It highlights its current limited application and pending market availability.
A devotional meditation argues great ability comes from long discipline and daily effort. It cites Abraham Lincoln and his Gettysburg Address, noting mastery emerges when inner character becomes vocal through enduring work. The piece stresses that every achievement bears a price.
A reader quiz asks ten true false and short answer items covering measurement, history, and common knowledge. Questions include teasp oon teaspoon conversions, a German theater question, Canada’s Governor General in 1946, bee aviaries, cord volume, egg rolling at the White House, Red Cross goal, coffee bean counts per pound, crow flight, and Okinawa casualty comparisons.
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