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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1946
Page
4
Notices request readers report delays to maintain delivery. Advertising deadlines are by 9 PM prior to publication. Subscription rates and mail or motor route prices are listed for various terms and zones. Religious verse from 11 Corinthians 8 5 is quoted.
The article reports discouraging evidence that the peace program between the Chinese central government and the Chinese communists has collapsed in Manchuria. Chou En-lai claims Communists cannot recognize government troops to drive them out, signaling ongoing civil conflict with risk to national unity efforts led by General Marshall and the allied aim of a representative constitution.
Spring sports pages reflect baseball figures drawn to Mexican offers on the Rio Grande as teams complain about players breaking contracts and coaches grumble at abroad lure. Club owners call the practice a bitter pill and warn against overreaching lend-lease alliances while American fans confront international price shocks and wandering professionals.
Russia dispatched delegates to the Meeting of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, signaling a rare diplomatic and professional engagement in media circles during the era. The visit underscores cross national interest in press issues and editorial standards.
American editors and three Russian delegates debate freedom of the press. Russians claim press freedom as a socialist right within state control, while U S journalists frame it as a civil right protecting independence from government influence.
The column argues General Marshall likely won’t run as he nears sixty eight, preferring leisure. It suggests Eisenhower could be drafted in 1948, noting his popularity and war-hero status among soldiers and the public. It compares past soldier presidents and sees Eisenhower as a strong candidate.
Richard Whiting wed Miss Betty Lou Blount in San Antonio on April 12. Cpl. Charles W. Gruber reports he was wounded in the leg by shrapnel. An army chaplain and four stretcher bearers crawled 125 yards under fire to recover the body of war correspondent Ernie Pyle.
C L Nicodemus owner of the sole commercial cherry orchard on Welltown Pike north of Winchester says bloom will be at its height tomorrow. Gertrude Reynolds married Gilbert Carlyle McKown today in Berryville.
Ten years ago F Estes Kline served twenty five years as superintendent of Epworth Methodist Church north of Middletown and is honored by the congregation for his decade of service. Italians move toward Addis Ababa as Ethioplayer natives flee by air and tank.
Twenty five years ago Marion Lee Strawbridge of the northern Frederick county area was killed when a tree he was sawing down fell on him on his farm near Green Spring. Major Robert T. Barton of Winchester spoke at the Etrasburg High School commencement in the Methodist Church.
Forty five years ago the Rev. Dr. J. P. Hyde chaplain of the Virginia Conference Veterans is named as state delegate to a Memphis reunion. Van Shirley is injured when a wagon load of ties slips off the road near Clearbrook and pins him underneath. Davis Conrad a Winchester youth leads the German figure at the Spring bell ceremony at Washington and Lee University in Lexington.
The bulletin notes yellow pine and white pine, hemlock, fir and oak as common structural woods. It adds any in good condition without major defects can be satisfactory. West Point’s new curriculum will provide basic aviation training to test aptitude, not full pro transit.
A playful quiz lists ten questions on planetary orbits national cuisine leadership languages and historical details. It asks about planetary directions the price at a Mayflower Washington dinner and the capital of the Bahamas.
Dr. Charles A. Aldrich and Mayo Clinic researchers studied crying in fifty newborns to gauge its amount and causes. Crying rose after birth, peaking around day four, with unknown reasons far outnumbering hunger or wet diapers. Making baby comfortable is advised until more is learned.
The cross on Golgotha is described as a brutal instrument yet became a symbol of devotion. The piece reflects on how crucifixion, though wicked, advanced a righteous purpose and brought spiritual energy to heal the world. It contrasts ancient execution with modern reverence.
A reader supports forming a Better Business Bureau division to enforce Truth In Advertising. She cites ads with price discrepancies, notes items not delivered at quoted prices, and urges ads be in stock and sold at quoted prices. She also opposes aid to England and endorses C o L Jamison and R E Perrine statements.
The narrator contemplates Brenda Knight asking to move into Polly Woodford's apartment during his absence as a neighbor. Brenda hints at a hidden motive tied to the Elmpoint murder and the diamonds she wore. Hunt Berwick arrives to discuss the case and the tension between Brenda, Polly, and Margot's murder.
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