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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1946
Page
4
Notice to subscribers asking for reports of delivery delays or irregularities to maintain a perfect delivery system. Includes mailing details showing second class matter status in Winchester Virginia and publication by The Evening Star Publishing Co.
Rates for mail or motor route subscriptions printed in the issue. The page lists monthly and yearly prices with zone-based add ons and a religious verse from Deuteronomy 3 25. The date shown is Saturday April 20 1946.
Editorial voices warn against emasculating price control now urging Congress to avoid inflation. It cites postwar 1920 price surges, limited production gains, and warns of spring dangers as prices rise while policy debates unfold between House and Senate.
President Truman defends a limited merger of the Army and Navy amid public debate on unification. An Army and Navy Bulletin poll finds Marine and Naval Reserve officers split on full merger, while 94 percent of Army Reserve officers favor the War Department plan. Truman identifies with the 94 percent.
Herbert Hoover and Truman famine relief officials visit India where 10 to 20 million could starve this year. India asks for grains only as 132 million urban residents live on 960 calories daily while 280 million rural eat 1250. The appeal stresses equitable distribution and humanitarian duty.
Veterans returning from duty overseas praise Virginia’s small towns for charm and character. They note Tappahannock Bowling Green Yorktown and Smithfield Abingdon and other communities offer warm brick streets compact layouts and historic details, with navy ships glinting in the rivers.
The Petersburg Progress-Index notes a Wall Street Journal query on banquets during conservation. A White House secretary clarified that President Truman never suggested eliminating public dinners, arguing such events endured wartime shortages and remain feasible amid cereal fat and oil scarcities.
Karl Sprinkle wed Miss Lillian St. Martin in Cairo Egypt. G A A honored Mrs John Bayes with a tea in their club room yesterday afternoon. Mrs Lillian Snapp Polhamms head fore man at the National Fruit Product Co died last evening at Patton Nursing Dome on Fairmont Avenue.
The will of M. Lohr Capper who died April 9 was probated in the Clerk of Corporation Court and admitted to record. Winchester and Frederick County report April 20, 1941 as the hottest day in 49 years of records. The Winchester Junior Chamber of Commerce received the Giessenbier Memorial trophy as the state’s most outstanding Junior Chamber of Commerce for the year.
Ten years ago Andrew Bell reports $66 537 collected for automobile tags with $22 055 raised in the last week. Delegates from affected communities convene to discuss action on bridges at Harpers Ferry washed out by floods. Isabella Mayo Cameron, formerly of Clarke County, returns to her home in Sweden after a U S visit.
A mother, Mrs. Brown, mourns her son Johnny missing in Bougainville while a cathedral Easter scene unfolds. The poem contrasts sacred hymns with wartime absence, as the dead live on in memory and the living struggle with faith. Kenneth Woodman
Bowling star Jack Larrick of Va. Woolen No. 2 topples 630 in two day Hawthorne Handicap at Health Center Alleys plus 40 pin handicap to finish with a 670 set and first prize. Martha Bowers close behind with 598 set and second prize. Teddy Keller third with 639 total. Sixty three entries mark largest Shenandoah Valley tournament field.
The University of Virginia meets Virginia Tech in Blacksburg in a key big six clash that could determine the state college baseball champion. Davidson visits Washington and Lee after a 20–15 win over Roanoke College, while Roanoke hosts Hampden-Sydney and Lynchburg College travels to Lynchburg. Track and tennis events and other college games fill the day.
The local Navy Recruiting office announced three men enlisted Floyd Baker son of Mr and Mrs Albert Lee Baker Rt 1 Stephens City Lindburg Baker son of the same couple Rt 1 Stephens City and Junior Rufus Burcham son of Mr and Mrs Rufus Burcham Rt 1 Stephens City.
The local navy recruiting office announced that Eugene Frank Sheetz has joined the U S Navy. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Eugene Goodman Sheetz of 405 East Lane. Frank was born in Tyrone Pennsylvania but has lived and worked in Winchester for some time.
Robert Le Follett is home on eleven days leave from Camp Peary. He joined the U S Navy at the Navy Recruiting Station in the Winchester post office building on February 6 1946. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Darry LaFollette of Gore and attended Gore school before enlisting.
English lesson notes by W L Gordon on common misuses pronunciations and spellings. Highlights proper agreement with singular subjects and pronunciation cues for Wagner pro nounce chaos and seraphic meaning angelic with example usage from literature.
The passage recalls the burial of Jesus on Friday and the women awaiting dawn on the first day of the week. It emphasizes that death is conquered and Christ remains with those who open their hearts, affirming the transcendent glory of Easter Sunday.
Valley Service leads with 2 wins and Va. Woolen No. 2 close behind at 1. O Sullivan and Solenberger’s each have one win, while Golden Glow and others trail in the final half standings.
A etiquette column notes that a young man should say How do you do after introduction, not I am pleased to meet you. It explains a man’s duty dance is to ask the hostess for a dance and outlines bridal shower invitation methods by note, telephone, or oral delivery.
This item lists quiz questions about metals insects scriptures insignia and more. It asks answers on page 2 and includes topics from chemistry to law and sports.
Twenty five years ago bids by E L Henry for the Auditorium reached 1520 dollars and were accepted. A fire at 3 this morning destroyed a large stable used as a garage belonging to Mr E N Anderson on East Southwark Street in the town's southern edge.
A short musing describes the pineal as a gateway to immortality and urges acceptance of life in the light of divine promises. It speaks of a veil between earthly life and heaven and calls readers to live joyfully each day.
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