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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1946
Page
4
A discussion on maintaining world peace contrasts with a quiz asking 10 questions on government and military topics. It recalls the 1908 Tinker to Evers to Chance play, noting players Tinker Evers and Chance and their Chicago Cubs roles in a season finale.
A Tennessee judge urged President Truman to commute a convicted rape slayer’s sentence to life, citing military service. The piece argues veterans deserve support but not leniency in crime and warns Truman may weigh the ex service record against the veteran. It condemns Judge Webster’s sentimental approach as harmful to veterans’ interests.
Governor Tuck joins 30 states in urging a balanced budget for the new fiscal year starting July 1. He argues deficit financing fuels inflation, citing a five year period with 190 billion dollars in deficits and urging drastic cuts to non-essential federal spending and payroll to curb inflation.
President Truman has sent Congress a UNRRA operations report and called for concerted action by the United Nations to alleviate global desperation. He warns the nation must match need with supply and insists Americans are ready to sacrifice to aid starving peoples. The piece condemns UNRRA as inefficient and chaotic, arguing its waste has rarely been matched.
The piece argues that a $5,500,000 PAC campaign fund supports a Hillmanite effort to purge Democrats in Congress with liberal allies like James Roosevelt and Harold Ickes. It condemns constitutional government defenders, denounces the coalition as schemes for big government, and claims Southern Congressmen and voters will resist in November.
A World War I veteran denounces unions that demand large membership dues and fund politics, arguing they threaten freedom and betray workers. He warns that when union leadership becomes tyrannical, it harms both management and labor and invites public and worker criticism.
Walter Bursey, 11, a student at Virginia Avenue School, is declared winner of the $10 cash prize in the school collection competition. The county reports the largest trout season influx with many fishermen seen on streams last Sunday.
Officials of the Methodist Home for the Aged in Gaithersburg Maryland celebrate the 15th birthday with about 1000 guests for the district of Wiedineseat Virginia and Maryland. A Capella Choir Washington Missionary College Tacoma Park Washington DC will give a secret concert at Montague Avenue Methodist Church Saturday at 8 pm. A half mile of water bound macadam costing 11257.50 will be applied to the U.S. Route 50 west of Gore, straightening the bad double S curve.
Announcement of the marriage of Miss Virginia Isabele Carper of Berryville to McKinley H. Rouark of Harrisonburg, published alongside note of Handley senior Miss Katherine Rusk winning first prize in the state poetry contest.
Miss Elizabeth M. Shultz and Mr. John W. Riley wed at the bride’s Clearbrook residence. On their way home from Winchester to Capon Bridge, the clergymen Rev Webster and Rev Mr Borden had to swim Back Creek to escape a capsized buggy after their horse slipped in the rain swollen water.
Washington April 24 leading art column argues American realism must reclaim prominence amid revaluation of George Inness and Bellows. Warns against metaphysical art and political surrealism, urging critics to expose fakirs and require proof in public discourse.
The article explains fever as an alert of hidden disease and describes postnasal infection and sinus involvement. It notes X-ray and transillumination to locate sinus issues, outlines tuberculosis signs and early X-ray diagnosis, and covers undulant fever with agglutination and skin tests. A reader asks about chronic sinus infection with dark clots and eye discharge. experts suggest possible sinus infection or allergy and recommend specialist examination.
An UN Security Council meeting recalls a tinsmith who left a note in a voting box urging diplomats to unite for peace. He cast the first vote for peace and invited others to join to make it unanimous amid a world that often returns to conflict despite widespread desire for peace.
In this chapter Hunt suspects Brenda Knight connected to the Ingalls murder case through furniture tied to her move into Woodfords' apartment. Polly, the client’s confidant, remains tight lipped. Neal Valente plans marriage to Margot while Deane Kennard’s presence in New York stirs tension.
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