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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1946
Page
4
Public notice from The Evening Star Publishing Co. details subscription rates by mail or carrier with annual, semiannual, and quarterly options. The page includes a request for subscribers to report delivery delays and ends with a Bible verse note from Philippians 4 8.
Nationwide drive aims to raise twelve million dollars for the Cancer Foundation to fund research and a cure. Virginia’s share is 185 000 and Winchester and Frederick County are asked for 1700. The piece urges Virginians to contribute, noting cancer as the nation’s No 2 killer and stressing the high cost of care at 93 18 per indigent patient.
A group of House Republicans launches a campaign to amend the constitution to cap presidential tenure at one six year term or two four year terms. They argue modern conditions weaken the long tradition against a third term, with centralization in Washington and the power of the presidency aiding renomination and reelection.
The record notes hearings before the Senate Agriculture Committee regarding the Mack market in meat. Details are sparse but flag ongoing investigations and scrutiny of meat market practices.
An accelerating flow of animals to illegal slaughter is shrinking cattle pituitary glands. Major drug firms rely on large packers for glands while small packers lack facilities. Black market slaughterers discard glands, risking an acute insulin shortage and endangering diabetics who depend on this life saving drug. Without meat rerouted to large packers the shortage could worsen.
The Current Opinion in Roanoke Times notes President Truman and his family abstain from wheat one day a week and substitute corn bread and bran muffins for wheat on other meals. If mirrored by all 135 million Americans, wheat saved could aid starving populations abroad.
The Truck Drivers Union local No 392 in Richmond requires poll tax payment and voter registration to join. No new members are admitted unless eligible, have paid poll taxes, and are registered. Current members must comply by January 1 of next year.
News from Berryville reports Pfc. Allen B. Shaffer, son of Mr and Mrs W B Shaffer, was killed in action on August 28, 1944. Heavy rainfall measured 1.20 inches at the Winchester Research Laboratory this morning. Bell Clothes won two of three at Snapp Foundry, securing the second half of the B League Play.
Miss Mollie Foulkes Lee Queen Shenandoah XVIII is announced as a guest at Endless Caverns on Sunday afternoon. Stephens City edged Middletown 11 to 8, grabbing a one game lead in The Star's Frederick Clarke baseball league yesterday. Miss Meta Whiting 41 of West Clifford Street Winchester, a Vassar College sophomore, will travel to New York City with the Vassar Choir to sing at St Thomas Church on Fifth Avenue.
Miss Bennie Thomas and Miss Winifred Browne will serve as maids of honor in the apple blossom festival. Mussolini’s Ethiopian campaign warns Addis Ababa defenders with leaflets, claiming resistance is futile as Italian troops close in.
Members of Madison Lodge No 6 and visiting brethren over 250 gathered last night around the banquet board in the lodge dining hall to mark the 102nd anniversary of the order in the United States with civic and educational emphasis in Winchester.
Washington reports Mr Byrnes in Paris facing stalled treaty talks after World War II. Diplomats note Russia's leverage and possible separate pacts if negotiations fail. British position unclear while Turkey may resist foreign fortifications on its soil amid ongoing regional negotiations.
The article discusses wartime diplomacy as Byrnes weighs whether Molotov or Vishinski will attend a conference with Russia. It notes belief that Molotov would aid negotiations, while Vishinski could signal tougher talks. It recalls Byrnes' firm stance at the UN Security Council on Iran and a high vote against Soviet appeasement.
Earl L. Douglas argues that character change is possible yet hard due to clingings to old evils. The piece laments incomplete renunciations and vows broken by lingering attachments as fundamental obstacles to personal transformation.
Wilkes Barre Pa April 26 Harvey Weiss 22 New Yorker died of a cerebral hemorrhage at Nesbitt Memorial Hospital following an eight round loss to Patsy Gall Freeland Pa in a welterweight bout. Weiss was knocked down hard in the final round and collapsed after reaching his corner.
Charles E McVay argues in a 1946 letter that the Cork Street Church of Christ should retain scriptural names for the church. He states Christ founded one church at Pentecost and objects to modern names like Disciples Christians or Saints for the church.
The page poses seven trivia items on topics from history to biology and fashion with prompts like when the Paris peace conference will meet and whether certain eggs or hats facts are true, including questions about codfish tongues and plant types.
A concise dispatch noting that 30 correspondents cover Frederick County news across sections. It highlights broad local coverage, with reporters contributing from multiple communities and beats.
Present and past rainfall figures show 24 hour total 1.10 inches, April to date 0.58 inches, year to date 5.83 inches. Average annual rainfall over 33 years is 36.49 inches with monthly averages from 1913 to 1945 ranging from 1.97 inches in February to 3.85 inches in June. Data courtesy of the Winchester Research Laboratory.
Seattle on April 26 Bill Lawrence a high rise painter struggled with a paint stuck window. It suddenly opened and he tumbled thirty feet to the sidewalk. He escaped serious injury with only a sprained ankle and wounded pride, thinking how the boys will tease him.
The Future Homemakers of America chapters from Sperryville Washington Middletown Stephens City Boyce Berryville and Warren County high schools gather at Warren County High School Front Royal for the second District Federation meeting. The program features reports from Helen Royston Evelyn Cook and Hilda Luddith plus plans for the State Convention at Radford College and delegate qualifications. A picnic lunch and club activities are outlined with a 10 15 a m start and brief program segments.
W. H. Taylor opens the Turner Ashby Camp of Confederate Veterans meeting by reading the first paper. Miss Carry Walgert, a Winchester native now on stage in Baltimore, joins the event as a notable attendee and topic of mention. Charles E. Hoover wins the contract to build the Shenandoah Valley Bank building, with completion required by October 1.
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