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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1946
Page
4
Subscription rates and delivery notices for The Evening Star Winchester Virginia published April 27 1946 include motor route and carrier options with terms in advance. Readers urged to report delays to maintain the delivery system and a Bible verse is printed at the bottom.
Roy Blough of the Treasury described a possible income tax plan at a New York conference that would allow carryback and carryover of unused exemptions. The proposal aims to aid families in low income brackets and help authors actors and professionals who face high earnings in only certain years. He cautioned that overall revisions are still in study and not a current Treasury position.
Wartime Army materiel chief How ard Bruce appeals to President Truman to speed surplus commodity sales. He argues quick disposal would curb inflation and free floating funds, noting 32 billion dollars of goods remain and only 2 billion converted to cash.
The Army launches an intensive recruiting drive to make volunteer service core to defense. In coming months emphasis will stress educational advantages for high school graduates, about 600,000 seniors finishing in May and June will have a peacetime chance to enlist and earn benefits after three years of service.
The 1945 GI Bill voluntary recruitment act offers 48 months of higher education benefits for enlistees. It claims to enable most qualified youths to attend college, unlike prior limits where only about one in ten could afford higher education. Enlistments may be shorter with benefits after service, and supporters of voluntary service are urged to back the campaign.
The piece warns that miners will not return to work until operators grant a union funded health and welfare program and wage talks begin. It cites job losses across steel and rail sectors, shrinking coal stockpiles, and warns urgent public action is needed to curb strikes and prevent wider economic hardship.
Registration for the twelfth blood donor clinic opens with 262 volunteers. Mrs. May Goode hosted a party for Gertrude Barton Nursery School children in honor of Dickie Goode's fifth birthday. Winchester Day will be observed at FY with a program at the training area by the Winchester Chamber of Commerce. Austin Junior Pentz, 688 North Cameron, has been accepted for U S Navy enlistment per Martinsburg naval station. Miss Mary Glenn Lupton is elected president of the Winchester Education Association, whose 72 teachers and supervisors run local schools.
Shares fall sharply from 1 to 19 amid a market slump. Miss Helen Cather named potential princess of Frederick County festival. Winchester and Frederick County residents push for a Main Street drinking fountain as a Dr. Godfrey Miller memorial. B. W. Grim injured when his horse threw him, breaking both bones in the right ankle and causing ankle damage.
Park’s baseball squad resumes two oclock practice ahead of the May 5 opener. The 1945 roster returns aside from Abe, with veterans Mentszer Keller Luby Emmart Judy ton and Miller Johnson Burch to start. Newcomers include Grim Pope Swanson Miller Fawcett and Lee Fawcett. Coach Sandy Baker says tomorrow's session may decide the opening lineup.
Baseball fans wonder if Bobby Feller’s form remains blazing after a 4-2 defeat to the Chicago White Sox. Feller fanned eight to reach 28 in three starts, but Chicago struck for four runs in the fifth to hand him the loss while Joe Haynes chalked his first win. The league standings shifted as the Yankees and Red Sox won, with DiMaggio homering twice for a four‑homer day.
The Front Royal American Viscose nine starts its 1946 schedule at 3 30 tomorrow afternoon versus the Williamsport Maryland Wildcats. G S Tompkins will throw the first ball with Front Royal band music, drawing fans from Winchester. The season includes strong regional competition and visits from teams such as House of David and Shepherd College, with Park and Viscose not tangling until June 2.
Forty five years ago the Board of Trade marks its second annual Clean-up week. Presbyterians raise over 87 dollars at a Mother Goose social. East Cecil street residents form a bucket brigade and extinguish a kitchen fire at the Jones residence.
The writer opposes a large loan to Great Britain but urges a moderate loan if secured by interest. He warns Britain may source raw materials from cheaper labor markets abroad and questions guaranteed purchases from the U S.
A list of seven trivia questions including egg yolk nutritive quality Gouin presidency of a European country Chetnik leader in Yugoslavia use of Prinz Eugen age of Governor Dewey eligibility for family allowances pronunciation of Trygve Lie which country is called down under a five letter water opossum and the annual salary of American ambassadors.
The School of Life essay argues there is purpose in all events including mistakes and sorrows. It cites Keats’s suffering and the idea that the world is a Vale of Soulmaking, shaping the soul through diverse human experiences.
The Navy explains that an enlisted man separated with government indebtedness will be notified in writing by the Disbursing Officer. Further collection actions proceed toward recovery through the Field Branch of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts.
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