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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1946
Page
4
Notice to subscribers of The Star requests prompt report of any delay or rarity in newspaper delivery. Readers are asked to advise the office to maintain perfect delivery. The Star is published daily except Sunday by The Evening Star Publishing Co. Winchester Virginia.
Complete returns from 1 718 precincts show 220000 voters. Byrd won 63.5 percent to Hutchinson 36.5 percent. Byrd carried 91 of 100 counties and all three largest cities, with 55 percent city vote. Valley counties gave Byrd 88 percent. Byrd’s district majorities ranged from 1 200 to 14 500, and his statewide margin exceeds his 1921 gubernatorial tally by about 50 percent.
Lind C. Warren tells the Senate War Investigating Committee that cost plus procurement and lax contract pricing fueled extravagance. He cites government officials receiving entertainment and travel costs from contractors while drawing government allowances, urging remedial legislation and stronger peacetime controls.
The civilian Evaluation Commission report on Bikini's underwater atomic blast argues it signals radical changes in naval warfare. It envisions combining subsurface and air detonations to overwhelm ships, noting the blast could saturate targets with radioactivity and force reconsideration of tactics.
The commission says larger ships with new designs can reduce flash and blast effects but true protection comes from wide task force spacing and decentralized navy yards and harbors. Distance is seen as the best defense, though a single bomb can devastate two miles.
The piece weighs the Bikini tests and atomic threats, arguing distance is the only defense and warning that no weapon can save those in the blast. The author urges war elimination as the only secure path, acknowledging practical limits to defense and the enduring challenge of keeping conflict from escalating.
William M. Tuck of South Boston won an easy victory in yesterday's Democratic primary for Governor. A Winchester council meeting heard a Fairmont Ave delegation led by Sam Shendon protest a kennel of 54 dogs owned by Leslie D. Kline. President Truman announced that Russia has declared war on Japan.
At the meeting last night Friendship Fire Company elected George Eagle Jr and E W Argenbright as delegates to the Staunton convention to be held August 12 15. Approximately 200 Winchester and Frederick county Young Democrats ate 300 ears of corn 500 sandwiches and washed it down with 60 gallons of beer at Ralph Pifers cabin. Navy week will be conducted in Winchester August 18 23.
A. H. Pettigrew of Richmond, head of Virginia’s airport program, approved a site for Winchester’s municipal airport. Andrew Bell disclosed the approval as plans for the project move forward. Charley Rouss Fire Company members plan to travel to Martinsburg to compete for cash prizes in the grand parade, joined by McIlwee's Band.
Mr William Beverley manager of the Winchester Cold Storage Company travels to Cincinnati Ohio for the International Apple Shippers association annual convention and plans to visit Oregon and Washington State to secure apples. Electricians completed a Martinsburg to line connection delivering 22 000 volts. Tharp of Jolliffe and Jolliffe's Store wins a prize for window trim design during Dr Scholl's Foot Comfort Week.
The Paris gathering of 21 nations to review the Big Four peace deal opens under unusual conditions. Draft texts leaked to one New York paper were sparsely covered, and even official copies appeared unfinished. Experts warn the wording is weak and open to varied readings. The two thirds rule and UN enforcement raise questions, with Byrnes noting progress yet ignoring surrounding risks.
Quiz prompts ask about stock market points a WWII Timberwolf Division port of Vladivostok and Yugoslavia ambassador posting. The fragment ends with an unfinished correction request.
Six years after the German advance to the Atlantic Churchill gathered his Cabinet and warned of Nazi conquest. He spoke of Britain alone facing tyranny while France would collapse and the assault on freedom seemed overwhelming. Yet his optimism showed a defiant resolve shared by all freedom loving nations.
The 1896 report notes new police uniforms arriving this morning and the force expected to wear them tomorrow. A Bryan Sewall club formed at Opequon with fifty two members. Serenading crowds toured last night, filling streets with music for listeners.
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