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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1946
Page
4
A snippet from the Winchester Evening Star mentions a National Rep representatives matter involving DeLisser Inc located at 11 East 44th Street in New York.
Washington announces a new hurricane warning system using radio and the Weather Bureau to share data with communities along the Atlantic Gulf coasts. The plan, learned from wartime radio advances, aims to detect hurricanes up to 200 miles offshore and speed alerts to civilian agencies to reduce loss of life and property.
The piece weighs the William Heirens murders in Chicago and the Degnan slaying. It argues the case shows how a dangerous criminal might reappear if not properly sentenced and highlights the moral burden on judges and the public to ensure safer streets.
Undersecretary Alfred Schindler told the Commerce and Industry Association of New York that American producers should review orders to cancel duplicates now. He cited autos refrigerators and home appliances as sectors where cancellations now save costs later amid shortages.
Mr. Schindler notes a spot check found many orders were pure duplicates and overpriced. He warns excessive inventories and overproduction threaten the country. He argues a survey of orders is desirable for sound business.
White Sulphur Springs votes to relinquish municipal priority to acquire the Greenbrier Hotel to the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway after Congress enacted legislation. The resort will undergo rehabilitation before reopening to guests, with roots dating to Civil War era and visits by Robert E. Lee and Dwight D. Eisenhower noted.
President Truman designates next Sunday August 19 as a day of prayer for peace. Larry E. Hill proposes renaming the Robert Y. Conrad post of the American Legion to the Conrad Hoover Post. Winchester blood donor clinics are cancelled for an indefinite period per the Red Cross chapter and Ben Belchie of the prayeco committee announced at the SASS.
Historical snippets show Fort Belvoir engineers arriving for a project in Winchester near Boyce while Archie Robertson notes plans for a new high school. Navy Week is proclaimed by Mayor Anderson and runs August 18 to 23 with local civic activity and school updates.
Miss Mattie Shumate and Miss Elisan Brown depart for Swarthmore Conference in Swarthmore Pa. Miss Florence Dangerfield and Mr Alexander Potter wed last week. Miss Sarah Breede, Culinary Director at the Industrial School, plans a vacation this week. Dr Edward Totty and Mr Tate Henry return from a business trip to Harrisonburg.
A historic pattern shows society vacillating between religious and material poles. The author suggests that a current materialist trend may herald a new era of religious revival, predicting a major future religious movement in world history.
Paul Woodward named acting plant manager at Lewistown Pennsylvania plant effective September 1. William D. Silcox steps to corporate duties after six years as Lewistown plant manager. Arthur H. Mergy becomes acting plant manager at Parkersburg. Furman G. Carroll takes acting manufacturing superintendent at Parkersburg. All actions effective September 1, 1946.
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