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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1946
Page
4
Winchester Evening Star urges subscribers to report delays or irregularities in delivery to DeLisser Inc New York office to help maintain a perfect delivery system. Provides subscription rates by mail or motor route and terms for multiple zones and carriers.
As United States delegate, Bernard M. Baruch warns at the Paris Peace Conference and the United Nations Atomic Energy Committee that failure to achieve a secure peace could drive the U S to build bigger bombs. The accepted defense is a system that avoids war, underscoring the stakes for UN success.
Stanley Walker, once a New York journalist, writes in a magazine piece that he is leaving the city after 25 years. He cites cheap affectation and synthetic sophistication as the reason and warns of a broader national trend towards imitation of New York.
The American Medical Association reports the freshman class in medical schools is the smallest in 17 years. The decline is mainly due to draft avoidance and postwar interruptions, with 60 percent of new medical students being war veterans. The longer-term impact on hospitals remains uncertain.
Current Opinion backs Senator Byrd for resisting moves by some Senators to gut reforms from the Seventy-ninth Congress. It argues pay raises should be earned by ending seniority limits, House Rules Committee power, and Senate filibuster abuses. LaFollette’s defeat leaves Byrd as a key opponent of the would-be wreckers.
Stanley G. Smith testified before a House committee that he bought Army surplus cutting tools and sold them to the Navy for about 20 percent profit, handling roughly 600000 in tools but only five percent in the Army to Navy category. He sold about 30000 worth to the Navy for roughly 6000 profit, highlighting gaps in information sharing between Army and Navy and suggesting possible consolidation or procurement inefficiency in wartime surplus handling.
News from the county notes that substitute teachers will probably be called to open schools next Thursday, with at least six teaching positions still vacant. The period also reports prize winners in Virginia motion picture theatres during the 7th War Loan contest, noting the Capitol Theatre of Winchester placing sixth. The O'Sullivan Rubber Co. receives commendation from Major A J May of the Army for excellent wartime work.
Perfect weather spurs fruit growers to attend the annual orchard picnic meeting sponsored by Senator Byrd. About 2000 persons gather at midday on the farm of Frederick County citizens Miss Garnet Smallwood, daughter of Mr and Mrs W W Smallwood Jr of Berryville, who was declared Miss Clarke County 1941 yesterday.
A large crowd from Winchester and Frederick county joined hundreds at a Martinsburg block dance and Mardi Gras festival last night. Knights of Columbus from Martinsburg plan a lawn party in Winchester for the Sacred Heart Church improvement fund. Central Office improvements at the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co aim to enhance local and long distance service.
Fifty years ago in 1896 Dr. R. W. Stone and his son Edward and daughter Mary returned from an extended visit in Canada. Gov. O'Parrall had a painful accident while driving with his young daughter as the horses ran wild and he attempted to jump free, slipping and falling.
A Washington observer argues Russia will dominate globally but not soon, compares Moscow to Hitler, notes Yugoslavia’s Tito backing down, and urges countering Moscow with truth, firmness, and a Browderist internal strategy rather than negotiation or naive optimism.
Bluemont Virginia, August 22, 1946, voices caution about future political and social structures. The letter critiques left wing gains, notes CIAPAC and CIO activities in elections, questions Soviet policy shifts, and urges adherence to American principles to preserve freedom.
A linotype operator sets large quantities of type on a slug casting machine using a keyboard like a typewriter. He handles body type matter and small display lines, places cast slugs on the galley, and corrects errors by resetting lines. A skilled operator can set all kinds of type from simple to deluxe editions, typically seated during work.
A wealthy woman moved into a central slum house with her prized rugs and furniture painting the home bright. Neighbors initially dazzled, soon saw her as a gracious Christian presence whose influence spurred the entire neighborhood to improve. One woman's quiet example outpaced charity and subsidies. Q Is a wife's consent necessary for a man to reenlist in the Navy for one year. T. H. B. A. A wife's signature is not necessary for a man to reenlist in the Navy.
Quiz prompts universal suffrage in Turkey, OPA revival signing by Truman, and other 1948 era queries. It asks true or false questions and factual recalls about radio propaganda, tax shares, new budget director, and immigration affidavits.
On a rain soaked night train, Elaine Weston awakens after a crash mishap near Raleigh and recovers with support from Corbett and her mother in Richmond. The group faces fatigue, farewells, and the slow return to normal as the convoy reaches Washington with passengers shaken but hopeful.
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