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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1946
Page
8
Washington dispatch reports Virginians hold thirteen of the estimated eight hundred fifty patronage posts on Capitol Hill. The number may change after Republicans assume control of Congress on January 3.
The article notes Virginians held few patronage jobs due to chairmen of three major committees. It cites Representatives Bland Flannigan and former Rep. Burch as without patronage, while Rep. Almond, a newcomer, also has none. Burch served briefly in the Senate to sue.
A dense list of across and down crossword clues from a newspaper page. It includes entries such as Grate, City Texas, Jewish month, and ship body parts, plus down clues like Color of a garnet and A‑chapter the Koran, forming a standard puzzle grid with many cross‑referencing answers.
The text lists Glass era appointees and lawmakers from Byrd Robertson Smith Drewry Gary and Daughton. It also explains the origin of the term golliwogg as a grotesque black doll from Florence Upton's Golliwogg books popular in 1895, possibly linked to a Middle English head wiggle meaning.
In Richmond Virginia the State Corporation Commission will hear two actions against John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers on December 13. The first at 10 a.m. involves a demurrer by Gordon Ambler for the UMW over charges of selling memberships as securities under Virginia law. The second, filed by C. Victor Werne, seeks a cease and desist order alleging the union operates in Virginia without proper compliance with non resident business statutes.
Napoleon abdicated twice first in 1814 then in 1815 after Waterlooo defeat by the Duke of Wellington. The question notes both Napoleons born in 1769. A shark does not always roll on its back before attacking. It may turn slightly sidewise and lift its head to seize prey.
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd spent hours in Winchester with his mother on Amherst Street after a Washington ceremony awarding Congressional Medals to the United States Antarctic Expedition of 1939-41 for polar exploration and science. The medallists were honored for courageous pioneering and significant geographical discoveries.
The governors of Virginia West Virginia Maryland and Pennsylvania are invited to a quarterly Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin meeting at the George Washington Hotel Winchester on December 12 and 13. A brief business session and committee meetings will precede the agenda.
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