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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1946
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star advertises display and classified rates with deadlines. It lists subscription prices by mail or motor route, including amounts for one year six months and three months, with zone surcharges and carrier options.
The General Assembly is urged to convene to consider a salary increase for underpaid Virginia teachers. An overhaul of the public school system is urged alongside higher pay, with governors and officials urged to act to improve teacher competency and education efficiency statewide.
The Virginian marks the 40th anniversary of Reverend Dr. J. J. Scherer as pastor of the First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Richmond. A respected church leader, he has held posts with the Lutheran Synod Virginia United Lutheran Church in America and the National Lutheran Council.
Government scientists test turning corncobs and other waste into liquid fuels at the Department of Agriculture's Northern Regional Research Laboratory. The process yields a glucose solution 10 percent and fermentable alcohols with about 90 gallons of liquid fuels per ton of residue.
Two local attorneys at law, Harry R Kern Jr and F L Largent Jr, resume practice after three years in the Armed Forces. Larry Hill, local American Legion service officer, reports flood of calls about contributions for Winchester's Blue Baby. Also notes 1941 Red Cross drive goal of 10000 and Palace Theatre Christmas party plans.
Ten years ago in 1936 George VI, who succeeded Edward, was proclaimed king of England at St James Castle. Paul Hunter of Troop 21 received the Charles R. Anderson medal for the best scout of 1936. Joseph L. Denny of White Hall went to Richmond to serve as a page at the General Assembly's special session.
In 1921 Germany seeks peace through neutrals as the postwar diplomacy shifts. R. L. Omps is honored at a birthday party marking his 52nd year. Virginia enforces a prohibition law banning over 200 patent medicines to curb unsafe drugs.
The page asks ten multiple choice style questions about historical figures and facts. It seeks names nationalities and capitals as well as true false judgments and presidential trivia for a reader to check on Page 2.
A sermon argues that despite scientific views of impersonal forces the wheels of the modern world are ruled by God. The author claims the Spirit of God remains present as economic systems stall from human sin and God still makes the wheels go round.
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