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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1946
Page
4
Post office entry at Winchester Virginia indicates publication details and delivery notes. Rates are listed for mail and carrier service with durations and costs, plus a Bible quote from Amos 5:24.
In Berlin a four power education commission struggles to agree on school books. Russians object to a children's reader for militaristic verses while Americans oppose a Russian fable claiming Lenin and the Tsar divided the Russian people.
On January 1 the Atomic Energy Commission will assume control of the Army's vast wartime atomic program. The five member panel led by David E Lilienthal faces uncharted policy decisions with scientists and military leaders guiding the transition. A general manager position at $15 000 a year must be filled soon.
Medical authorities urge timely alarm over whooping cough as a deadly threat surpassing polio and scarlet fever. In 1944 US deaths from whooping cough reached 1,878, with polio 38,381 and scarlet fever 422, prompting officials to blame ignorance and careless behavior for spread.
Current Opinion argues Earl Bunting represents a shift toward small communities shaping national leadership. It asserts many leaders in public life industry and business come from country or small town origins, suggesting hard necessity fuels practical leadership and vision beyond large city horizons.
The Veterans Administration estimated 17,695,000 American veterans as of October 1946. Of these, 13,744,000 had served in World War I.
A 1945 report notes Howard Allen Seaman first class U. S. Navy, son of Dr and Mrs L M Allen, among those injured in a train wreck near White Sulphur Georgia. The same date marks Congress ending its seventy ninth session and local wedding notices.
A sermon-like piece cautions against grand ambitions and material wealth in unstable worlds. It argues earthquakes reveal folly in wealth, fame, and status, urging simple living and contentment over pretentious life and excessive plans.
At Lake Success on December 19, Soviet delegate Andrei Gromyko urged extending an American plan for a UN investigation of Greek frontier conditions to all of Greece. He also proposed limiting any probe of Greece's complaints against Albania, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria to border areas only, and warned against what he called foreign intervention by a non-neighbor.
Commissioner John Murray said he would seek meetings next week with CIO Textile Workers Union and American Viscose Corp to avert a planned strike by about 18 000 workers at seven plants beginning Jan 9. Negotiations at the Rayon Manufacturing Co in Wilmington reached an impasse over an 18 cent hourly raise. The union rejected a five cent offer and filed a 30 day strike notice.
Former Gov Colgate Whitehead Darden Jr is chosen Norfolk first citizen for 1946 by the Norfolk Cosmopolitan Club after a unanimous awards committee decision.
The record lists 33 year rainfall totals and monthly averages led by January 2.49 inches and December 1.24 inches. It credits Winchester Research Laboratory. It also notes National Bureau of Standards guidance on repainting faded oil window shades by removing them from rollers, laying flat, and applying thin oil-base flat or eggshell interior paint for renovation.
Nelson P. Richards, head of the state division of war veterans claims, says many World War II veterans misunderstand the Civil Relief Act of 1940. He notes the act protects active service members from civil proceedings for preexisting obligations but cautions it is not automatic and ignores of judgments or warrants can occur.
Richards told veterans relief under the law is not automatic and must be requested before the court. He urged those with legal or financial difficulties to contact one of 21 war veterans claims representatives across the state for guidance and access to the relevant offices.
When a cat purrs the vocal cords vibrate in rhythm with breathing. The vibration is strong enough to tremble the larynx and be felt or seen from outside. Purring signals contentment and is common in the cat family.
A notice lists delivery rates for careful auto service in city main sections and outer suburbs. Charges vary by parcel size with 15c in outskirts and 25c for large parcels across all sections. The advertisement emphasizes uniform pricing in urban and suburban areas.
A quiz page asks seven questions covering literature, history, sports, music, astronomy, anatomy, biblical roles, philosophy, and wordplay. It includes Little Eva, William Tell, Notre Dame Northwestern, The Nutcracker Suite, the last Czar of Russia, Jupiter, snake skin, Joshua, a quote on freedom, and a riddle about resemblance.
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