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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 24, 1946

Page

5

Cost of recent coal strike estimated at 8.5 million daily

The direct cost was estimated at 8,500,000 dollars per day comprising 4,000,000 in wages 3,500,000 in railroad freight revenue and 1,000,000 in mine overhead. The strike lasted 17 days.

Bowling scores and standings from Valley league event

The report lists high scores and team totals from a bowling meet including high games by Wilkens and Coyer, top sets by Carper and Boden, and team highs for Va. Woolen No. 1, South End and Bell Clothes. Several teams like Post Office and Coca Cola are noted with results and a postponed event.

Bell Clothes Va. Woolen Valley Service Glaize Bros Post Office Studebaker South End Lee Bakingey Snapp Foundry Coca Cola Clearbrook Wilkens B. C Clevenger V. W Coyer Lee Baking Coca Cola and Post Office

Commander Guest Urges Identifying German Horses in Stud Books

In a Daily Racing Form letter, Commander Raymond Guest argues for recognizing horses like Tajakbar and Pharís in U S stud books despite Nazi ties. He questions Jockey Club practices, cites British and French roles, and defends fair impartial racing governance beyond politics.

Raymond Guest Bayard Warren County U. S Germany Europe Tajakbar Pharis Jockey Club Ortelio United States

State Dept Sells Animals as Property Amid Racing Row

The State Department declares the animals as property, supported by the Army. If the U S Jockey Club abandons its non political stance to engage in pricing disputes, American racing faces a sad day.

U. S. Department of State U. S. Army U. S. Jockey Club

Return To Work Thursday Morning At Knitting Mill

Winchester Knitting Mill employees will return to work at 7 a.m Thursday after a Christmas holiday that began today at noon. A prior report that production would resume at 3 p.m. was incorrect.

Knitting Mill Winchester Knitting Mill

Lesson In English by W. L. Gordon

English lesson notes on misused words mispronunciations and spelling errors. It introduces a vocabulary boost with a daily word igneous and a quiz question about Victoria Falls noting David Livingstone discovered it in 1855 and named after Queen Victoria.

W. L. Gordon Victoria Falls Africa South Africa David Livingstone England

A Poem For The Christmas Season

A Christmas verse recalls Bethlehem and the shepherds as angels sing of peace on earth. The poem frames the message of goodwill as timeless, a chorus shared by rich and poor wherever Christ is known, inviting listeners to hear the angels’ call and act in deeds.

Newberry Bethlehem Earth Christ

Angel song and quiz on mental age in American adults

The text presents a religious exclamation followed by a quiz question about the mental age of the average American. It notes that a mental age of 16 years has been accepted by some authors as a benchmark for adult mental maturity.

United States J. McW. A

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