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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1946
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star requests readers to report delivery delays and irregularities to maintain prompt service. Advertising deadlines are noon the day before publication with transient and contract rates listed and classified rates available in columns.
The text cites Henry A. Wallace championing the common man while criticizing high prices and economic scarcity. It notes Wallace ordered pig slaughter and wheat plowing to raise prices, contrasting his rhetoric with his actions and accusing him of inconsistency.
The FBI warns the nation is on the edge of a severe crime wave urging stronger penalties. It calls for harsher fines longer jail terms and swift trials to deter offenders and protect the city and county from rising lawlessness.
Fern L. Douglas argues creeds guide belief but are not the core of faith. Signposts mark the path to God through Christ while the pilgrim’s experience and life with Jesus define true religion, not adherence to fixed orthodoxy.
A quiz page asks seven questions on government paper orders dried materials Surinam a Netherlands possession in South America the 1812 naval hero who cried Don t give up the ship and the Wagner Act dates along with party vote results in France in 1946 and a Boxoffice poll names two leads.
OPA estimated a one half cent per pound sugar rise would raise the yearly consumer food bill by about thirty to fifty million dollars, highlighting the broad cost impact on households.
In a morning incident J Henkel Henry Frank Grim and Joseph H Funkhouser sustained injuries when they slipped on icy sidewalks. Charles Wesley Gruber died after his car skidded into a telephone pole near Pikeside West Virginia. Seven new members joined the G A A at the annual Christmas breakfast here.
The new cyclone fence around the Winchester waterworks, including the collection basin and pumping station, is nearly finished. Clarke county resident Jim Ashby shows a four foot bobcat he killed in Frederick county, one of the largest cats seen locally in years. Reservations are filling up for the New Year’s Eve dance hosted by Memorial Hospital Jr Auxiliary.
Fred Hable and Herman Hable add a brown building adjoining Hotel Evans on Main Street to their real estate holdings. Clarence Harding of Washington, DC, will draft plans for the George Washington Hotel. Robert L. Grant named manager of the new establishment.
Fog is made of tiny water drops that create a curtain effect. Drivers should aim headlights down and follow road edges to avoid rear end crashes. Drive slowly and ensure tail lights are visible to oncoming traffic for fog safety.
The writer expresses gratitude to the Star newspaper for its value to her family in Clarke and wishes the STAR a bright future and a blessed Christmas and New Year for all the STAR family.
Paul Mallon notes Tom Dewey leads publicity despite denial of intent as Bricker Martin Warren Taft and Vandenberg loom. Michigan Taft lead hints, Chicago GOP trend, New York O’Dwyer, Boston GOP win. race remains open with regional strengths and possible deadlock.
Dr Kurt Glaser of Chicago reports injection of sodium sulfadiazine under the skin as a highly effective option for certain infections. In 24 treated patients with respiratory infections, one injection led to rapid recovery, fever reduction, and normalization of white blood cell counts, with home care advantages when hospitalization isn’t feasible.
The Winchester Evening Star promotes Uncle Sam's Almanac 1947 a yearly guide on science progress new national members in the United Nations and cabinet changes with a mail order offer. It invites readers to send fifteen cents postpaid to Information Bureau Washington DC for a copy.
About 100 representatives from 11 state supported colleges and universities gather in Richmond to push for higher faculty salaries in the upcoming General Assembly special session. The group, led by Dr. H. L. Osterud of the Medical College of Virginia, plans to ask Governor Tuck to raise teaching pay, focusing on those earning 1800 to 3000 dollars.
The article notes professors and instructors leaving for higher salaries elsewhere, comparing the college sector’s salary crisis to that in public schools as a major factor in recruiting and retention.
The State Commission on Administrative Agencies will meet in the Capitol at 10:30 a.m. January 6 to consider an entire new set of rules for the Virginia State Board of Examiners of Nurses. The secretariat said no other proposed rule changes are known. The meeting is open and other matters may be presented.
Lydia Ashe, a young chemist, falls in love with Captain Christopher Stark after a wartime injury. They marry quietly and plan to settle in Connecticut as Chris faces discharge. The couple confront finances, societal expectations, and the challenge of returning to civilian life while navigating Theo and Kirby’s evolving family dynamics.
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