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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1946
Page
4
National representatives Deldsser Inc and The Evening Star advise readers to report delays or irregularities in paper delivery to aid a perfect system. Subscriptions by mail or motor route priced at one year six months and three months in advance. A brief biblical line appears at end.
The Newport News Daily Press urges Virginia lawmakers to adopt a wary stance toward the state 40 million dollar surplus. It notes half arises from unexpected revenue and warns against immediate spending, urging verification of claims and use for sound projects and future emergencies.
Industry reports show civilian gasoline stocks rising to 90 million barrels with forecasts of 135 million by early spring if refinery runs stay high through winter. Limited storage could force curtailment of oil production and auto manufacturing as demand grows.
Sun Oil Company and Houdry Process Corporation announce two plants to produce Carbon 13 and supply it gratis to qualified non commercial medical and biological research labs. The move promises faster progress in cancer diabetes and heart disease research by easing scarce material access.
A reflection on wartime troops, especially high point men in the Philippines, who long to return home after brutal combat. The piece warns against mutinous demonstrations, urges cooler heads from leaders, and calls for support from home to prevent deterioration of morale as postwar plans proceed and independence approaches.
The piece argues the Government’s labor-management fact finding board struggles due to confusion over the word finding. It likens fact finding to milking and to digging, blasting loose facts, suggesting it should be renamed to reflect digging rather than finding.
News from One Year Ago reports the death of Rev. George Stover former pastor of Winchester United Brethren Church after a long tenure. In the same period a collision between a southern train and an oil truck caused the driver’s death, injured two, and sparked a fire with damage to the freight depot.
James Joyce was reported in a dangerous condition in a Zurich hospital after an emergency abdominal operation. The air ministry announced Germany has lost its first bomber to a British AmAeeco fighter. An oxygen flask for high altitude use was shown at Miami’s mid winter air show.
John Burch died in the hospital ten years after a truck accident last night injuries. The will of George Purcell who died from clothing ignition in an explosion at his peanut roaster was recorded in Corporation Court today. Four youths were executed in Ossining Sing Sing for the murder of a New York Police man in a luggage store hold up.
Twenty years ago George Malvin and his bride near Berryville are reportedly attacked by bandits while honeymooning in Mexico where Mrs Crawford Reid Coleman dies. In Washington a note says stockholders will meet January 20 at the Washington Hotel.
De HH Meouize, chairman of the council, urges a new Way system for the downtown area. The plan accompanies talk of tense ties in the East and a renewed peace move by Pope Benedict.
Chicago dispatch notes rising public frustration as postwar shortages stretch food, tires, housing, and transit. Citizens delay travel and endure long lines while managers and workers exploit the crisis. The piece links public discontent to wartime inefficiency, hunger for peace, and the dilemma of bringing servicemen home.
A sermon excerpt reflects on conversion stories from the South Sea Islands. A naval officer credits spiritual change to missionaries and local believers, illustrating how God transforms lives across cultures. The piece ends with a biblical assertion that whosoever believes shall be saved, emphasizing universal reach.
The page lists seven questions on trivia from capital of British India to classic quotes and state nicknames. It asks for Ay Vyshinsky’s Soviet position, Bataan death march commander, the Slough of Despond book, a grammar correction, Granite State nickname, coin value logic, F D Roosevelts principal, Giesenplait porter mineral deep sea, and Julius Caesar famous phrase.
Truman faced varied views from about two hundred people. Most saw him as a fine fellow yet warned that only a heavy hand could ease shortages and strikes. I argued general policy, but replies showed labor leadership faults, not Truman's origin. Washington generalities feel detached from living conditions.
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