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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1946
Page
4
A religious verse from Matthew 6 20 is cited in the January 12 1946 Evening Star edition with a note on laying up treasures in heaven. The brief item presents the biblical quotation as daily inspiration for readers.
The piece argues mass demonstrations by US military personnel abroad threaten morale and diplomacy. It criticizes the War Department for the demobilization approach and for not decisively handling growing unmilitary protests, urging urgent public stance to prevent further disorder.
Pacific Morale Secretary of Wer Patterson stated that troop morale in the Pacific is good. The remark likely referred to regular army officers, not citizen soldiers, suggesting wartime morale remained fragile aside from major campaigns.
A National Conference of Business Page Editors survey predicts unprecedented prosperity for the country once peace with labor returns and price ceilings end. Editors from 132 publications say their findings align with government and agency reports, noting rapid reconversion progress and expectations of a strong postwar economy.
The outlook calls for a prosperous year if industrial strife and government controls stay out. Congress may lift controls this year, and the main risk is potential labor turmoil that could alter the positive forecast.
In a People report President Truman notes federal agencies already obtain corporate records. The contention centers on future projections, not past books. He says unions want General Motors cost and profit forecasts, but governments usually require reports about past activity.
Richmond's 1946 General Assembly opens amid a mix of old race horse betting echoes, war era reforms, and new plans. The piece notes battles over legalized pari mutuel betting, a vote age change, and a broad push for school consolidation, statewide public health facilities, and a new state office building. Predictions cling to battles over racing, barber bills affecting Negro shops, and a partisan scramble as Governor Dorton’s recommendations loom.
Elmore Norris was elected president of the Winchester-Frederick Game and Fish Protection Association. Dorothy Larrick heads Community Concert Association as general chair for a Monday membership drive. Local Methodists meet at Braddock Street Church for Crusade of Christ Movement. National Grange President L. J. Taber speaks in Middletown on officer installation for White Hall Saumsville Frederick County Pomona and affiliated granges.
Miss Donna Frances Pinfrock of an old Frederick County family died late Saturday night. The report also stated Rudyard Kipling's condition as very grave ten years earlier.
The report notes that Metin venioee ene George Ivin Y and his bride from Berryville were aboard a train when crew and passengers were ruthlessly slain. M. T. Reed announces plans by the Charley Reuss Company to mark the birthday of their late patron Charles Broadway Rouss on February 11.
Thirty years ago the Merchants Bank annual meeting lists directors including R. Scott Grant J. 8. Haldeman Dr. Guire T. Barton Dr. W. A. Bell 8. M. J. J. Ridgeway John Keating Clevenger W. E. Cooper G. W. Lynch McCann among others. Senator Sherman of Illinois urges armed intervention in Mexico after safe slaughter of Americans near Texas reported. W. P. Mc Haddox M. M E. D. Newman John M. Steck and C. R. chosen directors Partners and border resulting plans.
The report notes a sermon by Jackson at Market Street during a past year. It mentions the addition of several new buildings to the M. J. Grove Lime plant at Stephens.
A seaborne portrait of Harold Stassen shows a growing bid to fill the Willkie vacuum. He tours as a national speaker, appeals to students, Latins, and educators, while observers doubt a Senate run and expect Dewey, Bricker, or Truman-era shifts to shape 1948 politics.
A reader quiz with ten questions covering hats ships Tulane location thirty day months ethnology Little Nell Dickens half cent coins Mary Todd Lincoln sacred scriptures Islam Iran war status in 1941 and neutrality claim.
The piece stresses lifelong prayer over last resort faith and urges regular prayer for strength to resist temptation. It argues planning for moral battles in calm times reduces trouble when temptations arise and calls for stopping evil at its source before it appears.
A soldier who is overseas and not yet eligible for discharge will be returned with casual units when he becomes eligible for discharge.
The scene centers on Nevile Strange, Kay Strange, and Camilla Tressilian at Gull's Point as Kay watches Nevile in the tennis semi final against Merrick. Ted Latimer, a charismatic rival, teases the match while memories of Audrey and Nevile's former marriage echo through a web of romantic entanglements set at the seaside inn and Balmoral retreat.
Kay teases Nevile about his sportsmanship while plotting travel and a summer party at Easterhead Bay. Nevile exploits fate to reveal Kay’s past plans as tensions rise with Ted and Mrs Battle contemplates an annual police holiday disrupted by a pending case.
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