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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1946
Page
4
The Evening Star of Winchester Virginia outlines postal status and delivery prompts. It lists notice to subscribers about delays and irregularities and sets advertising and subscription rates including 50 cents per inch transient rate and contract rates available on application.
A brief devotional line from a 1946 newspaper page quotes a Bible verse about curing the sick and easing pain, attributed to Matt 4 24, reflecting a religious reflection or caption beside an article.
Secretary Forrestal announces a joint intelligence plan by Army and Navy regardless of a merger fight. Senators George and Ferguson strongly back the idea. The proposal argues one service cannot be divorced from the other and stresses shared, safe information to avoid waste and danger.
A Reeves directed report recounts the Naval Air Transport Service actions in World War II. It notes 429 sky transports and 26 604 personnel with a peak 39 732 000 ton miles flown in August 1945. NATS supplied vital materiel, evacuated wounded, delivered mail and blood, and supported Pacific campaigns from Tarawa to Okinawa.
The article argues that current price ceilings push butterfat into cream and ice cream, causing a nationwide butter shortage. It suggests raising butter prices and lowering prices on competing dairy products to restore balance, noting the difficulty of maintaining supply stability under price controls.
The speaker argues for ending wartime style controls to restore supply and demand as the price determinant in a peacetime economy. They critique government intervention as unsuitable for a free market and urge removal of controls at the earliest possible moment.
Current Opinion column notes revised American casualties at 79 507 across Army Navy and Marine forces in Okinawa. It recalls 120 000 enemy casualties and the death of Gen. Buckner, with Ernie Prye among the fallen, and claims Okinawa opened the door to invasion and a broader war ending in history as the last global battle.
The Baltimore Sun editorial argues President Truman's plan to expand government role in labor disputes risks compulsory arbitration. It notes opposition from industrialists and labor, and suggests public opinion will likely hinder enactment as it limits striking and bargaining rights.
State police detained two young suspects in a violence outbreak that left one white man dead another wounded and two women assaulted. The report notes a daily bombing patrol by American Liberators over Manila.
Five years ago a city resident was injured by a burning car in Dartoneville after the driver Lewis Perry near Stephens City stopped the vehicle. Senator Glass presented today a bill to abolish bank holding companies by June 1944. All officers and directors of the First National Bank of Berryville were reelected at the annual stockholders meeting.
Ten years ago lawmakers push forward a veterans bonus measure while relief for farmers stalls in procedure. Ryland Conner is again elected president of the Winchester Park Association.
Two decades ago a special train was proposed for Richmond to mark the inauguration of the governor elect. Governor Trinkle is reported as an advocate for the event. A separate Oklahoma blast trapped workers earlier.
Thirty years ago reports note a critical Mexico U S border situation with no troop incursions. A divine contingency plan to repopulate Europe after World War is mentioned. Winchester merchants may sponsor a "pay up" week to settle bills.
Reported injuries during a ball game involve Jesse Pugh who suffers a leg injury. Ostavia Kline is hosted at her parents home in Vaucluse. Sidney Dangerfield, a former slave and prominent Black resident of Berryville, owned an Opera House and multiple farms.
Washington dispatch notes an editorial survey finding 72 percent supported Truman fact finding at first, then 65 percent opposed it in December. The piece criticizes unions for profits based wage claims tied to General Motors and steel, urging a simple, consistent yardstick for wage increases.
A compact quiz feature listing ten questions about civics and history. Topics include Brazil’s capital, slavery abolition, oysters and pearls, women in the armed forces, divorce laws by state, hydrophobia, earwigs, Selective Service age, Senate membership, and the 1944 Servicemen's Readjustment Act known as the GI Bill.
The article discusses how early exposure to religious doubt shapes a child’s belief. It cites examples of David Hume and Voltaire, notes parents’ influence on faith, and warns that premature skepticism in the home can erode a child’s capacity for faith later in life.
Police report a burglar sealed a 15 foot fence bent window bars cut heavy wire netting and broke a window to enter Simon Goldmans store. Loot includes one traveling bag and one pair of suspenders discovered at the scene.
A lone figure plans a September murder at Gull's Point home of Lady Camilla Tressilian. Nevile Strange his future heir and Kay his wife arrive as Audrey, Camilla's ward, and others loom. Thomas Royde travels from Saltington to Saltcreek amid mounting tensions.
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