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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1947
Page
4
Government savings bonds in 1946 saw Americans invest about 7.4 billion dollars while redeeming around 6.4 billion. Series E redemptions surpassed purchases, yet the Treasury called the year a solid record. Factors included workers cashing bonds for family costs after strikes and inflation, with Christmas buying financed by redemptions.
A national report by the National Board of Fire Underwriters and the Southeastern Underwriters Association analyzes the Winecoff Hotel disaster. It stresses preventing floor-to-floor fire spread by enclosing openings and shafts, using fire doors, and installing heavier doors without transoms to save lives.
In the current opinion, Delegate E. Blackburn Moore argues for a permanent pay raise for public school teachers funded by a one half of one percent income tax increase. He contrasts his plan with Governor Tuck's surplus funded emergency, asserting Moore’s plan eliminates deficits and treats the emergency as ongoing.
The Roanoke Times notes the inevitable link between Gen. Marshall’s appointment as Secretary of State and 1948 Democratic presidential speculation. It argues Marshall will be judged by policy, not politics, and hopes speculation ends quickly to avoid handicap during his early tenure.
A reflective piece argues that in some British Isles communities neighbors contribute to one another by sharing honey from bees fed by local gardens. It urges fairness and decency, noting both secular and religious reasons to return sweetness to benefactors who enrich daily life.
Answers cover marriage licenses across states Panama Canal usage during war lift in curves insuring wheel lift Mount Olympus expedition insulin disease treatment Ecuador coast location West Texas State College editor Henry Wallace weekly Walter Reuther CIO union voltage versus amperage in electric shock
A massive explosion at a Welsh West Virginia coal mine left 75 miners unaccounted for while 192 were reported missing or trapped. In other news, the Handley Board of Trustees re-elected Clifford P. Grim as president at their 32nd annual meeting. Dr. Tunstall C. Powers of the U S Navy arrives in Winchester on terminal leave and joins Dr. Ralph B. Snapp.
Secretary Stimson announced the Army intends to expand to roughly 3 600 000 officers and men, more than doubling its current strength. The Winchester Junior Board of Trade plans a model airplane contest for boys ages eight to twenty. Mr and Mrs Donald Duvall welcomed a son at Memorial Hospital on Sunday January 11.
Ten years ago in 1937 Jack Zimmerman Paul Rosenberger Fred Stine and J P Reardon Jr were inducted as new Rotary Club members. The Star Palace theatre contest had 85 baby entrants.
In 1922 Mrs. Harry Greene, regent, is congratulated by the State D A R regent on forming a D A R Chapter in Winchester. W P Massey remains secretary of the State Horticulture Society. Rev Clarence Woods fell from a ladder at Centenary Reformed Church gym, breaking his wrist.
Green Spring Virginia residents report illnesses and visits among neighbors. Roger Lee Milburn is ill at home with family. Carter Milburn visited J. W. Dix. Harry and Mrs. Saville and Marjorie Saville also ill at Saville parents’ home. Rose Runkles and daughter Nancy returned home to Martinsburg after a stay with the Luttrells. Ernest Milburn returned from Miami Florida.
The Enterprise Printing company added a Colt Army Universal job press to their shop, boosting their equipment to four presses. Mrs. W. E. Barry is ill with the measles at her home on North Braddock Street.
An article explains aspiration biopsy as a safer way to obtain tissue for microscopic cancer diagnosis. A needle collects cells from the growth, enabling quick identification of cancer type, guiding early treatment and higher cure chances.
The Exchange Club of Winchester met at the George Washington Hotel for a luncheon. Joseph A. Massie Jr announced new committees for 1947 with chairs George Schecter Ralph Hardy Rev W J Hadden Jr R A Turner and Joseph A Schroth. Dr Leon Slavin was named song leader.
Illiterates were inducted and made available for military service via the Army Service Forces Special Training Units. Courses lasted eight to thirteen weeks, and after achieving a fourth grade reading level, inductees were sent to a replacement center for basic training.
At Elgin State Hospital a birthday party celebrated Uncle Bob Wilson a former slave and batman with the 16th Virginia Infantry born January 13 1836 and aged 111 confirmed by Confederate Army records in Richmond. Dr D Louis Steinberg hospital superintendent and officials hosted the event noting the massive 111 candle cake. Wilson entered the hospital in 1941 and was born on a plantation near Richmond.
Question and answer explain that eels possess numerous tiny scales embedded in the skin, making them appear scaleless though they are not. The scales are very small and hidden, leading to the common belief that eels lack scales.
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