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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1947
Page
4
A fragment from Scott's Scrap Book features a photo with a misprint or damaged caption suggesting a photo labeled as taken away by print. The readable portion hints at archival imagery and publication context from the era.
Virginia produced 13,680,000 bushels of apples in 1946, about one million less than 1944 and three times the 1945 crop. York Imperial led with 26 percent of state total, while Brayman and Wine sap also exceeded one million bushels.
The article explains the stepped value of U S savings bonds over ten years. It notes a nonuniform increase with no return in the first year and total gains of four dollars for every three invested, illustrating with a $100 bond costing $75. The ten year rate is 2.9 percent compounded semiannually, rising in later years with the last two years slightly above five percent.
Robert R. M. Carpenter Jr. won the Distinguished Service Key from the Philadelphia Junior Board of Commerce for leading the National Baseball League club to a better standing and opening Phillies games to over 85 000 youths. The award honors his promotion of youth welfare and civic duty in Philadelphia during 1946.
The writer argues Southern cooking equals regional pride yet laments scarce quality outside homes with skilled cooks. They praise Virginia ham and beaten biscuits when well made, urge authentic Southern dishes in public eateries, warn against greasy fare and overreliance on non Southern recipes, and call for better ingredients and seasoning as an art.
President Truman states in a letter to MIT President Dr. Karl T. Compton that he personally made the final decision to use the atomic bomb after a full survey. He says Japanese were warned and offered terms beforehand, which influenced their acceptance.
The Richmond News Leader argues Truman’s cabinet strengthened after changes. It credits Averell Harriman and the addition of Marshall to bolster the State Department, War Office, Navy, and Commerce. It notes past miscues and suggests a calmer, steadier approach with capable, modest leaders.
One year ago in 1946 the Frederick county Council of Churches elected B F Strother president and R E Ayler vice president at its annual meeting. The Veterans Administration opened a contact office in the Shenandoah Valley National Bank building.
Swiss theologian Emil Brunner delivered a plain, forceful sermon at Princeton University chapel during the unity anniversary. He urged the gospel as the cure for world ills, stressing eternal life and forgiveness of sins, and that personal spiritual health shapes world conditions.
The text outlines lowering body temperature to about 74 F for healing, noting frozen tissues may be saved with heparin injections to prevent blood clots. It discusses slow rewarming, pain relief, and uses in birth marks, anesthesia for surgery, frostbite treatment, and edema reduction, citing Dr. Frederick M. Allen.
A reader quiz asks ten questions covering geography science history and language from a vintage newspaper page. Topics include Gota Canal country, linseed oil source, WWI Belgian king, Trygve Lie UN Secretary General, Hanoi's former capital status, Gandhi's first name, proofreading a sentence, postwar American legislation, papyrus use in ancient Egypt and Greece, and a Shakespearean line about leadership.
The 1947 Uncle Sam s Almanac highlights official facts on United Nations members election results veterans affairs and standard calendar data. It emphasizes its role as a trusted colonial era institution and urges readers to order a copy for fifteen cents postpaid.
Dr. Hunter McGuire tells Rotary Club the current city government is inadequate. Ford Company cuts Fordson tractor price 35 percent to 395 dollars. A severe blizzard sweeps the East coast with two feet of snow in Washington.
Miss Mary Striker wed William M Sumption at Centenary Reformed Church last night in a simple ceremony. The couple begins married life as friends and family witnessed the nuptials.
Under the January 1 1947 constitution any person over 20, including women, gains the right to vote though the new charter is not recognized in Communist areas. The Pearl Harbor news bulletin interrupted a New York Philharmonic program featuring Shostakovich First Symphony and Brahms piano concerto with Rubinstein, announced at Carnegie Hall during intermission.
A small fire in the linen room of the Lee Jackson Service Station on Millwood Avenue at 2 40 P M yesterday called out Friendship and South End fire trucks. Flames confined to pasteboard cartons were extinguished by station attendants before the firemen arrived. Damage was slight.
About 150 ministers and lay delegates from 175 churches in Virginia West Virginia and the Eastern region will meet February 4 at St. es Lutheran Church Roanoke for the 118th annual synod session continuing through February 8 led by Dr J J Scherer Jr pastor of the first English Lutheran Church Richmond and synod president.
The Department of Justice reports over half of farm land lies in farms larger than 500 acres. Farms exceeding 1,000 acres now account for 40 percent of the nation’s farmland.
Lydia prepares for a new beginning as she travels to Washington with Chris’s car keys. A fellow traveler, Stacia from South Africa, shares wartime memories and plans, while Lydia reflects on resilience, reunion, and rebuilding after loss. The scene highlights inner growth, international ties, and the sense of stepping into unknown futures.
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