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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1947
Page
4
Subscribers urged to report delivery delays to improve service. The notice lists subscription rates for Major Motor Route plans including yearly, six months, and monthly options, with prices varying by zone and format.
Under Speaker Martin the House pushes legislation to cap portal to portal pay suits. The Gwynne bill would set a one year limit and bar suits when employers acted in good faith with regs or contracts. It would allow waivers and settlements to bar court action. Jurisdiction would focus on deliberate evasion by employers. Is the measure unfair or anti labor.
The article notes Secretary of State Marshall will attend the Moscow meeting despite earlier speculation he might skip it. It argues the delay in finalizing the peace settlement is a real issue and Marshall brings staff support from Byrnes era plus a mind capable of rapid data processing. His Asia knowledge and experience with Molotov are highlighted as assets.
The United States faced a huge potato surplus after World War II as 50 percent more potatoes were grown than needed. To support farm prices, the government stored 45.9 million bushels, diverting some to stock feed and starch, while foreign aid and eventual disposal strategies were debated.
The Richmond News Leader argues retirement should transfer energy not end activity. It suggests aging individuals use later years to pursue unfinished interests, explore new topics, and enrich life through gardens, forests, galleries, and distant roads rather than retreat to home.
The essay argues ancient peoples believed in personalized natural forces while modern thought favors impersonal power. It claims true religion requires belief in a personal God, and that Christian faith centers on God as revealed in Christ. The author contrasts Greek views with contemporary reverence for impersonal natural law.
A reader asks seven quiz items covering topics from geography to history and language. Questions include winter astronomy timing capital cities counterfeit concerns postwar governors quotation completion poison foods a legal definition and nylon ingredients.
The United States and Canada agreed that salable canal project assets will go to the highest bidder and unsold portions will rust in the Yukon. The joint chiefs say the facility has no permanent postwar defense value and no clear use. Oil circles expect no bidders when offered March 20, deeming it cheaper to buy new machinery.
Women face a set of symptoms from ovarian deficiency including nervous mood changes headaches hot flushes and sleep disturbances. Treatment relies on gland extracts such as estrogen to restore secretion along with sedatives when needed, offering relief in many cases.
Rep Mondt told the House the un American Activities Committee is probing Russian publication of a book exposing U S industrial data. He urged tighter security and reciprocity for Russians in the United States. He cited wartime access to plants and operations and noted a 1938 oil refinery equipment shipment of 488 200 pounds on two flat cars from St Louis to ?.
Starch is described as a substance produced by plants for their own nourishment.
Norfolk Ledger Dispatch muses that bowl games need central heating and air conditioned sunshine rather than better football to suit a bright new world.
A brief tribute notes a man known as a great guy who suffered sinus trouble unseen by others until his death. The piece emphasizes his personal warmth and the hidden health fight that preceded his passing.
Ben Belchie announces W. W. Baker and Ralph Ware will lead the February Boy Scout Drive in Frederick and Clarke counties. President Truman asks Congress to approve a 3.75 billion loan to Britain. Berryville sweeps two games from the Boyce teams.
Ten years ago in 1927 E R Branch took over as Chamber of Commerce president succeeding Samuel C Brooks. Dr Howard James and W C Deming were recently initiated into the Elks Club.
Heavy snow slowed traffic as Hanford MacNider tollgate keeper and Joseph Patterson were knocked down and injured by a neighbor driving a vehicle on the North Frederick Turnpike.
From 1936 through 1945 American railroads sustained one passenger fatality in railroad accidents for every 733 million passenger miles of service.
Joe Marsh and Sara Hackney report on a trailer trip across the United States. Sam Hackney and his spouse describe varied tongues foods laws and customs while praising the American spirit of tolerance and unity. They note occasional intolerance but say such cases are rare and that travel broadens understanding.
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