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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1946
Page
4
Public notice lists mailing and carrier subscription rates for the Winchester Evening Star. Rates include one year six months three months and one month options with regional transport surcharges and a single copy price. Published by The Evening Star Publishing Co. in Winchester Virginia.
W. T. Grant forecasts a flood of consumer goods as supply catches up with demand, promising benefits for shoppers. He says the consumer’s day is coming and that production capacity will erode black markets and speculators, bringing honest values to the fore within six months to a year.
The Doolittle board’s recommendations praise gentler living but ignore sergeants’ harsh discipline. About five million GIs favor toned down sergeants. A Camp Atterbury incident shows underage KP duties and a barking sergeant can mislead youths into joining.
The passage urges the youth of the United States to preserve civil and religious liberty through duty and study. It emphasizes responsibility to sustain the blessings won by forefathers and warns against ignoring dangers to our institutions. It calls for informed effort and clear goals to secure lasting benefits.
Excerpt from an 1839 School History of the United States urges readers to carry forward the nation’s ideals. It calls for wisdom from the past to ensure the United States remains “a name and a praise in the whole earth” in the present and future.
Current Opinion notes Thomas Lomax Hunter defends incorrect spelling as genius and praises prize spellers as imaginative. It counters that Shakespeare’s spelling varied by era and laments the Cavalier’s failure to misspell a word, suggesting preaching bias.
The Petersburg Progress Index quotes Governor William M. Tuck saying he will call an extraordinary session if Congress does not act to prevent inflation. He warns gougers and pledges Virginia can regulate rents and intervene to protect consumers.
The News Leader commends Governor Tuck for forming a strong Water Control Board. Blackburn Moore is highlighted as a leading, businesslike member capable of driving the agency to address stream pollution, with other appointees described as acceptable and well chosen.
A heavy rainstorm hitting Winchester and surrounding Frederick County yesterday afternoon brought 2.69 inches. Firework bursts were actually baseball hits by Winchester Park Players in two wins this Fourth of July weekend. Wayne Omps earned an embalming license after recent exams in Richmond. 16 of 48 exam takers passed. Mr. George Pennington of Pittsburgh, a radio and magazine writer, visited Miss Zelma Carper on North Loudoun Street.
The 1921 Advertiser notes a liberal reward for the return of two $100 bills and other small bills. Prof. Hugh B. Duffey of Handley Schools attends Harvard Summer School with three Handley teachers. Dr. C B Harlee opens a dentist office locally. Bishop William Cabell Brown and family arrive to occupy Christ Church rectory for July and August and will preach there until a new rector arrives.
John I. Sloat salutes the Star's fifty years of operation praising the Byrd family, Dr. William P. McGuire, Scott Hansbrough, Evelyn Byrd, and loyal staff including Hoover, Vernon B. Garton, Huntsberry, Bailey, Zimmerman, Markle and Lillis. He notes editor Richard Every Byrd and peers Col. Henry Watterson Murat Halstead and Charles Emory Smith, concluding with admiration for Dick Byrd's concise prose and grandson’s honor. Dated July 4, 1946.
Trial Justice Kenneth Wilson Forney at 5078 S Kent Street fined 110 dollars and costs for driving under the influence and lacking an operator license with a 30 day jail term suspended. Judge W Erle Edwards also jailed John Bowman Gaines for 30 days for assault on Mrs Bowers and placed him on two year probation. Lacy D Coverstone of Middletown fined 25 dollars and costs for speeding with a 20 day sentence suspended if no further violations in a year. Thurman Ballerger paid 5 dollars and costs for driving with improper lights and steering.
The article urges restoring reverence for the Sabbath as God’s day and a primary commandment. It contrasts excursions and amusements with the duty to attend church, noting worship uplifts the heart and connects believers with the best people and higher ideas. It warns neglect of this supreme duty.
Last month in Tokyo a renowned Japanese figure, former foreign minister and ambassador to France, died from a heart ailment. The inquiry also covers questions about wartime plant operations, broadcast messages, and notable recognitions.
The destroyer Stewart began as the 1000-ton four pipe destroyer DD 224 abandoned at Surabaya after damage in the Bandoeng Strait. She was used by Japan, then reclaimed by the U S Navy at Kure. Recommissioned October 29, 1945, she is slated for scrapping and the name now belongs to DE 238.
Portable welding equipment offered in the back of Earl Shades Garage on N Loudoun Street. Contact Winchester 3572 for details.
Fruit growers and shippers in Winchester area win protection as Hobbs law shields interstate commerce from union interference. Local reports say peaches were stopped at Holland Tunnel with demands for union driver pay. loads were destroyed if denied. Associated Press notes the law prohibits extortion or robbery by unions and others interfering with commerce.
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