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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1946
Page
4
Local notice and subscription information for the Winchester Star dated Tuesday July 16 1945 includes delivery notes and ad rates. A guiding biblical verse from Philippians 4 13 appears amid routine publication details and pricing.
The CIO-backed Senate hopeful campaigns against Governor Byrd’s 1928 government reorganization. He argues the plan, though approved by voters and copied by six other states, would affect his own role as Secretary of the Commonwealth merged with Secretary to the Governor.
The National Geographic Society releases a new up to date map of the United States featuring 10 colors and 10 750 place names. It shows Oak Ridge Tennessee and Richland Washington as atomic bomb sites and notes population booms. It also marks Bretton Woods New Hampshire Boca Raton Florida and Inyokern California reflecting wartime and peacetime change.
After four years of rationing, 60 million Americans plan long trips as AAA notes nearly half the population will travel. Car registrations lag prewar peaks while Canada and Mexico boost cross border Fares and tourism. Americans spend about 10 billion abroad yearly, with prices rising.
Government economists expect Americans to add over a billion dollars annually to dollar exchange as ocean travel resumes. The rebound follows years of wartime restrictions and reflects a renewed demand to see foreign destinations, despite crowded hotels and tourist camps.
The piece notes Brooks Atkinson, former New York Times drama critic and Moscow correspondent, receives praise from Pravda while facing attacks labeling him an unskilled slanderer and a pen gangster. It argues his neutral, open minded reporting on Soviet life, politics, and culture earned harsh, party line reactions.
Opequon Golf Club defeated Winchester Sunday afternoon on the Martinsburg course and will travel to Winchester for a return match in August. The weather record notes 7.28 inches of rain this month with intermittent sunshine and chill.
An assassination attempt failed today thanks to a woman in grey and rapid police action in London. In Petersburg Virginia the courthouse clock suffered heatwave damage and struck 132 times in a row before cooling. Clarke County farmers union urged radical State Highway Dept reorganization and restoration of at least 50 percent of road and auto taxes to counties based on tax value.
The 1896 ordinance limits bicycle speed on city streets and fixes fines for noncompliance. It requires each bicycle to carry a lantern and bell for visibility and warning.
Walter I. Priest cautions that the C I O Political Action Committee could shape the "Red reactionism" in the United States as labor unions extend into political campaigns. He warns Democratic and Southern voters may face a significant shift with PAC funded campaigns and potential election surprises.
The author argues that high standards guide life in business and religion alike. Religion requires beliefs about the universe and God and must be measured by moral principles and promises for mankind. Action without sound doctrine is hollow, yet sound doctrine supports right action in church and nation.
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