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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1946
Page
4
Winchester Evening Star reminds subscribers to report delays or irregularities in delivery to maintain a perfect service. Public notice cites publishing details and a biblical verse.
Virginia state police set up an air patrol with three monoplanes purchased after studying operations in Pennsylvania and New York. The planes will be stationed at multiple fields to aid crime detection and searches in hard to access areas using two way radio links with ground units. No new personnel are needed as many state troopers were pilots in the war.
Government economists caution on future employment while Civilian Production Administration officials predict a fall manpower shortage. Industry recovery, demobilization, and housing programs support continued strong employment, barring a new wave of strikes. Meat supplies and corn yield influence livestock feeding and feedlot capacity, affecting next year’s shortages and recovery. Expenditures for new plants and equipment by American business are estimated by the SEC and Commerce Department.
The second quarter outlay reached 2.4 billion dollars, 300 million more than expenditures for new plants and equipment in late 1945 and early 1946. The upsurge signals growing confidence among manufacturers that sustained production is now achievable, with hopes that higher output will aid national goods supply and stabilize troubled conditions.
Current Opinion asserts Senator Byrd rebutted opponent Martin Hutchinson by citing Congress records showing Byrd sponsored and voted for the G I bill of rights. The piece praises Byrd’s calm, conclusive stance and urges voters to seek truth and fairness, noting Hutchinson’s failure to prove his claims weakens his case.
Old friends note Hughes savors a stubborn fight to heal from near fatal injuries. The aviation pioneer remains an active designer and craftsman, shaping airplanes, flying boats, and motion pictures while pursuing faster safer aircraft.
An essay notes wasted energy in coal use and the potential in by-products. It argues about burning inefficiency and the future value of unused substances from industry and meat packing. The piece highlights energy loss via smoke stacks and hints at broader resource recovery opportunities.
The passage argues God manifests through nature by prodding life from many eggs to few creatures, emphasizing that nothing in human personality is wasted. It claims divine selection lifts unlikely people, centers the kingdom in childhood, and contrasts divine conservation with human wastefulness.
A quiz page lists eight questions from a 1946 issue. It asks about Pappy the nickname, Army base pay, the Dempsey-Willard fight city, plague-spreading rodents, Michael Strogoff author, 1946 price jump percentage, DC voting rights, which wedding pair denotes the diamond wedding, legality of the Jewish army in Palestine, and a cookery stock definition.
At a congregation meeting the church decided to purchase the Frank Gearing residence for use as a parsonage. Billy Brown, 15, captured a large four inch wing span moth near the Virginia Woolen mill this morning and plans to mount it. Mrs L A Carr was elected vice president of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Virginia Letter Carriers Association at its seventeenth annual convention.
Ten years ago plans were under way for a city survey of boil ers to buy coal on a specification basis. Frank R. Horton, secretary of the Winchester Rotary Club, leaves tonight for South Hill Virginia to attend a Virginia Rotarians conference.
A 1921 fire of undetermined origin last night burned a frame barn and its contents on the D. W. Pugh farm near Whitacre. Reports mention a muffled explosion in Winchester’s Northwestern section and a dynamite incident near Pennsylvania tracks as later explanation.
Fifty years ago in 1896 telephone connections were established between the city and Boyce yesterday and will extend to Millwood today. A fine ball at Boyce drew several attendees from this city. Captain Jenkins of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad takes a ten day vacation. The city police plan new uniforms in a few days.
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