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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1946
Page
1
The Senate approved a revised labor bill 61 to 20 dropping the draft labor provisions and other disputed clauses. It sent the measure to the House with a seizure authority intact and penalties for union actions, while definitively setting a June 30 1947 expiration.
The Star joins a welcome home effort for men who have received their discharges. The newspaper asks readers to aid by supplying names of local service members eligible for recognition.
The South End Fire Company announces its monthly meeting will be held Monday.
The Hendley wn School holds an outdoor style baccalaureate in its auditorium on June 2 at 8 00 pm The Winchester Ministerial Association presides with Rev Thomas J Hawkins D D as head The program features hymns readings prayers sermon by Rev John L Deaton and other church leaders and music by glee clubs and choirs with Miss Gwendolyn Haynes directing the glee club and Miss Charlotte De Hart as accompanist
William M. Battaile announces nine Winchester boys have filed Derby entry blanks for the July 4 race with more urged to join. Participants must keep car costs under 10 dollars, sponsors may display firm names, and the winner advances to Akron. Entries listed include Bixby, Jones, Jenkins, Kern, Royster, Whitman, White, Shickle, and Christian Jr.
An unidentified man slipped into a Philadelphia Transportation Company car barn and stole a trolley. He then operated two record-breaking round trips on a west Philadelphia route before braking at the barn on the second trip and escaping.
Auction notice for June 6 at 2 p.m. to sell several lots located 84% miles north of Winchester on Route 11. J. L. Jolliffee is the manager. Ad appears inside the issue.
The record notes an 8 test set for a five minute period starting at noon. No further context or participants are provided in the fragment.
Pope Pius XII says true peace seems farther away than it did a year ago in a world broadcast from the Vatican. He warns against despotism and urges unity of responsible leaders while noting Italian and French elections tomorrow will decide if Latin nations stay Christian or turn secular. The pontiff calls peace long and arduous amid disturbing international relations.
The first two days of the Memorial Day holiday saw at least 165 violent deaths. Traffic accidents caused 87 deaths and 48 people drowned. Pennsylvania reported 25 accidental deaths, including 13 traffic fatalities, while 14 states reported no violent deaths.
Siamese twin girls born at St. Raphaels Hospital in New Haven weigh 7 pounds 10 ounces and are reported as perfectly formed and thriving. They are joined between the chest and abdomen by a thin strip of flesh and placed in an incubator. The mother, Mrs. William Augur, rests with a seven year old and five year old at home. the father runs a local dairy. The physician would not comment on separation plans.
Farmers and Merchants National Bank in Winchester Virginia closes Monday June 3 for observance of Jefferson Davis birthday. Official notice lists bank hours and service interruptions for that date.
A UN subcommittee condemned the Franco regime and urged the Security Council to endorse the March three power declaration, with the issue to go to the General Assembly in September. Siam submitted a formal UN membership bid with charges against French actions in Indochina, linking it to broader regional tensions.
R. Gray Williams a Winchester Virginia corporation lawyer and banker is reported doing well at Union Memorial hospital Baltimore where he has been under medical examination since Thursday He is a rector of the University of Virginia and president of the Shenandoah Valley group.
President Truman tells commencement crowd at Washington College that no single group or man will gain absolute control of the United States. He favors small schools, small businesses, and many banks over massive single entities and notes Washington College is a small rural campus. He also comments on labor policy before noting his Senate meeting with Radcliffe and O'Conor.
Rebecca Carr Larrick 35 of 371 E Piccadilly suffered illness ten days before death in Winchester Memorial Hospital. A registered nurse since 1932, she married William Eston Larrick July 22 1931. Survived by husband two sons a brother and a sister, services tomorrow at 2 p.m. Omps Funeral Home with burial in Mt Hebron Cemetery.
Baltimore June 1 The hero of Wake Island Col James P. Devereux J M C will wed Miss Rachel Clarke Cooke today at St Ignatius Catholic Church The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs F Irving Cooke of Stevenson Md
Army plane crashes into the sea, eight killed and 22 missing. The incident occurred amid chaotic conditions near Charlottesville as rescue efforts began and investigators assessed the catastrophe.
In Richmond Virginia on June 1 the Virginia ABC stores reduce whisky coupon allocations and introduce a new handling system for coupons as part of a temporary dispensing program through December to curb dwindling liquor supplies. The new ration allows a fifth or pint of domestic whisky or gin, or one bottle of imported spirits, with other items like wine and vodka purchasable without the book. Current whiskies regain ration status with clerks using a punch system to mark June purchases.
From Granogue Delaware Darden says he has nothing new to say and will not return to public office. He plans to spend time with his children, rejects a political comeback, and notes Carter Glass’s death hasn’t changed his views. He mentions Byrd’s renomination and others eyed for Glass term.
The National Negro Congress urged the United Nations to intervene to halt nearly a century of oppression of Black Americans within the United States. In a message to President Truman, the group called the UN petition a historic moment. The executive board approved the eight page brief by Dr. Herbert Aker supporting the oppression claim.
Approximately 900 cans of food were collected by the Winchester chapter of the National Council of Catholic Women. Miss Nannie Murnan headed the drive committee and announced the outcome for the starving children of Europe and the East.
A plane crash near Ravello south of Naples killed eight of 38 aboard. American military police reported eight bodies recovered eight rescued and 22 still missing. Nine parachutes were seen as the craft plunged into the sea.
The Associated Press reports a walkout by Pennsylvania's 75,000 hard coal miners and a threatened June 15 strike by about 200,000 seamen. Negotiations continued in New York with little progress toward contract settlements and no clear signs of early agreement.
The Navy plans to study responses of 200 pigs 4000 rats and goats in a controlled setting to accelerate medical knowledge for future wars. They will use prepared foods hay and grain and enlist Army support to care for the animals. The goal is to save sailors by understanding how equipment interacts with living subjects. The Navy cites doctors saying animal tests supplement instrument studies.
Roy Rickard injured in a fall at the American Viscose Corporation plant at Front Royal. Attention all EA notices list conditions surrounding the incident and related safety inquiries.
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