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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1946
Page
4
Winchester Virginia publication lists post office details, pricing for subscriptions and carrier options, and mentions national representation. Includes a biblical quote from Luke 19 10.
The coal strike ends on John L Lewis terms with government mediation. The public bears the cost as mine owners lose say, facing renewed strike, losses, or higher coal prices. Critics warn of a labor dictatorship and government impotence in enforcing terms.
Virginia appoints Congressman Thomas G. Burch to fill the Senate seat vacated by Carter Glass. Burch, seven term Fifth District member and Post Office Committee chair, is trusted to serve until the November election to fill the remainder of the term ending January 1949.
The piece questions whether Byrd’s opponent treats Byrd and Governor Darden as a single record or separate programs. It argues the opponent toggles between distinguishing Byrd from other Virginians and aligning with Darden, then with CIO PAC backing raises questions about whose program prevails.
A midwestern church organizes calling committees for house to house visits. Volunteers find former members not active now and liken neglect to rusting cars on sidetracks. Regular spiritual service keeps the soul healthy and hopeful through God’s merciful hand.
A 1945 booklet details mail classifications and notes first class mail at 52.5 percent of totals. It reports armed forces personnel wrote about 1.36 billion pieces marked Free, implying roughly 170 letters per service member that year.
The piece argues a fair trial for Gen. Mihailovich by Tito’s Yugoslav government is unlikely. It notes pleas from Allied forces and US witnesses before a Hays Commission, adding that the inquiry may shield Mihailovich’s memory if not save him.
The piece notes viruses as possibly the smallest living entities with diameters far below optical visibility and discusses life status. It then explains eligibility for Ready Reserve as a warrant officer, stating permanent rank governs eligibility and removal of the 90 day enrollment limit. applications go to the nearest recruiting office.
A year ago Winchester saw 91 degrees while today’s city temperature is 72. Capt. Lester C. Forney of the Army Air Forces, stationed in Nashville, Tennessee, has been promoted to Major. The O'Sullivan Softball team beat Royal Crown Cola 10 to 17 to lead the Winchester Softball League.
After maneuvers in California the unit shipped to Australia in October 1942. The battalion served with distinction in several Pacific campaigns including New Guinea and Luzon. It remains in service in the Western Pacific, has not been inactivated, and has not returned as a unit. some individuals have been released from the Army.
Mrs Hoye Riley Mrs Russell Joyce and Otis Sargent announce plans to resign from the Handley faculty. Lucille Ball emerges as a rising star at the RKO Hollywood studio. Mr Deeds Goes To Town draws crowds at the local theatre.
The sixth annual Gainesboro district Sunday School convention was held at Redland Methodist Church Whitacre on Tuesday May 24. The first Ft Loudoun Seminary finals recital occurred at the Empire Theatre Tuesday night at 7 30. A large nearly new barn on Newton Hottels Ridge West Virginia farm was struck by lightning during a storm Sunday and destroyed.
Washington dispatch explains that John Lewis warned delaying a vote on the draft for strikers could aid a coal strike settlement and ease Senate approval. Republicans feared presidential leverage over unions, complicating support for the Case bill and signaling motives behind the draft proposal and its coalition of conservatives and radicals.
Quincy Illinois May 24 Western Illinois will have an above normal apple crop the best peach crop in history and a normal crop of cherries and plums says C C Mast secretary of the Illinois State Horticultural Society after inspecting orchards in Adams and Pike counties Dr Dwight Powell of the University of Illinois Horticultural Dept joins the assessment noting peach orchards of 500 to 800 trees should yield thousands of bushels rain delays corn planting aid moisture for later needs.
Forty five years ago The Evening Star boasted the largest circulation in the northern valley and offered subscriptions at five cents a week. Farmers in the county gathered to talk about the expensive telephone installation and maintenance.
A reader quiz asks about sports terms used in cricket the author of The Taming of the Shrew the nearest star the King's General inscription over a portal Fourth of July origins Graf Spee fate in WWII Franklin couplet completion true capital of Venezuela and Song of Marion's Men author.
A breeze blew a $10 bill from cattle buyer O H Gerharter to his son Allen in a Stratford feedlot. A six months old calf picked up the banknote and began chewing it. The incident highlights the odd fate of the stray bill on June 1 in Stratford D.
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