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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1946
Page
4
Washington predicts President Truman will veto the Case bill after House approval 230 to 106 and Senate 49 to 29. Critics note his shift from drafting workers into the Army to opposing revision of labor law, arguing the act remains biased and ineffective.
President Truman vows Navy Army and Coast Guard support to keep the Merchant Fleet running if the CIO Maritime Union strikes. Curran and Bridges urge foreign labor groups to refuse cooperation, inviting international pressure amid a tense domestic crisis. India’s Gandhi endorses a British plan for self rule.
The President accepts Mr. Stettinius’s resignation as U S representative to the United Nations Security Council after his letter stating he completed the task. He chaired the San Francisco Conference delegation and aided the U N’s formation with steadfast faith and enthusiasm. He may serve again if asked.
The city asks the State Corporation Commission to raise VEPCO property assessment from 40 to 100 percent of fair market value to align utility taxes with other property. The article cites a Fifth and Broad Streets lot bought for 1 450 000 after being assessed at 506 220, highlighting gaps between claimed 100 percent assessments and actual values and calls for reliable methods to establish true values.
Mrs. Gertrude McCormac resigns as chairman of the local Red Cross Camp and Hospital Council after leading since 1942 amid wartime duties. William Mattingly of Kerns Town Cabin Camp received emergency medical treatment after a Sunday accident. Virginia Mae Fogle wed Allen W Gaunt this morning at 10:30.
William Frank Shipe Jr Middletown will receive his B S Degree in animal husbandry at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute during final exercises June 6 9. Also Mr and Mrs Charles Baker 214 South Washington street congratulate on the birth of a son yesterday in Memorial Hospital. Stephens City council voted Tuesday to pay 774 for pipes for a new water line from mains to M J Grove Lime Co.
Ten years ago Daniel F. Miller and George W. Dellinger, the city’s two Confederate veterans, announce plans to take part in Memorial Day events tomorrow. Alf Landon faces Borah’s accusation of New Dealism as a Republican contest. Squire J. W. Keffer of Strasburg arrives in Winchester to visit his daughter Mrs. Lewis Hildebrand for the holiday.
Forty five years ago a near panic at Mayers Hall in Stephens City was averted as several people quickly extinguished a fire on the narrow stairs to the second floor auditorium. W H Taylor returns from Memphis where he attended the Confederate Veterans reunion as a Turner Ashby Camp delegate.
Report on the 1944 45 day coal strike settlement outlines that Lewis won control of a 5 to 10 cent per ton coal tax fund to aid miners and their families, with a Truman appointee and a third party as trustees. The deal shifts funds handling away from operators and public oversight, raising questions about its value and broader impact on wage increases and welfare programs.
In a Saturday night call the minister agrees to speak at a gangster’s funeral on Tuesday. He delivers a rare sermon to a crowd of gangsters and detectives. At the grave the father pleads for a better life for his son, saying Amen.
Policemen Stomberg and Bocox arrested Charles F Morrison 49. Morrison's dog allegedly attacked Stomberg on the other side of his pants. Judge Holmes believed the dog was not mad while Shomberg claimed the dog was. Morrison fined seven dollars and forty cents. Shomberg lost a pair of pants.
Article explains contact lenses as an alternative to glasses for vision correction. Dr. Griffith notes 10 000 users in the United States about keratoconus and severe astigmatism. Lenses are fitted by doctors and worn briefly with saline solution, not continuously, with occasional eye irritation requiring rest.
Navy reports the Browning air cooled 30 caliber machine gun at 1400 rounds per minute the highest rate among Navy weapons. The Army lists the 50 caliber aircraft machine gun at 1200 rounds per minute as its fastest.
The Winchester Evening Star advertises a ten cent Dream Dictionary booklet from the Information Bureau in Washington DC. Readers are invited to mail ten cents with their name address and location to receive a copy by post.
Reader seeks correct responses to a set of quiz items. covers Hoover bank holiday 1933 radio wave speed Bikini tests dates German surrender May August 1945 animal guises age of President Truman and the singular American patriot linked to major founding documents. mythology Io turned into a ewe.
Neal laments her misread spotlight while uncovering the Tonio Valente deception. Arthur H. Valente, the Braziliam crook posing as Tonio, used a false lineage to loot, abduct funds, and frame murder. Inspector Barry and Hunt untangle the web as clues point to the Plaza and Grand Central.
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