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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1946
Page
4
An archival snippet lists DeLisser Inc at 11 E 44th St New York with a biblical quotation from Exodus 19 5. The text presents a churchy or promotional line likely from a religious or ceremonial notice. No further details are provided.
The House tentatively approved legislation to pay about 15 million past and present servicemen an average 250 dollars for missed furlough time. It aims to equalize leave privileges between enlisted personnel and officers, despite high costs. The paper supports passage but urges no cash in lieu payments in future emergencies.
Editorial lauds the McMahon bill as a balanced framework for civilian control of nuclear fission. It notes the plan preserves scientific freedom while ensuring public safety and warns against excessive regulation that could hinder progress. It outlines the President’s appeal rights, a civilian advisory board, and an 18 member Congress oversight panel.
Senator Capehart charged the government sold silk to hosiery mills at high prices. The first consignment of all silk hose appeared in New York at $2.77 to $5.00 a pair. Stores reported sales with little agitation and few fines. Nylon increasingly preferred as silk supplies dwindle, signaling silk hosiery’s declining market after the war.
The Ford Motor Co estimates its workers have lost over 237 million dollars in wages since September 1 due to forced stoppages. Plants are shut, with no clear resumption date, while supplier, steel, coal, and rail disputes contribute to ongoing idleness across the industry.
Charles Hurd notes that the Social Security Act penalizes millions of veterans by not crediting military service toward insured status. Senator George introduces a bill backed by the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars to grant credit for service on par with civilian earnings, with committee action pending.
Thomas Carroll Iden of Berryville earned a Bachelor of Science at Randolph Macon College on June 9. Mrs. Marshal Clevenger in the Winchester office of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. received a one-star emblem for five years of service.
J Henkel Henry loses his bid for re election as an independent candidate. Veteran bonds for about 800 ex service men begin arriving at the post office. The Republican convention in Cleveland opens with continuous attacks on the New Deal.
Twenty five years ago B Mitchell Knight son of Dr and Mrs B M Knight finished the college course in agriculture at Penn State College near Harrisburg Pa. It was learned today that the late Col Frederick W Galbraith national commander of the American Legion killed in an automobile accident in Indianapolis had a son at Shenandoah Valley Academy last year.
A mad bull roamed a rural Clarke county road before being run down on Frank Whiting’s farm. The Health Board reports no smallpox cases in or near Winchester for the first time in months. John Kerr School students visit Mt Hebron Cemetery to lay flowers on benefactors’ graves.
Corbett arrives in Miami on leave and confronts a barroom world of flirtation and local hustle. He seeks a New York sleeper ticket but is pressed by a wily Florida porter who sells last seats to tourists and oranges, while Corbett weighs going home first. The scene sets a restless, morally hungry lead seeking escape and dignity.
California voters repudiated CIOPAC tied to leftwing factions led by Kenny and Roosevelt Ickes, with Warren’s cross party shift delivering a GOP governor. Analysts cite strike turmoil and wage dynamics, noting California’s political turning point as Democrats abandon CIO ties and embrace Republicans.
The widow’s death does not end the child’s pension. The child receives only the child’s portion, not the widow’s share. Pensions continue until age 18, or 21 for training, or if permanently incapable of self support before 18. Payment starts the month of the father’s service-connected death.
In a famous World War II martyrdom, Chaplain George S. Rentz of the U S S Houston gave his life preserver to a younger sailor as the ship sank on March 1 1942. He insisted the seaman save his life and reach shore. The act, echoed by two other chaplains, is hailed as selfless and Christlike.
John O Connor says he is on the prowl for an impudent thief. While O Connor conserves to go Bo glewood station for questioning, a thief drains all the gas out of O Connor's automobile.
German police complain to American military authorities that U S soldiers consort openly with immoral German women around Wuerzburg in Bavarian countryside. The inquiry by U S Third Army military police notes soldiers, some described as Negro, in daytime with nude women in fields, German schoolboys acting as road guards, tents set up at night, soldiers staying with German women and children, and frequent nudity pictures of women.
The SV stands for selective volunteer and V6 indicates general service. A discharge under honorable conditions can be given if service warrants it despite marks in conduct and proficiency being below certain thresholds.
The Earth name comes from Anglo Saxon earthe and Old Saxon ertha meaning ground. The Moscow Hotel stands 17 stories high and would be tallest in Moscow upon completion of the Palace of Soviets.
A reader is directed to turn to page two for the correct answers to ten quiz questions. The items request names of union heads, lake sizes, aircraft propulsion, river location, a biblical phrase, Thomas Townsend Roosevelt Truman’s mother’s age, Dempsey’s title win, the boundary survey line, the South Dakota capital, and the Bahamas’ colonial ruler.
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