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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1946
Page
4
A commemorative piece recalling the flag’s meaning as a shield for the oppressed and a banner of freedom. It praises its historic role in expansion, battles, and as a beacon of decency, liberty, and individual rights, urging guardians of liberty to honor heritage and strive for a world symbol of peace.
Reports from about a quarter of Kansas show wheat yielding large crops amid drought and hail. Estimates point to as much as 200 million bushels possible by spring, with northwestern Kansas ahead and weather improving as ripening weather nears.
Safety workers and police now group highkey deaths with life insurance forecasts using past data to estimate monthly motoring casualties. They identify dangerous days and hours and can predict victims with a rule based on prior experience, reducing guesswork in forecasts.
The piece argues little safety progress is made as highway deaths increase by 40 percent this year. It notes forecasts rely on current trends and that real change depends on drivers, with enforcement unable to reverse the pattern.
The piece compares the tenure lengths of university leaders F W Boatwright Francis H Smith R E Blackwell and Joseph L Jarman. It notes Elphabet Nott of Union College held a record 62 years and that combined presidencies total 181 years spanning back to 1765 if sequential. It cites Virginia schools and tenure details.
Co. 115, Virginia State Guard will observe its fourth anniversary tonight. Clarke County Junior Women's Club meets for a regular monthly gathering with music by Minister of Music V Kelley of Berryville Presbyterian Church presenting an organ recital. Mrs Huff of Deal Avenue was clawed badly by a cat yesterday afternoon.
In 1941 Hunter Maddox, athletic coach at Handley, will take over Park tennis court management on Monday succeeding Dick Carpenter who has held the post for years. The Douglas School in Winchester marks its first full year as a high school serving colored students.
Duff wins both games for Park against Williamsport as he leads with eight wins this season. The Post Office starts delivering World War II bonus bonds to ex service men. Three Black men die when their car runs off a road near Double Toll Gate plunging 75 feet down a embankment.
Twenty five years ago in 1921 a charming movie star Miss Texas Guinan visited Winchester yesterday. Winchester High School recently enjoyed a banquet at the Wayside Inn in Middletown.
The Lewis Jones Knitting Mill declines a $25,000 order due to limited facilities. Directors discuss enlarging the Winchester plant and building a new Brunswick plant. In New York, Theodore Polhamus and his nephew Elmer die in a Lackawanna Railroad wreck.
Washington reports the Pittsburgh Pirates face a barrage of proposed demands as fans and critics question big league pay. The writer mocks salaries, pitches 152 rights, and compares baseball to broader labor struggles while urging fan action and public scrutiny.
In a wartime anecdote General Robert E. Lee is praised by Jefferson Davis for an adversary's ability. The piece urges dropping personal resentment to serve a greater cause and notes a tax ruling on AV(N) officer widow lump sums, excluding up to 1500 dollars from federal income tax.
Letter from The Star lauds Gertrude Barton Nursery School at 101 South Braddock Street. Supervisor Lily Adams explains 25 cents a day supports two teachers and a janitor, with city aid and local donations funding food, rent, and upkeep. Children learn sharing, self care, and basic duties while nurses and Red Cross support enhance care. A Garden Party and fashion show on June 21 funds the program.
Answers cover authorship of a proverb from Chesterfield letters, hymn books as battle wadding at Springfield 1780, first Allied units to cross the I Corps boundary in WWII, US Navy family allowance rules for temporary officers, and WW2 unit honors for the 321 Bomb Group. Also asks about the number of one room school buildings in the United States.
Latest War Department casualty lists show 229238 battle deaths in all theatres for World War II. Total battle casualties of all types reached 948418 from December 7 1941 to February 28 1946, including wounded, injured, captured and missing. Texas Longhorns now rare with few individuals in zoos and refuges nationally.
A list of seven trivia prompts asks for moonglade the Tigers trade details and player swaps, Roosevelt advisers, grammar correction, edible and explosive items, body organ analogies for cameras, cud-chewing animals, commodity cram, and Army pay ranks for First and Master Sergeants.
SYNvuUrsEs DON CORBETT, a young RAF bombardier back in Miami on 21 day leave, endures a tense journey to Brooklyn. On the train he confronts a blunt fellow passenger and contemplates rugged war experiences as he moves through cars, bars, and a dining section amid weary service staff and travelers.
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