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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1946
Page
4
Winchester Star readers are urged to report any delays or irregularities in newspaper delivery. The notice asks readers to inform the office to help maintain a perfect delivery system and reminds that timely action strengthens the service.
Marquis Childs notes in the Washington Post that two thirds of manufacturing facilities are run by 250 giant corporations. The piece argues small businesses serve the nation better economically and socially, warning that increasing corporate size risks monopoly and the loss of individual liberties.
The Carnegie Foundation plans to replace its publications in 200 libraries in Europe and Asia damaged by war. Authors urge libraries to send surplus foreign language books abroad and for publishers to lend a hand to speed Europe’s recovery.
Amid war and victory efforts, famine gardens become a suggested practice as relief agencies appeal to citizens to grow food for self sustenance and to leave more relief food available for those in need. Gardening is framed as a civic necessity beyond recreation.
Missouri lawmakers declare they will stand on their own feet and refrain from seeking further federal grants. They argue federal subsidies incur charges and oversight costs, reducing the funds available to state programs as discussed amid Supreme Court and Virginia governor commentary.
A clash emerges between USDA savings aims and its push for distillers to buy surplus potatoes. Business Week notes the shift reduces government losses on 1945 grain surpluses while risking another potato surplus. Critics ask if surplus potatoes should be used for starch or stock feed amid feed shortages threatening diary herds and milk supplies.
Captain Robert F. Manuel receives the Bronze Star for meritorious achievement in combat. Entertainment for Madison Lodge No. 6 S O O F plans a special program for the Old Timers tonight. Dr. W. D. Cameron of Berryville is elected president of the Berryville Chamber of Commerce.
Beverly Randolph of Berryville son of Perry and Mrs. Randolph earns high Naval Reserve rank for U S Naval Academy admission. Miss Margaret Lee Cochran marries Herbert Holliday of Palmyra River Massachusetts on May 31 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Hagerstown.
RAF bombardier Don Corbett rides a Palm Queen from Florida to Brooklyn on leave and confronts a world that has changed in his absence. He notes strangers who look bored and studies fellow passengers while recalling wartime memories and the word contact. To be continued.
A large still claimed to be the biggest ever found in the county is reported by Sheriff Harry McCann, located south of Nails on the Northwestern Grade. Elizabeth Gold Crawford and the Rev Raleigh Moore Engle were married. Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin told the Commons collective security failed, England France and Germany must craft a peace alliance.
Earl L. Douglas uses a metaphor of venomous snakes to warn that not all dangers are tucked away after peace. He urges constant vigilance against poisonous influences in government and society and notes naval ratings definitions as a contrasting Q and A.
A marriage license was issued this morning at the clerk of the Corporation Court to Marcellus Anderson and Margaret Grant, both of this city. A dramatic sight yesterday afternoon showed a fast airplane near the storm, racing at about a hundred miles per hour ahead of heavy thunderstorm conditions.
The first eye bank in America was established at New York Hospital in 1944. Corneas from whole eyes are donated with next of kin permission and stored at 39.2 degrees Fahrenheit. Stillborn infants source the best corneas.
In 1901 the city council discusses Winchester’s position in settling Judge Handley’s estate. Valley Female College closes here as the school moves to Buena Vista becoming Southern Seminary. Miss May Conrad and David J. Randall wed before Society crowds at Christ Episcopal Church.
A U S Senator claims army and navy officials warned of a possible war with Russia. The piece notes industrialists supposedly push for conflict while the writer argues for unity and truth in foreign policy, criticizing political maneuvering in Idaho and UNO diplomacy.
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