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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1946
Page
4
Classified reference shows national representatives contact and pricing notes in an old Winchester Virginia publication. The fragment includes a biblical verse citation and marketplace notation for distribution and rate details.
Dr. P. W. Boyd and Clarke T. Cooper head the Shenandoah Valley Apple Blossom Festival board as they appoint an advisory committee to begin plans for the 20th festival. The panel includes Fred L. Glaize Jr, J. Pinckney Arthur, Garland R. Quarles, F. L. Argent Jr, and H. Clay DeGrange.
Detroit and other factories are operating at higher tempo with a goal of reaching two million vehicles in six months as suppliers accelerate parts supply. Consumers on the waiting list should not expect immediate delivery but may see new vehicles before the bus wears out.
The text notes meat by products like adrenal cortex extract are essential for Addison's disease patients. Supplies are rapidly exhausted as reserves run dry and legitimate packers slaughter fewer animals. Black market operators pursue profit with no utilization of by products.
The Army reports Oak Ridge Tennessee furnaces producing about 100 radioactive by products. These will be released to hospitals and universities for research in physics chemistry metallurgy and medicine. Officials say peacetime use of atomic energy is breaking barriers and promises major advances in science and disease treatment.
The quotation notes that early by-products are only the initial outcomes from the bomb project and that future, more revolutionary developments for humanity are anticipated when full laboratory energies are applied to the subject.
Charles Jackson says audiences laughed at scenes he did not intend as funny and radio comics mocked the movie. He urges compassion for alcoholics and warns against scorn, noting the film’s goal is to evoke sympathy and aid victims, not ridicule.
The piece mocks Representative Herberts suggestion to name John L. Lewis U.S. ambassador to Russia. It argues Lewis’s cooperation and humanity goals would not serve American interests, citing his track record with the United Mine Workers and doubting his patriotism.
Earl L. Douglas cites Jesus teachings from Matthew five on preventing evils by addressing them early. He warns against selfishness as the root of sin and urges practical action to avoid conflicts and traffic jams. The column answers a reader about reentering the Army after a blue discharge and outlines review options with the War Department.
A quiz page lists multiple choice and true false prompts across politics and history. Questions include Polish Army commander Gen Wladyslaw Sikorski, culinary term simmer cook, Jefferson on US coinage, a peruke wig, Ferenc Nagy premier, enlistment trends, aardvark as houseboat false, Roger Williams founded Rhode Island, pumpkins grown with corn, Stewart Scott and Ann Richards film, and shortest boxing match in history with P R S A.
Presentation shows 24 hour rainfall for June to date at 7 am 4.23 inches. Year to date 13.90 inches. 33 year average annual rainfall 36.49 inches. Monthly averages listed for 1913-45 include January 2.49, February 1.97, March 2.97, April 3.14, May 3.63, June 3.85, July 3.82, August 3.76, September 3.??, October 3.37, November 2.45, December missing.
Statistics provided through the courtesy of the Winchester Research Laboratory.
Stassen offered to advise Nebraska Republicans on Senate candidates and drew sharp public pushback. The public reacted unfavorably to his involvement in candidate selection and guidance on representation.
News items from 1945 recall Dr. Ernest R. Hagan losing control of a car and shearing a telephone pole on Route 11, a 11-10 East End Bees win over Wildcats, and Lt Richard A. Lowe earning the Silver Star for Manila action. Also noted are Col James Bennett Jones’s WW II duty, B F Strother's reelection, a Sunshine Cleaners truck crash, a Roosevelt tribute at Philadelphia, new tennis courts at Winchester Park, and a local pastor reception.
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