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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1946
Page
4
A bus accident on a mountain road near the Pacific Coast killed eight members of Spokane’s Western International League baseball team and left seven injured. The incident prompts renewed scrutiny of travel methods and could influence major league plans for air travel and team transport safety.
Official figures reveal a tight 12.7 million pro republicans to 10.7 million pro monarchists among 23.4 million voters. The near split explains post election demonstrations and hints at possible troubles for the new government without quick reforms. Royalty may not be gone forever.
The piece endorses Emissary Pauley’s call to give the Philippines top weight in Japan’s heavy industrial equipment reparations. It argues Filipinos deserve priority, may recover machinery originally theirs, and highlights their capacity to reopen manufacturing with US aid and working capital.
The speaker urges timely allocation of machinery from Japan to weaken her power and argues Americans will not protest if reparations board grants Philippines favorable terms. Practical aid to Filipinos is portrayed as defensive preparation in the Pacific.
The Richmond News Leader notes 45 266 paid about 1 925 564 last night to view Joe Louis defeat Billy Conn in a distant park setting with average admission around 42 50. It argues Louis deserves what he got and praises his conduct, while evaluating earnings and public spectacle.
The text argues that American generosity builds moral and spiritual strength for the people. It warns that self-indulgence and material focus lead to luxury’s decadence, spiritual starvation, and insecure freedom.
News from 1945 reports Miss Gertrude Lamp and Miss Fannie Lamp sustaining slight injuries in an automobile collision at the Wyck and Loudoun street intersection. Winchester police received a report of a German-speaking man heading toward the city. The Philathea class of the First Baptist Church held its annual picnic at Mrs. Edgar Payne's home.
The Handley high school alumni from the 1931 class will gather for a tenth anniversary reunion at 7 o'clock tonight in the high school cafeteria. Edmurd C. Luke of Berryville named legatee in the estate of James M. Crank as probate proceeds in New York Surrogate Court. The Little Theatre held its first meeting in fall 1929 at Mrs. Robert Barton’s home.
Alf Landon and President Roosevelt launch speaking tours as the 1936 campaign begins. Clarke County Centennial names James Cary Randolph Frances Van Deventer Margaretta Whiting and Eleanor Withers as princesses. Dust storms ravage hundreds of farms in the dry Midwest, destroying crops due to drought.
The 1921 note reports Frederick county orchards in better vigor and lower disease levels than some state areas. It also mentions Mrs. Henry Fink of Mathias West Virginia missing for 10 days and found exhausted in mountain fastness, and Harry R. Gordon a New York flour and sugar broker visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Cooper on Amherst street.
In 1901 the county will inaugurate free delivery along star routes by July 1. Officials clash over ownership of a brick pile on the shared plaza as city and county dispute county property. The hospital fund rises to just over $9,000 with daily adds.
Washington June 28 The CIO-PAC was weakened in primaries and Congress largely ignored its program for coming elections. The piece analyzes how CIO overrating and spending questioned, with losses in Alabama and California and limited direct impact elsewhere. It discusses Truman’s stance, Hillman ties, and looming party realignments amid labor tensions.
Open ing grain prices show declines across futures with corn oats barley and months quoted. Contracts for March July and December reflect slight shifts in prices, including oats at 88 and 86 1-2 and barley around 1.35 1-2.
The page lists ten trivia questions covering maritime signals port lights UN diplomacy botany literature fire safety astronomy and elections. It asks about ship signals the UN subcommittee action the atomic bomb wording steppish cookery steep definition and France Italy election day.
Community June 21 garden party at Mansfield raised funds for the Gertrude Barton Nursery. All proceeds beyond incidentals benefited the nursery while local firms and individuals donated time money and goods. The Arrangements Committee extends thanks to numerous local businesses and volunteers including Baker and Anderson Col Bowyer Browne Coca Cola Bottling Works and Woodward and Lothrop for their help and the Washington fashion show efforts.
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