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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1946
Page
4
Winchester Evening Star presents subscription pricing details and a Bible verse from Revelation. The notice lists mailing options including yearly and monthly rates and notes outside-zone surcharges.
The Fifth District of Virginia bids farewell to Thomas G. Burch after 16 years in Congress. He is praised for hard work detail orientation and devotion to duty. His honesty and sound judgment made him influential and deeply liked by Virginians who know him.
The piece notes global wheat shortages driven by war damage, disrupted transport, and fertilizer scarcity. It cites looting in Hamburg, droughts in Europe and Africa, and surging U S exports. It explains four factors behind low stocks despite record U S production in 1945.
Former Secretary of War Henry Stimson testifies before a Congressional committee about why Pearl Harbor was not anticipated. He notes officials expected a Japanese invasion of Thailand and recounts a November 28 1941 briefing with President Roosevelt on troop movements along the Asiatic coast.
Stimson recalls a War Cabinet mood of disbelief toward Japan’s intent. The plan favored a nonaggressive stance with a peace appeal to Hirohito and a Congress message. Indochina events halted these moves, leaving Pearl Harbor attack unforeseen and the nation underprepared for the actual strike.
The piece argues UNRRA should not appoint Mr LaGuardia as successor to Governor Lehman. It says Lehman is principled and capable but failed to win broader support, while LaGuardia would bring speed and noise but risk alienating friends and reopening wartime tensions.
A Princeton professor meets a former student discharged after the European war. When asked what lesson he learned, the man replies that it is much easier to study history than to make it.
A safe in the Loudoun County Rationing Board office in Leesburg was blown open and its contents stolen last night. Mrs. A C Halvosa of Winchester learned her nephew Lt William C Beck ITI, missing in action in France, was killed in Germany on March 3. Mesdames Rodney Taylor and Ridgely White host informal gathering tonight on Academy Lane in honor of brothers Major John Scully and Lt Thomas G Scully.
Five years ago George Barnsley was chosen president of the Winchester Junior Board of Trade for the 1941 42 year. Marie Swift was found dead under mysterious circumstances near Cresfield Maryland early today. Richard Venable of Stephens City, recently inducted into the army, was guest of honor at a party at Skyline Terrace near Front Royal.
Ten years ago floods subsided eastward yet Ohio and Mississippi rivers surged. Workers at O Sullivan Rubber Company strike for pay restoration, with 30 to 150 reported. Fred Glaize, 60, a noted city and county figure, dies in San Francisco during a West Coast visit.
Twenty five years ago Mr John W Rosenberger was unanimously chosen to be a church trustee at a Fourth Quarterly Conference of the Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church. Army coats advertised at the Army Store 27 East Water Street 2 for 25 cents.
Forty five years ago the county supervisors refused the city’s bid request to sod Frederick plaza, allowing it to stay paved. A robber hit W. A. Bowen’s store and tried to set it on fire. H. H. Hansbrough was reappointed to the Western State Hospital Board of Visitors.
In a critical tirade author Paul Mallon defends American art against alleged Hearst influence and a purported communist critique. He argues modern art lacks beauty, advocates independent representation, and promotes American art rooted in naturalist, rational tradition over European trends.
Questions and official replies cover serviceman insurance policies naval service counting toward Fleet Reserve and retirement bringing wives to the United States from New Zealand muster out pay and other veteran benefits The source presents multiple Q A pairs with named officials and dates and outlines official interpretations and procedures.
A quiz asks seven questions on topics from world honors to biology. It covers knightly orders, fur animals, shamrocks, Coast Guard status, potato production, finch types, Churchill's predecessor, a Quaker president, tetanus and equinox frequency.
A wartime tale of William and Mary reopening after funds ran dry, with a bell rung daily to signal class changes. Elijah’s message to persevere is echoed, urging faith, revival, and steadfast home life, followed by pension reinstatement guidance for war widow cases.
Literary agent Jane Applebee contends with rival sisters, glamorous Neal Tarrant and author Deane Kennard, amid a tangle of guests at Elm Point. Tensions rise over relationships and a looming career setback as Margot Pearce Ingalls weighs her own future.
Deane, seeking work on a Margot Ingalls story, is coldly rebuffed by Ingalls who insists she has never seen him before. The moment unsettles Deane as Hunt Wick and Dick appear from the dining room and offer no aid.
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