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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1946
Page
4
Winchester Evening Star informs subscribers to report delays or irregularities in delivery. The notice also lists subscription rates by mail or carrier, detailing prices for one year six months and three months and advancing prices per zone.
Virginia official Bradford rebuts claims by J. R. Dovel and John Locke Green that state government is overstaffed. He argues that comparing totals without analyzing duties misleads, noting Virginia's unique responsibilities including road maintenance, liquor stores, and dual medical schools.
War veterans enroll at Vassar College as the institution admits women only toward graduation not available to the men. Veterans adapt to campus life among nearly a thousand female students and will transfer for degrees while retaining a notable college year.
In a war scarred nation Manila yields a clear Roxas lead as the election proceeds with orderly voting. Officials report limited disturbances and optimism that independence on July 4 will proceed with peaceful transfer of governance.
Mrs Janet R Grove of Valley Avenue was told by the War Department her husband First Lt Edward H Grove has been missing in action since April 14. Mayor C R Anderson issued a proclamation to curb noisy V E Day celebrations. Winchester Virginia Restaurant Association members met at the Golden Glow for their annual dinner and officer elections James Pappas was elected president.
Mrs. E L Heaster of Winchester urges the Frederick County Board of Supervisors to provide adequate funds for schools. She cites unsafe stairs at Whitehall, lack of sanitation, limited bus service and late starts, and calls for tax-based or state funds and collaboration among farm owners, tenants, and absentee landlords to improve education and safety for county children.
Doctors Wake ey and George Blum report using a urea iodine preparation to treat 108 injuries including fractures burns and skin wounds. After cleansing, drying, and applying the mixture under sterile dressing wounds healed rapidly with little or no infection and no pain.
The Star did not publish on May 2 five years ago because of the Apple Blossom Festival, affecting the usual newspaper schedule.
Ten years ago Senator Townshend of Delaware crowned Cornelia Larus of Richmond queen of the Apple Blossom Festival. A Davy second to none is urged by the Senate Appropriations Committee. Mrs. R. E. B. Avey is critically ill in Memorial Hospital from a spider bite.
Samuel Hopkins Jolliffe, once a leading theatrical manager and member of the Clarke family, died yesterday at Sparrows Point Maryland. D W Ritenour an internal revenue deputy has been summoned to Richmond to work in the main office for an indefinite period.
Forty five years ago William Marshall of Chatham College visits Winchester during his spring vacation. Charles B. McInturff Shenandoah county superintendent of schools makes an address at John Kerr School. The new Columbia bicycle for 1001 is advertised by M A Goeper.
The piece explores sacrifice through examples like Livingstone Grenfell Wordsworth and Bach noting love as the motive. It argues public service and giving are unpaid or underpaid yet meaningful, and contrasts art and scripture with monetary reward. It ends with unrelated questions about nursery rhyme life Miss Muffet and a planetary statue and a senator’s state.
Questions cover G T Bill of Rights loan guarantees to veterans with a maximum amount, wartime juvenile delinquency trends, sound in a vacuum, a saying about true words spoken, New York City borough count, Mount Vernon’s river location, and a family of climbing plants.
Veterans may resume education after recovery but while away they can claim only the standard 30 days per year of leave accrued at 2 1 2 days per month. About 12 percent of the U S population consists of World War II veterans, roughly one-fourth to one-third of adults.
In Ebmpoint, Inspector Barry and allies trace the murderer from Maison Gourmet to a man calling himself Paul Woodfords. A forged identity, disguises, and a mailed bon voyage gift link the suspect to the Commodore hotel and a second killing. Jane Applebee's forged note confirms the ruse.
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