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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1947
Page
4
The House reduced a proposed naval appropriation by 11 percent while the Senate approved a national science foundation to address shortages in essential skills. The paper applauds the naval cut as prudent, suggesting it will trim excess and support long term naval strength.
The show predicts drastic fall fashion with longer skirts and wardrobes needing full replacement. Glenn G. Hayes says women drive trends and will reject plots to push obsolete styles. The report also touches on cycles of plague and a War Department study warning about bacteriological threats and water poisoning.
The passage contrasts atomic destruction with biological spread. It notes defenses against weapons are often inadequate and imagines how a plague would persist and multiply, unlike the atom bomb which dissipates. It emphasizes the enduring, spreading danger of disease in warfare.
Disturbed by modern literature, 19 Massachusetts booksellers and 26 librarians urge American publishers to exercise self restraint to avoid legal censorship. They argue education and public opinion regulate literature, while decency matters, and propose refusing to handle trash to pressure change.
A Richmond News Leader summary notes Noel Coward earned 80 000 for Tonight at 8 30 sold to an American firm for radio and film rights. Taxes and fees reduced the net to 28 396. A 1945 IRS letter claimed 34 608 plus interest on the sum, forcing Coward to pay. The piece questions tax rules that hit successful writers with large single year royalties.
News notes from 1946 report a single milk train as the only rail traffic through Winchester while nationwide railroad strikes snarled transportation. Local bus and freight lines see heavy business. 1942 items note Park Nine losing to Park Circle semi pros in Hagerstown and a Swanson setback.
A letter from a reader argues jealousy exists in Winchester groups including police and church. They urge restoring Officers Whitacre and Thompson to the force and note a need for more policemen on duty.
The report shows 24 hour rainfall ending at 7 am none, May to date 3.59 inches. Average annual rainfall over 34 years is 36.30 inches. Monthly averages from 1913 to 1946 list: January 2.45, February 1.97, March 2.95, April 3.07, May 3.64, June 3.86, July 3.79, August 3.77, September 3.05, October 3.36, November 2.40, December. The data comes courtesy of the Winchester Research Laboratory.
A reader asks seven quiz questions about history geography and law. The piece lists queries on a yacht harbor a metal element immortality a capital a rank equivalence a base location a Corsican leader coal reserves divorce law and historic presidents kinship to Chief Justice John Marshall.
Jack Holt, famed western star from Winchester, contributes $50,000 to Virginia Military Institute in Lexington to support military education and facilities.
Joseph Rehill, formerly of Winchester, uses crutches to fend off three bandits trying to steal a diamond ring and funds in Philadelphia. His arm is broken as the assailants flee with $3. President Harding says he cannot attend a local Masonic gathering. Funeral services for Mrs. Mary F. Newlin are held on Little North Mountain after she dies of a heart attack following a yard snake encounter. A Chandler car owned by W. E. Guthridge burns on Valley Pike, driver burned.
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