Notice of Delivery, Subscription Rates, and Psalm Verse
The Evening Star Publishing Co. of Winchester Va publishes daily except Sunday with reader delivery notices requested. Subscription rates listed by mail or motor route include one year six months three months and one month options with additional charges for zones outside zones 1 and 3. Carrier rates cover six months one month and weekly single copies. The issue dated Friday November 1 1946 features the verse He maketh wars to cease from Psalm 46 9.
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The
Evening Star Publishing Co
Winchester, Va
Moscow Broadcast Urges Voters to Back CIO PAC Endorsed Candidates
A Soviet radio program in English tells U S listeners to support candidates endorsed by the CIO Political Action Committee and labels nonendorsed contenders as reactionaries. The broadcast questions whether American voters will welcome Soviet approval of PAC aligned policies.
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CIO
Political Action Committee
Cio-Pac
Russia
Community Chest Drive Opens in Winchester Frederick
Today marks the opening of Winchester Frederick County's Community Fund drive to raise 30000 for seven local beneficiaries including the Boy Scouts Girl Scouts Gertrude Barton Day Nursery Negro Day Nursery Sacred Heart Boys Club Children's Home Society of Virginia and the Salvation Army Officials say the goal is the minimum needed to meet charitable needs and urge full citizen support.
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Winchester- Frederick County
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Gertrude Barton Day Nursery
Negro Day Nursery
Sacred Heart Boys Club
Children’s Home Society of Virginia
Salvation Army
California Senate Fight Between Knowland and Rogers
A hot battle in California features Republican William F. Knowland and Democrat Will Rogers Jr. Both veterans and publishers with Congress service, Knowland is seen as a pragmatic moderate and Rogers as a showman like his father. The outcome could reshape party strength in the Senate and reflect wider GOP gains in the state.
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California
House
Senate
GOP
William F. Knowland
Willi Rogers, Jr
Knowland
Rogers
Congress
Hiram Johnson
Congressional race marks national issues over local in 1948 context
The piece notes the candidates differ on national issues, with Rogers backed by CIO-PAC though opposed in the primary and James Roosevelt guiding his campaign. Knowland emphasizes foreign policy stemming from the Byrnes-Wallace split. Republicans seek Senate control. a Knowland win is pivotal for 1948 goals. No confident predictions from leading political writers.
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Byrnes-Wallace
Knowland
Cio-Pac
Rogers
James Roosevelt
Byrnes
Wallace
Senate
Republicans Boast Stronger Midwest GOP Than 1944
The piece notes Republicans' stronger showing in the Middle West than in 1944 with 131 House seats, 94 to 36 for Democrats and 1 for Wisconsin Progressives. It cites Dewey's 1948 Midwest reach, Chicago roots for many Democrats, and historical context from 1924 1912 elections.
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Middle West
Lucas
Illinois
Senate
Alleghenies
Rockies
North Dakota
John Moses
House
Republicans
Democrats
Progressive Party of
Wisconsin
Chicago
Dewey
la Follette
Coolidge
Minnesota
Theodore Roosevelt
Taft
Roosevelt
Congress
Bryan
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
South Dakota
Truman to Rename Sacred Cow Plane for New Era
In a lighthearted jab the writer suggests renaming President Truman’s personal plane, the Sacred Cow, to reflect his foreign policy shift, proposing the nickname the Awful Bull as a fitting moniker.
Berryville honors Lt Col Lloyd with Legion of Merit citation
Lt Col Stacy B. Lloyd Jr. of Berryville received the Legion of Merit from Major James D. Leitner at Winchester. Mayor Anderson urged observance of Weird Community Day on Friday. General George C. Marshall is set to visit Berryville on November 11. Armistice Day rally announced along with the marriage of Miss Mattie L. McDonald to Lester A. Reid in Berryville.
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Stacy B. Lloyd Jr
Berryville
James D. Leitner, C. O
Winchester
C. R. Anderson
George C. Marshall
Mattie L. McDonald
Henry McDonald
Lester A. Reid
Round Hill
George S. Lightner
Hallowe'en Prank Damage and Local Notices
A 1941 item notes malicious Halloween damage in Winchester and lists four dairies announcing price hikes of one cent per pint and per quart. The Episcopal Church House Committee plans a Nancy Byrd Turner lecture on Friday November 7 at the Parish House. Mrs J W Riley and daughter Petty travel to Texas as they await the marriage of Robert Riley to Frances Millard of Michigan on Saturday.
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Hallowe'en
Winchester
House Committee
The
Episcopal Church
Nancy Byrd Turner
J. W. Riley
Petty
Texas
Railroad Officials Visit Winchester in 1921 Campaign
A B and O Railroad freight officials arrived in Winchester on a special train staying to meet merchants and business leaders. Democratic candidate Boyd R Richards spoke to Gainesboro voters at the schoolhouse meeting. Mrs R Lee Grant departed for Atlanta to visit relatives and friends.
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B. and O. Railroad
Winchester
Boyd R. Richards
House of Representatives
Winchester-Prederick County
Gainesbero
R. Lee Grant
Atlanta
Bang-up Year Promise From School to Veterans Letters
The Junior Evening Star welcomes letters to the editor and invites student input. It honors veterans as "pet vets" and pledges to publish letters from any student, aiming to please the student body and enrich school life with open activities and sports.
Handley High School Senior Pageant Shines at Assembly
Handley High School students presented a memorable program led by Mrs Garrabrandt's home room. Marianne Walters opened with a poem and the chorus featured Anne Beverley Wright Colleen Mills Bernice Hodson Betty Baker Lucille Pope Marianne Walters and Nancy Kaine. The event included humorous skits and songs with student tributes to Richard Chrisman Donald Garber George Garber Lulu Glas cock and other seniors.
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Handley High School
Garrabrandt
Marianne Walters
Anne Beverley Wright
Colleen Mills
Bernice Hodson
Betty Baker
Lucille Pope
Nancy Kaine
Lila Lee Robinson
Lila
Mr. Browning
Arthur Swisher
Snooper Scoop
Marianne
Kilroy
Pat’ Stephenson
Lu Glascock
Diary of an S O J 5S Dedicated to All Slaves of the Junior Stand
A chaotic account from a student performer at the Junior Stand as they dodge duties, slice dough, spill mustard, and run through a chaotic school scene. The narrator, armed with a knife, jokes about slashing rolls and earning a Purple Heart while serving hot dogs to a roaring crowd.
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Snider
New Handley Teacher Joins Staff and Local Sports Legend
Miss Price joins Handley High with a Madison College education and a two year Hot Springs teaching background. The piece also profiles coach Mr. Maddox, famed for his football and basketball leadership at Handley and his service in the Army Medical Corps, noting his recent family addition, Mary Jo Maddox, born 11 2 months ago.
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Donald Emerson Garber
Donald
John Kerr
Handley
Glee Club
University of Maryland
George Herbert Garber
Cupid
Virginia Avenue
George
Monogram Club
Mr. Browning
Miss Price
Maddox
Boosters
Magddex
Charles Town
ABC
Shepherds College
Columbia University
Infantry Division
U. S. Army
Infantry
Medical Corps
Wee Mary Jo Maddox
Discovery of the first cut diamond idea credited to Berquem
The source notes that the concept of cutting a diamond was originated, around 1475, by a Belgian lapidary named Ludwig van Berquem.
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Ludwig van Berquem
The Selfless Hero of Shackleton’s Night Food Game
Earl L. Douglas recounts Sir Ernest Shackleton’s tale of a crewman who, amid deadly cold, shared his last rations with a sleeping companion, risking exposure for another. The anecdote highlights quiet heroism and the hidden acts that define true valor.
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Sir Shackleton
Shackleton
Shackleford
How's Your I. Q. Quiz Question Preview On Page Two
A reader asks seven quiz questions about William Hutcheson and AFL unions and then inquires if light travels more slowly. The fragment prompts turn to page two for answers and concerns general knowledge trivia.
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Wiliam Hutcheson
AFL International Union
Quiz on US History and World War II Facts
Questions cover military ranks Nuremberg trials postwar mandates and notable figures. Topics include general ranks, the Marshall Islands mandate, psychiatry, presidents born west of the Mississippi, the ship nicknamed Old Ironsides, and a grammar correction about troops attaining their purpose.
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