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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1946
Page
4
Winchester Evening Star lists delivery guidance and subscription prices by Major Motor Route and Carrier plans for a Saturday edition dated October 12 1946. The page also quotes Zechariah 7 10 urging kindness to widows orphans and the poor.
G Tyler Miller state superintendent urged a $1400 yearly minimum for teachers with college degrees and $200 more for those with a Master. After year two the salary would rise $50 annually, reaching at least $1900 after 12 years. The plan awaits General Assembly approval.
On the Columbus Day anniversary Americans recall Christopher Columbus virtues of faith vision and courage. The message links his voyage to the hope that Italy finds enduring peace happiness and security and that the debt of world civilization is acknowledged by America and the world.
The text honors adventurous spirits who founded a nation and, in two of the last thirty years, used its strength to aid victims of aggressors and safeguard the world from enslavement.
Current Opinion endorses Senator Byrd’s diagnosis of looming recession as strikes and government controls slow production. It supports his plan to abolish the Office of Price Administration to free markets and curb price rises, while noting opposition will focus on past practices that hinder growth.
The Toronto Telegraph argues that if Britain bears a heavier Palestine burden under American pressure or discards it, American politicians face a new problem and the nation may pay in blood and treasure again. The piece urges both Jews and gentiles in America to consider this possibility.
Chester Bowles former head of the OPA lost the Democratic nomination for governor of Connecticut. He could not curb the momentum of his opponent whose votes surged past him.
Members of the Winchester Girl Scout Council announced this morning they were gratified by the community’s response to last week’s expense canvass. Citizens of Back Creek District and Gore High School patrons will send a delegation to the Frederick County School Board and Board of Supervisors to seek extra rooms at Gore High School. Bill O'Brien of Berryville, a World War II veteran, has joined the Virginia state police force.
Dozens of motorists faced a week of accidents near Winchester with one death and 13 injuries reported. The Board of Supervisors granted the city permission to remove old sheds at the east end of the hitching yard on Boscawen Street. City Manager Field urged enforcement of the leaf burning ban on streets.
A hearing to extend Winchester city limits in all directions from current boundaries is set for Wednesday October 26 in the courthouse. Mrs. E B Cooper returned from Brooklyn to visit sister Miss Dorothy Douglas. Miss Mary Ward was seriously injured when an automobile overturned at Piccadilly street and East Lane.
In a 1896 report, a gang of rowdies pelted Edgewood schoolhouse windows with stones during a Saturday night discussion, breaking glass and disrupting John M. Silver's speech. W. H. Baker returns from New York that morning while Herman Noakes plans a Baltimore trip to study at Eaton and Burdette's business college.
A 1946 King Features article explains thumb-sucking begins as a natural reflex and that early feeding practices can influence habit formation. It advises avoiding punishment or restraints, promoting longer nursing for breast or bottle fed babies, and keeping toddlers busy to reduce the habit over time.
Washington report outlines Halleck's clandestine forecast of a sweeping GOP win on November 5 with a strong House majority and slim Senate control, aided by a split Democratic Party and diminished union backing. It notes labor tensions, campaign undercurrents, and the role of machines and unions in mobilizing votes.
The speaker argues turnout will decide outcomes while noting ballots cast count. He predicts Republicans could seize firm House control by 16 or 17 votes and come close to Senate, with victory scope widening if union splits occur at the polls. He warns splits could yield even larger GOP gains.
A sermon reflection on turning points in world history from Columbus to the atomic age. The piece urges humility about predicting the future, recognizing God as the author of life’s events, and keeping minds open to new truth as humanity faces transformative eras.
A trivia page poses ten questions on military leaders, reparations, signals, Gibraltar, Civil Service appointments, old carriages, mottos, phobias, a Kansas surgeon, and the last state admitted to the Union, inviting readers to turn to Page 2 for answers.
Military authorities say between 40 and 50 Leftist bandits, part of an estimated 400 plus, have been captured or killed since Oct 1 in the Negrita Mountains near Salonika. A band under Captain Marvos attacked Florina village, killed a civilian and a gendarme, took hostages, burned houses and looted a warehouse. A Kalamata dispatch notes bandits robbed 28 bus passengers in the Tymfresto Mountains en route to Sparta, taking about 1490 dollars in property.
In Fairton Abby Wallace, under her father Norman Wallace's stern control, grows close to Craig Emerson and encounters Madge Duncan's circle. Barry Lambert expresses immediate love, pressures Abby toward marriage, and the pair share a passionate, disarming pledge as tension with her father looms.
Barry arrives unannounced at Abby’s drawing room and presses for an exit. Abby hesitates and notes the gallery holds the collection while contemplating Craig’s presence. The scene hints at tension and an unexpected departure into the night.
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