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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1946
Page
4
A bulletin from a Department of Agriculture agency suggests using bacon fragrance to whet appetites when meat is scarce. By filling the home with bacon aroma, hungry husbands may eat vegetables like mush and eggplant, fooling taste buds via olfactory nerves. The tip aims to reduce meat cravings amid shortages.
In the discussion of making the perfect breakfast, experts overlook one crucial step. They fail to explain where to source a curl of bacon for a complete and satisfying result.
Mrs Landon B Whitacre chairman and Mrs Ralph Bauserman left to attend the state Federation Meeting of Home Demonstration Clubs in Blacksburg. Winchester Recruiting District headquarters for the U S Army Third Service Command have been located here over Peoples Drug Store.
The destroyer Kearny was torpedoed in the North Atlantic as the Navy announced. Senator Pepper urged retaliation with two sinkings for each assault, while Representative Cox said if Germans are guilty it is the incident we have awaited.
Two young men named Newlin arrived in Winchester last night after heavy drinking and began a spree described as painting the town red. The report notes their reputation as members of a so called James Gang and implies public disorder during the incident.
Earl L. Douglas discusses how small, unseen acts can trigger large movements. He recounts a London fog rescue by an unknown Scout that helped bring scouting to the United States and marks the event with a bronze buffalo in Epping Forest. The piece emphasizes daily good turns and the value of small deeds.
Seven trivia prompts ask for Mark Twain’s real name the opening words of Auld Lang Syne Frank C Waller cabinet post under F D Roosevelt the aircraft used to evacuate Sabena crash survivors in Newfoundland which card games count honor cards which party holds Jackson Day Dinners whether Caoutchouc is chewing gum material or coconut fibre and whether tall buildings sway with wind or seismic activity
Advertisement claims FASTEETH powder helps keep false teeth firmly set with no gummy taste. It promotes confidence while talking eating and laughing and directs readers to obtain FASTEETH at local drug stores.
The fragment asks about the naming of Gruisers in the U S Navy and who wrote lines containing You're ee man than am Gunga Din. It references cities naval heroes or states for names and seeks the author of the verse containing the quoted line.
Warranted dispositions from Trial Justice W Erle Edwards include drunk driving fines up to 100 dollars with costs and suspended jail terms. Reckless driving and speeding cases across Stephens City Middletown Winchester Front Royal and other towns list fines from 5 to 20 dollars with costs.
The first published best seller list appeared in the Bookman in 1895. It included Trilby by Du Maurier The Ralstons by Crawford Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope Beside the Bonnie Briar Bush by Maclaren and The Manxman by Hall Caine.
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