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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1947
Page
4
Office display copy must arrive by noon the day before publication. Transient rate 55 cents per inch, contract rates on application. For classified rates see classified columns. OUR Saviour Christ Jesus who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light 11 Timothy 1 10.
The American Association of Scientific Workers warns the UN Atomic Energy Commission to treat germ warfare as urgently as atomic warfare. It notes psittacosis or parrot fever as a highly lethal example, with one drop capable of infecting a billion people. Such bombs would be cheap to produce and could be dropped on major cities, spreading uncontrollably.
Dr. Frank Chmelik and Dr. John A. Pick report on 728 operations since 1937 aimed at reforming inmates by correcting deformities. Assessments show lower parole return rates among operated convicts and about 60 rehabilitated former inmates, with notes on potential risks and ethical questions.
The piece argues college writing courses rarely spark a future author's success. It credits discerning teachers for early progress while noting many published writers overwrite. It suggests courses help only those already-talented students and stresses post college experience matters more for proficient prose.
An hour long sermon explores Luke’s warning that those with knowledge of God’s will face greater judgment. It contrasts informed conscience with true ignorance, noting mercy for the ignorant, and urges reflection on how moral privilege shapes eternal consequence.
Lord Chorley recommends punishing Winston Churchill by forcing him to quit cigars a move described as cruel. Churchill’s cigars are his hallmark and critics note no law compels abstinence from personal habits. The piece argues democracies do not ban private vices that do not affect duties or others.
Present and past rainfall figures cover 48 hours to 7 a.m. with 60. October rainfall to date and 1947 year-to-date totals. Average annual rainfall over 24 years is 36.30 inches. Monthly averages span 34 years from 1913 to 1946, with January 2.45 and December 2.43 inches, among others. Data courtesy of the Winchester Research Laboratory.
A reader is asked to answer seven questions about wartime topics including Jewish displaced persons camps on a Mediterranean island, a percussion instrument named for a cooking utensil, Abbott and Costello’s first names, Nazi flag colors, the Army transport for war dead from Europe, correcting a sentence, and leaders or works related to Italian Communists and British population estimates.
Gov. Tuck Lt. Gen. Wedemeyer and Adm. Sherman will be among celebrities at Clarke county Remembrance day. Judge Philip Williams Winchester lawyer and judge of the 17th Judicial court for 15 years was found dead this morning. Lt. Mary McCone former superintendent of Winchester Memorial hospital now in the Army Nurse Corps is spending days in the city. Andrew Bell secretary of the local Chamber of Commerce was elected president of the Capital District Kiwanians. Mayor John W. Morrison Harrisonburg was found dead today from a bullet wound near his home.
Two young men are being held for lar ceny by local authorities for destroying 750 000 Italian honey bees at a farm on the Apple Pie Ridge The Blue Ridge Hunt club has announced annual fall races to be held at Anne field the home of Mr and Mrs W B Watkins.
Fifty years ago in 1897 H R Riddle of Charlestown was seriously injured today when struck by a train at Jefferson Mill. James March John Rosenberger Levi Pingley and Stuart and Eddie Grimall left the city this morning for a week's fishing trip.
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