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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1945
Page
4
Notice from The Evening Star Winchester outlines circulation details and deadlines with national ad reps in New York. It requests subscribers report delivery issues and ends with a Biblical verse about loving God and neighbor.
Rep Karl Mundt tours Europe and the Near East promoting a proposal to establish a world headquarters for a future United Nations Security League in the Black Hills of South Dakota. He claims the terrain suits defense against the atom bomb and touts Moscow reports backing the idea, though the project remains uncertain.
The editorial argues strongman Peron resigns military post to lead the working class, regains power, and repays unions with applause. It deems him a phony champion who raised wages while curbing liberties, warning that supporters may awaken to consequences of his comeback.
Massachusetts historian Edward R. Snow traces a coded message to a Boston killer known as the King of Calf Island. The search leads to Nauset Beach for a 2000 treasure, with legends of other ships including the Merida, Vigo Bay galleons, Lutine, De Braake, and Telamique, plus seven to eight million dollar necklaces.
The article warns that outside American republics may musters force to influence Argentina amid looming civil strife. It argues intervention could spread across South America, preventing a transplant of totalitarianism that contradicts regional treaties concordats and constitutions.
The article discusses farm labor in the United States, noting traditional wages and long hours on the family farm, with about three million workers in that sector. It links wartime wage rises, farm production gains, family labor, and mechanization as factors reshaping opportunities for farm workers and potential benefits from Social Security and electrification.
The text notes Java shifting from a mere map blot to a vital sugar and coffee hub. It highlights Java’s 1,600,000 units of sugar and quotes Secretary Kulture, Anderson, asserting Java will influence the global sugar market and related trade dynamics.
A school or club quiz page lists ten items asking for answers on topics from history and geography. Questions cover Hitler followers shirt color, White House Press Secretary, Attlee’s post, Arkansas capital, spelling contest term, Champs Elysees geography, Lt Col Devereux’s home town, The Flying Dutchman composer, Spain’s western boundary ocean, and the Globester plane type.
One year ago at Wright Field American engineers duplicated German robot bombs within 60 days after receiving dud parts from England. Rev. R. S. Wilson, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, will act as chairman of the Frederick Clarke Boy Scout Fund Drive. Handley Judges lose 19-0 to Harrisonburg on Saturday.
Five years ago the Winchester Common Council planned a Tuesday session to discuss installing parking meters. Chicago man in custody for egging Wendell Willkie and wife during campaign tour. One hundred teachers gather Thursday for the second annual banquet of the Winchester Education Association with Dr. Otto Fredericks speaking.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Lewis accompany William Rush to Romney for his marriage to Miss Edith Speedman. Britain plans no military action against Italy per House of Commons. A temperature of 83 is recorded for October 22 but the date’s season is unclear.
C A Hoshour of Colonial Brick Co hosts about 50 business leaders at a seafood dinner as drought conditions cause apple trees in West Frederick County to bloom earlier than usual.
Thirty years ago President Wilson proposed a national defense program requiring about a billion dollars and a doubled army of 1,200,000 soldiers. Ben Cline sues in Circuit Court for damages from C V A R after being injured at the Clearbrook crossing when a car bounced over tracks. A motorist reports driving from Weston West Virginia about 200 miles per day.
Forty five years ago a small dog ran into the post office with a can tied to its tail seeking shelter. Postal workers remove the can. Three county residents forget lanterns upon entering the Court House and an editor is jailed for show after entering town. The Corn Cob Club is revived with many youths signing a pledge not to smoke cigarettes.
A reflective piece argues moral conditions improved among English speakers since the eighteenth century. It recalls gin palaces in London, Samuel Johnson, and social change led by John Wesley and George Whitefield over about six decades, noting improved national standards.
Pastor Clarence Gruesbeck of the Seventh-day Adventist church sees postwar openings in China and the Far East for missionary service as peace returns. He notes China lifts missionary family restrictions, the Philippines church adds 3,000 members through baptism, Manila training college reopens with 410 students, and Bangkok Adventist Mission Clinic resumes progress after a three year silence.
General John Pershing received 23 medals and decorations during his Army career.
In a letter from the Port of Casablanca Victor Boesch asks Santa Claus to deliver a small boat to return home after 45 days of waiting. He calls himself a good boy and jokes about past gifts like green hand grenades, seeking only a simple vessel.
Sandra Edwards plans a western recovery trip to Copper Creek Arizona after a medical scare and malnutrition. Spenser Withington insists on accompanying her despite medical and guardian objections, rallying support from Mrs Fennimore and Bob Wakeman as tensions rise over care and independence.
Sandra grapples with Spenser a sickly but stubborn British boy during a train journey and a tense departure. The boy's contradictory moods, petty demands, and moments of vulnerability strain their plans and her patience as they edge toward a cliffhanger departure.
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