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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1946
Page
4
Subscribers are urged to report delays or irregularities in The Star delivery. Prompt reporting aids a perfect delivery system. Includes a payment note of 8.00 and 1.50.
Secretary of State Byrnes announced an immediate policy to withhold foreign loans from nations fearing dollar imperialism. He cited the Czech 90 million loan suspension after Paris Peace Conference accusations that U S funds push Europe toward economic slavery. He argued loans must be based on need and friendship, with funds limited to taxpayers.
Anonymous U S Weather Bureau scientists are credited with long distance life saving through hurricane warnings. Since 1873 the system has cut hurricane fatalities per 10 million dollars of damage from 161 to four, enabling evacuations of tens of thousands and safer high ground during storms.
The essay praises Appalachian marketing campaigns that cross state lines and unite growers in Virginia Maryland and Pennsylvania. It argues that similarities among communities outweigh borders, urging cooperation in growing storing and selling apples to increase opportunities and reduce parochial animosities.
The piece asserts common measurements for the average man and woman, noting that you cannot beat nature. It presents a reflective, advisory tone on natural limits and bodily proportions.
Deputy sheriff Robert DeHaven investigated five accidents with no serious injuries but high property damage. Ralph Y. Grubbs announced veterans of all wars will gather at the armory on November 12 for Armistice Day events with the American Legion. Mayor C R Anderson named Fred Glaize chair of a city committee with county officials to plan a new jail construction.
Plans by Epsilon Chapter Beta Sigma Phi for the annual state convention at the George Washington hotel on Saturday and Sunday. Potomac Edison System awarded by the National Safety Council for finishing third in the National Fleet Safety contest at its Chicago congress. Mrs Mabel Lyman city welfare superintendent attends a two day Richmond meeting.
1936 ten year retrospective notes Bishop Edwin D. Mouzon of Charlotte with Mrs Mouzon traveling to Winchester for the Sunday morning dedication of Braddock Street Methodist Church South Sunday School building. Also mentions Miss Margaret Anderson guest at a shower for her October 29 marriage to Robert Ansley Lewis and Bryan Stotler of Bickers Motor Company receiving a Bermuda trip for selling 175 vehicles in six months with a sail from New York on October 31 for about ten days.
Fifty years ago in 1896 Cooper Brothers were constructing an oil house at the Cumberland Valley Depot. Mr. P. A. Cochran was ill with typhoid fever. An addition was planned for the blacksmith shop on Fairfax Lane to be used as a wagon shop by Mr. Howard Shockey.
Earl L. Douglas D D discusses how people trust talk over wisdom and how history often follows rhetoric rather than reason. He contrasts light and sound as metaphors for truth and urges following the path of reason. The piece notes people reside near Winchester and Northwest Virginia and mentions a slow drive time to a pine center.
The U S Civil Service Commission announces an open competitive exam for provisional substitute clerk and substitute city carrier at Winchester Virginia post office. Applicants must reside within the delivery area. Veterans and widows receive extra points. 10-point veterans and widows paths lead, others with 5 points. Applications due by November 5, 1946. Herman Lee, secretary, U S Civil Service Examiners, Winchester post office.
A reader asks about seven quiz questions with answers on page 2. The questions span U.S. politics religion finance Germany and former officials.
The provided text lists fragmented questions about awards legal cases and pageant results. It mentions a treasury official, a Roosevelt Memorial Foundation president, a large food chain and its subsidiaries convicted under anti-trust law, questions on Bunspots and on the Purple Heart, Greek king George I and lineage, and a Miss America 1946 title won by a blonde brunette or auburn haired contestant at Atlantic City New Jersey.
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