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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1946
Page
4
The 1946 Winchester Evening Star issue includes a reader reminder to report delivery delays to maintain service. It notes advertising deadlines and rates for display and classified sections and mentions a personal line about knowing where to find someone with a cryptic dob 23:3.
A U S Court of Appeals reversed the NLRB ruling that employers may not discuss unionization with employees or rebut misleading union material. The Montgomery Ward case involved a union newspaper The Spotlight attacking the firm, and the court held Ward had a right to defend its reputation and meet employees to discuss mutual interests. The decision may be appealed to the Supreme Court, with liberals and CIO leaders likely to oppose it.
The article notes wartime price controls on most edibles except sugar syrups and rice are removed leaving about 3 percent under ceilings. Households must curb budgets without government limits while price levels rise and scarce items may surge briefly. Meat prices eased with supply and consumer resistance, and substitutes for meat dropped.
Suply and demand will balance at levels that tend to stabilize both production and consumption. Normal relationships are anticipated to be restored as markets adjust.
A Melbourne best seller printed as soap leaves faces a Boston test. Critics warn it hints at nudity and immorality, while observers joke that any image can seem suggestive if stretched enough. The piece lampoons moral censorship and public welfare judgments.
A Kansas newspaper sketches the groom’s attire for a wedding with comic detail. He wears a brown three piece suit with a white flower, a strap backed vest, pressed pants, colored hose and tie, leather shoes, and a white broadcloth shirt bought on the black market in Wichita. The piece lampoons the traditional bride focused wedding portrait.
A Melbourne best seller billed as the cleanest form faces sharp criticism for nudity and indecency. Critics warn the work is suggestive and subversive of morals, urging prohibition in the public welfare interest.
M S Glaize reports possession of a 1828 Yearly Messenger almanac. Announcement of the marriage of Zelma Virginia Carper and E Miller Streit, both of the city, occurred Saturday evening at 7 30 with Rev D Ronald S Wilson officiating at the Parsonage on North Braddock Street.
Police issued a warning that anyone apprehended for damaging or trespassing on property will be prosecuted. F. L. Largent Jr. was elected head of the special gift committee for the Winchester Frederick County American Red Cross chapter. A five state championship trophy race will be held at the airport speedway on Sunday November 2.
Seven trivia prompts printed for readers include geography zones in postwar Germany state questions about Cape Ann the UN General Assembly president and other topics. The page asks to check page 2 for correct answers.
About 52 747 people reside within twenty miles of Winchester with slow driving times to the Northwest Virginia shopping center.
A reflective piece on interpreting the era's challenges. It contrasts Britain’s colonial past with the modern Commonwealth concept. The authors warn that people often miss the times’ significance and urge vigilance humbly before divine guidance.
The 1936 dedication of the United States Post Office at Strasburg drew a large crowd at 2 30 in the afternoon. R Gray Williams of the Winchester Bar will introduce Senator Harry F Byrd as he delivers the closing campaign speech at the George Washington Hotel Monday night. A social highlight of the season was the marriage of Margaret Selina Anderson to Robert Ansley Lewis, sons of Walter Payne Anderson and John Edward Lewis.
Miss Julia Sprint and Mr. J M Ferguson wed at the Sprint home in Boyce in an evening service performed by Rev Armstrong. New registration lists 1 316 voters in the city while the Berryville circuit court sits in session with Judge Harrison presiding.
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