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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1946
Page
4
A fragment cites Galatians 3 28 about unity in Christ including impressions of social terms. The note invokes religious text alongside monetary figures and a cryptic sequence. No clear event or person is identified beyond the biblical quotation.
A two hour and twenty three minute meeting between the President and the Secretary of State yields a "coma Promise" on foreign policy. The piece questions whether fundamental principles can be compromised and if such actions can support lasting world peace.
Anne O Hara McCormick reports from Paris that since last Thursday the delegation has been distracted by uncertainty. She notes Wallace and the President have injected instability into American foreign policy, weakening bargaining power and unsettling allies during the conference.
The piece contrasts freedom with liberty, noting 1939 Germany and Japan lacked liberty for citizens under dictatorial rule. It argues democracy requires both freedom and liberty and marks September 17 as significant as the United States moved from Jefferson's ideals to the living Constitution adopted on September 1, 1787, turning dream into enduring law.
The speaker declares 1946 a year to uphold the Constitution as the world’s hope. American forces occupy lands lacking liberty and face alien philosophies. It is America’s duty to spread constitutional principles, ensure peace, justice, and unalienable rights for all mankind.
Current Opinion criticizes Hollywood for hypocrisy in censor rules and sexual morality. Cyril M. Joné argues US film standards mix profanity bans with sexual glorification. The piece warns Hollywood has declined since Will Hays and urges a cleanup before public action increases.
Highway engineer Fred M. Yellett reported secondary roads in Warren County and southern Frederick County are in poor shape with River roads in Clarke County. Rain yesterday and Monday totaled 3.52 inches causing cellar flooding and near flood levels in area streams. Myrtle Cooper of 213 North Loudoun Street left Monday for Dayton Virginia to enter Shenandoah College.
It was learned today that Charles Hancher has resigned as director of the Frederick county school band. In golf news at Winchester Golf Club Mrs. Sue Hedrick defeated Mrs. F L Largent Jr 2 and 3 in the final 18 holes of the 36 hole women's championship to retain her title. Mr and Mrs James H Metriner of West Pall Mall street are congratulated on the birth of a son born Saturday September 13.
At a September 15 Richmond gathering of the American Legion VA executive committee Edwin C. Parker was chosen commander of the seventh district. A Winchester poll of young women lists four unpardonable offenses for men: drinking to excess, visiting a girl while in need of a shave, telling questionable jokes, and delivering an unmistakable line.
The Rev. George W. Stover was re appointed as pastor of the United Brethren Church in Winchester by Bishop Bell. Mrs Katie Graber Webster of Winchester announces the marriage of her son William Norman Graber to Chloe Smith Pangle on Friday September 16 in Winchester. Ray Kittinger the human fly performed a climbing exhibition at 6 PM Saturday scaling the outside walls of the Farmers and Merchant National Bank for the South End Fire Company truck fund.
The notice marks the anniversary of the Winchester battle on September 19, 1864 with Col. J. H. 8. Punk among the fallen. It also notes Mr. Isaac Hable departing tonight for a business trip to the Eastern cities and Mr. W. H. Baker returning home from New York.
Personality is a powerful force influencing worldly success more than learning or skill. Tact, a gentle touch, helps people get along and attract others. some excel without formal education due to their social grace. A teacher with a gentle manner can calm adolescents, and Phillips Brooks was noted for brightening days with his presence. A Scotchman helps a lad by kind words. The wahoo fish walks on the water when hooked, with a lattice backbone preventing bending.
A quiz page lists ten questions covering planes grounded in July and restored in August safety upgrades. It asks about army rank with two bars, Ibsen as author, Catherine the Great’s country, Beethoven and Bach infirmities, Idle Hour Stock Farm owner, England’s first printer, a South American country allied in WWII, Denver’s time zone, Napoleon born where, plus DP meaning for displaced persons in Germany.
A fragment notes that something was used by military authorities and shipped into Germany from other European countries before and during World War I. The passage hints at cross border military supply movements and wartime porting practices affecting German forces.
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