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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1949
Page
7
Medical column explains intermittent claudication caused by reduced leg blood flow from artery hardening or spasm. It covers symptoms, nerve and vascular factors, and treatments including skin care, rest, smoking reduction, injections from muscle and pancreatic extracts, and nerve surgery options.
New York April 7 TV adoption accelerates. big radio-phonograph combos lose appeal as prices plunge on large consoles. Firms like Philco Westinghouse cut 20 to 50 percent while others shift to low priced consoles and portable sets. Emerson signals no cuts. Crosley RCA Victor undecided. Market saturation and new record speeds add buyer hesitation.
Marshal Yen Hsi shan reports a subterranean siege around Taiyuan with 200000 Red troops against 170000 Nationalist defenders. Tunneling spans over 100 miles with tunnels reaching 26 feet deep while surface propaganda uses loudspeakers and muses. Taiyuan relies on a $9 million monthly airlift from Nanking via commercial flights from Tsingtao amid scarce food.
Thirty six members have been added to the chamber of commerce roster since January 1. The new inductees include Boyd G. Headley Edward S. Moore H K Grove R C Mid cliff Randolph Rodgers H Del mer Robinson M J Grow L E Armel Carl Marcus W Alan Peery J C Crawford Dr L M Allen Jesse C Hall J P Hersh berger Ernest Pugh and Howard Melton.
The Rodeo Cowboys Association helps to make rodeo rules for riding calf roping and bull dogging. By 1947 more than 700 independent rodeos were being staged in the United States annually.
Mrs. George H. Smith born Mary Susan Gill died suddenly at her home in White Stone Virginia. She leaves seven children including Dr. George H. Smith Jr. of Hackwood near Winchester and Mrs. Vaniden Zeiler of Leesburg. Funeral services are set for 2 p m Saturday at White Stone Baptist Church with interment in the local cemetery.
Hi C Sheetz Sr was elected chairman of the deacons at Winchester Presbyterian Church. Other officers named are Clifford Grim M D Weaver C W Atkins Harry L McCann and Joseph L Kalbach.
Rev Donald Austin leads a series of evening revival services at Mt Pleasant EUB Church near Mt Williams starting 7 30 p m on Saturday The schedule skips April 16 and ends with a sunrise service the next morning Music will be provided by Clifford Borrer a blind musician from Martinsburg Deaf Smith County Texas is named for Texas patriot Frustus Smith a San Jacinto era scout and leader of the detachment that destroyed Vince’s Bridge a state memorial by Richmond Texas marks the site
Washington April 7 The nation may observe its last Army Day as Defense Secretary Johnson announced that with President Truman's approval Congress will be asked to replace separate service days with a single Armed Forces Day to be chosen.
The phrase Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness is attributed to Thomas Jefferson as the originator within the Declaration of Independence.
Washington April 7 United States will officially ignore Russia's protest against the North Atlantic Pact. The State Department said the Soviet interpretation of the pact is erroneous and not worthy of further statements given many published remarks on the subject.
Drainage water from low lying New Orleans is disposed of by a system that includes eleven pumping stations. The infrastructure supports flood control for the city and its surrounding areas through powered pumps and canal channels.
Rev J H Hollinger of Wellington begins a week long 7 PM series of pre Easter services at Jubilee Church of the Brethren on Front Royal Road. Services continue nightly through Easter Sunday night. Pearl essence, used for decorative glass and nail polishes, is described as scales of small fish mixed with molten glass.
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