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Winchester Evening Star in Winchester, Virginia
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1948
Page
4
Spending Parade Expands Government Projects Across Agencies
Washington reports show agencies reviving pet projects to back a larger Army Navy and Air Force as part of a stop Russia spending push. Officials say bureaucratic expansion boosts influence and salaries while Congress faces tame growth. Air travel rises but costs outpace revenue, leaving a nine month 1947 loss of 10 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cate
Russia
Washington
Army
Navy
Air Force
Garden City plant to lead nation in synthetic industry
A. L. Solliday of Stanolind predicts the $80 million Garden City plant will drive U S synthetic production. The facility will extract gasoline from natural gas and, when operations begin, supply drugs, soaps, plastics, paints, and synthetic rubber with the world’s largest oxygen production unit and output matching prewar oxygen levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Stanolind Company
Garden City
A. L. Solliday
Hydrocarbon Synthesis Plant Aims 8000 Barrels Fuel Daily
The facility plans to output 8 000 barrels of motor fuel daily and 400 000 pounds of oxygenated chemicals, signaling a major step in chemical production capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted
Split infinitives save novelist Norris from embarrassment
Charles Norris bought a new car and invited friends to test it. The engine failed until a mechanic fixed the hood and started the motor. Norris, embarrassed, asked if the mechanic knew what a split infinitive and sighed with relief when told no.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Norris
Norris
Virginia adopts alcohol problem program as model for nation
The Virginia General Assembly created a Bureau of Alcohol Studies and Rehabilitation within the Health Department with an annual 100000 appropriation for 1948 50. Joseph Hirsh credits the move as a logical shift from moral to medical handling and foresees it becoming a national model. The plan aims to substitute hospital care for jail and rely on medical professionals for treatment, with room to expand if results justify it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
Virginia
Joseph Hirsh
Research Council On
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Hirsh
Bureau of Alcohol Studies and Rehabilitation
State Department of Health
Dean Hudson Orchestra to play at Armory fete reception
Festival headquarters announced the Dean Hudson orchestra will perform at the fete reception in the Armory. Final plans were set for a Clean Up Paint Up campaign. About 43 members of the Retail Merchants Assn. will abide by a Saturday closing time of 6 p.m., while about 50 others oppose the change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Hudson
Armory
Assn
County board hears funding limits for secondary roads
Five years ago in 1943 F M Yellotte warned the county board that funds labor and materials were scarce so only central work on the secondary road system could be tackled. A $650000 war bond campaign was launched under Harold Brown and J H Yost. Charles Coffinian of Winchester Milling Corp said Frederick county poultry production rose sharply in the past year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. M. Yellote
County Board of Supervisors
Harold Brown
J. H. Yost
Charles F. Coffinian
Winchester Miling Corp
Frederick County
Handiev FFA Father and Son Banquet Addressed by Admiral Lows MM
Admiral Lows MM addressed the Handiev FFA chapter's annual Father and Son banquet ten years ago in 1938. Dr. John Edward Harris of this city was re elected secretary of the Medical Society of Northern Virginia. A fire destroyed a barn, granary, and wagon shed on C. William Ritter's farm at Kernstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lows
MM. Nulson
Handiev
FFA
John Edward Harris
Medical Society of Northern Virginia
Bern
C. William Ritter
Kernstown
SVA Beats Shepherd College 8 to 6 in 1923 Baseball Tilt
In a 1923 game, the SVA baseball team defeated Shepherd College 8 to 6. Elizabeth Dawson, Helen Hardy, Elizabeth Rose, and John Gerver won free Empire tickets for best Julius Caesar presentation reasons. Clarke County school levy up ten cents funded by shifting five cents from teacher tax and five from road tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SVA
Shepherd College
Elizabeth Dawson
Helen Hardy
Elizabeth Rose
John Gerver
Empire
Hheater
Julius Caesar
Fritz Leiber
Clarke County
Spider Web Party Broadcast at Cox Home in 1898
A group of young people attended a spider web party at the home of Dr. and Mrs. 8. K. Cox. Rowland Bryarly won a bicycle coasting race against competitors including George Sheetz N. A. Cooper George Bailey and Frank Eddy. A. L. Shearer declined to run for council in the fourth ward due to business commitments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
8. K. Cox
Rowland Bryarly
George Sheetz
N. A. Cooper
George Bailey
Frank Eddy
A. L. Shearer
Fourth Ward
Pullman Car Use by Major Railroads in 1947
The Pennsylvania Railroad operated 699 Pullman cars daily from January to November 1947, with 447 standard sleepers and 116 parlor cars. The New York Central used 619 Pullman cars, including 496 standard sleepers and 3 parlor cars, the remainder being light, weight, and tourist cars. Calamity Jane burial noted at Mt. Moriah Cemetery Deadwood in 1905 beside Wild Bill Hickok.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.M.D. A
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York Central
Calamity Jane
Martha Canary
Wild Bill Hickok
Mt. Moriah
Deadwood
S. Oak
U. S. Army
Black Hills
Tantalum Name Origins Tied to Tantalize Challenge
Tantalum derives its name from the verb tantalize. The term echoes Ekeberg’s hard extraction in acids and the Swedish chemist adopted the name to reflect the element’s tantalizing task of isolation.
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Ekeberg
Iodine in the Daily Diet
A medical note explains that tiny iodine amounts are essential for thyroid function and growth. It cites studies linking prenatal iodine to lower stillbirths, and promotes iodized salt as a practical daily source. In goiter districts, iodine improves children's height, weight, and infant birth weights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goiter Belts
Great Lakes
King Features Syndicate, Inc
IQ Quiz prompts readers to test memory and ages
A reader's page invites answering ten questions to rate memory and intelligence from Genius to Poor. It asks about a former Irish prime minister, historic recognitions, carnations on Mother's Day, Keats, church-state religion rulings, a radio riddle figure, wind effects on wires, cabinet status anniversaries, a U S ambassador posting, and the German aircraft gun abbreviation Flugzeugabwehrkanone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Narge
U.S
France
Britain
Italy
Ethiopia
John Keats
London
Supreme Court
Department of Labor
Monnett B. Davis
U. S
Columbia
Brazil
Panama
Strength For The Day By Earl L. Douglas
Earl L. Douglas discusses The Imitation of Christ by Thomas A Kempis as a powerful Christian guide. He notes its enduring popularity after five centuries and its perceived danger to dictators by fostering steadfast faith and personal liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl L. Douglas
D. D
Thomas A. Kempis
Turkey
Scott’s Scrap Book About the Power of the Atom
The excerpt explores a force described as surpassing the atom bomb in strength, highlighting its profound, almost unfathomable power and its impact beyond conventional weapons. The piece positions this power as a central, awe inspiring element.
Daily Crossword Acrostic Clues Compilation
List of across and down crossword clues with misprints and partial words. Includes Spanish measure land span small explosion native of Arabia incite tangle the Kir with the Golden Touch paid abbr pike lit fish conste tion affirma vote a little stream leap light apple see good conduct heat shade purple twill fabric mast fishline weights behold tuber so am sweet potato part of to be english district web footed bird elliptical sea eagle rip famous painter macaw infrequent more dexterous knave of clubs sash jap a foot gaze a con cul sion perche edge of a wound vitality java tree neuter pronoun large amusement area confederate general aloft suitcases appearing as if eaten level distress stenal fluid in veins of gods myth artless wise men additional amount flowed old times archaic undivided
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arabia
I Married Tonight Kit and Kirk Plan a Farm Wedding
Kit and Kirk declare they are engaged and plan a quick wedding with Aunt Chris and Tracy in mind. Kirk vows no long engagement and urges fast travel to Washington and the Maryland farm for a ceremony. Kit wrestles with Tracy's illness and her loyalty, hoping to protect her friend while pursuing happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirk
New York
Kit
Chris
Tracy
Mike
Kir
Tomorow
Washington
Maryland
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