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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1949
Page
3
George W. Litton, sheep specialist for the agricultural extension, announced ram sale dates this summer. The schedule includes a ram sale in Winchester on August 10.
Members head home for a ten day recess before returning to fight labor legislation. The House completed a peacetime high $24 billion in appropriations in one week. Senate delays persist but will reconvene to debate a long range housing bill. Democratic Leader McCormack told reporters they had done a remarkable job.
Dun & Bradstreet data show a 4 percent weekly gain countrywide for the week ending Wednesday, with regional differences from unchanged to five percent ahead. Merchants expect stronger March-April business but weather and aggressive pricing strategies influence profits and customer appeal.
MEMPHIS Tenn April 15 Plutonium a rare element unheard of in nature but essential for atomic power can be injected into the body and it will be deposited in rapidly growing tissue. Radioactive it carries the most dangerous and destructive radiation known. In an animal with a broken bone it will collect in healing tissues but not with calcium and other inorganic matter which forms after the matrix of living material. Bone cancer results between 100 and 200 days later. A radio autographic will indicate the size and intensity of rapid growth or healing. Dr L Van Middlesworth learned these as a scientist at the University of California and now at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine he proposes to adapt these to cancer research. He will work on osteogenic sarcoma a painful and highly lethal cancer of the bone. He has observed estrogen can inhibit bone growth while cystine and methionine promote growth. With radioactivity methionine and estrogens he can cause bone cancer control growth and record on radioautographs the conflict of cancer-causing and growth-checking chemicals. One major objective is to determine whether estrogens will retard or stop the growth of the bone cancer. Support research Give to the American Cancer Society.
Washington April 15 7 Virginia locations listed by the Civil Aeronautics Administration require airport improvements totaling 17 247 000 in federal funds and 5 294 000 in sponsor funds. The localities include Winchester Front Royal Woodstock Harrisonburg and Leesburg.
Berryville PTA schedules an eight p m meeting to review the coming year’s school finances. Clarke county school board president Garland Williams and board chairman Clifton Price will attend to answer questions with Dr. D Blanton Allen presiding.
Washington April 15 a State Department spokesman said Premier Georgi Dimitrov’s trip to Russia on leave suggests he has relinquished control of Bulgaria. He declined to confirm speculation Bulgaria may drift from the Soviet orbit toward Yugoslavia.
Miss Wieboldt age 19 daughter of Judge and Mrs Gustav Wieboldt of New York and Marion college student. Miss Curtis age 21 represents Madison college at Harrisonburg and is daughter of Mr and Mrs J C Curtis of Norfolk.
Advertisement from The Winchester Star promotes the CHILDREN'S ANIMAL PICTURE BOOK with photographs from the American Museum of Natural History. Readers can send 20 cents to receive the booklet by mail to Washington DC. It also includes a civics note about how generals are appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate.
The Labor Board notes that Lewis refused to sign non communist affidavits, rendering his union ineligible to petition the board for an election. Even if the board upholds the initial finding, the dispute likely advances to the Court of Appeals and potentially the Supreme Court for resolution.
4 H Haven Wolfe and Sloan Wolfe present as the event sponsored by the Richmond Chamber of Commerce for the first time. VPI Agriculture extension service and county agents ready entries. Cash awards exceed 800 dollars with merchandise trophies from local firms. Breeder associations will issue special breed awards. Weighing and grading run 10 a m to 5 p m Tuesday under Virginia markets supervision. Cattle classes include Aberdeen Angus Hereford and Shorthorn. Swine classes cover Berkshire Duroc Chester White Hampshire and Poland China. Entries limit two calves per person two pens and two singles of swine. The show aims to teach youths to select feed care and exhibit market animals. Animals may be purchased by producers meat dealers clubs restaurants truck plants hotels or any organization seeking quality beef or pork.
Caldwell Sites, Red Wing for Red Wing Restaurant, Motoro la Television for Molden Electric Co., Sidico for Simon Dist. Corp. and Ironrite for Harrington Dist Co.
Mudvegs enters North Cool while local businesses back entrants in a Derby held at Winchester armory. The event offers over $100 in cash prizes with proceeds split between the JCC and Winchester Municipal Band. Boy scouts oversee spectator tickets and collect gate receipts.
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