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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1949
Page
10
Vilhjalmur Stefansson estimates about 200000 people live north of the Arctic Circle across Alaska Canada and Renotte regions, with Canadian figures from July 1947 and about 500000 in the Arctic portions of the Soviet Union.
In Camden Tennessee retired barber Numa Lyons, 45, jailed on charges of attempted murder and inhuman treatment for imprisoning his wife Ida Lyons, 42, for 10 weeks and forcing a bread, potato and water diet. She weighed 75 pounds from 125. Neighbors alerted authorities after spotting a sheet-covered dummy suspended from the rafters. Lyons offered no statement.
A dense schedule lists radio programs across networks CBS NBC and others for Tuesday August 16. Programs include Dance Music News News Commentary Theater and crime drama series with titles like Hogan's Daughter Mr and Mrs North The King's Men It Pave to Be Ignorant and Detroit Symphony followed by late night newsreels and a long Dancing Continued block ending at midnight.
Funeral services for Mrs. Ella May Bennett 86 of Hagerstown formerly Summit Point W Va were held this afternoon at Coffman funeral home Hagerstown Rev Jesse R Hite officiating Interment in Charles Town W Va She died Saturday at the home of a daughter Mrs Eva Schlotterbeck Survivors include daughters Mrs Samuel Belford Mrs Frank Castle and Mrs David Mellett sons James L Henry C Edgar C and Renner B Bennett a brother Edward Pope 43 grandchildren 17 great grandchildren and six great great grandchildren also survive
John P. Coblentz named superintendent of air conditioning and heating for Potomac Edison System succeeding H H Covington who joined Baker and Anderson Electrical. Coblentz a Massanutten Academy graduate holds a BS in industrial engineering from Pitt. He is a registered engineer and member of the Southern Engineering Society.
Tehran charges Moscow taps more than half of Caspian caviar profits from the 1927 joint Iran USSR fisheries. Iran cites alleged depletion of sturgeon and insists royalties are too low, with disputes about annual royalties and currency terms.
Television day schedule with time slots across channels showing programs such as Lights Out Harness Racing Washington Newsreel Current Issue Talent Jackpot Meet Mrs Markel Shadow of the Eagle Sports Reel Ship's Reporter Film Shorts Public Hearing Treasure Chest Tomorrow's Champions and We the People plus speakers and sports recaps.
The practice of flooding lands to hinder armies occurred repeatedly in the 16th and 17th centuries during the Spanish war. Louis XIV’s forces were repelled from Amsterdam in 1672 by inundated fields. Similar tactics were used against Germany at the start of World War II.
West Virginia Governor Okey L. Patteson will give the principal banquet speech on September 23 at a two day Young Democrats convention in Martinsburg. Berkeley County Prosecuting Attorney Vance Sencindiver chairs the arrangements committee.
Winchester stores cut hours to noon daily for the summer season affecting shoppers citywide. Officials cite heat and reduced demand as reasons while urging customers to plan visits accordingly.
Col. C. Roller Jr., principal of the Augusta Military Academy, will speak at 12:30 p.m. tomorrow during the Kiwanis luncheon marking the Winchester club's 26th anniversary. The text also notes the Amazonas river source distance from the ocean.
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