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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1950
Page
9
A 2 serving dinner features baked chicken breasts with ham slices, steamed rice, green peas, pickled rind, hot biscuits, fresh fruit and a mushroom milk sauce. Ingredients include chicken, kitchen bouquet, salt, marjoram, ham, butter, onion, flour, mustard, milk, mushrooms and Worcestershire sauce.
Roberta Lee presents guidance on word usage and pronunciation. She contrasts continual with continuous, fragment pronunciation, and common misspellings. The piece promotes daily vocabulary growth with a focus on constancy and fidelity in friendship.
Dress pattern 4523 offers a versatile design for house to market wear with wool jersey option and longer sleeves for fall. Sizes 12 to 20, size 16 uses 438 yards of 36 inch fabric. complete illustrated instructions and fit tested. Send twenty five cents in coins to Anne Adams at Winchester Star to receive pattern details and the Fall Winter Pattern Book.
The Danville Tobacco Association pays 57000 in damages to the American Federation of Tobacco Growers after a court battle over membership rights. The case, tied to Sherman Act violations, ended with the association admitting the co op after a Fourth Circuit reversal and court-ordered damages split.
Coastal Virginia and North Carolina regions reported no damage after an Atlantic Ocean hurricane tracked offshore yesterday. Peak winds reached 86 mph near Cape Hatteras and 60 mph at Diamond Shoals lightship, with rain and light winds inland. The Mendota was sent to assist the freighter 88 South Bend Victory whose engines failed and lifeboats were damaged.
Joseph L. Hodges Jr a South Boston businessman and World War II veteran was chosen as commander of the Virginia Department American Legion at the 32nd annual convention closing session.
A rumor claiming a soldier was shot in the back sparked a near riot in Christiansburg. Police arrested Charles Barnett for blocking a street and resisting arrest, E G Young for aiding and abetting resistance, and George Bell for disorderly conduct. All faced a Trial Justice Court hearing.
About 300 citizens milled around the Montgomery County jail until 2 am following a rumor that a soldier had been shot during the disorders. The article notes the origin of the first military post in California at Monterey, established for defense as English expeditions moved the Viceroy of New Spain to defend Upper California.
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