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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1949
Page
3
A compact clue list for a daily crossword with Across and Down headings. Includes entries such as Accumula and Twining stem for Across and Land measures and Cushion for Down, with various short hints like a plant, an animal, and units. Contains several language oddities and partial phrases typical of puzzle word lists.
Australian economist Colin Clark reports the postwar United States productivity eight and a half times that of the Soviet Union based on real national product per man hour. He notes wide gaps among nations from Hungary to Brazil and says industrial progress in Russia remains slow and uneven.
Indian scientists have converted two princely palaces into laboratories, moving 1500 researchers from royal residencies into drawing rooms and gardens. Led by Dr. S. S. Bhatnagar and under Nehru’s oversight, eleven national labs are planned with $3 million government funding, drawing talent from the United States and abroad for metallurgy chemistry and ceramics research.
Virginia veterans received 52,184,052 dollars during the lifetime of the so called 52 20 club. Records of the State Unemployment Compensation Commission showed today.
The passage compares postwar productivity quotients for several countries including Britain, France, New Zealand, Canada, Australia, and the Soviet Union. It notes Britain and France declines during wartime, France recovery, and detailed USSR shifts from 1900 through 1947 with impacts from land reform and collectivization, ending with 1947 at .14.
Taipei reports Communist forces pushing from Fukien toward Foochow and threatening coastal access. Nationalists hold Fukien and Chusan Islands as safeguards, while Southeast Command under Gen Chen Cheng remains partly operational. Sun Li-jen directs Formosa training as troops retreat toward Amoy.
Police in Baltimore released Roy L. Shirkey a 36-year-old Harrisonburg cook after he was found near the Kefalos murder scene. He says he sought to aid investigators and was in Hagerstown on the murder date, Aug 8, with no solid lead emerging.
Vergie Lee Adams, daughter of Mr and Mrs A A Adams of Winchester, is appointed clerk typist at the local Social Security Administration office per manager Harry A Nelson. A Handley high school graduate, she previously worked at the Red Cross and for O Sullivan Rubber Co.
An American negotiating for a house rental was informed the property was no longer for rent but for sale. The owner cited a need for cash to prepare for a hurried departure from Formosa, implying pressure from a well connected official.
Lions luncheon tomorrow will be devoted to business with no speaker. A key issue is deciding the date for the broom sale.
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