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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1949
Page
9
Left handedness stems from environment and heredity and is common. Most adults are right handed, yet many children prefer the left. teachers should avoid forcing right-handed writing if it causes stress. Disturbances like stuttering are unlikely in strongly left-handed children.
Secretary of commerce Charles Sawyer and staff visited cities nationwide to gauge views on the economy. They found faith in the soundness of the business economy, while noting temporary price and demand drops as inflationary excess adjusts. They warned relief may be needed if living costs stay high. Five of nine labor markets with over 12 percent unemployment are in New England, hit by industrial restructuring and price shifts.
The 200 inch at Mount Palomar and the 100 inch at Mount Wilson in California sit about 90 miles apart. Plans call for the two giant scopes to work together.
Beiru t tourism ads misprinted last year's prices show costs 20 percent higher than current living costs. Pamphlets abroad listed hotel rooms at 11.12 dollars per day instead of 7.04. The error likely reduced arrivals from Egypt Iraq Saudi Arabia and other neighbors, harming the summer season.
Moscow reports about 9 million textbooks will be published in the USSR in 1949, 4 million more than last year. Many titles are revised with sharper criticism of revolutionary bourgeois theories and expanded emphasis on Russian and Soviet scientists and production innovators.
In Madras province illicit liquor offences surged in July totaling 5 581 across 25 districts with many cases tied to illicit distilling. Prohibition police faced hostility in Kurnool and public apathy hindered enforcement as the Yuvaraja of Pithapuram urged ending prohibition citing revenue loss.
A Soviet report notes Shakespeare remains well liked in Central Asia and across the USSR. Hamlet was staged at the Uzbek Theatre of Drama in Tashkent. In Moscow during the Moscow Art Theatre anniversary, actors from Central Asia performed a scene from The Taming of the Shrew in their native tongue.
London reports the British Ministry of Education finds teenagers perplexing to educators and parents. A pamphlet on Citizens Growing Up proposes parent craft in schools but debates the age to begin teaching future mothers, noting shifts in interests from care to relationships and urging opportunities for homecraft across all ages.
A belief that chameleons take on the color of nearby objects is false. Color changes result from emotion and temperature, with excitement anger or fear affecting hues.
Modern-thinking Malays in Penang blame mothers-in-law for expensive Malay weddings. They claim marriages in rural Malaya push families toward bankruptcy as costs rise above $2,750, with tradition forcing mortgage on homes to satisfy custom.
Winchester promises year round bargains in a city famed for its shopping. The feature highlights stores and deals making the town a retail destination beyond seasonal sales, encouraging locals and visitors to explore the district.
A mass meeting of Democrats in Frederick County Virginia will be held at the County Court House in Winchester on September 3, 1949 at 2 30 p m to elect a Democratic Executive Committee. Z W Bageant serves as Chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee.
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