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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1949
Page
14
Government approves reactivation of plans for a 930000 dollar Federal building in Martinsburg on a site near the present post office. The 1940 earmark was 515000 dollars before war emergency funds were cancelled. The piece notes television cameras misjudge dark red as black.
The page lists nightly programming for WTTK Channel 5 and WOIC Channel 9 with times from 7:00 to 11:30 including serials dramas news and sports. Highlights include The Serial The Game Room Hands of Serious Case Touchdown The Lost and Simpson Sports Recap.
Baltimore report describes a bronze disease cure by Dr. Sarahan and Dr. Corwin from Johns Hopkins University. The method uses immersion of bronze in lye with a cathode and anode setup to reverse corrosion, mirroring a battery charging process.
The tabernacle’s dome idea came from Brigham and the invited architect who planned an umbrella shaped dome to seat eight to ten thousand. The bridge builder architect used timber joined with pegs and rawhide throngs due to iron and steel scarcity in 1863, yielding extraordinary acoustic properties.
An archival radio log lists programs from 6:45 p.m. to midnight, including Newscasts, Frank Sinatra songs, Beulah, Morgan Show, Ozzie and Harriet, News Broadcasts, Tiff, Meet the Press, Five Minutes Sports, Capitol Cloakroom, and late-night Dancing Continued, with multiple NBC and CBS links.
Cold moved into the Midwest while yesterday’s snow slid east. Rockford Illinois reported a low of one degree above zero and Duluth Minnesota two below. The Weather Bureau warned of a new storm brewing in western Canada but cautioned uncertainty. Elsewhere the nation enjoyed fair mild weather.
Observers estimate the D-558-2 reached 760 to 800 mph as Eu gene F. May piloted the rocket jet aircraft yesterday. Officials remain silent on official top speed while the sonic barrier remains undisclosed. Street cars once used in New York now operate in Vienna Lima and Sao Paulo.
The Columbia River, forming the boundary between Washington and Oregon, is believed to carry more water than all other American Pacific Coast streams combined.
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