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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1948
Page
3
President Truman said the Bikini atom bomb test evaluation reports will not be published. Defense Secretary Forrestal recommended keeping the report secret for security reasons. Civilian Bikini evaluation board member Bradley Dewey urged publication to prevent future war.
A Hungarian people's court sentenced Prof Simon Popp former managing director of the Standard Oil subsidiary in Budapest to death for plotting to overthrow the state. Two American directors Paul Rudemann and George Bannantine were implicated with claims of sabotage and manipulation of oil production. The U S State Department said the Americans were compelled to sign confessions by Hungarian police after their arrest in September.
The National military establishment announced 48 new warrant officers in the regular Army and Air Force. Enlisted personnel will become warrant officers after meeting physical qualifications while those with temporary officer ranks remain in their current grades. Notable names include James E. Owens of Berryville and Julian T. Williams of Winchester.
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin told Parliament Britain will not aid China due to financial limits and a non intervention policy rooted in the Moscow Declaration of 1945. He stated the United Kingdom will follow a hands off approach in communist threatened China.
In Lebanon Virginia an 18 year old, Carl W. Holmes, was killed when fragments from a motor driven grindstone weighing 35 pounds exploded while he sharpened tools. He died about fifteen minutes later from shock, suffering a broken jaw, broken collarbone, and a severed artery in his right arm as flying debris punched a hole in the floor.
Virginia Tech extension animal husbandryman George W. Litton will lecture January 10 at the 20th annual Maryland Stockmen's Association meeting in Baltimore. He will discuss Virginia's feeder cattle sale program and the sheep role in grassland agriculture.
Old Icelandic, spoken in Iceland and Greenland, shows close ties to Norwegian. The language history highlights connections among Nordic tongues and cultural exchange within the region.
The B-21 Small House Planning Bureau design from St. Cloud Minnesota highlights large bedroom wardrobes, coat and broom closets, linen storage, and a 6x3 ft hall storage area suitable for a sewing machine or golf bags. It suits basement or slab builds with a 1084 square foot area and ceilings of 7'2" and 8'3" with 22690 cubic feet.
In Oskaloosa Iowa on December 10 Judge Bechly ruled the court cannot permanently halt highway work removing 137 trees along Avenue A amid a nine day legal fight. Housewives forming a human chain vow to appeal to the State Supreme Court with a bond set at 10000 dollars.
The giant puffball Calvatia gigantea grows abundantly on lawns and grassy pastures. It can reach large sizes with a circumference reported at 5 feet 1 inch. It is described as an excellent edible species with wide geographic range.
The State hospital board approved four new buildings at Lynchburg colony costing two million dollars. Three would house patients and one would house employees. Preliminary plans were approved for Western State hospital Staunton and Southwestern State hospital Marion.
Iceland, discovered by Scandinavians around 850 A D, was long inhabited by a small Irish Culdee colony. The passage notes the presence of these early Irish religious figures among the settlers who reached Iceland.
BLACKSBURG December news reports a new treatment for hog mange in Virginia. George C. Herring of Virginia Tech Extension says benzene hexachloride or BHC provides one step relief, unlike prior materials requiring multiple applications. The mite-caused disease harms hair, skin, and pig growth, with potential death in severe cases. BHC is sold by livestock supply firms and farm dealers, applied by spraying or hand dipping.
The official name for all enlisted personnel in the U S Air Force is Airmen, a designation clarified by a directives update dated September 3.
The striped hyena is described as a solitary and cowardly animal that feeds mainly on carrion and occasionallypreys on sheep goats and dogs according to the source.
Ants bees wasps saw flies gall wasps and ichneumon flies are all members of the same insect family hymenoptera.
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