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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1949
Page
6
The article explains scoliosis as an S shaped spine curvature due to uneven vertebral growth and pressure. It notes development in youth, possible links to rickets and vitamin D, and mentions weight relief, back testing, and occasional corrective operations. It also answers a question about NPN testing for kidney function.
New York December 12 Dr Harold G Moulton president of King Institute offers a formula for the future. He says prosperity depends on creating additional power in the masses through intensified progress and rising productivity. He argues purchasing power must rise via better price to wage ratios to avoid static markets.
Martinsburg council faces a potential 101000 deficit by June 30 1950 furloughs 13 workers and cuts salaries 10 percent across five departments. Mayor Roy H Stotler leads a 6 1 vote as council seeks to offset loss from a State Supreme Court ruling invalidating the 1948 49 municipal gross sales tax. The retrenchment takes effect Thursday.
New York December reports a price of 150 dollars per gram for Cortisone. A single arthritis dose costs about 15 dollars, with some doses doubling it. The adrenal hormone treats rheumatoid arthritis and rheumatic heart disease, gout, allergies, skin diseases, and certain lymphatic cancers, requiring daily use in arthritis and cancer.
The Winchester Star Information Bureau advertises Uncle Sam's Almanac in its fourteenth year. The compact reference includes government actions, Congress members, governors, and weather data. Priced at 25 cents postpaid, with a mail order coupon to Washington DC.
The U S Fish and Wildlife Service tagged 20 000 fur seals in the Pribilof Islands this past summer raising total tagged since 1947 to 58 000. The agency aims to collect data on information percentage, growth rate, and killer of predators.
Big Bend National Park gets its name from its location in a large bend of the Rio Grande in Texas. The park’s distinctive horseshoe-shaped river route creates the dramatic landscape and isolation characteristic of the area.
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