TB Cases Still Serious Health Problem in Virginia
Virginia health bulletin warns TB remains a major health problem with 15 000+ cases under supervision and high death rates in ages 20 to 40. The department uses mobile x-ray units, having x-rayed over 300 000 people this year, including workers at more than 500 industrial plants.
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Richmond
Virginia Health Bulletin
Virginia
Bulletin
J. Robert Anderson
Health Department
Anderson
Shenandoah Herald Celebrates 131 Years of Publication
The Shenandoah Herald marked 131 years of continuous publication finishing a long run since its first issue on December 24 1817. Current owners are publisher Miss Mary S Grabill and Jason J Sperry.
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Shenandoah
Origin of the Bill of Rights rooted in George Mason draft
The Bill of Rights drew on Virginia’s 1776 declaration authored by George Mason at Gunston Hall Virginia. Mason’s manuscript bears a footnote in the author’s hand noting the declaration’s primacy in early American rights.
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Virginia
George Mason
Gunston Hall
America
Baltimore Market Quotation Summary for Produce and Livestock
Baltimore market reports from December 27 show dull produce demand with apples and box sizes quoted and mixed prices for Romes York Imperials and Virginia Stayman combos. Poultry and eggs remain light, hogs and cattle steady to higher with selective top prices. Chicago hogs and cattle offered with varied weights and market action.
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Baltimore
Usis
York Imperials
Staymans
Usis & US Utility
Quiet Finish to Year in Narrow Trading Week
New York stocks ended a slow last trading week with prices steady or up slightly. Major groups like rails, mortars and chemicals rose while steels and mail order issues mostly declined. Notable trades included General Motors up 1 4 and Carrier Corp up 1 8 as other names showed mixed movements.
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New York
General Motors
Carrier Corp
Santa Fe
Hudson & Manthattan Railroad
Chrysler
Studebaker
Goodrich
Sears Roebuck
Lockheed
Kennecott
du —, Texas Co
Eastman Koa
Montgomery Ward
Woolworth
Owens Illinois
Standard Oil
International Nickel
U. S. Steel
Grain prices edge up in light Chicago trade
Chicago grains opened with tiny price changes on December 27 with a steady tone in light dealings. Wheat May futures at 2.28 27 8. Corn May 1.49 48. Soybeans March 2.36 1/2 to 2.34. Lard January at 17.07.
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Chicago
Market Egg and Poultry Prices From Winchester District
The Agriculture Dept Markets Division reports U S Grade A extra large eggs at .57 per dozen and Grade A large at 55 cents. Medium eggs at 48 cents, with further listings for pullets, live poultry, heavy breed hens, leghorn hens, broilers, turkey hens and toms, red broilers, and young guineas in Winchester area prices.
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Winchester
U. S
Gaston
Ik UN
Cross Broilers Bae
Red
Cecvcces
Local Markets and Price List Details
Daily corrected market list shows flour corn meal grain and feeds with bag prices and moisture notes. Includes butterfat butter and egg mash prices and a moon view question referencing the Great Wall of China as a naked eye sighting from the moon.
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Earth
Great Wall
China
Bears Prepare for Rose Bowl Tuneup in Pasadena
California's undefeated Golden Bears move into the Rose Bowl sector for a final warmup before facing Northwestern in the Big Nine Pacific Coast clash. The article notes a festive buildup and a publicized game plan as the team readies for the season finale.
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Pasadena
Calif
California
Golden Bears
Northwestern Wildcats
Turkey
Mount
Ararat
The
Geographic Society
Old World
Bering Strait
Alaska
Siberia
Yount to Discuss Tax Law Changes at Luncheon
Ralph P. Yount will speak at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Ki Wanis luncheon to discuss recent tax changes on developments. The meeting will be Yount’s last as president, with newly elected officers taking over January 7.
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Ralph P. Yount
Yount
Abundant and Cheaper Meat in 1949 Forecast
A U S agriculture official predicts 1949 food supplies will be similar to 1948 with meat shifting toward pork and fish filling gaps. Dairy and fruit supplies remain ample with cheaper fats and oils, while frozen foods rise and citrus dominate fresh fruit imports.
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USA
O. V. Wells
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Brazil
Gas Pipeline Excursion Aims Panhandle to Hudson Route
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. moves beyond discussion with 192 million dollar private project to pipe natural gas from Texas to New York. Work starts immediately on a 1840 mile trench seven feet deep and four feet wide, extending from Gulf Coast near Mexico to 122nd Street in Manhattan. Kaiser Fontana mills begin producing 25000 carloads of pipe as Gulf Coast gas expands to public utility use nationwide.
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Texas
New York
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co
Panama Canal
Gulf of Mexico
Hudson River
Kaiser Company
Fontana Mills
Transcontinental
Gulf Coast Gas
Louisiana
Los Angeles
Middle West
Chicago
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Detroit
Gas firms plan East to Buffalo gas pipeline and cheaper supply
The discussion notes Tennessee Gas Transmission plans a West Virginia terminus with an extension toward Buffalo and possibly Boston. Transcontinental would sell gas at 31 cents per thousand cubic feet, a price far lower than current gas manufacture costs. Gas would substitute for oil in production and fuel steam generation. The text also quotes a question on who first said that quote about news being a dog biting a man.
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Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
New York
Tennessee Gas
West Virginia
Buffalo
Boston
Transcontinental
Robert Lutz Wins School Bicycle Contest
Robert Owen Lutz son of Mr and Mrs George Lutz of 326 Shenandooah Ave owns a bicycle donated by Caldwell Sites Co 548 Loudoun St The prize went to the pupil who collected the most used hands from notebook paper sold at the store The bike was delivered on Christmas Eve Bobby is a second grade student at John Kerr M A Dyer store manager announced the contest had run since school
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Robert Owen Lutz
George Lutz
Shenandooah Ave
Caldwell Sites Co
Loudoun
Germans Build First Motor Roads at Tsingtao in 1898
After Germany seized Tsingtao in 1898 they constructed the initial motor roads linking the city to nearby recreation areas.
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Tsingtao
China
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Shenandoah Herald
George W.kurtz, Inc
N. Braddon
K St
Automatic
Warhider
Antamatea
Braddock
Agriculture Dept. Markets Division
Bears
Grove’s
J. W. Grove Furniture CO
S. Loudoun St
Star D
Narsarssuak
Greenland
Saipan
Nor
Navy
Folk
Charles A. Dana
New York Sun
Burton Stevenson
J. B. Bogart
Robert Lutz
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Henry T. Goode
Rouss Ave
Peace
Cammer Tire CO
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