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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1949
Page
9
Virginia January accident and occupational disease cases totaled 8440 with 14 fatalities, per the State Industrial Commission. Fatalities matched December 1948, but were 26.3 percent lower than January 1948. accidents rose 5.7 percent versus a year ago and remained well below December figures.
A partial USDA Markets Division listing shows prices for various egg classes and poultry. It includes U S Grade A extra large to B categories and weights for hens, leghorn broilers, and pullets. Also noted are prices for young turkey hens and toms, with several broken lines and unreadable segments.
A Virginia reader recalls a brief telephone call that rang out before anyone answered. She muses on patience, promising to wait at least ten rings before hanging up and reflecting on mutual courtesy in dialing back. Tom, her nephew, serves as a corporal at Camp Lee.
A touring party escorting two fugitive Russian fliers altered plans from Virginia Beach to Richmond. The group stopped at Sweet Briar College where pilot Barsov and navigator Pirogov met students including Lucy Kreusler, daughter of a Russian literature professor, before diverting toward Richmond and away from Lynchburg and Yale plans.
George Robert Santmiers 77 prominent Shenandoah farmer died from a heart attack yesterday in a Lexington hospital after being stricken on a bus returning from the Lutheran Synod of Virginia session in Roanoke. Funeral at Emanuel Lutheran church Woodstock at 3 p.m. tomorrow. he leaves wife Mary Elizabeth Bowman Shenandoah County. children Imogene and Elwood. siblings. The couple celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 1947.
Six people died at the scene and a ten day old infant later died of injuries in a collision between an automobile and a train near Tulsa. Three other survivors were reported in critical condition.
The Telegraf reports Russia is rebuilding a giant air raid shelter near Berlin at Ruedersdorf. It will echo the bunker where Hitler hid at the end and died, using Speer blueprints captured by the Soviet forces.
Washington February 7 1980 housing expediter Tighe Woods warned Congress that rents could rise 50 to 60 percent if rent controls lapse. He urged passage of a bill to extend controls through March 31 1981 cover more housing types and empower recontrol in decontrolled areas. He cited a growing rental black market and urged evictions prosecutions and treble damages for violations.
A Pacific storm blankets Washington Oregon and northern California with heavy snow while Wyoming faces deep drifts halting traffic. An Arlington line bus with 36 passengers stalls west of Casper and a hay convoy bound for snowbound ranches is marooned south of the city. The rest of the nation enjoys fair weather though a rain band lingers from the lower lakes to the Ohio valley. Temperatures run below normal but not severely so.
Davis argues Taft-Hartley fails to cover emergencies as strikes can resume after an 80 day court order expires. He urges Congress not to rush a national emergency law and favors adopting Truman’s voluntary 30 day cooling off periods.
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