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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1949
Page
10
Major Ralph Manuel of the United Nations will address Kiwanis members at 12:30 PM. He will discuss the situation in Palestine where he was formerly stationed during his military service in New York.
An advertisement touts Mighty Useful Webster's Illustrated Tower Dictionary and Atlas a mini encyclopedia with 378 pages 16 color maps and extensive terms. It promises 25 000 definitions and pronouncements plus world data and national park notes. Order today for 40 cents postpaid via The Winchester Star Information Bureau Washington DC.
Time is eastern standard. For central you subtract one hour, for mountain subtract two. Some local stations adjust relay times to fit schedules. Last minute program changes cannot be included.
A rundown of February night programming across CBS ABC NBC and mutual networks. Entries include news shows sports talks dramas comedies variety and concludes with late night dance music and ongoing broadcasts.
An Associated Press survey shows total state budget requests or grants for the 1949 fiscal period in 44 states reach 11.52 billion dollars, up from 9.28 billion in the prior period. Education costs and rising service expenses drive increases, with higher salaries and state aid to schools key factors. Highways, health, pensions, and veterans aid also contribute. States like New York, Illinois, and California face budgets near the billion-dollar mark amid varied accounting practices.
Arctic explorer Sir Hubert Wilkins filmed early Balkan war fighting, marking the first pictures of combat shown in motion picture theaters during the pre World War I era, highlighting frontier aviation and exploration.
A columnist questions individual versus collective rights in a national rail strike scenario. It debates whether vital industries may be restricted to protect general welfare and how Congress might balance freedom with the risk of a disruptive big strike.
Harry W. Rainsberger Jr. of 518 South Loudoun Street received an upholstered rocker from the South End Fire Co executive committee in thanks for his service as former president. H. M. Layman presented the chair as Rainsberger, ill at home, expressed surprise. He is production manager at Winchester Coca Cola Bottling Co and will attend a Coca Cola production school in Atlanta, February 19.
Crippled children's clinics will be held in the therapy department of Winchester hospital at 2 Pm Friday for children over six and 830 am to 1 pm Saturday for children under six. No adults or appointments. Dr Robert V Fumsten of University of Virginia hospital will be the clinician. Sponsored by the District Nurse Assn of Winchester.
Grass fire tore across several acres along the west side of A 11 one mile north of Winchester. Mrs Hillary Brant reported hearing a roar and saw flames near her property behind her yard. The blaze scorched multiple lots including T Lofton’s and menaced a dwelling under construction by Carlton Printz of Winchester.
Tom Baldridge served on a special arrangements committee at Front Royal yesterday to plan the 25th annual Shenandoah Valley Inc gathering to be held in Harrisonburg, the organization’s birthplace, on March 18.
The term magic is traced to the magi who shifted from a priestly learned caste in ancient Persia to becoming jugglers and soothsayers reputed to practice black arts.
The origin traces to beliefs that evil spirits could possess black animals, especially black cats, and witches could inhabit a cat’s body nine times. In ancient Egypt the cat-headed goddess Bastet, mother goddess of cats, was said to have nine lives.
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