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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1949
Page
14
The Commonwealth hired a Washington firm for 25000 to study state record management for economies. Tests by the Weather Bureau and U S Air Force show that dry ice seeding of clouds does not effectively fight forest fires or relieve droughts.
Donna Coral is pressed by her mother and Mark Banister as they probe why she rejects marriage. The Colwell household faces questions about past home life and hidden tensions. Donna insists she knows all about marriage yet wants no part of it, leaving parents to justify their own marital stance.
A cakewalk for Employes Assn. of Northern Virginia Power Co. raised funds at the company garage. Sam McCarty hosted with Wilbur Cather Godfrey Zirkle and Wilbur Kern assisting. Zirkle led decorations and entertainment. other helpers included Chapin Offutt Combs Bame Guard and McCarty. Eagles quartet sang. prizes went to Harry Rambo and George Sanders.
A report warns that rats destroy or damage about 200 million bushels of grain every year, highlighting significant losses to agriculture and food storage facilities.
Steel industry leaders in New York argue their expansion plans will meet domestic and export demand, making government action unnecessary. They cite plans to add over five million tons of ingot capacity from 1947 to 1948 and note private expansion is progressing faster than expected despite President Truman’s call for a study of critical shortages and potential federal loans or construction.
Michael Collins of 552 N Brad dock Sr has passed the Army physical and waits for orders. He has served in the local service department of Northern Virginia Power Co since 1945. The text notes the average death age from rheumatic carditis is 30 and the disease claims about 40 000 lives annually.
Maryland horticultural society wrapped a two day meeting at Hagerstown urging 150 members to pool business with apple growers in West Virginia Pennsylvania and Virginia. President Marshall T Heaps of Cardiff urged forming a cooperative for marketing by products with four state orchardists.
Eastern standard time governs, with central minus one hour and mountain minus two hours. Some stations adjust relay times to local schedules. No last minute program changes are reflected.
A dense listing outlines a January weekday broadcast grid from 6:00 pm to 12:00 am across NBE CBS ABC and MBS networks. Programs include news, talk, music, comedy, drama, variety, and silent hour blocks featuring hosts Lowell Thomas Fulton Lewis Jr Henry Aldrich and Bob Crosby among others.
The community Christmas tree, the last public decoration of the season, will likely be hauled away today. Northern Virginia Power Co. workers have removed garlands and lights, and an open truck is following city garbage routes to collect Christmas trees from Winchester homes.
Lloyd's is not an ordinary insurance company. It is a corporation with about 2000 members organized into syndicates. It began mainly with marine insurance but now handles almost all forms except life insurance.
In the Clerk's Office of the Corporation Court Winchester Virginia on December 22 1948 Herbert S Larrick Trustee Plaintiff versus Ella R Duckwall Defendant the court directs the settlement of accounts under a deed of trust and disposal of funds in the trustee's hands Ella R Duckwall a non resident must appear within ten days to protect her interests P J Marshall Clerk and H S Larrick.
The program states no Displaced Person can be admitted to the United States without assured employment and housing. Automobile deaths from 1913 to 1947 total about 770,450, noting incomplete early records.
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