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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1949
Page
11
The Bureau of Agricultural Economies reports a sample survey finding five persons injured per 100 farms during the first four months of 1948.
Seaboard Air Line suffered a second derailment in two days when the Orange Blossom Miami to New York streamliner derailed near Groveland Florida. Nineteen riders were taken to Leesburg hospitals, nine others unhurt passengers resumed northbound trips in four remaining cars rerouted via Plant City. John McLeod Elmira WF and Mrs Morris Flaks Baltimore were among the most seriously injured.
President Truman asked Congress for about 42 billion dollars for the coming year, with 21 billion for national defense and foreign aid. The piece notes past demand, current levels, and the risky future if tensions with Russia persist, highlighting the economic strain and potential consequences for prosperity and employment.
Hopes for a top level armistice conference dimmed as Egypt informed UN mediator Ralph Bunche its delegation is three colonels and a legal advisor. Egypt and Israel weigh level of delegations while Egyptians press on military questions before broader terms. The Egyptian team arriving in Rhodes signals possible insistence on Jewish withdrawal from the Negev.
U S deputy to the United Nations Security Council Dr. Philip C. Jessup demands a definite timetable for Dutch elections and transfer of sovereignty in Indonesia. He attacks the Dutch and Russia for obstructing peace and blames Russia for Indonesian Communist activity, likening Soviet tactics to Korea and Greece.
Barn owls have inhabited the northwest tower of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC for years, according to local archival notes. The birds frequent the upper chamber, suggesting a long standing roosting pattern linked to the building’s quiet corners.
A report on 14 Western Virginia counties by E. E. Rogers cites Frederick and Clarke counties as fire free last year. Across 13 counties there were 37 fires burning 269 acres. Page led with 76 acres, Warren 50, Rockingham 48.5, Alleghany 43. Shenandoah and Augusta matched Clarke and Frederick with one fire. Local fires stayed under one acre. unusually wet weather reduced blazes.
In Lyons Georgia on January 12 a white farmer, William L. Howell, was acquitted of murder after two jurors testified they doubted Amy Mallard, the slain Negro Robert Mallard’s widow. The case involved a mob actions and a lynching as classified by Tuskegee Institute.
Representative Harrison proposes traveling post offices to improve Virginia and West Virginia mail routes. Two crews would start from Staunton, travel north through Augusta and Rockingham into Hardy County WV, return via Shenandoah and Frederick counties, then into WV Berkeley County, with a second route covering Augusta Rockbridge Amherst Bucking ham Cumberland Powhatan and Chesterfield to Richmond.
The forward pass first appeared in major college football when Yale used it in 1906 securing a 6 to 0 win. The pass became legal after the Rules Committee of Football granted approval in the winter of 1905-06.
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