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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1948
Page
3
Charles Lambert of Woodstock, 19, completed 100 bowling games on Jan 10 averaging just under 113 pins with a best game of 154 and a total time of 812 hours. Gordon McKlwee of Winchester holds the record at 124 pins per game. Lambert plans another try soon.
Delegates representing state milk processors and allied product manufacturers will gather in Roanoke Monday for the 38th annual convention of the Virginia Dairy Products Assn. The meeting will be followed by the Virginia State Dairymen's Assn. convention on Wednesday and Thursday.
An unusual volume titled Red Letter New Testament features the Savior’s words printed in red and a special section listing Bible named trees waters mountains musical instruments and birds. The 254 page black covered edition includes facts like the largest book and the shortest verse and is offered for twenty five cents postpaid via the Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau.
Crossword clues fill a quick acrostic grid with hints for a daily puzzle including home, animal, and time themed entries. Answers reference common crossword terms and brief definitions in a compact newspaper style.
Washington is engulfed by a flood of government reports as Congress opens. The piece notes lawmakers face 25 pounds of papers daily, needing eye protection and patience to digest budgets, bills, and hearings. It highlights the shift from quill to printing presses and the relentless pace toward August adjournment and re election campaigns.
The text suggests omitting charts and graphs and replacing them with pin-up pictures to ease viewer fatigue. It presents an implausible idea of using "pretty girl pin-up pictures" as a substitute for data visuals.
BLACKSBURG Virginia agricultural extension service reports that Virginia plans may seed a commercial tomato plant industry to meet northern demand. Dr Flood S Andrews notes earlier New York requested 10 million plants. Virginia could offer faster transplanting and better prices than Georgia rates and Virginia’s soil and seasons fit such an industry.
Counsel for Hugh N. Rakes and his wife, Leesburg dairyman and his spouse, charged with aiding in the misapplication of nearly half a million dollars in bank funds, called more witnesses in U S district court in Richmond hoping to rest the case in the next few days.
The Kremlin encloses an area of about 30 acres and houses government offices, churches and cathedrals, along with various other buildings.
Entrance applications may be submitted for a three week DHIA supervisor training course at Virginia Tech, starting January 26. Openings exist for nine supervisors with duties in Shenandoah and Clarke counties. Applicants need a high school diploma and dairy farm experience. Graduates may earn at least 200 dollars monthly plus room and board. Supervisors furnish their own autos.
E. T. Lemmon of Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey urged customers to conserve home heating oil. He asked everyone to reduce normal consumption by 15 percent for the next three months, effective immediately.
Mayor K. C. Wu will receive a monthly salary of 9 095 000 Chinese currency this month. At black market rates that amount converts to just over 500 dollars. Hemp processing notes explain stripping stems while manila fiber comes from leaf structure.
Boy Scout Troop 3 members Hugh Luby Skeeter Knee and Jim Merriner Jr sponsored by Braddock St Methodist church distributed March of Dimes collection boxes in all city business places. The drive to raise funds to fight polio opened yesterday.
The Anamilo Club was created by Dr. James B. Greene for patients who lost their larynx and learned to speak again. Members relearn speech through abdominal muscle control after their operation.
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