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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1949
Page
6
Dr Robert W. Lawson of the University of Sheffield explains in Nature that the ear drum’s rich blood supply makes heartbeat sounds audible in quiet rooms. He linked rhythmic pulsations to the ear’s hammer bone reaction and described experiments with beat frequency and biting to reduce intensity.
Three groups seek to challenge Baltimore court rules banning publishing statements by arrestees and evidence details. The dispute centers on a July arrest and a confession or testimony, with representatives from the Civil Liberties League and American Newspaper Publishers Assn. weighing in.
Word list style puzzle fills the grid with across and down clues including chalks nickel insect and crowd shouts. Answers span general knowledge and basic vocabulary across topics with numbered entries and positions.
A compact crossword clue list covering entries from American Indians to Blunder. Includes 8 and 11 letter solutions and several regional language hints. Ends with Southeast by south abbreviation and a note on yesterday's puzzle answer totaling $3.
Funeral services for Hum phrey Stickles 42 of Warrenton will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Berryville Baptists church with interment in Green Hill Cemetery. He died yesterday in Richmond hospital. He was son of the late Joseph Alden Stickles and Effie Huff Stickles. He married Gladys Oiler of Berryville and leaves a daughter Dolly Ann Stickles in Warrenton and a brother Floyd Stickles of Berryville.
The article notes that Europe’s emblem of wisdom was long seen as a special ward of the Greek goddess Pallas Athena in early years.
A building constructed by the Tex tile Workers Union at Front Royal will be dedicated at 5 p m with an address by Emil Rieve national president of the union. Guests include A G McVay plant manager Viscose Corp and State Senator Raymond R Guest. Recent archeological expeditions to the Isthmus of Panama reveal pottery and farm implements from a civilization over two millennia old.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond reports a turn in agriculture with expectations of continued strong demand for farm products both at home and abroad. Farm prices likely to be moderately below 1948, with gross farm income 5 to 10 percent near 1948 levels. some commodities may face less favorable prospects. Owls are not related to hawks and falcons, despite past beliefs.
Present and past rainfall figures show January through December averages based on 1913 to 1948 data. January through December monthly totals range from 1.92 inches in February to 3.88 inches in August, with the year to date values listed and courtesy of the Winchester Research Laboratory.
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