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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1949
Page
5
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Dr John H Yoe chemistry professor named director of UVA new laboratory funded by a 125000 gift from John L Pratt of Fredericksburg The lab studies trace elements in life and industry measured in parts per million It funds research fellowships over six years and will train advanced undergraduates graduates and staff in colorimetric and spectrographic trace analysis methods
Judge Elliott Marshall orders Winchester city lock-up used for Frederick county prisoners up to 15 hours. County lacks adequate jail space. a rear cell block to the city-county jail on Cameron St will be planned with bids sought next month. An entirely new jail was abandoned due to cost. the present building is deemed unsafe for housing prisoners.
The Plott’s hound is a stain developed from the American ox hound by the Plott family of Tennessee. It was chiefly used to hunt the coon and small black bear.
Porter Bros pharmacists in Concord North Carolina report Geo Mineral as a top selling drug for six months. They note many users report amazing results and recommend Geo Mineral to sufferers who found little relief from other medicines.
Washington watchful for signs of internal divisions within the Chinese communists as they consolidate control in Manchuria. Officials cite reports of cliques including an international faction loyal to Mao and a rival native group. Observers say unity may hold during military gains, with Manchuria as a key potential fracture point due to Soviet influence.
State department reports are fragmentary but officials note Li Li-San long rival of Mao Zedong. He was expelled from the Chinese Communist Party in 1928 and later spent 15 years in Moscow. Authorities suspect he follows Russian guidance rather than CCP directives.
The State department of personnel will review charges against Rose McMahon, former director of the division of women and children, stemming from her dismissal from the State department of labor and industry. The charges include disloyalty and insubordination filed by John Hopkins Hall Jr., state labor commissioner.
Fingal's Cave is a basaltic chamber on Staffa, a small island off Scotland's central western coast. The cave extends about 227 feet with a 66 foot high arch and displays dramatic columnar formations whose colors and wind wave sounds create a striking, eerie effect.
School Supervisor Mrs. Louise White leads Reliance EUB World Service Day observance at 11 am with speaker Mrs. Leslie Fox Kiser, Warren Rappahannock school supervisor. Floyd Falk to present film This Road We Walk at Ridings Chapel 7 30 pm with music and offering collected.
The Russian gunboat poll tokafy later renamed Old Polly was sold after Alaska's 1867 purchase and converted into a tugboat. She operated in Alaska waters and Puget Sound before finally wrecking near Sitka, her birthplace.
Judge John Rice heard cases from Speees Falls Church and Happy Creek Virginia. Russell was fined $10 for drunkenness and Speees Falls Church case. Charles T Haynie of Happy Creek paid $14.25 for speeding. John Steward of Middle Road Winchester fined $9.25 for drunkenness.
Elijah Pifer is reappointed to the Frederick County Electoral Board. His current term runs until February 28, 1952.
A Frederick county court order grants Edward E. Hillyard permission to secure a license and engage in junk dealing. The ruling specifies authorization to trade as a junk dealer in the county.
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