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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1947
Page
12
Nine county area hatcheries in Virginia and West Virginia reported a weekly total of 566000 eggs set and 306000 chicks hatched for the week ended January 18 according to the Virginia Cooperative Crop Reporting Service. Of the hatched chicks 288000 were sold or distributed locally.
The list covers Virginia counties Augusta Page Rockingham Shenandoah Frederick and 18 000 in West Virginia counties Grant Hampshire Hardy and Pendleton. The record preserves the named counties and the numeric total linked to 18 000.
A crew of ten window washers cleans the Pentagon Building in Washington. They sweep 5.2 acres of glass and complete a full rounds every 30 days.
Radio program grid lists broadcasts across networks with adjusted time zones for Eastern standard times and overnight repeats. Entries include shows like Just Plain Bill, Jack Armstrong, Dick Tracy, Buck Rogers, Red Barber, Burns and Allen, Abbott and Costello, and The Supper Club with multiple networks CBS NBC ABC and others.
The Shenandoah Valley Apple Blossom Festival Board honors the late R Gray Williams a longtime supporter and leader. He served as president of the 1939 festival and as general counsel from 1924 until his death in 1946, with years as Master of Ceremonies for Mass Meetings. The board adopts a resolution praising his public spirit and 22 years of influential service. A copy will be sent to his family. Adopted January 27, 1947.
Berlin reports on January 29 indicate American officials believe Soviet propaganda in the past ten days targets Britain and the United States to sway Germany ahead of the Moscow conference. Western diplomats condemn recent moves by Marshal Vassily Sokolovsky and press attacks as signaling deeper East West divisions.
A peculiar claim argues that if railway accidents were the sole death cause and a passenger traveled 100 miles daily on American rails, the life expectancy would reach 20,000 years, illustrating flawed reasoning in safety statistics.
A list of crossword clues labeled ACROSS and DOWN with numbers and partial entries. Includes entries like form cut anxious large artery from heart worship bracing supports flesh of swine manacles etc, plus surrounding thematic notes and stray letters.
Governor Tuck approves two state funded allocations totaling 100000 for Culpeper County white and Negro vocational facilities. Seventy five thousand dollars funds facilities at a regional high school used by Negro students from Culpeper Rappahannock Orange Greene and Madison counties and twenty five thousand dollars supports a white high school vocational shop in Culpeper. Localities cover any costs beyond the state funds.
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