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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1947
Page
14
Inflation fears grip China as subsidies end and utilities, train and bus fares soar. Officials deny rumors of $50 000 notes but warn that higher denominations trigger broader price hikes and cash shortages. Workers face rising costs while salaries lag behind.
The text discusses the inevitability of street car fare issuance and the anxious wage earners asking when it will occur. It explains a watch-winding tip, noting that winding in the morning minimizes shocks to the mechanism.
Robert Bryson of the Green Spring county section brought to the Star office a potato plant whose vines bore small tomato-like fruits. Similar cases have been reported, likely due to the close plant family relation between potatoes and tomatoes.
Present and past rainfall data show none in the last 24 hours ending 7 a.m. July totals to date 4.95 inches. The 1947 year to date is 22.52 inches, with the 34 year average annual rainfall 36.30 inches. Monthly averages from 1913 to 1946 list January 2.45, February 2.? absent, March 2.95, April 3.07, May 3.64, June 3.86, July 3.79, August 3.77, September 2.61, October 3.36, November 2.40, December 2.43 inches. Data courtesy Winchester Research Laboratory.
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