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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1947
Page
15
In New York on July 31 a supposed racing device called ponymeter, from a Canadian economics professor, failed to work. A buyer paid 750 dollars for stock and received a booklet claiming jockey ratings would predict race times. after 20 minutes an attorney general investigator could not make heads or tails of it.
The Veterans Administration reports 2,826 veterans with service connected disabilities received medical treatment in Virginia facilities. Winchester and VA office notes 7,851 treatments completed for veteran patients. Some were cared for in hometowns by private physicians paid on a fee basis.
Frederick Maryland farmer dismisses sprays against millions of Japanese beetles in corn. He says the pests cluster on ears and he will endure the damage rather than spray, while the article notes a historical reference about Wagner’s Tannhauser.
Winchester Speedway hosts a Sunday midget auto racing card with three heats a match race consolation and final. Guest of honor Ben Sell from Paterson N J will flag the feature. Tex Keene of San Antonio returns with his Drake powered doodleburg. Williams of Richmond and Little Johns of Jacksonville test the local track along with Shorty Bowers in a new car. Carl Miller, local midget track record holder, will defend his mark.
Thieves who broke into Carroll Emersons taproom at Tybouts Corner grabbed one hundred bottles of whiskey a 450 pound safe with 1500 dollars and four antique blunderbusses. The report notes Java as a source of tea coffee chinchona bark and quinine.
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