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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1949
Page
5
Towns in the county opened on Sunday. More than 100 bells once used on locomotives now ring in churches along the Southern Railway System. Two thirds of the world’s people earn their living from agricultural work.
Washington reports Americans take the Atlantic Pact for granted as Senate hearings proceed smoothly toward ratification. The piece traces U S policy from isolation to UN membership and the Marshall Plan, culminating in joining the Atlantic Pact to counter Soviet influence. It notes Russia is not named in the pact and mentions attention to tree shelter belts in the Russian Steppes.
A nine foot long plane marked property of Army Air Forces was recovered from the sea by a fishing boat two miles off Cozumel island on the east coast of the Yucatan peninsula. The gasoline powered craft was found floating in the water with a wingspan noted in the report.
Polly's Cab Company at 28 W. Cork St. is granted a charter of incorporation for a transportation service. Maximum capital stock permitted is $25,000. Officers listed are Maurice Parlett president, William L. Lichliter vice president and Esta Lyn Lichliter secretary-treasurer.
A Washington county grand jury meets in Hagerstown in a special session to study the blue law question after a circuit court jury could not reach a verdict in a test case involving three drive in theater employees who operated on a Sunday in defiance of the Sunday labor ban.
An advertisement claims TEOL as a strong penetrating fungicide that kills embedded germs on contact and dries quickly. It promises satisfaction within one hour or a 35 cent refund from any druggist, per Boyd Drug Co. executive statements.
An advertisement for Mighty Useful Webster's Illustrated Tower Dictionary and Atlas highlights its 378 pages, compact size, 25000 definitions and maps, plus supplemental data on terms, cities, populations, and weights. Order by sending 40 cents postpaid with coupon to The Winchester Star Information Bureau in Washington DC.
Robert Bresheares of Seattle won first place in the national Junior Chamber of Commerce Speak Up for democracy contest. John Hundley of Charlottesville Virginia and Stanford Terry of Vicksburg Mississippi took third and fourth places. Also noted that over eight thousand mail trains run daily in the United States.
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