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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1948
Page
2
The page provides the official answer key for daily quiz questions. It lists items corresponding to each numbered prompt: Susan B. Anthony, $3, Rome Italy, Uncle, a misread item, more packaged beer sold, 85 years old, Tennis, Tom Breneman age 48, and 100 years.
The Senate appropriations committee voted 6.1257 billion for foreign aid over 12 months, trimming the international children's emergency fund to 20 million and placing a 75 million cap on farm machinery shipments. Chairman Bridges said House restrictions were largely removed to widen economic cooperation led by Paul G. Hoffman. The debate noted Truman asked for 1.175 billion more. The piece also explains the origin of gold and silver employee terms in the Panama Canal and railroad.
A 1948 Features Syndicate report discusses protecting infants from rickets with vitamin D injections. It notes a standard 12 500 unit dose, timing around day eight after birth, and continuation through fall and winter for at risk regions. Premature babies receive full winter doses, with yearly repeat injections possible.
A compact guide listing common word usage errors and mispronunciations. It discusses proper phrasing for sentences such as the correct object of gifts and how to pronounce difficult terms, including endive and avoirdupois, with emphasis on syllable stress and vowel sounds.
The brief asks if a self governing Jewish state existed within the Soviet Union and mentions PRL. It references a regional or national discussion without indicating a concrete establishment or status.
Negotiations over a new contract between operators and workers stalled after May 19 over allowing Moody to participate and the demand to activate the 1947 welfare fund. The current agreement ends June 30 and leaders said further talks would mislead the public. sessions recessing pending later developments. Lewis planned a news conference.
The Bell will directs a fund and income to aid the children's ward with a bronze tablet for Laura M. Bell and William H. Bell, killed in a Scotland air crash. Surplus goes to the Hutton Bell trust at Union Theological Seminary. real estate funds life to Stewart Bell Jr. then to a Shenandoah bank trust for three years. Appraisers named include Harper, Grim, Thomas, Copenhaver, Brown.
A snake moves without lifting its body from the ground. It crawls by sideways waves along its length, keeping most of its body contact with the surface as it advances.
Funeral services were set for 5 p.m. today at First Baptist church for Giles Henry Vaden 3rd 58 industrialist who died at his Gretna home yesterday. One surviving brother is State Senator R. C. Vaden of Gretna.
Oleo Oleo notes a talk on Republican policies as moves threaten to scuttle the farm measure. The plan aims to set up a new price support system replacing those ending in 1948. The House has passed an 18 month extension. some senators say the House measure could be accepted if Senate filibuster blocks moderation. Republican leaders seek passage before Congress quits.
Fruit prospects vary by state with Michigan and Wisconsin facing reduced yields due to weather. Kansas expects large apples while Missouri and California are below average. Early varieties look strongest in Arkansas. Washington hints at a crop smaller than 1947. Crop development is slow and late with frost risk in October.
U S peach crop now forecast at 68 254 000 bushels about 17 percent below 1947 but 2 percent above average. Northern states show smaller production while the ten southern states project 14 179 000 bushels down 37 percent from 1947 and 18 percent under average. Quality expected to exceed usual.
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