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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1949
Page
10
Berlin reports Gen Jean Ganeval protested Gen Alexander Kotikov over the Ges und Brunnen roundhouse position. Russians claim the building lies in their sector while French authorities demand removal of Russian police and soldiers from the French zone.
A French officer and his representatives were detained briefly as police and railway strike squads occupy all west Berlin rail yards except for a roundhouse. The general complained about the gruff Russian soldiers and police guard and said he would lodge a protest before taking further measures. The roundhouse dispute marks the first move in days in Berlin’s month-old anti communist railway strike.
Daylight saving time prompts a dense set of TV airings across multiple channels with programs ranging from Newsreels to sports and entertainment shows. The final line notes a natural history detail about chiggers or red bugs living near decaying logs and stumps.
A schedule listing radio programs broadcast across networks on Monday June 20. The lineup includes news, talk, comedy, drama, and music hour blocks across ABC CBS NBC and Mutual style stations with shows such as Lowell Thomas Newsreel, Bob Crosby Club, The Lone Ranger, Henry Taylor Talk, Howard Barlow Concert, The Shadowed Dramatizations, My Friend Irma, and Radio City Playhouse, concluding with Dancing Continued.
Paul Robeson told 3500 at a Harlem welcome home rally that he loves the Soviet people for their suffering and sacrifices. He praised Americanism while noting his son Paul Robeson Jr. wed Marilyn Greenburg after a Cornell romance, as some booed outside the ceremony.
The article notes that cattle gallstones are valued by Orientals as good luck charms and sell for 125 dollars per pound. It also states meat packers use 78 percent of a steer or lamb’s live weight, with about 22 percent lost to shrinkage and waste.
Medical note explains herpes simplex causes cold sores and is not spread by colds. Triggers include fever injuries UV exposure wind or certain foods. Treatments mentioned include mild astringents gentian violet and smallpox vaccine trials with X-ray to reduce recurrences.
An advertising map offers a colored 21 by 28 inch view of the United States and dependencies. It includes state population estimates, last census data for 100 largest cities, 1947 metropolitan district estimates, air and rail mileage tables, and scenic spots in every state. Price is 15 cents postpaid from the Winchester Star Information Bureau in Washington DC.
In 1838 the first use of American railroads for communication sent copies of a presidential speech from Washington to Baltimore in one hour and thirteen minutes, marking an early test of rail logistics for rapid messaging.
An Autocar tractor struck a culvert two miles south of Stephens City at Vaucluse on Saturday. Owner-driver Charles Vaught of Albin escaped with slight lacerations as the tractor rolled 100 feet, knocked down a telephone pole, and tore roadside limbs. State Troopers Mitchell and Kincaid investigated.
Vaught, a freight hauler for Novick Transfer Co., was treated at a hospital for lacerations to the neck after a tractor broke apart at a culvert. The report notes chiggers do not burrow but cause itching from insect saliva injection.
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