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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1949
Page
4
Banks Cut Lending To Business In Early 1949 Decline
The first week of June 1949 saw bank loans to all business sectors fall by 715 million dollars in Federal Reserve member banks. From January 1949 to June, total business loans dropped 132 percent, while long term financing and retained earnings increasingly funded corporate expansion as bank lending contracted. The mid year estimate from the Presidents Council of Economic Advisers will show first half 1949 totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Busi
Federal Reserve System
Presidents Council of Economic Advisers
Opinion: Candidates urged to state labor law positions clearly
The Richmond News Leader urges Horace Edwards and Francis Pickens Miller to answer Senator Battle’s questions on Virginia labor statutes. It notes their replies were evasive or general and calls for clear stances on the right to work, public utilities labor relations, and picket line violence, stressing voters deserve known positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond News-Leader
Horace Edwards
Francis Pickens Miller
Senator Battle
Virginia
Battle
Public Utilities
Miller
Mr. Edwards
Mr. Battle
Mr. Miller
Edwards
Commonwealth
The Great Appalachian Valley in National Geographic
Catherine Bell Palmer’s July National Geographic article honors the Great Appalachian Valley. It traces its historic role from the Civil War era to modern industrial growth and celebrates ongoing preservation driven by patrons in Virginia and others who restore pioneer houses. The piece notes the valley’s enduring natural beauty and the Blue Ridge’s unchanged majesty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great
Appalachian Valley
Switzerland
Austria
Atlantic Seaboard
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Catherine Bell Palmer
National Geographic Magazine
Justin Locke
Canadian
Alabama
Virginia
Thomas Jefferson
Gen. II
Blue Ridge
Massanutten
Appalachian
First ballot Dewey falls short nom by margin at GOP convention
News of Other Years reports in 1948 the first ballot at the Republican convention shows Dewey 144 votes from nomination as the party faces a Raylass blast death toll and property loss totaling $200 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey
Raylass
Storm toll tops 133 in Clarksburg area disaster
A 1944 storm wreaked havoc near Clarksburg West Virginia, leaving 133 dead and about 400 injured. The event is recalled alongside earlier notes from 1939 and 1924, including a barley yield report and a public sale of park facilities to cover state debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
W. Va
Baseball
Charles B. Spengler Dies at Hackwood Home
Obituary notes the death of Charles B. Spengler at his Hackwood residence, marking a fifty year remembrance from 1899. The report confirms the longtime local resident’s passing at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles B. Spengler
Hackwood
Amputee vets clash in charity baseball game Sunday
Captain Bob Anderson leads the arm amputee team against leg amputees in New York for the 17th annual charity game to raise $100,000 for an amputee information and research center. Veterans from World War II play, while Anderson cites job-discrimination issues and self-financed business success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bob Anderson
National Amputation Foundation
Anderson
Bob
France
Bert Shepard
Shepard
Waterbury
Rainfall Report Shows June and Year Totals
A weather summary lists rainfall for the 24 hours ending 7 am as none and June to date at 4.32 inches. It notes 1949 year-to-date at 19.88, compares to a 36 year average of 36.42, and provides monthly averages from 1913 to 1948 including January 2.47 inches and June 3.88 inches. Courtesy of the Winchester Research Laboratory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Research Laboratory
How's Your I Q Memorized Quiz From The Era
A trivia quiz lists ten May questions on racing history navy terms artful camera timing and constitutional trivia. It asks about the Indianapolis 500 date the term tin fish the 25 year presidential choice Forrestal the word ergophile Paradise Lost and Regained the lawn game croquet the star count on flags and states without the death penalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James V. Forrestal
Hoarseness and its possible serious causes in adults
Persistent hoarseness beyond two weeks warrants specialist evaluation. Laryngoscopy helps detect tumors or benign growths. biopsies may be needed. Causes range from infections to thyroid issues, brain disorders, nerve paralysis, and pituitary or acromegaly effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King
Strength For The Day: Pruning as Life’s Growth
Earl L. Douglas reflects on pruning shrubs as a metaphor for personal growth. He argues proper pruning yields broad, luxurious growth and compares it to how hardships can deepen character. The Great Husbandman trims with purpose to reveal greater life significance.
Whippoorwill Description by J. C. R. A.
It is about ten inches long, grayish with black and buff mottling. The whippoorwill is mainly heard as a nightly call, repeating its name loudly, and few people actually see the bird since it rarely flies in daytime.
Berlin Strikers Ban Emergency Rail Service
The Reichsbahn refused to accept any trains run on an emergency basis by west Berlin rail strikes. Strikers aimed to clear clogged marshalling yards in U S and French sectors to restore interzonal freight movements with approval reportedly from the American military government. The British called the plan nonsense and barred such action in their sector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Reichsbahn
West Berlin
U. S
Germany
Valley Vanishing Riders Chapter Twenty Four
Seton Alessandro plots against Clark Rayburn in Forlorn Valley as tensions rise with St John’s death looming. Alessandro assigns Piute as foreman, contemplates replacing Rayburn, and spies Colorado Jack and Lia's romance threatening his control. Fogg cautions that Alessandro’s power may be too fragile to sustain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seton Alessandro
Clark Rayburn
Tumblerocks
Grasshopper, Gulch
Tumblerock Town
Rayburn
Alessandro
Hope Brennan
Tumblerock
Justin St. John
St. John
Tate
St John
Chip Halliday
Singin
Sam McAllister
Forlorn Valley
McAllister
Bear Creek
Piute
Colorado
Jack
Jasper
Seton
Busby
Fogg
Halliday
Helena
Valley
Lia
Bud
Root
God
Alessandro Tered
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