Slip Covers for Furniture Government Publication Offers Guide
A Government publication titled Slip Covers for Furniture covers uses of slip covers selecting fabrics decorative features and estimating yardage. The ad offers copies for 10 cents postpaid from The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau Washington D C with mail order details. There is also a note on motor vehicle deaths in 1947 about 32000 fatalities and 1 100 000 injuries in the United States.
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Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau
Eye St
N. E
Washington, D. C
United States
Daily Crossword Clues and Answers From Yesterday
Crossword fills list across and down clues with definitions and some missing entries. Includes garden tool exhibition place of safety revoke correct desert plants beast of burden each abbr devoured toward slopes type measure cut quickly circles cut as grass before metal subsides gold prepare for publication radium symbol ancient jumbled female sheep affirmative reply species of garlic birds as a class know Scot finished decorated letter at opening of story sayings Peruvian Indian made grooves in makes wa
Chinchilla Farms Thrive Near Capital
Washington July 29. Chin chilla coats fetch about 35000 and climb higher while a few USA coats remain active in the market. Pioneer Bilderback notes Chaplin and Theda Bara once owned coats valued in the tens of thousands, with Lily Pons owning a full length piece worth around 60000. Breeding programs around the capital have grown to about eight ranches near the district as growers report annual sales of 15 to 20 chinchillas for pelts and 25 breeding pairs.
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Washington
United States
C. C. Bilderback
Charlie Chaplin
Bilderback
Chaplin
Theda Bara
M. F. Chapman
California
South America
Metropolitan Opera
Lily Pons
Wendy Barrie
Potomac Chinchilla Ranchers’ Club
Chapman
Dorsey Named Director of Expanded Virginia Conservation Department
Gov. Tuck appoints William A. Wright as director of the new expanded Department of Conservation as part of a state government reorganization. Wright, former senator from Tappahannock, will oversee the merged duties of the present department the Planning Board the State Port Authority and the Advisory Council of the Virginia Economy. Ralph E. Dorsey of Berryville is named director for a one year term and the Conservation Commission expands to thirteen members.
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Richmond
Tuck
William A. Wright
Conservation and Development Commission
Department of Conservation
Wright
Tappahannock
State Planning Board
The
State Port Authority
Advisory Council of the
Virginia Economy
Conservation Commission
Ralph E. Dorsey
Berryville
Byrd Reports Civilian Federal Employment Uptick in May
Senator Harry F. Byrd announced that May civilian payrolls rose by an average of more than 500 employees daily for the third straight month, bringing total civilian employment to 2,066,285. Increases mainly in Agriculture Interior Post Office and Commerce, with declines in Treasury War Assets Administration and Government Printing Office.
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Washington
U. S
Harry F. Byrd
Joint Committee On
Classified Service
Interior
Post Office
Commerce
Economic Cooperation Administration
Maritime Commission
National Labor Relations Board
Tennessee Valley Authority
Veterans’ Administration
Treasury
War Assets Administration
Goverment Printing Office
Gas Plentiful No gasoline shortage predicted this summer
Max W. Ball of the Interior Department told the House committee that gasoline stocks are at an all time high and barring strikes or catastrophes there should be no summer shortage. He warned fuel oil may remain tight next winter though not as bad as last winter.
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Washington
Max W. Ball
Interior Department
Gas and Oil Division
House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
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Byrd
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Chenille & Hobnail
Mother
Winchester’s Shopping Center
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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