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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1948
Page
9
Walter M Fishpaw services set for 3 30 Sunday at Genevieve Hook home Womelsdorf Pa. Remains moved to Dodson home Stephens City for 2 p m Tuesday services by Rev Day and Rev Roane. Burial at Mt Hebron.
Virginia agronomists estimate a $10 million loss from using open pollinated corn on one third of the state's 1,130,000 acres in 1947. A survey of 96 Princess Anne county farmers found hybrids averaged 58 bushels on 2,936 acres while open pollinated averaged 44 bushels on 711 acres, a 14 bushel gap.
A boiler room explosion and ensuing fire damaged the only bakery in Charles Town. Manager F B Gregory of Select Baking Co said $10 000 won t begin to cover the damage and could not say when operations would resume. Fire was extinguished in about 20 minutes with damage to the furnace room and an adjacent garage. No one was present due to Saturday.
Funeral services for J Hugh Thomas will be held at 10 a m Monday at his late home with Rev Henry G Lane officiating. Burial will be in Green Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers are Hugh Owens Ralph Dorsey E G Conner Lewis Stolle A B Hummer and Edward Berlin.
A medical column explains the nervous system coordination by the autonomic system, detailing the sympathetic and parasympathetic roles. It introduces neostigmine, its parasympathetic stimulation, and uses including myasthenia gravis, bladder and bowel relief, and Raynaud's disease, with cautions about wider muscle disorders and proper medical supervision.
A Virginia reader criticizes the General Assembly elections bill as undemocratic and rammed through without public hearings. The writer warns it could enable blackmail, split the Democratic vote, and bolster Republican strength while opposing federal policy.
Charles L. Burwell of Millwood Virginia appeals to voters to back civil rights measures and the Murray bills in the Delegates race. He argues to end poll taxes and segregation in public carriers and to vote for nationally nominated candidates based on local progress and states rights.
Bruce with 20 years at the United States Weather Bureau outlines a new service to predict frost and rainfall. The findings show rain and rainfall are more predictable than frost, promising cost and labor savings for growers. Bruce has worked in Vermont Massachusetts Pennsylvania and Texas with agriculturists to address weather problems.
Bruce says weather service offered and grower needs are key in forming a new distribution plan. The plan targets commercial vegetable and fruit areas nationwide via mail telephone and wire to provide timely information for growers. The Bruce family, with three sons James William and Thomas, seeks a vacant two bedroom house in Winchester reflecting their relocation needs.
Delegates from Albemarle and Norfolk moved bills through the House, including a Dodson real estate amendment. Col J W Roberts stated all five Norfolk delegates back Gov Tuck s amended anti Truman bill, arguing it broadens voter choice and expression.
Mrs Lyda A Smith former Winchester resident died suddenly in Baltimore and was buried in Shenandoah today. She lived with daughter Miss Katherine after her husband E F Smith died. In New Zealand a crater lake sits amid snow drifts near Mt Raupehu's 9175 foot peak.
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