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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1949
Page
16
Los Angeles officials estimate about 1500 industrial plants in the city area in 1939 and similar counts for 1949. The figures reflect the postwar industrial expansion and the density of plants across the metro region.
A Wendworth Evening Star notice promotes Uncle Sam's Almanac 1949 a compact reference now in its thirteenth year. It highlights dates weather government congress governors United Nations and other facts in an easily usable format. Price is 25 cents postpaid with order to Information Bureau Washington DC.
A dense list of radio programming across networks outlines programs from 6:00 pm through midnight. It includes news, sports, talk, dramas, music, variety shows and repeat airings across abc, cbs, mbs, abe, and other lines, with multiple hourly slots and themed blocks.
London dispatch reports George Bernard Shaw calling himself a communist yet deeming the Marshall plan absolutely necessary for the moment in a letter to John Mahon, Communist candidate for the St Pancras by election. He warns against anti Marshall plan rhetoric and criticizes electioneering by the Communist Party. Captain Cook's discovery dates are also noted for the inhabited islands between Australia and New Guinea.
North Frederick March 10 notices praise Bruce Whitacre for second place in a Virginia Bankers Association oratorical contest in Winchester. It also mentions family visits among Whitacres, hospital updates for Tom Seal and Mrs. J. R. Collie, plus sympathy for the Seal family and social gatherings at Mauzy and Whitacre homes.
Harrisonburg council adopts an ordinance to issue 470000 for larger water mains between Harrisonburg and River Rock. The bond will be repaid over 20 years and a referendum will be petitioned by the court.
Vague figures show $190,000 and $325,150 totals with a February construction plan totaling $127,650 in the county. A note mentions a radiocarbon half life of 5 years indicating radioactive decay context.
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