Winchester Camera Club Annual Fete Sees Slide Show and Magic
The Winchester Camera Club held its annual supper in the Stephens City Methodist recreation room with Rev. Nathan Williamson giving the invocation. H. Randolph Stipe presented 100 color slides from Skyland Drive and Harpers Ferry, Jackie Carr performed sleight of hand with Hillary Brant Jr. assisting, and a preview of the Esso film The State of New Jersey was shown. The program was arranged by Hillary Brant Sr., Paul T. Moore, and Leonard Newcome.
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Winchester Camera Club
Stephens City
Hillary Brant Sr
Paul T. Moore
Leonard Newcome
Lobbyists Regulated in 38 States Gain Study
A 1950 51 Book of the States survey shows 38 states regulate lobbyists. Twenty nine require registration of all compensated legislative agents and counsels. nine limit regulation to improper practices. Seventeen of the registration states require expense statements. All states have anti bribery laws.
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Chicago
Council of State Governments
Land values in New York decline three percent
New York farmland values fell three per cent from July to November 1949 per Cornell University economist Dr. C A Bratton. November values were one per cent lower than November 1948, indicating a continuing downtrend in agricultural land values.
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ACA
N. Y
New York State
Cornell University
C .A. Bratton
State College of Agriculture
Bond partner becomes Virginia registered land surveyor
Walker McC Ebert recently fulfilled Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation requirements to become a certified land surveyor. He joins Bond & Ebert as a partner, hails from Handley, and attends Braddock Street Methodist Church. He is the son of S W Ebert of Winchester and married Joan Farrell of Harrisburg. they have a daughter Annie.
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Walker McC. Bond
Department of Professional and Occupational Registration
Commonwealth of Virginia
Bond & Ebert, Land Surveyors
Handley
American Legion
United Commercial Travelers
Braddock St. Methodist Church
S. W. Ebert
Winchester
Joan Farrell
Harrisburg
Annie
Rainfall Records and Averages for the Periods Noted
Presentation of 24 hour rainfall ending 7 a m March 1 9 and 0 9 with year to date totals. March to date 2 77 inches 1950 to date 17 54 inches. 37 year average annual rainfall 36 56 inches. Monthly averages from 1913 1949 range from January 2 50 inches to August 3 93 inches. Courtesy Winchester Research Laboratory.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
Students to Be Guests of Crosby Day in Front Royal
About 550 pupils from fifth to seventh grade from Frederick and Clarke counties will visit Front Royal for Bing Crosby Day on April 1. They arrive by school bus, attend a box lunch at Municipal Park, view the Bing Crosby Stadium dedication, watch Riding High at the Park Theatre, then return home around 5 15 p m.
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Frederick
Clarke Counties
Bing Crosby
Raymond R
Front Royal
Cate Ar Ger Sae Ie Eerade
Park Theatre
Crosby
Israel Postmen to Ride in Jeeps and Link Regions
Post men in jeeps will carry mail from the Negev to the Upper Galilee linking far southern and northern sections. Communal settlements will stay in touch via radio telephonic setup as part of new post and telephone service improvements announced by David Ramez and Z. Prihar.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Negev
Upper Galilee
David Ramez
Z. Prihar
Newspapers Help Cut New York Fire Losses in 1949
The National Board of Fire Underwriters reports 1949 fire losses were 6.1 percent below the 1948 high of 711,114,000. Wendell Sether credits newspapers nationwide for educating the public to prevent fires and support modern fire departments and prevention laws.
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New York
United States
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Wendell Sether
The
National Board
Broadway Column Highlights Coca in TV Style Comedy on Saturday Nights
The Broadway Column profiles Miss Coca lauding her TV work alongside Sid Caesar. She recalls rehearsals for a slapstick burlesque scene and notes television’s intimacy enhancing her expressive comedy. Her career since New Faces spans nightclubs to television with a second consecutive strong year.
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Comedienne
Sid Caesar
Miss Coca
Caesar
Mary McCarty
Max Liebman
Radio City
Broadway
Helen Hayes
Actress Sings Rose Marie Role in Dallas
The performer sang the Rose Marie role in Dallas and was later summoned back to Broadway by producer Liebman for another project described as an exercise in violence.
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Straw Hat
Dallas
Liebman
Broadway
Perfect Forest Far in Future Says Professor
In a UC lecture Prof. F. E. Dean argues that a truly ideal forest would provide a steady annual timber supply forever. He explains sustainable harvest requires balanced age classes and reseeding to sustain normal growth, noting today’s forests are far from that goal.
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F. E
University of California
Pakistan shifts to calling India Bharat in press and politics
Karachi newspapers report they will use Bharat as India's name while the Indian constitution lists Bharat as an alternate name. Pakistan objects to India's use of India, with M A Jinnah favoring Hindustan and Liaquat Ali Khan referring to Bharat in public statements.
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Karachi
Pakistan
India
M. A. Jinnah
Liaquat Ali Khan
Bharat
Literary Guidepost on a Crime and Punishment Tale
A European traveler in a distant valley seeks a quick route and, after losing his way, finds a dropped love letter. He meets Mariam in a torrid wilderness and, drawn by desire, commits a fatal act as night deepens. The scene conveys a study of crime and punishment.
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Italy
Funale
Thematic Decay and Crime in Flaiano’s Novel
The passage traces a troubled conscience toward attempted murder and a harsher mood as natives hang in trees and village rot. It questions whether crime is a maturation crisis, with murder seen as illness and retribution as recovery, while a hero’s original crime fuels the author’s thesis.
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Johansnes
Elias
Flaiano
Philosophic claim shapes a deeply moving tale at sea
A reflective narrative follows characters who carve a guiding premise as brilliant light brightens a pirate haunted setting. The mood blends mystery with philosophical turns, portraying personal stakes and a journey toward meaningful insight.
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