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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1949
Page
2
Five study groups are to meet here next Tuesday and Friday. The commission studying med education will meet at 10 a m in the House appropriations committee room. VALC committees on industrial loans school districts and criminal cases have set meetings including 2 p m for the districts committee and 10 a m Friday for the criminal cases committee.
Sales Directory for May 25 lists D E Middle Road Winchester furniture goods. Entries note Aberdeen Angus sale at Fair Grounds Frederick Maryland on June 1 Herman Foltz sale near Berryville Rt 668. June 4 includes Wm Frank Plank estate front Frederick County Court House real estate and Lena C Ha estate front door Frederick County Court House real estate.
Berryville social notes list guests visiting from Winchester Clinton Md Takoma Park and Kabletown along with attendances at weddings and funerals. Notable events include Miss Mildred Carter marrying Lawrence Petry at Walter Reed Chapel and several families hosting relatives and visitors from Washington Charlottesville Ellicott City and Germany.
The Virginia Federation of Labor closed its 53rd annual convention in Richmond after reelecting President Jack Smith and officers. AFL organizer Paul J. Smith accused Senator Harry Byrd of Virginia of helping block Mon Wallgren’s appointment to the National Security Resources Board, noting Byrd’s lone Democratic vote against Wallgren. Delegates adopted a restitution to repeal the poll tax as a constitutional amendment, opposing measures that could restrict voting and preserve the current power structure.
A movement to limit building height and bulk in New York led to the New York Zoning Regulations adopted in 1916. They are believed to be the first in the United States and sparked broad momentum for urban planning nationwide.
Handley Riflemen scored 360 to win the Northern Triangle Federation rifle event staged at Stephens City, with Lewis O'Connell firing 135 of 200 for high individual honors. Luray placed second with 340, Stephens City third at 338, and Front Royal fourth at 323 as nine teams competed.
Alexander Anagnos, a Greenwich Village grocery clerk, pumps his anti industry campaign by selling his song about onions with a free sheet music offer on onion purchases. He tours subway areas with a sandwich board and runs his own publishing and recording efforts while hawking in taverns.
The Buddy poppy is the familiar red poppy Papaver rhoeas, linked to World War I battlefields and the poem In Flanders Fields. Thunderstorms dominate the Gulf Coast with a secondary peak near Santa Fe New Mexico, while the Pacific Coast is driest. Handcart pioneers carried goods to Salt Lake City 1856 to 1860. Panhandle states include Texas Oklahoma West Virginia Missouri Idaho Nebraska Pennsylvania and Florida.
Congress weighs a proposed $406 million annual hike to raise the military payroll about 14 percent. Enlisted ranks gain three to about 50 percent for top officers, while the lowest tier with $75 monthly pay would see no increase. Rep Brown warns of opposition from economy-minded colleagues. Byrd notes potential budget limits as Congress debates new functions and agencies.
Answers to daily quiz list correct responses for ten questions. Water appears first followed by Sherwood Forest and direction cues, with notable figures including W Averell Harriman and William Howard Taft. The Rhine crossing account references 1st Army, and entries name Missouri and Great Britain among other topics.
The Senate unanimously confirms Francis T. Matthews of Omaha as secretary of the Navy. Also approved by unanimous consent are Dean A. Kimball of California as undersecretary of the Navy and Gordon Gray of North Carolina as undersecretary of the Army.
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