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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1949
Page
6
Hong Kong's population swells as wealthy refugees and foreign capital flood in. British troops have risen to over 40 000 while rents and living costs soar and a new American financed resort plans to open. Trade with China remains crucial despite a nationalist blockade.
Heads Medical Group announces Dr R W Stoneburner will succeed the late Dr G Crawford of Strasburg. appointment follows local county medical leadership changes and the group’s continued service. Richard the Lionheart burial details given: body buried at Fontevrault, heart in Rouen. died April 6, 1199.
Ayot England November 1 railways shut down the station nearest to George Bernard Shaw home at Ayot St Lawrence due to low demand. A Shaw comment from his residence asserts he is too old to travel by train and prefers to go by car.
The notice invites anyone aged 15 and over to attend each evening without paying a registration fee at Braddock Street Methodist Church.
Westport Connecticut novelist James Melton a radio and concert singer and local resident devotes spare time to his hobby a collection of old automobiles. A special museum north of Norpe displays the cars and Melton is often seen driving a 1912 style touring car. Winter radishes store like turnips but keep less well in cool cellars or outdoors.
Present and past rainfall data cover 24 hours ending 7 am with October to date at 3.25 inches in 1949 and 37.73 inches for the year, against a 36-year average of 36.42 inches. Monthly means from 1913 to 1948 list January 2.47 and October 3.34 inches among others, with statistics courtesy of the Winchester Research Laboratory.
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