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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1939
Page
16
The county reports a record corn crop with an average yield about 55 bushels per acre, up roughly 30 percent from 1938. favorable weather kept insects under control, boosting grain quality and anticipated mercantile value in Frederick County reaching thousands of dollars.
The U S gunboat Tutuila was rammed and damaged by the Chungking City ferry in the Yangtze river. No one was injured. The hit tore a four foot hole in the gunboat's starboard side.
Trustees will offer at public auction the life estate in 88 acres of unimproved building lots part of the Fannie B. Dunlap Estate. 28 acres in Winchester, 60 in Frederick county Virginia near a new school building. One third cash. balance in one and two years with bonds bearing 6 percent interest.
At Terry Montana seven miles east, Ed Bright reports 15 acres of his eastern ranch have dropped about 40 feet with slow motion quaking. A fissure ten feet wide and twenty feet deep opens along a slope toward a tributary of O Fallon Creek. Bright suspects a buried coal seam once burned out now causes the collapse.
Dr Max Minor Peet of Michigan University reported at the Kansas City Southwest Medical Clinic that removing part of the eleventh rib and cutting nerves to the kidneys relieved high blood pressure. Of 194 patients over six years 50 improved, 76 percent gained relief and 46 percent showed definite improvement.
In New York on Oct 5 NBC ponders relay of Adolf Hitler's Reichstag speech and expands MBS World Series coverage to 238 stations, with 203 in the U S and 35 in Canada. NBC CBS explore ultra shortwave in New York using Armstrong system. WOR to build a 1000 watt 43.3 megacycle station. CBS hosts neutrality debate with four senators while daily schedules list NBC CBS WEAF WABC and MBS programs including I Love A Mystery Vox Pop and Bing Crosby performances.
Europ ean schedule airs on WEAF NBC at 8 a.m. and 12:45 p.m. WABC CBS broadcasts at 8 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. WIZ NBC features 5:15 p.m. listings. WEAF NBC presents Let Talk It Over at 1:15 p.m. Vic and Sade at 4:30 with 6 news series Torch of Progress. Buffalo Theatre on WABC at 3:35 p.m. Barry Wood’s Songs at 5 p.m. A F L Convention with Matthew Woll at 5:15. Farm and Home Hour at 12:30 p.m. Rhythm School at 2:30 and Ed East Quiz at 5 on WJIZ NBC.
Sinking of the 5,000-ton British freighter Clement by a German raider in the south Atlantic signals a new phase of the war. If the raider is one of the pocket battleships, Britain and France may need to deploy fast warships from the North Sea blockade to pursue it. The British navy already monitors German merchantmen in Spanish harbors and checks ports along the Plate and Brazilian coasts as the threat of more raiders grows.
Arthur Clark near Cedar Grove grows sweet corn that appears as a freak with ears clustered at the tassel tip and fully developed ears lower on the stalk. The unusual crop is planted yearly by Mrs. Clark and yields fine fall roasting ears.
Chamberlain told the House of Commons that Britain has prearranged plans to deal with enemy raiders. Despite Allied merchant ships numbering over 100, improved radio communications and wider scouting airplane ranges are expected to limit their activities, keeping the threat definite.
Joseph Padway, AFL general counsel, urged Attorney General Murphy to curb or suppress the anti trust division probing building industry restraints. He warned indictments against labor leaders could electrify the country, arguing unions seek to maintain wage standards and living conditions.
Phil Nordeen of Red Wing Minnesota believes a spy network targets anglers. He says he approached three boats in a 300 foot no fishing zone along the Mississippi River dam, suggesting a lookout atop the dam wall to warn fishermen when authorities near.
Johns Hopkins researchers Howe and Bodian report in the Monthly journal that infantile paralysis poliovirus can enter the body via the eye. Monkey tests showed infection from eye exposure, in addition to the nose route, with the virus reaching the spinal cord and brain.
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