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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1948
Page
10
The article notes a $25 monthly milk fund and a hospital auxiliary providing liver oil for each child daily. It highlights the school’s strong health record in northern Virginia and several scholastic records achieved by 27 pupils.
The Braddock Street Methodist church nursery reports 20 enrolled with 20 waiting. annual expenses total 3821 with salaries 2807, milk 144, food 439, heat 107, and other costs. Income 4166 from council, Chest fund, and parent contributions. tuition optional. Quarters are free but inadequate. four teachers and a substitute staff the school led by treasurer Mrs. William Lawrence.
The note explains time zones and hour changes for broadcasting. It warns that stations may shift relay times to fit local schedules and that last minute program changes are not included.
Radio listings show a full day lineup across networks CBS ABC MBS with news, dramas, comedies, variety shows and dance programs. Notable items include The Bob Crosby Club The Beulah Skit Mel Torme Show Detective Drama and The Big Town Drama among others spanning 6 PM to midnight with multiple repeats and regional splits.
The passage notes heart disease deaths rose from 5287 to 5581 and cancer deaths increased from 1881 to 1932 this year, alongside increases in apoplexy from 2017 to 2135 as the aged population grows.
Dr Willcox proposes using nitrogen content as a yield determinant. He shows low nitrogen plants like certain sugar cane produce high dry matter per acre while high nitrogen beans yield much less. He argues crops fix nitrogen similarly, enabling potential wheat yields up to 170 bushels per acre with new farming methods.
Breeders report a cane sugar variety that can yield fermentable sugar from an acre sufficient to produce about 25 pounds of edible yeast. This yeast would provide roughly 12,000 pounds of protein suitable for human or animal consumption and could supply a standard daily protein ration to 149 people for a year.
Gov. Tuck was informed Virginia ranks among the first five states in game and conservation development. E. Sydney Stephens of Missouri’s Game Commission completed a nationwide survey and notified Virginia Game Commission of the high grade for work. Gov. Tuck expressed gratification at the report.
A northeast storm with winds up to 50 mph battered the Norfolk area on October 5, driving high tides into streets. Coast Guard vessels were dispatched to aid two ships in Chesapeake Bay as rough seas hit Virginia Beach and waves blew back toward Atlantic Avenue.
Cheaper animal prices forecast as Mark Pickell and H M Conway discuss market shifts. Pickell says cat tle and hog prices will fall with ample Novem ber and December supplies. Conway argues the current price is too low and farmers may delay shipments, affecting local markets.
Yesterday prices at the stock exchange fell by about three dollars from a week earlier and four dollars from two weeks earlier. Today hog prices dropped roughly another dollar while cattle eased about one dollar and lambs declined around fifty cents. The livestock run included 200 pound hogs and many unfinished beef cattle as stockmen noted cheap corn and abundant hay could keep animals on Soah Valley farms to mature weight.
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