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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1949
Page
10
Classified ads show multiple for rent notices including apartments with electric kitchens and oil furnaces in various streets, plus a Lost Handley ring with initials E E N offering a $10 reward from Ward's Pastry Shop. Ads require cash and deadlines.
Multiple help wanted notices from Virginia: a married man for farm or dairy work with references, a Timothy hay order with cash on bale, a part time bay after school position at Lovetts Shoe Shop, a man and wife to work at Old Mill route 7 location, and an elderly couple to provide home care with general housework and references.
Retired skipper Thomas Jinks recommends beer broth and stout beer to revive anemic tomatoes. He reports a bumper crop from using a dozen bottles of stout and half as much beef broth, with greatly improved flavor. A. Simmonds notes the broth’s water content aids crop success.
Moscow reports Italian Minister Pella visited Washington where Izvestia headlines that Rome seeks a loan from the United States. The note highlights Italy's government pursuit of financial support amid postwar economic strain.
The Winchester Star Information Bureau promotes a 48 page booklet covering marriage and divorce law naturalization contracts property promissory notes wills missing heirs and estates copyright patents and GI Bill of Rights. Priced 20 cents postpaid order via 316 Eye St NE Washington DC with a mail form and coupon.
Three Republican senators led by Margaret Chase Smith McCarthy and Mundt urged that the five percent inquiry into influence peddling related to agents seeking government contracts be resumed. Senator Hoey, who chairs the subcommittee, indicated the investigation may not restart this year and hinges on future developments.
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