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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1950
Page
10
A dusty high humidity atmosphere scatters blue sunlight more than dry air, giving partial truth to the old saying. The largest hummingbird is the Giant Hummer from South America, about 8 1/2 inches long with a 5 inch wingspan.
Prime time features include Pygmalion with Leslie Howard and Wendy Hiller at 9:00, Rex Harrison and Miriam Hopkins in 1949 World Series highlights, plus a mix of Captain Video, Cartoon Theater, and The Frank Sinatra Show. Sunday lineup adds Today with Mrs. Roosevelt, Meet the Press, Hopalong Cassidy, and What's My Line, with news and dramatic plays throughout the day.
Mrs Elton C Rudolph Clearbrook reports visitors to Mr and Mrs Leon Grubb and family including Millie Magruder of Bedington West Virginia and others from Boomsboro Maryland Martinsburg and Kernstown. Local callers also include Mrs Edna Young from Brunswick and Mrs June Rudolph. Explorers note rough seas at the Antarctic continent where the Pacific Atlantic and Indian oceans meet.
A dense listing outlines Saturday and Sunday evening through early morning programs. It notes news broadcasts, sports, variety and musical shows, dramas, religious services, and kid programs across networks NBC CBS Dumont and multiple hosts and titles such as Joe DiMaggio Show Vaughn Monroe Show Gene Autry Show and The Shadow Drama.
A quiz style page provides answers on paper money mutilation allowances, the Red Rose Inn rent in West Grove Pennsylvania with a deed tied to William Penn, safety in do it yourself lawn care machines, the first Socialist elected to Congress Victor Berger in 1911, early Jewish arrivals to America starting 1621, and the devil’s depiction in art as a tall black figure with horns ears and tail.
In WAY Sudan a lion chased into a native hut by wild dogs was driven off by an old woman's shouts. The lion then sauntered out as the dogs fled, with authorities noting the predator showed little interest in the incident.
Descriptions record Lake Geneva in Switzerland as crescent shaped with a length of 45 miles and a maximum width of eight miles. Acorns on Guadalupe Island off Mexico’s west coast measure about two inches across.
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