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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 13, 1938

Page

9

Wheat Insurance Applications Rise in Six Eastern States

Federal Crop Insurance Corporation reports more than 7000 wheat crop insurance applications from six eastern states. Pennsylvania leads with 3466 applications followed by Maryland 1436 Virginia 1330 New York 725 Delaware 165 and New Jersey 52.

Washington Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Pennsylvania Maryland Virginia New York Delaware New Jersey Midwest

Boy Sees Dad Die In Alhambra Blast Ditch Tragedy

A 10-year-old boy watched as his father Foreman Chris W. Wellman and coworker Jack Feeney were buried alive when earth shifted in a trench in Alhambra California. Wellman aged 42 had shown his son Gerald a siphon planned to deliver Colorado River water to Long Beach. After three hours workers recovered the bodies.

Alhambra Calif Chris W. Wellman Gerald Long Beach Colorado River Wellman Jack Feeney

Game Sanctuary Created On 544 Acre Tract In Virginia

A 544 acre tract between Karo and Limeton in Luray Virginia has been turned over to the State game commission for five years as a state game sanctuary. Owners Theodore Massaeus and Wheeler Maddox hold 250 and 294 acres respectively. Hunting or trapping on the preserve is forbidden during the five year period with penalties up to 100 dollars. The tract forms a single adjoining block.

Massaeus Maddox

Slum Clearing Growth Forecast From U S Housing Authority

Nathan Straus, administrator of the U S Housing Authority, predicts about 5,000 families per month will emigrate from American slums starting early next year. The authority has advanced $7,545,892 to 28 local housing authorities for more than 5,000 dwelling units now under construction, with an anticipated clearance rate requiring $20,000,000 to $30,000,000 of construction each month.

Washington Nathan Straus United States Housing Authority Straus

Chinchilla Under Knife in Virginia Fur Farm Operation

In New Market Virginia Dr George W Parrott performed the first chinchilla surgery east of the Rockies at Shenandoah Chinchilla Farm Inc The $1600 fur bearing animal from South America had a large abscess removed and the patient is resting well with the procedure deemed a success.

New Market Rocky Mountains George W. Parrott Shenandoah

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