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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1949
Page
6
This article explains diabetes as a condition where lack of insulin leads to high blood sugar, thirst, frequent urination, hunger, and weight changes. It covers symptoms, possible infections, foot ulcers, and the role of diet and insulin in management for a long, active life. It also includes a Q&A about sun exposure for asthma.
Missouri state officials revise Army Engineers flood plans for Grand and Osage basins and propose a Meramec valley program while keeping Current river projects out. Governor Forrest Smith champions state control, warns national policy must value natural resources, and signals possible clash over downstream flood and power projects.
Cpl Douglas A Lake son of Mr and Mrs Harry A Lake 867 N Cameron St was named troop education counselor at a Washington center. He assisted duty personnel and patients at Walter Reed General Hospital with Army education programs after serving in the Pacific with the Air Force and re enlisting in 1948 at Fort Myer.
Fragmentary note records a widow named Bon pledging a historical sum of 4000 dollars in 1863 through a New York based entity or holder for a specific obligation. Details are incomplete but indicate a legal or financial transfer linked to a burial or estate in the era.
Frederick Maryland story notes Rev William Co Royal a Baptist preacher leaves a parking meter vandalism flag and donates his penny in the meter to punish overstaying motorists. Since word spread he has received pennies and nickels by mail, turning his penny dropping into a profitable enterprise.
One of the earliest magazine television receivers carries a date of July 1928 indicating early development and publication in the field.
Summit Point social items recount H P Light and John Light with daughter Judith Ann from Martinsburg in Washington last Sunday. Mrs Moreland Maddox of St Petersburg Florida visits Monte View with her daughter Mrs Harry Praizier for two weeks. Calls at Delia LaRue and W W LaRue homes include Emmett Stuart Eleanor Conley Bell Snider Girtie Snider Ella Coleman. James W LaRue and son James join W W LaRue at the 50th wedding anniversary of Henry W Rutherford in Berryville.
Gilas offers a saw with 314 inch depth tilts 45 for safe angle cuts. The table includes two extensions delivering 4514 inch wide working surface. Features grey iron table precision ground for smooth sliding and a quick positioning vernier fence. Ball bearings dual V belt drive and low price. Visit to see it.
Present and past rainfall figures show 24 hour, year to date, and average monthly precipitation. The record includes totals for 1949 and 36 year averages from 1913 to 1948 and cites the Winchester Research Laboratory as the data source.
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