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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 15, 1949

Page

6

Rail Freight Costs Shrink Marketing Areas Nationwide

Freight rate hikes and higher transportation costs push producers to shrink markets near home. Cement, lime stone, steel, and canning firms report lost distant sales as rail rates rise 3.7 percent in September, carloadings drop, and higher shipping bills erode competition with distant rivals.

Nazareth Jose Paeesiaten Bedford Ind Wiliam G. Riley Indiaana Limestone Co San Francisco New York City Golden Stite Co Midwest H. Wolters Denver California Pittsburgh Chicago Steel Mills Pittsburgh Mills Baltimore New York Maryland Smokey City Supreme Court Los Angles Cannery Chicago Percy Solotov Brown-Salt

Man Furniture Firm Sees Limited National Branch Expansion

A Los Angeles furniture firm notes local firms lack scale for nationwide branch plants to ease freight barriers. Separately, a 1710 migration tracing case used a metal leg band on a captured heron in Germany, with a band later applied in Turkey.

Man Furniture Los Angles Furniture Firm Germany Turkey

Bavarian Clerk Seeks Help for Foot Pain

An elderly town clerk in Munich sought medical care for painful feet. The doctor counted 38 coins on his feet, and the clerk boasted that such wealth isn’t even found in America.

Munich Germany America

Rainfall totals and average monthly precipitation report

The record shows 24 hour rainfall to date and year to date 1949 totals. It lists the average annual rainfall over 36 years as 36.42 inches and provides the 1913 1948 monthly averages ranging from January to December with values such as January 2.47 and December 2.43 inches and credits the Chester Search Laboratory.

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