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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1949
Page
4
The readable text is fragmentary and not a complete news item. It references the Associated Press and a biblical quote but lacks a coherent event, entities, or context to summarize into a news item.
The article praises the Senate for approving a two year renewal of Reciprocal Trade Agreements with no curbs on the President's bargaining powers. It endorses lower tariffs as a stimulus to world trade and cites benefits to the nation and global economy.
Dr. William H. Stauffer of the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce compared Virginia state and local government employment with U S Census figures. He finds Virginia has one of the lowest per capita government payrolls in the nation and that Virginia is in an enviable position.
O War led twenty wins in twenty one starts, with Citation close behind. Citation’s two year record of twenty seven wins in twenty nine starts topped the last two decades. In 1948 he earned seven hundred nine thousand four hundred seventy dollars as a three year old, nearly double any single year for a horse. He captured the Triple Crown by winning the Kentucky Derby by four lengths the Preakness by six and the Belmont Stakes by eight. Citation earned as much as eighty three thousand four hundred in the Kentucky Derby and was approaching one million dollars in career earnings.
The Virginia governor’s office reportedly reversed an open door policy on state budget requests, restricting press access to only after advisory review. The Richmond News Leader condemns the move as limiting public discussion and timely reporting on spending proposals from about 20 agencies.
The obituary honors Dr George G Crawford as a central Strasburg figure who served as a longtime mayor, a member of the Shenandoah County Draft Board, and a trusted family physician. He combined modern medical knowledge with traditional remedies, valued patient conversation, and lived a life of integrity and service to church and town.
A curb-service restaurant tried weeks of promotions for a new specialty sandwich. After stapling bright cards to the top of menus and attaching them upside down, customers started reading them and sales tripled overnight.
News of Other Years 1948 reports the FPC’s recommendation to build a gas pipeline from Glendenin West Virginia through Winchester to Rockville Maryland. Harry Lovett addresses Rotary on India as Clarke County Democrats predict a States Rights sweep in fall elections.
Reports say British armor breaches a six mile German barrier to support an isolated British airborne division at Arnhem with artillery. The Philippine puppet government has declared war on the United States. Stonewall high school paper wins State Class D in Virginia Literary League. City Democrats endorse Roosevelt for re election.
Ma Winchester notes rich orchards and red apples while John Fosbrink becomes commander of the Winchester American Legion post. The Auxiliary of the Independent Hose Co of Stephens City plans a "Wom anless Wedding" event.
A 1924 item notes a local jeweler will sell all clocks watches and jewelry left in his shop over 30 days to cover repair charges. The same snippet mentions Fritz Leiber arriving with his company for a performance of the Three Musketeers at the Empire Theatre and several young women leaving by B and O train to Farmville for a State Teacher’s College fall session. A curb sale cites old stone torn up priced at ten cents a foot and a line about a new will costing fifty.
Washington reports cite Cripps and Bevin optimistic about more American money after 1952. World Bank and Export-Import Bank emerge as postwar recovery tools, with US influence growing in international finance and bond markets. Steel and wage talks loom as Philip Murray secures no-raise terms while supporting Truman’s policy.
American soprano Eleanor Steber, now a Metropolitan Opera prima donna with a six figure income, returns to the New England Conservatory of Music to create two scholarships for promising young artists. She credits American training and teachers for her success and notes opera stars now benefit from home-grown education and a modern, streamlined image.
Puzzle style prompt outlines a daily IQ test with 10 days of questions and score bands. It begins with a list of sample questions about a Mississippi steam boat race settlers in New England gulf of Bothnia Honan province Arthurian legends and a missing ship.
A 1949 report describes delivering a penicillin or sulfamide antibiotic directly into the maxillary sinuses via a vasoconstrictor to shrink nasal lining and improve drainage. The method, performed by physicians, may aid both acute and chronic sinus infections by keeping medication in contact with infected tissue longer.
By end of August 1949 there were 74 diplomatic missions accredited to the United States. Of these 55 were embassies and 17 were legations, with two not actually located in Washington. Estonia has two consuls general in New York City and Nepal has a charge d affaires ad interim in London also accredited to the United States.
The United Nations Secretariat reports a record influx of laudatory letters from around the world over its decision to install a non-denominational prayer room in the world capital on Manhattan's East Side. Officials contrast this response with protests over Cardinal Mindzenty, noting religion as a unifying global force despite grand political spats.
Medical authorities state that poliomyelitis is not transmissible from mother to child and thus a woman who had polio cannot pass the disease to her offspring.
Terry Austin aboard a clipper from Guatemala to New York longs to hide her broke status after her father Mark Austin’s death. She fears social exposure as she contemplates a new form of support and a possible marriage while avoiding professional work. Helen Lannis questions Terry’s plan as Terry reveals she will monetize her charm and social presence to survive.
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