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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1949
Page
9
Two cars reported stolen in Baltimore collided at a downtown intersection after the thefts occurred Saturday night. both drivers fled the scene on foot.
Beachcomber, a brindle greyhound nicknamed Shorty, has won 79 races since 1947 and earned about 30 000 dollars in purses. Owner Paul Sutherland says the veteran dog will race through Florida's coming winter season, despite turning four in November.
Chicago report describes Robert E. Lewis at Armour Research Foundation predicting future composers will draw sound on paper via a typewriter style interface and transfer the pattern to film to create a full orchestra like synthetic soundtrack. He cites collaboration with Norman McLaren and notes first commercial application.
State police called the pistol slaying of Joanne Lynn an apparent sex murder and hunted an unknown man. Investigators believe she was lured or dragged into a car and shot twice in a locust grove four miles north of Hemlock New York after vanishing on her way to school. Livingston County sheriff's office issued a 14 state alarm.
A discussion of turning patterns on a film sound track into sound through a light and photocell. Mr. Lewis and Mr. McLaren model rhythms and pitches mathematically, detailing how high notes form distinctive shapes. They expect a practical machine within years, though full typewriter-like devices may take decades.
February 1948 reports 17 500 accidental deaths in the United States while other summaries note high danger levels with 9 incidents mentioned.
The Fort Collier dairy herd owned by I. Fred and Herman Stine of Winchester led 9 other herds in pounds of milk per cow for August and September. High individual cows included Eagle and Wolfe in August with 1928 pounds and E B Lee in September with 1674 pounds. The Clarke-Frederick DHIA, 19 months old, notes Stine herd near the top in early reporting.
The article notes that average milk production per cow rose by selecting top producers and removing underperformers while improving herd management cutting losses and boosting overall output.
A rescue plane is expected to fly to the Indian border to pick up Lowell Thomas, injured in Tibet after being thrown from a horse. He arrives in a sedan chair after a 16 day trek from Lhasa with his son. The accident happened while crossing a 17 000 (incomplete) foothold on the journey.
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