Four Teams Join Softball League May Start May 13
Four teams joined the city softball league and a fifth club Star Office was absent at a meeting Thursday. Robert Richard was elected president, succeeding Ray Garrabrandt. New officers include W E Worth as vice president and P H Gee as secretary treasurer. Deadline extended to May 1 to attract at least six teams. league play set to begin May 13.
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Robert Richard
The
Loop
Richard
Ray Garrabrandt
W. E. Worth
P. H. Gee
O'Sullivan
Lloyd Coffelt
van Woolen
Royal Crown
Maurice Blosser
Capitol Restaurant
Boyd Grim
Dick Owens
Adrian LaRue
Bev Lamb
Star Office
Garrabrandt
Oscar Weber
Winchester Woolen
National Fruit
Clearbrook Woolen
American Legion
H. E. Rivers
Legion of Gee
Winchester
League winner and runner-up plan efficient umpires
Richard pledged to see that able umpires are available for all games while deciding against forming a local umpires association this year. The group will meet again on the 25th to finalize operation plans.
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Richard
Council set to adopt rules for future proceedings
Security council members prepare to establish rules governing their dealings as Egyptian delegate Mahmoud Hassan Pasha dismisses early action against British influence in Egypt. French Ambassador Henri Bonnet pledges France will not push a Spanish issue unless other council members fail to act. Delegates tour Sperry Gyroscope plant in Lake Success to assess potential long term headquarters, debating relocation from Hunter College in the Bronx.
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Mahmoud Hassan Pasha
Egypt
Henri Bonnet
France
Council of Foreign Ministers
Security Council
Peace Enforcement Agency
Sperry
Lake Success
N. Y
Long Island
Hunter College
The
Bronx
Two Killed and 58 Hurt In Train Crash Near Salt Lake City
A rear bound Exposition Flier plunged from the rails at 3 20 p m Pacific Standard Time about 150 miles east of Salt Lake City. Two persons were killed and 58 injured with about 10 seriously hurt as ten coaches including three tourist sleepers and three day coaches left the track.
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Exposition
Salt Lake City
Stock Market Report in New York Apr 6
In dividual stocks showed moderate activity as leaders failed to spark urgency amid thin news. Investors trimmed accounts, citing technical weakness despite inflation signals and a hopeful outlook for international relations and upcoming industrial output. Utilities stocks like Friday’s leaders paused while bonds moved mixed.
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New York
Priday
Funeral services for William Franklin Sheetz
Funeral services for William Franklin Sheetz, who died Thursday evening at his home, will be held Monday at 2 PM from Jones Funeral Home. The Rev Franklin G. Senger of the United Brethren Church will officiate. Pallbearers are Ernest Orndorff, Leo Ritter, James Keffer, Robert Grim, Fred Long, and Chariton Crenshaw. Interment follows at Mount Hebron Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Franklin Sheetz
Jones Funeral Home
Franklin G. Senger
United Brethers Church
Ernest Orndorff
Leo Ritter
James Keffer
Robert Grim
Fred Long
Chariton Crenshaw
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Stephens City Baseball Club Practice Scheduled Tomorrow
Lynn Comer announced a 2 PM practice for Stephens City Baseball Club members tomorrow on the high school grounds. Every team member is urged to attend as the squad opens the season April 28 at Orange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Comer
Stephens City
Orange
Service Sunday At Gore Church
The regular worship service and the observance of the Order of Holy Communion will be tomorrow afternoon at 8 o'clock at Hebron Baptist Church in Gore. The Rev. N. B. Habel is pastor.
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Order of Holy Communion
Hebron Baptist Church
Gore
N. B. Habel
Chamber of Commerce Meeting Discusses Meters and Air Travel
Berryville Chamber secretary L C Kackley and JBT president Scotty Benner opened the session with telegrams from nearby chambers and regrets from Senator Byrd and Rep Robertson. Members debated parking meters while Historic Quartette performed. Guest speaker Bill Henry of P C A outlined rapid air travel growth, surplus capacity, anticipated fare cuts, and a shift toward cargo and passenger fleets using four engined airliners.
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Ville
Quartette
Robert Legge
Robert Snapp
Eugene Russell
John Pelter
Brother Brown
Chamber
G. C. Lewis
Bill Henry
Air Express
Answers to the Daily Quiz Revealed
The list provides the correct responses for items five through ten. Item five names The War of 1812. Item six identifies the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. Item seven cites De Land Florida. Item eight references War Knight. Item nine points to the Department of Commerce. Item ten mentions Garibaldi.
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Hope
The
Supreme Soviet of the Ussr
de Land
Florida
War Knight
Department of Commerce
Garibaldi
Virginia News Briefs Highlight Deaths and Legal News
Three incident notes report fatalities near Charlottesville and memorial plans for Booker T. Washington. A Henrico grand jury indicts jailers over a 1945 jail break with trial set for April 22. Benjamin Dey White, longtime 28th Circuit judge, dies in Norfolk after a long illness. A memorial project to honor Booker T. Washington is announced in Hale's Ford. Possible primary challenge to Senator Byrd noted from Richmond or Williamsburg sources.
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Richmond
Henrico County
Henrico
Thomas F. O. Connor
Peter Sorenson
Julien Gunn
Martin A. Hutchinson
Ashton Covell
Williamsburg
Virginia
House of Delegates
U. S
Harry F. Byrd
United States Senate
Truman Urges Peacetime Military Power For 18 Year Old Vote
President Truman spoke in Chicago urging a strong peacetime force to back U S protection of weaker nations as 18 year olds gain the vote. He reviewed a parade of 14 000 troops including the Fifth Red Diamond Infantry and was escorted by Eisenhower Spaatz Devers Lutes and Patterson. Police arrested a man suspected of sending crank letters to the President as thousands gathered at Union Station and Soldier Field prepared for his 3 p m address.
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Navy
Michigan Avenue
Crank
Chicago
John C. Prendergast
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Carl Spaatz
Jacob L. Devers
Leroy Lutes
Patterson
Truman
Union Station
Mary Kinzer Welch
Fairmont Ave
Stephenson Methodist Church Announces Tomorrow’s Services
This morning the Stephenson Methodist Church announced the schedule for tomorrow with Church School at 10 a.m. Youth Fellowship at 7 p.m. and Worship and sermon at 7:30 p.m.
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Stephenson Methodist Church
Bible Class Meetings At Local Churches This Sunday
Notices announce Morning Bible class gatherings at Presbyterian and Methodist churches. John Morrison leads the Young Adult class at 9 45 with officers named. Frank T McFaden class holds installation of new officers led by W W Glass. Open Door class invites members and friends. Grace Lutheran class taught by Rev W E Eisenberg at 9 45. Braddock Street Methodist Golden Rule class taught by Charles P McVicar at 9 45. Visitors welcome.
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Soveph
Johnie
Joseph
The
Presbyterian Church
Vane
John Morrison
Mary Gay Marker
Robert Taylor
Paul Hammer
F. T. M’faden
W. W. Glass
Frank T. McFaden
Loudoun Street Prestian Church
Dr. S. Wilson
Harry Ridgeway
W. A. Havermale
Earl Luttrell
Sam McCarty
C. W. Atkins
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Charles P. McVicar
Evangelistic Services Begin at Loudoun Street Church
The Loudoun Street Church of Christ at 308 South Loudoun Street will host evangelistic services with guest speaker Donald G. Hunt of Joplin Missouri. Morning sessions start tomorrow with night services at 7 o clock. Hunt is a young evangelist with extensive Midwest experience and editor of The Voice of Evangelism. A cordial invitation to attend is extended to the public.
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Loudoun Street
Church of Christ
South
Donald G. Hunt
Joplin
Hunt
Middle West
Voice of Evangelism
Painless Draft Bill Gets Backing
Washington April 6. The House Military Committee backed a painless draft formula that would extend the draft nine months while banning inductions for those becoming eligible during the period. Rep Harness proposed the plan as a substitute for an Army bill, with registrations continuing but inductions after May 15 limited to those already eligible. The committee delayed a vote, planning to decide next Tuesday.
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Washington
House Military Committee
Truman
Chicago
Harness
Father and Son Speedsters Fined in County Court
In Judge Edwards court Roswell Branson Dorsett Jr of Akron Ohio was fined 10 dollars plus costs while his father paid 5 dollars and costs for speeding. Nelson Garfield Harris near Berryville was fined 10 dollars and costs for reckless driving. Montgomery Triplett of Winchester paid 5 dollars and costs for failing to stop at a stop sign. Henry Lee Summers of Front Royal 35 dollars and costs for reckless driving without a license. C Hill of Winchester fined 1 dollar and costs for possessing an unlicensed male dog.
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W. E. Edwards
Roswell Branson Dorsett, Jr
Akron
Nelson Garfield Harris
Berryville
Montgomery John Triplett
Gibbon St
Winchester
Henry Lee Summers
Hill St
Front Royal
C. C. Hill
Rites Tomorrow For James H. Polhamus
Funeral services for James H. Polhamus will be held tomorrow at 2 PM from Berryville Presbyterian Church with Rev. R K Mac Donald officiating. Interment follows at Green Hill Cemetery. Born November 3 1895 in Frederick county, he was the son of S S Polhamus of Stephenson and the late Margaret Polhamus. He died April 4 after two months of ill health, survived by wife Inez Polhamus two children James Jr and Marguerite a daughter from a former marriage Jane Hope Polhamus two brothers Leslie of Winchester Clinton near Berryville and three sisters Mrs Henry Dutrow Mrs C R McCann and Miss Caroline Polhamus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Polhamus
Berryville Presbyterian Church
R. K. MacDonald
Green Hill Cemetery
Frederick County
S. S. Polhamus
Stephenson
Margaret Polhamus
Inez Polhamus
James, Jr
Marguerite
Jane Hope Polhamus
Leslie Polhamus
Winchester
Clinton Polhamus
Berryville
Henry Dutrow
Charles Town
C. R. McCann
Caroline Polhamus
Death of Carl C. Kidwell Reported in Laurel
Word arrived of Carl C. Kidwell's death in a Laurel Maryland hospital. A native of Winchester he will be brought home for funeral arrangements which are not yet complete.
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Carl C. Kidwell
Winchester
Laurel
Clean Up Paint Up Campaign Praised by Arthur
J. Victor Arthur, president of the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival and local insurance man, said the Clean-Up Paint-Up campaign will greatly benefit Winchester. He noted more painters on Main Street this week and hopes next week’s trash removal will clear accumulated refuse behind properties, improving the city for summer tourists.
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J. Victor Arthur
Shenandoah
Winchester
Arthur
Main Street
Eleven Die In Navy Plane Crash Near Albuquerque
Eleven bodies were recovered from a two engine Navy transport that crashed and exploded thirteen miles southeast of Albuquerque as it flew from Phoenix to Amarillo. The dead included eight passengers and three crew members.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Navy
Here
Phoenix
Ariz
Amarillo
Tex
Local Man Turns Army Paratrooper Skills Into Civilian Means
Frederick County resident Dick Hockman, a former parajumper with the 82nd Airborne Division, has turned his parachuting training into a postwar occupation. After two years overseas he now makes jumps at Virginia and nearby airports on Sundays and holidays, with a schedule that includes an air show at Stokes Airport Front Royal and performances through Moorefield West Virginia by July Fourth. His varied career began with barnstorming before World War II, including a near drowning incident in 1940 at Hopewell, Virginia and the loss of his silk chute. He later participated in 40 jumps during service, including Salerno Normandy D-Day and Grave in Holland.
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U. S. Army
Frederick County
Dick” Hockman
Loudoun St
U. S
82Nd Airborne Divsion
Young Hockman
Virginia
Stokes
Front Royal
Moore' Ifield
W. Va
Hockman
Trops
Hopewell
James River
82Nd Airborne Division
Salerno
Italy
Normandy
France
Grave
Holland
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Associate ® Press
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Stuart Marrs
Lois C. Hall
Carlton Ave
University of Virginia Hospital
Norfolk
Benjamin Dey White
28Th Judicial Circuit
Rockymount
Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee Institute
Alabama
Hale’s Ford
Frankfort
Front Royal Road
Frank T. Ridgeway
Herndon, Va
Father and Son
Laurel Md
Gray Avenue
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
T. A
Elizabeth Ellen Erb
Mollie L. Bromley
West
Chapman Motor CO
C. B. Smalts & Son
National Avenue
BAKER
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N. Braddock St
Westinghouse
Goodyear
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Virginia Loan & Thrift Corporation
Mary Kinzel Welch
R. P. Duvall
J. L. Jolliffe
J. M. Fishpaw
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