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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1946
Page
2
Star players Jer Harper of Portsmouth and Sam Snead head the field for the Virginia Open at Cavalier Yacht and Country Club. Richmond’s Chank, Norfolk’s John O Donnell, and others compete for the $ prize in a tourney returning after wartime pause, with past champions and runners up aiming for a share.
Readable text notes a sales pitch promoting aspirin as a top seller with a claim of large quantity discounts and low prices. The fragment mentions convenient action and large purchases, emphasizing fast quality service in St Joseph Find.
In a tribute speech, Truman lauded FDR for shaping a global partnership through the United Nations and the New Deal. He said Roosevelt’s vision linked Americans to world civili zation and urged continued defense of humane principles as caretaker of the Roosevelt estate is placed as a national historic site.
Correct responses list for the May 1 19 quiz printed on that page. Includes figures 2 200 000 Owl Tune Arctic Ocean and totals for Nazi German Japanese and Italian subs. Notes 113 days Dr Karl Haushofer true and James Sinnick designer.
Selective buying of low priced specialties supported the market while key stocks held mixed trends. After an active open, trading cooled with caution returning to sentiment. Advances appeared in U S Steel Bethlehem U S Rubber Goodyear J I Case Allied Chemical Kennecott Southern Pacific New York Central Warner Bros Panhandle Shamrock Transamerica Libby McNeil on a dividend rise and air reductions.
Daily wholesale market rundown lists prices for patent brand flour feed egg mash middlings and corn meal, plus livestock quotes for steers heifers cows calves and pigs. Includes variances by bag weight cwt and by grade for egg and grain products and farm white corn.
April 12 reports show unchanged produce prices in Baltimore with steady markets for apples potatoes and eggs. Cattle calves hogs and sheep in Baltimore Chicago and Chicago markets display steady to firm tonnage with varied price ranges across grades and weights.
Chicago grain futures opened weak across wheat corn oats rye and barley with most contracts near ceiling opening prices. Prices listed show July to December futures for wheat May corn oats rye and barley with slight variations across months.
The Winchester Junior Board of California will hold a Membership meeting tonight. Directors will be elected for a two year term.
In April the Baltimore and Ohio Railway furloughed about 1,500 train crew members and roughly 3,000 other workers. Incomplete reports from other lines showed similar layoffs as carloadings declined across the coal region of West Virginia and surrounding areas.
Clarke County beat Middletown 5 2 as Hudson allowed five hits and James Thomas hit a homer for the winner. Gainesboro defeated Stonewall 10 2 behind Baker and Omos. Stephens City toppled Berryville 11 5 with Peace earning the win as 13 batters came to plate in a nine run first inning. Gore was idle.
Local Lions Club appoints delegates and alternates to the State Lions Convention in Roanoke for June 2021. George Sanders chairs the delegation with James Alexandria Robert Lewis Paul Anderson Bryant R. Harper Howard J. Cahill William R. Wheatley Walter Knee Earl L. Mason J. Ben Cather. Alternates are Jack Blackburn Rod Sirbaugh German Radford Rev. Franklin G. Senger Charles H. Kabler C. Henderson Bailey Page Louderback Samuel Johnson M. B. Clowe Jr. and William M. Battile. A nominating committee to select new officers for next month includes Wheatley Weaver Hobert Barr Riley Schenck Hawthorne and Presley, all past club presidents.
Mrs. Bessie Colston Pitman died at 6 a.m. in Charles Town West Virginia at age 74. She was the widow of John E. Pitman and daughter of Capt. John T. Colston and Bertha Colston. No immediate survivors. Funeral services will be from Strider's Funeral Home in Charles Town at 2 p.m. Sunday with Rev. E. T. Clark officiating.
London April 12 Next to beating Tami Mauriello in his United States debut at Madison Square Garden New York on May 13 Bruce Woodcock England s heavyweight boxing champion simply must get a satin bathing suit for his fiancee Nora ey Tork airplane I ve got to get at at all costs Woodcock and Nora whom he courted on Lane training walks over the Derby moors plan to be married after he returns from New York The 25 year old Woodcock who unlike other British hopes of the past has never been knocked out was hailed as the future heavy con champion by his manager Tom Hurst at a farewell press conference Hurst s belief is founded on 24 successive victories since Wood cock turned professional in 1942 Only his second pro fight a six rounder went the limit He has five knockouts and the rest are technical kagoes in from two to six rounds While Woolcock has flattened the best fighters in Britain boxing critics long disappointed by British heavyweights are skeptical about his chances abroad He has proved he can catapult
The Rev. T. J. Hawkins outlines Braddock Methodist Holy Week schedule with Palm Sunday services at 11 a.m and 7 30 p m including a reception for the Communicant Class. Evening hymns and sermons follow through Maundy Thursday and Good Friday hour by hour. Easter programs begin with dawn service at 6 30 a.m and include church school and morning worship.
The Good Fight, produced by National Lutheran Council for Lutheran World Action, screens at St Pauls Lutheran Church Sunday night April 14 at 7 pm and Trinity Lutheran Church Stephens City at 8 pm. The film shows Europe’s desperate situations and urges church relief and Christian responsibility. Holy Week services run nightly April 15 to 19 at St Pauls with public welcome.
The revival meeting at Woodbine Gospel Tabernacle in Grimes opened Tuesday with well attended services. The Rev. Reg Raines delivers messages as services begin each day, greeting the public with a cordial welcome.
President Truman affirmed the Bikini Atoll atomic tests must proceed with new target dates, calling the experiments essential to future planning and defense efficiency. Senator Huffman sought cancellation of the tests, prompting the president to issue a formal statement without detailing the timing.
A boxer entering a knockout fight worries his defense is weak but believes his optimal fighting weight is 191 pounds, shaping strategy and risk.
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