AP Directors See U S Drive to Free Oatis
The Associated Press board expressed confidence the United States will exploit any opportunity to win William N Oatis freedom from a Czech jail. Oatis, an AP reporter, was jailed on espionage charges a year earlier and sentenced to 10 years. The directors cited government actions and noted AP continues reporting while wartime tensions persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
U. S
Oatis’ Freedom
New York
United States
William N Oatis
Oatis
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Alfred M. Gruenther
Dwight D. Eisenhower
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Free World
Frank
Korea
Noel
U. N
Sun Tee Sundress Pattern Patteren R4797 Feature
Misses sizes 12 to 20 pattern R4797 offers sun pinafore with winged ruffles patch pockets and curvy waistline plus a puff sleeved high neckline version. Includes complete illustrated instructions and yardage for 35 inch fabric. Send 35 cents to Anne Adams Winchester Evening Star Pattern Dept New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Winchester Evening Star
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Frick to present Stengel's ring at Yankee Stadium today
The new baseball commissioner Ford C Frick will attend Yankee Stadium to present Casey Stengel's champions with their class rings before resuming his duties. The piece notes his limited public presence and duty to oversee owners and league affairs. It also briefly dwells on boxing hero Ray Robinson and racing announcer Clem McCarthy, highlighting their significance in sport history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ford C. Frick
Frick
Yankee Stadium
Casey Stengel
Ray Robinson
Rocky Graziano
Editor Stanley Andrews Nominated to Lead Point Four
President Truman named Arkansas editor Stanley Andrews to hear the Point Four program as technical cooperation administrator. Andrews, longtime newspaper figure, would oversee postwar technical aid and cooperation efforts.
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Washington
President
Truman Today
Stanley Andrews
Arkansas
News service reach grows with AP totals and memberships
The year rose by 13 to 1733, with a net increase of 58 radio station memberships bringing the total to 1126. In 52 countries outside the United States, 2705 newspapers radio stations and periodicals received AP news and news photo services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
AP News
Proceed Wins Feature Race At Middleburg
J M Mulford's Proceed a six year old gelding won the feature Mary Mellon chase at the Middleburg hunt spring meeting. Proceed was declared winner after High Road was disqualified for interference. Gentle Star and Sonatine also won the William Skinner Memorial and the Gerald B Webber Memorial respectively with other winners finishing the day.
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Middleburg
J. M. Mulford
Proceed
Middleburg Hunt
Sidney Culver
High Road
Gentle Star
Rokeby Stables
Upperville
William Skinner
Happy Hill
Philadelphia
Gerald B. Webber
Fiddler’s Choice
Mra
W.H. Perry
Cobham
Glenwood
Tico Tico
Arthur E. Pugh Jr
Real Estate Transfers Across Stephens City and Winchester Area
A compiled list of property transfers in the Winchester and Stephens City region notes numerous conveyances. Transactions include Henry C. Hartley to Boyd R. Ambrose on German and Green Streets, and many deeds involving parcels, improvements, and service stations in Gainesboro District, Shawnee District, and nearby routes. Additional entries cover unimproved lots along Sulphur Springs Road, various acreages near Middletown, and multiple transfers within Purcell Avenue and the Lovetown Manor area.
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Henry C. Hartley
Boyd R. Ambrose
German St. & Green St
Stephens City
Leslie C. Lucas
H N. Walker
Haysoom
H. N. Walker
Louise C. Schmitz
Hayfield Cabin
Jacob L. Bowman
Green St
Philip Williams
Roy Moxley
Sulphur Springs
Winchester
Archie E. Dunlap
T. Earl Haines
Gainesboro
Frederick County
Wilson R. Combs
James C. Holland
C. Irvine Cather
A. Lyndall Anderson
Welltown Pike
John J. Pickeral
Paul Hammock
Middletown
Roy E. Carper
Preston N Place
Opequon
White Post
William H. Mowrey
Zulette G. Poplin
Smithfield Ave
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Minnie H. Dellinger
M. T. Massie
Purcell Ave
C. E. Holsinger
Winston B. Baker
Norman E. Cooper
Myrtle H. Cooper
N. Braddock St
G. Frank Gearing
Richard D. Kern
Courtfield Ave
James Gearing
Joseph L. Wright
Morningside Drive
Harry W. Butler
H W. Butler & Bro., Inc
City of
Racing Car Kills 4 At Dayton Speedway
A racing car spun out of control into the Dayton Speedway grandstand killing four people including driver Gordon Reid of Burbank California. Fourteen thousand spectators watched as 50 were injured in the worst track accident since 1929. Reid, 29, and Ruby Ellen Shaffer, 43, were among the dead.
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Dayton
Dayton Speedway
Gordon Reid
Burbank
Calif
Winchester
Ind
Reid
Ruby Ellen Shaffer
Springfield
Robert Thatcher
Gene Lawson
The
Speedway
Herman Cottrell
Indianapolis
Home Floor Theory Boosts Lakers Shot At Title
In Minneapolis the Lakers built a 3-2 series lead with a 102 to 89 win over the Knicks. The win on home court followed by George Mikan reaching the 10,000 point mark with 32 points in the game as the teams head to New York for the sixth game.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Minneapolis Lakers
National Basketball Association
Lakers
Gai
New York Knickerbockers
New York
George Mikan
Easter social mix at Gainesboro families and visitors
Mr and Mrs Owen Buckman and daughter Cora Alice of Romney W Va and Mrs Delia Johnson of Winchester visited the De Havens. Sunrise Easter service at Whitacre Methodist Church drew attendees from Gainesboro. Guests at the Frank Flowers home included the Shads McCoy Michaels Bohrer Place Webber and others from Winchester Centralia and Siler. Billy Fisher returned from Winchester Memorial Hospital. Easter gatherings included DeHaven and Fearnow families from Baltimore Winchester and local households.
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Gainesboro
Owen Buckman
Cora Alice
Romney
W. Va
Delia Johnson
Winchester
Nathaniel de Haven
Whitacre Methodist Church
Methodist Men's Club of
Frank Flowers
Jamie Shade
Don
Bonnie
Jack McCoy
Billie Michael
Herbert Bohrer
Berkeley Springs
Preston Place
Don Webber
Dick Flowers
Balph Skidmore
Centralia
Brown Collins
Siler
Flowers
Fred Kirk
Ray Flowers
Delphia DeHaven
June Fearnow
Billy Fisher
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Virgil DeHaven
Eugene DeHaven
Bobby
Baltimore
John Fearnow
Nathaniel DeHaven
Frankie
Western Union Picketing In Old Dominion
Western Union telegraph workers began 12 hour picketing in eight Virginia cities including Richmond Charlottesville Petersburg Roanoke Lynchburg Norfolk Portsmouth Newport News AFL Commercial Telegraphers Union officials announced the action after a Virginia union meeting.
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Richmond
Western Union
Virginia
AFL
Charlottesville
Petersburg
Roanoke
Lynchburg
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Newport News
Old Dominion
Question prompts how to detect distant atomic explosions
Scientists detect distant atomic explosions by monitoring atmospheric radioactivity and seismic signals. They analyze acoustic and seismic waves, fallout patterns, and signature isotopes to confirm a test occurred and estimate its yield and location.
Radioactive Atoms Detected From Suspected Bomb Rise
Officials note an increase in airborne radioactive atoms. Air samples will determine whether the explosive used uranium or plutonium, clarifying the weapon's composition and potential source.
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Toots Shors
Clem
Reigh
Smokey
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Corliss
Archer
WINC
NBA
Minneapolis
Coca-Cola
Sae Ewe
Iceberg
Pepsi-Cola
the Food Center
N. Loudoun St
Smalts & Son
National Ave
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Columbia Baking Company
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