Safety Chairman Warns of Danger of Motor Scooters
Chief J Thomas Boyd head of the Winchester Frederick County Safety Committee warns that motorized bicycles and scooters should be treated as motor vehicles. He notes most riders are youths and urges thorough traffic-rule instruction before street use. Virginia law requires an operator's license at age 15 with parental consent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Thomas Boyd
Winchester - Frederick County
Boyd
Virginia
Take-A-Number quiz show heads to Winchester Capitol Theater
Red Benson Mutual Broadcasting System brings a quiz show to Winchester next week at the Capitol Theater. Contestants from the audience can win $600 in prizes each performance on Thursday and Friday at 7:30 a m. Tickets are sold at Festival Office or by mail to Box 444 Winchester with SASE. Call 7725 for price details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Benson Mutual Broadcasting System
Winchester
Capitol Theater
Benson
S. Loudoun St
Court Action Bars Two Ex-Manhattan Athletes From Professional Play
Henry Poppe and John Byrnes former Manhattan College basketball co-captains pleaded guilty to conspiracy to shave points. Judge James M Barrett sentenced them to probation for three years and warned they must not play professional sports or face jail. The three-year term also imposes strict limits on future athletic involvement. Two other conspirators, Benjamin Schwartzberg and Cornelius Kelleher, received one year each, while Sell Rappaport drew ten months.
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New York
Henry Poppe
John Byrnes
Manhattan
Jasper
James M Barrett
Barrett
Benjamin Schwartzberg
Brooklyn
Cornelius Kelleher
Rappaport
Great Homecoming for Vienna Cathedral Bell Reopens St Stephens
Half a million Austrians filled Vienna streets for the re opening of St Stephens Cathedral and the return of the Pummerin bell after seven years of reconstruction. Police estimate crowds exceeded any recent rally as faith and history unite in a historic Catholic celebration.
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Vienna
St. Stephens
Austria
Average Virginia factory worker sees smaller weekly pay
The Virginia Department of Labor and Industry reports lower weekly earnings despite higher hourly wages. From February to March 1941 the average work week fell from 40.9 to 39.3 hours, burning payrolls by 700 jobs while nonmanufacturing sectors added 1,800 workers.
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Richmond
State Department of Labor and Industry
Virginia
State Commissioner of Labor and Industry
Edmond N. Boggs, Jr
Estranged wife of Tommy Manville killed in accident
Georgiana Campbell Manville, 33, estranged eighth wife of playboy Tommy Manville, died in an automobile crash in Greenburgh. Police say a car she drove collided with another at an intersection, she was thrown from the vehicle and the car then ran over her. She was alone in the car.
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Greenburgh
N.Y
Georgiana Campbell Manville
Tommy Manville
Cap
Eugene Brett
Conspirators Plead Guilty in 1949 50 Basketball Fixes
Kelleher and Byrnes pleaded guilty to conspiracy to fix three Manhattan games in the 1949 50 season Siena Santa Clara and Bradley at Madison Square Garden.
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Kelleher
Byrnes
Manhattan
Siena
Santa Clara
Bradley
Madison Square Garden
Rural Mail Box Improvement Week Declared
The Post Office Department designates May 3 as Rural Mail Box Improvement Week to encourage proper, accessible and neat rural boxes. Postmaster Carl L Campbell urges white painted supports and clearly legible box numbers, noting nonstandard boxes may remain if in good condition but dangerous or hard to use boxes should be discarded.
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Post Office Department
Department
Carl L Campbell
Schoolroom clue leads to recovery of radium pellets
In Carteret New Jersey an investigation recovered four radium pellets worth about $200 000 after a boy from St Josephs Grammar School mentioned a lead box during a novena prompting authorities to search a sidewalk near a residence. Army counters detected radioactivity and aided police.
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Carteret. N. J
Ffoster-Wheeling Corp
George Snerdan
St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Grammar School
Nicholas Norusis
Sheridan
First Brethren Church Observes Fifth Anniversary
The First Brethren Church on Berryville Avenue marks five years in its new building with a 9 45 a m summary of the past year. Sunday School follows at 10 45. A fellowship meal is served at noon in the church basement. Evening services are at 6 30 and 7 30 p m.
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First Brethren Church
Berryville Avenue
Judge Orders All Forrest County Lawyers to Court
In Hattiesburg Mississippi Judge Burkitt Collins ordered Sheriff Ab Payne to bring about 65 lawyers to his courtroom after failing to find counsel for two murder suspects Elaine Froan aged 33 from Salt Lake City and Luther Wheeler 24 from Jacksonville Florida. The March 9 killings of two officers prompted the bid for representation and prompted multiple disqualifications among the first five chosen for the defense.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Forrest County
Burkitt Collins
Ab Payne
Elaine Froan
Salt Lake City
Luther Carlyle Wheeler
Jacksonville
Fla
Collins
Page Democrats Meet in Luray
A Page County Democratic mass meeting in Luray unanimously endorsed Rep Barr P. Harrison for reelection and instructed their delegates to support him at the Seventh District Congressional Convention.
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Luray
Page County
Barr P. Harrison
Negro and White Congregations Merge in San Francisco
Two San Francisco Presbyterian groups, one Black and one white, will form a single church led by Rev. Wesley L. Hawes. About 60 Black parishioners will join 40 white members at Westminster Presbyterian after the pastor resigned to become a chaplain, marking a public stand for Christian democracy.
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San Francisco
House Probers Order Nunan To Keep May 5 Date
Former Revenue Commissioner Joseph D Nunan Jr was ordered to appear May 5 before a House Ways and Means Subcommittee investigating revenue scandals. Health issues delayed his prior appearances but investigators insist on testimony while grand jury probes continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Probers
Nunan
Washington
Joseph D Nunan, Jr
Congress
House Ways and Means
Naval Chief Fechtler Heads to Western Europe Talks
Adm. William Fechtler, chief of naval operations, departed for a series of conferences with U. S. and foreign officials in Western Europe to discuss allied defense and strategic maritime cooperation.
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Washington
William Fechtler
Naval Operations
U. S
Europe
John L. Lewis Visits Hampton Roads Coal Dumping Facilities
John L. Lewis head of the United Mine Workers made a surprise visit to Hampton Roads coal dumping facilities and attended a luncheon hosted by three coal-hauling railroads at the port. A railroad official, speaking off the record, said no business or politics were discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
United Mine Workers
Hampton Roads
John L. Lewis
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Page Democrats
the Food Center
Loudoun St
Bock Walker
All American
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Antitasue
G.E
Miller
Anderson
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Republic Station
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Key Largo
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