Greenbrier Cadet Band Plans Blossom Festival Trip
Greenbrier Military School sends its Cadet Band of over 40 musicians plus Capt. R B Gainer and a 5 man Color Guard to attend the Shenandoah Valley Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester Virginia on May 1. Cadet Lt Don Coleman of Safer Va leads the band as drum major and the unit has drawn praise from visitors including Gen Jonathan Wainwright Gen Maxim Lough and Maj Gen Ewart G Plank for parade and performance work.
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Greenbrier Military School
R. B. Gainer
Shenandoah Valley
Winchester
Greenbrier
Don Coleman
Saefiar
Jonathan Wainwright
Maxim Lough
Ewart G. Plank
Navy hash mark eligibility requires four years service
The Navy Department states that eligibility for a hash mark requires four years of actual service in the Regular Navy or Naval Reserve. Time spent in the Army, Marine Corps, Coast Guard or Maritime Service before entering the Navy does not count toward a hash mark.
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Navy Department
Naval Reserve
Army
Marine Corps
Maritime Service
Local Winchester Man Praises ERB-HELP After Bloating Relief
A Winchester man reports relief from post meals bloating and gas after using ERB-HELP. He says he now eats freely, bowels are regular, and he feels like a new man. The ad claims ERB-HELP contains 12 herbs cleansing bowels and aiding liver and kidneys. Sold at all Winchester drug stores.
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Winchester
Handley Wins Invitational Track Meet in Martinsburg Finish
Handley high school won the sixth annual Handley invitational with 68 points, Martinsburg finished second with 27, and Fairfax 23. Miller led Handley with three firsts and a second, equaling a 1939 record in the 220 and the Handley 880 relay tied the invitational mark at 1 minute 38 seconds. A stray dog caused a spill in the 440 yard run injuring runners Smith and Powell.
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Handley High School
Martinsburg
Fairfax
Handley
Fairfax Harriers
St. James
Cather
Stewart
Fowler
Anderson
Miller
S. Fray
Culpeper
Smith
Powell
Roseberry
Trayer
Bob Green
Bobby Tayor
Bob Taylor
McCall
Warren County
Hagerman
Hagerstown
Inpp
Fredericksburg
Cochran
Hart
Ward Snyder
Robinson
Coleman
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Simpson
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Wild
McIntyre
Manor
Campbell
MacDonald
Jack
Taylor
Shockley
F. Taylor
J. Taylor
Harden
Porterfield
Parnell
Garber
Duvall
Pennant Dream Surges For Boston First Flag Since 1918
Boston teams swept Philadelphia to reshape pennant hopes as the Red Sox and Braves won both ends of doubleheaders. Joe Cronin paced Boston's rally while Tex Hughson and Mickey Harris won key games. Giants toppled Brooklyn. Cubs beat St Louis as Goody Rosen starred for the Dodgers.
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Braves
Philadelphia
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New York Yankees
Brooklyn
Ed Head
Brooklyn Dodgers
St. Louis Cardinals
Tex Hughson
Mickey Harris
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Johnny Sain
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Redbirds
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Hal Schumacher
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Tommy Livington
Johnny Schimitz
Ken Burkhardt
Yanks
Roger Wolff
Yankees
Stan Spence
Allen Gettel
Tigers
Detroit
Cleveland Indians
Red Embree
Hank Greenberg
Cincinnati
Reds
Pittsburgh
Pirates
Ed Heusser
Bucs
Grady Hatton
Ted Lyons
Chiago White Sox
U. S. Marines
St. Louis Browns
Browns
White Sox
WWI Serviceman Seeks Refund for Overseas Marriage Costs
A World War I veteran asks if he can refund marriage expenses paid overseas after sending for his wife. The advisor says to file a claim with the General Accounting Office Claims Division in Washington DC, with full particulars.
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Claims Division
General Accounting Office
Washington, D. C
Smith as Diplomat and Dragon of War Glory
Washington report highlights General Walter Bedell Smith newly in Moscow to convey U S doubts about Soviet aims. The piece recalls Smith's hard edged leadership as Eisenhower's chief of staff, his role negotiating Italian and German surrender terms, and anecdote of his sharp tongue with German officers. Tomorrow: Spider into Diplomat.
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Russia
Moscow
Stalin
America
Smith
Gen. Eisenhower
North Africa
Germany
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Eisenhower
Italy
Gen. Smith
Wes Gallagher
Associated Press
Berlin
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Gallaugher
Rhine
Hampden-Sydney Leads College Baseball Teams
Four Virginia colleges led state spring sports as Hampden-Sydney topped baseball, William and Mary led tennis, Virginia led golf, and Virginia Military Institute led track. Hampden-Sydney, 5–2, faces key games this week while Washington and Lee, Lynchburg, and Roanoke also contest top spots.
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Hammpden
Sydney
Virginia
William and Mary
Virginia Military Institute
Frank Summers
Hampden-Sydney
Lynchburg College
Tigers
Washington and Lee
University of Richmond
Randolph Macon
Death Valley
Bengals
Roanoke College
Hampden- Sydney
Randolph-Macon
University of Virginia Cavaliers
Cavaliers
Charlottes Ville
Tiger
Jack Glascock
Henry Neighbors
William
Potomac Edison Plan Approved by SEC Transfer Merger
The SEC approves Potomac Edison plan to transfer Page Power Madison Power and Massanutten Power stocks to Northern Virginia Power Co. in a merger. Potomac will receive 19 500 shares of Northern Virginia common and purchase 6810 additional shares for 681 000 dollars. Northern Virginia will retire 681 174 dollars of debt to its parent.
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Potomac Edison Co
Northern Virginia Power Co
Northern Virginia
Page Power Co
Madison Power Co
Massanutten Power Co
Potomac
USS Hobby DD 610 Named For Navy Commander William M. Hobby Jr
The ship was named for Navy Commander William M. Hobby Jr of Sylvan ia Georgia who was killed in action in the Pacific in 1942. It was not damaged in the war and is currently assigned to the Reserve Fleet at Charleston.
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Hobby
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