Injury List Spurs Pennant Chase Across MLB
Veteran sluggers and rising stars foul from the major leagues as injuries drain rosters. Ted Williams Johnny Pesky Mike Higgins and Buddy Kerr miss time for the Red Sox Giants and Cubs suffer key losses with Hack out for the season. Dodgers stumble as St Louis Cardinals pull within a game and a half. Reiser Lavagetto Stanky hampered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Reichler
Bob Feller
Cleveland Indians
Ted Williams
Johnny Pesky
Mike Higgins
Boston Red Sox
Johnny Mize
Buddy Kerr
New York Giants
Johnny Berardino
St. Louis Browns
Pete Reiser
Harry Lavagetto
Brooklyn Dodgers
Stan Hack
Chicago Cubs
Schoolboy Rowe
The
Phillies
Dodgers
St. Louis Cardinals
Pirates
Pittsburgh
Reiser
Ively
Eddie Stanky
Indians
Senators
White Sox
Chicago
Hack
Cubs
Cards
Johnny Ostrowski
Berardino
Detroit Tigers
Sportsman’s Park
First Lessons In U S Newest Postal Guide
Washington reports a playful Post Office supplement to the guide outlining mailing rules for Peru and China and noting changes like new post offices and renamed towns. It highlights oddities such as license requirements for medical cigarettes and color scheme updates for Red Dragon West Virginia further described as Blue Pennant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Peru
China
Adams Diggings
Pie Town
Post Office Department
Direccion General de Hacienda
Dryhead
Mont
Canebrake
Grindstone
Maine
Moosehorn
Moosehead
Ohio
Gnadenhutten
Three Square
Bulhead
Ariz
Devils den
Calif
Tall Timbers
Wild Horse
Nev
Marriage Licenses Issued in Winchester and Frederick County
248 marriage licenses issued in Winchester and Frederick County during July per clerk’s office records. County clerk Lee Whitacre notes 101 issued last month vs 147 by City Clerk Peyton Marshall. He adds July’s activity slowed from June and July peak, with twelve licenses issued on the busiest day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Frederick County
Lee Whitacre
Peyton Marshall
Whitacre
Drunken driving fines imposed on Sylvia O'Brien Yeaton
Sylvia O'Brien Yeaton of Riverton Virginia was arraigned in Trial Justice W Erle Edwards court this morning and found guilty of drunken driving with a 100 fine plus costs. A 30 day jail sentence was suspended. Earlier in police court she was fined 15 dollars and costs for disorderly conduct during booking late yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvia O’brien Yeaton
Riverton
W. Erle Edwards
Applications for Nations Proceeding Through UN Membership
The article notes continued consideration of new member applications including Ireland Portugal Iceland and Sweden with no current opposition. Siam may stir controversy due to a dispute with France over Indo China Mekong frontier as her application awaits review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palestine
Ireland
Portugal
Iceland
Sweden
Siam
France
Indo-China Frontier
Mekong
Woman Robbed At Point Of Rocks In Broad Daylight
Local police investigated a morning robbery near Point of Rocks Maryland. Mrs Ida Rutherford was assaulted as she crossed the bridge to catch a train. a youth in blue clothing grabbed her pocketbook containing about 45 dollars. A car headed south on Route 15 was seen. Patrols checked buses from Washington and three youths were later reported arrested in Fairfax but not identified. The road block was lifted at noon.
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Point of Rocks
S. P. Alexander
Leesburg
Ida Rutherford
Rt. 15
Washington
Wisecarver
Set
Woolf
Fairfax
Several Divorces Granted In City By Judge Harrison
Judge Burr P. Harrison granted multiple divorces in Corporation Court. Elizabeth Virginia Hockman and Alva M. Hockman merged a bed and board decree into an absolute divorce. Mary C. Kline and Stewart R. Kline received a bed and board divorce for desertion, married in Hagerstown in 1938, with three children to mother and $70 monthly support. George Kelehner and Pauline Kelehner obtained an absolute divorce for desertion. Lawrence C. Fries and Martha Ellen Fries split a partial divorce. married in Hagerstown in 1938. Ruth Ellen Lake and Harry J. Lake Jr. earned an absolute divorce for illegal cohabitation in Paris. she may resume Ruth Ellen Patton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burr P. Harrison
Corporation Court
Elizabeth Virginia Hockman
Alva M. Hockman
Mary C. Kline
Stewart R. Kline
Hagerstown
George Kelehner
Pauline Kelehner
Lawrence C. Fries
Martha Ellen Fries
Ruth Ellen Lake
Harry J. Lake, Jr
Paris
France
Ruth Ellen Patton
Campbell Soup Co Strike Set For Monday
Camden, N. J. August 8 The federal government intervenes to avert a CIO walkout by 8000 workers at Campbell Soup set for 5 a.m. Monday The dispute covers closed shop and preferential hiring with plant-wide consequences including possible spoilage of a 4.9 million tomato crop in Pennsylvania and New Jersey Local 80 representative Valentino says no compromise while Campbell cites a no strike clause in the contract ending March 1 1947 and alleges violation by the union
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
N. J
Campbell Soup Company
CIO
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Peter J. Manno
U. S.conciliation Service
Campbell
Local 80, Food,co and Agricultural Workers
Anthony J. Valentino
Local 80
William Hoerle
Hoerle
Valentino
Foreman wage case moves toward union recognition
The government approves an agreement giving 136 Jones and Laughlin foremen in Western Pennsylvania an 18 12 cent hourly raise while leveraging a court action on enforcement. The Moreell pact follows the Krug Lewis coal wage deal and covers clerical and technical workers at allied Bethlehem Steel mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John L. Lewis
Truman
Wage Stabilization Board
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
Pennsylvania
Adm
Ben Moreell
Lewis
Interior
J. A. Krug
National Labor Relations Board
Moreell
Jones and Laughlin
United Mine Workers For Supervisory Workers
U. S. Court of Appeals
Coal Mines Administration
Industrial Collieries Company
Johnstown
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Virginia Woman Drowns in Susquehanna River Accident
Lena Ethel Roop, 33, drowned when a rowboat with her husband Dalton Roop and another man sank near Port Deposit Maryland on August 8. The husband and Brubaker were saved, the body of Mrs Roop recovered at dawn. The medical examiner withheld verdict pending further investigation by Cecil County officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Deposit
Lena Ethel Roop
Susquehanna River
R. C. Dodson
Cecil County
Henry L. Constable
Elkton
Dalton Roop
Roops
Brubaker
Dodson
Roop
Slayers of Maryland Carpenter Placed On Trial in Accomac
Two Salisbury men, Robert Holland and James Fletcher, both colored, were summoned to circuit court in Accomac today charged with slaying and robbing George Samuel Broughton, a Salisbury filling station operator and carpenter. Indicted by a special grand jury, the pair were arrested July 24 at Virginia Beach while driving Broughton’s automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Accomac
Salisbury
George Samuel Broughton
Robert Holland
James Fletcher
Virginia Beach
Broughton
Krug Tightens Duck Season and Bag Limits
Secretary Krug announced a 45 day duck hunting season down from 80 days, a daily bag limit cut from 10 to 7, and possession limit reduced from 20 to 14. Shooting hours run from half an hour before sunrise to half an hour before sunset, shortening the day. Krug called the rules the most drastic since 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interior Krug
Krug
Heavy Storm Strikes Boston and Cape Cod
A northeast storm drenched southern New England, with at least 23 rescued by Coast Guards, fishermen and others. Cape Cod received heavy rains, Nantucket reported three inches in an hour, Providence over four inches. Boston winds reached 30 miles an hour.
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Boston
New England
Cape Cod
Nantucket
Mass
Providence
R. I
WAC Captain Durant Goes On Trial In Gem Theft Case
In Frankfurt Germany on August 8 the U S Army announced WAC Captain Kathleen B Nash Durant had been charged with larceny embezzlement conspiracy and AWOL in the theft last winter of the Hesse family jewels from Kronberg castle She is the first of three officers to face trial Maj David F Watson and Col Jack W Durant her husband will be tried later
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WAC
Durant
Frankfurt
Germany
U. S. Army
Kathleen B. Nash Durant
Hesse
Kronberg Castle
Pay of temporary Navy officer equals regular service
Officers in the Navy Reserve receive the same pay as regular officers. This confirms there is no difference in compensation between temporary reserve officers and those in the Regular service.
Dr. Carl White Case Before State Hospital Board
In Richmond the State Hospital Board removed Dr. Carl W. White as superintendent of the Lynchburg State Colony effective immediately. Dr. White, suspended July 18, appeared in court July 19 on a driving under the influence charge. Acting head is Dr. Harold L. Myers as the board considers a new site for Western State Hospital at Staunton and a proposed Petersburg State Colony location between Richmond and Petersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
State Hospital Board
Carl W. White
Lynchburg State Colony
Joseph E. Barrett
Lynchburg
White
Harold L. Myers
H. Minor Davis
Colony
Minnesota
Western State Hospital
Staunton
Petersburg
Berryville Council Approves 10 Percent Salary Bonus
Berryville officials vote to grant a ten percent salary bonus to town workers for the year ending August 31, 1946. Mayor Bell announces the resignation of Town Sergeant Puller Gorham with M. G. O'Brien to fill the post. Water meters are discussed as a topic, and the meeting marks the final term for Councilman Fowler and Recorder Levi who cannot seek re-election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Leonard H. Bell
Puller Gorham
M. G. O'Brien
Robert L. Fowler
G. Kenneth Levi
Judge Collet Named Overall Assistant to Steelman in Reconversion
Washington Aug. 8 Reconversion Director John R. Steelman announced a reorganization of the reconversion stabilization front with Federal Judge John Caskie Collet in an overall capacity. Collet will assist in the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion and the Office of Economic Stabilization to carry responsibilities anew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John R. Steelman
John Caskie Collet
Steelman
Collet
Office of War Mobilization
Office of Economic Stabilization
Kentucky doctors say Rep May needs rest from Senate probe
Two Kentucky physicians advised the Senate War Investigating Committee that Rep May must have an indefinite period of rest quiet and careful attention. The report was signed by Dr John J. Archer medical director and Dr George P. Archer surgical director of Prestonsburg General Hospital Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kentucky
Senate War Investigating Committee
May
D.ky
John J. Archer
George P. Archer
Prestonsburg, Ky. General Hospital
Wendall Barney Speaks at Clarke Berryville Chamber Meeting
Wendall Barney president of the Winchester Chamber addressed Berryville Chamber members at a Grace Episcopal Parish House luncheon on August 8. He urged focusing on existing industries first, improving them and addressing their needs before chasing new business, and called for fresh ideas and younger leadership to avoid stagnation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fee of Commerce
Wendell Barney
Winchaste
Residents live within twenty miles of Winchester center
About 52 747 people reside within 20 miles of Winchester with slow 30 minute driving times to Northwest Virginia's shopping hub, highlighting commute patterns and regional access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Northwest
Virginia
Answers to the Daily Quiz Corrected by Page Four
The page lists quiz answers: price unit $1 a share, 104th Infantry Division, Sea of Japan, United States of America, enclosing a fifty dollar check, Albert Prince of Wales later Edward VII not known as Prince Albert, ten, Balkan mountains, shipbuilding, about sixteen million with 12.5 million WWII veterans.
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104Th Infantry Division
Sea of Japan
United States of America
Albert, Prince of Wales
King Edward VII
Prince Alrt
Balkan Mountains
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John W. Rosenberger and Co
Braddock St
U.S
Virginia Protector
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Frederick
Winchester City Park
Peter Murray
Dayton, O
U. S
Clarke County News Service
Ridgeway
W. Va
Trescott
C. E. Ridgeway
Campbell Soup Co
Foreman
Amarin
Barr’s Orchard & Farm Supply
Slayers of
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Carpenter
Carl White
Hospital Board
Lynchburg Colony
Caskie Collet
Senate Committee
Wall Lik
Safeway
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Ati
Wendall Barney
Clarke Chamber
Soilex
N. Loudoun St
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Virginia In Loan & Thrift Corporation
Boyvilles
Sears
Sears General Catalog
Sears, Roebuck and CO
A Nee
S. Londoun St. Winchester
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