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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1947
Page
3
In 1781 Catherine the Great invited Jones to help reorganize the Russian Navy. He accepted after advice from Thomas Jefferson.
An advertisement asserts INNER-AID relieves stomach gas bloating headaches and irregular bowels. A quoted user says meals no longer cause gas or misery and claims the product cleanses bowels and purges gas with herbs. Sold by drug stores.
Sam Purtlebaugh pitched a near no hitter, yielding three walks and eight strikeouts in a 10-0 Winchester victory over Stephenson. Duvall allowed nine hits and eight runs as Winchester rolled with 14 hits led by Henrietta and Smith with three apiece. Next Sunday they visit Hume.
In their home park Portsmouth Moose beat Royal Crown 4 to 2 to open state tournament play. A two run first inning and a late rally gave Portsmouth the win after Royal Crown tied 2-2 in the third. Spindler pitched effectively for Portsmouth, Whitlock allowed four walks.
Blairton dominates Winchester 10-0 as Rentch limits Park to two runs and six hits in 18 innings faced. Blairton hitters total 18 hits led by Stotler Kilmer Harper and Rentch with key early runs and a big fourteenth.
Aug 11 Harrisonburg report notes Janina Swiostek and Barbara Maliszewska from the University of Warsaw arriving at Willow Lane in Rockingham county to study all phases of poultry raising. They join a group of ten scholars under a one year study project initiated by Thur] Metzger with Warsaw University agriculture college participation.
The International Labor Office surveyed 24 countries and found that in the first half of 1947 the number of unemployed persons was at a relatively low level.
Winchester team dominates White Sulphur Springs event with 42 points to Purcellville 25 and Front Royal 22 1 2. Frederick wins top prize with Martinsburg. Dr Titus new league president. Mus O Linger places third in final match as Martinsburg’s Hendrie and Grove Frederick take first and second in individual scores.
Dodgers beat Phillies 2-0 behind Dixie Walker and Dodger batters. Murty Dickson pitched a four-hit 5-0 shutout for St. Louis against Pittsburgh and earned a 7-5 win with a one-hit relief stint in the nightcap. Sunday results include Brooklyn 2-0 Philadelphia and New York 6-5, Chicago 4, Cincinnati 3 in the National League and New York 2 Boston 1, Chicago 10 Detroit 2 in the American League.
Co. I. Brumback and Sons, Inc., 309 N. Cameron St., receives a permit to erect a one story 106 by 34 foot concrete block warehouse on Cameron St. Other permits list remodeling a brick building on S. Cameron St. to contain five dwelling units at about $8000, plus garages and other frame buildings with costs from $1000 to $2800, and a PRR yard garage at an estimated $125.
John B Minnigerode of 223 Amherst St Winchester has been chosen by state committees to enter the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps. The NROTC offers four subsidized college years plus two summer cruises and, upon graduation, commission as Ensigns with two years active duty. The text also defines carioka as a term for residents born in Brazil’s Federal District, from Indian roots meaning house and people.
Romans expressed approval with finger snaps clapping and toga flap waves while Mark Twain wrote famous works at Old Quarry Farm near New York. His grave rests at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx.
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