Darkhorse Possible in Minor League Commissioner Race
Deadlock among 16 Minor League club owners looms as they meet in Chicago on September 20 to elect a successor to A B Chandler. A darkhorse candidate gains traction with Benjamin H. Reese, former St Louis Post Dispatch editor, drawing support among major owners amid a field that includes Ford Frick and Warren Giles.
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New York
Chicago
B. Chandler
Douga
MacArthur
Milton Eisenhower
Pennsylvania State College
Ford Frick
National League
Warren Giles
Cincinnati Reds
Frank J Lausch
Ohio
Dark Horse
James A Farley
Coca Cola Export
George Trautman
Benjamin H. Reese
St Louis Post- Dispatch
August 30 to September 8 Local Sales Directory Notes
Listings show auction and sale dates for Sam McCarty Crowsers Warehouse Ada Renner Marvin's Chapel James Perks John Dick and Harry Tennant. Items include household furnishings appliances live stock and valuable real estate with sale venues at Rennertown Berryville Winchester and County Court House.
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Sam McCarty
Crowsers Warehouse
Ada Renner
Winchester
Rennertown
James Perks
Berryville
Marvin's Chapel
John Dick
County Court House
Harry L. Tennant
Berryville Ave
Two Vehicle Collisions Reported in Winchester
Monday night at Kent and Piccadilly Streets a 1949 Ford owned by Garland Shanhaltzer collided with a 1951 Ford driven by Charles Warner as Shanhaltzer failed to stop at a stop sign. Damages were $35 to Shanhaltzer and $25 to Warner. Earlier at Gerrard and Loudoun Streets a 1951 Buick driven by J Victor Christman hit a 1937 Chevrolet panel truck driven by Carl Shickle Jr after Shickle turned left on a green light. Shickle's damage was $50. Christman’s loss not listed.
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Kent
Piccadilly
Ernest A. Stotler
Winchester Police Department
Ford
Garland Shanholtzer
Berryville
Charles W. Warner
Stephenson
Shanholtzer
Warner
John Wert
Gerrard
Loudoun
J. Victor Christman
Coulee Dam
Washington
Carl B Shickle, Jr
Valley Avenue
Christman
Gerrard and
Shickle
Christ- Man
Bridge Worker Falls to Death at Yorktown Bridge
O. L. Floyd 29 of Amherst died after an 80 foot plunge from the Yorktown Bridge while working on the swing span nearest Yorktown. Fellow workers said he was struck by moving steel and lost balance, toppled onto a barge below. It marked the first fatal accident in the current construction period.
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Yorktown
O. L. Floyd
Amherst
New Yorktown Bridge
Jurors Question Hopewell Police in Special Grand Jury
A Hopewell special grand jury began hearings today quickly questioning three police officers before a private huddle and summoning more witnesses. The panel opened with prompt testimony requests, fueling speculation it could finish questioning today after yesterday’s 13 hour session.
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Hopewell
Witneses
Duff's No 2 Diner to Open in Shenandoah Valley
The Shenandoah Valley gains Duff's No 2 Diner one mile from Winchester, touted as the largest diner between Richmond and Baltimore. Built for over $100,000, it measures 50 by 18 feet and weighs 27 tons, employing 27 people with 200 parking spaces and a potential $2,000 daily gross.
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Shenandoah Valley
Richmond
Baltimore
Winchester
Duff
Melvin T Duff
Valley Pike
National Avenue
E. Piccadilly
Braddock Streets
Final Youth Service Tonight in Winchester
The third of four Spiritual Emphasis Week meetings for Winchester youths was at First Evangelical United Brethren Church. Rev. Keith Crim discussed temptation as not sinful itself, with discussion on solutions for problems like drinking laziness and impurity, followed by group discussions and worship guidance. The final gathering is tonight at First Baptist Church with an outdoor Communion to close the series.
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Winchester
First Evangelical United Brethren Church
Keith Crim
Strasburg
Crim
F.l Clark, Jr
Maurice Cather
Cather
First Baptist Church
Socialite faces $10,000 gem theft charge in Nassau
Ethel Carhart Jones Taylor, 25, listed in the social register, signed a statement admitting she took gems valued at $10,000 from the Syosset home of Mrs. Margaret Welch on March 29. Taylor pleaded innocent to grand larceny and was released on $5,000 bail as Nassau detectives disclosed her husband and father occupations and estates.
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Mineola
N. Y
Long Island
Social Register
Nassau County
Stuyvesant Pinnell
Ethel Carhart Jones Taylor
Syosset
Margaret Elizabeth Chew Welch
John
New Jersey
Warner L. Jones
New York
Glen Head
Aiken
S.C
Terry Triplets To See Parents
Three deafblind orphans, Harry, Larry and Barry Terry, aged three, who have lived in a Boston nursery since March, are set to return to Pine Knob Ky after Rev Morris H Coers raises $300 to cover transport and finalizes a $1,000 trust for school care. The trip aims to reunite them with their parents who eagerly await the visit.
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Cincinnation
Terry Triplets
Pine Knei Ky
Morris H_ Coers
Harry Larry
Barry
Boston, Mass
Coers
Immanuel Baptist Church
Covington, Ky
Arthur Terry
Boston
Deranged Crewman Rescued From Gulf Trawler
Coast Guard Cutter Cartigan removed a deranged crewman from a trawler about 200 miles southwest of New Orleans in the Gulf of Mexico. The ship reported the man was violently insane and attempting to take life. He was to be taken to Galveston, Texas.
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New Orleans
Coast Guard
Cartigan
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf
Galveston
Tex
Two Navy Torpedo Bombers Overdue at Moffet Field
Two Navy torpedo bombers, each with two men aboard, were reported long overdue after a flight from Long Beach. The aircraft were part of a six-plane group evacuated from Los Alamitos Base to escape an approaching storm.
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Moffet Field
Calif
Long Beach
Los Alanitos
Wife Charged In Husband Shooting Death
In Wilmington Delaware Ira L Guffey 35 was shot to death in bed yesterday morning. His wife 33 was arrested on a murder charge and held without bail for court. The shotgun blast struck him in the face as he slept.
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Wilmington
Del
Ira L Guffey
Guffey
Senator predicts Hawaii judge will be replaced
Senator O Mahoney said Federal Judge Delbert Metzger will be removed for lowering bail for seven Communist suspects in Hawaii. He called the act outrageous and said retirement legislation may expedite a successor, with appointment to be recommended immediately.
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Sen. O'Mahoney
Washington
Senator O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Delbert E. Metzger
Hawaii
Jack Hall
FBI
Louis Seize Furnishings Named for Louis XVI Pronunciation
Louis Seize furniture name honors Louis XVI king of the old regime and husband of Marie Antoinette. He was guillotined in 1793, and the name is pronounced ooee sez.
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Louis Seize
Louis XVI
Marie Antoinette
Wage Board Approves Textile Wage Increase
Washington reports the Wage Stabilization Board approved a nine and a half cent hourly increase for 84 000 woolen textile workers, including 24 000 at American Woolen Co. and 60 000 elsewhere. The 6.5 percent rise follows a cost of living measure from August 1950 to February 1951, with fringe benefits still under study.
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Washington
Wage Stabilization Board
American Woolen Co
CIO
AFL
American Woolen Company
Hopewell High appoints Madison coach for basketball
Charles W. Chuck Noe, former football basketball and baseball coach at Madison High School, announces acceptance of the basketball coaching post at Hopewell High School.
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New Hopewell
Charlottesville
Charles W.chuck
Madison High School
Hopewell Highh
George Netherton Dies in Boyce
George Wesley Netherton 77 retired farmer died yesterday afternoon at his son in law and daughter Armsted Colston home in Boyce Born April 12 1874 he was son of the late Albert Netherton of Kentucky and Eliza J Alabaugh Netherton of Hampshire County WV His wife Ellen preceded him in death Survivors include five children Nona Colston Hugh Netherton Retha Stroupe Mabel Atsip Florence Stroop 14 grandchildren 15 great grandchildren and two brothers Edward and Will Netherton Funeral services will be held tomorrow relatives meet at John H Enders Funeral Home Berryville 12 30 pm then go to Loom Central Church WV for service at 2 00 pm The Rev Nathan Williamson will officiate with burial in church yard
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George Wesley Netherton
Armsted Colston
Boyce
Albert Netherton
Kentucky
Eliza J. Alabaugh Netherton
Hampshire County
W. Va
Ellen Netherton
Nona C. Colston
Hugh T. Netherton
Winchester
Retha_ Vz. Stroupe
Mabel M. Atsip
Hagerstown
Florence V. Stroop
Martinsburg
Edward J
Will Netherton
John H. Enders
Berryville
Loom Central Church
Nathan Williamson
Navy Reservists Hear Doherty Speaker at Meeting
Lieut. Commander J. A. Doherty USN was principal speaker at the Volunteer Composite Unit of the US Naval Reserve gathering Monday night at the Navy Recruiting Sub-station in the Post Office building. He serves as assistant to Captain W G Pogue, Reserve Coordinator of the Fifth Naval District based in Norfolk.
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J. A. Doherty
USN
US Naval Reserve
Navy
Doherty
W G. Pogue
Fifth Naval District
Norfolk
Public Auction Notice at 13 Oates Avenue Virginia
Take notice that on August 31 1951 at 6 30 P M I will begin selling at public auction for cash the property described as 13 Oates Avenue Winchester Virginia with details to follow in the notice.
Auction Notice for Property Sale in Winchester Virginia
Public auction to be conducted on August 31 1951 at 6 30 PM at 13 Oates Avenue Winchester Virginia. Cash sale of specified property to be listed in the notice with further description and terms.
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Darkhorse
Thomas L. Grace
Airways
WINC
John W
Rosenberger
Crowser
Coleman Dunn
Edwin T. Snider
Tony Renner
Piccadilly Braddock Street
Barr
Front Royal
Philadelphia
I.Q
True
Episcopalian
Daniel
Ankle
Williamsburg
Allis-Chalmers
Nebraska
N. Cameron St
Terry
Johns-Manville
Batts
P. W. Plumly
N. Kent St
Doyle
D-Calif
House
UnAmerican Activities Committee
Orkin
Ian
A. Seem
E. Hart ST
Elizabethtown
R.D
Frick
G. K. Wagner
International Harvester
Tein
Gome
C. I. Brumback
George Netherton
Hear Doherty
Willys
Chapman Motor CO
Mervel W. Adams
N. Cameron
Oates Avenue
Virginia
Civil and Police Court
Winchester Wholesale Grocery Corporation
Ralph G. Hengeveld Jr
Grapette Bottling Company
G. G. Baker
E. T. Snider
Civil and Police Justice Court
Miller and Anderson
Warrenton
Desoto
Heatwole Motor CO
Styline de Luze
Frederick Motors
Mart’sburg
Dr Pepper Bottling Company, Incorporated
Roanoke Rapids
North Carolina
Towit
Virgina
A C Oates
Ralph G Hengeveld Jr
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