NBA Warns Boxing Champs to Defend Their Titles
The National Boxing Association warned three world champions to defend or forfeit their titles. Welterweight Kid Gavilan must sign within 10 days to fight France’s Humex, while heavyweight Jersey Joe Walcott and light heavyweight Joey Maxim have three months to decide their challengers. The NBA named likely contenders for Walcott and Maxim and urged active title defenses following a Chicago convention.
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National Boxing Association
NBA
Kid Gavilan
Cuba
Gavilan
Charles Humex
France
Harvey L. Miller
Homer
Jersey Oe Walcott
Joey Maxim
Walcott
Maxim
Rocky Marciano
Massachusetts
Clarence Henry
California
Ezzard Charles
Ohio
Archier Moore
Missouri
Harry Matthews
Washington
Washington State
Moore
Matthews
Chicago
Hand Quicker Than Eye Says Quinn Decries Hunting Accidents
Richmond reports Virginia's game and fisheries director I T Quinn argues hand speed, not vision, causes hunting accidents. He dismisses compulsory eye tests and urges law restricting licenses for harm to people or animals. He recalls a Vermonter mistaken deer shot that killed a horse.
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Richmond
Virginia
Game and Fisheries
I. T. Quinn
Quinn
Seatte
Pretty Face Gets Quick Delivery
A Roanoke reader sent a clipped photo of Barbara Atkins Childress a Richmond bank teller from a national magazine on a prank to test a big city mailing reach. The envelope contained a note asking how well known she is in Richmond and claimed delivery would occur in four days. The post office delivered the letter in under 24 hours.
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Richmond
Barbara Atkins Childress
Il Ilustrate
Roanoke
Virginia
Origins of Hermes Hermetic Art and the P M A A
The text traces the P M A A to Hermes the Egyptian god, reputed inventor of arts and sciences. It notes alchemists later used hermetic art and links the seal of Hermes to the common phrase origin.
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Hermes
Cardinal Spellman To Spend Christmas With Troops in Korea
Cardinal Spellman plans to join U S troops in Korea for Christmas and celebrate mass near the front lines. He will fly at the invitation of General James A Van Fleet and stay as long as needed to visit each combat unit.
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Cardinal Spellman
Korea
New York
Francis Cardinal Spellman
James A. van Fleet
Eighth Army
van Fleet
St. Patrick's Cathedral
More single men than single women in 1950 census
In 1950 the census counted 14,398,000 single males and 11,623,000 single females over age 14, with 3,287,000 widowed or divorced males and 8,030,000 widowed or divorced females. By 1960 the ratio shifted to three marriageable men for every four marriageable women.
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United States
Jewish War Veterans to Guard Synagogues at Night
Miami rabbis say they are shocked as Jewish War Veterans plan private armed guards for houses of worship to deter dynamitings. A 24 hour guard was set at West Miami Synagogue and guards were planned in Coral Gables and other JWV sites. About 60 veterans were assigned to the watch after a dynamite find near a Coral Gables synagogue.
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Miami
Miami Beach
West Miami
Lou Phillips
JWV
Coral Gables
J. B. Henderson
Middletown Grange to Host County Meeting
The Middletown Grange will host a county meeting on High Street with the Great Falls installation team from Forestville headed by William T. Mooreland officiating. The public is welcome and refreshments will be served by the Middletown Grange ladies.
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Great Falls
Forestville
Fairfax County
William T. Mooreland
Middletown Grange
Services Yesterday For R. Frank Barr
Final rites for the late R. Frank Barr were held at Braddock Street Methodist Church at 11 a.m. The service was led by Rev. William Archer Wright with Rev. Carl W. Hiser assisting. Interment followed in Mount Hebron Cemetery. out of town relatives and friends attended.
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R. Frank Barr
Braddock Street Methodist Church
William Archer Wright
Carl W. Hiser
First Evangelical United Brethren Church
J. H Yost
Eugene Cooper
Leonard Sirbaugh
John H. Rosenberger
A H. Jackson
Harry W. Copenhaver
Edward Barr
F. Amos Shryock
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Julia Atwell
Washington
Smith Simpson
Arlington
Robert Colston
John Presson
Baltimore
Tyhpoon Leaves Thousands Homeless in Philippines
A typhoon swept the central Philippines causing 23 deaths and thousands homeless with 200 missing. It battered Leyte Cebu Negrons Panay and nearby islands with 130 mph winds uprooting huts washing away bridges and flooding fields. Residents called it the worst typhoon in living memory.
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Manila
China Sea
Philippines
Philippines News Service
Leyte
Cebu
Negrons
Panay
Eneighboring
Norfolk City Manager Considers San Antonio Offer
Norfolk City Manager C. A. Harrell weighs a $27 500 salary plus $2 500 expenses in a bid from San Antonio. He plans to discuss the potential move with the Norfolk City Council before deciding, while his current Norfolk pay is $20 000 a year.
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Norfolk City
San Antonio
Norfolk
C. A. Harrell
Harrell
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