Congress Healthiest Member Quits to Become Judge Sam Weiss
Washington December 18 Congress will lose its healthiest member Sammy Weiss a Pennsylvania Democrat who refereed 15 professional football games this season He leaves January 7 to become judge of the court of common pleas in Pittsburgh Weiss five feet four inches tall and 150 pounds says he may continue refereeing both paths require quick decisions
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Congress
Sam Weiss
Washington
Sammy Weiss
House
Weiss
Pennsylvania
John Vorys
Ohio
Oren Harris
Arkansas
Emmett O'Neal
Kentucky
J. William Fulbright
Court of Common Pleas
Pittsburgh
Duquesne University
Butter reward offered for Mrs Knipp’s lost dog Penny
In Milwaukee on December 19 a cash reward is offered for Penny the dog and Mrs Knipp adds three pounds of butter as an incentive. She explains she had to travel to Chicago to obtain butter, a postwar scarcity.
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Milwaukee
Milton
Knipp
Penny
Santa Claus to visit CIO strikers at GM plant
In Los Angeles on December 19, CIO workers at a General Motors plant strike involving about 1,000 personnel. If weather allows, the plan calls for children of the pickets to spend the day with their fathers and Santa Claus near the plant premises.
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Los Angeles
Santa
Army Voted Outstanding Sports Team of the Year
The Army West Point football team topped the Associated Press year end poll with 223 points from 76 votes. Detroit Tigers finished second with 66 points, while Cleveland Rams and Alabama tied for eighth with key first place votes. Oklahoma A. and M. basketball and Indiana football also placed among the leaders.
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Army Steamroller
West Point
the Hudson
Associated Press
Army
Detroit Tigers
Cleveland Rams
Rams
Alabama
Fort Wayne
Ind
Zoliner Pistons
Pistons
Oklahomaa A. & M
Indiana
Great Lakes
Notre Dame
Train Wreck Reported Near Gainesville Georgia
Southern Railway reports three killed and several injured when a freight train collided with the Piedmont Limited near White Sulphur Georgia seven miles north of Gainesville. Weather disrupted communications. ambulances dispatched from Hubert Vickers Funeral Home Gainesville.
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Charlotte
N. C
Southern Railway
Piedmont Limited
White Sulphur
Gainesville
T. C. Blackwell
Atlanta
Piedmont
New York
Greenville
S. C
Hubert Vickers
Court Martial Acquits McVay in Indianapolis Case
A Navy general court martial acquitted Capt. Charles B. McVay III on a charge of inefficiency in the loss of the heavy cruiser Indianapolis. The court found the charge not proven. The verdict on negligence for not steering a zigzag course was not announced.
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Washington
Navy
Charles B. McVay
Indianapolis
Walker elected president of Virginia Hotel Association
Gilbert C. Walker Jr. of Marion will head the Virginia Hotel Association as president for the coming year after being elected at the ninth annual convention closing session. Also elected were Barney Harris as vice president Gordon Morgan as treasurer and Harris Mitchell as secretary. Directors named include Eugene Branch Ralph Hewlett John Green Harry Simkins and E Jackson Egghorn. The association urged the General Assembly to appropriate 250000 for the Virginia Conservation Commission to promote postwar tourist travel in the state.
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Richmond
Gilbert C. Walker, Jr
Marion
Virginia Hotel Association
Walker
Barney H. Harris
Warrenton
Gordon C. Morgan
Petersburg
Harris Mitchell
Eugene R. Branch
Winchester
Ralph J. Hewlett
Staunton
John D. Green
Williamsburg
Harry A. Simkins
E. Jackson Egghorn
Culpeper
VHA
General Assembly
Virginia Conservation Commission
Price controls during the world wars and rationing across nations
The article notes price controls in World War I and World War II, asking which foreign countries had them. It states most nations imposed government price controls and rationing, with essential foods and clothing often rationed, and in some cases all types of clothing and house furnishings were covered by rationing programs.
Truck And Auto Involved In Wreck
One injured and total property damage of 1000 dollars after a crash on snowy Route 1 near Martinsburg pike. A 1941 Chevrolet truck driven by Lee Taylor skidded northbound, 75 feet south of a railroad crossing, striking a 1939 Ford sedan driven by Miss Lucille L. Kersey, a Stonewall School faculty member.
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Lee Taylor
Williamsport
Martinsburg Pike
DVA
Wolfkill
Hagerstown
Lucille L. Kersey
West Cork Street
Stonewall School
Car Versus Truck Wreck Damages Total Near Thousand
An eastbound car cut across the highway in front of a truck causing the truck to brake and skid. The car crossed railroad tracks and failed to stop. the track was demolished with about 990 in damages. The car suffered 100 in damages. Pvt. Marshall D. Jessee sustained a forehead cut and was taken to Winchester Memorial Hospital. Investigated by Patrolman H.R. W. The case goes to Police Court Saturday at 10 a.m.
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West
Cory Street
Thig City
Winchester Memorial Hospital
H.R. W
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