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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1945
Page
7
Handley high opened its basketball season with a 34 to 14 victory over the Berkeley Springs Indians. George Garber led with six baskets while Winkfield and Lamb added six points apiece as the Judges opened a 20 to 4 lead by halftime and coasted to the win.
Historic Carlisle Barracks in Pennsylvania served as a major Army training and logistics hub from colonial times through World War II. It hosted artillery and infantry schools, Indian Industrial School, veterinary work, and the Army medical training center, with General Washington and later Army leaders shaping its varied role. The Army Surgeon General may move all medical training to Fort Sam Houston, Texas, but no final decision has been announced.
Mineral services for Lawson T. Triplett of Frederick county will be conducted Thursday afternoon December 20 at 2 30 from St. John's Lutheran Church by Rev. E B Smith. Interment will be in St John's Cemetery. Pallbearers are Paul Dodson Ellsworth Dodson J H Lineburg Byrant Lineburg L E White and R F McGuire.
Four of eleven women employees who returned from military service at the A. E. Staley Manufacturing Company in Decatur Illinois took back their pre enlistment jobs with the pay increases granted during their absence. All four then married and quit.
Arch Ward notes the new All-America Football Conference has raised rival salaries by over 100000 as teams back the circuit. He touts strong backing, hints at competition with the National League, and mentions Sugar Bowl promotions pairing Bob Fenimore and Herman Wedemeyer. Hank Iba praises Fenimore's speed. Ben Bloodworth comments on Southern Cal and Alabama players.
Buck Weaver of the Louisville Weavers predicts Wallace Wade could take the Kentucky post and name Slinging Sam Baugh as his first assistant. Weaver touts a dream setup that could attract top athletes to Stall Field while noting other sports gossip about Hugh Casey’s weight and a Mexican horse filly Plucky Flag winning horse of the year.
Fool Proof Gallup New Mexico December 19. E Parker Sellard avoided freezing antifreeze by parking beside the Gallup brick plant. He chose the warm interior of the kilns to keep his vehicle from freezing in ten degree cold.
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