Moscow Big Three Confer with Hope for Peace in New Year
London reports that the Moscow Foreign Ministers Conference restored unity among the Big Three, boosting prospects for UN peace efforts. A key agreement created a UN commission to eliminate atomic weapons and foster peaceful atomic energy, though tensions remain over Russia Persia and Turkey.
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London
Moscow
Eolent Coopera
United Nations Peace Organization
Stalin
United Nations Organization
Russia
Persia
Turkey
Doolittle Plane Sets New Trans-Pacific Record
Jimmy Doolittle's B-29 The Challenger set an official trans-Pacific record from Long Beach California to Honolulu Hawaii. The flight began at 9 22 a m Pacific Standard Time and arrived at 4 28 p m local time in 28 hours 36 minutes 10 seconds under strong headwinds. Commanded by Col C B Irvine and piloted by Maj J R Dale the crew took off from Long Beach and landed at John Rodgers Field Honolulu.
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Honolulu
T. H
Jimmy Doolittle
Long Beach
Calif
Hono
Lulu
Col. C. 8. Irvine
St. Paul
Nebr
Maj
J. R. Dale
Wise, Va
John Rodgers Field
Wanted Classified Ads From Local Winchester Area
Numerous ads seek a child’s tricycle small farm rent piano and living space rentals managers and staff positions in Harrisonburg Front Royal Well town Pike and Winchester with contact details and dates across 1911 1931 style listings including rental rewards and employment opportunities
Lost brown glove with leather lining reported
Right hand glove lost. Contact 5209 for return. Reward offered. Publication date December 28, 2021.
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Bernard Fox
Loudoun
Aeronautical feat spans vast distance at high speed
The report notes a flight covering 2,590 statute miles at an average 270 miles per hour, with timing in Honolulu Time and Pacific Standard Time reference.
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Honolulu
Managers eye white heavyweights in boxing crop
Bill Daly says Freddie Schott Lee Savold and Pat Comiskey head a large group of white heavyweight prospects. The note hints at a major task for the Department of Agriculture and suggests reviving old ploughing methods. The piece also mentions the upcoming annual meeting of baseball coaches in St. Louis and honorary memberships for veteran coaches. It closes with Joe Engel naming his new hound dog wrinkle puss in a light aside.
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New York
Bill Daly
Freddie Schott
Lee Savold
Pat Comiskey
Dept.of Agriculture
Association of Col
St. Louis
Joe
Chattanooga
Engel
One In A Million Sports Snippets From The Era
Connie Smythe recalls Syl Apps offering a $1000 refund after a poor season. Hugh Fullerton Senior, famed sports writer, dies leaving a legacy in baseball journalism. Snorter Luster sells an old car for 700 as a gag. Hialeah track sends flamingoes to the zoo and Ed Milkovitch eyes Carnegie Tech coaching. Minor leagues chief Addington notes Who’s on First routine as mail-bender.
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Toronto
Connie Smythe
Syl Apps
Connie
Pop
Hugh Fullerton
Baseball Writers’ Association of America
Hughie
Polo Grounds
Louis Mann
Hialeah
St. Louis Zoo
Ed Milkovitch
Duquesne
Carnegie Tech
Will Rogers Field
Oklahoma City
L. H
Dan McGrew
Addington
Spencer Harris
Olean
N. Y
Yakima
Wash
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Frances Rafferty
Robert Stanton
Jean Porter Warner Anderson “Rags” Ragland
Walt Disney
Warner Bros
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H. C. Sheetz & Son
Gray & Sheets
Hansbrough & Carter
Loudoun Street
Winchester, Virginia
Dial
Earl L. Mason
Loudoun St
Winchester
Chapman Motor CO
Food Center
N. Loudoun St
Farmers & Merchants National Bank
Lewis M. Allen
Ray Robinson
Paul M. Haldeman
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Gage Money Headquarters
MacKenzie
Pine Motor CO
Cc. B. Smalts & Son
National Avenue
J. W. Arthur
Rouss Ave
Winchester, VA
General Insurance
Doolittle
H. G
Welltown Pike
John E. Ebert
Harrisonburg
Trianon
John Marshall
Front Royal
de Mazzon
York Inn
Greyhound Bus Terminal
J. M. Fishpaw
Union News Co
Baker’s Restaurant
Palace Theatre
Golden Glow Coffe Shop
Checkerboard Feed Store
Silver Fox Jacket
Gray Ave
C. W. Corbin
City
Call
Homer Small
Martinsburg
W. Va
East Cork St
Armstrong Co
E. Piccadilly
Buick
Chevrolet
Dodge
Nash
Oldsmobile
Packard
Plymouth
Ponatic
Willys
Firestone
N. Braddock St
George Washington Garage
John Hoover
Riverside Rendezvous
Berryville
Plymouth-De Soto
The
Heatwale Motor Co
Barr
J. R. Watkins
Dept. S-3
Richmond
O’sullivan
White Palace
Care Star
Apple Blossom Restaurant
E. Clifford St
Geo. W. Kurtz
Bugh S. Fullerton, Jr
Snorter Luster
Oklahoma
Snorter
Mr. Luster
Morolineality Pet
James Pappas
E. Piccadilly St
Dairy Maid Electric
Lupton Orchard Service Co
George W. Kurtz
Ashby Station
Roy P. Duvall
North Main Street
Faye Marlowe
Richard Conte
3 Stooges
Technicolor
Loose Nut
Durango
Hime
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J. A. Hotinger
Miller’s Drug Store
Mackinaws
Gray
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