Rustic Tavern Clinches First Half In Major League Bowling
Rustic Tavern defeats Garber Ice Cream Co 1667 to 1620 to win the first half title in a three game total pinfall playoff. Minghini Gore and the Kiracofes lead the victors with strong showings as Garber’s Dick Renner posts a 166 game in a losing effort. Box score shows Minghini 113 116 126 and a 535 first game for Rustic.
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Charles Minghini
Ralph Gore
Dick Carter
Artie Kiracofe
Jess Kiracofe
Rustie Tavern
Garber Ice Cream Co
Rustic Tavern
Garber
Dick Renner
Renner
Garber Ice Cream
Rustic
Minghini
Gore
Carter
A. Kiracofe
J. Kiracofe
Bride Is Younger Than Grandchildren
Mrs. Thomas W. Newsome, 20, wed an 80 year old widow, Mr. Newsome, in Lawrenceville Virginia. The bride is the daughter of Leon Williams Finch of Broadnax and the couple notes step grandchildren are older than she.
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Lawrenceville
Thomas W. Newsome
Newsome
Louise Finch
Leon Williams Finch
Broadnax
Roanoke Rapids
N. C
Bowl Tilts Crown Greatest Grid Year in History
New Year bowls produced shocking upsets and unlikely champions as Northwestern defeated California 20 14 in the Rose Bowl while Oklahoma toppled North Carolina 14 6 in the Sugar. Texas stunned Georgia 41 28 in the Orange Bowl and Clemson edged Missouri 24 23 in the Gator Bowl amid a record 568 223 attendance and over 2 5 million in receipts.
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New York
Army
Notre Dame
Michigan
Associated Press
Northwestern
California
Oklahoma
New Orleans
North Carolina
Southern Methodist University
Oregon
Dallas
Texas
Georgia
Miami
Joe
Clemson
Missouri
South
Villanova
San Diego
Heath
Southern Methodist
Baylor
Wake Forest
Birmingham
Is Izzard a word in the phrase from A to Izzard
The text questions whether izzard exists in the phrase from A to Izzard and suggests it may be an archaic form of the letter z or a corruption of the French et zede meaning and z.
College Cagemen Resume Schedules
Virginia's Big Six and Little Six teams map out an outside foe week. Schedule includes Towson State Teachers at William and Mary and Hampden Sydney at MCV on Tuesday night, Virginia Tech at Roanoke Rebels on Wednesday, and Duke vs Washington and Lee on Thursday.
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Richmond
Virginia
Towson State
William and Mary
Hampden-Sydney
Medical College of Virginia
Virginia Tech
Roanoke Rebels
Duke
Washington and Lee
Lynchburg
Maryland
Roanoke College
Virginia Military Institute
University of Richmond
Georgetown
Lynchburg College
Eton College
Saturday Night
Randolph-Macon
Emory and Henry
Lincoln Memorial
Bridgewater
North Carolina
Atlantic Christian
U Va Opens Lab To Study Effect Of Trace Elements
The University of Virginia opens the John L. Pratt trace analysis laboratory funded by a $125000 gift from a Fredericksburg alumnus. Dr. John H. Yee will direct analytical chemistry research with fellowships supported over six years. Ninety six elements exist. fifty five occur in living matter, but only about a dozen have established effects on life and growth.
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Charlottesville
University of Virginia
John H. Yee
Fredericksburg
John L. Pratt
Pratt Fund
British Build Robot Plane Surpasses Sound Barrier
British scientists at Farnborough have developed a robot flying laboratory 11 feet long weighing 900 pounds that reached speeds around 740 miles per hour below high altitude. The craft, valued at £20000, sent live data on wing behavior as it passed through the sound barrier with ongoing tests.
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London
Jan
Royal Aircraft Establishment
Farnborough
United States Air Force
Guerrilla Actions Reported Across Java and Sumatra
The report lists Republican guerrilla attacks in East Java including Ponorogo Sukoharjo Wonogiri Soeka Boemi Garoet and Bantam harbor area. Dutch planes downed in central Sumatra. An auto bridge near Soloerarka damaged. Guerrillas blow up a Java bridge while Dutch trucks crossed. Dutch claim attacks on rubber estates near Buitenzorg and Cheribon. Dutch forces say five Europeans and 11 Indonesians repulsed by 500 guerrillas. Cease fire ordered by Lt Gen Simon Spoor and referred to the U N Good Offices. Security Council cease fire resolutions and Christmas cease fire deployment noted.
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Netherlands
Ponorogo
Sukoharjo
Wonogiri
Soekaboemi
Garoet
Bantam Harbor
East Java
Sumatra
Soerakarta
Java
Cuerrillas
Cheribon
Buitenzorg
Batavia
Simon Spoor
United Nations Good Offices Committee
Consular Truce Commission
Security Council
Plane Crash Tragedy Haunts Survivors After Seattle Flight
Survivors from a burnt charter plane crash near Seattle recounts a brutal corridor of flames and torn upholstery. George Cole, 21, of Seattle describes a fogbound takeoff, wing strike, and a desperate exit as others tumbled from the burning craft. The wreck occurred after a hangar collision, leaving passengers dazed among scorched seats and collapsing interiors. The report also notes Portland parents learning their son was aboard, mistakenly believing he rode a train to Yale University.
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King County Hospital
George Cole
Clarence G. Cole
Seattle
Portland
Ore
George Haerle
Dave
Yale University
Union Station
Truman to press anti inflation plans with wage and health measures
President Truman is set to outline inflation controls amid a four month food price dip and lower living costs. Council advisers split on extending strong standby controls, with Nourse opposing new tight measures while Keyserling urges action to prevent a bust. Additional proposals include raising the minimum wage, expanding Social Security, health coverage, education aid, rent control extension, and broader civil rights and export controls.
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Capitol Hill
Truman
Council of Economic Advisers
Edwin G. Nourse
Leon Keyserling
John D. Clark
Keyserling
Norfolk Plumbers Strike for 50 Cent Wage Rise
About 100 union plumbers walked off the job at 8 30 a m to press a 50 cent hourly wage increase. Employers had rejected the demand, which would raise journeymen plumbers to 2 50 an hour and delay several construction projects.
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Norfolk
Congress Set to Renew Taft-Hartley Rules Fight in Senate
The article details a Senate party split with liberals seeking new leadership while the Old Guard backed Taft to retain the policy committee chairmanship. A 29 to 13 vote removed the four-year limit, paving Taft’s potential re-election as chairman. House changes aim to curb rules committee bottling of bills. Also notes P. E. N. founded in London in 1921 with John Galsworthy as first president.
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GOP
Senators
Mass
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Congress
de House
John Andrews
Crief
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Barkley
Kentucky
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Rep
Marcantonio
Ai-Ny
Rivers
D-Sc
Rules Committee
House
London
Dawson Scott
John Galsworthy
One Mishap Marks Holiday Motoring
A quiet New Year weekend with no local accidents in Fred Brick county and only one minor incident on N Kent St as Austin Banks twenty of Stephens City was struck by a police car but released after examination. State deaths for 1949 list Everett White Rose Harmon and Bernard Huddleston as road fatalities.
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Fred Brick County
N. Kent St
Austin Banks
Stephens City
Mar
Associated Press
Everett Ray White
South Norfolk
Rose Lee Harmon
Sweet Chalybeate
Alleghany County
Nard Francis Huddleston
Moneta
Bedford
Bronk Succeeds Bowman as JHU President
Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore announces the retirement of President Isaiah Bowman after a 13 year tenure. Detlev Bronk, a Penn biophysicist and former National Research Council director, assumes the role as the sixth Hopkins president.
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Baltimore
America
Johns Hopkins University
Isaiah Bowman
Europe
Detlev Bronk
University of Pennsylvania
National Research Council
Hopkins
Fire Destroys Family Home. Nuri Family to Rally Aid
Gas remaining in the tank suggested the fire did not start there. Electrical wiring was in cables as the house burned, rendering it untenantable and destroying most furnishings. The Nuri family, natives of Turkey and residents of Winchester, faced evacuation and new schooling for the children as neighbors organized a relief effort.
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Shoreham
Nuri
Turkey
Washington
Sardines Caught Only in Dark Moons, Expert Says
E D A claims sardines are caught solely during dark moons when phosphorescence guides fishermen. Bright moonlight makes it hard to spot schools, and daytime sightings appear as tiny black spots causing ripples.
ICC Commissioner G. M. Barnard Dies
George M. Barnard of Newcastle Indiana, an Interstate Commerce Commission member for over four years, died suddenly of a heart attack. His term was to end December 31, 1950.
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Washington
George M. Barnard
Newcastle Ind
Interstate Commerce Commission
180 Workers Retire From Dan River Mills in Virginia
Danville Va Jan 3 180 workers have retired under a new company retirement plan. Among those leaving the payroll are seven men and two women each with more than 50 years of continuous service.
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Danville
Dan River Mills
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