Thoroughbred Beats Range Quarter Horse in Miami
In Miami at Tropical Park on January 6, Fred W. Hooper's Olympia edged the quarter horse Stella Moore by a head in a special race. Olympia, a three year old bred in Kentucky, ran a quarter mile in 22.5 seconds with Willie Garner aboard, while Stella Moore ridden by Milo Trevino is a Texas bred four year old. Quarter horses are fast over short distances but this match shows the thoroughbred speed advantage.
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Miami
Fla
Fred W. Hooper
Olym
Stella Moore
Tropical Park
Tiger Call
Joe Palooka
Gulf Stream
Olympia
Kentucky
Willie Garner
Quintus S. Roberts
Palatka
Milo Trevino
Chinese Reds Shell Tientsin Ends Two Week Peace Lull
Communist troops renewed shelling of besieged Tientsin and encircled government forces near Suchow, ending a two week lull as Chiang Kai-Shek peace overtures circulate. Peiping council seeks terms and Gen Fu Tso yi approves an air drop of the peace plea.
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Nanking
Tientsin
Suchow
Chiang Kai-Shek
Peiping
North China
Fu Tso-yi
Woodlawn sale deferred to February bid deadline
The final sale of Woodlawn, the estate George Washington gave to Nellie Custis, is postponed to February 21. The Woodlawn Public Foundation gains more time to raise funds to buy the estate for 170000 dollars.
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Fairfax
Woodlawn
George Washington
Nellie Custis
Woodlawn Public Foundation
Westinghouse Backs Airborne TV System Stratovision
Westinghouse Electric Corp announced progress on stratovision a coast to coast airborne television system. Three years of test flights with Glenn L. Martin Co showed successful reception from 250 miles while circling at 25 000 feet. The project aims to extend TV FM radio and military broadcasts to rural areas and theaters nationwide.
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Baltimore
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Westinghouse
Stratovision
Stratovision Broadcasting” J
Glenn L. Martin Airplane Manufacturing Co
Televiewers
Home Appliance Sales Expected To Continue High
Industry spokesmen said 1949 will keep strong appliance demand after a robust 1948. They cited refrigerator and freezer sales near five million in 1948 with deep freezers over 800000, washing machines at two to three times prewar volume, and kitchen ranges near 3.5 million. Conley noted back to prewar patterns with 25 percent of refrigerators sold in Q1, 45 percent in Q2, and 20 percent in Q3.
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Chicago
Harry Parsons
New Britain
Conn
C. M. Dunn
Hamilton
Ohio
William C. Conley Jr
Duluth
Minn
Conley
Gift of Bananas From Wartime Visit Recalled in Card
A 1949 London Christmas card recalls a Virginia VSES office staffer who bought bananas for a young English visitor seeking work during wartime. The card credits the staff with helping him secure employment and notes optimistic future predictions for England. The article also reports on postwar appliance sales growth, especially electric water heaters from 178,000 in 1940 to 1,100,000 in 1947.
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Virginia State Employment Service
London
F. W. Bailey
United States
Winchester
VSES
Bailey
England
Dunn
Haines to Direct Chanters Concert Series in Prospect
Floyd Haines was elected director of the Chanters at a meeting in Prospect. Curtis Bly became president while other officers include Mrs Helen Bayer 1st vice president Dr Courtney Grim 2d vice president Mrs Elsie Grim secretary Mrs Gwendolyne Dunn treasurer Eugene Russell Sr assistant director Blanca Danley accompanist Mildred Keller librarian Charles Flemming assistant librarian. Concerts are planned across the Valley with rehearsals every Monday at 7 45 p m at Market St Methodist Church. The inter denominational group invites new talent.
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Floyd Haines
Curtis Bly
Haines
Winchester
Strasburg
First National Bank
Helen Bayer
Courtney Grim 2d
Elsie Grim
Gwendolyne Dunn
Eugene Russell Sr
Blanca Danley
Mildred Keller
Charles Flemming
Valley
Market St. Methodist Church
Chanters
Russell Ours Rites Set in Rockingham County
Funeral services for Russell Frederick Ours age 60 will be held tomorrow in Rockingham County. He was the brother of E. Ours of Winchester and died yesterday at his Park View area home.
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Rockingham County
Russell Frederick Ours
E. #. Ours
Winchester
Park View
Prague Free Market Opens With High Prices Amid Rationing
Prague reports a new free market operating alongside the rationed system. Prices shock shoppers with items like ties at 12 dollars and coats at 58 dollars while taxes soar up to 2800 percent. Finance Minister Dolansky says the move aims to curb the black market and prioritize workers.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Jaromir Dolansky
Dolansky
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Dial
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Esskay
U.S
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Carton
Haldeman’s
Watson
York
Swift
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California
Tve
the Pound
Watson’s Cash Grocery
Piccadilly and
Cameron Sts
Frankfurters
Ene
Fryers
Sirloin
Austin Bleach
NAVY
Kidney
Great Northern
Beech
Long Sreen
Cranberries
Tangerines
Graham Soc
Austin
Valley Pride
Rinso
Idnt
Duz
Progressive Food Stores
Bailey Brothers
Hone
Brown’s
Fairplay
Keffer’s
Ramsburg
Berryville
Skeabright
Prospect
R. Ours Funeral
Ayaa
Duff
Heck
Devi
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