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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 10, 1947

Page

2

Daily Crossword 2 Adog Wall Reces

Crossword clues list with many entries across and down for a daily puzzle. Includes 2 and 29 letter style hints with names and objects across themes.

Football Scandal and Stadium Costs Feature In Roundup

National Football League moves to make bribery of athletes a criminal offense in every league state after Alvin Paris conviction. Giants players Pilchock and Hopes suspended as investigation widens with possible lifetime bans. New Jersey probes Paris suspected as gambling syndicate agent. Meshing with Detroit action, Bell calls for legal reform. Also notes on municipal stadium profitability and poor Eastern results despite West success.

New York National Football League Alvin J. Paris New York Giants Bert Bell Detroit Lions Michigan Bell Giants Frank “Pilchock Merle Washington Filchock Club of Paris New Jersey George P. Monaghan Paris Associated Press Adelphia

Stadium economics mix of profit and loss across major venues

The report lists costs and attendance for several venues including Los Angeles stadiums, the Rose Bowl and Soldier Field, noting profits or losses and capacity records. It also reports Babe Ruth's neck operation status as of January, with hospital updates on his condition.

Los Angeles Los Angels Pasadena Baltimore Municipal Stadium International League Baseball Club Soldier Field Chicago City Park Stadium New Orleans Ruth New York Babe Ruth French Hospital King New York Yankee

Charles E. Cather Named Manager of Lovett Bros Shoes

Charles E. Cather will manage Lovett Brothers at 165 N Loudoun St after prior work in Winchester and Staunton. A WW II veteran, he served 34 months overseas with the 29th Division including D Day landings and earned the American Defense Medal Victory Medal Presidential Citation four battle stars.

Charles E. Cather Lovett Brothers N. Loudoun St Harry Lovett Lovett Bros Winchester Staunton Virginia National Guard Normandy D-Day

Tulip Mania: Dutch Passion and Asia-Origin Bulbs

Tulips native to Asia were introduced to Europe via Constantinople in the 16th century. In 1634 tulip mania began as bulbs traded by weight, with hundreds of dollars paid for single bulbs, leading to fortunes won and lost.

Holland Asia Europe Constantinople

Local Market Quotations for Corn Meal and Feeds

Daily corrected market listings show local wholesale and retail prices for corn meal in 10 lb and 5 lb bags, cracked corn, turkey grower, live poultry, and miscellaneous feeds. Prices include 4.50 to 5.75 per cwt for various corn meals and 4.60 for cracked corn per 100 lb bag.

Widen Accereat

Local Graded Egg Market Report

Market notes list graded egg quality categories with mentions of borates science and pullets. Butterfat A3 appears as a quality reference alongside Medium A and Medium B grades in the ongoing market assessment.

Borates Science

Mrs Kercheval Dies At Her Berryville Home

Mrs May Dawson Kercheval died at her Berryville home Thursday night after a brief illness. Born in Clarksburg West Virginia she was the daughter of the late John Ebert Dawson and wife of John T Kercheval a Berryville painter. Funeral services set for Saturday at 2 PM at John H Enders Funeral Home Berryville with Rev R K McDonald officiating. Burial will be in Green Hill Cemetery.

May Dawson - Kercheval Berryville Clarksburg W. Va John Ebert Dawson John T. Kercheval Kercheval

Livestock and Produce Markets Baltimore January market report

Baltimore January market report shows produce prices with apples ranging 1.00 to 3.50 for various varieties and sizes. Live poultry market weak with liberal receipts and little demand. Eggs mixed with current receipts ungraded 38 to 40 cents. butter at 40 to 41 cents.

Baltimore W. Va Bu. Bas U.S Romes McIntosh Yorks

Viscose Corp and TWUA Extend Wage Negotiation Deadline

The American Viscose Corp and the Textile Workers Union of America extend their contract to midnight next Friday to allow 21 000 workers at Meadville Lewiston Marcus Hook Front Royal Roanoke Parkersburg Nitro to get guidance from seven locals in Pennsylvania Virginia and West Virginia on wage demands and benefits. The conciliator John Murray said talks would continue and the advisory committee would inform locals of its findings with a potential strike averted for now.

New York American Viscose Corporation Textile Workers Union of America CIO Pennsylvania Virginia West Virginia U. S John Murray TWUA Meadville Lewiston Marcus Hook Front Royal Roanoke Parkersburg Nitro West Murray Conciliation Service Office Smith-Connally Friay

Labor Leader Attacks Union Bill in Congress

Labor leader laments anti-labor bills and pledges AFL support with rail unions. Ball’s measure would bar employee forced union membership, seen as undermining long standing union shop agreements and collective bargaining. He calls it illiberal to compel workers to join a union or risk their jobs.

Senator Ball AFL

Berryville Traffic Signals Deferred by State Highway Dept

The State Highway Department tells Berryville officials that no full traffic signals will be installed at Main and Church and Main and Buckmarsh. Signals would cause unnecessary delays. flashing amber caution lights will mark the major route and a road lens on the minor route. Pedestrian cross walks and stop lines to be painted. installation at own expense due to material shortages, likely three months to receive equipment. The Clarke County School Board delays action on a proposed $300 bonus for teachers pending General Assembly guidance on pay hikes.

Main Church Streets Main and Buckmarsh Streets State Highway Department E. Blackburn Moore Moore Berryville Clarke County General Assembly

Clarke County Horse and Colt Shows Assoc Annual Meeting

Shareholders of the Clarke County Horse and Colt Shows Association are convening on Tuesday January 14 at 2 p m in the Court House. Plans include an early August 1947 fixture and an application to the American Horse Shows Association for the first week of the month double date. The association reports a 1946 profit of 627.92 and total year profit of 1512.16 with a year end balance of 2089.18. Kercheval Store Sold to Preston V. Kercheval ending J P Kercheval’s 35 year mercantile career in Berryville after starting as a clerk for D J Jones.

Clarke County Horse and Colt Shows Association Court House American Horse Shows Association Kercheval J. P. Kercheval Preston V. Kercheval Berryville D. J. Jones

Clarke County Elects Smith to School Trustee Board

School Board member Richard B. Smith Jr was appointed to the Clarke county School Trustee Electoral Board by Judge Elliott Marshall on Tuesday. He fills the vacancy caused by Hobson C. McGehee’s resignation.

Richard B. Smith, Jr Clarke County Elliott Marshall Smith Hobson C. McGehee

Escapee Rowles Sentenced for Jail Break

Arthur Rowles, who escaped from Berryville jail on August 13 and was recaptured in Washington DC by the FBI, received a 12 month jail sentence from Trial Justice Loring Kackley after arraignment. He is also under indictment in Frederick and Loudoun counties on robbery charges.

Berryville Arthur Rowles Washington, D. C FBI Loring Kackley Rowles Frederick Loudoun

Clarke County Farmer Abner Holston Dies at Home

Abner Holston, a Clarke county farmer, died yesterday evening at his home near Old Salem Church. He was survived by his wife Belle Holston and eight children Isabelle Carrie Susie Dixon Mary Holston Brook Pollard Jessie Brooks Alex Holston Perry Holston Elizabeth Peyton and Charles Holston. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.

Abner Holston Clarke County Old Salem Church Belle Holston Isabelle Carrie Susie Dixon Mary Holston Brook Pollard Jessie Brooks Alex Holston Perry Holston Elizabeth Peyton Charles Holston

Fragmentary Public Notice From Atlanta Era

The readable lines show a March 31 deadline and a $3,800,000 union fine with a $10,000 figure for Lewis. Ages indicate at least four years old. Laurette Taylor is referenced in the fragmentary material.

Laurette Taylor Lewis

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