Boyce High Opens 1947 Basketball Season
Boyce High School announces its 1947 basketball seasons for boys and girls under Principal E Miley Jr. The boys feature Casey as captain with guards Casey Jimmy, Sam, forwards Hawkins Grim Grubbs Hawkins, and center Jay Cone. The girls list captain Evalena Cadwallader and guards Mary Ann Carper, Elsie Mae Maghini, and others. Schedule includes games from February 11 through March 26 against Washington, RMA Jaycees, St Josephs, Stonewall, Berryville, and Bunker Hill, all listed as home or away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High School
Ac E. Miley
George Jimmy Casey
Sam
Jay Cone
Hawkins
Phillip Grim
Charles Grubbs
Henry Hawkins
Casey
Evalena Cadwallader
Jean Garver
Gene Hawkins
Marjory Grim
Gladys Carroll
Mary Ann Carper
Eleanor MacDonald
Anna Ridge- Way
Bunker Hill
St. Joseph’s
Stonewall
Berryville
Answers to the Daily Quiz
The page lists quiz answers: 1 True, 3 New York City, 5 Ni, 6 Walter Johnson, 7 Reflecting and refracting, 8 They were ex grateful for kindness, 9 dq mothers and their, 10 A device for measuring musical time.
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Xenews
New York City
Walter Johnson
Six Week Old Edgar Died at Memorial Hospital
Edgar David Shull six weeks old son of Dick and Catherine Sowers Shull of Winchester Route 2 died yesterday afternoon at 3 08 at Memorial Hospital. He is survived by sisters Gladys Virginia Marguerite and Linda and brother Richard. Paternal grandmother Mrs Lydia Shull and maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Charles Sowers also survive. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
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Edgar David Shull
Catherine Sowers Shull
Winchester
Route 2
Memorial Hospital
Gladys
Virginia
Marguerite
Linda
Richard
Lydia Shull
Charles Sowers
Wrecked Plane Reported Near Belmont to San Francisco
Pilot Thomas Fortune Ryan IV identified as missing after a BT 13 trainer disappeared in fog while flying from Belmont to San Francisco. Wreckage towed toward shore near San Mateo. sheriff's office in Redwood City received the discovery but details are scarce.
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Belmont Airport
Tentabara 4
Fortune Ryan IV
Redwood City
San Mateo Point
Belmont
San Francisco Municipal
Chamber endorses Winchester health unit plan
Henry T. Hardenburg officials of the State Department of Health and the Winchester Chamber of Commerce pledge full endorsement for forming a Public Health Unit for Winchester and Frederick County. The Chamber stresses the city’s need for organized health and sanitation services and backs the measure wholeheartedly.
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State Department of Health
Winchester
Frederick County
Henry T. Hardenburg
Chamber of Commerce
Virginia
Election Contest Against Byrd Comes To Light Tomorrow
A Senate rules subcommittee will meet tomorrow to discuss Lester Parsons request challenging Senator Byrd’s seat from Virginia. The same panel is reviewing contests filed by D. John Markey against Senator O’Conor and by Thomas Sweeney against Senator Kilgore. Maryland contest already probed. committee moves to preserve West Virginia ballots. Parsons, Markey, and Sweeney were Republican nominees in their states.
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Washington
Senate Rules
Byrd
D-Va
Lester Parsons
Norfolk
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Bricker
Rohio
D. John Markey
O'Conor
D-Md
Richmond Junior Chamber to Host State Jaycees Congress
Richmond Virginia January 13 The city’s Junior Chamber of Commerce will host the first all state junior chamber conference with Jaycees from across the state arriving January 18 and 19 A banquet will feature the presentation of Virginia’s Outstanding Young Man of 1946 chosen from nominations by a judges’ panel including Jesse W Dillon L McCarthy Downs and Guy Hagzelgrove
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Richmond
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Iia
Aest
Virginia
Jesse W. Dillon
The
Commonwealth
L. McCarthy Downs
State Corporation Commission
Guy B. Hagzelgrove
Moore Proposal Outlined to Curb Bootlegging Losses
Delegate Moore argues a 10 percent tax yielding 8 million annually would enter the general fund. He says enactment would require reducing marks up and profits of the ABC system. This would cut Virginia counties and cities’ share by about 5.33 million.
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Moore
Virginia
Bank Stockholders Elect Officers After 1945 Earnings
The bank reports eight percent in regular and special dividends and sets aside funds for 1946 income taxes. Directors reappointed Roy E. Potts as President-Cashier and elected E G Conner as Vice President and Board Chairman, with several other officers named including J E Keller and A Garland Williams.
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Potts
Bradford
Roy E. Potts
E. G. Conner
H. C. McGehee
J. E. Keller
A. Garland Williams
Mary V. Webb
Camille Wisecarver
Helen McDonald
Arthur H. Edmunds
Edith Rodgers
Margaret Barthel
C. van Deventer
Leila van Deventer
Boyce
Guide to Correct Spelling and Speech
An advertisement for a pocket dictionary offering 21 000 definitions in a 4 by 5 12 inch book. It promotes spelling and usage guidance with supplements, priced at twenty five cents postpaid, from the Information Bureau in Washington DC.
Hottest Debate In Legislature Gets Underway
The Virginia House of Delegates opened its heated special session with Governor Tucks labor bills on second reading. The Senate planned to consider a $6.5 million boost for public schools while the House finance panel held a public hearing on the Whitehead liquor tax proposal. Delegates Campbell proposed open shop policy as an alternative and gave the SCC power to settle labor disputes.
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Richmond
Virginia House of Delegates
Tuck
Senate
House Finance Committee
Stuart Campbell
Wythe
State Corporation Commission
Senate GOP Split Over War Investigating Committee Plans
Senators Tobey and Aiken oppose extending the special War Investigating Committee beyond January 31 and seek a new small business panel. Democratic Leader Barkley, aided by Lucas Tydings and Hayden, works to unite 44 Democrats in opposition.
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Washington
Senate
Tobey
Aiken
Barkley
Lucas
Tll
Tydings
O’mahoney
Wyo
Hayden
Ariz
GOP Labor Proposals Split Among Senate Republicans
Divided GOP opinion emerges in the 13 member Senate labor committee over Ball's plan to break up closed shops and broad wage bargaining. Some members oppose or doubt outright bans, while others have not stated a clear stance as Democrats push to implement Truman labor proposals including jurisdictional strike limits and compulsory dispute settlement.
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Washington
Rock
Senate Labor Committee
Ball
Morse Ore
Aiken VI
Minnesota
Ives NY
Ives
Capitol Hill
New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations
Cornell University
Harold £. Stassen
Minnnesota
Stassen
Congress
Troops Move Food in London Hunger Crisis
Eight thousand troops and sailors moved strike bound food to hungry Londoners in a labor government action at Smithfield Market. Within minutes 2,300 workers walked off, joining 15,000 truck drivers in a broad protest demanding shorter weeks, vacations, illness pay, and overtime adjustments. Police leaves were canceled and constables accompanied military convoys.
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London
Smithfield Market
Plane Crash Survivors Endure Snowbound Ordeal
Wendell Henderson and Robbins and Warr died at the wreck site. Caldwell and McCarty escaped the burning plane, with Leblanc unconscious in the cockpit. Robbins and Kearns aided the pilot before day two of freezing isolation as they huddled in the rear fuselage.
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Wendell K. Henderson
Caldwell
Robbins
Warr
McCarty
William H. Kearns, Jr
Boston
Areas Tacks Upon Drawing Extra School Fund
Richmond, January 13. A breakdown of estimated allocations under Governor Tuck's 6.5 million dollar plan for teacher pay raises was prepared by G. Tyler Miller. The figures show city and county shares based on average daily attendance and were requested by Senate finance, House appropriations, and House schools committees.
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Richmond
Vernor Tuck
G. Tyler Miller
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Miller
Senate Committee On Finance
House Committee On Appropriations
House Committee On Schools and Colleges
Airborn baby born on flight to San Juan earns lifetime free pass
Anxico Vega, born 7,500 feet up en route from New York to San Juan, Puerto Rico, will spend life riding in airplanes free of charge. The infant named Anxico by his parents was delivered by Pilot Kenneth Stockman of Sacramento and stewardess Tilen Haybner of Benton Harbor at 6 a.m. Saturday, two hours before arrival.
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Miami
Fla
Anxico Vega
Anxico
San Juan
Puerto Rico
New York
Kenneth Stockman
Sacramento
Calif
Tilen Haybner
Benton Harbor
Mich
Six Survivors Describe Plane Crash Rescue
Six survivors recount seeing the plane after it bounded from an icy crest and lighting a fire with vapor cartons and parachute fragments soaked in gasoline. A rescue plane drew near as black smoke rose about 300 feet, aiding search efforts. Ens. Maxwell A. Lopez of Newport R. I. and Aviation Radioman 1-C...
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Ens. Maxwell A. Lopez
Newport
R. I
Aviation Radioman 1-C
Farm and household sale notices across Winchester area
A sequence of sale announcements lists dates from January 15 to January 29 near Winchester Virginia. Items include livestock farm machinery implements corn hay household furniture and stock with locations at Round Hill Kernstown Stephens City Berryville and nearby roads. Organizers include F M Kremer W S Loy Oliver Grim W D Humphrey E C May and James Stephenson.
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J AN
Winchester
F. M. Kremer
Round Hill
W. S. Loy
W.D. Humphrey
Kernstown
Oliver Grim
Stephens City
W. Greenwalt
Davy Allen Farm
Berryvile
Dennis
Cork
Loudoun
E. C. May
Rest Church
James Stephenson
Welltown Pike
Grimes
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Chappie
Thomas Fortune Ryan, IV
American Legion
John Wene & Co
Quality Building MA
Braddock St
Grove’s
Dixie Coal and Wood Ranges
J. W. Grove Furniture CO
Winchester Evening Star
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John
House
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GOP
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Glid-O
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Bailey
N. Loudoun St
Ralph Paul Leblanc
Martinsville, la
LANZE
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Money Phone
Co. I. Brumback & Sons
N. Cameron St
Oman
Adam Fea Bell
George Washington
All Models Woods
Amherst St
Funeral Home Cor
Loudoun and
North Ave
Valley Weather Strip & Awning Co
Aubrey
Gillian
Mgr
Box
S. Loudoun St
Molden Electric CO
Virginia Loan & Thrift Corporation
Southern States Cooperative
Southern States
Winchester Petroleum Cooperative
Winchester, Virginia
Long’s Feed Store
Middletown
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