This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1949
Page
6
Construction of the Winchester Frederick county jail is temporarily slowed awaiting reinforcing steel. The contractor is waiting for steel to place in the first floor under the cells.
Conococheague Speedway invites fans to a Friday night program on Route 40 west of Hagerstown featuring seven big car events and a new track record goal. Early entries include Bob Cooney Mike Magill Mike San Felice Wild Bill Holt and Billy Myers as the facility touts renovations and lighting for clear viewing at 7 30 P M.
Major league managers forecast a tight finish with two or more teams in a two way tie for first. Casey Stengel favors the Yankees while Joe McCarthy and Connie Mack insist their clubs can still win. Lou Boudreau and others project continued title chances as the pennant chase enters a key stretch with 13 game home stands beginning tonight.
National League leads with Brooklyn 47 31 St Louis 47 32 and Boston 43 36. American League shows New York 50 27 Cleveland 44 32 and Philadelphia 44 35. Tonight’s games include Cincinnati at Brooklyn and Pittsburgh at New York in NL. Washington at Chicago and New York at St Louis in AL.
John Whitacre reports a two-pound bass from his farm pond. The pond, stocked in May 1947, produced bass up to about 14 inches at that time.
O Sullivan edged Jewel Box 6 to 4 behind J Donald who pitched a steady game, fanning 10 and allowing 2 hits. Key early runs came on D Strath and D Boyd hits with Purtlebaugh and Carper producing pivotal plays as Jewel Box staged a late four-run response.
Clarke County tops Front Royal 5-2 as Buckner yields until the ninth. Pingley belts a two-run homer with one on in the ninth to cap a two-run Front Royal rally. Clarke County leads Northern Virginia play 8-3, Front Royal 7-4, Middletown 6-4.
Readable lines list team matchups including Plumly Elks RC Cola Rosenberger and specific game times. Field allocations show 6 15 evenings on fields 1 2 and 3 with Braddock St Presbyterian Montague Hoover- Kern under lights.
Present and past rainfall figures show 24 hour precip of none ending 7 am. July rainfall to date 2.00 inches and year to date 28.58 inches. Average annual rainfall over 36 years is 3.42 inches per month values from 1913 to 1948 list monthly amounts with Jan 2.47 Feb 1.92 Mar 2.91 Apr 3.07 May 3.68 Jun 3.88 Jul 3.81 Aug 3.82 Sep 2.58 Oct 3.34 Nov 2.43 Dec 2.43 courtesy of Winchester Research Laboratory.
President Truman signed a law increasing federal court jurors daily pay from five to seven dollars and travel pay from five to seven cents a mile. The measure ends the two dollar daily cap on juror travel costs during active court terms.
A grand jury has been called Monday in Frederick circuit court. Jurors to report at 10 a.m. are Silas W. Grim, Ray Rinker, H. H. Omps, Ray H. Duncan and Julian F. Garber.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.