Pollet Leads Cardinals to 1-0 Victory Over Phillies
Pollet outduelled Robin Roberts in Philadelphia as Eddie Kazak scored the deciding run in the seventh inning. Enos Slaughter made two key defensive plays and Brooklyn stayed a game ahead as Don Newcombe and the Dodgers won with homers by Brown, Campanella, and Robinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boss Dyer
Pollet
Eddie
Howard
Ouston
Dyer
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Dodgers
Boston
Chicago
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Birds
Robin Roberts
Lanier
Ken Heintzelman
Eddie Kazak
Joe Garagiola
Kazak
Cardinals
Enos Slaughter
Phils
Richie Ashburn
Willie Jones
Don Newcome
Tommy Brown
Roy Campanella
Jackie Robinson
Answers to the Daily Quiz from Rheel Middlecoff column
Quiz results list the correct answers: Q2 about European Recovery restoring stability in Europe. Q3 False. Q4 Mercury versus Sennen Somaliland Africa. Q6 refers to location in China. Q10 Italian sailing in British context.
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Europe
Somaliland
Africa
China
Whitney Labor Leader and His Political Moods
Whitney, a labor figure and advocate of railroading workers, shifted through parties from 1908 to 1932 embracing Roosevelt, Wilson, La Follette, Hoover, and Roosevelt. He later backed Truman in 1948 and planned a Washington visit on legislative matters.
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Brotherhood
Truman
Congress
Whitney
Brotherhood Treasury
Labor
Joseph Leonard Whitney
Cedar Falls
Iowa
Illinois Central Railroad
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Robert M. LaFollette
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Washington
Pigs Cost Owner Four Hundred Dollars in Raid
Philadelphia July 16 A state Superior court valued 26 pigs raided from the Lancaster county farm of Mr and Mrs Consulman at 400 dollars owner Robert H Garrett had paid for the animals to explore greener pastures beyond the fence.
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Philadelphia
Robert H. Garrett
Garrett
State Superior Court
Lancaster County
James Consulman
Lad's Pop Gun Kills Frisco Grocer in Store Tragedy
A seven year old boy shot and killed elderly grocer Fred Throcknorton 67 in San Francisco after asking if a revolver worked. He and his five year old sister had an note from a stepmother asking for hamburger. Police puzzled by the incident.
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San Francisco
Fred Throcknorton
Throcknorton
Heavy Rains Flood Roads Around Roanoke
Heavy rains around Roanoke last night sent mountain streams on a rampage. Roads on state Route 24 and nearby secondary routes were blocked and traffic reduced to one way flow. State highway crews began repairs as engineer J H Wyse toured the area reporting damage and noting repairs would be costly but mainly cause inconvenience.
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Roanoke
State Highway Department
J. H. Wyse
Salem
Rev Zezzo Resigns Pastorate at First Assembly of God
Rev M N Zezzo resigns after 3 1/2 years at the First Assembly of God on N Cameron St in Winchester. He came from Oakland Md and helped adopt a governing constitution while membership and Sunday school enrollment grew. Mr Zezzo and his wife and two daughters live at 301 Shawnee Ave in the parsonage purchased by the congregation. He plans to leave Winchester soon with Rev C H Anderson to conduct services in the interim.
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M. N. Zezzo
First
Assembly of God Church
N. Cameron St
Pittsburgh
Winchester
Oakland
Zezzo
Rebecca Ann
Kathleen Faye
Shawnee Ave
C. H. Anderson
Thomas Jones Named Breeders Director
Thomas Jones of Berryville has been elected to serve as a director of the Eastern Panhandle Artificial Breeders Assn. Frederick and Clarke county stock growers have joined the West Virginia organization. Other directors include C Forrest Rammond Sr. of Berkeley County, president, and Lawrence Crowther of Jefferson County. Perry Hager of Mason County has been hired as a full time inseminator.
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Thomas Jones
Berryville
Jurors Summoned for Corporation Court Duty
Jurors summoned for 10 a.m. Friday in Corporation court include William H. Baler Robert McC Glass Jr Frank T Dick E W Argenbright Merkle L Slifer Gilbert R Whitmire Charles H Strosnider Philip L Carper and Kenzil V Timbrook.
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Corporation Court
William H. Baler
Robert McC. Glass Jr
Frank T. Dick
E. W. Argenbright
Merkle L. Slifer
Gilbert R. Whitmire
Charles H. Strosnider
Philip L. Carper
Kenzil V. Timbrook
Stephens City youth committed for egg theft case
A 17 year old boy from Stephens City was committed to the Department of Public Welfare in Richmond after juvenile court Judge W Erle Edwards found prior parole on record. The case followed egg thefts from a chicken house near his home.
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Stephens City
Department of Public Welfare
Richmond
W. Erle Edwards
Copperhead Bites Boy Along Skyline Drive
Two year old John Boney Jr. of Hamlet North Carolina is hospitalized at Rockingham hospital in Harrisonburg after a copperhead snake bit him while he played near the guard wall of Big Run parking overlook during a family picnic.
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John Boney Jr
J. C. Boney Sr
Hamlet
N. C
Rockingham Hospital
Harrisonburg
Skyline Drive
Big Run
Pole-sitter Strikes At Housing Shortage in Revere
In Revere Massachusetts on July 16 a 24-year-old wife of a steeplejack began a three day protest by living atop a 50 foot telegraph pole on the beach boulevard. She plans to stay until offered a suitable apartment for her, her husband, and their four year old daughter. A sign on the pole declares the housing shortage is the issue. Her husband, 36, says high rents prevent finding the desired apartment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Revere
Mass
Beach Boulevard
Jean Ellis
Arthur
Driver narrowly averts 60 foot dump edge in Austin
Tom Shell, driving to the city garbage dump, faced a directing man who urged him backward toward a 60 foot drop. He stopped inches from the edge after recalling the dangerous drop off and questioned the man, who admitted to being a patient at the Austin State hospital working with a unloading crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Tom Shell
Shell
Austin State Hospital
Maryland to Seek Extradition for Acree Murder Charge
Maryland prepares to request extradition of David Acree a 26 year old Virginia special officer accused of fatally shooting Maryland crabber Earl Nelson 50. Acree admits firing the shot claiming accident while arresting Nelson for illegal fishing on the Virginia side of the line. He is jailed in Accomack County Virginia.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Virginia
Lane
David Acree
Earl Lee Nelson
Acree
Nelson
Accomack County
Acomac
Parked car collision on Braddock Street near Boscawen
At 1 p m today on Braddock Street near the Boscawen intersection a 1936 Chevrolet driven by James Edward Dodson of Stephens City struck a parked 1932 Ford owned by Russell Green of 630 North Loudoun. Damage totaled about $50.
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Braddock St
Boscawen
James Edward Dodson
Stephens City
Russell Green
N. Loudoun
Tot Lost for Time At G and M Music Find Near Bus Terminal
The 12 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Ebert Jr of 208 W Boscawen Sr wandered from her mother around 11 20 this morning at G and M Music Appliance Center. She was located unharmed 15 minutes later around the corner at the bus terminal after police were alerted.
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Harry Ebert Jr
208 W. Boscawen Sr
G & M Music Appliance Center
Estate Appraised for Late Emma Eleanor Robinson
The estate of the late Emma Eleanor Robinson has been appraised at 2506 dollars by Carl T. Cather with L. Jackson and Mamie S. Robinson listed in the records.
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Emma Eleanor Robinson
Carl T. Cather. L. Jackson
Mamie S. Robinson
New York Fears Bus Strike Spread
New York City faces a possible extension of the bus strike amid plans by the CIO transport workers union. If extended, 106 private routes could shut down affecting nearly 3 million riders daily, with the Third Avenue Transit System under consideration for stoppage.
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New York
New York City
CIO Transport Workers Union
TWU
Michael J. Quill
Third Avenue
New York City Omnibus Corp
Fifth Ave. Coach Co
Patient in Oklahoma Mental Hospital Barricades Ward
A 45 year old patient at the Eastern Oklahoma Mental Hospital for Negroes in Taft Oklahoma fired shots at deputies and barricaded a ward. He surrendered to police after expressing willingness to talk peace following a night of standoff and failed tear gas attempts.
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Taft
Okla
Eastern Oklahoma
Tring
Rosenfelt James
James
Dr. Henry
E. P. Henry
Heat Wave Spreads Across Northern Plains and Rockies
Temperatures rose toward the 90s across the central states as heat moved from the Pacific Coast into the Northern Plains and Northern Rockies. A high of 102 was recorded at Glasgow Montana with higher readings elsewhere. Cooler air was expected to move in from the Pacific Northwest and push eastward into the Midwest by Monday. Wet conditions appeared in the Middle Atlantic Gulf states New England and parts of New York as showers fell across the country and rain was reported in parts of the Rockies.
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Associated Press
Central States
Plains
Rockies
Pacific Coast
Glasgow
Mont
Montana
Pacific Northwest
Midwest
Middle Atlantic
Gulf States
New England States
New York State
N and W Freight Plows Coal Train in Roanoke River Crash
A westbound Norfolk and Western freight collided with an eastbound coal extra west of Elliston early today. One man hospitalized as the freight engine and two cars plunged into the Roanoke river. Sixteen additional cars derailed.
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Roanoke
Norfolk and Western
Elliston
Roanoke River
Crete Visit by Navy Crew Members Arrives Aboard Coral Sea
Navymen at Crete Ray L. Curry seaman apprentice husband of Mrs Ray L Curry Front Royal and Pfc Paul David Young Marine Corps son of Mrs Mamie Young Rileyville have arrived at the Island of Crete as crew members aboard the aircraft carrier Coral Sea for a five day visit.
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Ray L. Curry
Front Royal
Pfc
Paul David Young
Marine Corps
Mamie Young
Rileyville
Island of
Crete
Coral Sea
Louis Berry Rites Held in Rippon West Virginia
Funeral services for Louis Henry Berry of Rippon West Virginia were held at Louisville church with Rev Davenport and others officiating. Interment was in Franklintown West Virginia. He was born in Clarke County to Joseph and Eveline Berry and survived by many children and a brother.
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Louis Henry Berry
Rippon
W. Va
Louisville
Davenport
R. N. Butler
J.S. Swann
Franklintown
Clarke County
Joseph and
Eveline Smith Berry
Sarah Rosetta Jones Berry
Thomas, Wilbert
Louis
Joseph
Eveline Coleman
Josephine Jones
Frances Grims
Elizabeth Shorts
Lena Potter
Sarah Russ
Mattie Newman
Annie Berry
Edward W. Berry
Leetown Hatchery Damaged by Flood Estimates $50 000
Two cloudbursts caused about 50 000 in damage to the Federal hatchery at Leetown. Superintendent Eugene Lurber reported more than 125 000 fish lost including valuable specimens and experimental stock. Seven inches of rain washed out a four acre reservoir and damaged ponds, dormitory basement, hatchery roadways, and grounds.
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Federal Fish Hatchery
Leetown
Eugene Lurber
Labor crisis rolls through White House strike talks
The piece notes former White House adviser and labor relations expert David L. Cole of Paterson New Jersey joining the discussion as the President, after winning a peace plan backing from steel firms, by-passed the Taft Hartley Act in a major labor crisis. Friends of the labor statute feared the move while unions drew some comfort from recent setbacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
David L. Cole
Paterson
N. J
Truman Labor
Samuel I. Rosenman
Army planned wide evacuations near Roswell New Mexico
Months after the evacuation proposal, officials disclosed plans to move civilians from towns as far as Roswell New Mexico if the mushroom cloud from a nuclear test veered off course.
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Roswell
N. M
Bond Sale Shortfalls in Local Opportunity Drive
As of July 9, area counties trail quotas for the Opportunity Drive. Winchester and Frederick report $126,562 of a $160,000 goal, Clarke has $19,575 of $25,000, Shenandoah $83,512 of $90,000, and Warren $55,256 toward a $65,000 target.
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Winchester
Frederick
Clarke County
Shenandoah
Warren County
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