Coast Guard searches for two youths off Ocean Beach
Norfolk authorities report Roosevelt Fuller aged 16 and Lessell Wilson Jr. aged 15, both Booker T. Washington High School students, missing after playing on an inner tube in Chesapeake Bay. The Coast Guard resumed the search at dusk but found no trace of the boys.
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Norfolk
Coast Guard
Ocean Beach
Chespeake Bay
Booker T. Washington High School
Roosevelt Fuller
Lessell Wilson, Jr
Virginia A D Norton Pritchett in grave condition
Charlotte North Carolina veteran athletic director Capt Norton Pritchett of the University of Virginia remained in grave condition at Presbyterian Hospital seven weeks after a heart attack at Davidson College commencement. His physician said he was unchanged from yesterday and “definitely weaker.”
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Charlotte
N.C
Norton Pritchett
University of Virginia
Presbyterian Hospital
Davidson College
Davidson
Pritchett
Injured Soldier Rushed to Hospital
A 20 year old Ohio soldier was rushed to Walter Reed Army Medical Center after being injured at the A P Hill Military Reservation in Virginia. The incident details and his condition were not fully disclosed in the brief dispatch.
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A. P. Hill Military Reservation
Ohio
Walter
Pfc Ezra Conn Hurt In Hill Reservation Crash
Pfc Ezra Conn of Dayton Ohio was critically injured in a highway accident at the A P Hill Military Reservation. An army ambulance carried him to Reed General Hospital Washington after a ladder protruding from a civilian truck struck him. Transfusions were given as police escorted the 60 mile trip. Conn remained on the critical list but reacting satisfactorily to surgery.
Money Mashers Curbed by Law
President Truman signed a new law making penny pounding and nickel smashing a crime with penalties up to five years in prison and a $2000 fine. The measure targets altering coin sizes to fool vending machines and coin boxes, closing a loophole that previously exempted pennies and nickels.
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Washington
Truman
United States
Douglas voices poll to guide judicial fitness votes
Douglas urged lawyers to vote based on relative judicial fitness, not personal ties to him or the President. He said rivals’ colleagues know them best and that a poll result against his picks would affect his stance. He also postponed his decision on voting for Senate confirmations of Truman nominees.
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Nion
Douglas
Senate
Mr. Truman
Miners Strike Closes Four Southwestern Virginia Mines
A walkout in Dante Virginia ends work at four Southwestern Virginia coal mines today idling about 2200 miners.
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Dante
Virginia
Teen Anna Maria Alberghetti Balances Fame and Family Rules
The 15 year old Italian soprano Anna Maria Alberghetti discusses her strict parents who keep her busy with piano and voice lessons, rehearsals, and diet. Her father trains her voice carefully despite criticism, guiding her toward a career while delaying romance and social life.
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Papa
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Carla
Philadelphia
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Hollywood
Bing Crosby
Canning Days Change In Clarke County
Clarke County Community Cannery alters hours to Tuesdays and Fridays for white patrons and Thursdays for colored patrons. Opened last week and canned about 600 quarts of fruits and vegetables. Supported by Virginia Vocational Agriculture Education Departments. classes grant preferred cannery access.
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Clarke County
Vocational Agriculture Educational Departments
Virginia
Women Seek WV First Congress Seat In Southern District
Bluefield West Virginia voters report stronger turnout in seven southern counties asMrs. John Kee seeks to become the first woman elected to Congress from the state. Cyrus H. Gadd, a Princeton attorney, challenges Kee for the seat of her late husband John Kee amid coal region voting and Democratic hopes for a 19 year hold.
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Bluefield
W. Va
West Virginia
John Kee
Cyrus H. Gadd
Princeton
Cities Service Oil to Add Station Upgrade in Winchester
Cities Service Oil Company of Winchester received a National Production Authority permit to add a washroom facility to its North Avenue and Newendon Street service station. The $1,620 project is overseen by T. M Fisher with contracts tied to Harry Aiken, while similar upgrades are planned for other locations.
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Cities Service Oil Company
Winchester
National Production Authority
North Avenue
Newendon Street
U S. Department of Ommere
Richmond
Ente
Oyal and
Nor
Harry Aiken
Police Court Fines Assessed This Morning
Police Court fines and costs were imposed this morning on George Fidler of Winchester for drunkenness five dollars for Raymond Kline of 129 Cork Street and ten dollars for Silas Luttrell of Cross Junction.
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George Fidler
Winchester
Raymond Kline
Cork Street
Silas Luttrell
Cross Junction
Local court rows report arrests and sentences
Eugene Parker 38 of 418 N Kent Street charged with drunk and disorderly conduct given 25 and five days in jail for assault and battery Frank Smith 46 Charleston West Virginia charged with drunk and tampering with motor vehicles sentenced six months in jail to serve 30 days Question and answer note asks largest flying bird The Andean condor is cited with California condors of equal size but scarce today in remote southern and Lower California habitats
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Eugene Parker
N. Kent Street
Frank Smith
Charleston
W. Va
California
Local Man Completes Quartermaster Course
First Lieut. John E. Foster of Winchester joined 29 others from the Army Navy Air Force and Marine Corps to graduate July 6 from the subsistence technology course in Chicago. The classes were under the Quartermaster Subsistence School for the Armed Forces.
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John E. Foster
U. S. Marine Corps
Winchester
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marine Corps
Chicago
Quartermaster Subsistence School
Armed Forces
American films dominate world theaters at about 74 percent
An estimate indicates that roughly 74 percent of all feature films shown in theaters worldwide are produced in the United States. This suggests a strong American influence on global cinema and the motion picture market.
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United States
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