Park Martinsburg Play Tie Game In Eighth Inning
Martinsburg and Winchester Park fight to a 5 5 tie after darkness halted play in the eighth inning with Martinsburg trailing 5-4. Patton and Fawcett led Park with two hits each while Roberts and Eversole starred for Martinsburg, as two Martinsburg pitchers combined for eight hits and eight strikeouts.
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Winchester Park
Westyhal Hose Company
Martinsburg
Park
Miller
Luby
Judy
Emmatt
Patton
Robert
Fawcett
Swanson
H.E Roberts
Eversole
Fortney
Ashton
Blackford
Bell
Parkson
B. Blackford
Vesper
Aaple Shirley
Winchester
Burch
Ciad Patton
Pope
Emmart
Er. Burch
Two Men Held By Virginia Beach in Broughton Murder
Norfolk July 25 two men James Edward Fletcher 23 and Robert Holland 22 were held by Virginia Beach police in connection with the murder of George Samuel Broughton of Salisbury Maryland Identification Officer R E Johnson said Fletcher was arrested after a reckless driving complaint on Seventeenth Street Police said Fletcher had no driver’s permit or vehicle registration found during routine checks by officers R K Halstead and Clyde Simon
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Norfolk
James Edward Fletcher
Robert Holland
Virginia Beach
George Samuel Broughton
Salisbury
R. E. Johnson
the Beach
Fletcher
Seventeenth Street
R. K. Halstead
Clyde Simon
Congress Polls Fight Over Budget Bill Reforms
Rep. Mike Monroney and Sen LaFollette describe the budget provision as highly controversial while committee chairmen resist abolition. Top Democrats and Republicans back the plan, hoping for chairmanship if their party gains House control in this year’s elections.
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Mike Monroney
Okla
LaFollette
Prog - Wis
House
Winchester Chamber Adopts New By-Laws and Board Structure
Barney Wendall announces the Winchester Chamber of Commerce approves revised by laws via mail ballot. New divisions by occupation, two directors per division, officers as directors, and a fiscal year from November to October. A membership drive aims for 300, with an August election and secretary replacement planned.
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Wendall Barney
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
Barney
Andrew Bell
Rail Car Shortage Threatens Production
New York July 25 A freight car shortage threatens to restrict production across industries. Proposals include financing 50 000 new cars for lease via the Reconstruction Finance Corp with fast delivery and material priorities. Railroads have 40 000 cars on order. May deliveries dropped from 2814 to 2094 in June.
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New York
Office of Defense Transportation
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp
U. S. Steel
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Treasury announces delinquent city tax sale list
W. A. Baker city treasurer says the office is preparing a sale list of delinquent real estate taxes and a separate list of delinquent tangible personal property taxes. Real estate will be sold for nonpayment and the personal list may be published and turned over for enforcement. Baker urges prompt payment to avoid action.
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W. A. Baker
OPA Compromise Bill Awaits Truman Signature
President Truman is expected to sign the compromise OPA bill restoring rent and many price controls through next June. The Senate passed it 53 to 26 after midnight. the House approved 210 to 142. The measure delays full price ceilings on meat dairy grains petroleum and tobacco until August 20.
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Washington
Truman
OPA
Capitol Hill
Senate
White House
House
Wherry
R-Neb
O’daniel
D-Tex
House Senate
Taft
Ohio
Farm Labor Pay Higher By 20 Percent In Virginia
Virginia farm wages on July 1 rose nearly twenty percent from a year earlier with board and without board. A worker earned 61 dollars per month with board and 80.75 without board, up from 50.25 and 68 last year, or 3.50 and 4.20 daily. The 1920 high was 36.10 with board and 51.60 without.
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Richmond
Virginia
State Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Soap Box Derby Day In Martinsburg Draws Local Crowd
Martinsburg hosts a soap box race Saturday called Derby Day with 18 racers competing for a free trip to international races next month. The first heat begins at 2 p.m. Local residents plan to attend.
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Martinsburg
Underwater Atomic Blast at Bikini Test
The atom bomb detonated underwater sent a white dome of water rising half a mile wide, then a mushroom cloud over the lagoon. Ships rocked, some equipment damaged, and several vessels vanished from sight while Saratoga later sank. Contamination spread from the lagoon with fission particles drifting northwest.
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Admiral Blandy
Bikini
Bikini Island
Arkansas
Saratoga
Elton C. Fay
Associated Press
Mt. McKinley
Col. Stafford Warren
New Ice Cream Recipe Uses Less Sugar for Rich Flavor
A vintage guide promotes a rennet custard ice cream using half sugar and corn syrup for smoother, creamier texture. It lists exact ingredients and steps, notes substitutions with sugar or condensed milk, and invites readers to request a free Junket Rennet Tablet sample from Junket Brand Foods.
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Brand Foods
Chr. Hansen’s Laboratory, Inc
Little Falls
Is Any Part of California Free From Earthquakes
The question notes Eastern California near the Arizona Nevada boundary is most nearly free from seismic activity. It cites less active regions north of the 40th parallel and a large part of central California, plus southeastern California except the Imperial Valley.
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California
M. D
Calfornia
Arizonia-Nevada
Imperial Valley
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