Visose Team Back in Winchester for State Tourney Contests
Front Royal wires that they will arrive at 3 p m for a game against Vis cose nine in Winchester tomorrow afternoon as the state semi pro tournament action continues. Cam Lee beat Front Royal yesterday and Vis cose may be eliminated if they lose, with three wins and no losses leading the standings.
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W. B. Carter
Front Royal
Covington
A. Ryland Conner
Winchester
Conner
Norfolk
Camp Lee
Blacksburg
Travellers
Westlace
Tostes
Bob Kelly
Camp Wee
Norfolk Navy Yard
Front 1
Sterans’ Hospital
Roanoke
Edgemont
Royal
Montzer
Park
wMentzer
Front Royal Rivalry Brings Standings Room at Premium Park
The mound in the first inning at Front Royal with a sore arm has rested weeks and is eager for tomorrow's contest. Scrivener and Fawocett will assist as relievers if needed. Two Washington DC umpires have been hired to officiate. A large Front Royal fan delegation is expected.
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Front Royal
Scrivener
Fawocett
Washington, D. C
White Sox at Home Tomorrow vs Opequon at Senseng Road
The Winchester White Sox host Opequon at the Senseng Road diamond at 2 30 tomorrow. All players are asked to report at 1 00.
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White Sox
Winchester White Sox
Opequon
Senseng Road
Northern Lights Seen Over Winchester At Midnight
The aurora borealis appeared in the skies above Winchester last night with a bright arc visible around midnight according to observers. No injuries or disruptions reported.
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Winchester
Funeral Services For Lightning Victims In South Boston
Funeral services scheduled in South Boston for Claude Douglas Hall 12 of South Boston and Lewis Milton Thomas 16 of Vernon Hill who were killed when lightning struck a tobacco barn where they worked A double funeral would be held at the Hall residence and burial set at Oak Ridge Cemetery Three other workers were knocked unconscious and hospitalized in South Boston for treatment
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South Boston
Claude Douglas Hall
Lewis Milton Thomas
Vernon Hill
Sidney Allen Locke Killed
Sidney Allen Locke was killed along the right-of-way with a shoe found about 500 yards away. He lived with his mother Mrs Evelyn Page Royston Locke near Boyce and was headed home when killed. his body was identified this morning. He leaves a mother, two children James Allen and Evelyn Locke, and four sisters Nellie V Locke Martha Marlow Isabelle Shephard and Marion Ruffner. Funeral services set for 4 pm tomorrow at John H Ender's Funeral Home Berryville with interment in Green Hill Cemetery.
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Locke
Evelyn Page Royston Locke
Boyce
James F. Locke
Ethel May Locke
James Allen
Evelyn Locke
Nellie V. Locke
Clearbrook
Martha Marlow
Isabelle Shephard
Berryville
Marion Ruffner
Clarke County
John H. Ender
Green Hill Cemetery
Laura DeHaven Buried Monday in Tennessee Church Service
Mrs. Laura DeHaven 79 widow of F G DeHaven of Gainesboro died yesterday evening from complications after six days of illness. Born May 14 1867 she was a daughter of John and Marriah Lamp of Berkeley County West Virginia. Survived by children Rex Light Wilmer Orlin DeHaven Ursel DeHaven Normal DeHaven Mrs Olan Miller and Mrs Lawrence Ruble twenty one grandchildren seven great grandchildren. Friends meet at Omps Funeral Home Winchester Monday at 2 pm to travel to Chestnut Grove Methodist Church for service at 2 30 pm conducted by Rev J R Collis assisted by Rev Emory Elmore. Interment in cemetery adjoining the church.
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Laura DeHaven
F. G. DeHaven
Gainesboro
John and
Marriah White Lamp
Berkeley County
W. Va
Chestnut Grove Methodist Church
Rex Light
Wilmer
Orlin DeHaven
Winchester
Ursel DeHaven
Normal DeHaven
Nain
Olan Miller
Lawrence Ruble
Omps Funeral Home
J. R. Collis
Emory Elmore
Mrs. Rinker dies at 69 widow of Charles Rinker
Mrs. Minerva Cooper Rinker aged 69 of 202 East Cork street died at home at 5 30 this morning after a year of ill health. Born June 27 1877 in Hayfield she was a Mt Olive Brethren Church member. Surviving children include William Cooper Marion Walter Basil Cooper John Cooper Beulah Elliott Mary Koon and Rosie Carpenter with several half sisters and many nieces and nephews. Funeral Monday at Mt Olive Church with services at 2 30 and interment in the adjoining cemetery after gathering at Jones Funeral Home in Winchester at 2 p m.
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Minerva Cooper Rinker
Charles Rinker
East
Cork Street
Hayfield
Mt. Olive
Winchester
John Cooper
Lebanon Church
Beulah Elliott
Mary Koon
Rosie Carpenter
Walter White
John Boxwell
John Loy
Frederick County
Mt. Olive Church
Jones Funeral Home
Visitors Day Sunday At Camp White Rock
The Winches ter Girl Scouts colored troop hosts Visitors Day at Camp White Rock on Sunday July 28 from 2 to 5 PM. Activities include a 2:45 PM camp site tour starting at the lodge a 3:15 PM swimming exhibition a 3:45 PM nature and handicraft display a 4:15 PM concert and folk dancing and a 4:46 PM retreat.
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Camp White Rock
Winchester Girl Scouts
Camp S
Grace, Bosserman
Catherine Solenberger
Mildred Taper
Barbara Myers
Margaret Cooke
Joyce Gaskins
Joan Elliott
Origin of the Quonset hut traced to Quonset Point
The Quonset hut was developed by the Navy Bureau of Yards and Docks and Great Lakes Steel engineers at Quonset Point Rhode Island Naval Base at the outset of World War II. Hence the name.
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Navy Bureau of Yards and Docks
Great Lakes Steel Corporation Engineers
Quonset Point
Rhode Island Naval Base
Jews divided on partition plan and trust status
Jewish and Arab circles weighed a Paris proposal for partition amid optimism some Arabs might accept communal divisions for a peaceful settlement. Jews hoped immigration of 100000 refugees would push acceptance while both sides favored ending Britain’s mandate under a UN trusteeship. Reports suggested 15 percent of land to Jews, 45 percent to Arabs, rest to holy areas. Jew sources said concessions might include sovereignty over barren lands in exchange for yielding other areas.
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London
Paris
U. N
United Nations Trusteship
Britain
Washington
Georgia Lynching Sparks Federal Action Demand
A Georgia lynching prompts a telegram to President Truman warning of more violence without immediate federal intervention. A mob of about 20 armed men abducted four Black workers and two women, killing three, with a dignified older white man suspected as leader. The incident near Monroe, about 40 miles east of Atlanta, marks the first multi-person lynching in the South in years.
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Truman Marcantono
Bilbos
Talmadges
Lou Harrison
Malcolm
Harrison
Dorsey
North Africa
Australia
South
Georgia
Brooks County
Monroe
Atlanta
Wytheville Cab Driver Shooting Leaves Suspect Held
Julius Edward Munsey, 28, of Bluefield, Va., was held in Wythe County jail on a murder charge after the fatal shooting of cab driver Fred A. Vaughn, 25, near Walker Mountain. Police said Munsey, who wounded a foot, had forced Vaughn to take a trip to Bluefield and ordered his wife to accompany him before the shooting occurred.
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Wytheville
A. B. Andes
Julius Edward Musey
Bluefield
Wythe County
Andes
Munsey
Fred A. Vaughn
Walker Mountain
Here
Vaughn
Inflation fears push price controls and OPA actions
As OPA’s authority ends, officials weigh new price ceilings and exemptions. The White House eyes three key appointments to the price decontrol board to determine which items return to control and which stay free, with clothing costs and other goods already under consideration for early increases.
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Congress
OPA
White House
Answers to the Daily Quiz**
Correct responses listed for page four questions identify Belgium and Greece as Q1, Ambidextrous for Q2, Czar Peter the Great for Q3, Zeus for Q4, and the definition of slavery with punishment caveat for Q5. Also noted are “new” for Q8, the Washington Irving Sleepy Hollow schoolmaster for Q7, Italy for Q8, Cain for Q9, and a sailors song for Q10.
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Belgium
Greece
Czar Peter the Great
Zeus
New
Washington Irving
Sleepy Hollow
Italy
Cain
Heirens Lawyer Says Youth Is Ready To Talk
Chicago July 27 attorney Majlachy Coghlan says William Heirens will offer to confess to the kidnap killing of Suzanne Degnan the lipstick slaying of Frances Brown and the fatal stabbing of Mrs Josephine Ross to the States Attorney William J Tuohy.
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Chicago
Majlachy Coghlan
William Heirens
William J. Tuohy
Suzanne Degnan
Frances Brown
Joesphine Ross
Found Winchester News dating January 28, 1876
J Earl Smallwood of 2078 Braddock Street discovered a copy of the Winchester News dated January 28, 1876 while sorting through old papers at his home. The fragment suggests preservation of local history and suggests potential interest for archival collection.
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J. Earl Smallwood
Braddock Street
Winchester News
Chicago livestock and produce market reports mixed week
Salable hogs estimated 200 with prices 1.25 to 1.50 higher year over year. Salable cattle 400 with strongest gains in fed steers and yearlings up 1.00 to 1.50, top steers near 26.50 and 1073 lb yearlings 26.25 both records, cows up 50 to 1.00. Sheep and lamb receipts about 3,000 lighter. spring lambs steady to down, most lambs 19.00 to 20.50 with select up to 20.75, yearlings 16.00 to 19.25, bucks 15.00 to 17.00, pelts and woolly offerings noted.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
John DeHaven Dies In Hospital
John W. DeHaven 45 of Silver Springs formerly of Berkeley and Frederick counties died after a sudden illness on the way to Memorial Hospital. He is survived by wife Myrtle and several children and four brothers. Private funeral services will be held tomorrow at Omps Funeral Home with interment in Pine Grove Cemetery.
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John W. DeHaven
Gilandeas Yo
Whiteie Mall
Memorial Hospital
White Hall
Elizabeth DeHaven
Hoy DeHaven
Frederick County
P. A. DeHaven
Stephenson
H. W. DeHaven
Silver Springs
G. M. DeHaven
Washington, D. C
Omps
F. T Pulcher
Pine Grove Cemetery
Winchester JET To Meet August 9
The Winchester Junior Board of Trade will meet Friday night August 9 at the George Washington Hotel per president F L Largent Jr. Several important matters including changes in the By-Laws are to be considered.
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Winchester Junior Board of Trade
George Washington Hotel
F. L. Largent, Jr
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Bulletin
Winchester Park Association
Boston
Sidney Allen Locke
Ah “Fytulrad
John W. Rosenberger & Co
Braddock
Camp
White Rock
Brumback
C. I. Brumback & Sons
N. Cameron Bt
Palestine
Julius E. Munsey
G. W. Daugherty
South Braddock St
Heirens
Clarke County News Service
Virginia Protector
N. Loudoun
John DeHaven
Winchester Jet
Pittsburgh Techicle
Pittsburgh Paints
N. Loudoun St
Virginia Loan & Thrift Corporation
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