McFadden’s Prediction on Joe Louis Fight Proves Correct
McFadden claimed Louis would win and his sealed prediction proved correct when a three member committee opened the envelope after the bout. He noted Conn was floored by a left after a hard right, and criticized the exhibition as a poor white hope. McFadden also commented on empty seats in Yankee Stadium center field.
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McFadden
Joe Louis
Joseph
Wweee
A.M. Locke, Jr
Crisman
Peoples Service Drug Co
Winchester
Conn
Elpows
McFadders
Yankee Stadium
Clarke JBT Elects Five New Directors
Clarke County Junior Board of Trade met at the Berryville fire station to elect five directors for two-year terms ending in 1948. Newly chosen directors are Beverley Byrd Harold Potts Larry Hockman Henry Kercheval and Carlton Emmett. Carryover directors are Edenton Hart and Lynwood Wheeler, with officers to be named at the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke County
Junior Board of Trade
Berryville
Beverley Byrd
Harold Potts
Larry Hockman
Henry Kercheval
Carlton Emmett
Eddyton Hart
Lynwood Wheeler
Army bill outlines 1.28 million active troops for next year
The bill projects an average Army strength of 1,279,000 for the coming fiscal year with 1,070,000 on June 30, 1947. Support forces include National Guard 240,000, Air National Guard 47,646, Organized Reserves 1,053,000, and ROTC 157,100 students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air NI Guard
Fragmented quiz lines mix names and dates from old papers
A garbled OCR item shows a mix of topics from a quiz page. It mentions Daniel Defoe and a list of stray items including a prison yard date and a Texas senator, but most content is unreadable.
Family To Join Husband Overseas In Germany
Mrs Graf formerly Anne B Browne and her young son Bobbie leave for New York to start a voyage to Bremerhaven and join Lt R W Graf who serves as a U S Army billeting officer in Nuremberg. He has been in Germany since last November and expects to be stationed with the U S Occupation until late 1947.
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Winchester
Germany
R. W. Craf
New York
Bremerhaven
Graf
Anne B. Browne
Horee C. Browne
Amherst St
U.s.army
Nurember
Bobbie
Grafs
U.S. of Occupation
Miss Mary E. Bush Dies in Sleep at 81
Mary E. Bush longtime Presbyterian Church member and former Fort Loudoun schoolteacher died in her sleep at her North Loudoun Street home. She was 81. Funeral services are set for Saturday at 4 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary E. Bush
The
Presbyterian Church
Fort Loudoun
Minnie Keller
Bessie Keller J Jones
North Loudoun Street
Fail Again To Settle Draft Conferees Face Impasse
Washington June 30 Senate House conferees failed again to settle the issue of drafting 18 year olds. Chairman Elbert Thomas said an agreement was expected this afternoon. One conferee said wordy exchanges included terms like Yar and lobbying as House opponents criticized use of Warent radio facilities. Andrew proxy involvement and pending votes were noted amid lingering discord over exemptions and the Bikini A-bomb test context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate House
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Senate
House
Walter G. Andrews
Andrews
Rose Sentenced to Six Years for Spying
Rose, a member of parliament and communist, was sentenced in Montreal to six years in prison for illegally sending information to Russia during the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Rose
Russia
Virginia flooding projects fund key dams and basins
The report lists federal money for Virginia flood control works including the Savage River dam in Allegany County at 1.9 million dollars and multiple projects in the James river basin such as the Cathpright reservoir and Falling Spring dam on the Jackson River totaling 11 million. Other allocations cover Galax Chestnut Creek flood protection and Salem Church dam as a first step in a regional plan.
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Washington
Savage River
Allegany County
Virginia
Thos and
Salem Church
James River Basin
Cathright
Jackson River
James
Galax
Chestnut Creek
Soviet Delegate Proposes International Atomic Controls
Soviet Delegate Andrej A. Gromyko presented to the U S Commission a plan for two committees to exchange scientific information for peaceful use and to establish international controls with sanctions against unlawful atomic use. The proposals aim to curb misuse and promote peaceful applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andre! A. Gromyko
Inductions Official Removed for Protest Over Draft Handling
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey ordered the removal of the official who halted inductions in protest against selective service handling. Brig. Gen. Guy N. Henninger recommended the action. Odovarka, Colfax County draft director, refused inductions since April 24 arguing a five month house draft holiday is unfair to service members and future inductees.
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Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
Guy N. Henninger
Nebraska
Odovarka
Colfax County
Congress
Houghton Trials with Detroit Tigers After Marine Service
Bobby Houghton former Berryville high ace pitcher recently discharged from the U S Marine Corps informs his parents he is in Detroit trying out with the Detroit Tigers. He flew from North Carolina for the tryout and will not sign for less than 10000 dollars. At Duke he nearly pitched a no hit game against North Carolina and he was named all league pitcher in Berryville.
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Bobby Houghton
Berryville
U. S. Marine Corps
Detroit
Detroit Tigers
North Carolina
Tigers
Houghton
Duke University
Durham
N. C
University of North Carolina
Frederick-Clarke County Baseball League
Richmond University
Opening Day Bass Season Underway In Frederick County
Local anglers hit streams across Frederick County and Virginia as bass fishing season opens. Most fishermen carried valid licenses with old licenses remaining valid until July 1 per Lee Whitacre Frederick County Court clerk, ensuring legal access for the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Virginia
Lee Whitacre
Grand Mufti Takes Refuge in Egypt Sanctioned by King Farouk
Haj Amin Husseini grand mufti of Jerusalem has fled France earlier this month and is reported to have taken refuge in Cairo Egypt where a highly reliable source says King Farouk will grant him sanctuary.
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Cairo
Haj Amin Husseini
Jerusalem
France
Egypt
Farouk
Bentch Trial Overrules Motion in Staunton Murder Case
Staunton judge overruled a defense bid to strike homicide evidence in the murder case of Herbert Lee Bentch a 19 year old conscientious objector and one of three Western State Hospital attendants charged in the death of patient Albert Wlett Shiflett. Bentch testified he kicked Shiflett but said he could not confirm the cause of death. two Mennonite witnesses vouched for his character.
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Staunton
J. H. May
Staunton Corporation Court
Herbert Lee Bentch
Western State Hospital
Bentch
Yester
Albert Wlett
Western State
John William Wood
Salem
David Clark
Augusta Springs
Augusta County Commonwealth
John D. White
J. Fitzhugh Elder, Jr
Shiflett
White
May
Coiner Becomes Chairman of Bank Directorate
E. G. Coiner former Berryville department store owner and Clarke County Bank director was elected chairman of the board at a recent meeting. He is the longest serving director and recently sold Caines's Department Store to three men from Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. G. Coiner
Berryville
Bank of
Clarke County
Coiner
Caines’s
Winchester
Lorenzo C Lewis Visits Friends During Break
Lorenzo C Lewis formerly of Berryville and a reporter for The Star visited the newspaper on a day’s inter semester vacation from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor where he studies forestry. After finishing spring exams he plans to visit his mother and step father in Rockville Maryland before returning to campus June 26. He will attend a Michigan University Forestry department camp near Iron River Michigan this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorenzo C. Lewis
Berryville
The
Star
Forday
University of Michigan At
Ann Arbor
Theniversity
Lewis
Rockville
Michigan University Forestry Department
Iron River
Michigan
Pilot Burned Beyond Recognition in Mountain Crash
In Luray Virginia on June 19 a single engine two seat plane crashed on Raccoon Head in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The pilot was burned beyond recognition. The craft bore the numbers 25520. Marvin Cubbage located the wreckage and led Dr. George H. Long coroner and Sheriff J A Brubaker to the scene. Volunteers carried the body down the slope.
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Luray
George H. Long
Page County
Raccoon Head
Blue Ridge Mountains
Marvin Cubbage
Cubbage Hollow
Long
J. A. Brubaker
Number of Chicks Hatched in State Declines 29 Percent
Virginia reports a 29 percent drop in May chick hatchings from the prior year. May total 4,711,000 versus 5,546,000 last May, with five month total 22,537,000 down from 23,318,000. Incubators on June 1 held 2,327,000 eggs, down 53 percent. Tight feed supplies and higher prices blamed. National hatchings in May were the smallest since 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
Virginia Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
Steelman Nomination Approved for War Mobilization Post
The Senate finance committee voted unanimously to approve John R. Steelman for the directorate of War Mobilization and Reconversion. Steelman has served as special assistant prior to confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Finance Committee
John R. Steelman
Steelman
Labor Advisor to Succeed Snyder Named
Labor advisor to the President is set to replace John W. Snyder as treasury secretary after a short committee meeting and without interviewing Steelman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Snyder
Secretary of the Treasury
Steelman
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Clarke Jbt
Cardinal
College A
Daniel Defoe
Gop Ae
Pankrae Prison
Tom Connally
D. of Texas
Jona
Miss Bush
U. S. Commission
Brumback
Bank Directorate
J. G. Holsinger & Son
Court Square
Pexeait Trainiit
Handley School
Chapman Motor Co
ADAM
Molden Electric CO
S. Loudoun St
Maryland
Ringer Electric Service, Inc
Frederick Street
Hagerstown, Maryland
T. G. Adams Esso
South
Loudoun and
Gerrard Sts
Lorenzo Lewis
G .B. Masters
Glaize & Brother
Soilax
Virginia Loan & Thrift Corporation
Sears Sage
Sears, Roebuck and CO
S. Loudouist
Fides
Sears
Sears, Roebuck and. CO
Bouth Loudoun ST
Wunces
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