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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 20, 1947

Page

2

Daily Crossword Across and Down Clues

A dense list of crossword clues for Across and Down entries including items such as charts rolls of money a student in military academy perform maxim city Vermont on an equal subside woman under Data type measure strips the skin from iron lifted up U S president fish bovine animal morsels cloths for drying dishes pronoun streetcars like of sloth cushion ripe fruit of the rose demand as payment musical instrument length wise of drawing room before this in this place biblical name Down clues include Mrs Fr title Jewish month wooden pi made hard and unfeeling like a web say ings mend as a hole back of the neck askip doctrine not good frozen dew packs away division of a play solemn wonder range thumps great Hebrew prophet fish Ja to shove or send off scorch river Fr story do not contracted conjunction recline.

City Vermont U S

Boston mayoral candidate faces mail fraud sentence

A report from Washington states Mayor James M. of Boston faces six to 18 months in jail for mail fraud. The sentence is due to be pronounced next Thursday.

Ashington James M Boston Disata

Property sales scheduled in Stephens City Middletown and Winchester

At 21 east Stephens City an auction at 10 a.m. includes a pony cows farm machinery trucks and household goods. On June 21 at 1 p m Elizabeth Lu Pinger of Middletown Va auctions furniture and personal property. Postponed from June 14 Mrs Will Corbin of Winchester lists sale at 1 p m on June 21 at 117 F Gerrarl St.

Leroy Frankmn East Stephens City Elizabeth Lu Pinger Middletown Will Corbin F. Gerrarl Winchester

White Sox Schedule for July Games

The Winchester White Sox will play Strasburg at Kline Stadium on Sunday at 3 15 p m. Players meet at Sam Endogan's store by 1 p m. July schedule lists June 29 at Middleburg, July 4 at Middletown, July 6 Clarke County All-Stars at Boyce, July 13 at Berkeley Springs, July 20 pending, July 20 Martinsburg Red Men at home.

Winchester White Sox Strasburg Kline Sam Endogan Sox Middleburg Middletown Clarke County

USS PCE 902 Located at Weather Station G in Pacific

Patrol Craft Escort 902 sits at Weather Station G five hundred miles north of Honolulu at 38 degrees N 158 degrees W in the Pacific.

Pacific Honolulu

Leatherman to Speak at Grace Methodist Middletown

Daniel E. Leatherman of Winchester will be lay speaker at Grace Methodist Church in Middletown at 11 a.m. Sunday. He recently addressed Hagerstown Baptist laity and has directed activities at Stine's Chapel near Winchester as an outpost of Loudoun Street Presbyterian. This month marks his first time for outside engagements in over a year.

Daniel E. Leatherman Winchester Grace Methodist Church Middletown Leatherman The Baptist Church Hagerstown Stine’s Chapel Loudoun St. Presbyterian Church

Cannonball Baker Here Tomorrow

E G Cannonball Baker a 65 year old veteran race and endurance test driver will be at the Winchester Nash garage 1000 N Loudounext tomorrow to exhibit the Nash sedan used as the official pace car for the 1947 500 mile race at Indianapolis Baker began with a car in 1900 at Atlantic City and later moved to motorcycle racing before earning his first national speed title at Indianapolis in 1909 two years before the 500 mile race began

Cannonball” Baker Winchester Nash Loudounext Indianapolis

Eagles Forfeit to WNC In City League Softball

Unable to field a full team the Eagles forfeited 9-0 to Winchester News Company in the City League. A separate practice game saw Winchester News win 10-7 on nine hits with home runs by Keller, J. Duvall and B. Duvall. The Eagles were held to five hits.

Eagles Winchester News Company Winchester News Keller J. Duvall B. Duvall

Rail Unions Renew Demand for Changes

Chicago June 20 five railroad unions representing about 350000 operating employees renewed demands for 44 changes in the so called working rules. The issue precipitated the nation wide railroad strike a year ago. Earlier conferences started between carrier representatives and officers of 17 non operating unions on wage demands for about one million non operating employees.

Chicago

Local Markets Corrected Daily by The Star

Local wholesale market prices for flour corn meal and feeds are listed with bag weights and prices. Items include yellow and white corn meal and various mash blends for poultry and turkeys.

Star Cate

Cabs Install Two Way Radiotelephone System in City

The Diamond Cab Co. announces five taxis now operate two way radiotelephone units, making dispatcher contact possible anywhere in the city. Motorola engineers installed the 30 watt system, FCC approval granted, to speed service and aid emergencies.

Diamon Cab Co B. C. Whitlock Paul Poston Martinsburg Cumberland Charlottesville Washington Poston Motorola Inc Chicago FCC Whitlock Boscawen Street E. Piccadilly

Length of the alimentary canal and roadster history

An adult alimentary canal measures about 25 to 30 feet. Roadsters were last manufactured in 1933 and have since been replaced by convertibles now on the market.

S. A L.K.E. A

Pulpit Sunday Vine to Speak at Winchester Church

Pulpit Sunday Vine will speak 11 a m Sunday at Winchester Presbyterian church for Dr Ronald B Wilson pastor on West Coast Prof Appleby native of Missouri director of field work at Union Theological seminary Richmond He attended college here and in Edinburgh Scotland and has held pastorates in North and South Carolina.

Prof. Appleby Missouri Edinburgh Scotland North South Carolina

Agricultural eggs and live poultry prices in Winchester area

The Agriculture Department Markets Division lists F O Winchester prices for U S Grade A eggs and B eggs, with Series per dozen and per pound rates for pullets and live poultry. Prices show Grade A extra large 55 cents the dozen, large 53, medium 45, Grade B large 48, pullets 32, and live poultry including heavy breed hens 26 per lb, Leghorn 22, broilers 29 and 20, old roosters 14 to 15, turkeys young toms 22 per lb, young hens under 18 26 2, over 18 24 14, old toms 21 4, old guineas 25 per lb.

F. O Winchester U. S

Continuous eruption at Stromboli Volcano

The volcanic island Stromboli in the Mediterranean has remained continuously active since records began. It experiences mild explosions every ten to fifteen minutes, highlighting its status as one of the Earth's most persistently active volcanoes.

Answers to the Daily Quiz on Page 4 Rhode Island

A list of quiz answers includes items such as sugar warehouses stocked, a quote outside a house, Rev. Stephen H. Fritchman of Boston, the sloth, Thursday, a True claim under Public Law No 36 of 1947, Utah, a synonym for Palestine, and eligibility notes for readjustment allowances.

Rhode Islands Stephen H. Fritchman Boston Utah Palestine

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Daily Crossword National Maritime Union New York C.I.O. Maritime Atlantic Gulf of Mexico Carley White Sox John W Rosenberger S. Braddock St Stephens City Double Churches Aturday McCormick-Deering General Electric Buddy Artrip Joe Jolliffe Artrip Leroy Franklin Book Leatherman Cannonball Baker WNC Saii Firestone Stores N. Braddock St Vine Ronald Wilson Union Theological Seminary Richmond Prof James Appleby Plymouth Chevrolet Chapman Motor CO Bayliss & Patterson Contractors—Dealers N. Cameron St Dial Grove’s J. A At Furniture CO Agriculture Dept. Markets Division M.H.B A. Stromboli Mediterranean Sea Contin Glaize & Bro North Cameron ST C. I. Brumback & Sons Cameron St Thor Gladirons B. F. Goodrich S. Loudoun St Jordan Wool Insulated Homes General Insulating Corp Bell ‘Strones Jones Xome Order of the Golden Rule Buncutter Tire CO S. Braddock FMC Food Machinery Corporation Packing Equipment Division Riverside, California Resedabese Rinneiee California Apple
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