Derby Rules Changes Stir National Soap Box Race
Hillary Brant Jr. of Martinsburg Pike discusses 1948 Derby rule changes that favor simple wooden box style racers over ultra streamlined designs. He recalls past years and aims to win July 17 while focusing on steering. sponsored by Zeropack, he builds his half finished racer and works as a golf course caddy to fund supplies.
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Hillary Brant Jr
Hillary M. Brant Sr
Martinsburg Pike
Winchester
Hillary
Ede
Young Brant
LeRoy White
Zeropack
Israeli Orders Underground Force to Disband
Tel Aviv reports Irgun Zvai Leumi suffered heavy manpower losses in failed gun running. The Altalena crisis prompted cabinet resignations, arrests of Peter H. Bergson and Monroe Fein, and raids on Irgun offices. Government orders Irgun disbandment and conscription of members into the army.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Altalena
Peter H. Bergson
New York
Hebrew Committee of National Liberation
Monroe Fein
Chicago
Rhodes
Irgun
Hungarian Leaders Excommunicated Over Nationalization
Vatican reports that Joss Cardinal Mindszenty excommunicated Hungary's government and parliament members for nationalizing Catholic schools on June 16. The action targets officials in Hungary's leadership amid church state tensions in 1948 era.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Joss Cardinal Mindszenty
Hungary
Marine Reserve To Show Speed At Cherry Point Exercise
The Marine Corps organized reserve training command will demonstrate its speed if war were declared. The annual maneuvers at Cherry Point begin July 10 with 3,000 officers and men from reserve squadrons across 27 eastern cities.
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Cherry Point
N. C
Marine Corp
Organized Reserve Training Command
America
Edinburg Principal Elected District President
Alvin Lutz of Edinburg elected district principal's association president at the state principal's conference in Charlottesville. He succeeds Robert E. Ayler of Stephens City, named director of instruction in Frederick County. Attendees included Bryant Harper and Garland Quarles of Winchester, C. E. Miley Jr. of Boyce, and D. G. Cooley of Berryville.
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Alvin Lutz
Edinburg
Alsa
Charlottesville
Robert E. Ayler
Stephens City
Frederick County
Bryant Harper
Garland Quarles
Winchester
C. E. Miley Jr
Boyce
D. G. Cooley
Berryville
Slip Covers for Furniture booklets aids summer care
The Government booklet Slip Covers for Furniture offers easy instructions for making slip covers and choosing materials. Fresh light colors protect upholstered furniture in summer and brighten homes at low cost. Send 10 cents postpaid to the Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau for a copy.
Nominating Session Exhausted Delegates
Philadelphia observers recount a seven hour convention session where 14 000 Republican delegates voiced preference for seven nominees Dewey Taft Warren Stassen Baldwin Vandenberg MacArthur. fatigue set in as hall debris littered the scene and badge theft occurred during the nominating speeches.
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Dewey
MacArthur
Taft
Warren
Stassen
Baldwin
Vandenberg
California
Joe Pisano
Mrs. J. Steele Dies at 92 in Stephens City
Mrs. John M. Steele aged 92 died at her Stephens City home at 5 a m. She was born Anna Josephine Yeakle daughter of John W. and Eliza Yeakle and widow of John M. Steele who died years ago. Surviving are three children, four grandchildren, two great grandchildren. Services at 2 p m EST Saturday from the late home with Rev. E. C. Day officiating. Interment in Green Hill cemetery. Pallbearers listed.
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John M. Steele
Stephens City
Anna Josephine Yeakle
John W
Eliza Yeakle
Methodist Church
Alva J. Steele
W. K. Baker
Washington
C. R. Steele
Charleston
S. C
J. H. Williams
Great Neck
N. Y
W. K. Baker Jr
John C. Steele
Augusta
Charles H. Steele
E. C. Day
Green Hill Cemetery
C. M. Terault
David C. Petrie
A. C. Boyer
A. B. Solenberger
R. H. Yeakle
Coffmann Funeral Held for Maurertown Man Coffman
Funeral services were held in Woodstock for Berlin O Coffman 27 of Maurertown who died in Washington Monday from self inflicted gun wounds. He was a war veteran and survived by his widow two children his mother and two brothers.
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Woodstock
Berlin O. Coffman
Maurertown
Washington
Veeran
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Freeman Beverage CO
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Westinghouse
Wer
N. Braddock St
Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau
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Washington, D.C
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Millweed Ave
Truman
Philadelphia
Clare Boothe Luce
Connecticut
Luce
Self
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Coffmann
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
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Winchester Furniture CO
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