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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1948
Page
3
Oklahoma City March 6 a 56 year old one armed prisoner crippled with arthritis and rheumatism on crutches made a mysterious escape from a group being led to the judge's chamber. Jailer Guy Mitchell pursues a lone search as the man vanished after stepping on an elevator on the third floor.
Rev. L P Tederick leads a revival at Biétins Chapel Va assisted by Rev Moon from Berkeley Springs circuit. Mrs Elmer White hosts USAS event with Mrs Harry Hammock leading. Weekend visitors include Nevil Clark and family from Arlington Va. Several families move into new homes and farms.
Islands in the Lena River delta are described as partly ice and partly earth. Experts believe they would sink beneath the water if the remaining ice melts away.
Detroit report details Joe Andanowski sending a twenty dollar pay home via carrier pigeon to his wife Grace. He selected an honest looking bird at his rookery, tied the money to the leg, and the bird delivered at the Rocker house within about 45 minutes. Grace initially mistook the sum for a dollar.
McCrorys led with 1412 as Jewel Box, Capitol Restaurant and Newberrys defeated rivals in a busy bowling night. Bodie Racey posted high games and sets for Hershey Drive In while Jenny Fox and Virginia Vance starred for Jewel Box. Capitol Restaurant rolled the top team game and set, edging toward the lead in the standings.
The page lists crossword clues across and down with numbers and hints. It includes entries for beasts of burden before shyly matching with Greek letters and various nouns verbs and descriptors across categories like animals, emotions and geography.
Goreé High School principal Paul Beable was elected president of the Frederick Clarke Baseball League at a Winchester meeting. Robert E. Ayler was named secretary treasurer. The 1943 season opens April 9 with a 7 inning schedule. post season games include an All-Star clash and a district title game versus Shenandoah county league winner.
Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach testified that about 18 million women are working because they must to support themselves or others. He cited war widows and sole providers as examples while Congress considered funding cuts that led to abolishing the women's bureau regional offices.
The Association of American Railroads says a pool of Pullman cars exists and individual railroads do not own these cars but have them assigned as needed. The discussion notes uncertainty about groundwater depth estimates ranging from 29 to 914 feet.
Georgia Governor M. E. Thompson branded the Ku Klux Klan a lie to southern leaders and called for laws to end its intimidation meetings. He accused the group of aiding Communists and race baiters and rejected federal anti-lynch legislation.
When ponds used for fish farming are fertilized plankton populations increase and fish production rises sharply, enhancing overall yields.
EDINBURG Texas March 6 Texas citrus moves toward California for the first time in 16 years under new entry rules. Five rail cars and two trucks of grapefruit began shipping yesterday marking a milestone in cross state fruit trade.
Front Royal High School advanced to the District 5 finals after beating Staunton 63-54 in Lexington. Seeded teams, Waynesboro and Harrisonburg, meet in the semi finals this afternoon. Earlier, Front Royal upset Covington 53-44, while Clifton Forge fell 33-31 to Blue Streaks. finals and consolation games set for the VMI gym tonight.
The Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals revoked the license of former State Senator Maitland H. Bustard Jr. following a petition from a Danville attorney seeking the action.
The record notes that during the ice ages ice sheets across North America likely reached depths around 10,000 feet, reflecting the continent’s dramatic glacial scale.
Dr L C T Miller of Philadelphia will visit Centenary church Sunday. He will speak at 10 a.m. and address the congregation at 11 a.m. Miller is eastern secretary of United Promotion. The note about Trinidad and Delaware appears in the fragment.
Maj. Gen. Uzal G. Ent, 47, commander of the Ploesti oil field bombing raid and noted aviation planner, died last night in Denver.
Advertisement urges readers to order Uncle Sam’s Almanac 1948 for daily use. It highlights calendar data birthdays of famous people general facts on radio aviation sport marriage geography astronomy military and UN table. Price twenty cents postpaid with mail order form included.
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