German Black Market Gangs Hit Rail Route for Coal Trade
A British Military Government officer reports a clever German black market network moving coal 200 miles to Aurich near the North Sea then swapping for potatoes and clothing. Authorities have formed special police teams with Germans to trap ringleaders, focusing on big operators while smaller, farmer-level traders persist on backroads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erford
Mar
Germany
Ruhr
Aurich
North Sea
Brunswick
Godfrey Buys 330 Acre Williamstead Estate in Loudoun
Radio figure Arthur Godfrey has contracted to purchase the 330 acre Williamstead estate near Waterford in Loudoun County for about 55000 dollars. Title work is under way after E M Willis ownership and winter death. The Jacobean house features brick stone steel and concrete construction with a slate roof and a long view over the county.
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Arthur Godfrey
Loudoun County
Williamstead
Waterford
Loudoun
E. M. Willis
Willis
Godfrey
Harrison Williams
Leesburg
Waynesboro Grun dy To Meet For Title
Waynesboro High School the Little giants won the eastern class B crown and will face Grundy High western division winner for the state class B title at the DuPont Recreation Center. Waynesboro defeated Fredericksburg 48 25 to advance. Grundy reached the final by beating Radford. Grundy carries 16 wins 7 losses while Waynesboro is 19 7 in 26 games.
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Waynesboro
Little Giants
Grundy High
DuPont Recrea- Center
Pp. m
Fredericksburg
Grundy
Rad Gr
Sees Russia In Bible Prophecy at Winchester Meeting
Roy Edward Griffin a noted Bible lecturer told a Winchester Seventh Day Adventist audience that armageddon is near. He spoke Sunday night and used pictures to illustrate songs by Mrs. Griffin and a lecture on The Man God Tried to Kill. He claimed vast wealth lies in the Dead Sea and cited Ezekiel 38 39.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Edward Griffin
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Winchester
Dead Sea
Awad the Great Awad of Cairo Aged Sudanese Orphan Chef
The piece profiles Awad Hassan Aly a 15 year old Sudanese orphan in Cairo known as Awad the Great and Awad on Pirst his many titles and his role as kitchen helper and informal journalist. It describes his lean frame his bargaining as a budget manager for his guardian Max Boyd his disdain for pork his small-time profits and his pursuit of baksheesh and ladders to glimpse royalty.
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Cairo
Awad Hassan Aly
Big 2
Awad
Max Boyd
Assam
Sudan
Old Scrooge
Lent reading picks at Handley library
Library staff recommend Lent reading with wartime themes and spiritual insight. Titles include The Emperor's Physician by J. R. Perkins Behold the Man edited by Ralph L. Woods Christ of the American Road by E. Stanley Jones and Behold the Man among others.
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J. R. Perkins
Daniel A. Poling
Arthur
Edna Yost
Harry Emerson Fosdick
E. Stanley Jones
Ralph L. Woods
Birth of Richard Lee McDonald in Winchester Hospital
Brucetown Virginia notes the birth of Richard Lee McDonald on March 1 at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Other items include O M Swimley’s Washington trip for shopping, Curtis Page McDonald visiting his parents, and visits by Grant Wilkins and James Cain families with local residents.
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Brucetown
William McDonald
Richard Lee
Winchester Memorial Hospital
O. M. Swimley
Washington, D. C
Grant Wilkins
Williams
Calvin
Curtis Page McDonald
Ernest Barrow
Richmond
James Cain
Kearneysville
W. Va
Calvin Cain
Bridges Hurls One Hit Ball In Win Over Yankees
LAKELAND Florida March 19 Two Detroit Tiger veterans Tommy Bridges and Roger Cramer led a 8-3 win over the New York Yankee B squad at Bradenton Bridges pitched six innings allowing one hit and striking out several as the world champions snapped a seven game losing streak in spring training action.
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Lakeland, Fla
Detroit Tiger
Tommy Bridges
Roger Cramer
New York Yankee
Bradenton Bridges
Notable defensive play and hits spark late rally
A pitcher hurled a one hit ball through four innings while Cramer hit a triple and two singles. He also made a fine one handed shoestring catch on Rollie Hemsley’s seventh inning liner, contributing to the game’s key moments.
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Innnings
Cramer
Rollie Hemsley
Prefabricated houses face new building standard proposals
The Prefabricators Institute and the National Bureau of Standards work on codes for factory built houses to protect home buyers.
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T.C. A
Also Mentioned on This Page
Canadas
Russia
Clarke County’s Daily
Washington
Greyhound
Greyhound Terminal
N. Braddock St
Reyhound Lines
Goyles
Baksheesh
Boat Grim
Jap Curl
Will
Miller’s Barber Shop
W. Water St
Ee al ‘Ptr
RADIO
W. Boscawen
Frederick County
Bridges
Baby
Baby's
Dow
Wory Pottery
Warde
Montgomery Ward
S. Loudoun St
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