Subteen Fashion Patterns by Anne Adams for Spring
Advertisement for pattern 4750 in girls sizes 6 to 14 with a sleeveless dress bolero and drawstring bow. Instructions include yardage for sunfrocks and bolero, cost twenty five cents, pattern book and free pattern details from The Winchester Star. Send name address size style number to Anne Adams Pattern Dept New York.
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Anne Adams
Winchester Star
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Britons Drink Less Beer Amid Rising Prices and TV
London reports Britons are drinking less beer as production falls to 1,831,769 bulk units this month. Analysts attribute the drop to high taxes and rising prices, plus entertainment options outside saloons and the growing appeal of home television.
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London
Miss Sprenkle Heads Women’s Student Government
Miss Barbara Sprenkle daughter of Mr and Mrs P H Sprenkle has been elected president of the Women’s Student Government Association at State College of Pennsylvania. A junior, she is majoring in home economics. Dr and Mrs Snapp return from Boston after three weeks of treatment and an operation at Petey Brent Bringham Hospital.
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Barbara Sprenkle
P. H. Sprenkle
Women’s Student Government Association
State College of Pennsylvania
Snapp
Boston
Ralpha
Mass
Petey Brent Bringham Hospital
Gilkey Couple Welcome Baby Girl In Berryville Area
Birth announcements list Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Gilkey at 35 S. Stewart Street welcoming a daughter. Mrs. Gilkey is formerly Suzanna Nicodemus. A second entry notes Mr. and Mrs. Earl Junior at 7135 Berryville Ave welcoming a daughter. Mrs. LeMarr is formerly Mind Eva Doyle.
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Arthur W. Gilkey
S. Stewart St
House-Warming Etiquette and Engagement News
Roberta Lee notes you may host a house warming without waiting for guests to gift. She adds there is no fixed time to announce an engagement and mentions condolence calls need not be returned.
Japan to expand alcohol production in new fiscal year
The Japanese government will permit breweries and distilleries to produce 22 million more gallons of alcoholic drinks starting April 1, increasing the annual limit from 94 million gallons this year to 116 million. Raw materials are said to be plentiful.
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Tokyo
Berkeley County votes for three year school levy extension
Citizens of Berkeley County West Virginia vote 3 816 to 145 in favor of a three year extension of a special school levy. Officials estimate it will add $90 000 annually to the Board of Education treasury for maintaining teacher salaries, bus replacements, transportation system extension, and school building repairs.
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Berkeley County
W. Va
Board of Education Treasury
Springtime visits and farm notes in Slanesville
In Slanesville West Virginia a stretch of springlike weather accompanies social visits among Pugh White Kidwell McIntyre Patterson Hockman and Cowgill families. Hospital stays pneumonia births and farm news including quadruplet lambs and twin calves are reported along with club meetings at Cowgill’s home.
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Slanesville
W. Va
Jay Pugh
Fraya
Winchester
Edward White
Shirley
Cross Junction
Asa Kidwell
Kidwell
David McIntyre
Westernport
Grant Patterson
Ida Lee
Augusta
Homer Hockman
Edith Cowgill
Ida Shanholtz
Orville Baker
Jean
Effie Strother
Martinsburg
Emma McDonald
Paul Kidwell
Front Royal
Nannie Alkire
Dennis Keller
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Farm Women’s Club
Lottie Hott
Happy Workers
Mt. Union
Wiliam Malcolm
Sailors Escaped Injury After Vehicle Accident
Police reported parts of the vehicle were found 75 feet away. Sailors sustained only minor cuts and bruises while Marines were uninjured. They left the scene under their own power.
Former Showgirl Joyce Matthews Divorces Milton Berle
In the Virgin Islands Joyce Matthews obtain ed a divorce from television comedian Milton Berle. Attorney Samuel I. Hartman said custody of their daughter Victoria, four, was awarded to Miss Matthews. The couple married in 1941 and divorced in 1947, then remarried last June and separated a few months later.
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New York
Joyce Matthews
Milton Berle
Samuel I. Hartman
Virgin Islands
Miss Matthews
Victoria
Shrimp Dominate U.S. Catches by Weight
The report notes that shrimp constitute by far the heaviest weight of shellfish caught in American waters, highlighting their dominance among seafood harvests.
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American
Girls Sell Lilies Here
A planned Easter lily sale along downtown principal streets organized by the Virginia Society for Cripple Children and Adults will feature 25 Handley High girls. Proceeds target 2500 dollars for the city and surrounding communities with participants named.
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Virginia Society For Cripple Children
Society
Speed Pilot Yeager Receives 3rd Honor
Captain Charles Yeager, famed for breaking the sound barrier, is awarded his third Hynes cross for making the first powered takeoff of the X-L rocket. He remains a symbol of US aviation prowess in Los Angeles.
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Yeager
Los Angeles
Charles Yeager
Air Force
Hynes
Eager
Edwards Air Base award honors Yeager top test pilot
A plane at Edwards Air Base in Muroc California hosted the award ceremony. Yeager is also the field's leading experimental test pilot.
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Edwards Air Base
Muroe
Calif
Yeager
First American Airplane Fatality Reported at Fort Myer
The incident concerns the army flier killed in 1908 at Fort Myer Virginia, widely regarded as the United States first airplane fatality. The event marks an early milestone in American military aviation history.
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Fort Myer
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