Virginia Tech Band Among Souths Best In Parade Win
Virginia Tech’s 100 piece “Highly Tight ies” military band directed by J. S. Schaeffer won first prize in Friday’s Apple Blossom Festival parade. Cadet officers include Capt. O. T. Kirby and Lt. W. E. Beamer. Organized 1892, enlisted 1898, the unit has appeared at four presidential inaugurations and major eastern venues.
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Virginia Tech
South
J. S. Schaeffer
O. T. Kirby
Richmond
W. E. Beamer
Covington
Drum Mar
M. H. Lewin
New York City
R. F. Lowe
Rochester
West Point
Washington
St. Louis
Charleston
S. C
Virginia
United States Regains Davis Cup in 1946 Victory
The United States won the Davis Cup in 1946 defeating Australia to reclaim the trophy. The cup had been in the United States from 1920 to 1927 after losing to France, with other holds in 1937 and 1938. World War II paused Davis Cup play.
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United States
France
Local Social Then and Now Spruce Reliance Area
Reliance Virginia and nearby towns report a flurry of visits and social events. Mr. and Mrs Ralph Saunders of Amelia spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs William Stickley and attended a Winchester festival. Families travel between Blacksburg Hyattsville Front Royal and Strasburg as mumps affect Allen Willey and gatherings continue around relatives and guests.
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Reliance
Ralph Saunders
Amelia
William Stickley
Winchester
Little Allen Willey
Lee
Hunts
Blacksburg
Ira Gruver
Hyattsville
C. C. Bowen
Hotel Strasburg
Clarence Cooley
Strasburg
Warren Rinker
Washington, D. C
Daisy Binker
Burnette
New York
Johnnie Marchi
Baker
Front Royal
Russel Stickley
H. E. Grover
J. D. Cooley
Marshall
Card of Thanks for Flowers and Kindness
Mr R E Helmick and daughters thank friends and neighbors for flowers and kindness shown after the death of their wife and mother.
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R. E. Helmick
First U S News Agency Originated in Boston
The earliest U S news agency began about 1811 in Boston. Its items reached local weekly papers, often sourced from coffee houses such as Samuel Topliff's Merchants: Reading Room where current events were discussed and shared.
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Boston
Samuel Topliff
Merchants
Soviet Escorts British Ambulance After Airlift Wreck
The Soviet army provided an escort today for a British ambulance in Berlin to recover the bodies of four civilian crewmen from the wreckage of a four engined airlift plane.
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Berlin
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