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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 12, 1947

Page

8

Winchester Recreation Council Accepts Gregory Resignation

The Winchester Recreation Council accepted Miss Virginia Gregory resignation as director of the city recreation department to take a position with the North Carolina Recreation Commission. She will begin June 1 and the board will hire a replacement promptly, with possible coverage for the summer. A delegation of colored citizens asked the board to add a diamond for colored hardball and softball teams to the recreation plans.

Winchester Recreation Council Virginia Gregory Miss Gregory North Carolina Recreation Commission C. A. Hobert

DAILY CROSSWORD PUZZLE CLUES AND ANSWERS

A list of across and down crossword clues including 1 across Pierce will a sword and 35 down To be sullen. Entries include numbered hints for various word lengths and themes. The puzzle spans across general knowledge from anatomy to geography and language.

Evening Radio Schedule With Diverse Programs Across Networks

A detailed listing of eastern standard time radio programming including News, dramas, music, and talk shows. Highlights feature abc Eric Sevareid CBS network reports, NBC Manor House Party, CBS Inner Sanctum Lum and Abner, and Mich mix of specials, quizzes, and concerts across multiple stations with west repeats and regional adjustments.

Abc Eric Sevareid Cbs Network Abc-East Abc-West Mbs-West Cbs Lowell Thomas Abe World News & Commentary Kaltenborn Nbc Sports Nbc Lum Abner Abe Scotland Yard Bobby Doyle Abe Howard Barlow Abe Joan Davis Gregory Hood Mbs Voorhees Radio Theater Hour Cbs Treasury Agent Abe Gabriel Heatter Goodman and Borge Abe Rammy Kaye Guy Lombardo Orchestra Abe Screen Guild Cbs Doctors

Greeks Launch Second Phase of Guerrilla Drive

Military sources report about 20,000 government troops began the second phase of a general offensive against guerrilla bands in Northern Greece. The operations cover Northwest Thessaly and Western Macedonia in the Pindus Mountains, an area of several hundred square miles. The first operation was described as a success.

Athens Greece Thessaly Macedonia Pindus Mountains

Frederick County Agriculture Events and Meetings

Frederick County agriculture events include a visit to the Orange Virginia experiment station next Tuesday for field crop demonstrations with a motor caravan from Winchester at 8 30. A farmer’s meeting at Gravel Springs School Star Tannery on Monday at 8 o clock will elect a man and woman representative to the Frederick County Board of Agriculture and discuss current topics with films shown. Cattle sale plans entail a Tri Breed Cattle Sale May 24 with 63 head from 21 consignors at the county court house meeting Thursday at 2. Dalton speaks on the Certified Feeder Calf program at James P Reardon farm, while the Winchester Cooperative Milk Producers Association works toward milk supply equalization with two meetings held and another planned. no milk price changes expected.

Frederick County Orange (Va Winchester I. Fred Stine Gravel Springs Star Tannery Fred Stine Dalton James P. Reardon M. L. Dalton Virginia VPI Winchester Cooperative Milk Producers Association, Inc

Husband charged with murder of Mrs Montgomery

In Los Angeles on May 12, Thomas J Montgomery 39 a truck driver was booked on suspicion of murdering his wife Dorothy Montgomery 36 whose nude body was found May 2 under a pepper tree in a vacant lot. Sheriff’s Inspector Noris Stensland linked the husband to the case after a week of investigation.

Los Angeles Dorothy Montgomery Noris Stensland Thomas JF. Montgomery

Montgomery questioned in slaying case denies involvement

Montgomery had been questioned and released earlier in the week. He denied participation in the brutal slaying and said the last time he saw his wife was about 9 30 p m May 2 when she left home to call their daughter May cille 15 at a playground. Her blood spattered car was found near the playground and her body was found the next morning several miles away.

Stensland Maycille

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