Cavaliers Hold Second in Collegiate Baseball Standings
The University of Virginia remains in second place after a 3-2 win over Hampden Sydney. Randolph Macon led with a 3-2 victory over William and Mary Virginia Tech. Roanoke edged Bridgewater 4-3 and William and Mary defeated Virginia Tech 7-1. Today William and Mary faces Washington and Lee in Lexington while Lynchburg visits Bridgewater. A tennis match pits Virginia against Maryland.
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University of Virginia
Cavaliers
Hampden- Sydney Tigers
Tigers
Seven Wings
Randolph Macon
Norfolk
William and Mary
Virginia Tech
Roanoke College
Bridgewater
Lexington
Washington and Lee
Lynchburg
Virginia
Maryland
Prominent Railroad Official Succumbs
Lewis W. Baldwin Moina, 33 years head of Missouri Pacific Railroad, died at his home after several weeks illness. He began as a civil engineer and rose to national prominence. formerly vice president of Illinois Central, he resigned in April 1933 to become president of Missouri Pacific.
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Lewis W. Baldwin Moina
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Hines
Illinois Central
Missouri Pacific
Swan Floating Soap Ad Praises Gentle Skin Care
A vintage advertisement extols Swan Floating Soap as mild and gentle for baby skin and hands. It showcases a pretty model in a morning sprint scene and urges use of Swan for everything due to its pure, baby friendly qualities.
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Swan
Margaret O'Brien Star Child of Hollywood Charms Fans
Nine year old Margaret O'Brien captivates Hollywood with freckles pigtails and a poised interview. On set for Tenth Avenue Angel she balances school on the MGM lot three hours daily while an Aunt and Mother guide her acting with signals and stories of war waifs. Her life includes a collie Laddie and a Chinese cocker Maggie.
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Hollywood
Margaret O'Brien
Margaret
Marissa
John Bogue
Gladys O’brien
Tenth Avenue
Mother
Auntie
Beverly Hills
Laddie
Lassie
Maggie
Awards Planned At Sacred Heart Boys Club Meeting
Three trophies and a plaque will honor results from last winter’s touch football at Sacred Heart Athletic Club for Boys. Chester Hobert announces awards for the club room Blue Streaks and Boy Scout Troop 3, with the Tigers receiving the plaque. Tonight at 7:30, teams will be picked for softball participation.
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Sacred Heart Athletic Club
Chester Hobert
Tigers
West Virginia coal official dies after long illness
Charles A. Cabell, 76, a Kanawha County coal operator long prominent in southern West Virginia industry, died at his Charleston home after a six month illness.
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Charleston
W. Va
Charles A. Cabell
Kanawha County
West Virginia
State News Brevities Highlights Local Crimes
Norfolk two Marines face felonious assault charges after an attack on Joseph R. Bobbitt Jr assistant city editor of the Virginian Pilot. Norfolk W E Hall delays murder case in sword slaying at his shop claiming self defense after weapons were used. Richmond The State Pardons Board upholds death sentence for Thomas Edward Harrison in the Roanoke county case and schedules execution for May 20.
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Norfolk
Joseph R. Bobbitt, Jr
The
Virginian Pilot
W. E. Hall
Polie Court
Brooks M. Goodwin
Hall
Goodwin
Quality Mattress Company
Richmond
State Pardon Board
Roanoke County
Thomas Edward Harrison
Salem
Roby M. Daugherty
New Bowling Congress Champs Are Crowded
The Lio Da Mar bowl team of Santa Monica California won the American Bowling Congress team championship at Buffalo New York closing May 14. They led the 1946 world championship with a 3023 gross while the Budweisers who had title four years earlier finished second with 3131. Heil Co Milwaukee held second briefly with 2225 and Ryan's Cafe Rochester finished third at 2990.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Santa Monica
Calif
Chicago Budweisers
American Bowling Congress
Harold Lloyd
74Th Armory
Budweisers
Gomet Ohio
ABC
West Coast
New York
Rangers
Heil Co
Milwaukee
Ryan’s Cafe
Rochester
Purge of German Fascist Literature Ordered by Allied Council
In Berlin on May 14 the Four Power Allied Control Council ordered a purge of German Fascist and militarist literature, likened by some to Nazi book burnings. Destruction of Nazi and German military memorials from World Wars I and II was also directed, with many already razed.
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Berlin
Allied Control Council
Vivian Cox
American Armed Forces Division
Trieste dispute blocks Italian peace treaty talks
United States and Russia clash over Trieste as Britain and France seek a compromise to ease a stalemated foreign ministers conference. The US wants Trieste to remain Italian while Russia pushes for cession to Yugoslavia, a key obstacle to a broader peace agreement.
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Byrness
Trieste
United States
Russia
Adriatic
Europe
Britain
France
Yugoslavia
Idlewild Airport Area and Cost in Construction Plans
The project covers nearly 5,000 acres at the head of Jamaica Bay and is estimated to cost about $160,000,000. When the initial phase is finished, nine miles of runways will be available.
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Idlewild
New York City
Lb.y. A
Jamaica Bay
Loudoun County youths held over bus rock attack
Two Loudoun County youths aged 16 and 17 were arrested after an attack on a Atlantic Greyhound bus on Route 50 near Aldie en route to Winchester. Sheriff said no shots were fired and only minor injuries to Mrs. Bessie Collison were reported from glass splinters.
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Sheriff's Office
Loudoun County
The
Star Today
Loudoun ‘County
Theother
Aldie
Winchester
Star
Oscar Gladhill
Harrisonsburg
Bessie Collison
Washlington
D. C
Newsboys to Attend Carnival Tomorrow
Newsboys of the Winchester Evening Star will visit tomorrow evening for the Bright Lights Shows sponsored by the Robert Y. Conrad Post of the American Legion. The carnival from Martinsburg is on Virginia Avenue and a large crowd was seen on the midway last night.
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Newsboys
Winchester
Coal Strike Demands Include Fund for Disabled Workers
Union leader Lewis outlines coal miners' demands for a self funded relief and rehabilitation pool financed by a seven percent payroll levy on operators. He rejects tripartite boards and insists the fund be a production charge managed by the UMW. Bowles notes no price increase assurances.
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Lewis
UMW
Tripartie Board
Councils of Industry
Chester Bowles
Population Estimates for Local Counties in Winchester Area
Population estimates list Winchester region counties Loca Clarke Frederick and Frederick, with figures showing 14,500 and 7,400 for today. Officials note preliminary counts and regional distribution.
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Winchester
Clarke County
Frederick CO
Rainfall Expected Across District Five Weather Area
The forecast calls for continued showers through Wednesday and Thursday with a return Sunday. Totals range from 3 to 4 inches in some areas and 1 to 4 inches elsewhere. Temperatures will be near normal, rising tomorrow, dipping Thursday and Friday, then rising again Saturday and Sunday. District five including West Virginia Ohio and western Pennsylvania sees showers tomorrow and Saturday totaling about one inch with near normal temperatures and a cooler Thursday.
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Associated Press
Middle Atlantic States
Dispatch
District Five
West Virginia
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Azerbaijan Crisis Deepens as Iran Claims Appointments
The Iranian government asserted it may appoint a provincial governor general of Azerbaijan and army officers while Jafar Pishevari demanded provincial control. Troop movements were reported toward Bandar Pahlevi and Kazvin, with Kurdish leaders and Azerbaijan Army signaling escalating tensions as talks stalemate.
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Azerbaijan
Jafar Pishevari
Pishevari
Qavam
Tabrz
Kazvin
Bandar Pahlevi
Caspian Sea
Tehran
Gorgan
Caspian
Pahlevi
Ghazi Mohammed
Meched
Iran
Javar Pishevari
Tabriz
Bowles Backs Rationing If World Food Situation Tightens
Bowles said rationing would be considered if overseas food commitments tighten, possibly covering meat butter cheese and bread. He noted a 20 to 60 day window to decide, while Herbert Hoover urged delaying action until crops are harvested and hope for improved world production.
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Washington
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Truman
Clinton P. Anderson
Fellowship Award Attracts Clarke County Interest
Clarke residents read that Dr. Thomas W. Whitaker geneticist with the U S Department of Agriculture Bureau of Plant Industry has received a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellowship. He will study in Washington University St Louis Mo for six months then at the University of California to finish a year long leave. Mrs Whitaker formerly Miss Mary B Summerville of White Post Clarke County will accompany him with their two children Thomas Jr and Beverley returning to La Jolla at year end.
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John Simon Luggenheim Memorial Foundation
Thomas W. Whitaker
U. S. Department of Agriculture Bureau of Plant Industry
la Jolda
California
University of California
Whitaker
Mary B. Summerville
White Post
Clarke County
Gwynne H. Jones
Thomas Jr
Beverley
Strasburg Choir To Sing in City
Evangelistic meetings at Cork Street Christian Church near closing week. Rev. Nelson Fox of Strasburg leads services each evening at 8. The final Friday night closes the meetings with a special performance by the Strasburg Christian Church Choir.
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Cork Street Christian Church
Nelson Fox
Tistian Church of
Strasburg
Miss Penn-Smith Wins Alumnae Class At Foxcroft Show
Miss Penn-Smith of Newville Pennsylvania captured the second leg on the Davis challenge cup for alumnae at the Foxcroft Horse Show in Middleburg Virginia. It marked her fifth consecutive win in the alumnae class, with Teresa Shook Foxcroft instructor in second and Mrs Nancy Penn-Smith Hannum Philadelphia third. J North Fletcher's Mentu of Warrenton won the model class.
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Penn-Smith
Foxcroft
Middleburg
Nionville
Miss Penn-Smith
Teresa Shook
Nancy Penn-Smith Hannum
Philadelphia
J. North Fletcher
Mentu
Warrenton
Local Episcopal Diocese Council Meeting In Richmond
Clergy and lay delegates from area Episcopal churches attend the 151st annual council of the Diocese of Virginia at St Marks Church Richmond. Key speakers include Congressman Jerry Voorhis and Bishop Frederick D Goodwin with sessions, reports, and Holy Communion observance scheduled across Wednesday and Thursday.
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Episcopal Diocese of
Virginia
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Richmond
James B. Roe
Paul Rosenberger
Christ Episcopal Church
This City
Henry G. Lane
Grace Church
Berryville
G. Peyton Craighill
Julian P. Everly
Christ Church
Millwood
Clarke County
Jerry Voorhis
Congress
California
Episcopal
Frederick D. Goodwin
Goodwin Wll
Voorhis
Goodwin
Mason
F. J. Warnecke
Richmond Episcopal
Order of Holy Cominion
Ernest T Thompson
Virginia Sena of Churches
Wll
Beverley M. Boyd
Grace and
Holy Trnity Episcopal Church
Federal Council of Churches
Program to Limit Wheat Use and Holders’ Storage
The plan seeks to curb wheat held by producers awaiting higher prices. An order from the office of defense transportation may bar shipments from Oklahoma Texas New Mexico Arkansas and Louisiana except for export or with a permit to conserve transportation. 1946 crop wheat stock measures may not apply unless distribution inequities arise. Millers and manufacturers face a 21 day supply limit until July 1.
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Office of Defense Transportation
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Arkansas
Louisiana
Eight County Teachers Named for Board Appointments
Before a joint session with the Board of Supervisors the County School Board announced eight teacher appointments. J C Gordon and James L Givens secured agricultural posts for Middletown and Gore Gainesboro, with Givens returning after Army service. Harvey Maury takes seventh grade duties. Mabel Evans joins White Hall grades. Emory Hammock named principal of an undetermined small school. Other hires include Evelyn Weakley Cecilia League and Evylh Long for Middletown positions.
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Board of Ervisors
Thero
Givens
Mabel C. Evans
White Hall
Emory Hammock
Leslie D. Kline
Evelyn Weakley
Cecilia O. League
Evylh V. Long
Middletown
Middletown High School
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Cor. S. Loudoun & Gerrard
Clarke
Strasburg Choir
Episcopal Church
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