Longest Safe Driving Record Award Presented
Dale Fowler wire chief for the Winchester area received the longest safe driving record amid ceremonies. Fowler has driven 21 years without an employee responsible accident as Chief Boyd gave a talk during the event.
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Dale Fowler
Winchester
Fowler
Boyd
S. E. Simpson
G. A Kern
Paul Craun, Jr
W. D. Chrismore
R. E. Potts, Jr
D. W. Fauber
R. G. Morerison
R. B. Trenary
H. T. Green
Peter's Studio
Peron
Cavaliers End Season With Best Record In 16 Years
Virginia’s Big Six champions Virginia Cavaliers fall to William and Mary 6 3 as righthander Al Kersey tossed a complete game for the Indians. The loss leaves UVA with a 17 5 season mark, the club’s strongest in 16 years.
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Richmond
Virginia
Old Dominion
William and Mary
Indians
University of Virginia
al Kersey
Cavaliers
Wild roses grow across continents from Arctic to Mexico
The answer states that no state is without wild roses. They are native from the Arctic Circle to Mexico, indicating widespread presence across regions.
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H. McK. A
Arctic Circle
Mexico
Noted Nebraska sports editor dies in Lincoln hospital
Charles Sumner Sherman, longtime Lincoln Star sports editor and namer of the Cornhuskers nickname, dies after a hospital stay. He helped found the AP National Poll and top ten college teams, shaping Nebraska football coverage for 31 years.
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Lincoln Neb
Charles Sumner Sherman
Footabll
Nebraska
Lin_ Hospital
W Cy Sherman
Cornhuskers
Neb
Associated Press
Lincoln Star
Major League Baseball Results From Tuesday
The Associated Press reports Brooklyn beat Pittsburgh 17 to 8 and New York defeated St Louis 6 to 1 while Boston won 7 to 2 over St Louis. Detroit topped Cleveland 6 to 3 and Chicago beat Washington 9 to 8. Rain caused postponements for New York at Chicago and Philadelphia at Cincinnati.
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Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Boston
St. Louis
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Detroit
Cleveland
Washington
T. Louis
U S Amateur Champion Advances in British Golf Championship
Sam Arzetta of Rochester New York the 25 year old American amateur golf champion won 5 and 4 in the third round at Porthcawl Wales over John Mill of Glasgow. He led two up at the turn after 29 outward strokes in rain and then closed out the match by taking three of the final four holes.
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Porthcawl
Wales
Sammy Arzetta
Rochester
N. Y
John Mill
Glasgow
Arzetta
Royal Parthcaw
Hollywood Gold Cup Handicap Nominates 40 For $100,000 Prize
Citation Coaltown and Moonrush head 40 nominees for the Hollywood Gold Cup Handicap set for July 14 at Inglewood. The $100,000 net to the winner makes it the richest mile and a quarter race in the country.
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Inglewood
Coaltown
Moonrush
Hollywood Turf Club
Reader Q and A from The Winchester Star
The content presents a question and answer column explaining social norms and historical trivia. It covers gift giving in courting, etiquette for dining, widow’s remarriage invitations, and asks about the historic papal lineage and Francis Scott Key. It notes a range of answers from etiquette to biographical details and notes a few measurements like a man’s 6 ft 11 in leap and a klipspringer’s 25 ft leap.
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Winchester Star Informatiin Bureau
Eye St
N. W
Washington, D. C
19-Year-Old Orphan Sentenced for Principal Murder
A 19-year-old orphan named Charles Hugh Justice received a life term for first degree murder in the March 12 shooting of W. E. Sweatt, 50, principal of the Alexander Schools in Rutherford County. The court imposed the mandatory life sentence after a jury verdict. Justice, from Asheville, was accused of ambushing Sweatt in a hall outside the principal's office after a disciplinary incident.
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Rutherfordton
N. C
Charles Hugh Justice
W. E. Sweatt
Alexander
Rutherford County Superior Court
Mercy
Frank Anderson
Justice
Asheville
Sweatt
Billy Ray Powell
Wade Johnson
Johnson
Moody
Everett Justice
Charles Hugh
California
Monrovia
Calif
Tokyo Post No 1 of the American Legion organized in May 1951
The Tokyo Post No 1 of the American Legion was formed in May 1951 by occupation personnel, establishing a new veteran group in postwar Japan. Members include service veterans and local attendees who joined for community and support.
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Tokyo
American Legion
Flag Day status and first observance
Flag Day is a legal holiday in Pennsylvania and generally observed nationwide. It was established on a national basis by a 1916 proclamation of President Wilson and first officially celebrated in 1873 when Philadelphia displayed the flag outside public buildings.
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Pennsylvania
Wilson
Philadelphia
Wife Told to Stay Off the Milk Wagon
In Feltham England Mrs Mary Saxby accompanied her husband on his milk delivery rounds. After a clash with the boss she punched him and hit him on the head. The court dismissed her complaint and ordered her to stay off the milk wagon.
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Feltham
Eng
Mary Saxby
Saxby
160 Tons of TNT Detonated in Utah
A massive underground blast near Dugway Utah conducted by Army Engineers released a dust cloud and was described as the strongest non atomic blast. The 160 tons of TNT were buried beneath the ground to study effects on construction and occurred in a remote western Utah desert setting.
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Dugway
Utah
Army Engineers
Distance to galaxies beyond the Milky Way
The 260 inch telescope has revealed galaxies about a billion light years away, indicating stars far beyond our own galaxy. Exact distances remain uncertain due to measurement limits and expanding universe models.
12 Man Team Destroys 174 Enemy Mines in April Action
A 12 man unit from the 8 Army 3d Infantry Rai end destroyed a cache of 174 enemy mines in a single April operation. The unit, ranked tenth, reported the successful clearance amid ongoing combat duties.
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8 Army 3d Infantry
Rai End
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