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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1947
Page
9
The report to the American College of Physicians cites 25 total infantile paralysis cases in the United States for last year. This figure represents the ghost total since 1916.
The Executor of E. E. Hardy deceased offers at public auction in front of the County Court House, Winchester Virginia, on Wednesday June 25 1947 at 11 AM the following realty and bank stocks all located in Winchester and described as three parcels of city land and 120 shares of The Commercial and Saving Bank of Winchester stock 1 share Farmers and Merchants National Bank stock Terms: realty requires one third cash at sale and balance in two annual instalments secured by purchaser bonds with interest from sale date Bank stocks to be paid in full day of sale Exe James E Hardy decd agent May 26 June 29 1947</S>
The American Legion baseball team plans three games over the weekend with a Friday game against Williamsport Vets at the local diamond. A and B squads schedule a Saturday afternoon game and Sunday out-of-town action. All Legion players should meet at the Legion home at 7 30 tonight for an important meeting.
City and County Realty transfers list numerous parcels in Winchester and surrounding Frederick County. Transactions include transfers on Braddock Street Extended S Kent Street Gray Avenue Fairfax Lane Boyd Avenue and roads near Stephens City plus properties in Stonewall Back Creek and Rockingham districts totaling hundreds of acres with values cited for several. The article also notes extensive wartime underground airplane production by Nazi Germany with 143 underground facilities in operation.
Washington May 27 The Agriculture Department announced relief for sugar shortages. Spare Stamp No 12 may be used for 10 pounds now, a new 10 pound stamp will be validated by Aug 1, and consumers may receive up to 35 pounds under the 1947 Sugar Control Extension Act by Aug 1. Existing stamps expire in October.
Clarke County transfers list multiple property deeds. William C. Jones transfers land to John T. Lee and Mary Louise R. Lee in Millwood, about a quarter acre with improvements. Patton Estate transfers an 8 061 98 square foot Rice Street lot to Edward Harris and Evelyn Webster Price. Ammie C. Kelley transfers property about four miles east of Berryville to Edward C. Kelley and Lillian Catherine Kelley. Clowser trust transfers a one acre tract west of Berryville along Highway 7 to Gilbert Flight and Avis L. Flight.
It has been computed that fully 3,000 persons are buried in Westminster Abbey. The number includes a few persons of foreign birth who were not British subjects, such as Louise da Savoy, consort of Louis XVIII of France, and Antoine Philippe, Duc de Montpensier.
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