Judges Climbing Toward Bid for State Grid Title
The Handley Judges seek their first State grid title in a quarter final bid at Leggett field Roanoke, facing Byrd High School in a tough matchup. Handley, 7 1, has a strong lineup led by Keller Semples and Boxwell at backs, while Byrd brings veteran starters and an eight game win streak. The trip includes a lunch stop in Roanoke with a large fan caravan following the team.
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Handley
Winton
Roanoke
Leggett Field
Handley Band
WINC
Covington
Lexington
Byrd
Jefferson High
Terriers
Mons
Radford
Leonard Hale
Wheeler
McCarty
Ryans
Eanes
M. McLeod
Tomlinson
Vaughan
Hiler
Conner
Wirt
Shaver
Maddox
Bush
Solenberger
J. Semples
Grove
Lake
D. Semples
Haymaker
Keller
McIntyre
Wolverton
Boxwell
Manuel Semples
Sempeles
Christ Church Auction At Scaleby For Fire Rebuild
Red letter pre Thanksgiving event centered on Millwood features a charity auction at Scaleby the home of Mrs Kenneth Gilpin in Boyce. Beginning 3 p m bridge and back gammon plus evening auctions of baby sitters waitresses and handy men with smoked turkey and other foods. Proceeds fund Christ church rebuilding after last year’s fire.
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Millwood
Christchurch
Scaleby
Kenneth Gilpin
Boyce
CIO rules out new party and AFL merger plans
The CIO will not form a new political party or merge with the AFL soon. It will stay outside the Democratic and Republican parties, coordinate with President Truman, and seek closer ties with groups like Americans for Democratic Action and farmers.
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Portland
Ore
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Cra
Truman
Americans For Democratic Action
AFL
Philip Murray
Winchester Frederick Chest Drive Extends To Dec 1
Campaign officials report the Winchester Frederick community Chest drive has been extended to December 1 with a remaining $10,000 to reach the $35,000 goal. Ed Molden announces $25,364 raised, 72 percent, and notes two divisions have met their quotas while others show varied progress across districts and groups.
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Winchester-Frederick County
Ed Molden
Marvin Weaver
F. L. Largent Jr
Carrington Harrison
John Thornton Jr
Weaver
Largent
Fruit Workers Convention At Martinsburg Next Week
Dr. A B Groves pathologist and C H Hill entomologist from Winchester Research Laboratory will attend the 25th Cumberland Shenandoah fruit workers convention in Martinsburg Friday and Saturday next week. Attendees from VPI include H Bruce Arolan A H Teske Fred Dreiling and Robert L Moore of the horticulture department. The gathering links horticulture entomology and plant pathology from extension service and experiment station staffs plus U S Department of Agriculture specialists.
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A. B. Groves
C. H. Hill
Winchester Research Laboratory
Cumberland-Shenandoah
Cumberland -Shenandoah
U. S. Department of Agriculture
School Board Election Law Arguments Made
The Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals heard arguments on Arlington county’s 1947 Act 61 approving a popular school board election plan. The case tests classification of localities under general laws and could affect other local legislation. decision may influence how general laws apply to single counties.
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Richmond
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Arlington County
General Assembly
High Court
Arlington
Elizabeth City County
Virginia
Barnard O. Joy
Harry W. Porter
Porter
Circuit Court
District Doctors Seek Reciprocity Across States
A proposal to ease Virginia reciprocity rules for District of Columbia doctors will be discussed by the Virginia State Board of Medical Examiners on December 2. Dr. Guy W. Horsley said a request may seek temporary or border licenses allowing a Washington physician to practice in Arlington county, noting Virginia’s 1944 law did not cover such licenses.
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Richmond
Virginia
District of Columbia
State Board of Medical Examiners
Guy W. Horsley
Horsley
Virginia Board
Washington
Arlington County
Farouk and Queen Farida Divorce in Egypt
Cairo announces the divorce of King Farouk and Queen Farida while Iran’s Shah Reza Pahlavi and Queen Fawzia separate and divorce. Farouk signed the decree on November 17 1948. Born 1930s bride was Sasi Naz Zulfikar, married in 1938 with gifts from King George and Adolf Hitler amid celebratory disorder.
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Cairo
Egypt
Farouk
Farida
Fawzia
Iran
Shah Reza Pahlevi
Tehran
Sasi Naz Zulfikar
Mohammed Pasha Said
King George
England
Adolf Hitler
No Compromise With South Says Chairman M Grath
Democratic Chairman J Howard McGrath declares no compromise with Southern Democrats over civil rights. He favors rules to end filibusters and predicts broad adoption of the President’s program, while calling for inflation housing education and health action in the new Congress.
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McGrath
Truman
Dixie
Senate
Mr. Truman
Rhode Island
Congress
National Committee
Scott Lucas
Illinois
Barkley
Moose To Sponsor Bloodmobile Visit In Winchester
Winchester Moose lodge led by governor Dick sponsors the Red Cross bloodmobile visit on December 9. Last visit by Elks raised a record 120 pints. Moose aim to match it. Moose volunteers target 235 members before broad public appeal if 140 registrants are not reached. Howard Mathews heads the Moose committee with Woodrow Harper M E Royston Sr Garland Smith and George Taylor.
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Winchester
Moose Lodge
Sherman Dick
Red Cross
Elks Lodge
Howard Mathews
Moose
Woodrow Harper
M. E. Royston, Sr
Garland Smith
George Taylor
Hodgson and Brown
Hodgson and Brown Winchester
Emergency Construction Proposed in Clarke County
Clarke county board of supervisors scheduled a 10 a m Monday meeting to act on a $50 000 immediate appropriation for basement construction of a Berryville elementary school and temporary partitioning of the basement for classrooms. Only two supervisors were present this morning, and the school board representatives and patrons league members attended.
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Clarke County Board of Supervisors
County School Board
Berryville
Board of Supervisors
Edward Lee
Clifton Price
G. Kenneth Levi
John Hardesty
H. Garland Williams
Julian Everly
William Bell Watkins
Patrons League
A. Garland Williams
D. Blanton Allen
C. H. Iden
Navy Coach Calls Football a Great Thing at Banquet
E. E. Rip Miller former Notre Dame star and now assistant director at the Naval Academy told Handley and Martinsburg squads at a Kiwanis banquet that football builds character teaching fighters odds stamina and a fighting heart Promote football and never quit he urged The event at Sarah Zane hall is part of a 1925 series to foster sportsmanship between the teams ahead of their Thanksgiving meeting Ralph Yount led the program at the gathering
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E. E
Rip” Miller
Notre Dame
Sarah Zane Hall
Ralph Yount
Funeral Rites Held for Dr Sara Brown in Winchester
In Orrick cemetery Winchester mourners bid farewell to Dr Sara W Brown killed in a Washington traffic accident. Sister and two brothers attended along with old friends Charles Tokes and family. Dr James E Brown of Pittsburgh and Dr N Fairfax Brown of Washington were among those noted at the services.
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Sara W. Brown
Washington
Orrick
Winchester
R. E. Laws
Charles Tokes
Bushrod Harris
Sue Tokes
Louise Davis Tokes
James E. Brown
Pittsburgh
Motor Inspection Ending Nov. 30
Virginia motor vehicle owners are reminded the fall inspection period ends at midnight November 30. Col. C. W. Woodson Jr. says most vehicles are in good condition but some defects are found.
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Richmond
Virginia
Opening of Deer Season Draws City Wide Interest
Hunting forecasts point to a strong 3 day opener with weather clearing in Maryland. County clerks report steady license sales and dealers note brisk demand for guns and ammunition as plans shift for the Handley Byrd game and Page County hunting trips begin.
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Frederick County
Otis Sargent
Sargent
Vinton
Bradford Michael
East St. Head
Page County
Michael
Front Royal
Tomorro
Hun
W. R. Coffman
Palmer
Warren County
Roy Wilkins
R. 3
Winchester
U S Sends One Month Ration to Seven Chinese Cities
The United States ships 120000 tons of emergency rations to 12,270,000 residents in Shanghai Swatow Canton Nanking Tientsin Peiping and Tsingtao. Most deliveries expected by mid December as ECA director notes uncertain duration.
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Washington
United States
China
Shanghai
Swatow
Canton
Nanking
Tientsin
Peiping
Tsingtao
Harlan Cleveland
Economic Cooperation Administration
France to Vote On Cabinet's Strike Policy
Paris reports the French cabinet seeks a confidence vote after Premier Queuille outlines plans to back his government's response to communist led coal and mine strikes. Interior Minister Moch alleges Moscow ordered mine stoppages as tensions rise with port strikes paralyzing several French ports.
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Paris
Henri Queuille
National Assembly
Queuille
Jules Moch
Moscow
Charles DeGaulle
Moch
Communist Party
Merchant Marine
Dunkerque
Marshall Holds Last Minute Parleys in Paris
Secretary of State Marshal will meet with French foreign ministers in Paris to discuss the Ruhr Berlin Palestine and China before leaving to confer with President Truman in Washington expected to cover Berlin blockade and major world problems with Truman Gen Lucius Clay and Robert Murphy expected to join talks title notes source says Marshall may not return to Paris decision to be made in Washington meetings
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Paris
Marshall
Ruhr
Truman Leste
Berlin
Palestine
China
Washington
Lucius D. Clay
Germany
Robert Murphy
Clay
Winter Weather Hits Nebraska And Kansas Areas
A sweeping winter storm spreads snow and gale winds from Minnesota through Nebraska and Kansas into the Oklahoma Panhandle. The system lingers northeastward with freezing temps in western Kansas and 3 to 6 inches of snow and winds up to 70 mph reported.
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Nebraska
Kansas
Kansas City
Midwest
Minnesota
South Dakota
Oklahoma Panhandle
Flexible Price Support Wins Grange Approval
The National Grange endorsed flexible government price supports to prevent future surpluses and shortages, rejecting a continued wartime 90 percent parity and excluding compulsory health insurance. It backed a 60 to 90 percent parity range and allowed marketing controls only as a last resort with two thirds farmer approval.
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Portland
National Grange Convention
Grange
The
Congress
Agriculture Committee
Convention
U N Debates Armament Ban as Atom Bomb Proposal Fails
At the United Nations Assembly in Paris the Soviet proposal for a one third arms cut was rejected 36 to six while a bid for an immediate ban on the atom bomb was defeated 37 to six with nine abstentions. Vishinsky denounced Western plans for atomic control and accused the United States of global base expansion.
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Paris
United Nations Assembly
Russia
Soviet Union
Vishinsky
Ohance
Vishinsk
United States
John Foster Dulles
United Beare
Britain
China
U. N. Atomic Energy Commission
Assembly
Bernard Baruch
Five day Virginia weather outlook with rain and warmth
Five day forecast for Virginia November twenty to twenty four shows temperatures two to four degrees above normal with a mix of cold and warm days. Rain ends by early Saturday and again around Tuesday totaling about three quarters of an inch. Poultry shop ad notes Thanksgiving roasts and chicken dinners at the School House Red Church on Saturday evening.
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Virginia
B & S Poultry CO
Red
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