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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 11, 1948

Page

9

Estimate of Piano Stock in United States

It is estimated that there are about 6,000,000 pianos in service in the United States.

United States

Court of Honor Dinner Set At Winchester Armory

About 400 people are expected for a Scout Trail Week Court of Honor dinner at Winchester Armory on October 22. The event honors Boy Scout recruitment efforts during the fall roundup, with Trail Week Champ ribbons for recruiters and unit 100 percent participation citations signed by Gov. powers. Dr. Tunstall Powers leads the program and a film on scouting The Years Between will be shown.

Winchester Armory Shawnee Gov. Ms Tunstall Powers Walter Knee Tr 3 Braddock St. Methodist Church S. Lillie Adams Spon Uth Cochran Willian Wheatley Braddock Hern Lee Market St. Methodist Church Addie Davis Mt. Carmel Baptist Church J. D. Griffing Scout Committee

Penguins Lay One to Three Eggs in Breeding Season

Penguins reproduce by laying one or two eggs and occasionally three during the breeding season, a pattern noted in recent ornithology observations.

League bowling standings and high scores reported

Across The Headpin shows standings for Star Office Virginia Fruited Valley Airways and G A A No 184 with top individual game 131 by Eleanor Stimmer and season high set 1526 by GAA 1. Other matches include Valley Airways sweeping Jewel Box and Jr Women sweeping Chapman Motor. Brake Blok league notes Bill Baker 134 game 340 set and Rolling 485 team game 1419 set led by Buck Clevenger 338.

Star Office Virginia Fruited Valley Airways Bell Clothes Chapman Motor Jewel Box Caduceus Ind Eleanor Summer June Bageant Pauline Anderson Mabel Grim Kate Oo Peg Eleanor Stimmer Tame Airways Evening Star Virginia Fruit Star Office Girls Jr. Women Berryville Peasi Bill Baker Ee Clevenger Riley Loy Buck Clevenger Office Rolling

Preview brings 80 to Capitol for The Secret Land

About 80 people attended a preview screening of The Secret Land at the Capitol theatre on Saturday. The color film of Admiral Byrd expeditions to Antarctica was staged by the Winchester Navy recruiting office and the Navy league with MGM and the theatre. Special guests included Mrs. R. E. Byrd and Mrs. Harry Byrd Jr. Also present were 35 teachers and local navy personnel. The film will return to Winchester for a general showing during Navy Day week.

Capitol Theatre Admiral Byrd Antarctica Winchester Navy Recruiting Office The Navy League MGM Theatre R. E. Byrd Harry Byrd Jr Navy Winchester

Teddy Legge Starts Navy Boat Training at Great Lakes

Teddy Legge son of Mr and Mrs Robert Legge of 370 National Ave began boat training at Great Lakes naval station. A Handley High School graduate of 1947 he expects to enter a machinist school.

Teddy Legge Robert Legge National Ave Great Lakes Naval Station Teddy Handley

Fascist General On Trial at Last

Former Marshall Rodolfo Graziani Mussolini s Lion of Africa goes on trial in Rome for collaboration with the Nazis. Graziani aged 66, Italy s highest ranking surviving fascist, returned from retirement after the surrender and led the Duce s armed forces in the northern puppet republic. His trial had been delayed by health issues.

Rome Rodolfo Graziani Mussolini Graziani Italy Duce

Bodies placed in Harding Memorial on December 20

The remains of President Harding and his wife were laid to rest in the Harding Memorial at Roehrn Ohio on December 20.

President Harding Harding Reat Nue Ohio

Ranks of Unbeaten Grid Teams Thinned

Four major college teams Notre Dame Michigan Penn State and Penn were unbeaten as of week’s end, with SMU upset by Missouri and Michigan State and others knocking at the door. Michigan faces Northwestern while Penn State meets Columbia and Notre Dame eyes Nebraska as part of a crowded, shifting race. Army Maryland and several Southern squads posted victories, reshaping the chain of still-undefeated teams.

Associated Press Notre Dame Michigan Pennsylvania Penn State Fighting Irish Great Lakes Army Southern California Southern Methodist SMU Missouri Wolverines Purdue Northwestern Wildcats Minnesota Penn Columbia Yale Princeton Michigan State Nebraska Syracuse West Virginia Illinois Maryland Dixie North Carolina Wake Forest Georgia Tech Washington and Lee Clemson Mississippi State Virginia Tech University of Richmond Furman Guilford Randolph Macon Hampden-Sydney Tigers Old Dominion Wofford Bengals Lynn Chewning Richmond Chewning Virginia Floyd Tayloe VMI George Washington Colonials

Indians Crush VMI as Lee Leads Strong Showing

Freshman fullback Andy Lee powered the Cavaliers to a 31-0 victory over VMI. William and Mary regains form after last year’s Southern Conference title run, while Tech hosts the Gobblers in a wary homecoming clash. Virginia travels to Washington and Lee for a homecoming after a 27-0 loss to Georgia Tech.

William and Mary's Indians William and Mary Virginia Tech Tech Virginia Washington Generals Georgia Tech VMI Aoe University of Richmond

Food Prices Cut 10 Percent by Cuban President

In Havana on October 11 Carlos Prio Socarras new Cuban president announced a 10 percent cut in food prices effective that day. Prio, age 45, an anti-communist, was inaugurated as the 17th president yesterday.

Havana Cuba Carlos Prio Socarras Prio Mittens

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