Estimate of Piano Stock in United States
It is estimated that there are about 6,000,000 pianos in service in the United States.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1948
Page
9
It is estimated that there are about 6,000,000 pianos in service in the United States.
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.
Penguins reproduce by laying one or two eggs and occasionally three during the breeding season, a pattern noted in recent ornithology observations.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The remains of President Harding and his wife were laid to rest in the Harding Memorial at Roehrn Ohio on December 20.
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.
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.
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.
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