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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 13, 1944

Page

3

Handley Eleven Hosts Waynesboro In Home Clash Tomorrow

Handley High School faces Waynesboro High School in the Handsey Bowl at 2 30 p m with the Judges aiming for a third straight win. Coach Otis Sargent confirms the full squad barring injuries as Wilbur Dyke serves as captain in his final game before service.

Otis “Snag Sargent Waynesboro Little Giants Warren County Berkeley Springs Handley Lane High Charlottesville Wilbur Dyke Handley Waynesboro Le-Lovett Maupin Hurt Owen Powell Winkfield Meeteer Sempies Austin RT Austin Rt-Taylor Vicars Nelson Burns Cochran Herron Dyke Woods Powell Hoover Fort Hill Martinsburg Charles Town St. James Shepherdstown Romney Franklin Moorefield Alleghany Hagerstown Berryville Hedgesville

Dr Flickinger To Be Speaker At Grace Lutheran

The Rev. S L Flickinger D D will conduct the evening services at Grace Lutheran Church on Sunday October 15 at 8 o clock.

Dr. Flickinger S. L. Flickinger D. D Grace Lutheran Church

Pace Quickens In B League Competition

B League bowling results show Glaize Bros 3 Clearbrook 0 Va Woolen No 1 3 Novicks 0 Valley Service 3 Coca Cola 0 Va Woolen No 2 3 South End 0 Bell Clothes 2 Lee Baking 1. Individual high games L B 139 Jac Billmy n G B 132 Anderson BC 131. High sets Lutthell V S 338 Funkhouser 8 C 338 Lake V W No 1 338. High team game Va Woolen No 2 571 Va No 1 562. High team set Va Woolen No 2 1586 Valley Service 1574 Studebaker 1571.

Glaize Bros Clearbrook Novicks Valley Service Coca Cola South End Bell Clothes Lee Baking Studebaker Snapps Foundry Gaunt L. B Jac. Billmyn G. B Anderson, B. C Lutthell V. S Funkhouser 8. C Lake V. W Valle Service Eeeennne Eeeeees Bell Clothes Eeneneee Studebaker Eas Aeeee Clearbrook Eeeneee

Va Woolen No 1 Tops Ladies Commercial League Standings

Last night across the Ladies Commercial League Va Woolen No 1 strengthened its lead by winning two games to take a 12-3 record after beating South End Fire Co 490 478 and 470 469. Evelyn Curl led South End with a 127 game though Va Woolen No 2 swept O Sullivan to join a three way tie for first.

Va. Woolen No. 1 South End Fire Co Woolen Girls South End Woolen Mildred Strode Gertrude Renner Kitty Perry Evelyn Curl Brownie Ambrose Woolen No O'Sullivan Sue Stickley Sarah Zane Fire Co Solenberger Dorothy Cather Solenbergers Anna Bailey Martha Bowers Capitol Restaurant Girls Valley Service Station Miss Bowers

State Football Teams In Action

Virginia Cavaliers wrap up their last practice behind closed gates before Saturday’s visit to Scott Stadium to meet North Carolina Pre-Flight. William and Mary departs for Philadelphia to face Penn, while VMI and Wake Forest prepare for their Greensboro showdown. Richmond Spiders hosts Hampden-Sydney Tigers amid injury woes for Richmond.

Richmond University of Virginia Cavaliers Scott Stadium North Carolina Cloudbusters Virginia William and Mary Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Spiders Frank Summers Tigers Hampden-Sydney

Grain quotations show driftless opening on Oct 13

Chicago grain quotes at the start show almost no trading with mixed moves. Wheat gains slightly while corn falls. December wheat at 1.64 and May 1.59 to 1.60. Oats and rye also move within narrow ranges. The text then shifts to a geography quiz noting the Kurile island group near Siberia as the nearest Japanese territory to the United States.

Chicago Rye United States Kurile Group Cape Lopatka Siberia

Market Quotations and Baltimore Livestock Report

Market roundups from Baltimore and Chicago show steady to unchanged quotations across commodities. Cattle, hogs, and sheep in Baltimore and Chicago list steady to lower prices with varying weights and cuts. receipts are moderate to heavy and market conditions firm or mixed by class.

Baltimore Baltimore Livestock

Local Markets Notice on Daily Market Accuracy

Market listings warn that daily figures are correct to the best of the Star's knowledge but typographical errors may occur and the publication disclaims responsibility for those mistakes.

The Star

Short Patent prana and horizon distance query

The text notes a 100 lb bag per cwt and asks for horizon distance. It states at eye level on the sea the range of vision is 29 to 10 miles, indicating a calculation or measurement related to sight over the water.

Stock market in 1944 favorites and laggards shift

New York reports ongoing activity in stock market specialties with gains early and declines later. Leading 1944 favorites include American Locomotive Lincoln, Lima Locomotive, Pressed Steel Car, Electric & Musical Industries, Telautograph and Douglas Aircraft while U S Steel, Santa Fe, Macy, Boeing and International Nickel trended higher at intervals. Laggards featured Westinghouse Montgomery Ward Johns Manville and Sperry with curb support for Fansteel Callite Tungsten Ryan Petroleum and Cities Service.

New York American Lima Locomotive Pressed Steel Electric & Musical Industries Telautograph Douglas Aircraft U. S. Steel Santa Fe Macy Boeing International Nickel

Friday the 13th: unlucky date cited in short notes

Oklahoma City reports Raymond Harvey born in 1913 with draft number 1313 not bothered by Friday the 13th on his 13th wedding anniversary. Evansville notes Kenneth Spalding, 13th child, hoping to survive the day and shed superstition on his birthday, also a Friday the 13th.

Oklahoma City Raymond Harvey Evansville Ind Kenneth Spalding Kenneth

Dead in a Bathtub Shocks Hollywood Society

Georgette Bauerdorf, 20, daughter of a retired oil executive, was found dead in a filled bathtub of her Hollywood apartment. Investigators note a cloth at her mouth and no signs of robbery, with a possibility of accident but continuing inquiry due to tampering clues.

Hollywood Georgette Bauerdorf Yestern

Japs Prepare Ship To Retrieve Relief Goods For Prisoners

The Japanese Domei agency reports a ship will sail to the Soviet port of Nakhodka near Vladivostok to collect 1500 tons of accumulated relief supplies for U S war prisoners and civilian internees. The State Department said agreement existed for a Japanese ship to dock and load the relief cargo. The Red Cross noted 29,250 Americans held by Japan, including 19,934 prisoners of war.

London Domei Nakhodka Vladivostok United States Japan State Department Washington American Red Cross

Presidents And Their Wives Reference Booklet

A 48 page reference pleading a concise political history of the United States from Washington to Roosevelt with biographies of every President and White House hostess. It lists popular and electoral votes for each election and includes pictures, priced at fifteen cents postpaid.

Washington Franklin D. Roosevelt White House United States

Request for Booklet Copy by Fifteen Cents

Information Bureau of the Winchester Evening Star offers a booklet for fifteen cents. Send payment wrapped in paper to the bureau at 316 Eye St. N. E. Washington 2 D. C. and request by mail to Washington D C.

The Winchester Evening Star. Information Bureau Eye St N. E Washington D. C

Local servicemen receive honors and updates from Europe and home

First Lieutenant Charles A. Gibbens earned the Purple Heart for wounds in Italy and visited Rome with the First Armored Division. Other notes report Staff Sergeant Robert Gibbons safe in China Burma India theater, Pfc Philip N. Hooke en route home from San Diego, and Pfc Harvey Mills stationed in Belgium amid Allied advance. Private Harry F. Ridgeway promoted to sergeant after a noted action. Arthur F. Braithwaite arrives at Camp Croft for basic training while Lester E. Braithwaite remains tied to Winchester. Pvt Malcolm McDonald back from furlough and at Fort McClellan. Cpl Lester Arnold Jr. heads to North Africa as nose gunner on a B-24. Seaman Marlowe Home on leave from Camp Peary with Berryville roots.

Charles A. Gibbens Aulick Gibbens Massa Martini Italy First Armored Division Gibbens Rome Forum Mussolini Winchester Alice Eagle Army Nurses Corps Reid Richmond Robert G. Gibbons Harry F. Ridgeway the Star 38Th Infantry France Set Ridgeway Camp Shelby Mississippi England Farmers and Merchants National Bank Amherst Street

Rites Held Today For Miss Wilson

Funeral services for Miss Rose May Wilson were held at noon in Middleburg Virginia. Interment followed at Middleburg Cemetery. She died Wednesday at 1 15 PM at the Baltimore home of Mrs Owen Bird after a long illness. She was 39. Survived by mother Mrs Sarah Katherine Wilson brother James Wilson and sister Mrs Edward Braithwaite Pallbearers Ray Pangle Claude Rhodes Edward Braithwaite and Robert Brill

Middleburg Rose May Wilson Miss Wilson Sarah Katherine Wilson North Braddock Street Owen Bird Baltimore Bird Home Oak Hill Wilson James Wilson This City Edward Braithwaite Stephens City Ray Pangle Claude Rhodes Robert Brill

U S S Argonne Joins Fleet Auxiliaries New Tender

The U S S Argonne, formerly a submarine tender, is new in the Miscellaneous Fleet Auxiliaries class. This group comprises special purpose vessels converted from standard types and serves in auxiliary roles.

U. S. S. Argonne

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