Rams Beat Cardinals to Spark NFL Pennant Race
NEW YORK October 20 There isn’t an unbeaten team in major pro football today as pennant races take shape. The Chicago Cardinals fell 27 7 to the Rams in Los Angeles before a record crowd dropping into a three way tie with the Rams and Green Bay for the National Western lead. Packers defeated Washington 27 10 in Green Bay. Pittsburgh Steelers moved ahead in the Eastern chase with a win over Philadelphia. Browns beat Chicago Rockets 31 28 to hold Western lead. Yankees and Bills tied for Eastern lead. Dons crushed Colts 38 10.
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Vision Changes After Forty Prompt Eye Glasses Need
After age forty the eye lens hardens, reducing focus and clarity. This natural aging process increases the need for corrective glasses to maintain sharp vision for daily tasks and reading.
Judges Rally To Tie Falls Church In Thriller
In a Saturday clash at Winchester a muddy field hosted Falls Church and Handley. Schorr sparked Falls Church with two long runs but Handley roared back in the final quarter with Semples and Wolverton drives to force a 13 13 tie. Lamb injured, Peer knocked out, late field goal try missed.
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Editors See Truman and Defense Leaders In Off The Record Talks
One hundred leading editorial writers left Washington after a three day meeting that included off the record conferences with President Truman Secretary of Defense Forrestal Gen W B Smith and other high ranking officials. Among Virginians present was H F Byrd Jr editor of the Winchester Evening Star. On Auki near Guadalcanal lies a mint making shell money used by Solomon Islands people.
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Worth’s Ties For First In Evening Star Ladies League
Worth’s moved into a tie for first place by taking two games from Varel while Va Fruit Co No 1 dropped two to GAA. Mabel Lineburg and Corinne Carskaden led Worth’s with 113 games, and GAA No 1 saw Frances Crisman roll 119. Virgin matches featured Dolly Lyles 111 and Mabel Grim 105 for Va Fruit 497 in the second tilt.
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Va. Fruit Co
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Corinne Carskaden
Worth
Frances Crisman
Va. Fruit
Dolly Lyles
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Pauline Anderson
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Star Office
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Helen LaFollette
Warel 4 il Star Office 213 IND. GAME
Frances Crisman and Isabelle Calkin score 119 in individual game. Corinne Carskaden wins set with 323, Crisman 322, Calkin 312. Junior women team game totals 506 for Worth’s 491 for Bell Clothes. Team set totals 1423 for Worth’s and 1399 for Va. Fruit.
Communists in Paris Debate General Strike Action
Paris unions led by the Communist dominated General Confederation of Labor planned a vote to order a general strike in the capital to back bus and subway workers on strike for a week. They seek government wage concessions as costs rise. Also noted is U S farm production for 1945 and 1946 about one third above the 1935-1939 average.
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General Confederation
U. S
Inner-Aid advertised as relief for gas upset stomachs
testimonial claims Inner-Aid, a 12-juice blend from Nature's Herbs, cures gas and bloating when taken before meals. It is promoted to cleanse bowels enliven the liver and remove old waste, with assertions of broad relief and store availability.
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Origin of the phrase by rule of thumb
The expression comes from an old practice using the distance from the tip of the thumb to the first and second joints as a rough measuring method. This primitive size reckoning gave rise to the saying by rule of thumb.
Trial Postponed In Cuba Murder Case
In Havana on October 20 the murder trial of Patricka Matived Schmidt was adjourned to October 31 because none of a long list of witnesses appeared. Separately, U S farm assets rose above 100 billion dollars in 1945.
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Lehr Cristobal More
Patricka Matived
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