Handley High Opens 1947 Grid Prep With Rough Scrimmages
Handley high school football, now in its second week of practice, moved into scrimmages as the 1947 season nears. Coach Maddox eyes a home opener against Falls Church on October 18, with a squad of about 60 candidates for the varsity and junior varsity. The team must replace twelve graduates from last year and defends District 5 title jointly with Covington. Key returnees include Donald Crim, Beverly Wolfe, and others as the squad irons out a new lineup under veteran coach Sargent.
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Handley High School
Marshall
Handley
Snag Sargent
Dick Kern
Sargent
VPI
Maddox
Falls Church
Covington
Waynesboro
Donald Crim
Beverly
Richard Wolfe
Perry Paltz Rites Held in Green Lane Cemetery
Perry Paltz rites conducted in Green Lane Cemetery near Rock West Virginia. Sister Mrs. Ora of Winchester attended the services.
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Perry Paltz Rites
Green Lane Cemetery
Rock, W. Va
Ora
Winchester
Shortage of Character Actors Looms on Film Lots
Hollywood faces a critical shortage of character actors as veteran performers dominate roles. MGM casting chief Billy Brady cites aging, lack of training grounds, and the failure of vaudeville and stock to produce new talent. Archie Leach becomes Cary Grant after a move west and career rise.
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Hollywood
MGM
Billy Brady
Grady
New York
Charles Coburn
MGM Pictures
Carey Gr
Dec
U.S
Archie Leach
Archie
Denver
Cary Grant
Eshelman jailed on felony assault charge in Winchester
Eshelman R Asberry Eshelman 71 of R 1 Winchester is jailed on felonious assault with a deadly weapon for allegedly slashing Clarence Lee Braithwaite 33 of R 1 Winchester five times in an altercation on Route 50 about 212 miles east of here. Braithwaite was reported improving at a local hospital.
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Asberry R. Eshelman
Winchester
Circuit Court
Grand Jury
Eshelman
Clarence Lee Braithwaite
Here
Braithwaite
Oglesby to Speak at Winchester Methodist Seminar
F B Oglesby will deliver a talk at an educational seminar for the Winchester Methodist district in Woodstock on September 17. Seminars of the Woman's Society of Christian Service of the Virginia Methodist Conference begin statewide this Friday.
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X . F. B. Oglesby
Winchester
Woodstock
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Virginia Methodist Conference
Answers to the daily quiz reveal ten questions and an aging locomotive fact
The page lists quiz answers 1 to 10 covering colors dates terms materials and actions. It notes that about 75 percent of class one railroad steam locomotives in the United States are over 22 years old.
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United States
Gandhi Breaks Fast as Calcutta Remains Quiet
Gandhi ended a 73 hour fast after vowing peace between Hindus and Muslims in Calcutta. A government communique said Calcutta had been quiet for 24 hours as Gandhi weakened under the fast and his doctor noted noticeable loss of strength.
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Calcutta
Mohandas K. Gandhi
India
Gandhi
D. K. Metha
Upton Close Sued For Divorce Over Alleged Affair
Los Angeles report states Julia Close files divorce claiming her husband Upton Close a 54 year old writer analyst and radio commentator conducted an open love affair with his 24 year old secretary Wilma Dean Henry. The wife says Close told her he needed both a wife and a girl friend.
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Los Angeles
Upton Close
Wilma Dean Henry
Julia Close
Close
Local Market Prices Corrected Daily
Prices for flour corn meal egg mash cracked corn and butter from Cumberland Valley area markets with variations by moisture and bag size. Lists yellow and white corn barley egg mash and feeds including broiler and turkey products and wholesale butter terms.
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BAS
Ceceas
Tdce
Babar Iowa
Cumberland Valley
Ieee Ae Broiler
Space ships as weapons seen as possible but far off
Two Johns Hopkins researchers say space ships could theoretically destroy or spy on targets but require solving propulsion launching and guidance challenges. They warn guided missiles remain primitive and that a future war could be faster and deadlier if readiness lags.
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Washington
Lawrence R. Hafstad
Daniel T. Sigley
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Hafstad
Sigley
Moon
Earth
Post Office Rules Shape Rural Free Delivery Mailboxes
The U S Post Office Department enforces strict standards on the type and form of mail boxes used for RFD service, outlining required dimensions materials and mounting methods.
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The
U. S. Post Office Department
U N official Lie faces criticism over powers and actions
The article discusses the U N secretary-general candidate’s defense of impartiality amid attacks from various sides. It notes debates over his rights under the U N charter, past stances on the Russian view in the Tranian case, and plans to act if needed while managing a staff of about 3 000.
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Lie
U. N
Franco Spain
Balkans
Byron Price
Sales Directory Notices from Sept 13 to Sept 17
Listings show multiple asset auctions and farm sales around Stephenson Middletown Winchester Berryville and Charles Town with entries for household goods livestock farming equipment and 96 registered cattle including dates September 6 12 and 17 and sellers such as Philip Kaplan W F Long E B Clevenger Guido Thompson and O Sullivan Farms.
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Philip Kaplan
Stephenson
Summit Point Road
W. F. Long
Middletown
Winchester
Welltown Pike
E. B. Clevenger
Berryville
Guido Thompson
Charles Town
W. Va
O'Sullivan Farms
Conference delegates work across councils in open lounges
Lie maintains close contact with delegates including Russia's Andrei Gromyko Britain's Alexander Cadogan and the United States' Warren Austin. He has met with Truman Attlee and Stalin in informal settings while delegations move through the lounge and corridors.
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Lie
Russia
Andrei A. Gromyko
Britain
Sir Alexander Cadogan
United
Warren R. Austin
Truman
Attlee
Stalin
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