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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1948
Page
2
New York Sept 17 Louis announced he will defend his world heavyweight championship next June at Yankee Stadium. The winner of the Joe Louis vs. Ezzard Charles 15 round match at Madison Square Garden on Nov 12 will challenge for the title.
Newly elected council members chair or serve on six of twelve committees including Water Streets Lights City Hall Schools Public and Local improvements and Ordinances. The article lists members M B Clowe Jr Dr W F P McGuire Lee Miller and others with assignments.
A list of quiz answers appears with several garbled items. The readable parts identify questions about Oklahoma, ancient Rome rites, the Yangtze River, a true statement, Chester A Arthur, Hamiet, An Outcast, Water, and a partial reference to Carolina.
The Army loaded ships with independently hired stevedores as CIO longshore strike stretches to day 15 on the Pacific coast. Griffiths and Sprague in Seattle offered to handle Army cargo there, while unions push for labor-market control and Taft Hartley affidavits remain a sticking point.
U S officials announced in Frankfurt that Ilse Koch widow of the former Buchenwald commandant had her life sentence commuted to four years due to insufficient evidence on all charges.
ALBANY New York September 17 Sen Edward Martin says Gov Dewey wants no effort spared to keep the Senate GOP. Martin reports Dewey and he discussed Republican senate prospects in nine states and Pennsylvania. He says both are concerned and urged full campaign focus in senate race states.
House investigators report evidence of communist activity in the CIO International Fur and Leather Workers' Union after seven days of hearings led by Max Schwabe. The panel notes some witnesses disagree on the impact while continuing private questioning and postponement of open hearings. Mrs Louise Bransten is named among forthcoming witnesses.
Historical note reveals coffee berries were originally consumed as a paste similar to chocolate, not as a beverage. The shift to drink came later as preparation methods evolved.
Dr Paul Dudley White a leading heart disease expert from Boston and Harvard associate professor will lecture at Winchester Memorial hospital staff conference at George Washington hotel at 8 30 p m Tuesday on coronary heart disease and angina pectoris. He will be introduced by Dr W P McGuire and will resume conferences next week after a summer break. White will then travel to Staunton to address the Medical Society of the Valley of Virginia.
Four Army infantrymen died of injuries from a stick of live bombs falling from a B 29 at Eglin Field Florida during yesterday’s maneuvers. Twenty nine others were wounded three critically. The casualties included a white captain and 32 Negro enlisted men. names withheld pending next of kin. The number of bombs involved and whether they exploded were not yet determined.
Fed State Market Service notes demand good for red apples but overall market dull. Prices quoted f o b shipping point: Delicious U S No 1 1-2 in up to 3 50, Red Delicious U S fancy 2 1-2 in up to 4, Jonathans U S No 2 1-2 in up to 2 50, Grimes U S No 1 2 1-2 in up to 2, and bushel boxes wrapped with Red Delicious 163s+ at 4 and Jonathans 163s+ at 3
Sales directory notes auctions and estate sales across Sept and Oct. participants include Newton W. Borden Toms Brook Va real estate L H Grim C H Grim executors at 218 South Loudoun Winchester antiques and furniture G G Baker county court house front trucks and equipment Jos W Greyer Delaplane live stock farming equipment and household goods Alfred DeMazzon York Inn antiques chinaware glassware Sept 25 E B Cooper front Frederick County Court House real estate Mrs Benjamin Massie Stephens City building lots Sept 29 C J Emery Grimes Va livestock and household goods L R Fay near Winchester antique furniture and kitchen furnishings Oct 6 antique furniture and kitchen furnishings.
Mrs Mary Murdock and her 20 year old son Edward reunite in Washington after an 18 month separation. Edward known as Jack left Fork Union military academy Virginia in spring 1947 and traveled widely including Florida New Orleans Texas and Ireland. He told reporters I left school to find myself and I wanted to wander. He plans to return home to his mother next.
In Daytona Beach on September 17 Stephany Hitchcock and Francis Hitchcock held a second wedding ceremony, this time Greek Orthodox, after a first ceremony. The newlyweds planned a honeymoon flight to Rio de Janeiro from Miami, with Stephany's request leading to the repeat rites. The groom wore a white and blue striped suit, and he quipped that the ceremony was “all Greek” to him.
Western Allies intensify counter block to cut off freight from Western Germany to the Soviet zone. Patrols increased at frontier crossings along the Baltic frontiers to halt eastbound goods as Berlin sees Soviet jeeps near sector borders and SED leaders blast Bonn plan.
Richmond report says T. D. Ducunnois, CIO representative, announced the United Auto Workers won the election at the American Brake Shoe Co. division in Winchester to decide a bargaining agent. UAW 50 votes, no union 25, AFL UAW and International Association of Machinists each 1 vote.
The slaying of Count Folke Bernadotte in Jerusalem disrupted U.N. mediation amid Palestine fighting. Colonel Frank Begley, a U.N. security officer, was slightly wounded during a gun attack as four men in a jeep blocked a route near Government House.
French voters start today on Queu ille plan to raise 80 billion francs in taxes. An adverse committee vote could doom the six day old coalition government. Police issued warrants for 28 arrestees from a pitched battle between police and strikers at national aviation plants. About 4500 workers and 2000 police fought for four hours in the street.
Truman plans talks with farm paper editors on agricultural issues. Earl Warren, his running mate, day after launch in Salt Lake City called for national unity and moderation, urging a two party system and efficient government after 16 years of Democratic remedies. Wallace claimed both major parties push war profits and corporate power, accusing leaders of favoring monopolists over the downtrodden.
White Hall softball hosts Grove Lime Co of Stephens City at 8 p m today on the White Hall diamond. Voltaire reportedly drank seventy cups of coffee daily.
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