Stephens City Grid Team Opens 1947 Season With Stanley
Stephens City plans a Friday season opener against Stanley with 10 lettermen returning from 1946 and a 31-man squad. R. E. Ayler expresses optimism, noting veteran players like Dodson Hoover Grove Keller Bailey and Ritenour are back. Wedell, a Michigan graduate, takes head coaching duties with James C. Jon assisting as the season schedule lists nine opponents including Stonewall Edinburg Shepherdstown Berryville Boyce Woodstock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Ayler
Stanley
Stephens City
Ayler
Donald Dodson
John Hoover
Thurston Grove
Richard Keller
Earl Bailey
Henry Ritenour
Frederick Spicer
Elmo Bloom
Charlies Anderson
Dean Baughman
Sonny Rickard
Othe
Cammer
Slonaker
Nichols and Bailey
Wedell
Cheter G. Wedell
University of Michigan
James C. Jon
Stonewall
Edinburg
Shepherdstown
Strasburg
Berryville
Low
Boyce
Woodstock
Antiques Sales Directory Entries
Two estate sales listed with times and locations include John H. My vers est near Jordan Springs road for household goods and tools on September 20 at 1 pm and Mrs. Mary acant Montgomery Ward Store on Indian Alley in Winchester on September 24 at 10 am.
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John H. Myvers
Jordan Springs Road
Maryacant
Lottgomery Ward
Indian Alley
Winchester
Handley Football Foes Get Jump On Local Eleven
Handley foes begin 1947 grid season with early games as Harrisonburg and Martinsburg set opening matchups. Franklin W Va and Front Royal also factor in, while Covington and Waynesboro prepare to start District 5 schedules amid expectations of tough openers.
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Handley
Marshall High School
Harrisonburg
Rockingham
Franklin
W. Va
Blue Streaks
Waynesboro
Little Giants
Martinsburg
Bulldogs
Roosevelt High
Washington
Martinsbrug
Covington
Ronceverte
W Va
Cougars
Staunton
Pranklin
Front Royal
Luray
Central Railroad Chief Opposes C and O Control
Washington dispatch reports Jess Patterson general freight traffic manager of the New York Central railway criticizing the Chesapeake and Ohio railway Co plan to gain control of his line. Patterson calls the proposal not a good thing for Central.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jess Patterson
New York Central Railroad
Poposal
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co
Central
Starshells End Revolt in Solomon Islands
British naval officers report starshells fired from HMS Amphion terrorized Solomon Islanders and disrupted a planned island wide uprising. The Solomons, a British protectorate, faced unrest blamed on food shortages and wartime ration exhaustion as warships patrol the area.
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Darwin
Australia
Solomons
Amphion
London
Islands
Nine Identified as War Mongers by Vishinsky
Vishinsky named nine Americans as examples of war mongers seeking to start a war with Russia. Dukes Donn Virgil Jordan George H Earle Eaton McMahon Brooks Deane Harwood and others were cited along with reactionary press organs and magazines. He argued these forces aim to dominate the world or avert economic collapse and urged UN action to curb them.
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Vishinsky
Warmongers
Russia
Dukes
Rep
Donn
DSC
Virgil Jordan
National Industrial Conference Board
George H. Earle
Pennsylvania
Eaton
John R. Deane
U. S
Moscow
Paisley B Harwood
Cutler-Hammer, Inc
Milwaukee
Morgan
Rockefeller
Ford
Hearst
McCormick
Times
Life
New York Herald-Tribune
Yale University
Britan
Greece
Turkey
Soviet Union
United Nations
Production push faces setback as steel prices rise
Like Ives, Senator O'Mahoney argues production is key to solving global economic ills but notes progress is hindered when the steel industry chose to raise prices instead of expanding output.
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Ives
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Answers to the Daily Quiz Prompt
Correct quiz responses listed: 1 Ten Pirates seven Cardinals three Caliber True explosion vacuum 4 More about 27 miles difference 5 Fo 8 William Powell 9 Sleep 10 Mammal.
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William Powell
Mammal
Valley Weatherstrip & Awning Co Offer
Hurry call 3742 for a weatherstrip service before cold weather. Expert workmen and finest materials with a free estimate offered by Valley Weatherstrip and Awning Co.
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Valley Weatherstrip & Awning CO
Fifth Trucking Company Signs New Contract
A fifth company Allegheny Freight Lines of Winchester reached a contract renewal with the union ending a strike that began with seven firms nearly two weeks ago. City drivers and platform workers gain a 10 percent salary rise and 90 cent hourly rate for drivers plus 85 cents for platform staff.
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Allegheny Freight Lines of
Winchester
Allegheny Lines
Novick and
Elliott
Forrest Sirbaugh
Allegheny Freight Lines
Wilbur Swiggett
Novick
Elliott Lines
Sirbaugh
Allegheny City
A. J. Novick
Elliott Motor Lines
Truman lands at Norfolk after 12 day Rio cruise
President Truman arrived aboard the battleship Missouri in Norfolk ending a 12 day cruise from Rio de Janeiro. He will travel to Washington on the yacht Williamsburg with Mrs. Truman and daughter Margaret, facing a heavy working schedule starting Saturday with documents and a Monday review with State Department officials.
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Norfolk
Truman
Missouri
Rio de Janeiro
Washington
Williamsburg
Margaret
White House
State Department
Shirley v Shirley divorce suit in Winchester court
In the Corporation Court of Winchester Virginia on September 18 1947 James G Shirley Jr vs Frances E Shirley seek a mensa et thero divorce on desertion grounds. Frances E Shirley must appear within ten days after notice to protect her interests as clerk P J Marshall orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clerk's Office Corporation Court
City OF
Winchester
Virginia
James G. Shirley, Jr
Chancery
E. Shirley
Frances E. Shirley
Corporation Court
P. J. Marshall
Miley Heads District High School League in Virginia
C. E. Miley Jr. elected chairman of District L schools with G. D. Grove as vice chairman and Bryant R. Harper as secretary treasurer. Nine of 13 schools attended the Middletown meeting where fall and winter programs were set including a girls softball league.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Miley, Jr
Boyce High School
Virginia High Schol League
Miley
G. D. Grove
Strasburg
Bryant R. Harper
Winchester
Middletown
Clarke
Frederick
Shenandoah County
Stanley and
Hedgesville
H. Dennis Hoover
Midletown
Gainesboro
Gore
Church School Gains Reported By Bishop At Methodist Meet
Bishop W. W. Peele told the Virginia conference church school rally at Centenary Methodist church that enrolment in Methodist church schools rose more in the last two years than since 1923. He cited a 20 percent drop after 1923 followed by a turning tide, with more people joining church schools last year than ever before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
W. W. Peele
Virginia Conference Church
Crusade For Christ
Centenary Methodist Church
Virginia Conference
Peele
Church School of the Methodist Church
Virginia dairymen form nine artificial breeding associations
Virginia dairymen are served by nine artificial breeding associations with a tenth to begin this year. The groups enroll 13,500 cows and over 1,000 members, using 11 Guernsey 15 Holstein and three Jersey bulls. Centers breed about 650 cows monthly and several bulls have high producing daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blacksburg
Virginia
Agricultural Extension Service
Guernsey
Jersey
Gulf Coast Hurricane Ravages City and Coastal Regions
The hurricane devastates New Orleans and the Gulf Coast with winds around 90 mph, flooding, and communications loss. State facilities aid the city, Red Cross seeks skiffs, and evacuations intensify as Pensacola and Mobile experience heavy gusts and widespread damage.
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Emile Verret
New Orleans
Lake Front
Red Cross
Southern Pacific Railway System
Pelican
Lake Pontchartrain
Gulf Coast
Pensacola
Morgalia City
Mobile
Florida
Poultry Research Program Expands at Blacksburg
Virginia Tech expands poultry research as Dr. James H. Bywaters becomes research poultryman under Dr. Harry L. Moore. The program will pursue inbreeding and selection to improve egg production and meat quality in New Hampshire White Leghorn and White Rock breeds, with reciprocal crossing experiments planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blacksburg
Virginia Agricultural, Experiment Station
James H. Bywaters
Rece L. Bryant
Harry L. Moore
Virginia Tech
Bywaters
Poultry Station Displays Breeds and Marketing Concerns
The report lists Barred Rock Columbian and other breeds while noting market research plans. A senior official says the weakest link in the poultry industry is marketing and holding quality for consumers is crucial. Recently moved here were 300 New Hampshire red pullets and 400 White Leghorn pullets along with Dark Cornish flocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bywaters
Ing
New Hampshire
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G. G. Baker
Fifth Trucking Company
Joseph A. Massie, Jr
Lee Bushong
Rock Wool
Ralph
Smithfield Ave
Ir Farm. Co
U.S
Berlin
Germany
Hermann Nickel
United States
Institution For International Education
Nickel
R. E B. Ayler
Shenandoah
Clarke County
Methodist
Dallas
Weather Bureau
Washington Bureau
Mississippi
Chas. W. Webber and Sons Plumbing
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Adams Plumbing and Hi
N. Cameron &T
Ul Glaize & Bro
North Cameron ST
C. I. Brumback & Sons
N. Cameron
Chapman Motor Co
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Fairplay Market
S. Loudoun St
Motorola
B. F. Goodrich
N. Loudoun St
Community Iron & Steel N. Kent
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Baker
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Cloverdale
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