Navy of Today Four Times Pre-war Size
Rear Adm. Cato D. Glover Jr. says the current two ocean navy is about four times larger than the pre war force and the most ready units are in the Mediterranean. He notes detachments operate in the western Pacific Japanese waters and the eastern Atlantic as part of occupying forces and training. The report also includes a zoological aside about zebras and donkeys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Cato D. Glover Jr
Naval
Glover
Mediterranean
Gloverid
West Pacific
Atlantic
Sept 27 10 a m Sales Directory in W Va and Va listings
A series of upcoming sales includes L C Haines in Bridgeport West Virginia selling furniture and goods on SEPT 27 at 10 a m. Anna K hosts near Castleman Clarke County on OCT 3 at 1 p m for livestock and machinery. J E Rinker on OCT 4 1 p m S Loudoun St Winchester sells household goods antiques. John Elliott near Northwestern Grade Jd Sherman Farm OCT 4 1 p m offers truck harness and household goods. Mrs R Kernstown Va OCT 11 10 a m sells house goods and antiques. Mrs Attie near Clearbrook U S Rt 11 OCT 30 10 a m sells horses cattle sheep hogs hay grain and farm machinery.
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L. C. Haines
Bridge
W. Va
Anna K
Castleman
Clarke County
J. E. Rinker
S. Loudoun St
Winchester
John Elliott
Jd Sherman Farm
Martin Hawkins Dies at Winchester Hospital
Martin Lee Hawkins 82 of 118 E Germain St died 5 53 PM yesterday at Winchester Memorial Hospital after six weeks illness. A retired carpenter born Nov 3 1865 in Frederick County he was survived by his widow Rosa Rogers Hawkins a daughter Mrs W H Smith a granddaughter Mrs C H Riddle and a great grandson Nelson Riddle. Funeral 2 PM tomorrow at Jones Funeral Home with burial at Mt Olive Cemetery Hayfield conducted by Dr Ronald S Wilson. Pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Lee Hawkins
E. Germain St
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Mr. Hawkins
Frederick County
Owen
Nancy Puller Hawkins
Hawkins
Rosa Rogers
Riots Strike Tel Aviv Bank as Armed Robbery Unfolds
In Tel Aviv gunfire erupted near a bank after a robbery as armored cars streamed from Jaffa and police billets at Sarona. Police detained three suspects in the initial searches as the bank and surrounding buildings sustained damage from gunfire and grenades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaffa
Sarona
Meaning of L.H.D. degree abbreviation explained
L.H.D. stands for Litterarum Humaniorum Doctor, the Doctor of Humanities degree. The initials derive from Latin terms for humanities studies.
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L.H.D
A. L.H.D
Litterarum Humaniorum
Baptism Service At Nazarene Church Sunday
The Church of the Nazarene at 14 East Cork Street will hold a baptismal service at 3 p m Sunday in the Opequon church area five miles east of Seeee on the Sulphur Spring road.
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Church of the Nazarene
Cork St
Opequon
Seeee
Sulphur Spring Road
Retail Exports Influence As Meat and Egg Prices Fall
The article notes continued heavy exports this year with wholesale markets showing declines in meat butter and eggs. Chicago reported lower wholesale beef and pork, while New York and Philadelphia saw price drops and potential milk price increases looming. Porterhouse and sirloin eased, and bacon in Boston rose despite the overall downward trend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York
Eugene G. Schulz
New York City
Philadelphia
Boston
Answers to Daily Quiz Correct Answers List
Answers to the daily quiz show correct responses for page 11 items. Topics include American Legion Queue Pisa and Bikini Island. The memorandum also explains the Army’s point system for overseas service credits under the new rules, detailing monthly credits and dependent presence rules.
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American Legion
Pisa
Buddy Bomar
Chicago
National
Bikini Island
Ralik
Marshall Islands
Misissippi
Italy
Hungary
Rumania
Bulgaria
Finland
Maryland
D.R.S. A
Pearl Harbor
Worry-Less Truss Demo At Hotel Jack Winchester
A truss demonstration by Mr. Watkins, Truss Technician, advertised as simple and efficient wear. The event at Hotel Jack in Winchester runs Saturday September 27 from 9 30 AM to 6 PM with later appointments possible. wearers endorse the product and invite inquiries via desk clerk for room number.
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Watkins
Hotel Jack
Winchester
National Guard Enlists Two Recruits In Virginia Unit
Lt Alvin J Wenzel of Co I 116th Infantry Virginia National Guard announces sworn in recruits Robert Cecil Boyce and oo K Dunlap both from the city A campaign runs Sept 16 for two months with quotas of 42 for Co I 43 for headquarters and 1610 for the state He notes enlistment pays while learning with one drill weekly on Thursday evenings two hours long paying 250 to 550 dollars
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Alvin J. Wenzel
Co. I
Infantry
Virginia National Guard
Robert Cecil Boyce
Oo K. Dunlap
Th City
Guard
Lit
Wenzel
How Many Tafts Are There
Gael Sullivan, executive director of the Democratic National Committee, asks how many Tafts exist amid conflicting Taft positions on social legislation and housing. He notes Taft on a westward speaking tour and questions which Taft is speaking for who, whether a candidate or Senate boss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gael Sullivan
Washington
Democratic National Committee
Taft
West
Gearhart
Ore
Sullivan
Robert A. Taft
Republican Congress
Los Angeles
Congress
Republican Party
Senate
Minister at Gore To Attend Forum
The Rev. Virgil Hudson of Gore Baptist church will attend the first weekly forum on Religion in the Making at the University of Virginia. Expected participants include businessmen industrialists labor leaders professors and clergymen from across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Hudson
Gore Baptist Church
University of Virginia
Yugoslavia Apologizes Over Soldiers Seizure
Belgrade reports Yugoslav authorities apologized for the seizure by Yugoslav troops of three U S soldiers on the Trieste frontier Monday and announced all three would be released today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
U. S
Trieste
Bowles urges special Congressional session on inflation plan
Chester Bowles called for a special session to push the Marshall plan and a 12 point anti inflation program to avert disaster. He warned the nation faces a crisis worse than 1932 and urged action before it is too late. His plan includes 1.3 million new homes at affordable prices, excess profits tax, tax relief for low income groups, a wage restraint moratorium, voluntary food saving or rationing, and extending rent controls to March 15, 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
Chester Bowles
Congress
OPA
Bowles
Handy Sized Dictionary For School Children
Compact reference promising help in spelling and classroom work. Measures 4 by 5 1/2 inches with a durable cover, 410 pages, and over 21 000 definitions plus sections on mispronunciations abbreviations foreign phrases everyday errors. Advertising copy urges readers to send twenty five cents post paid.
Dictionary request with coin sent to Washington office
A reader sends twenty five cents sealed in paper to the Information Bureau for a copy of the dictionary at the Winchester Evening Star office in Washington DC. The note mentions Mexico City's population and provides an unclear street address.
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Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau
Eye St
N.eb
Washington, DC
Large Barn Burned At Berryville Farm With $10000 Loss
Fire destroyed the big bank barn on Mrs. Blackburn Smith’s Berryville area farm about a mile northeast of town. Loss about $10 000 with feed hay seed wheat barley tools and a cow and calf burned. Fire blamed on defective wiring and discovered at 4 30 pm. John H Enders fire company saved a nearby machine shop. crowd gathered.
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Blackburn Smith
Berryville
James Sipe
John H. Enders Fire Company
Beirne II Heads Referendum On Labor Shift
The equipment workers' board votes to join TWOC and conducts a membership referendum. Beirne says many AUTW and ACEW members seek help, argues the move to CIO is engineered by union officers, and plans divisions within CWA for these groups to join with phone workers.
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Equipment Workers’ Board of Directors
TWOC
Bierne
AUTW
ACEW
CIO
CWA
First to Use Pi for Circle Ratio
Euler first used the symbol pi to denote the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter. Euler, a Swiss mathematician and physicist, lived from 1707 to 1783 and helped found pure mathematics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Euler
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Chas W. Webber and Sons
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DeSoto
Chapman Motor CO
Omps Funeral Home
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