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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1947
Page
2
Max Schmeling, former world heavyweight champion, opened his comeback with a seventh round KO over Werner in Frankfurt Civic Stadium. The 43 year old weighed 194 pounds to Vollmer’s 190, trouncing the 26 year old contender after seven knockdowns.
The Covington plant of the Industrial Rayon Corp and local 202 CIO Textile Workers Union ratified a two year contract. It provides a fringe wage adjustment of about six cents an hour. The item then misstates Belgium population and area as context.
October sales include Mrs Anna K sale near Castleman's Ferry with livestock and antiques, J E Rinker Winchester listings for old goods, John Elliott Northwestern Grade iddherman Parma items, Joseph eo Farm near Win on U S 11 67 acres, Mrs R Kernstown household goods, D B Miller near Gore stock and farm implements, Attie Shiley near Clearbrook horses cattle hogs hay grain farm machinery, Frank Royston Boyce household goods. Auctions set mid October to early November across Clarke County Virginia.
The document lists quiz answers: 1 Norway 3 Felsethe trip by plane returning aboard No 8S Missouri 4 Robert Co Ruark 5 Smithsonian Institution 6 September 1939 7 Paul Mantz 8 November election day Nov 2 9 True 10 Noun.
A crew of 12 masked bandits with machine guns robbed the Mounds club near Painesville early today, taking cash jewelry and furs valued at about 200000. Deputies said the men forced staff and patrons to the walls, looted the gambling bank, and fled in three stolen cars.
Property damage totaling almost 450 resulted in a three car accident yesterday at the intersection of S. Loudoun and Pall Mall Streets. Vehicles involved were a 1930 Ford truck owned by Delbert SObert and driven by Leonard Cone, both of Winchester, a 1939 Nash sedan owned and operated by Roy Ringler of Drawasburg, Pa, and a 1942 Plymouth owned and operated by Pauline Virginia Adams of There were no injuries and no arrests were made.
Dr. William P. McGuire was elected 3rd vice-president of the Medical Association of the Valley of Virginia at the annual Staunton meeting. Dr. John H. Guss of Staunton was elected president. The next meeting is set for Clifton Forge.
Grain deliveries ranged from 2.84 to 2.85 a bushel with wheat retreating after a 10 cent rise. Corn advanced to about 2.30 3-4, oats up to 1.14 1-2, December contracts noted. The surge followed a Harriman committee report urging higher shipments abroad than last year. A soap firm lifted prices 10 percent. Crisco rose 3 percent.
City firefighters fought a two‑alarm blaze at the Robinson cold storage site tied to Fred Glaize and Zeropack Co. debris from the Aug 5 fire flamed up again Saturday night and Sunday morning as investigators review responsibility for cleanup on land owned by Pennsylvania RR.
Fire Chief Taylor Barr said local firemen are invited to a Jeep firefighting equipment demonstration at 1 30 p m tomorrow on the Handley grounds at Handley Blvd. The event is part of the Jeep car caravan in the city under Lamp Motor Co. auspices.
Washington reports street car lines shrink as buses and trolley coaches expand. Over 20 years tracks pale from 40 570 miles to 15 490 miles and thousands of new motor buses arrive this year. General Electric official Earl E Kearns urges 7 500 new streamlined trolleys to ease congestion and save street car systems.
Roy C. Deal 57 publisher of the Virginia Beach News died at his residence. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. tomorrow. He was a Surry County native, son of Mrs. Juliete Spratley Deal and the late Joseph Thomas Deal. He attended the College of William and Mary and belonged to First Presbyterian Church in Norfolk. He is survived by his wife two sons Roy C. Deal Jr Griffin B. Deal and two brothers Thurman Deal and Joseph D. Deal.
Joshua Beatty a 47 year old Harrisburg steelworker was electrocuted in Bellefonte Pa for the murder of his estranged wife. He insisted to the last that the governor would grant him a reprieve.
Lynchburg reports the Textile Workers Union of America upper south conference orders immediate negotiations for a 15 cent an hour wage increase for 15 000 rayon and cotton workers in Virginia and North Carolina to meet living costs and push toward a Southern American standard of living. The group says profits justify the raise and calls locals to strengthen unions against employer attacks. They urge political action and challenge Rep J Lindsay Almond to a debate with Isadore Katz over the Taft Hartley Act.
Firemen report gasoline used to clean a kitchen floor at 228 Piccadilly Street caused a small fire described as nearly all smoke. A gas stove ignition at 2 30 p m yesterday produced no damage after fire trucks arrived. resident Dr T F Finley provided details.
The Rev. J. P. Derrick celebrated twenty years as pastor at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Woodstock. Since arriving from Radford in 1937 the church membership grew from 155 to 342, with the sermon topic Grateful years of Grace.
The United Nations security council weighs Italy Finland Hungary Romania and Bulgaria access as a potential Soviet veto shapes approvals. Yugoslav and Polish positions clash over Marshall aid while Yemen Pakistan join the assembly and a trio may enter the security council.
In Lynchburg on September 29 a federal tax on bachelors was urged to fund a home for old maids. The idea appeared in a letter to Rep. J Lindsey Almond from a Virginia lumberman who declined credit. Almond will consider the plan though House committee questions loom.
Branca or Shea may start with Lombardi a southpaw option noted for a curling curve and control. Bruce Edwards finger tips battered by foul tips. Bobby Bragan used as precaution. Yankees line up unchanged with Dimaggio Henrich Berra Lindell and Rizutto. attendance expected near 72 000 and gross around 300000.
Willow Lawn, Winchester’s first large swimming pool built and run by James Sprint Jr., closed its season today after unseasonably cold weather paused operations. Sprint plans a May 15 opening with a weekly water show. the first season saw strong patronage and no injuries, with lifeguards noting only minor fatigue among a few youths who were helped out.
Turkey growers from Virginia converge for a breeder selection school and field day in Madison County on October 17. Assistant poultry husbandman E Coe announced the program at the James O Clore turkey farm. Sponsors include the Virginia Turkey Growers Assn Extension Service State Division of Markets and State Poultry Federation.
Nearly 6000 leading poultrymen from 13 states will attend the 10th NEPPCO poultry industry exposition in Saratoga Springs New York starting Wednesday. Virginia will be represented by C W Wampler Jr Harrisonburg NEPPCO director M E Coe extension service poultry husbandman and Guy Davis Henrico assistant county agent.
Government reports say Chiang Kai-Shek’s forces broke to within 15 miles of Chefoo as defenders bury guns and supplies. Air supported columns captured Hwanghsien about 50 miles west and moved toward Fushan, 15 miles southwest of the Red base.
New York September 29. Joe Cronin, manager of the Boston Red Sox, announced that Joe McCarthy, former Yankees boss, has signed a two year contract to manage Boston with Cronin becoming general manager. McCarthy assumes duties immediately.
Hollywood reports Gene Tierney, earning about 4000 dollars weekly from 20th Century Fox, suspended and then fired after refusing a film role in Walls of Jericho. Tierney said the part did not suit her and she could not take it.
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