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...shot 146 (72-74) in the 36-hole final. Martin's 72-hole total of 292, two strokes better than that of Atlantans Calvin Searles and Zeke Hartsfield, won the tournament and the $500 first prize. Lowest amateur score was 300, turned in by a 19-year-old Norfolk kid named Leroy Smith...
Inspired by tales of women helping to defend Russia, Mrs. Edward Frederick Boultbee, the wife of an air-raid warden in the village of Attleborough, Norfolk, last week edged up to an "invading" tank in British Army maneuvers, popped a rock into the open turret...
...Navy last week honored a sailorman who had dared to think out loud. Giving up his last command (of the Norfolk Naval District) and preparing to retire after 42 years of service, Rear Admiral Joseph Knefler Taussig received 1) a formal commendation from the Secretary of the Navy, 2) notice that on retirement he will be promoted to Vice Admiral...
...finally went to Washington to see his boss, chunky Major General Holcomb, commandant of the Corps. Tommy Holcomb heard General Smith's lava-like flow of words, told him to go ahead. Last October, the First Brigade, 3,000 strong, heaved its seabags aboard the transport Barnett at Norfolk and shoved off. Last week the last units of the outfit came back. It was now the First Division, U.S.M.C., more than 8,000 strong, and Howlin' Mad, ruddier than ever, had the two stars of a major general on his shoulder straps. He also had a story...
...school team, was picked up by Yankee Scout Paul Krichell four years ago-after the Dodgers had turned him down because he was too small. He was started off in the Yankees' Class D club in the Bi-State League, progressed rapidly to its Class B club at Norfolk, to its AA club at Kansas City. This spring Yankee Manager Joe McCarthy brought Rizzuto and Priddy up to the Big Team to replace some rusty parts. "Once in a generation a club gets a double find like this," chuckled Manager McCarthy...