Beaumont Beats Carr China 11 to 2 in Diamond Tilt
Beaumont Twi light League team defeated Carr China in a seven inning game at Athletic Field Monday afternoon by 11 to 2. Pitcher Foley and fielder Swisher starred for Beaumont while Barkus Bryant Walters and Kirby pitched for Carr China. Beaumont built an early lead and rapped the Carr China hurlers for runs.
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Carr China Ring
Athletic Field
F. Foley
P. Swisher
Carr China
Barkus
Bryant
Walters
Kirby
Foley
Rhe Beaumont
Pro Golfers Open Tourney Faces Revolt Weakened Field
Milwaukee August 8 1933 The National Professional Golfers Association championship opens amid a revolt that triggered withdrawals by Ryder Cup stars including Walter Hagen Craig Wood Denny Shute and Paul Runyan Four others were listed as out while Gene Sarazen was expected to join before his starting time Tournament officials defended the scheduling amid the dispute and heavy rain before sun drenched play.
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Milwaukee
Wis
National Professional Golfers Association
Blue Mount Country Club
Olin Dutra
California
Walter Hagen
Craig Wood
Denny Shute
Paul Runyan
Gene Sarazen
Gene
Jane Lewis Wins Swimming Meet at Central Y M C A Camp
Jane Lewis, a sophomore, won the girls swimming meet at the Central Y M C A Camp with 16.5 points, narrowly beating Ruth Molinari of the Seniors by half a point. A three way tie for third included Nenah Townsend of the Juniors Anne Shuck and Betty Snyder of the Freshmen with 14 points.
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Springfield
Miss Lewis
Ruth Molinari
Nenah Townsend
Anne Shuck
Betty Snyder
Jane Lewis Dominates Events in Second Camp Meet
Jane Lewis won first in the clash dive and floating events and tied for third in breathing. Four classes competed in the second meet of the season at the girls camp, highlighting strong showings across the events.
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Jane Lewis
Chief Abbendale Captures Triple Win at Rockingham Park
In Salem New Hampshire on August 8 Chief Abbendale racing for J T Mallory Oakland Rhode Island swept to a triple victory in the 2:17 class pace feature of the grand circuit program at Rockingham Park.
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Salem
N. H
Abbendale
J.T. Mallory
Oakland
R. I
Rockingham Park
Federal arrest in Nash kidnapping plot at Kansas City
Chicago reports Federal authorities hold Louis Stacy on a conspiracy charge to deliver Frank Nash. Verne Miller is named as one gunman in the fatal Union Depot shooting that killed Nash and four officers. other gunmen are reportedly known to authorities.
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Chicago
Louis
Dot) Stacy
Frank Nash
Kansas City
Melvin H. Bervis
U.S. Bureau of Investigation
Stacy
Nash
Bervis
Verne Miller
South Dakota
Union Railway
St Marys Woman In Critical Auto Crash Injuries
Mrs C P Ruttencuter of St Marys sustained critical injuries in an early Sunday automobile accident at the foot of Moundsville hill while en route to New York. Her husband, funeral director C P Ruttencuter, was slightly hurt. The car left the road in a fog pocket, struck a bank, and the windshield and steering were damaged. Passersby carried the injured to Glendale hospital for treatment.
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C. P. Rutencuter
Moundsville Hill
Ruttencuter
St. Marys
Ruttencuters
New York
Yankees Win Double From Senators to Narrow Lead
Two ninth inning rallies by the New York Yankees edged the Washington Senators 6-5 and 5-4, pulling New York within one game of the AL leaders. Ben Chapman drove in the tying and winning runs in the first game, Joe Sewell delivered a decisive single in the second, while Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig homered for the champs.
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Ben Chapman
Joe Sewell
New York Yankees
Washington Senators
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Joe Cronin
Earl Combs
Sam Byrd
Babe Ruth
Sewell
Frank Crosetti
Lou Gehrig
Babe
Yanks
Gehrig
Speed Martin Signs With Springfield Chicks
St. Albans August 8 Joe Speed Martin a veteran right handed pitcher recently released by the Charleston Senators was signed by the Springfield Chicks of the Middle Atlantic League He was ordered to report immediately as the Chicks play a series at Beckley and join the team now.
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Joe Speed Martin
Charleston Senators
Springfield Chicks
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Beckley
Commutation Denied for Charleston Man in Double Murder
Governor Kumy refused to commute Joe Corey’s death sentence for the August murder of Mrs. Katherine Ghiz and Mrs. Ada Ghiz in West Charleston. Four physicians reported Corey not insane, and the governor upheld the intermediate court ruling denying life imprisonment.
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Etao
Kumy
Joe Corey
Katherine Ghiz
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Ada Ghiz Corey
Qhiz
Kump
Intermediate Court
Kanawha County
Salem man gets share of estate
New York news reports John S. Tully of Salem West Virginia will receive $3000 as his share of the estate of his late brother Frank Tully. Surrogate James Delehanty granted letters of administration on the estate to Catherine A. Tully of Buffalo New York. Frank Tully died May 25 leaving an estate of $15,000 per petition.
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John S. Tully
Salem
W. Va
Frank Tully
James Delehanty
Catherine A. Tully
Buffalo
N. Y
Tully
Boston Beats A S Debut Heroics Provide Win
In Philadelphia, Bucky Walters, a Philadelphia boy with the Boston Red Sox, debuted before home fans and led Boston to an 8 to 5 win over the A s. He hit a home run with one on in the second and tripled with the bases full in the sixth, Dusty Cooke added two doubles and a triple, while Bob Johnson and Dib Williams also homered. Tigers Take Final in Detroit, 6 3. The Tigers’ six errors could not stop a 6 to 3 victory over Cleveland, Vic Sorrell a strong route man, five runs in the fourth propelled Detroit. Browns Blank White Sox 6 0. St Louis shut out Chicago 6 to 0, sweeping the four game series 3 to 1 as five runs came in the fourth inning.
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Philadelphia
Bucky Walters
Boston Red Sox
Sox
Walters
Dusty Cooke
Bob Johnson
Dib Williams
Tigers
Detroit
Cleveland
Vic Sorrell
Quiliber
Burnett
Davis
Averill
Browns
St. Louis
St. Louis Browns
Chicago White Sox
Baseball Leaders From Yesterday’s Games Across Leagues
Yesterday’s box scores highlight home run leaders from the Ruth led Yankees and Gehrig also among top stars. Averill and Williams pace the Athletics and Indians, with Johnson contributing for the Athletics and Foxx among leaders for the Phillies.
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Yankees
Gehrig
Averill
Indians
Johnson
Athletics
Williams
Walters
Red Sox
Foxx
Berger
Braves
Klein
Phillies
Hatfield Attacks Recovery Program Critique Speech in Aug. Sq
Senator Hatfield of West Virginia sharply criticized the administration’s recovery program in prepared remarks here. He argued the nation could recover through its own vigor, contending the program burdens workers with living costs rising faster than wages and that bureaucratic controls obstruct a natural economic recovery.
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Wilbur
Aug
Hatfield
W. Va
NRA urges grocers to resist shorten store hours
Washington reports deputy administrator A. D. Whiteside wired the Indiana Retail Grocers Association urging them to oppose local joint agreements to shorten store hours. He says such action violates the president's reemployment agreement and could trigger reconsideration of codes and possible withdrawal of insignia.
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NRA
A. D. Whiteside
Indiana Retail Grocers Association
V“cphis
Austria seeks larger army with shorter enlistment
Rome reports Austria privately asked Britain France and Italy for permission to shorten service and increase trained soldiers while preserving the 30 000 cap set by St Germain. Czechoslovakia reportedly objects, and observers say the move could affect Paris peace armament limits for Germany Hungary and Bulgaria. The Elgin Auto Races are set for August 24 25.
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Austria
Great Britain
France
Italy
Vienna
Gasoline and License Taxes Rise in July Revenue
State house figures show the four cent gasoline tax brought in $81,631.17 more in July than a year earlier, totaling $508,619.29 versus $426,988.12 in July 1932. License revenue figures were incomplete but indicated a steady increase, per road commission offices.
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Charleston
State House
Road Commission
Search for body ends when lost swimmer remembered
Greenriver Wyoming August 8 Rodney Rollins 22 joined anxious crowd on a river bank as they searched for a body He pulled on ropes and hooks then asked who the drowning victim was A fellow named Rollins said to have disappeared about an hour earlier Rollins recalled diving and surfacing beyond willows a companion reported him drowned
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Greenriver
Wyo
Rodney Rollins
Rollins
Baseball Scores From Yesterday and Today’s Matchups
Yesterday’s results include Washington 5 4 New York 6 5 Boston 8 Philadelphia 5 Detroit 6 Cleveland 3 St. Louis 6 Chicago 0. Today’s AL games feature St. Louis at Chicago and Cleveland at Detroit with others unscheduled. International League Jersey City 1 10 Toronto 2 1. American Association Milwaukee 4 Toledo 7 Kansas City 4 Columbus. Southern Association Atlanta 3 New Orleans 4 Birmingham 0 Knoxville 7.
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Chicago
Washington
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Detroit
Cleveland
Atlanta
New Orleans
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Knoxville
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Cincinnati
Coal Tonnage Climbs Toward Peak of 1923
West Virginia coal production rose to 2,197,000 tons for the week ended July 22, with 1,706,000 tons from the southern region and 491,000 from the northern region. The totals compare with 2,142,000 the prior week and 2,385,000 in the corresponding week of 1923.
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Washington
West Virginia
Bureau of Mines
Bureau
Postmaster exams planned for Hollidays Cove and Mannington
The post office department announced openings for postmaster examinations at Hollidays Cove and Mannington West Virginia. Applications must be filed by August 29. Each office pays 2400 dollars annually. A resinous sap seals wounds and acts as an antiseptic dressing in coniferous trees.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Hollidays Cove
Mannington
W. Va
Ace Hudkins Shot in Chest in Glendale Cafe Clash
Ace Hudkins known as The Nebraska Wildcat lies in grave condition with two chest bullets after a cafe brawl in Glendale. Dr. P B O'Reilly says injuries more serious than expected and life may be in danger. Hudkins was shot after allegedly threatening cafe owner R H Harris, who fired in self defense and is jailed on assault suspicion.
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Ace Hudkins
Nebraska Wildcat
O'Reilly
Hudkins
Hudking
Glendale
R. H. Harris
Harris
U S Joins Hunt For Urschel Abductors
Washington reports mark a new phase in the anti crime drive as federal and state officials begin coordinated talks at the request of Raymond Moley. Justice agents, who helped solve four kidnappings, are now assigned to pursue the Urschel case, Oklahoma City oilman Charles F Urschel. Moley meets with Attorney General Cummings and William Stanley at the Justice Department.
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Raymond Moley
Department of Justice
Charles F. Urschel
Oklahoma City
Moley
Roosevelt
Justice Department
Cummings
William Stanley
Miners Body Recovered From Water Filled Shaft
In Pottsville Pennsylvania on August 8 a navy diver named Jesse Gove recovered the body of Frank Thompson the Sunday school superintendent from a submerged abandoned mine at Keffers The body lay under 115 feet of water where pressure reached 50 psi and water temperature was 33 1 2 degrees F The rescue followed repeated equipment failures during the risky descent quotes an old Lincoln motto and notes the diver’s determination versus duty.
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Pottsville
Jesse Gove
Frank Thompson
Keffers
Here
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