Moose Solters Pursues Safe Hitting Over Power
St Louis august 8 Julius Joseph Moose Solters star outfielder for the Browns is batting .374 on a last place club. A Hungarian born Pittsburgh native he varied through many jobs before pro baseball and now emphasizes making contact to reach base and rack up extra bases rather than chasing home runs.
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St. Louis
Julius Joseph
Moose
Solters
Big Moose
Rogers Hornsby
Browns. Co
Boston Reds
Pittsburgh
Forbes Field
Pirates
Mel Harder
Six States Field Golf Queens in Western Tourney
At Westwood Country Club Cleveland August 8 representatives from six states joined eight golf queens in the quarter finals of the women s western tourney California led with three survivors while three Ohioans and three Illinois competitors were eliminated in the second round yesterday Eva Shorb a 17 year old Massillon high school girl matched the course record of par 79 Ellamae Williams a 17 year old Chicago miss defeated Shorb 5 and 4 in the match play battle
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Westwood Country Club
Cleveland
States
California
Virginia Van Wie to Quit Tournament Golf for Fun
Virginia Van Wie, three time national champion and the top woman golfer, announced in Ligonier Pennsylvania that she will quit tournament play this year and will only play for fun henceforth. Her decision caps a sensational rise to fame ending in 1932.
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Ligonier
Virginia van Wie
County Advisory Groups Urged As Education Aid
Charleston officials report Glenn Callaghan of the National Youth Administration urged all county school superintendents to form county advisory committees to seek training and job opportunities for youths aged 16 to 25.
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Charleston
W. Va
Glenn
Callaghan
National Youth Administration
Nature presents Tamandua physical features
Nature presents a description of a tamandua noting a body about nine inches long and eight inches high, resembling a great creature with a shorter thicker head. Ears are oval, hair is short and coarse, and coloration is a dark brown body with a dirty white head neck legs and tail.
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Threat Gteater
Flood disrupts gas and rail service across region
Utilities cut gas mains in the city to conserve supply for emergencies as floodwaters forced drainage of lines. Baltimore and Ohio trains resumed on main routes after water receded from Cornwallis and No 15 tunnel. Passengers from Glenville to Richwood sheltered in Burnsville as Salt Lick creek halted service. Waters receded in Tygarts Valley area with Elkins reopening southern routes after a four hour blackout from a storm.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Cornwallis
No. 15
Clarksburg
Parkersburg
Glenville
Richwood
Burnsville
Salt Lick Creek
Tygarts Valley
Elkins
Philippi
Huttonsville
Flood Destroys Crops and Halts Rail Service in Coshocton Area
Coshocton at the confluence of the Tuscarawas and Walhonding rivers braces for worsening floods. Water rose two feet per hour, nearing the municipal water works boilers as towns like Coshocton Zanesville Dover and New Philadelphia faced isolation. Rail service halted with many roads and bridges washed out. Dead livestock litter streams and farmers saw valuable crops wiped out. Officials forecast a peak around 35 feet in Coshocton with Ohio’s 1913 flood previously the worst.
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Coshoeton
Tuscarawas
Walhonding
Holmes County
Municipal Water Works
Coshocton
Zanesville
Dover
New Philadelphia
Coshocton County
American Legion
Ohio
Ethiopia Seeks Counterstrike If Italians Advance
Reports from the capital say Ethiopian forces will attempt to cut off Italian advances from Eritrea and drive into Italian Somaliland on the same day to offset losses. Mobilization continues despite heavy rains hindering movement as a bolt strikes a barn and Massillon floods affect nearly 60 percent of the city.
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Ethiopia
Eritrea
Haile Selassie
Death of James Watson Watson at Clarksburg Flood
The West Fork river flood swept cornfields and towns alike as Clarksburg buried its dead. Fire Chief J J Martin recovered 16 year old James Warner Watson from an eddy thirty feet from where he drowned after a four hour search. Firemen police and volunteers joined the effort to save him in the swollen waters.
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Clarksburg
James Warner Watson
Carl W. Watson
West Fork
J. J. Martin
Watson
Nature Presents Chacnia Baboon Feature
A fragmented nature caption describes a Chacnia Baboon with a sturdy ten foot heavy build, elongated canine fangs, thick neck, and greenish reflection on hands and feet, noting its dark skin tones.
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Nature
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Tygart River
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R. J. Scott
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