Dodgers Trim Pirates In League Climb
Dodgers keep march toward NL top by routing Pirates 11 to 6 in the only major league game. They race to six runs in the first inning, nine hits in the frame, with Meiner and Harris pitching for Pittsburgh and Shaute for Brooklyn. Gus Suhr hits a two run homer in the fourth.
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Pittsburgh
Rooklyn Dodgers
Cubs
Heinie Meiner
Pirates
Bill Harris
Harris
Chagnon
Dodgers
Taylor
Pittsburgh Keystone
Piet
Vaughan
Joe Shaute
Gus Suhr
One Man Fort at North Cove Dismantled
Aberdeen Washington reports Uncle Sam's one-man fort at North Cove Willapa Harbor is being dismantled as of August 16, ending a small wartime coastal defense. The coastal battery previously guarded the harbor mouth and provided a symbolic protection role for the region.
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United States
Aberdeen
Wash
Sam
North Cove
Willapa Harbor
Ieee
How They Stand Soa National League Results and Standings
Yesterday's NL results Brooklyn beat Pittsburgh 11 to 6. Today Brooklyn goes to Pittsburgh with other matchups Boston at Chicago New York at Cincinnati Philadelphia at St. Louis Chicago at Washington St. Louis at Boston Detroit at New York Cleveland at Philadelphia. Mid-Atlantic standings show Charleston Cumberland Clarksburg Huntington Beckley and Johnstown in tight race with Cumberland leading 21 488 and Charleston 18 634. American Association results Kansas City 11 Toledo 7 Minneapolis 8 Indianapolis 5 Louisville 7 St Paul 4.
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Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Boston
Chicago
New York
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Washington
Detroit
Cleveland
Mid-Atlantic
Beckley
Johnstown
Larksburg
Huntington
Charleston
Cumberland
Kansas City
Toledo
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
Louisville
St. Paul
Brooklyn Philadelphia
Inspired Revolt? Fort decommissioned after long idleness
The fort with two six inch rifles that never fired a shot is being dismantled after 14 years of idleness. Placed in World War I service, it was initially manned by a detachment of 35. In recent years Private A. E. Daly served as the sole crew guarding the Washington coast from the Columbia River to Cape Flattery.
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A. E. Daly
Washington
Columbia River
Cape Flattery
Phillies edge All-Stars 2 0 on four double plays
In Grand Rapids Michigan on August 16, the Philadelphia Nationals defeated the Grand Rapids All-Stars 2 to 0. Four double plays at crucial moments helped the visitors seal the exhibition win despite Bert Shotten’s squad outslugging 10 to 7.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Philadelphia Nationals
Grand Rapids All-Stars
Bert Shotten
Delvecchio Captures Western Pennsylvania Open Title
Pittsburgh August 16. Perry Delvecchio of Greensburg County Club set four new course records as he won the Western Pennsylvania Open at South Hills Country Club. His aggregate 71 66 137 four under par for the two rounds highlighted a brilliant performance.
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Pittsburgh
Perry Delvecchio
Greensburg County
South Hills Country Club
Calumet Dubuque Wins Grand Circuit Pace in Goshen
Calumet Dubuque, a speedy two year old son of Peter the Brewer owned by John C. Thompson of New York, won the opening feature of the five pay grand circuit meeting in Goshen New York on August 16 in the two year old pace.
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Goshen
Calumet Dubuque
Peter
John C. Thompson
New York
Three Men Die in Boiler Blast at McClure Va
Aug 16 in Bluefield W Va reports three workers of the Ritter Lumber Company killed in a planing mill boiler blast near McClure Va The deceased are identified as Slim Richards Lawson Ramsey and Robert Scott They were scalded by escaping steam in the boiler room
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Bluefield
W. Va
McClure
Slim” Richards
Lawson Ramsey
Robert Scott
Ritter Lumber Company
Tseam
Notre Dame Four Horsemen Sponsor Rockne Trophy Honor
Four Notre Dame players known as the Four Horsemen have become sponsors of the Knute Rockne Memorial trophy to honor their coach. Don Miller Jimmy Crowley Harry Stuhldreher and Elmer Layden now coach at Ohio State Michigan State Villanova and Duquesne respectively. The trophy ties to the Dickinson system and Notre Dame’s historic national claims.
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Chicago
Don Miller
Jimmy Crowley
Harry Stuhldreher
Elmer Layden
Four Horsemen of Notre Dame
Knute Rockne
Notre Dame
Southern California
Frank Dickinson
University of Illinois
Jack Rissman
Miller
Ohio State
Crowley
Michigan State
Stuhldreher
Villanova
Layden
Duquesne
Suspect Band Burns Store in Howesville Fire
Kingwood Aug 16 Fire believed started by looters at the Frank Rock store and Howesville post office near Koch residence six miles away. Loss estimated at 7500 with no insurance. Police think intruders entered by rear window to steal goods then set the blaze to cover their trail. Fire destroyed both the store and residence with no salvage.
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Kingwood
Frank Rock
Howesville
Koch
Six Injured As Turbine Explodes at Sun Crest
Buckhannon Aug 16 A steam turbine exploded at the Croft Lumber Company mill in Suncrest wounding six workers. Three serious injuries included A C Hartman 50 of Buckhannon who is not expected to recover. A special train transported the gravely injured to St Joseph's hospital.
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Buckhannon
Croft Lumber Company
Suncrest
Brough
St. Joseph's Hospital
A. C. Hartman
Buck
Wood supervisor injured amid company accident
Hannon, a woods superintendent, suffers a shattered right leg and numerous cuts. Hartman is a company employee of 22 years. John Arnold, 27, of Sun Crest, lost his left hand and his left leg was amputated at the knee. Wayman Burnside, 25, of Suncrest, has a compound fracture of the right leg.
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Hannon
Hartman
John Arnold
Suncrest
Wayman Burnside
Cornwell urges return to economy era at regional convention
Buffalo, Aug 16. John J. Cornwell of Baltimore, former wartime governor of West Virginia and president of the United States Civil Legion, urged a national shift to strict public economy. Opening the seventh annual regional convention, he branded the past decade as speculative and prosperous, marked by jazz and politics, and called for simpler government methods.
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Buffalo
John J. Cornwell
Baltimore
Virginia
United States Civil Legion
Cornwell
Virginia to Seek Relief Fund Loan
Richmond Virginia Aug 16 Governor Pollard announced that the state will formally request money under the federal relief act. Thad Holt of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation will hear the first requests at noon in the state executive office. Earlier today many applications were filed and unofficial tabulations placed the potential total near ten million dollars.
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Richmond
Virginia
Thad Holt
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Pollard
Dispute Ends in Shooting in Elkins
In Elkins on August 16 Arnold Ware, 33, of Alley Head, lies in a dying condition at the city hospital after a shooting. Tate Fisher, 36, of Valley Head, formerly of Marlington, surrendered to the Randolph County sheriff, saying Ware threatened to fetch a gun after an argument at a garage at Alley Head.
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Elkins
Arnold ‘Ware
Alley Head
Elkins City Hospital
Tate Fisher
Valley Head
Marlington
Fisher
Randolph County
Fisher and Ware Involved After Rifle Fight
Fisher said he and Ware left the scene and both obtained rifles, then returned. He claimed he struck Ware over the head twice with a rifle handle, and when Ware tried to shoot, Fisher fired at him.
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Fisher
General Butler to Speak on Prohibition at Massanetta Springs
General Smedley D. Butler will deliver a Prohibition address at the Massanetta Springs Bible Conference center near Harrisonburg Virginia on Friday August nineteenth. The invitation follows his widely discussed article in The Christian Herald and positions him among the nation’s most noted anti liquor voices. Thousands are expected to attend Massanetta Springs for the event.
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Harrisonburg
Massanetta Springs
Smedley D. Butler
General Butler
the Christian Herald
United States
Butler
Massanetta
Spings
Heat wave in Germany causes numerous deaths
Berlin reports nearly two score fatalities from the heat wave across Germany. Rhine drownings total seven, Berlin five. Ten mountaineers in the Bavarian Alps killed. A dozen excursionists died in automobile accidents and two Berlin residents succumbed to sunstroke.
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Berlin
Germany
Rhine
Bavarian Alps
Paris milliners reach pact with U S firms against imitations
Twenty one Paris hat designers and fourteen American firms sign an agreement to curb unauthorized imitation of French hat styles in the United States. The pact aims to protect design integrity and curb infringement, signaling cooperation across borders to preserve fashion originality.
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United States
Paris
Schmeling to Fight Walker at Garden September 19
New York reports Max Schmeling and Mickey Walker agreed to a 15 round bout at Madison Square Garden Bowl on September 19, with the winner to challenge Jack Sharkey for the title next June. Schmeling sails August 21. Walker earned the right by drawing Sharkey at Ebbets Field last year.
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New York
Max Schmeling
Mickey Walker
Madison Square Garden Bowl
Jack Sharkey
Joe Jacobs
Schmeling
United States
Bremen
Walker
Sharkey
Ebbets Field
al Miami
Women's Tennis Meet On At Forest Hills
Forest Hills N Y Aug 16 A news brief notes a women’s tennis meet at Forest Hills with reduced glamour due to missing prominent players and lineup changes affecting the event’s anticipated appeal.
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Forest Hills
Collector Refused to Break Up Homes in Delinquent Tax Testimony
In Warm Springs Virginia on August 16 George B Venable former Bath county treasurer testified he did not return unpaid tax tickets as delinquents citing fear of breaking up homes selling poor men’s houses and farm lands and possibly a widow’s cow. The trial resumed after a midweek start with Venable the first defense witness. Separately toll collection at the Mississippi River bridge at St Tours began for unemployment relief.
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Warm Springs
George B. Venable
Bath County
Tris
Venable
Mississippi
Grid field prepared for fall season with Bearcats clash
The football field undergoes cleanup and rearrangement ahead of the season. Bearcats will play ten games this fall, eight at Grafton, with bleachers for about 1,000 and goal posts repainted. Training plans are undecided, coaches expect strong timber and holdovers, and two college contests will be held on the field. Also noted, J H Wentz, North Carolina’s oldest fireman, retired after 43 years.
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Grafton
Tts
J.H. Wentz
North Carolina
Charlotte
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