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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 01, 1933

Page

5

National League standings and results brief

Baseball standings and results from yesterday and today. National League games include Philadelphia defeating Pittsburgh 5 to 4, St Louis routing New York 17 to 0, Boston beating Cincinnati 9 to 2, with upcoming matchups Chicago at Brooklyn, Cincinnati at Boston, St Louis at New York, and Pittsburgh at Philadelphia. American League scores list Washington 2 Detroit 1 and Boston 4 Chicago 2 among others, with St Louis 12 7 and Philadelphia 1 1 records noted. Several rain and postponed events. Southern Association games include Atlanta 1 Birmingham 9, Chattanooga 0 Memphis 7, Nashville 7 Little Rock 5. Other scores: Minneapolis 9 Milwaukee 8, Kansas City 9 St Paul 8. Only two night games noted.

Philadelphia Pittsburgh Louis New York Brooklyn Chicago Boston Cincinnati St. Louis Washington Detroit Cleveland Atlanta Birmingham Chattanooga Memphis Nashville Little Rock

Home Run Leaders and League Totals Amid Baseball Scores

Yesterday’s action features leaders Foxx and Ruth among top home run hitters for the Athletics and Yankees respectively. Gehrig provides strong support for New York, while Johnson and Burns pace the Athletics and Browns. Pirates, Reds, Cardinals, Braves, and Phillies names appear in tally context with Lombardi and Medwick noted for their teams. League totals show American and National sums, with 309 and 231 respectively, totaling 540.

Foxx Athletics Johnson Burns Browns Storts Campbell Berger Braves Whitney Suhr Pirates Lombardi Reds Medwick Cardinals Ruth Yankees Ecu Gehrig Klein Phillies

BASEBTs GAB R HPet Simmons W Sox 69 286 55 107.374

The clip lists baseball player codes and stats for Simmons and Hodapp with team abbreviations and numeric values, suggesting a fielded data summary from a historical box score or roster record. It includes Phillies and Senators references with several numeric entries and a high level of garbled formatting.

Gab R Hpet Simmons W. Sox Klein Phillies Davis Cronin Senators Hodapp Red Sox Fallis

State population up 2,917,954 to 125,693,000

The census bureau reports the United States population rose by 2,917,954 since April 1, 1930, reaching 125,693,000 on July 1, 1933, based on births deaths immigration and emigration estimates. West Virginia population also increased from 1,729,205 to about 1,? in the same period.

Washington United States Census Bureau West Virginia

Vets Leave for Camp Knox from West Virginia counties

Sixty three World War veterans entrained to Port Knox Kentucky as central West Virginia's quota for national forestry camps. Examinations at Carmichael Auditorium narrowed the group from over one hundred hopefuls. Selectees include George L. Poling, Wadsworth, Langlet, White, Greer, Ed kell, Trackmovich, Shaffer, Goodwin, Hyre, Jones, Hailey, Ashcraft, Coburn, Radcliffe, Newbrough, Hildreth, Kendrick, Jeromski, Gallagher, Dewitt, Begley, Givens, Osborne, Hill, Bolinger, Wilhelm, Shaffer and many others.

Clarksburg Port Knox West Virginia Harrison Mononalia Marion Preston Taylor, Gilmer Doddridge Lewis Counties F. J. Quenson Donald Post P. IR. Maxwell Morgantown Jollo George L. Poling Grafton Ralph W. Hyre Charles W. Jones George S. Hailey Harvey BE Flesher Weston Jasper E. Nutter Iris F. Helms Pell C. Turner Corinth John W. Seargeant Howard M. Ashcraft Shinnston Woodsin L. Castel Terra Alta Guy B. Connelly Stafford Stum Ben Caffee Fairmont Guy R. Wyckoff Salem Clay Dotson West Union Ellis Warner Roy L. Stone Newburg James H. Givens Ray L. Osborne Wille G. Osborne Troy Charles G. Hill Cecil O. Prashear Silas C. Hall Reynoldsville Floyd Hebb Charles F. Bolinger Lee Markley Martin J. L. Wally Tunnelton Julius Luzader Nutter Fort Alfred C. Ball Henry Guy Lowther George Washington Colored Guy E. Wilhelm Clarence E. Shaffer Rowlesburg

Giant tree felled by honey-hunters in Nicholas county

Richwood July 1. The largest state poplar, twenty-one feet six inches at the base, was cut down recently by honey-hunters in Buck's Garden area of Nicholas county. Names of those responsible for the vandalism have not been learned.

Buck's Garden Nicholas County

Veteran Pilots Lead Baseball All Stars

Veterans lead the all star lineup as Grove faces Warneke Gehrig in a high profile game. AL favorites rely on Grove’s speed and power while McGraw’s team counters with top NL stars. Al Simmons led voting with 346,291, edging Chuck Klein and Gabby Hartnett among others.

Fang Lefty Grove McGraw al Simmons White Sox Alo Chuck Klein Phillies Gabby Hartnett Cub Joe Washington Babe Ruth

Timber tract owned by Birch Valley Lumber Company near Summersville

A fragment notes a location on timber land owned by the Birch Valley Lumber Company a few miles off Route 19 below Summersville indicating land or timber interests and proximity to the highway.

The Birch Valley Lumber Company Route 19 Summersville

Widow of Legs Diamond Shot to Death in Brooklyn

In New York on July 1 a widow of gangster Jack Legs Diamond was found shot to death in her Brooklyn apartment. Alice K Schiffer, age 30, was discovered by building superintendent Charles Hunter with a bullet wound in her right temple, about a year and a half after Diamond’s own murder.

Legs Diamond New York Jack Legs) Diamond Brooklyn Albay Alice K. Schiffer Charles Hunter Primo Ting Madison Square Garden Jack Sharkey da Preem Jett Hissociate Ieee

Death in Dimun Apartment Believed Aided by Two or More

Police found evidence suggesting two or three people were with Mrs. Diamond when she was shot in her apartment, including torn dress and overturned furniture. Three bullet holes marred the walls, and occupants were questioned without yielding information. Diamond used the alias Alice Kenney and had lived alone since last August. Marian Roberts, a showgirl, often appeared with him in public.

Diamond Alice Kenney Marian Kiki) Roberts

Trucks and Buses Face New Registration Fees

Charleston July 1 All motor buses and trucks must pay new registration fees to operate under certificates of convenience. Bus fees range 80 to 120 dollars by seating capacity while truck fees scale by tonnage and tire type with up to 710 dollars for ten ton solid tire trucks. Larger trucks incur extra 100 dollars per ton. Private auto license fees stay unchanged. Class A covers passenger cars used for pay, Class B covers trucks and tractor units.

Charleston James A. Tierney Tierney

Fox appoints 19 employes in tax office reorganizes

Charleston July 1 press dispatch reports Tax Commissioner Fred L. Fox announced the appointment of 19 employees in his department as the core of a nearly completed reorganization. W. M. Moss named state department auditor. new field agents include Wagner Ohio, Miller Wood, Lambert Mercer, Cropp Harrison, Meredith Marion, Meadows Raleigh, Forsythe Cabell, McLaughlin Greenbrier, with additional appointees to follow. Traveling auditors listed and stenographic staff added from Huntington to Wheeling.

Charleston Fred L. Fox J. C. Little McDowell County W. H. Knopp James R. Cavitt Mineral County Luttrell Robson Joseph J. Wagner Ohio County Ray A. Miller Wood County Sam M. Lambert Mercer County Hosmer Cropp Harrison County Wayne L. Meredith Marion County Howard P.meadows Raleigh County Abe Forsythe Cabell County Claude B. McLaughlin Greenbrier County W. M. Moss Putnam County E. L. Waddell C. C. Clendenin Pocahontas County C. H. Koontz Wyoming County Ray G. Romine Doddridge County Loueva Bieber Huntington Sarah W. Rook Pairmont Elizabeth Henritze Welch Gertrude Zeller Wheeling

United Presbyterians Close Annual Meet

Charleston July 1 Nine vacancies on county school boards were filled by W. W. Trent state superintendent of schools. Kanawha county new members are H. T. Crawford of St Albans replacing L J White and E M McConihay of Winkfred replacing Dr Hugh McPheree son of Eskdale Pittsburgh July 1 The Barbour county Frank Bran

Charleston W. W. Trent Schols Kanawha H. T. Crawford St. Albans L. J. White E. M. McConihay

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