Norfolk Nine Struggles With Pitching For 1939 Campaign
Norfolk Virginia April 19. The 1939 Piedmont League champion Norfolk team opens its season with pitching concerns as the nine slab workers show little potential. Waugh Mizereck Orr Yenoskey Stewart Bryan Meriweather Pressman Karpell headline a mixed pitching staff while outfielders Silvanic Derry Oley Caldwell provide power. Infield options Baker Richards Hines Bearint battle for regular spots with Sears Bartola catching and White planning one infield addition before opening day.
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Norfolk
Ray White
Piedmont
Waugh
Rosy Waugh
College of William and Mary
Eddie Mizereck
Saranac Lake
Johnny Orr
Nebr
Joe
Yenoskey
Walter Stewart
el Paso
Portsiders
Ray Bryan
Jacksonville
Lefty Meriweather
Sebring
Fla
Max Pressman
Bronx
Gloversville
Herb Karpell
Butler
Penna
Thomasville
Frank Silvanic
Akron
Russell Derry
Joplin
Walter Oley
Brooklyn
Bushwicks
Blackie Caldwell
Derry
Caldwell
Newark
Yankee
Harry Ashworth
White
al Baker
Ray Richards
Short
Jake Hines
Paul Bearint
Lee White
Ziggy
Kenny Sears
Ump
Amsterdam
Lew Bartola
Bartola
Dr Pritchard to Preach Near Roxboro Thursday
Dr J B Pritchard president of the North Carolina Conference Methodist Protestant Church will preach the conference sermon in the district meeting at Oak Grove Church near Roxboro on Thursday. The article notes his planned representation of Western Maryland College at Duke University Centennial exercises on Friday was correct.
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Dr. Pritchard
J. B. Pritchard
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Methodist Protestant Church
Oak Grove Church
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Roxboro
Lefty Grove Meditates On Pitching To Yankees
New York April 19. The night porter watches Lefty Grove in the hotel lobby as the pitcher meditates before the season opener. Cronin selects Grove to face the Yankees in Boston's first game despite Grove’s light spring work and questions about his 89 age.
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Lefty Grove
Yankees
New York
Gob Grove
Lefty
Grove
Hawkshaw
Joe Cronin
Bagby
Rich
Red Sox
Flashes Of Life Long Time No See
Charles Blood city editor of the Star recalls meeting long time newsroom colleagues after his transfer to the evening edition. A magistrate fines Vacasky $10 for reckless driving after a car incident described with humor.
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Kansas City
Charles Blood
the Star
Blood
Vacasky
Firehouse Mascot Blaze Ends in Blair's No 1 Fireman Death
Faithful Rex the 9 year old St Bernard mascot for Blair volunteer fire department was killed after being struck by a truck while chasing a passing fire engine. The incident ends Rex and marks a somber note for local fire crews.
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Blair
Rex
St. Bernard
Wisconsin Assembly Urged to Provide Dictionaries
Madison lawmakers debate the need for dictionaries after Assemblyman Laurie Carlson proposes supplying every member a reference. The move follows a heated quarrel where a colleague was accused of using the term subterfudge.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Laurie Carlson
Bayfield
Foot Flare Sparks Courtroom Outburst in Pittsburgh
John Vacasky, 24, hurled a size 11% shoe onto Magistrate Anthony Lucas’ bench during traffic court after being asked about an auto crash. The incident disrupted proceedings and prompted officials to remove him from the chamber.
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Pittsburgh
John Vacasky
Anthony Lucas
Officer declines stripes after 15 years service
Oklahoma City traffic policeman W S McCall was offered a sergeant's stripes for 15 years of faithful service but declined because he could not meet a major requirement he could not drive an automobile.
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Oklahoma City
W. S. McCall
No Candidates Yet for Kernersville Mayor and Board
No public announcements have been made by aspirants to the Kernersville mayor or town commissioners for the May 2 1939 municipal election. The notice asks candidates to file with the secretary treasurer a petition signed by at least 80 qualified voters and an affidavit stating candidacy as non partisan with no party affiliation.
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Kernersville
Style Show At State College Textiles Reveals Local Talent
Ninety nine North Carolina residents and 115 girls from nine colleges will model self designed garments at the twelfth annual Style Show in Raleigh. Dr Claudius T Marchinson of the Cotton Textile Institute will speak on Program in Defense of Cotton.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State College Textile School
Claudius T. Marchinson
Cotton Textile Institute
State College
Home Economics
Peace
Bertie Lee Whitesides
High Point
Lola Barry
Queens Chicora
Charlotte
Guy Eason
Meredith
Jennie M. Hanyen
St. Mary’s
Elizabeth Eason
Elon
Lida Muse
Flora McDonald
Red Springs
Thelma M. Hall
Louisburg
Mra. I. D
Dean Nelson
Northwestern Patten Gym to be cut and moved this summer
Northwestern will divide Patten Gym at Evanston into three sections and relocate them to a new campus site this summer. In Calais France shortages of lace makers are reported, affecting local lace production.
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Evanston
Northwestern
Patten
Calais
France
Asheville Tourists Set To Open Season With New Talent
Asheville coach Harold Anderson readies a reshaped squad for the Piedmont League, led by rapid pitcher George Turbeville and a strengthened outfield featuring Milton Bocek and Harry Pietersek. New infielders include Jack Angle and Frank Mabry with competition at second base among Mabry Richards and Mannion.
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Asheville
St. Louis Cardinals
Harold Anderson
Cardinal
Piedmont Loop
George Turbeville
Philadelphia Athletics
Milton Bocek
Chicago White Sox
Bill Hart
Walter Cooper
Jim Mooney
New York Giant
Mooney
Bocek
Columbus
Harry Pietersek
Leonard Hill
John Fry
Martinaville
Leonard Fresh
Anderson
Jack Angle
Springfield
Frank Mabrey
Keystoner
Bobby Richards
John Mannion
Baltimore
Wein
Mabry
Richards
Germany faces railroad equipment crisis in four year plan
The Commerce Department reported Germany’s four year plan to re equip its railroads will strain rolling stock supply and hinder barter deals with Argentina and Latin America. Berlin notes a shortfall of freight cars worsened by Austria and Czechoslovakia annexations as Brazil invites bids for locomotives and freight cars.
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Commerce Department
Germany
Argentina
Berlin
Hull
State Department
Brazil
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Britain and France See Russia as Stronger Ally Now
London dispatch argues that in a future war Russia could be a stronger ally than in 1914 due to industrial growth and dispersed plants. Military experts weigh Russia's air force with estimates of 1200 to 1500 pursuit planes and 4400 day bombers, noting engines lag behind and reliance on American designs.
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France
Russia
London
England
Hitler
Mussolini
Soviet Russia
Ural Mountains
Germany
America
Orville Wright Visited Manteo in Quiet Return
Orville Wright visited Kill Devil Hill at Manteo with a small group of North Carolina youths and old locals, sharing little while learning about the Wright brothers flight. He asked friends to keep his return secret and left without fanfare after hearing a guide recount the frail craft flight.
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Manthro
Orville Wright
Wilbur
Kill Devil Hill
Wrights
Wright
A. W. Drinkwater
WPA Fires 37 404 From WPA Rolls After Inquiry
The Works Progress Administration dismissed 37 404 eligible workers after a nationwide survey. Administrator F. C. Harrington said 2,929,662 enrolled were reviewed per a congressional order. Only 1.8 percent remained beyond justified conditions. State removals included North Carolina 715 and South Carolina 472.
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Washington
Works Progress Administration
F. C. Harrington
WPA
North Carolina
South Carolina
North Carolina Coast Guard Station Bill Introduced
Representative Clark of North Carolina introduced a bill to establish a Coast Guard station on the North Carolina coast near Wrightsville Beach. Belgium wage rates, tied to cost of living, have been frozen and employers urge government action to reduce them.
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Washington
Clark
North Carolina
Wrightsville Beach
Belgium
Youngster Richards Shines in Fielding Tepid at Bat
Richards is a nifty fielder but his batting lagged last season. The youngster, barely out of his teens, needs more experience after Lynn Myers moved up to St. Louis.
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Race
Lynn Myers
St. Louis
Richards
Grover Jones to Speak at Royal Arcanum Meeting Tonight
City Attorney Grover H. Jones will discuss the High Point hydroelectric project at the Old Plank Road Council of the Royal Arcanum in the hall tonight at 8 o clock. A new secretary will be elected and officers ask members to invite guests for the discussion.
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Grover Jones
Royal Arcanum
Grover H. Jones Williscuss
High Point
Old Plank Road Council
The
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Jones
WPA To Employ 12,000 In National Housing Survey
Washington April 1 1938 WPA will hire 12 000 workers for a 9 000 000 housing survey across the United States. Seventy one surveys approved for 85 cities and counties in 26 states including urban areas of North and South Carolina.
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WPA
U. S
Washington
Works Progress Administration
United States
North
South Carolina
Well Represented Kernersville Students in State Music Meet
Kernersville will send multiple students to the state music contest in Greensboro with Betty Frances Larkins and Margaret Kerner leading piano and vocal entries. The group includes girls and boys glee clubs, mixed chorus, and various vocal and quartet classes under instructor Mrs. J. R. Blackwell. Also noted are drought impacts in Central Australia and New Zealand potato price protests by housewives.
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Kernersville
Greensboro
J. R. Blackwell
Betty Frances Larkins
Margaret Kerner
Charles Way
False Teeth Breath Offenders Warned By Dental Appeal
Advert says dentures trap odor forming a tough scum with germs and decay bacteria. It claims Poli dent dissolves scum stains and odor, improving breath and denture appearance. Packaged as a 30¢ drug-store product approved by Good Housekeeping Bureau and dentists.
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Good Housekeeping Bureau
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