Colorado man wins decathlon in Olympic meet
Glenn Morris of Fort Collins, a 24 year old former Colorado State athlete, shattered his world decathlon record with 7 900 points. He led a U S sweep with Bob Clark and Jack Parker also finishing high. Morris clinched the title with a 4 33 2 1 500 meters and strong showings in the hurdles and discus.
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Alan Gould
Associated Press
Berlin
America
Colorado
Glenn Morris
Fort Collins
Jim Bausch
Los Angeles
Colorado State
Morris
Bausch
Volmari Iso-Hollo
Finland
Kaarlo Tuominen
Alfred Compert
Germany
Martti Matlainen
Harold Manning
Wichita
Kans
Isa« Hollo
Jesse Owens
Lawson Robertson
Owens
Ralph Metcalfe
Roy Draper
Frank Wykoff
Draper
Stoller
Glickman
Clark
Sacramento
Parker
Erwin Huber
Holland
Reindert Brasser
Switzberland
Armin Gueh
Reichssportfield
Adolf Hitler
Glen Morris
United States
A League All Stars defeat rival league second time
In a Raleigh County League game at RM S park yesterday the A League All Stars beat the B League by seven runs in the fifth inning. Pitcher Mack Shumate earned the win, while Buford Tudor took the loss as the A League rallied with seven runs in the fifth inning.
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RM. S. Park
Buford
Letty” Tudor
Mack Shumate
Mullens
Track
Glen Rogers
Tudor
Dixon
Price Hill
Hess
Sullivan
C. Wheley
S. Mathias
Shumate
Davies
G. McGraw
Coburn
Mohler
Shelor
J. Anderson
Layland
Waddell
Crab Orchard
O. Mills
Neil
Lillybrook Courts Flooded Prompt Season Closure
Flood in the Stonecoal section forces Lillybrook tennis courts to be vacated for the season. Club manager Sidney Heavener reports mud and debris a foot deep on the court. Senior members will relocate to the Coalicity court owned by W. M. Booth and play three to four nights weekly in August and September.
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Raleigh County League
Irvin Bills
Tams
Mullens Scarbro
Ameagle
Glen Rogers
Winding Gulf
Glen White
Narrows
Virginia
Layland
Pemberton
Blue Jay
Lillybrook
Dorothy
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Woodbay
Mabscott
Mullens
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Koppers
Scartro
Hughes
Hillybrook
Crab Orchard
Stonecoal
Sidney Heavener
Coalicity
W. M. Booth
Averill Moves Ahead in AL Hitting Race
Earl Averill of the Cleveland Indians collected five hits in five at bats to move past Lou Gehrig of the Yankees and take the lead in the American League Big Six. His average rose to .344 as Gehrig slid to .331 and Luke Appling dropped to .375. In the National League, Johnny Mize of the Cardinals gained three hits to reach .371 while Ducky Medwick fell to .360 after five chances.
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Associated Press
Earl Averill
Cleveland Indians
Lou Gehrig
Yankees
Gehrig
Luke Appling
White Sox
Johnny Mize
Cardinals
Ducky Medwick
Road Crews Repair Damaged Areas On Local Roads
Bill Griffith of Cool Ridge leads ten men repairing holes on Maple Fork road hidden by last winter. Crews remove crumbled sections and replace with new base stone and surface from Bailey's intersection to Maynor and toward Pax to Fayette county line, plus Maynor Spruce Mountain road. Frank Williams of Beckley runs a parallel crew on the Coal City to Pemberton route.
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Bill Griffith
Cool Ridge
Maple Fork
Bailey's
Maynor
Pax
Fayette County
Maynor-Spruce m Mountain
A. Frank Williams
Beckley
Coal City
Rouse 12
Pemberton
Prisoner Taken to Greenbrier for Fraud Charge
State Police Sergeant N L Sidebottom of Lewisburg returned Lake Erskine 23 to Greenbrier county Friday night to face court action on a fraud charge. Corporal A Scalise of Beckley said he did not know particulars of the charge.
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N. L. Sidebottom
Lewisburg
Lake Erskine
Greenbrier County
A. Scalise
Beckley
Erskine
Giant too large for mines work
Welch reports 22 year old James Scott, 7 feet 3 inches tall and 283 pounds with size 18 shoes, was told by mine foremen he could not work underground yet found employment in a local restaurant.
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Associated Press
Welch
James Scott
Scott
Local Fighters Schedule Bouts in Welch Card
Five Glen White and two local youths join Joe Dutton in Welch on Monday August 17 for amateur bouts against McDowell area fighters. Welch American Legion sponsors the card with Vernon Callaway as match maker. Main event features Billy Bent versus Bunny Lovett in a redux of their Golden Gloves clash. Other boxers include Olivier Bragg 140, Acton Bragg 130, P. Giammerino 160, Milton Rosamond 135, G. W. Rosamond 118, Benny Garnetti 80.
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Glen White
Joe Dutton
Welch
McDowell
Welch American Legion
Vernon Callaway
Welch High School
Billy Bent
Huntington Golden Gloves
Bunny Lovett
Bent
Grapevine
Lovett
Olivier Bragg
Acton Bragg
P. Giammerino
Milton Rosamond
G. W. Rosamond
Benny Garnetti
Sportman column reports rising sea angling appeal across coast
Larry Bauer notes inland access and affordable trips expand saltwater fishing. Tuna and 500 pounders attract sport, with Michael Lerner credited for tuna fishing’s popularity. Women join gulf coast rodeos, Dallas’ Mrs. J B Dugger scoring four tarpon at Port Aransas event.
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Larry Bauer
Yarmouth
Nova Scotia
Wedgewort
Michael Lerner
New York
Lérner
Port Aransas
Freeport
Tex
Gulf Coast
J. B. Dugger
Dallas
Aransas
Charters Granted to 57 Corporations in West Virginia
Secretary of State William S. O Brien reports 57 corporations granted charters in daily action in Charleston. Total authorized capital stock reaches 1 123 000 dollars with eight foreign firms allowed to hold property and do business in the state. Nine non stock entities receive charters. ten firms may increase capital, four may decrease. There were 29 dissolutions of domestic corporations and 12 withdrawals of foreign firms.
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Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
William S. O| Brien
O'Brien
Brazil Carbon Carnival Car Race Planned Across Uruguay to Brasilia
The 8 day, $12000 automobile race runs 1,952 miles from Montevideo to Rio de Janeiro. It starts November 29 in Montevideo and ends December 6 in Brasilia. A third of the route uses unpaved Brazilian roads.
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Associated Press
Rio de Janeiro
Montevideo
Uruguay
Brazil
Hurt in Fall
Roscoe Carpenter aged 48 fractured his pelvis and sustained hip injuries after a fall from a railroad trestle in West Union. The incident occurred on August 8 and is being investigated.
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Associated
Preex West Union
Roscoe Carpenter
Things Look Dark for Detroit But the Goose Still Hangs High
Detroit struggles loom over pennant hopes as Lon Goslin age 35 fuels the Tigers with a .320 average in mid season. He drives runs and power while forming a strong base stealing duo with Gerald Walker, standing tall against younger challengers at Navin Field.
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Detroit
Goslin
Washington Senators
Gerald Walker
Princeton High Suspended by State Board of Appeals
Princeton High School in Mercer County received a blunt reprimand from the State Board of Appeals and was ordered suspended from the State Athletic Association for defying an order that ruled two players ineligible. The action cancels football games with seven southern West Virginia schools and allows readmission on January 1, 1937.
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Associated Press
Wheeling
W. Va
Princeton High School
State Board, of Appeals
State Athletic Association
J. E. Ewing
West Virginia
Beaver High
Bluefield
Hinton
Fayetteville
Oak Hill
Beckley
Alderson
Athens
Princeton
Mercer County
Elkins High School
Mercer Circuit
Supreme Court
Mingo Woman Claimed As 110-Year-Old Local Resident
Williamson West Virginia August. Neighbors recall Martha Starr as Mingo's oldest resident and perhaps the state’s oldest at about 110. She plans to vote next November and is registered as a Democrat. Starr lives with her daughter near Tug River and cites Civil War era records to support her age.
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Associated Press
Williamson
W. Va
Martha Starr
Starr
Mingo
Martha Davis
Carter Branch
Tug River
Naugatuck
Larry Evans
Lucy Young
Johns Creek
Jim Chapman
Sami Starr
Rooming-house death in Huntington man dies of heart attack
Mrs. Carmen Elswick identified the deceased as her husband Robert Elswick, 35, of Ironton, Ohio. Coroner F. X. Schuler reported the man dropped dead in a rooming house, with the cause of death listed as a heart attack.
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Associated Press
Huntington
Carmen Elswick
Robert Elswick
Ironton
F. X. Schuler
Coal City Girls Escape Injury In Highway Incident
Two girls on bicycles narrowly avoided serious harm near Coal City as a Hall Chevrolet Sales driver delivering a sedan to W. W. Lilly swerved to avoid them. A second vehicle, occupied by unnamed Black passengers, bumped the Chevrolet, causing about 40 dollars in rear damages, according to John F. Fall of Sophia.
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Coal City
Hall Chevrolet Sales
Sophia
W. W. Lilly
Chevrolet
John F. Fall
False teeth found in patrol wagon then claimed
Police questioned jail inmates but no one admitted loss of a false set found in a patrol wagon. A caller asked a puzzling question and about an hour later a man claimed the teeth.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Six Hundred to Attend 40 and 8 Grande Promenade
Six hundred Forty and Eight members are expected in Huntington for the seventh annual Grande Promenade on September 6 and 7. Huntington Voiture 1036 hosts with 15 chairmen named by state commander G. N Carroll. National officers Charles W. Ardery and Sam Heller will attend alongside other dignitaries.
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Associated Press
Huntington
Forty and Eight Society
American Legion
Kentucky
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Wes C. Thomas
G. N
Jack) Carroll
Ben Romer
Thomas M. Hays
Charles W. Ardery
Indianapolis
Sam Heller
Norfolk
Republicans to Drive for Votes
Pineville August 8 A Republican campaign plan adopted at a court house meeting remains veiled in secrecy. Magistrate A A Browning county chairman says the plan follows the state committee and hopes to gain between 560 and 1900 additional votes.
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Register Star
Pineville
Court House
A. A. Browning
State Committee
Humphreys To Speak At Parkersburg Rally
Raymond V. Humphreys, Republican candidate for the Fourth district, will address a rally in Parkersburg on Tuesday night, August 8. He is scheduled to speak at the event to energize supporters ahead of the election.
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Associated Press
Parkersburg
Raymond V. Humphreys
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