Opening Day Boost Fanfare as 200000 Expected at Openers
Major League Baseball opens with eight games across the two leagues. President Roosevelt plans to attend the Senators vs Athletics in Washington. The Pittsburgh Pirates chase the Cubs while the Yankees seek another pennant, with Washington Cleveland Detroit Boston Philadelphia and Chicago also in action.
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Associated Press
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Philadelphia
Washington
Cleveland
Detroit
Chicago
St. Louis
Brooklyn
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Cincinnati
St Louis
Fied Sox
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Senators
Connie Mack
Philadelphia Athletics
Boston Red
Pennsylvania
Carlier
Pirates
Pittsburgh Pirates
Chicago Cubs
New York Yankees
Yankees
Babe
New York Steamroller
Goose Goslin
Caps
Winchester Bowling League Banquet Set At 6.45 PM
Members of the Winchester Bowling League prepare for their first annual banquet at 6.45 o clock this evening in the George Washington Hotel. Sixty league members are expected to attend with guests. J T Yates of Handley School faculty will be toastmaster and entertainment includes Kate Smith Harry Lauder and a solo by Miss Whitlock the instructress.
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Winchester Bowling League
George Washington Hotel
J. T. Yates
Handley School
Kate Smith
Harry Lauder
Virginia State Golf Association Names 3 Venues for Major Tournaments
The Virginia State Golf Association selected Charlottesville Roanoke and Richmond as host cities for this year’s three major tournaments after an annual meeting at Hermitage Country Club. Open and amateur events set for June 26 to July 4, with Farmington Club guiding final dates. Several clubs joined the lineup including Winchester and Lakeside, while Monterey and Pulaski were dropped. A plan for inter-city team matches with trophies was created, designating an east west division structure and a Richmond central site for finals.
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Virginia State Golf Association
Charlottesville
Richmond
Roanoke
Winchester Golf Club
Hermitage Country Club
Farmington Country Cive
Farmington
L. P. Smithey
Stuart G. Christian
Vontetianence
Cavalier Country Club of
Virginia Beach
Glenwood Golf Association
Board of Governors
Farmington Country Club
Lakeside Country Club
Stonewall
Staunton
The
Country Club of
Virginia
Country Club
Petersburg
Winchester
Hampton Roads
Hampton
Princes Anian
Norfolk
Truxton Manor
Memorial Park
Ocean View
Portsmouth
Monterey Golf Association
Pulaski
Mackay
Reed
Christian
Gordon
Wood
Brooks
Banquet Open House for Bowling League Leaders
In music at Handley High School a number of impromptu speeches from heads of clubs and organizations with bowling teams will be given. Soddy Haines and His Virginians, a local orchestra, will provide rhythm. Special guests include Kiwanis, Lions and Rotary presidents, the American Legion commander, Winchester Mayor Charlies R. Anderson, managers of O Sullivan Rubber Company and Winchester Coca Cola Bottling Works, Northern Virginia Power, and Hendley High principal. Banquet at the hotel starts at 6 45.
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Handley
Soddy Haines
Virginians
Kiwanis Club
Lions Club
Rotary Club
American Legion
Charlies R. Anderson
Winchester
O'Sullivan Rubber Company
Winchester Coca-Cola Bottling Works
Northern Virginia Power Company
Hendley High School
Fort Montgomery chain and West 1178 river obstruction during the Revolution
Two Hudson River obstructions blocked British ships in the Revolutionary War. One crossed near Fort Montgomery in 1776. A second chain stretched at West 1178, creating a second defensive barrier on the river.
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Hudson
Fort Montgomery
West
Clayton Bulwer Pact and its Abrogation by Pauncefote 1902
The Clayton Bulwer treaty aimed to facilitate a Nicaragua canal linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and protect its construction. It was later abrogated by the Pauncefote treaty of 1902, altering the canal project framework between the United States and Britain.
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Nicaragua
Pacific
Front Royal To Play Millwood In Opener Tomorrow
The Front Royal All-Stars begin the 1933 season tomorrow versus Millwood. Dalton Johnson, who won 25 games last year, is nominated to pitch. Expected starters include the McFall brothers, Downing, Simpson, Goodwin, Casarotti, Ball, with Shirey catching. Out-of-town players arrive for trials as Lefty Jewett’s vacancy is filled. Saturday features Randolph-Macon Academy. Sunday hosts the Hagerstown Cabbies. The team aims for a strong season after a three-way state championship tie last year.
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Front Royal
Front Royal All-Stars
Millwood
Dalton Johnson
The
Stars
McFall Brothers
Downing
Simpson
Goodwin
Casarotti
Ball
Shirey
Lefty Jewett
Randolph-Macon Academy
Hagerstown Cabbies
Hagerstown
Woodberry Forest Beats Shenandoah Valley 19 to 8 in Opener
Woodberry Forest opened its schedule at Orange yesterday with a 19 to 8 win over Shenandoah Valley Academy. Captain Haines led Woodberry with a homer a double and two singles in six at bats as Woodberry piled up 16 hits off Lewis. Monsted allowed nine safeties as SVA struggled.
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Woodberry Forest
Orange
Shenandoah Valley Academy of Winchester
Capt. Haines
Woodberry
Lewis
Monsted
Kings and Queens Visit U S In Centennial Echo
A survey of royal visits to America notes Albert of Belgium Dom Pedro I of Brazil Edward VII when Prince of Wales in 1800 Queen Marie of Romania and the king and queen of Siam among those who toured the United States in 1876 1926 and 1931 respectively.
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U. S
America
Albert
Belgium
Dom Pedro I
Emperor
Brazil
Philadelphia
Edward VII
England
Prince of Wales
Queen Marie
Romania
United States
Sing and Queen of
Siam
Views of Woodrow Wilson on Prohibition Through Ella McRae’s Richmond Letter
A Richmond Virginia letter to Kee y of the Women’s Organization for National Prohibition Reform argues that alcohol statistics are often biased, asserts that fewer laws beyond the Ten Commandments suit human nature, and urges reform without strict abstinence. The author cites Woodrow Wilson and Hoover to claim lawlessness is not caused by prohibition and promotes temperance that avoids lawlessness.
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Kee Oy
Women’s Organization For National Prohibition Reform
The
Times-Dispatch
Raskob
Smith
United States
Land of
Baltimore
Maryland
Mr. Hoover
Hoover
Woodrow Wilson
Ella M'Rae
United States WWI Enlistment and David Wallace's Early Life
The United States WWI data show 1,138,718 enlisted and 2,679,848 drafted with ages 18 to 45. Private pay was $30 monthly, overseas $33. Indiana's sixth governor was David Wallace, born April 24, 1799 in Mifflin County Pennsylvania, who moved to Ohio as a youth near Gen. William Henry Harrison.
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United States
Indiana
David Wallace
Mifflin County
Pennsylvania
Ohio
William Henry Harrison
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Neve
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Restorin
Wim
Fergit
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Shenandoah
Woodberry Nine
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Lewis and Stedman
Monsted, Woodlen and MacCorkle
Richmond, Va
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