Rainfall Totals and Averages From Winchester Lab
Present and past rainfall data show yesterday’s 24 hour precipitation as none. April to date 1.83 inches. year to date 6.98 inches. Monthly averages over 26 years from 1913 to 1937 list January 2.59, February 2.00, March 2.95, April 3.25, May 3.60, June 3.63, July 3.37, August 3.77, September 2.36, October 3.21, November 2.30, December 2.33 inches. Average annual rainfall over past 25 years is 35.36 inches. Statistics provided by the Winchester Research Laboratory.
Amazing Collapse of Gas House Gang Shocks Baseball Fans
The St. Louis Cardinals collapse early in the NL race draws strong comment as Dizzy Dean departs the club. Cincinnati and Chicago rally. Yankees, Giants, and Be e s win, while Joe Medwick is out and Gehrig, Gordon power the Yankees in a 5 3 win over Philadelphia. Cleveland stays atop the AL with a 10 6 win as Auker beats St Louis. standings and matchups follow for both leagues.
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Gayle Talbot
Associated Press
St. Louis Cardinals
Yankees
Yanks
Joe Dimaggio
Cardinals
Dizzy Dean
Birds
Dizzy
Frankie Frisch
Joe Medwick
Cincinnati
Curt Davis
Theitcher
Chicago
Reds
Pittsburgh
Tex Carleton
Pirates
Tony Lazzeri
Mel Otto
Jim Ripple
New York Giants
Phillies
Carl Hubbell
Giants
Jim Turner
Boston Bees
Brooklyn
Dodgers
Bees
Buddy Hassett
Philadelphia Athletics
Lou Gehrig
Joe Gordon
Clark Griffith
Washington Senators
Zeke Bonura
Johnny Marcum
Boston
Cleveland
Chicago White Sox
Elden Auker
Detroit
St. Louis Browns
Gehringer
Tigers
Attendance Roll of Honor At Kernstown School
The Kernstown School lists honor roll students by grade for the past month. First Grade names Clyde Miller Robbie Renner Eugene Reynolds Harry Rinker Donald Seabright Alvin Smith Franklin Smith Ellen Crosby Adlaid Netherton Emma Omps. Sixth and Seventh Grades include Catherine Smith Betty Dodson Louise Sager Donald Gruobs Robbie Smallwood Elmer Nixon Eugene Lupton Jack Anderson Margaret Smallwood Eugene Strickler Betty Anderson Gordon Carter. A separate item reports a fatal incident in Chicago involving a 17-year-old Norman after a driver killed the boy's dog and stole the harness.
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Kernstown School
Clyde Miller
Robbie Renner
Eugene Reynolds
Harry Rinker
Donald Seabright
Alvin Smith
Franklin Smith
Ellen Crosby
Adlaid Netherton
Emma Omps
Linwood Dunn
Allen Larrick
Lawrence Smith
Azeal Garrett
Eloise Lupton
Charles Cheshire
Junior Conner
Donny Dodson
Robert Jenkins
Jimmy Miller
Ray Nichieson
William Pugh
Lois Cornwell
Nettie Nichelson
Marie Smith
Donald Boyd
John Cole
Jesse Donald
Curtis Elliot
Frederick Himelright
Charles Newlin
Eugene Snapp
Willard Spillman
June Cammer
Nancy Dodhon
June Grubbs
Josephine Jenkins
Elsie Rinker
Kenneth Cammer
Wade Dunn
Meredith Himelright
Beverly Jakimier
Robert Lamp
Douglas Ritter
Richard Stine
Anna Marie Cur
Elizabeth Grove
Ruth Kline
Christmas Seals for Tuberculosis Fight Sold Nationwide
Next winter's Christmas Seals are already ordered. About 98,000 seals were distributed in Virginia last year, yielding a income of 1 million dollars. The seals feature a Victorian candle lighting scene by Lloyd Coe of New York and portraits of Trudeau, Koch, Laennec, and Holbet in the four corner designs highlighting tuberculosis control efforts worldwide.
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Jane
Rees
Lloyd Coe
New York
Trudeau
Koch
Laenneo
Holbert
Mortality Gap: Virginia Men Show Higher Death Rates
The Virginia State Health bulletin reports male death rates surpass female rates across major causes. In 1936, 14.3 deaths per 1000 for males vs 11.9 for females. diabetes, cancer and other factors influence long life gaps. White and colored populations show similar sex-based longevity differences, with women living longer.
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Virginia
State Department of Health
Lemke Receives Loan Back After Chicago Grocery Help
Congressman William Lemke reports a stranger he aided at a Chicago depot repaid the loan with interest. Lemke bought $3.45 worth of groceries for the man who asked for four bits to feed himself and later sent back $1.55 as a thank you.
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Fargo
N.D
William Lemke
Lemke
Chicago
Warren County H. Builds Fifth Straight League Win Over Strasburg
Warren County High School remained atop the Valley League by beating Strasburg 10 to 5. Mathews pitched seven hits and five walks allowed. Marchi and Burke added triples as Warren County extended its winning streak to five games.
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Middletown
Woodstock
Warren County
Boyce
Strasburg
Stephens City
Bayoodstock
Don Borden
Warren High
Foster
Clarke
Front Royal
Mathews
Marchi
Burke
Handley School Honors Roll Names Grade 4 5 6 Students
Handley High School elementary grades list honor roll honorees for the past month. Grade 4 includes Charles Hartley Johnny Wheeler Rosalie Brown Thelma Weakley Virginia Schrader Frank Duckworth Bobby Edwards Donald Sartelle Jimmy Saxe Blair Webber Martha Arnold Barbara Bond Nancy Butler Peggy Chapman Jacquelin Eagle Massie Hawthorne Helen Kaknis Ellen Largent Elizabeth Lichliter Jamey Lupton Betty Roche Leigh Rosenberger Mary Sencindiver Kertha Shirkey Georgia Whitlock. Grade 5 includes Jean Hoover Jack Lewis Edward Clark Peyton Marshall Johnny Moling John Mudd Hewitt Parsons Tom Pollard Dan Saxe Betty Bickers Helen Boyd Terry Copenhaver Margaret Haymaker Mary C Miller Janet Nixon. Grade 6 lists Allen Harmon Jeanne Armel Dorothy Barnes Virginia Goss Jane Henshall Given Lindstrom Janet Lovett Evelyn Rusk Isabelle Sheetz Frank Butsler Jesse Richardson Phyllis Cain Courtney Fauver Mary Ellen Fienner Mildred Jenkins June Stultz Lucile Weaver Horace McInturff.
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Handley High School
Charles Hartley
Johnny Wheeler
Rosalie Brown
Thelma Weakley
Virginia Schrader
Frank Duckworth
Bobby Edwards
Donald Sartelle
Jimmy Saxe
Blair Webber
Martha Arnold
Barbara Bond
Nancy Butler
Peggy Chapman
Jacquelin Eagle
Massie Hawthorne
Helen Kaknis
Ellen Largent
Elizabeth Lichliter
Jamey Lupton
Betty J. Roche
Leigh Rosenberg
Czechs Face Demands Threatening Independence
In a harsh ultimatum from Nazi leader Konrad Henlein and growing nationalist pressures, Czechoslovakia may be forced to choose between dismemberment or self-destruction. Hungarian and Polish autonomy movements add to the crisis as France and Russia offer little aid, leaving Prague pressed to defend independence alone.
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New York
Czechoslovakia
Konrad Henlein
Henlein
Berlin
Hungarian Revision League
Budapest
Slovakia
Hungary
Praha
France
Russia
Ryden Posts Low 75 At Winchester Golf Club
Roy Ryden shot a 75 to lead a recent Winchester Golf Club handicap contest. Kerlin and John Scully followed with 82s, while Scully and Wendell B. Goode tied for honors with a net 70. No tournaments are set this weekend because of the Apple Blossom Festival. play resumes mid May.
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Roy Ryden
Winchester Golf Club
Eying Kerlin
John Scully
Wendell B. Goode
Mr. Ryden
Decline in Turkey Eater Ratios Since 1890s
A Bureau of Agricultural Economics report compares past and present turkey production. In 1890 growers provided one turkey for every five people, while in 1936 the rate dropped to one turkey per six persons. Diseases like blackhead reduced output for years until control methods were found.
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Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Habie's Palace Stage Show Arrives in Winchester
Habie's Palace Theatre brings Apple B stage show with eight acts led by the Lee sisters Billy Ray and Kay Mystic Plato and Co Mason and Johnson and Jordan and Grace. Admission matinee and night 15c for children 35c for adults. Feature Wednesday is Kent Taylor and Fay Wray in The Juries Secret.
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Habie’s Palace Theatre
Apple
Distress Signal Circles Snow Show Susitna Settlement
Anchorage report notes a brush circle on snow signaling distress. Pilot Gordon McKenzie flew over Susitna Isola settlement and landed. A trader exchanged raean for cod liver oil and facial cream, and had a letter to mail.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Gordon McKenzie
Susitna
McKenzie
Raean
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Longheel Base
Virginia Motor CO
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Bicker’ S Used Car Lot
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Handley School
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Chapman Motor CO
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Miller & Anderson
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Dodger
Florenc
Table Top
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Winchester Furniture CO
South Main St
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S. Braddock St
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