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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1935
Page
9
Chicago teams hover near the leaders as the Cubs and White Sox chase wins and the pennant. Cubs split a doubleheader with Pittsburgh 4-2 and 5-6, ending an 11-game streak. White Sox rally past Cleveland 6-4 while Detroit gains on New York with a 9-3 win.
Edward Everett Horton and Karen Morley star in $10 Raise at Hobie's Palace for the last times tonight. A Fox News and Dumb Luck double feature and Champagne for Breakfast with Law of the Wild follow, plus vaudeville on screen and a Rin Tin Tin Jr. cartoon.
A dramatic Paramount release follows a man who builds a financial empire then risks it all for love. Loretta Young and Charles Boyer star as destiny pulls him from the gutters of Shanghai to its glittering pinnacle.
In Millwood Virginia the Blue Ridge Country Club pool closure shifted energy to tennis and golf events. Mary Burchard and Richard Wilmer Jr won the tennis final over Virginia Jacobs and Charles Burwell, while a Scotch foursome handicap golf tournament drew Berryville Richmond and local players. Numerous social visits, dinners, and a watermelon feast followed at the country club and nearby homes as residents attended weddings, travels, and family news.
Yesterday's results feature Wes Ferrell fueling the Red Sox with two homers and four RBIs against the Senators, Hank Greenberg driving in three for the Tigers, and White Sox hitters collecting three hits each off Mel Harder. Roy Henshaw and Ralph Birkofer held rivals, Sam Leslie and Fred Frankhouse sparked Dodgers and Braves in openers, John Moore and Dolph Camilli led Phillies with multi homer day, and Billy Sullivan's pinch hit gave the Reds a 4-3 win over the Cardinals.
A recap of notable past athletic feats includes Bill Bon sharing a world record for three-quarters of a mile with a 3 00.8 time. Three years earlier Eddie Tolan and Ralph Metcalfe swept the Olympic 100 meters, Robert Tisdall of Ireland won the 400 meter hurdles, and Pat O Callaghan claimed the hammer. Five years back Sidney Wood defeated Ellsworth Vines 6 2 6 2 6 0 in the Sea Bright invitation tennis final.
Rep Randolph proposes routing the national boulevard from Washington to Gettysburg via the Antietam battlefield and Harper's Ferry West Virginia. The route would travel along the Potomac to Seneca Ferry and then northward.
The Shenandoah Valley’s old resort hotels and springs are thriving after highway improvements and hotel modernizations. Visitors flock to Williamsport Harper’s Ferry Panorama Skyland Natural Bridge and Caverns at Luray and Mt. Jackson’s Shenandoah Caverns, with Luray Caverns Endless Caverns and Orkney Springs among popular stops.
The route describes Skyline Drive and Blue Ridge scenery from Harrisonburg to Roanoke with Massanetta Springs Rawley Springs and Skyline entrance. It notes Fairway Tavern Waynesboro Afton Homestead Hotel Virginia Hot Springs and Goshen Pass near Lexington. Travel options include Greyhound buses and Norfolk and Western trains.
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