Yankees Adopt Simple Method of Knocking Off Closest Rivals
Yankees win big to widen AL lead as Gehrig drives 11-7 win over Indians. Red Sox beat White Sox 7-3 while Tigers, Browns and Cubs post victories. Dizzy Dean and Grove anchor notable performances. Giants, Dodgers, and Phillies shuffle in NL action.
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Johnny Moore
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Bees
Tennis Matches Tomorrow at Winchester Golf Club
Tennis fans will enjoy an afternoon of entertainment tomorrow as Winchester Golf Club teams face Mount Jackson on local courts at 1 30. The men play five singles and two doubles with Dr Leon Slavin noting two singles and one doubles for the women. Men's players include K Robinson Dr Slavin Woody Glaize Pete Dunning Bob Riley and Fred Sturm. Women players are Misses Emma Gina Baker and Betsy Rice.
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Farm Prices Reached New Highs Amid Drought and Rain
North America drought and Europe rains push major farm commodities to a six year peak. Wheat tops $1.14 a bushel in Chicago with world prices above the dollar mark. Corn, rye, oats, barley also hit 1936 highs as eggs butter potatoes cheese lard and soybeans rise. Forecasters expect continued heat in the North Central States while European rains slow harvests. Traders compare the run up to World War era gains and note Canada and Argentina may see smaller crops than expected.
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A Darkys Lament I Has Got Tribulations
Wilmer F. Shryock recounts domestic strain as his wife’s kin crowd in with long sermons and bragging of youth. He laments the inlaws invading his home and nerves, venturing along the river to escape, wondering why kin must stay.
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Wilmer F. Shryock
Roosevelt Urges Frank Dealing With Canada On Visit
President Roosevelt in Quebec called for frank dealing and a spirit of give and take to solve global problems. He spoke on Dufferin Terrace with Canadian officials including Lord Tweedsmuir and Premier Mackenzie King present, as a 21 gun salute sounded. He noted the reciprocal trade pact as evidence of neighborly cooperation and discussed hydroelectric projects in Passamaquoddy Bay and the St Lawrence. Roosevelt rejected reports that Canada would treat him as a foreign ruler, stressing shared democracy and common institutions.
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Canada
British Empire
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To Hold Clinic For The Crippled
Dr. Robert V. Funsten of University of Virginia Hospital will conduct a clinic at the District Nurse Association for cripples. Saturday August 8 starting at 9 am. The event invites young people with deformities that may be corrected by operations or other treatments to attend and receive expert advice.
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University of Virginia Hospital
District Nurse Association For Cripples
Funsten
Tested Cook Book Offered By The Star
Our Washington Information Bureau will send you a modern and practical cook book. EVERYBODY'S COOK BOOK offers nearly 300 recipes with complete menus for any occasion. Available only through the Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau, sixty four pages indexed with durable cover. Includes sections on table setting smart service marketing advice and cooking timetables. Postpaid copy for 15 cents plus handling. Use This Coupon.
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Deadline Set for Shenandoah Park Concessions Bid
National Park Service officials announced a Monday deadline for John B. Bauserman of Woodstock Virginia to meet financial conditions to qualify for the Shenandoah National Park concessions contract. The plan calls for seven cabin colonies and picnic grounds along Skyline Drive with a potential $1,750,000 development cap over a 20 year term.
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Swift Run Gap
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Boucher Returns To Warner Bros Met Theatre Baltimore
Warner Brothers Circuit Management announces Frank Boucher, former local theatre manager, has returned after fourteen months away and now heads Warner's Metropolitan Theatre in Baltimore. Boucher previously operated Capitol and Colonial theatres in Winchester for Universal and Warner’s, then led Warner's Maryland and Colonial Theatres in Hagerstown. He later joined Dominion Theatres, working in Lynchburg and Charlottesville, with a prior interim role at Grace Fisher Theatres in Cumberland Maryland before this latest appointment.
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Foreigners Narrow Escape From Bombardment Reported
Washington July 31 states that 92 foreigners barely escaped an aerial bombardment at Palma in the Balearic Islands and the evacuation of Americans wishing to leave Madrid was organized by the State Department. The evacuees were saved from a rain of bombs at Palma, a new war theater in the rebellion, and many believed to be Americans.
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Roosevelt signs funds for Yorktown hotel site purchase
National Park Service reports an executive order by President Roosevelt to provide 187 500 dollars for the Federal acquisition of the Yorktown Hotel site to complete the Yorktown Battlefield area of the Colonial National Historical Park. The abandoned hotel framework will be razed after acquisition. Funds were transferred from relief pot liquidating now.
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Elks Beat Northern Virginia to Tie for First
The Elks routed Northern Virginia Power 21 to 5 to pull even for first place. Eight runs in the first inning plus three in the second and four in the third fueled the big victory, while the sixth inning was the only frame without a Elks hit. Bean hit a home run for the losers as Newell of O Sullivan rubber collected a long ball for the victors.
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Northern Virginia Power Company
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Lions Club
O’sullivan Rubber Company
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O'Sullivan
West goes down in six hearts with premature play
Bridge analysis of a deal where West doubled in six hearts and failed to reach a small slam. The article discusses two winning lines for clubs including a backwards finesse and a standard club finesse, plus ruffing ideas and discarding strategies to secure the slam.
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Hearts
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North
Meditations On The Bible Growth In Hard Times
A devotional reflection on Jesus teaching the parable of the sower from Matthew 13. It urges quiet, unseen growth, trusting God to transform circumstances into growth, and asks daily prayers for fruitfulness through the Holy Spirit, ending with a Bible reading reference and the author Rev. C. E. Seastrunk.
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Jesus
C. E. Seastrunk
Judgment Day Here Asks No Distant Dawn
Poem by Wilmer F. Shryock asserts Judgment Day is present, not distant, urging clear thinking about fate and accountability.
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Wilmer F. Shryock
Nightingale portrait for Capitol Theatre film
Kay Francis stars in The White Angel at Capitol Monday. Florence Nightingale study photo caption frames the English girl adored by soldiers and those who felt the war’s call.
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Florence Nightingale
Capitol Theatre
Ady
Lightning Kills Valuable Cattle in Virginia Farm Losses
In Warrenton Virginia on August 1 seventeen head of valuable cattle were struck down by lightning. Trial Justice B Richards Glascock of Warrenton reported ten cattle died on his Clover Hill Farm and L Lake Triplett of Marshall a member of the House of Delegates seven steers perished. The carcasses were found lying on their backs with all four feet in the air.
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Clover Hill
L. Lake Triplett
Marshall
House of Delegates
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