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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1933
Page
7
Advertisement describes New Fall Pattern 9744 with shoulder epaulets and bent sleeve details. Features sizes 12 to 40, fabric yardage for size 16, and included cutting diagrams. Order Fifteen Cents per pattern, book and pattern twenty five cents, send to Winchester Pattern Department New York.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt will visit CCC camps in the Shenandoah Valley area, touring the North River Gap camp near Lakesville and three Skyline Drive camps as part of a White House motor tour. Senator Byrd and Congressman Robertson will accompany him for the camps inspection. The mayor invites the President to stop in Harrisonburg, but the President requests no official welcome. The North River Gap camp is described as the pride of the local CCC camps, with crews from Virginia. The Skyline Drive works include clearing chestnut trees and building retaining walls under National Park Service supervision. The article notes NRA era policy and beer tax context.
In the American League standings Washington leads with 65 wins and 38 losses followed by New York 63 40 and Philadelphia 51 65. Detroit 52 54 Cleveland 82 57 Chicago 48 56 Boston 46 55 St Louis 42 68. Recent results show Washington beating New York and Boston beating Philadelphia. Today schedules include Washington at New York and Boston at Philadelphia with tomorrow's games listed.
National League standings show New York at 61 42 and 592, Pittsburgh 59 46 562, Chicago 58 47 552, St Louis 66 119, Philadelphia 44 58 431, Brooklyn 42 60 412, Cincinnati 44 63. Yesterday’s games: Chicago 4 St Louis 2, Brooklyn 1 New York 0. Schedule notes list St Louis at Chicago and others.
The City League releases a busy slate from Aug ten to Sept one with games across teams including Ole mers Sunny Side Ball Hawks Lions Indians All Stars Post Office Va Woolen Mill South End and Old Timers. Key matchups include Ball Hawks vs O Timers Aug 23 and All Stars vs Sunny Aug 28.
The South End Indians defeated the Post Office team 21 to 10 in a four game Monday series that mixed baseball and field events. Indians pitcher Royster and batters Seabright Miller and Lunsford led for South End while Snapp Farmer and teammates pitched for the Post Office.
Scouts from Winchester Troops 3 6 7 and 8 returned from Camp Potomac near Falling Waters West Virginia. Land and water events on Day 4 produced medals for winners with M Clowe and C Hayley among top finishers. Visitors numbered 350 plus a river dory ride. Archery, leatherwork, swimming and life saving featured and camp conditions praised by inspectors and leaders. Superintendent William Brown led a successful camp with strong community efforts.
The Great Hagenbeck Wallace Circus comes to Martinsburg West Virginia this Saturday August 12 with Clyde Beatty leading a steel arena of forty lions and tigers. Over 1400 performers occupy three all steel trains for the second largest show, featuring Poodles Hanneford bareback riders and numerous trained animal acts and aerial spectacles.
Famous bridge teacher E V Shepard analyzes a deal showing that with equal 300 percent support for two declarations the same number of tricks will be won at either make. The deal explores bidding, leads, and how 6 odd tricks emerge whether diamonds or hearts or spades serve as trumps.
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