Staunton Armory Tabled as Council Deadlock Ends
The Staunton armory proposal was tabled indefinitely after a deadlock split between pro and con sides. Councilman Grubert sent a proxy from his Clifton hospital bed requesting minutes inclusion. The measure to proceed with sewer and disposal projects passed, with allocations and new funding plans adjusting totals to about 295000 for trunk line and disposal plant.
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Curry
Grubert
Chesa and
Ohio Hospital
Clifton
Carter
Anated
George A. Cottrell
Jesse Bratton
George B. Tullidge
Brubert
Uncilman Tullidge
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Public Works Administration
Cottrell
H. E. Baylor
Engi
PWA
Brandenburg Off On Return Flight
New York August 13 German airliner Brandenburg took off from Floyd Bennett Field at 8 02 a m EST for its return to Berlin. Capt Alfred Henke said the ship would fly a great circle route and land in about 20 hours. About 1000 people saw the departure as the aircraft circled the field. Weather was clear with rain expected later.
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New York
Germany
Branden
Lloyd Bennett Field
Berlin
Alfred Henke
Ferrell Release Won't Spur Washington Senators Rally
SID FEDER reports the Washington Senators face little impact from Wesley Ferrell's unconditional release as the club relies on veteran hitters and pitching like Dutch Leonard and Harry Kelley. Washington, chasing a top spot, continues to battle despite older core players and a strong Yankees lineup gaining ground.
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Associated Press
Wesley
Prima Donna
Harry Kelley
Nats
Connie Mack
Old Fox Clark Griffith
Boy Wonder
Harris
al Simmons
Zeke Bonura
Washington
Ossie Bluege
Yankees
Round-Up Sports Round-Up Sports
Gun nar Barlund learned English via daily cinema turns. Connie Mack hints Mickey Cochrane may not fit 1939 Athletics plans. North Carolina righty may surface at Ebbets Field. Mel Ott tops Cubs for third in all star cereal contest. Gallery offered Armstrong $60,000 or 40 percent gate for bout with Garcia. Mead declined. Mead and Armstrong want no part of Garcia. Jacobs aims for October bout. Hymie Chaplin's NY stable on coast with Ambers looming weight issues. Redicl Bill Terry plans winter shopping. Michigan Boxing Commission bars Kearns and Adamic, Chicago dispute. Sal Gliatto pitched 1-0 win over Tulsa with two hits, both runners erased by DP.
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Mickey Cochrane
Athletics
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Denver
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Stan Hack
Cubs
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Los Angeles
Henry Armstrong
Ceferino Garcia
Eddie Mead
Mead
Armstrong
Mike Jacobs
S. Noble
Lake Tahoe
Cal
Hymie Chaplin
Ambers
Redic
Bill Terry
Michigan Boxing Commission
Illinois
Jack Kearns
Jimmy Adamic
Chicago
Boston Bees
Sal Gliatto
Dallas
Stengel and College Feuds and Baseball Bits
Stengel notes Galento ready in January while Marshall College fans press West Virginia for a game. A Roanoke pitcher is hit on the head but tags a runner. Vance Page and Red Tabor move in as Cubs and Red Sox slump. Eric Tipton tops the bi state league as scouts eye the Duke star. Ty Cobb retired after 1928, thriving on the coast.
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Roy Hawley
Marshall
Harley
Roanoke
American Association
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Vance Page
Indianapolis
Red Sox
Red Tabor
Minneapolis
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Duke
Washington Senators
Eric
L. N
New Orleans
Ty Cobb
Round Hill 4-H Club Plans County Council Visit
The Round Hill 4-H Club met August 11 in regular session at the church. They invited the County Council to meet September 1 at Mr and Mrs Newton Cather’s home. Members Mary Gay Marker Richard Cather and Donald Anderson will attend the county 4-H Club camp at White Rock West Virginia next week. Delegates returning from Blacksburg reported several items of interest.
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Newton Cather
Mary Gay Marker
Richard Cather
Donald Anderson
White Rock
W. Wva
Blacksburg
Fleet Plans To Hold Maneuvers In North Atlantic
The U S fleet of about 150 ships and 400 aircraft will depart from its San Pedro San Diego base January 4 for a five month North Atlantic cruise. New vessels will join in the Caribbean West Indies for major war games into February. After Guantanamo Bay training in March and April the fleet will visit New York for three weeks around April 29 then sail to San Francisco for the Golden Gate Exposition.
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Calif
United States
San Pedro-San Diego
North Atlantic
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Caribbean-West Indies
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Cuba
New York
San Francisco
Spider J J Whitacre Exhibits Odd Creature at Kent Cork
J J Whitacre displayed a large spider with unusually long slender legs at The Star office after finding it near the Kent and Cork streets intersection.
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J. J. Whitacre
Star Office
Kent and
Cork Streets
Pays With Life For A Slaying In Baltimore
Richard Hammond aged 31 was executed by hanging for the year old murder of Mrs Edith Millman of Baltimore. He killed her after entering her second floor bedroom and striking her with a candlestick causing a fatal skull fracture. Hammond was condemned by Judge Eugene O Dunne and died at 12 14 a m after a 12 07 execution.
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Richard Hammond
Edith Milan
Hammond
Millman
Eugene O’dunne
Middies Return To Home Shores From European Cruise
Seven hundred United States Naval Academy midshipmen return from a six week European cruise aboard the battleships Wyoming and Texas. They were feted in Paris Copenhagen and London and will stay in New York four days before heading to Annapolis for their annual September leave.
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European
United States Naval Academy
Wyoming
Texas
Paris
Copenhagen
London
Annapolis
All Stars to Play Sunday at the Winchester Fair Grounds
The Winchester All Stars meet Gerrardstown West Virginia on Sunday in a double header at the fair grounds with first game at 2 o clock. A Bunker Hill softball game follows at 1 pm. Admission to both events is free.
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Winchester All Stars
Gerrardstown West Virginians
All Stars
Bunker Hill
Winchester
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