Park Tennis Quarter Finals Set After Second Round
The Park Tennis Tournament heads to the quarter finals with A Division players Baker Lindsey Robinson Page Glaize and McCormick advancing. In B Division Shiner Morse Dowdy and Robinson Jr moved on. Matches run Saturday Sunday and Monday if needed with semis and final slated for Monday night.
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Wayne
Detroit Triplets Set City Record Across Three Births
Detroit reports a new city record with three sets of triplets born in one year and all surviving. The latest birth is to Mrs. Veda Thomas, making twelve triplet births in Detroit over the past decade. Shown are the Thomas trio, the Dey trio, and the O Dowd trio.
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Veda Thomas
Thomas
Theodore Dey
Catherine O'Dowd
Fay Wins Prize at West Virginia Golf Tourney
Logan R. Fay captured the low cross in section B as West Virginia golfers edged by Virginia on a course set amid the WV mountains. The superb fairways and greens made the event a privilege and delight. Next year's tournament will be held at the.
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Virginia
Fay
Logan R. Fay
Daily Cross Word Puzzle Across 1 A Tree 21 Mischievous
Puzzle clues read like a jumble of phrases with numbers and partial words. It lists across clues such as 1 A tree and 21 Mischievous with many garbled fragments suggesting a flood of intersecting entries and missing letters.
Virginia Senior Golf Association Board Members Named
Dr. Robert C. Bryan of Richmond is president with P. M Snyder of Mount Hope and C. B. Cole of Roanoke as vice presidents. J. L. Bumgardner of Beckley serves as secretary treasurer. Governing board includes E. D. Hotchkiss Jr of Richmond, E. W. Poindexter Jr of Roanoke, Hollie Rinehart of Charlottesville, Angus MacDonald of Charleston, J. H. Meek of Huntington, J. A. Bloch of Wheeling, and R. S. Spilman of Charleston.
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Roanoke
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Body Found After Highway Attack and Killing
A Covington sheriff’s party discovers the body of Gooden submerged in a drainage ditch after being dragged from a car by masked assailants. Six empty cartridge cases are found on a bridge between Brighton and Mason, Tennessee, with the victim shot multiple times.
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Tipton County Lynching Suspect in Isolated Spot
A mob killed a Black man in Tipton county using the sheriff's pistol. He died near a secluded cotton field by a creek with no witnesses. Sheriff Vaughan promised pursuit. grand jury and Circuit Judge Baptist were to convene for an immediate investigation.
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Winchester Ordinance Creates Police Commissioner Role
The ordinance designates the Mayor as Police Commissioner and centralizes department oversight with the Chief of Police reporting to the Mayor. Council retains ultimate control, with confirmation of the Chief and a three member appeals committee. Police training and a merit system are planned before full implementation.
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Police Chief Appointment and Accountability Provisions
The Police Commissioner may appoint a Chief of Police for an indefinite term subject to removal for misconduct or inefficiency. The appointment requires Council confirmation by open vote, with a process for rejection and replacement until confirmed. The Chief can be investigated by a three-member Council-appointed committee and may appeal removal. The Chief enforces department regulations, sets officer numbers on merit, and suspensions or dismissals require written action. All orders go through the Chief, and records of personnel actions are maintained in writing.
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Ordinance Provisions On Budget and Purchases Repealed
The ordinance details annual department budgeting by the Commissioner for review by the Police and Traffic Committee and council. It requires Police Department purchases to follow the city purchasing system on police orders. It repeals conflicting ordinances and preserves remaining sections if any part is unconstitutional.
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King Concludes Arrangements To Buy Supplies
Vienna reports Chinese foreign minister Dr H H King has arranged with Skoda for about 50 million dollars in commercial credit to buy industrial goods in Czechoslovakia. King spent the morning shopping in Austrian plants for shells airplanes and gas masks and sources say orders will boost munition factories.
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United States
District Racing Bill Not Certain
Senator Reynolds predicts an unfavorable report on a bill to permit pari mutuel horse racing in the District of Columbia. He expects the full committee decision may be close and notes the full District committee may not reconvene if Congress adjourns this week.
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Colored Team Is Surging Ahead
The Winchester All-Stars color ed baseball team has won three straight games including an 8-1 victory over the Front Royal White Sox at the Fairgrounds on Sunday.
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Bank officers to attend Shenandoah banquet
The meeting of third group officers will be followed by a clearing house banquet at 6 30 p m with H H Cooley cashier Round Hill National Bank presiding. Officers and directors from banks in Shenandoah Clarke and Frederick counties are expected to attend, with Arthur G Lynn comptroller Hamilton National Bank of Washington addressing.
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Virginia Auction Sale of 81 Acre Farm Near Brucetown
Special commissioners announce a public auction of 81 acres near Brucetown Frederick County Virginia on Saturday August 28 1937 at eleven o clock in the county courthouse area. Terms require one third cash with balance in two equal annual installments secured by deed and fire insurance with interest at six percent per year.
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M. M. Lynch
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Browning Daughters Battle Over Million Estate in New York Surrogate Court
In New York surrogate court two adopted daughters of Edward W Browning contend over a four million dollar estate. Marjorie Herbst Browning sues to seize a million from Dorothy Sunshine Browning Hood as the dispute unfolds amid the fortune visibility.
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Rebellion of Mohammedan Kurds Against France in Syria
A map shows the revolt against French rule in Syria by Mohammedan Kurds. France responds with bombing planes and motorized infantry to suppress the uprising.
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Syria
France
Central Press
Will Rogers and the Barnyard Escape Tale
A New York sports writer recalls a Will Rogers story about an aged, nearly blind Black man hiding in a farmer’s barn. The farmer, armed and ready, corners him, and the man grins with a quip about the farmer’s great getting. The tale blends humor and pathos from American features.
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American News Features, Inc
Spanish Captain Claims Italians Torpedoed Ship
The Spanish steamer Conde De Abasolo was torpedoed by an Italian destroyer off Pantelleria between Sicily and Tunisia. Several crew members were killed and 17 others missing. The captain and 23 crew were rescued by the British steamer City of Wellington and landed at Algiers. The torpedo hit the engine room Thursday night, with survivors picked up the next morning.
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Coroner Finds Doctor Suicided In Maryland
Bel Air Maryland August 17 a coroner s jury ruled that Dr Armin Greenhut convicted of statuary attack on a 13 year old girl died by taking poison unknown source to the jury The jury cleared Sheriff Granville C Boyle of laxity in guarding the foreign born physician who was found dead in his cell hours after conviction Every precaution that was possible to be taken was taken by the sheriff.
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Armin Greenhut
Granville C. Boyle
Charity worker Teresa Donohue dies in New York
Teresa Donohue a noted Catholic charity worker in New York died after a long illness. She and her mother helped form the Associated Catholic Charities in 1902 with Donohue serving as first secretary and her mother as first president. She was decorated by Pope Pius XI with the pro ecclesia et pontifice medal two years earlier for fifty years of charitable work.
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