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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1931
Page
2
Paul Robinson reports the Yangtze flood devastates Hankow Hanyang and Wuchang. John Earl Baker, an American relief veteran, arrives from Shanghai to oversee a damage survey in the three linked cities.
National Association of Motor Bus Operators notes designers have advanced bus comfort and safety beyond autos in many areas and that the public underestimates these improvements.
Local and national sports highlights from The Star column to inform readers of daily results and notable events across teams and venues.
Detroit tops New York 8 to 2 in the series finale with Vic Sorrell limiting the Yankees to seven hits. Dale Alexander clocks two doubles and a single, while Ed Wells yields ten hits. Boston ties for sixth after defeating White Sox 3 to 2 in Chicago.
Chicago defeated Boston 9 to 2 while Chicago 6 Boston 3. heat anal 4 0 Philadelphia St Louis 6 5 New York 5 7 Cincinnati 4 8 Brooklyn 1 3. Second game went ten innings with Chicago at Boston St Louis at New York Cincinnati at Brooklyn Pittsburgh at Philadelphia.
Rochester defeated Baltimore 13 to 7 while Newark beat Buffalo 8 to 4. Jersey City stood 2 to 2 with Montreal as Baltimore hosted Rochester and Newark faced Montreal. Reading played Buffalo in a separate matchup.
The industry cites comfort and safety advances for two billion passengers using motor coach lines. Buses between cities now emphasize reclining seats with heavy springs, quiet rubber tires, and dust-free interiors. Night travel increases with heavily loaded buses and vacation traffic rising due to coach-line improvements.
State-wide Woodmen of the World rally and field day will be held in South Boston Virginia on September 6 and 17. About 2000 members and friends are expected to attend with five degree teams of the uniform rank competing for prizes in field drills and floor work. James W. Gentry of Richmond is general chairman of the field day committee.
The Middletown Grange No. 761 mourns the loss of R Benton Snapp on April 16. Resolutions praise his character and virtues, extend condolences to his family, and note sending copies to the family press and minutes. The message closes with signatories B H Hammond and W M Davison Jr.
A frail recluse named Death meets a fair youth claiming to be his son after a motor stops outside his shed. The visitor seeks to verify rumors about a missing heir and bartered incriminating evidence kept by a distant lady friend. Death remains wary as the exchange unfolds.
Roy Burney confronts a cripple who calls him Death, reveals a hidden son relation, and sets plans in motion with the La movit tribe. The two exit to differing fates as the night and island landscape unfold around them.
Graf Zeppelin completes a flight from Friedrichshafen to England with Dr. Hugh Eckener in command. Twenty two passengers aboard including Mr. and Mrs. Paul Selhne, Americans living in Dresden, mark the first landing on English soil since the war. Weather clouds and wind challenged the approach at Hamworth Rodrome.
An AP survey indicates that at least 30 million people are homeless and about 19 million utterly destitute in the hardest hit four provinces in China. Hankow reports the assessment as of August 18, citing official authorities and a carefully compiled study.
A listing evaluates two vintage vehicles, a 1925 Ford Truck and a 1923 Ford Touring. The sale notes provide basic descriptions and rough valuations for classic car enthusiasts shopping in the era.
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