Giants Hold Tight Fight in Final Pennant Push
Giants face pivotal stretch with an 11 game slate against the Cubs and pressure on stars Bartell Castleman and Leslie. Yanks aim to seal the league from the west as McCarthy fields a full outfield for the first time this season with Selkirk back in action. Brooklyn, Philadelphia, and St Louis weather rainouts as Detroit, Boston, and Cleveland pursue late-season aims.
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Hables Palace Tonight Ends Run With The Girl Said No
Irene Hervey and Robert Armstrong star in The Girl Said No at Hables Palace Theatre for final show tonight. A Fox News reel and a novelty supplement accompany the feature.
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Robert Armstrong
Palace Theatre
Fox News
Palace
Jack Haley
Rochelle Hudson
Arthur Treacher
Eugene Pallette
Clergyman Warns America Faces Moral Doom at Bible Conference
Rev. Dr. M. R. De Hann of Grand Rapids told Buffalo’s Inter Denominational Bible Conference that modern 16 year olds know more about sex than previous generations. He warned debauchery of sex and the home’s sanction push America toward doom. He cited forgotten ideas on children as a divine heritage and chastisement for family childlessness.
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N. Y
Michigan
America
M. R. de Hann
Grand Rapids
Mich
Evangelical Park
Farr and Louis Final Training For Championship Bout
New York reports Joe Louis and Tommy Farr nearing their heavyweight title clash. Louis completes six sparring rounds in Pompton Lakes NJ while Farr plans a long session in Long Branch NJ to compensate for a rainout. They arrive in New York to weigh in and prepare for a 15 round limit at Yankee Stadium. Public interest has lagged as gate receipts hover near two hundred thousand dollars with Farr guaranteed sixty thousand.
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New York
Joe Louis
Tommy Farr
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Louis
Pompton Lakes
N. J
Farr
Yankee Stadium
Parr
Bat Boy Tricks Lead to Fluke Hit in Lynchburg Game
In Lynchburg Virginia on Aug 24 Billy Roberson of the Virginia Military Institute faced Ashboro North Carolina in a semipro game. With one out to retire the no hit bid the Ashboro manager sent his 13 year old bat boy to bat. Roberson pitched easy to the boy who ducked and a fluke single resulted.
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Billy Roberson
Virginia Military Institute
Ashboro
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Roberson
Fire Losses Reported by Shenandoah Mutual for 1935–37
The Shenandoah Farmers Home Mutual Fire Insurance Company paid fire and lightning losses totaling $19,847.46 from July 31, 1935, to July 31, 1937. An earlier Star report stating $92,847.46 was incorrect. the Star apologizes for the error.
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Shenandoah Farmers Home Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Star
Local Notices From Armell Brevities Virginia Aug 24
Mrs W A Biggs shopped in Winchester yesterday. Rev J W Bell, ill for some time, is reported improved. The Macedonia yard party for Saturday night was postponed due to rain. Mr John Armel of Mulldale visited his father W L Armel who is slowly improving from illness.
Local Golfers Win Second Flight In Bi-State Play Off
Winchester wins second flight of Bi-State Golf League at Farmington Country Club edging Loudoun County Club 15 to 14. Nelson Page Lester Arnold Philip Fowle and others lead scoring while league officers are elected. First flight and other events noted with upcoming finals and the Governor's Cup.
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Loudoun Country Club
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Opequon
Nelson Page
Lester Arnold
Philip Fowle
Philip Glaize
Edward Goss
Fred L. Glaize
Carl Campbell
Donald Weems
Edward Stone
John Scully
League
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Arnold
Clarke
Farmington
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Clarke Cooper
Ed Buncutter
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4 H Club Camp Closes With Willey Chief Election
Orville B. Willey Jr was elected Big Chief of the annual 4 H Club encampment at White Rock after those in camp awarded leaders for categories such as jolliest camper, best sport and best singer. The closing day featured a picnic and awards as the Indian Clover Leaf reported daily.
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Orville B. Willey, Jr
White Rock
Alice Manuel
Roger Cooper
Harold Larrick
Ellen Brumback
Jake Bowman
Mary Judy
Nancy
William Rickard
Malcolm Brumback
James Garett
Charles Cooper
Jack Cooper
Jane Lanahan
Keith Judy
Indian Clover Leaf Camp Field Day Winners Record
Edited by Miss Virginia Larrick the Indian Clover Leaf issue presents a permanent record of the camp. It lists winners of events in the Field Day Exercises and serves as a commemorative summary for members.
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Ers
Virginia Larrick
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Helen Wills Moody Granted Divorce in Nevada Case
Helen Wills Moody, once top tennis champion, obtained a divorce from Frederick S. Moody Jr. in Carson City after nearly eight years of marriage. The 30 year old plans a brief return to the courts before a trip to New York and London, and says she will enter a Berkeley mixed doubles tournament upon returning.
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Helen Wills Moody
Lake Tahoe
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London
Anne
A We Graneda
Fredericks
Moody, Jr
San Francisco
Carson City
Berkeley
Calif
Robert M. Price
California
Gasoline tax in Virginia reaches record July total
Virginia posted an all time July gasoline tax collection of 1 613 737 84 with 32 270 494 gallons consumed. John Q Rhodes Jr director of the state division of motor vehicles cited tourist traffic as the main factor. Seven month totals reached 9 612 433 14 with 192 103 015 gallons consumed, up from last year.
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Virginia
John Q. Rhodes, Jr
State Division of Motor Vehicles
Rhodes
Old Dominion
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