Park Tennis Second Round Pairings Announced Amid Defaults
The Park Tournament resumes with two sections A and B. Pairings include Robinson vs Brecken and Van Meter vs Strum in A, plus Whitham vs Yeakle and Dunn vs Ander in B. Officials note many matches will be close and urge prompt scheduling to complete by Thursday September 1.
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Whitham
F. Yeakle
R. T
B. Baker
J. Sale
Blois
B. Barrett
G. Dunn
J. Ander
R. Carpenter
B. Beverley
Old
Wm. Clevenger
S .Robinson
H. B. McCormac
Vic Wheeler
McCormac
R. Eddy
W P A Handicraft Exhibit In Winchester This Week
The W P A project helps unemployed women learn crafts producing hand woven coverlets homespun bath mats and rugs. The exhibit runs Wednesday August 31 8 30 to 12 00 and 1 00 to 3 30 and 8 to 9 that night then Thursday September 1 8 30 to 12 00 and 1 00 to 4 30 in the old American Legion Building on North Main Street near Shenandoah Valley Bank.
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Winchester
American Legion
North Main Street
Shenandoah Valley Bank
McNutt and German Diplomat Confer in Manila
McNutt United States high commissioner and German Consul General Sakowsky held a 15 minute secret meeting in Manila. McNutt refused to comment on reports of discussions with Washington authorities but Sakowsky said the talks concerned a diplomatic matter between the United States and his Manila office.
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Manila
Paul V. McNutt
United States
Sakowsky
McNutt
State Department
Washington
Hearings Held In Liquor Case At Round Hill Cemetery
Mrs Bertie Smith faced police court on illegal liquor charges after police and ABC board investigators found liquor in a sack at Round Hill cemetery. Smith was acquitted. her daughter Mrs Ethel Stanley received a $50 fine plus costs and two months in jail, with an appeal noted. Additional sentences included Leon Brannon on possession and interdiction violations, and Evelyn M Haines with a case continued to September 12.
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Smith
United States
Harry R. Kern
Bertie Smith
Ethel Stanley
Mrs. Stanley
Round Hill
Leon Brannon
East Kern Street
Evelyn M. Haines
Eighteen County School Bus Drivers Reappointed for 1938-39
Frederick county school bus drivers who served last year will continue in the same capacity for the 1938-39 session. Eighteen drivers are listed, including William Grove of Kernstown, Raymond L. Long of Middletown, Harry Warren of Stephens City, and Mrs Hoye De Haven of Winchester. The eighteenth driver, L. E. Cornell, operates a county owned bus.
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Frederick County
Leslie D Kline
Guy Smith
Winchester
W. R. Berryhill
Gore
Raymond L. Long
Middletown
Harry Warren
Stephens City
A. D. Davis
William Grove
Kernstown
Herbert Fries
Grimes
Robert Kremer
C. B. Dawson
N. B. Fout
Opequon
M. K. Sandy
Clinton Johnson
Cross Junction
E. O. Stotler
Good
W. Va
Jas. Adams
Gainesboro
Paul Luttrell
I. S. MclIiwee
Star Tannery
Two Authorized To Make It Hot
Coroner Charles Hersch said only Warden William Mills and Deputy Warden Frank Craven could order steam heat in the punishment cell block where four convicts suffocated. He did not state that either official gave permission.
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Philadelphia
Charles H. Hersch
William, B Mills
Frank Craven
Philadelphia County
Veterans vote Van Antwerp National Commander at VFW encampment
The Milwaukee Brewers defeated Winchester Park Nine before adjourning their 38th annual encampment in Columbus Ohio Veterans of Foreign Wars elected Major Eugene I Van Antwerp of Detroit as new national commander by unanimous vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United
Treasury Order Held Not Legal
Senate committee chair Robert Sheppard questions the legality of Treasury employees making voluntary political contributions under Morganthau's 1930s instructions. He cites California internal revenue staff violations and plans to renew inquiries, including Maryland reports on Magruder pressuring staff to back Lewis over Tydings.
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Washington
Sheppard
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Treasury
Orgenthau
Leppard
Morgnthau
Morganthau
Treasury Department
California
Internal Revenue
McAdoo
Dcalif
Maryland
J. Hampton Magruder
David J. Lewis
Millard F Tydings
Magruder
Internal Revenue Department
Lewis
New Case For Investigation By Prison Officials
The coroner's office opened an inquiry into how Delaware county inmate Walter Collins sustained injuries leading to his death at Philadelphia General Hospital. Hospital officials report he was paralyzed on admission and had head and leg bruises after being sent from Media prison on vagrancy charges. Deputy Warden George McCullough noted Collins was sent to the hospital after the prison physician deemed him a mental case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Delaware County
Philadelphia General Hospital
William G.turnbull
Walter Collins
Collins
Media
George McCullough
Mrs Rachel D Orndorff Dies After Stroke at 85
Mrs Rachel D Orndorff wife of William R Orndorff died after a week long illness from a stroke at her home 19 West Cork Street She was 85 born November 8 1853 in Frederick County She and her husband moved to Winchester nine years ago and resided with her sister Mrs James Anderson Funeral from the home at 3 pm tomorrow conducted by Rev Carl Honeycut Grace Lutheran Interment Mount Hebron Cemetery Pallbearers listed including Dr A D Henkel and Robert S Bell
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Rachel D. Orndorff
William R. Orndorff
West
Cork Street
Orndorff
Frederick County
Abram S
Elizabeth Himelright Cooper
Winchester
James Anderson
West Cork Street
Carl Honeycut
Grace Lutherance
Mount Hebron
A. D. Henkel
C. Glaize
Elmer Lamp
Charles Fries
Branson Myers
Robert S. Bell
Youth Echoes in Texas Runoff Victory Sweep
About 900000 voters backed a youthful surge in Texas runoff politics led by 25-year-old Lindley Beckworth who ousted W D McFarlane from Congress and helped Ed Gossett rise from oil field beginnings to district attorney. The vote also spanked O Daniel’s lieutenants and swept aside New Deal favorite Maury Maverick and Morgan Sanders in key districts.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
W. Lee O’daniel
Congress
W. D. McFarlane
Ed. Gossett
Lindley Beckworth
Brady Gentry
Roosevelt
McFarland
Maury Maverick
San Antonio
New Deal
Morgan Sanders
Canton
Wal lace Robinson’s whisker printing sparks Woodward rodeo ads
Wallace Robinson of Woodward Oklahoma a printer at heart and rodeo fan devised a novel advertising stunt for the annual Woodward rodeo. A barber used his razor as a sign painter would his brush to apply a whisker print style ad.
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Wallace Robinson
Woodward
Okla
Robinson
Morgenthau Finds France Prosperous After Riviera Visit
Secretary Morgenthau returned from a month in the French Riviera saying France shows prosperity with strong hotel and crop reports. He declined discussing war debts or currency matters and noted no offers were made regarding war debts as he heads back to Washington for quarter four financing. Jules Bache added that Europe may not see immediate relief, despite hopes for better times.
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Morgenthau
France
Banker Bache
New York
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Normandie
Jules Bache
Europe
Bache
Dies to address on un American activities inquiry radio forum
Rep. Martin L Dies of Texas, chairman of the House committee probing un American activities, will speak on the Radio Forum Hour at 9 30 tonight on NBC blue network WEAF CBS listings include Orson Welles Wayne King and Gene Krupa performances with multiple time slots across WEAF WABC and WJZ stations through the evening and into Tuesday highlights.
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New YK
NBC Blue
Martin L. Dies
Texas
House
Rep. Dies
WEAF
NBC
Nova Scotia
Margaret Speaks
Grant Park
Chicago
Clyde Lucas
WABC
CBS
Orson Welles
Mercury Theater
Federation of Women’s Clubs
Ma Perkins
Paul Martin
Columbia
WJZ
Jerry Sears
National Farm and Home Hour
Rakov’s
Three R s Soon To Be The Order Of Day In The County
Frederick county students will begin the new term with the Three R s as the focus. Preliminaries start September 14 as the Frederick County Teachers Association holds its first meeting. Orville Wake of Middletown High School serves as president. Total enrollment last year was about 2 700 with some dropouts. class work starts September 15 and towns may see less crowding at smaller schools.
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Frederick County
Frederick County Teachers’ Association
Orville Wake
Middletown High School
Teachers’ Association
Large Credit Push Aims to Ease Loan Jam
The article explains banks will convert idle money into earnings assets while the Treasury injects 1.4 billion into cash reserves and the Federal Reserve adds 750 million by easing reserve requirements. Deposits rise as federal spending grows, but a 2 billion open market borrowing, starting September 15, will drain idle funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Federal Reserve Board
President Roosevelt to Speak in Denton on Labor Day
Denton Md prepares for the first presidential visit since Andrew Jackson as officials learn Roosevelt will address Labor Day. The small town of 1600 awaits details with the courthouse square eyed as a potential speaking site amid surprise and planning gaps.
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Tydings
Congress
Denton
Caroline County
Andrew Jackson
Chaptank
Roosevelt
Labor Day
Melvin James
William H. Neal
Fire Department
Eliot to Address Virginia Municipalities Conference
Charles W. Eliot 2d executive officer of the National Resources Committee will deliver the principal address at the League of Virginia Municipalities banquet session in Hot Springs on September 12. Planning, zoning, public assistance, metropolitan government and municipal relations will be discussed as about 500 officials attend the two day convention.
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Charles W. Eliot 2d
National Resources Committee
Washington, D. C
League of Virginia Municipalities
Homestead
Hot Springs
Richmond
Two Automobiles Seen By Pan American Pilot Near Hurricane Site
A Pan American Airlines pilot reported sighting two deserted cars and several men on Fourth Pass off the Mexican coast near the hurricane area that stranded ten Texans yesterday. The men waved sheets as the plane passed and the pilot continued to Tampico.
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Brownsville
Tex
Pan-American Airlines
Fourth Pass
Mexican
Tampico
Playoff Tonight In Local Softball Tilt
The Elks Club and Virginia Woolen softball squads will break a tie tonight at the park to decide the second half champion of the summer league. An intriguing contest is expected as the restart of the city tournament approaches tomorrow with four top teams and their opening week schedule previously published.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elks Club
Virginia Woolen
Worm on Main Street Stuns Cyclist
Bob Boyd of 121 East Germain Street found a large brown worm crawling in the gutter on Main Street while riding his bicycle. The creature was covered with short sharp spines resembling a cucumber.
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Bob Boyd
East Germain Street
Main Street
Locals Nearly Tie Brewers Late In Ninth
Milwaukee Brewers edged the Park 7 to 6 as Park rallied in the ninth. Luby doubled and Stotler, Kilmer drove in runs before McDermott ended the threat with a flyout to center. Duval faced six Brewers over six innings for the loss.
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the Park
Milwaukee Brewers
Washington
Brewers
Duval
Lamp
Keller
Milwaukee
Stotler
Bowie
Robinson
Langley
Luby
Swanson
Kilmer
McDermott
Stew Langley
Cristall
Tees
Atone Holt
Murdock
Teresine Murdock
P Langley
Police Court Docket Includes Drunkenness Fines
Hunter Dodson twenty four of Wolftown Madison county was fined twenty five dollars and five twenty five in costs in Police court. Complainant Ernest Grayson of 33 Southwerk street. Offenders listed include Joe Walker Ben Roberts R T Owens Walter Finch and J R Harmon with fines ranging from ten twenty five to fifteen twenty five for drunk or disorderly conduct.
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Hunter Dodson
Wolftown
Madison County
Ernest M. Grayson
Southwerk Street
Loudounne
Joe Walker
Ben B. Roberts
Hamberton
W. Va
R. T. Owens
Walter Finchman
RF. D
J. R. Harmon
Graydon Avenue
Norfolk
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B. McCormac
Bill Bennett
Dick Eddy
W. P. A. Handicraft
Firestone
Firestone Auto Supply
Main St
John W. Rosenberger & Co., Inc
Brad
Winchester Park
Eugene van Antwerp
New V. F. W
Treasury Order
Central Press
Wallace Robinson Whisker Printing
Wayne King
Combatting International Crime Convention of Chiefs of Police
Toronto
Gene Krupa
CIO
Radcliffe
Maryland Free State
Salisbury
Chas. W. Eliot
Virginia League
Mr. Eliot
National Capital Parks and Planning Commission
Carey
Statler
Northern Virginia Power Company
C. IL Brumback
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