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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 02, 1938

Page

2

Judges Handley Triumphs 20-6 Over Martinsburg in Classic

Handley beat Martinsburg 20-6 to take second in the Cumberland Valley Athletic race as two blocked punts and strong running sealed the win. Dunnlap and Bywaters scored for Handley with Whitham adding the final TD. Lloyd connected on a late Martinsburg scoring pass but the Bulldogs couldn’t overcome the halftime deficit.

Martinsburg W. Va Bulldogs Cumberland Valley Legally High of Cumberland Cather McIntyre Perry Whitham Rowe

Notre Dame Irish Arrive in Seclusion for Rose Bowl Test

Irish enter LA for their thirteenth annual gridiron clash with Southern California. The 36 man squad arrives late today after an eight game win streak and will practice in Tucson before facing the Trojans at the Coliseum tomorrow at 2 PM. Torchlit campus festivities loom as fans await a possible Rose Bowl bid and a Trojan upset.

Los Angeles Trojan Warriors California South Bend Coliseum Knute Rockne Tucson Ariz

Trees Planned On Braddock Street Post Office Grounds

Postmaster W. Nelson Page announced that three sugar maples will be planted along the Braddock street side of the post office in early spring under the supervision of the city Park Commission.

Braddock Street W. Nelson Page Park Commission

Evening Star Sport Shop honors football players of the season

Judges of 20-6 select top performers from the Handley line and Martinsburg game. Whitham, Perry, McIntyre, Cather receive points for punting, runs, blocks, and quarterbacking. Dunlap earns five points for tackle and captaincy with key blocks. Bywaters and Patton also noted for line play and punt plays. Final standings announced.

Mickey Perry Cather Martinsburg Dunlap D. Mick Oscar Bywaters Patton Whitham Althers Bulldogs Hockenberry Handley Martinsburg L. E. Rowe Lloyd L. T. Dunlap Heckenberry L. G. Shumaker Parkinson Or Robinson P. Flick R. G. Bywaters Banks R. T. Patton Beard R. E. Himelright Gaver Q. B. Dunn Priski H. B. Cather Kershner H. B. Yeakle D. Flick F. B. Perry Ramsburg Handley McIntyre Whitlock Cook D. Robinson Stewart Hayley R Robinson D. Taylor J. Taylor Miller Meyers Rockwell MacDonald Folk Showers Evening Star-Sport Shop W. Va Perry Dunn Ania Bywaters Bald Wen Hee Perry Teeene Shumaker Seseseee Himelright Ane Robinson Yeakle Ewes Seem Esas Habe Tee Rowe Wiihlack

Mother Blameless In Child's Death

HAGERSTOWN Md December 2 Mrs Susan Bowers 34 was acquitted of manslaughter in the death of her daughter Prances 13 shot at their Pinesburg home The verdict cited testimony from Samuel Dukes a Carlisle Pa soldier that the shotgun was discharged accidentally Dukes was present at the scene

Hagerstown Susan Bowers Prances Pinesburg Bowers Samuel Dukes Carlisle Dukes

Woman's Day At Church of Christ

Woman's Day at the Church of Christ West Cork street will be observed at 11 a m December 4 with the adult missionary group hosting. Guest speakers Rev and Mrs E C Davis, long time India missionaries now retired in Edinburg Va, will present challenging messages to highlight world field needs and opportunities. Public invited.

Church of Christ West Cork Street E. C. Davis India

Had a Right To Complain of Pains

New York report states Mary Geneva aged 19 suffered severe stomach pains after X rays showed 31 full sized marbles in her system. She and a friend swallowed marbles during a neighborhood dare to borrow a sled from youths. friend reportedly had no ill effects.

New York Mary Geneva Mary

Ennis to Host Finger Bowl Between Rice and Emhouse

Ennis Texas announces a Finger Bowl game sponsored by the city featuring two six man teams Rice and Emhouse set for December 9.

Ennis Tex Rice Emhouse

Welfare Department Seeks Work For Several Cases

The Welfare Department announces attempts to place work for multiple people including a woman with a disabled husband seeking two days of work and a good colored woman with a child needing morning part time work. It also lists a 16 year old light worker, a settled colored woman for general housework, and a request to rent a room at 231 East Lane Avenue.

East Lane Avenue

Seabiscuit Sends Stable South for Exercise

Seabiscuit of the Charles Howard Stables will travel to Columbia to resume training after a storm delayed workouts. Trainer Tom Smith says the horse needs exercise and the entire Howard Stable will be shipped south, possibly staying until early spring.

Baltimore Seabiscuit

Santa Anita Cap Nominations Close

The nominations for the $100,000 Santa Anita handicap closed today in Los Angeles. Officials expect 100 or more nominees, which could raise the purse to $110,000 once exact entries are confirmed.

Santa Anita Los Angeles

Aerial Raids Kill Two in Barcelona Bombardments

Two people died in six air raids on Barcelona between last night and early this morning. The bombardments caused only slight damage, with authorities reporting casualties and ongoing investigations.

Barcelona

Grafting Helps Virginia Apple Trees Survive Mouse Damage

Virginia Tech horticulturist L W Moore explains two grafting methods to save grafted trees after mouse girdling or cold injury. Bridge grafting carries nutrients over the damaged area while full or approach grafting unites scion and stock to restore the tree, with dormancy prep and simple tools.

Blacksburg Virginia L. W. Moore Virginia Tech Moore Virginia Spray Bulletin

Coyote Breaks From Trap Prompting Federal Hunter Chase

Oscar W. Ehn of the Biological Survey reports catching a coyote without a gun in Portland Oregon. He pursued the animal after it escaped the trap and nabbed it by the neck within about 20 feet of the trap.

Portland Ore Oscar W. Ehn Ehn Biological Survey

Hundreds of American volunteers depart Spain for home from the France border

More than 300 American volunteers leave Spain for the United States in the largest exodus since Spain freed foreigners in its international brigades. About 310 to 320 men travel by rail from Catalan camps to La Tour de Carol on the Franco Spanish frontier. They hold tickets for New York on the Normandie American Trader and the President Harding, sailing soon, after French clearance for vaccination at the border.

LA Tour DE Carol France Spain New York Harding

Disaster Hero Awaiting Sentence in Bayonne Bomb Plot

George W. Rogers, 41, radio room chief famed for Morro Castle rescue, is jailed awaiting sentence after a juryless trial found him guilty of trying to kill his Bayonne Police superior, allegedly sending a homemade bomb to Lieutenant Kent J. Doyle. A December 15 sentence date was set with a potential 20 year term.

Jersey City N. J George W. Rogers Radio Morto Castle Bayonne Kent J. Doyle Doyle Common Pleas Thomas H. Brown Rogers Morro Castle New Jersey

Existing Steel Rates Reaffirmed for 1939 Quarter

Carnogaie Illinois Steel Corp reaffirmed today existing prices for the first quarter of 1939. Only pre announced change was tin plate cut $7 a ton on November 11, while major steel product prices had already been reduced earlier in the year.

Pittsburgh Carnogie-Illinois Steel Corporation U.S. Steel Corporation

Lost female bulldog seeks owner on East Piccadilly

The S P C A asks for information on a brown marked female bulldog without a collar seen on East Piccadilly street and National avenue. The society hopes to locate the owner and obtain a license for the animal. Those with details should call telephone No. 41.

East Piccadilly Street National Avenue

Juggler Survives Car Crash with Fish Bowl Intact

Elmer Kotulik, 20, balanced a bowl of goldfish on his lap in the rear of a sedan when a collision occurred. He was hurled forward but clutched the bowl to the car ceiling, leaving Kotulik, the fish, and water undamaged.

Cleveland Elmer Kotulik Kotulik

Henry Mitchell Chosen President Of Clarke County Junior Board

A group of about twenty five young businessmen formed the Clarke County Junior Chamber of Commerce in Berryville Virginia. Henry Post Mitchell of Boyce was elected president with Walter Wisecarver Jr Berryville as first vice president Ed Lee White Post as second vice president Ben Harrison Boyce as secretary Julian Glasscock Summit Point as treasurer and William Clagett Berryville as National Councilor. Additional officers may be named at the next Riverside Rendezvous meeting as planning and public welfare aims were outlined by national leaders.

John H. Enders Junior Board of Trade Is County Henry Post Mitchell Boyce Walter Wisecarver, Jr Berryville Ed Lee White Post Ben Harrison Julian Glasscock Summit Point William Clagett Tom Baldridge National Board of Directors Bob Ewing National Council Ridgely White Winchester James Corden Bennie Belchie

Italy Joins London Naval Treaty Adherence

London December 2 Italy became the fourth adherent to the 1936 London naval treaty joining the United States Britain and France in limiting warship sizes and armaments. Count Dino Grandi signed Italy's instrument of accession at the foreign office with David Montagu Scott witnessing.

London Italy United States Britain France Foreign Office Dino Grandi David Montagu Scott

Opequon Group Announces Sermons and Sunday Schedules

Presbyterian Rev. E Summers McGavock to lead services at Burnt Church and Round Hill with Sunday School at 10. Opequon Chapel and Sunday School at 10 followed by Young People events at 6 30 and 7 30.

Opequon Group Presbyterian E. Summers McGavock Opequon Burnt Church Round Hill Opequon Chapel

Dallas Judge Stops Proceedings Over Hay Price Testimony

Dallas attorney J B Galloway testified in an estate partition suit about hay priced at 9 dollars per ton. Judge Sarah T Hughes stepped down to confer with the merchant as she bought 40 bales of hay for her riding horses.

Dallas J. B. Galloway Sarah T. Hughes Texas

Wage-Hour Act Applies to Janitors and Building Staff

Calvert Magruder head of the wage hour administration said the labor standards act covers janitors, char women and other building employees if their employers produce goods for interstate commerce. He noted clerical and maintenance workers in factory buildings used for production are within the act’s reach.

Washington Calvert Magruder Magruder National Association of Building Owners and Managers

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Dhron Ochs Maddox Kershner Lloyd Flick H. Robinson Lloyd H.H.S. M.H.S Ridgeway Roller Rink Ridgeway Efferson Ohmond, Virginia Jefferson Old Dominion Williamsburg Jamestown University of Virginia Skyline Drive Richmond WM. C. Royer Menger Row Victor Bread Lae J Fresh Daily Ous Henry Mitchell Clarke County Nobe Lane Winchester Furniture CO South Main Good Housekeeping Bureau Sinclair Sinclair Laboratories John C. Woolfolk N. Main St C. I. Brumback
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