Gridiron change proposals pace Southern Conference session
Southern Conference delegates from 15 member schools meet in Richmond for the 17th annual session to discuss nine rule-change proposals. Duke President Dr. Wannamaker predicts a quiet meeting with talks focusing on scholarships and off season training bans while debates surface over bowl game bans and non athlete access to scholarships.
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Richmond
Southern Conference
William Hane Wannamaker
Duke
University of Virginia
William Cooper
Newgates
Virginia Tech
Clemson
Tech
Pasadena
Real Estate for Sale in Winchester Virginia Listings
J J Green licensed broker offers multiple properties around Winchester and nearby roads. Listings include 2 story brick homes on W Clifford St and W Cork St, 2 story stucco on Valley Pike, several frame houses on Shenandoah Ave and 8S Kent St, large acreage near Stephens City and Strasburg Route 50, and poultry farms near Berryville with prices ranging from 2 400 to 10 000. Also available are city lots starting at 30 with Ivy Street proximity to Handley School.
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Clifford St
Cork St
Valley Pike
Shenandoah Ave
Kent St
S. E
Stephens City
Strasburg
Berryville Pike
Berryville
Conference Notes Talk Vacancies And Reforms
Dr Wannamaker reports few eligibility problems this year and no official move to fill Virginia vacancy. Presbyterians Western Maryland and Georgetown discussed openings. South Carolina backs moving the boxing tournament to Columbia from Maryland. VMI seeks Apprentice School athletes treated as college students on transfer. Davidson sponsors proposals to bar preenrollment practices and tryouts.
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Wannamaker
Virginia
Maryland
Georgetown
South Carolina
Columbia
Davidson
Generals Sign Up A Redskin Generals Sign Up A Redskin
Riley Smith, quarterback for the Washington Redskins, has been added as backfield coach to the Washington and Lee University staff in Lexington Virginia. The appointment awaits final board approval. Smith, from Greenwood Mississippi, starred at Alabama 1933 to 1935 and led the Crimson Tide as co captain in 1935. He quarterbacked Alabama in the 1934 Rose Bowl and played in two all star games in 1936 as captain and leader of the college all stars.
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Lexington
Riley Smith
Washington Redskins
Alabama
Washington and Lee University
Washington and Lee Board of Trustees
Smith
Greenwood Miss
Crimson Tice
Stanford
San Francisco
Chicago
Freed of Blame In Fatal Crash
Woodstock December inquest absolves Lake T. Frye, a Broadway truck driver, of all blame in the death of Hunter Sparrow of Martinsburg West Virginia. Sparrow died in an auto truck collision near Toms Brook October 19. The coroner’s inquest led by Dr. Harold W. Miller was postponed due to injuries to Sparrow’s passengers.
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Woodstock
Lake T. Frye
Broadway
Hunter Sparrow
Martinsburg
W. Va
Toms Brook
Shenandoah County
Harold W. Miller
Sparrow
Two More Days For Deer Hunters In Shenandoah
Dec 10 Norfolk report says Shenandoah county receives a two day open season for deer on Dec 26 and 27 after snow blocked Nov 29 and 30. C H Nolting notes licenses unused due to ground snow. Charles O Handley ordered a captive quail survey for distribution where hunting declined. G Walter Mapp discusses jurisdiction readjustment between inland fisheries and game commissions. Attending members include Sinclair Brown W S Snow Beverly Stras Thomas Herring and Samuel Goodloe. Evelyn Paris secretary.
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Norfolk
Shenandoah County
State Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries
C. H. Nolting
Louisa County
Charles O. Handley
Blacksburg
G. Walter Mapp
Nolting
Sinclair Brown
Salem
W. S. Snow
Alexandria
Beverly W. Stras, Jr
Tazewell
Thomas G. Herring
Harrisonburg
Samuel P. Goodloe
Afton
Evelyn Paris
Prosecution Nears Rest in Bassett Murder Trial
In Seattle the prosecution is expected to rest in the first degree murder case of Decasto Mayer and Eleanor Smith charged with killing James Eugene Bassett in Annapolis ten years ago and dismembering the body. Defense argues for innocence and challenges evidence and corpus delicti as insufficient. Mrs Smith reenacted the crime yesterday after a prison release.
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Seattle
Decasto Earl Mayer
Eleanor Smith
James Eugene Bassett
Annapolis
Warren Hardy
Milton Heiman
State Police Promote Officers and Create Accident Detail
Prominent promotions at the Virginia State Police include Harrisonburg native Robert A. Lynn rising from sergeant to lieutenant in Richmond announced by Major R. P. Bishop. An accident trouble shooting detail will patrol statewide from January 1 to curb hazardous conditions and reckless driving. New supervising lieutenants include J. A. Bing ham Appomattox J. R. Nunn Norfolk and W. C. Thomas Richmond.
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Harrisonburg
Robert A. Lynn
Virginia State Police
Richmond
R. P. Bishop
Division of Motor Vehicles
Lynn
Staunton
R. L. Fuller
Toms Brook
Thx Division of
Motor Vehicles
G. P. Stoutamyer
J. E. Clinely
Bishop
Bac
J. A. Bingham
Appomattox
J. R. Nunn
Norfolk
W. C. Thomas
Wytheville
G. M. Williams
H. B. Lawrence
Petersburg
H. B. Flippen
Denbigh
E. J. McDermott
Alexandria
R. A. Lynn
C. W. Woodson, Jr
Keysville
Roanoke
C. W. Carr
Culpeper
Norton
R. C. Barham
Surry
H. W. Williamson
West Point
P. L. Prillaman
Winchester
C. L. Fuller
J. B. Rush
Williamsburg
Burkeville
E. F. Witten
Clifton Forge
W. L. Holmes
Gate City
Pope Pius Sees New Grandniece in Milan
Dec 10 Milan reports a daughter born to Count and Countess Franco Ratti, making Pope Pius a great uncle. The Pope received a blessing shortly after the news reached him. The newborn's father is Pope Pius’s nephew, Achille Ratti, who heads Vatican City civil government.
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Milan
Franco Ratti
Pius
Achille Ratti
Vatican City
Park football miscue ends in injury to Lester Baldwin
In Pueblo Colorado a key play in a park football game saw Lester Baldwin 21 slip past defenders before colliding with a tree. He suffered a cut lip a scalp wound and a sprained neck from the incident.
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Pueblo
Colo
Lester Baldwin
Baldwin
Legends Of Christmas Decorations By Miss Kern
Miss Katherine Kern presents a two part study on Christmas decorations tracing legends from Yule logs to evergreen trees. It recounts Druids Roman and Germanic roots, church sanctions, and customs in England Italy and Germany, noting St Wilfred and the spread of the Christmas tree to England and America.
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Miss Kern
Winchester
Clarke County
Bethlehem
Martin
Giuliana
Italy
Strassbourg
Germany
Paris
England
America
Wilfred
Missing Margaret Bushong Kidnapping Tale Disputed
Rockingham County officials found no evidence to substantiate Margaret Bushong’s claim of kidnapping after she appeared wet at Penn Laird claiming she was seized in Harrisonburg. Reports placed her near New Market and Elkton Pike with ongoing police investigations yielding little light on the mystery.
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Harrisonburg
Margaret Bushong
New Market
Miss Bushong
News-Record
Miss. Bushong
East Market Street
Elkton Pike
Oliver Hassler
Penn Laird
Hassler
New Bridge
Hassier
Homer Bushong
Florence
Sone
Ver Hassler
Mary Brown
Oxon Hill
Margaret
Roy
Singer
Middle Atlantic Collegiate Athletics Conference Meeting
Delegates from 24 universities and colleges across Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware Maryland and New York gathered in Philadelphia for the seventeenth annual Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletics Conference meeting.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
New York
Middle Atlantic States
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R. M. Swimley
Geo. Wash
Ivy St
Handley School
He Ie Ee Hoa
J. O. J. Green
N. Cameron St
Winchester, Va
Brooklyn
N. Y
Generals
Shenandoah
Bassett
Winchester Coca - Cola Bottling Works. Inc
E. B. Harbaugh
Prilaman
Pope Pius
Tarris
Loudoun
Commercial Bank
la Guardia
Fiorello LaGuardia
N. Braddock St
MARS
Baker & Anderson
Berryville 27
N., Brad
St. H. Kercheval Agt
Rockingham County
North Dakota Agricultural College
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Bae BU Cretts
USG
John W. Rosenberger & Co
Braddock St
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