Rainfall Averages From 1913 to 1937 Reported
Present and past rainfall figures show 24 hour totals ending yesterday at 5 p m none to date 60 inches year to date 60 inches. monthly averages for the 25 year period 1913 to 1937 inclusive list February 2.59 March 2.95 April 3.25 May 2.60 June 3.63 July 3.37 August 3.77 September 2.36 October 3.21 November 2.30 December 2.33. average annual rainfall 35.36 inches. statistics from Winchester Research Laboratory.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
This Year Should Be Interesting To Those Who Play Golf
A. M. Reid predicts 1938 will be notable for international contests, with the Walker Cup in Scotland on June 3-4 and the Curtis Cup women’s matches in Massachusetts on September 7-8. The golf year will stress amateur status, new rules, and closer cooperation among U S and regional associations.
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U. S. Golf Association
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Historic
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Scotland
Essex Country Club
Manchester
Mass
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Harriet Ca
Denver
Cherry Hills Club
Oakmont
Pittsburgh
Westmoreland Club
Chicago
Cleveland
Young Republicans propose liquor profits fund schools
In Richmond on January 18, the Third District Young Republicans urged the General Assembly to allocate all net profits from the state liquor revenue to Virginia public schools. Publicity director Robert Waitt Jr. said the plan, adopted unanimously, estimates profits at about 5 million dollars, enough to support the Virginia Education Association’s three point program.
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Richmond
General Assembly
Virginia
Robert Waitt
Waitt
Virginia Education Association
Lawmakers Progress on Treasury and Naval Bills on Capitol Hill
On Capitol Hill the House Appropriations Committee moved toward finishing the treasury post office supply bill and prepared for naval appropriations debate. The Senate continued anti-lynching filibusters and hearings on nominations including E. K. Burlew for assistant Secretary of Interior and Norris constitutional amendment efforts. The Crop Control Bill drafts advanced as conferees worked, while the Senate considered the Supreme Court nomination of Stanley Reed.
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House
Treasury-Post Office
Ways and Means
Senate
E. K. Burlew
Interior
Supreme Court
Stanley Reed
Cargo Steamer Cragpool Battling Gale In Mid Atlantic
The British cargo boat Cragpool bound from New York to Rotterdam reported fighting a gale with water in the engine room but said the situation was under control. The 5,133 ton freighter with a crew of 35 sent a distress call shortly before midnight, while the liner Europa hurried 270 miles to assist.
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Cragpool
New York
Rotterdam
Atlantic
Europa
Lloyds
Changes Sought In Boxing Code
Richmond Va Jan 18 The Virginia Boxing and Wrestling Commission will meet tomorrow to study amendments proposed for revision of the existing code Secretary Joseph Bauers announced The meeting will explore changes but he could not specify what they will be
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Richmond
General Assembly
Virginia Boxing and Wrestling Commission
Joseph Bauers
Bauers
Dean Predicts He's A Winner In Sarasota Golf Match
Dizzy Dean and Ducky Medwick will settle contract differences with the St. Louis Cardinals and try to win the baseball players golf championship at Bobby Jones municipal course in Sarasota. Dean says he has a better chance to win because the tournament is match play.
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Sarasota
Fla
Dizzy Dean
Ducky Medwick
St. Louis Cardinals
George Jacobus
Bobby Jones Municipal
Ole Diz
Bland seeks $1 million for memorials at WWII embarkation ports
Representative Bland proposes a 1 million dollar appropriation to create memorials at domestic ports where American troops embarked for World War II or returned ashore. The bill would extend the American Battle Monuments Commission authority and call for cooperation with citizens, states, or local groups. An earlier version was advanced by the American Legion in the Hampton Roads area.
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Bland
D-Va
Congress
American Battle Monuments Commission
Advan
Erican Legion
Hampton Ads
Everybody's Song Book offered by Washington Information Bureau
A promotional notice for Everybody's Song Book featuring 205 famous songs, arranged for most voices, with 144 pages and historical notes. Available through the Washington Information Bureau, price offered as twenty cents with payment enclosed to receive a copy. Frederick J. Haskin, director, Washington, D. C.
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Washington Information Bureau
New Chinese Capital Amid Upper Yangtze Reaches
Chungking in Szechuan Province serves as an unofficial wartime capital housing five major government departments. The city sits on a steep Yangtze peninsula 1400 miles inland from Shanghai, reachable mainly by perilous river travel, with and without Western influence. The population is about 650,000 and daily life features rickety houses on poles and limited sanitation. Americans note the scarce transport and use sedan chairs and bamboo-pole palanquins for travel and funerals.
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Czechwan
Associated Press
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Vanderbilt lauds Reed for Supreme Court appointment
Arthur T. Vanderbilt of Newark, president of the American Bar Association, calls Reed an excellent choice for the Supreme Court and says he has great respect for the Court regardless of who sits on it. In Charleston, a thief stole sample shoes but abandoned them after realizing all were left-foot pairs.
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Arthur T. Vanderbilt
Newark
N. J
American Bar Association
Stanley ‘Reed
Reed
Vanderbilt
Carleston
S. C
Martie Cohen
Atlanta
Play Begins In Miami Tourney
The Miami Biltmore amateur golf tournament opens with about 100 players in qualifying. Melvin Chick Herbert of Battle Creek Michigan, 268 winner of the Michigan Open last July, plans to play tomorrow as match play starts Thursday.
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Coral Gables
Fila
Miami- Biltmore
Florida
Melvin
Chick”) Herbert
Battle Creek
Mich
Fare Hearing Set For January 20
Commissioner Clyde B. Aitchison announced a final hearing on Eastern Railroads passenger fares rising from 2 to 2.5 cents a mile will be held January 20. The action, tied to a broader rail revenue petition, seeks a 15 percent freight rate increase.
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Washington
Clyde B. Aitchison
Eastern Railroads
Virginia Coal Hearing Put Off
A bituminous coal commission hearing on the bituminous coal code provisions was postponed to February 14. Representatives of the producers board of District No. 7 said tests of the coal are in progress and contend the coal should be classified as anthracite rather than bituminous.
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Washington
Bituminous Coal Commission
Producers Board of District No. 7
Will Rogers Humorous Sea Tale From Atlantic Crossing
A light tale about a young man boasting of sea knowledge on an Atlantic crossing. He explains anchors dropping into the water to a puzzled girl, prompting amused disbelief and a quaint misunderstanding aboard the ship.
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Aun
Rules Against City Councilman
The Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals granted a writ of error to J. Frank Sauer for himself and Hamp Eugene A. Monroe to recover $340.24 paid to a transfer company in truck rental contracts with the city of Hampton. Sauer argued the contracts were illegal since Monroe served on the Hampton City Council at the time.
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Richmond
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
J. Frank Sauer
Eugene A. Monroe
Monroe
Hampton
Sauer
Mrs Parker Critically Ill At Stephens City
Mrs. J. A. Parker near Stephens City was reported critically ill today due to a heart condition. She is 86, and the couple celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary last June, recalling railroad building and Civil War incidents.
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J. A. Parker
Stephens City
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