Bing Crosby Teeing Off In Hollywood Golf Festival
Hollywood hosts a sprawling Crosby golf festival spanning Rancho Santa Fe and San Diego county with 75 top professionals and amateurs. Sam Snead won the $3,000 purse for two straight years but misses a third due to his mother's illness. Weather and quirky incidents ripple through the event as organizers keep play moving.
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Robert Myers
Hollywood
Jan
Crosby Enterprise
San Diego
Rancho Santa Fe Club
Rancho
Walter Hagen
Sam Snead
Husky
Ducky Yates
Guy Kibbee
Crosby
Callett
Public Sale Named by McCann Committee for Schenck
The Committee for Mary N. Schenck led by Harry L. McCann lists a public sale date and details from an official notice dated January 20, 1924. The notice outlines sale terms and the rights of involved parties in relation to the campaign effort.
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Harry L. McCann
Mary N. Schenck
Public Sale of County Realty in Winchester Va
Trustee Herbert S. Larrick announces public auction of 24 acre Shawnee District parcel three miles east of Winchester Va near Buffalolick Road. Property includes a two story frame dwelling and outbuildings. Sale Feb 15 1939 at 11 am. Terms require one third cash and rest in two annual installments with bonds and insurance policy.
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R. F. Barham
Fredericks County
Winchester
Frederick County
Buffalolick Road
Herbert S. Larrick
Shenandoah County Man Killed by Barn Shredder Accident
A Shenandoah County man, Gochenour, was instantly killed at his farm when a corn shredder segment broke loose during maintenance and struck him in the face. The impact hurled debris through the barn roof and door. his son Landon narrowly escaped injury. The coroner ruled the death accidental. survivors include his wife Arbella Keller and two sons.
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Stantly
Mr. Gochenour
Gochenour
Landon
Joseph Gochenour
Arbella Keller
Herman
George Hoover
Fairview
Shenandoah County
Harold W. Miller
Many Citizens For Annexation In Fredericksburg
In six Spotsylvania subdivisions, nearly all residents urged a city annexation committee to include them in Fredericksburg. Over 100 property owners attended the session, boosting the potential population by about 2,000 to push the city toward first-class status with more than 10,000 inhabitants.
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Fredericksburg
Spotsylvania County
Public Sale of Middletown Realty in Frederick County
Trustee announces a public auction of parcel land with a two story frame dwelling in Middletown on Feb 9 1939 at 2 PM. Terms pay one third cash at sale, balance in two annual installments with 6 percent interest secured by deed of trust and an insurance policy on the building. The sale follows a chancery decree in the Ander son’s executor suit against John E. Shull et al in Virginia courts.
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Kate S. Anderson
John E. Shull
Frederick Count
Middletown
B. and O
Ida B. Hammack
Allison B. Kline
Bessie M. Kline
Three Die in Gas Fumes in Portsmouth
Norfolk reports show J H Belote 67 president of Belote Grocery Co found dead at his store with gas from a cook stove. Edna Johnson Hoffler 32 and her 10 year old son Robert Jr were found dead in their Portsmouth home. Coroner Dr. E T Glover ruled one death self inflicted while the boy’s death deemed homicide or unknown.
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Norfolk
Portsmouth
E. T. Glover
J. H. Belote
J. H. Belote Grocery Co., Inc
Edna Johnson Hoffler
Robert E. Hoffler
Caseman
Portsmouth Fire Department
Robert E. Hoffler, Jr
Glover
Poin- Hoffler
Dr. Glover
Ted
Belote
Associan
Free Feed May Be Abandoned In Virginia
Richmond Va January 24 The free line program for 25000 school children funded by a 500000 WPA grant may be curtailed if relief funds are cut as proposed by the President and Congress Gov Price said the daily hot lunch program can run through April with state supervision costs only. County and city officials fear WPA roll reductions will hit local treasuries this winter.
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Richmond
Congress
Prices
Price
Engineers To Aid Virginia Labor Director On Safety Legislation
A Virginia engineers committee named in November to advise State Labor Commissioner Thomas B. Morton on boilers elevators and fire escapes will meet Friday at the commissioner's office. Proposals will be sent to the next General Assembly. Members include Allen J. Saville Marcellus E. Wright T A Murphy E H Ruehl Thomas Starke Edgar Boynton J F Lupton and E S Fitz.
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Richmond
Virginia Engineers
Thomas B. Morton
General Assembly
Virginia
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Central Virginia Engineers Club
Morton
Allen J. Saville
Allen J. Saville, Inc
Marcellus E. Wright
T. A. Murphy
Travelers Insurance Company
E. H. Ruehl
League of Virginia Municipalities
Thomas Starke
Richmond Engineering Company
Edgar Boynton
Wiley and Wilson
J. F. Lupton
Otis Elevator Company
E. S. Fitz
Virginia Electric and Power Company
Stubborn Dog Refuses to Leave Car in Charleston
Coolie, a bow belonging to Malvern Halsey, jumped into a car at a curb and would not exit. Police were called after the owner forced the dog from the vehicle and drove to the station for help. It turned out the car had been formerly owned by Halsey, sold months earlier.
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Charleston
S. C
Coolie
Malvern Halsey
Cooke
Halsey
Forest E. Wilson Drowns After Auto Crash
Coroner A M Showalter reports Forest E Wilson of Fieldale drowned in Meadow Creek on Floyd Highway near River after an auto collision hurled him into shallow water. The wrecked sedan struck a bridge abutment. Wilson body was found by Bob Martin. Death ruled accidental and due to drowning.
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Christiansburg
A. M. Showalter
Forest E. Wilson
Fieldale
Meadow Creek
Floyd Highway
River
Bob Martin
Showalter
Wilson
Stunters To Give a Show in Hollywood Traffic School
Hollywood stunt men and women from the Riding Actors' Association plan a February 5 program titled traffic school to reveal how to be nonchalant and unharmed when auto flips. Cary Loftin and George Dockstader will demonstrate high risk maneuvers including cars colliding and a wall crash. Proceeds aim to fund a home for needy and injured stunt workers.
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Hollywood
Riding Actors’ Association
Tony
Cary Loftin
Loftin
George Dockstader
Dockstader
Pork Producers Protest GEhrmann Meat Law Standards
Small Virginia hog processors from Southampton Isle of Wight and Nansemond counties asked the agriculture department for relief from strict Gehrmann meat curing and packing standards. They met with Dr John R Mohler and Rep Carden to seek a reconsideration as small operators face closure. A department solicitor will decide the issue after further talks.
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Washington
Virginia
Smithfield
Agriculture Department
Gehrmann
Southampton
Isle of Wight
Nansemond
John R. Mohler
Bureau of Animal Industry
Carden
D-Va
Mohler
Stauffer Examines Winchester Welfare Report
Richmond January 24 Dr W H Stauffer state commissioner of public welfare said the department was studying Winchester city manager's report that indigents from rural areas move to the city for higher old age and relief payments. He suggested a procedure for town officials to track shifts in indigent population. He noted Winchester is the only city reporting such a situation. State relief figures show city old age and general relief payments run higher than in the counties.
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Richmond
W. H. Stauffer
Winchester
Stauffer
Bridge Crew Rescued as Huge Wave Drops Lunch Nearby
A gale drove a massive wave over Fogarty creek wrecking work on a bridge. The crew were ducked but survived and were later found with their lunch. Gallagher reported a five 22 pound red snapper offshore.
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Fogarty Creek
Gallagher
Orean
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