Wisconsin Rapids pitcher fans 15 in 7 innings amid 20 to 0 rout
Dale Showers, 16, towed Wisconsin Rapids league misfortunes with 15 strikeouts in a seven inning 20-0 victory. Harold Gilbert, son of Nashville manager, hitting over .500 in New Orleans Legion ball. Also notes on Lt. Aleda Lutz, famed nurse-bowler, and assorted sports clippings from the era.
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New York
Dale Showers
Wisconsin Rapids
Wis
Harold
Tookie) Gilbert
Larry
Nashville Vols
New Orleans American Legion
Aleda Lutz
Freeland
Mich
Women's International Bowling Congress
Lutz
Italan
France
Alberta Crowe
Public Sale of Household Furniture at Irvin Hottle Home
Intending to break up housekeeping the owner will sell household and kitchen furniture at Albin at the home of Irvin Hottle starting at 10 a m. on a date to be announced. Local residents are invited to bid on usable items in good condition. The sale proceeds go to the estate and buyers should bring packing and transport.
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Albin
Irvin Hottle
Harrowing Narrow Escape on Railroad Bridge
Mrs. Mary Jackson of Morgan county described her harrowing escape on a railroad trestle near a bridge between Hancock Maryland and Morgan county. She dropped 40 feet to a ravine after clinging to a crosstie as a locomotive passed and was later found unconscious with a broken leg and bruises.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Mary Jackson
Horseback Ridge
Morgan County
Hancock, Md
Enlistees Named for Navy Service in June
The notice lists many men joining the Navy in June from towns in Virginia and West Virginia. From Front Royal to Winchester and beyond, names include Harry C. Geaslen, Thomas M. Kerns Jr, Leonard B. Moorehead, Irving L. Rinker, Chas D. Griffing, Robert W. Fisher, Charles W. Hess, Charles E. Tuttwiler, Paul D. Cornwell, William E. Whittington, Donald R. Smallwood, Donald E. Miller, and Charles Day along with others such as Edward K. Miller, Clinton L. Wingfield, Walter W. Carpenter, Leo B. Fauver, Lewis G. Gaither, Charles M. Brown, Albert M. Ritenour, Robert L. Hill, George B. Stout, Lawrence M. Shiflett, and Ralph S. Sherrard.
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Navy
Mead
Winchester
Harry C. Geaslen
Thomas M. Kerns, Jr
Front Royal
Leonard B. Moorehead
Irving L. Rinker
Reliance
Chas. D. Griffing
Robert W. Fisher
Strasburg
Charles W. Hess
Charles E. Tuttwiler
Martinsburg
W. Va
Paul D. Cornwell
William E. Whittington
Donald R
Edward K. Miller
Clinton L. Wingfield
Walter W. Carpenter
Leo B. Fauver
Lewis G. Gaither
Colored
Charles M. Brown
Solivar
Albert M. Ritenour
Seven Fountains
Robert L. Hill
Harpers Ferry
George B. Stout
Edinburg
Lawrence M. Shiflett
Walterlick
Ralph S. Sherrard
Inwood
Aneta Links Goebbels to Early Swindle in Circus Job
Aneta Dutch agency reports that Paul Joseph Goebbels, future Nazi propaganda minister, was fired from a 1929 bookkeeping post at the Sarasani circus for swindling. He worked 18 months, impressing the director Hans Stosch before demanding more pay than offered and leaving.
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New York
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Aneta
Goebbels
Sarasani Circus
Hans Stosch
Extra E Bond Question for Winchester’s Mighty Seventh
A reader asks if the Extra E Bond has been purchased for the Mighty Seventh unit from Winchester. The inquiry seeks confirmation of defense bond funding and related approval status.
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Winchester
Mighty Seventh
Local Residents Visit Relatives and Recovering Servicemen
Middletown Virginia July 3 Claude F Carper spent part of Saturday in Staunton with son Sgt Loring Carper patient at Woodrow Wilson General Hospital. Lt and Mrs Joseph Bowers and son Joseph II with mother accompany to Pittsburgh to visit relatives. Miss Ruth Snapp of Relief visits cousin Miss Anna Jones.
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Middletown
Claude F. Carper
Staunton
Sgt
Loring Carper
Woodrow Wilson General Hospital
City
Joseph Bowers
Joseph Iit
Ona Evans
Pittsburgh
Ruth Snapp
Anna Jones
Local visits and family news travel through town
Miss Elizabeth Larrick of Washington visits her sister and aunt here then plans to go to Junaluska North Carolina for the summer. Mrs. Harry Everly of Washington spends the weekend with Mrs. Ora Everly and daughter Miss Ruby Everly. Mrs. Gile Miller of Bealton visits her parents on Main Street. Mrs. Homer Galliday of Reliance was guest of Miss Lula Lauck and sister. Mrs. Lee Hammack is ill this week.
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Munity
Elizabeth Larrick
Washington
Miss Larrick
Junaluska
N. C
Harry Everly
Ora Everly
Ruby Everly
Gile Miller
Bealton
George Clark
Main Street
Homer Galliday
Reli
Ance
Lula Lauck
Lee Hammack
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Hugh S. Fullerton, Jr
Sammy Cooper
Mort and
Walker
Harry James
Sammy
James
Bill Sullivan
Boston Braves
Annapolis
Fred Hooper
Johnny Bulla
Hughie Devore
Notre Dame
ODT
Devore
Dewey Fragetta
Rhoads General Hospital
Adelaide Fragetta
Air Transport Command Flyers
Corp
Walter Little
Rome
Ralph Mize
Cedartown
Trinidad
Little
Mize
Johnny
Carrie L. House
Roy Ruvall
Bethel Lutheran Church
Odds and Ends
J. W. Grove Furniture CO
S. Loudoun
Aneta Pegs
Cloverdale S.ft Drinks
Pine Motor Company
Chrysler
DeSoto
Dodge
Plymouth
Florida
Greth
California
Elberta
Freestone
CHES
White House
Nectar i
Ada Lea
Pagoda
Ee Repel
Mlvica
A&p
Sunnyfield Crispy
Sunnyfield
Sultana
Dor
Nabisco
Scully
Gorham
APENN
Per
Pate
Stoley
Ean
Borden’s
Borden
Ivory
Whit
Octagon
Spic & Span
Lifebuoy
Marvel Bread
Marvel Frankfurter
Marvel Slim Rye
S. Loudoun St
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