Bootleg Liquor Stills Targeted In Virginia Market
Richmond July 21 face of bootleg liquor production in Virginia rivaling state store sales. T. K. Sexton ABC Inspector reports in fiscal year ending June 30 1936 1 675 stills destroyed 205 525 gallons bootleg whiskey seized with enforcers preventing about 10 of moonshine reaching consumers. State stores sold around 2 3 million gallons while beer consumption neared 9 million gallons. Enforcement cost 963 988 with 4 441 arrests and 3 735 convictions.
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Keep a Copy of The Constitution
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Winchester Evening Star
White Post Notes July Social and Visit Recaps
White Post notes cover a busy period of visits and social events. Mr Billy Glasscock recovers from blood poisoning while Miss Florence Grim visits Miss Elizabeth Dearmont.
Cardinals Hold Narrow NL Edge In Road Record
The St. Louis Cardinals hold a slight edge over the Chicago Cubs in road play this season with 21 wins and 15 losses for a .583 percentage, as both teams schedule a eastern swing. The Cubs at 16 of 29 away from Wrigley simulate a .552 mark.
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Gas House
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Brooklyn
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Polo Grounds
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Dizzy Dean
Frankie Frisch
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Redhot
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Yanks
Browns
Indians
East
Cleveland
Lou Gehrig and Company
Dr James Club Defeats Lions 10-1 in Lopsided Win
Hobert of the Lions Club allowed a disastrous first inning as the Dr James Club built a 10 run lead. Brown Anderson and Luby homered in the opening frame while Doffie Myer pitched for the victors. Elks beat Men's Athletic Club 15-2 with Henry Schneider on mound.
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Northern Virginia
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Lion’s Club
Dr. James
Lions
Brown
Anderson
Luby
Doffiemyer
The
Elks
Virginia 4-H course draws record attendance and enrollments
In Blacksburg Virginia D J Howard reports a 1250 enrollment gain in vocational agriculture over the past year as the seventeenth annual 4 H boys and girls state short course opens with a record attendance. About 5300 high school boys and 4104 adults are in evening classes while girls attend junior and senior conferences.
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Vira
D. J. Howard
Howard
Walter S. Newman
National Youth Administration
Virginia
T. B. Hutcheson
Virginia Tech Agronomist
G. F. Holsinger
Virginia Farm Bureau Federation
Rural Ministers’ School
Southwest
Royal Arch Masons
Tennis Tournament Opens Saturday at Winchester Park
The Winchester Park tennis tournament opens Saturday for the public with no entry fee. players must supply balls and pay court fees. Entries due Friday morning July 24 by 10 o'clock, mailed or delivered to Charles Beavers at the Park or The Evening Star office. A Park team will be chosen from tournament results and play begins Saturday July 25.
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Evening Star
Winchester Park Asso
Postponed Game Sparks Victory for Dr James Club
The Dr James club defeated the Lions in a previously postponed first half rematch, rolling to a 12 to 1 win after resuming play.
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Lions
Scarlet Sin Slayer in Hospital
Samuel Weed of Erie Pennsylvania, a Sunday School teacher, is hospitalized after attempting suicide by leaping in front of a truck. He confessed to beating his wife Irene and their son David to death with a hammer, and said another son Charles died from injuries. He claimed the killings were to hide a “scarlet sin.”
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Erie
Irene
David
Charles
Weed
Shot in dispute over vegetables in Philadelphia market
In Philadelphia on July 21 Richard McNeill 48 testified Joseph Mariner 57 ordered tomatoes but a dispute led Mariner to pull a pistol and shoot McNeill in the shoulder. Mariner was chased and captured and held for a hearing.
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Lennon
Richard McNeill
Joseph H. Mariner
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McNeill
State's Scribes Have Attractive Meeting Outlook
Newport News Virginia July 21 Howard Davis former president of the American Newspaper Publishers Association will be among special guests at the Virginia Press Association convention at Old Point Comfort Major Raymond B Bottom publisher Times Herald Daily Press president says Davis who runs the New York Herald Tribune will be joined by George W Hutchison secretary of National Geographic Society Banquet speaker Elisha Hanson general counsel ANVA will address the annual banquet at Hotel Chamberlin The program includes nearly a score of talks on newspaper work officers will be elected Saturday morning and a sightseeing tour of the peninsula follows A beach bonfire of handouts for free advertising will blaze in the late afternoon after the meeting
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National Geographic Society
Elisha Hanson
Association
Chamberlin
Virginia
Virginia Peninsula
Parade of the Years transportation pageant dazzles crowds
A grand parade on land and sea showcases the evolution of travel from ox carts to streamlined trains. A cast of 200 actors and actresses performs in a stage production so vast it features a huge locomotive in action.
Convention Adjourns to Virginia Pilots’ Association Steamer
The convention will adjourn to the Virginia Pilots Association steamer Virginia for a night cruise around Hampton Roads. Officers will be elected and committee reports heard Saturday morning. The day ends with sight seeing at Langley Field Yorktown Williamsburg and Newport News.
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Langley Field
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Williamsburg
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