Donkey Causes Laughable Tie in Royal Rotary Lions Ball Game
In Front Royal July 24 two local teams Royal Rotary Lions and Royal All-Stars battled to a 1 1 tie in a four inning fast game. S M Boyd Jr and Lyle McFall scored for the teams. McFall on a wild throw and a strong lineup from Billy Smith Huffman Cassel Simpson Speedball Johnson Eddie Thompson highlighted the All Stars while Tyler Miller Tom Kerns and Dr Robert Miller led the Rotary Lions. Bold humor arose when Coopy Goodwin hit to center and his donkey dashed to third and refused first base, yielding a out.
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Front Royal
Royal Rotary-Lions
S. M. Boyd, Jr
Lyle McFall
Registe
McFall
Ernest Casarotti
Echardt
Coopy Goodwin
Four Teams To Play Soft Ball In Twilight League
Four teams prepare to play softball in Front Royal’s Twilight Soft Ball league with games set for Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 6 15 on the All-Stars diamond. Palace Barbershop Lions Rot Bach Huber Sik Mill and more teams expected to join. rosters include Johnson Hite Simpson Reeves Walton Miller Milani Smith Armel Corron Armstrong Smith Rudacille Estes Harding.
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Front Royal
Tered
Ary
Schwarzenere the Lions
Rot Bach Huber Sik Mill
Billmith
Palace Barber Shop
Palace Barbershop
Comef
Mope Johnson
Tubby Hite
Sam Simpson
Appie Hines
Charlie Reeves
Wesley Walton
Edward Miller
Lone Milani
Billie Smith
Rube Armel
Marlon Corron
Doby Armstrong
Peck Smith
Paul Rudacille
Flathead Estes
L. Harding
Lions
Tom Kerns
Tommy Harrison
Brownie Collins
Speedball Johnson
Aubrey Smith
Frank Lewis
Dave Kendrick
Paul Shannon
Benjamin Atwood
David Rappaport
Wallace Thomason
Wilburn Trout
Frank Forsythe
Negro found guilty of theft at Front Royal court
John Black of Shenandoah Junction was convicted of theft by Justice Walter G. Olmstead. He received six months in jail and a $10 fine with $8.75 costs after entering Compton's store in Front Royal and stealing several shirts while riding a freight train on the Norfolk and Western Railway.
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Front Royal
Walter G. Olmstead
John Black
Shenandoah Junction
Black
Norfolk and Western Railway
Compton
Harrisonburg tops league with early lead in Shenandoah Valley
Harrisonburg leads the Shenandoah Valley League standings after last night’s results with a 5 1 record. Culpeper and Charlottesville trail at 0 0 and 5 1 respectively while Front Royal Staunton Heurich Orange and Waynesboro show zero or minimal wins. Week schedule lists Front Royal at Staunton Heurich at Waynesboro Culpeper at Charlottesville with Culpeper at Orange on Thursday.
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Harris’burg
Charville
Harrisonburg
Culpeper
Front Royal
Staunton
Heurich
Eer
Orang
Charlottesville
Waynesboro
Thurs—Culpeper
Orange
Front Royal Community Notes July Socials and Visits
Miss Doris Tootle of Mendes Ga visits Rockland as guest of Miss Alice Sowers, a Fredericksburg State Teachers College classmate. Local social rounds include Mrs Manly Simpson’s birthday dinner and church women planning a reception for Rev and Mrs Ronald Roland at Strickler House.
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Front Royale
Doris Tootle
Mendes
Rockland
Alice Sowers
The
Episcopal Church
J. Baldwin Harnsberger
Ronald fRoland
Strickler
Thurston Branham
Ronald Roland
Banking Reform Bill Faces Senate Debate With Amendments
The banking reform bill, heavily revised since its House approval on May 9, reached the Senate with Democratic leaders optimistic for quick passage. Borah and other independents push for amendments toward a government owned central bank and a commodity dollar. Fletcher signals possible hours or days to pass. key changes would boost Reserve Board control over credit via open market operations and limit bank underwriting. Roosevelt opposes one clause, and many seek to keep tighter restraint on banks.
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Washington
House
Senate
Borah
Idaho
Fletcher
D-Fla
Banking Committee
Iice
Senator Glass
D-Va
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve Bank
Reserve Board
Roosevelt
Inventions of Clocks and Jewish Language Shifts Through History
The article notes early clock origins in China around 2000 B C and Gerbert later Pope Sylvester II may have built the first mechanical clock in 996 A D. It credits Peter Henlein of Nuremberg with the mainspring circa 1500 and a 1560 watch from that city. It also regards Jews changing languages from Aramaic and Hebrew to Arabic by the 7th and 8th centuries. It mentions fish taste relates to mucous membranes in the mouth extending beyond the tongue.
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Gerbert
Sylvester II
Magdeburg Cathedral
Peter Hensen
Hele
Nuremberg
Lost on Home-Made Craft Off Lake Erie
Coast guards and Ohio National Guard fliers joined a search for Second Lieut. Henry P. Reese and Private Joseph Noga of Company D 112th engineers O. N. G. who are believed missing in a home-made speedboat on Lake Erie near Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Coast Guards
Ohio National Guard
Henry P. Reese
Joseph Noga
112Th Engineers
Lake Erie
Religious Strife Spreads In Galway
Workers in Galway factories walk out protesting Protestant employment as dockers demand dismissals in retaliation for anti Catholic disturbances. The unrest spreads from Bel fast anti Catholic tensions to the western city with protests and labor action.
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Galway
Harrisonburg Starts Fast in Valley League Win over Charlottesville
Harrisonburg opened the second half with a 5 1 victory over Charlottesville as Sutton led the attack with two triples and Leaver plus Blackburn adding doubles. Proctor allowed ten hits but kept Charlottesville to one run. Kerr struggled with wildness in the first inning.
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Harrisonburg
Charlottesville
Red Proctor
Floyd Baker
Kerr
Sutton
F. Baker
Hugh Sutton
Leaver
Blackburn
Fury
Culpéper
Front Royal
Senator King to seek foreign relations probe on Germany
Senator King of Utah said he would ask the foreign relations committee to investigate whether the United States would be warranted in severing diplomatic relations with Germany. He charged the Hitler regime with oppression of Jews and Catholics and failure to fulfill its obligations.
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Washington
King
Utah
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Germany
Milk Probing To Go Ahead
The Senate approved an additional $200,000 for the second deficiency appropriation bill to extend the Trade Commission investigation of the milk industry. The move follows a sharp debate and expands oversight into dairy market practices.
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Milk
Washington
Senate Today
The
Trade Commission
Mother slashes two children then attempts suicide
Coroner Frank Reid reports Mrs. Cora Garrett, 29, fatally slashed the throats of her two children at the family farm 13 miles from Morriston Arkansas and then tried to kill herself.
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Morriston
Ark
Frank Reid
Cora Garret
Grain quotations from Chicago and Baltimore markets
Closing grain prices list July 24 with Wheat at 85 7 8 to 86 for July and 86 to 86 1 8 for Sept. Corn 84 3 8 July, 76 1 4 Sept. Oats 34 1 4 July, Rye 46 3 8 July, Barley 42 July. Lard and bellies quoted with July to Dec ranges. Baltimore No 2 red wheat spot 77 1 2, Winchester Wheat 69 cents, yellow corn 90 cents, white corn 93 cents per bushel. all based on mill deliveries.
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Chicago
Baltimore
Winchester
Underpass for Strasburg to cost seventy thousand dollars
Virginia officials allocate seven crossers along the Valley to eliminate grade crossings. An underpass on the Valley Pike in Strasburg will cost 70 000 dollars as part of widening the Pike from Winchester to Staunton. A separate 40 000 dollar overhead at Strasburg Front Royal awaits funding.
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Frederick Co
State Highway Commission
Virginia
Southern Railway
Strasburg
Winchester
Staunton
The
Highway Commission
Front Royal
Gaylord
Norfolk and Western
Berryville
Charles Town
Rileyville
Page County
Linden
Ivy
Charlottesville
Britain Plans Firm Move At Geneva On Ethiopian Impasse
London reports Britain will press at Geneva for a full airing of the Italo Ethiopian dispute to avert a break while backing the League covenant. Britain tightens East Africa lines and warns on African consequences of any war and the Lake Tsana issue. Sir Sidney Barton ordered to stay in Addis Ababa. Cabinet ready to approve arms shipments. Italy proclaims 18 year olds as soldiers for pre military training. Ethiopia adheres to the Red Cross convention at Geneva.
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London
Great Britain
Geneva
East Africa
Ethiopia
League Council
Africa
Italy
Rome
Japan
Lake Tsana
Britain
Sudan
Sidney Barton
Addis Ababa
War Ministry
Red Cross
3 A Amendments Broaden Program Of Crop Control
The AAA amendment bill to broaden Roosevelt crop control faced a conference fight after a Senate vote 64 to 15. The measure aims to aid farm prices and prepare for future Supreme Court rulings, with disputes over export subsidies and processing tax suits.
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Senate
House
Seave *Ave
Sena
Jones
House Agriculture Committee
Agriculture Department
Spreme Court
Secretary of Agriculture
AAA
Roosevelt Opposes Clark Plan To Exempt Private Security
President Roosevelt denounces Senator Clark’s amendment to shield private security systems from the national social security plan. He argues all corporations should share the same classify and fears misuse of funds. He notes Court rulings complicate labor pension bills and signals interest in oil and transport regulation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Clark
House
D.-Mo
Senate
Supreme Court
Three Killed in German Dye Plant Boiler Blast
Frankfort on Main July 24 Three workmen were killed and eight injured when a boiler containing volatile liquid exploded at the Farbenindustrie dye trust plant.
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Frankfort-On-Main
Germany
Farbenindustrie
Army Air Needs To Be Surveyed
Representatives seek 40 million dollars for new army planes saying President Roosevelt backs the army air corps needs and is ready to order an immediate survey.
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Army Air
Washington
Roosevelt
Army Air Corps
Dangers to Animals From Weeds
Poisonous plants vary in toxicity due to growth and climate. Some weeds may be safe at times but become highly toxic under certain conditions. Other species retain inherent poisonous properties regardless of environment.
Peasant groups threaten Matamoros siege
Armored agrarians declare they will seize Matamoros City Hall if the municipal administration does not quit by 4 p m. The unrest spills across Tamaulipas with widespread uprisings against Governor Villarreal as federal troops reassert control. Abelardo Rodriguez cautions restraint while border labor unions plan a Tijuana traffic blockade.
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Brownsville
Tex
Matamoros
Rio Grande
Mexico City
Tomas Garrido Canabal
Tabasco
Tamaulipas
Lazaro Cardenas
Garrido
el Lastra
Gulf Coast
Miguel Henriquez
Aureo Calles
Plutarco Elias Calles
Iron Man
Federal Congress
Antonio Villarreal
Nuevo Laredo
Tampico
Rafael Munguia
Hhe
Rafael Villareal
Rodriguez
San Diego
Calif
Abelardo Rodriguez
Mexico
Agrarians
Ensenada
Government of
Tijuana
Mex
Agua ‘Caliente
Livestock And Produce Market Report From Baltimore Philadelphia
Baltimore July 24 cattle 250 steady slaughter steers 5.50 9.25 Heifers 3.50 7.00 Cows 3.25 6.00 Bulls 3.75 calves 75 Wealers 5.00 8.06 hogs 250 steady truck hogs 11.10 11.70 sows 7.00 9.35 pigs 9.95 Philadelphia July 24 poultry unchanged butter 26 29 eggs 3 550 prices easy
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Baltimore
Phia
Philadelphia
Russian flyer reported safe after overdue seaplane
Prince Rupert B C July 94 Pi N A Sokoloff Amtorg vice president Soviet trade company was found safe after a search began for his overdue seaplane. Sokoloff and pilot Jerry Smith diverted to land due to fog last night, ending the hunt.
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Prince Rupert
B. C
Pi—N. A. Sokoloff
Amtorg, Inc
Soviet Russia Trading Company
Sokoloff
Jerry Smith
Market in Stocks Shows Mixed Movements and Declines
July 24 New York stock market ends on a quiet note with narrow fluctuations across most groups. Farm implement shares rise 1 to 2 points while wheat and grains edge higher and cotton declines amid liquidation. foreign exchange reacts to pressure on the Ha gue government with the pound at 4.9538 and the franc around 6.61 cents. Selected stock closes include Allied Chemical 158 3 4, American Can 142 1 2, General Electric 28 1 8, General Motors 37 7 8, U S Steel 41 3 8, and Union Pacific 106 1 2.
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New York
U. S
Holland Guilder
Hague
Callmonty
Stock Exchange
Allied Chemical
American Can
American Smelters
American Tel. .&. Tel
Atch
Topeka & S. Fe
Bethlehem Steel
Chrysler
Consol
Gas of
N. Y
General Electric
General Motors
Goodyear
Int. Harvester
Johns Manville
Montgomery Ward
N. Y. Central
Penn. Railroad
Stand. Oil of N. J
Union Pacific
U. S. Steel
Woolworth
Local Markets and Wholesale Prices Amid Missing OCR
Local markets list wholesale and retail prices for corn meal, patent brand flour, feed, and dairy products. Reads like a period commodity page with numerous bag sizes and per barrel quotes, noting egg mash, butter, and livestock items alongside exact price points.
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The
Star
Sc .S
Kasco
Ilone Kbs
Becott
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A. N. Carroll
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Monty Hill
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Mattie Brown
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