Potter bolsters Braves with late two run hit and strong start
Nelson Potter, signed from the Athletics, shines in relief then starts, earning a 10-2 win over the Pirates in Pittsburgh. He repeats in Boston, allowing six hits and no runs as Ralph Kiner hits his 28th homer but Potter secures a 5-1 win. The Braves extend their lead to five and a half games.
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Associated Press
Billy Southworth
Boston
Southworth
Nelson Potter
Connie Mack
Philadelhia Athletics
Potter
McCormick Boys
Frank and
Mike
Jeff Heath
Jim Russell
Bill Salkeld
Bill Voiselle
Clyde Shoun
Warren Spahn
Voiselle
Danny Braves
Mt. Morris
Pirates
Pittsburgh
Nels
Ralph Kiner
Kiner
St. Louis Brown
Tigers
Hal Newhouser
Detroit
In Memoriam Ruth Eleanor Hart
In memory of Ruth Eleanor Hart who passed in August 1947 and is mourned by her parents and brother. A year has passed since she left for a better place and the family prays to be together again after earthly duties are done.
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Ruth Eleanor Hart
Ruth
Atlantic
Willis Woman Survives. Madison College Student Among Heirship
Mrs Willis on a spring visit is survived by her husband and two daughters, Mrs Joseph Martinelli of Hartford and Ida Mae Willis a Madison college student. Also surviving are two sisters Mrs Benjamin M Neitzey of Washington and Mrs Hoover. Father Daniel C Willis and a brother Points B illis had predeceased.
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Willis Wesw
Laura Lee Henley
Norfolk
Joseph Martinelli
Hartford
Conn
Ida Mae Willis
Madison College
Benjamin M. Neitzey
Washington
Hoover
Daniel C. Willis
Points Billis
Red Sox Lose Ground in Tight Pennant Race
Athletics in Cleveland closed within a full game of the Red Sox in the American league pennant chase as the season tightened.
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Athletics
Cleveland
Red Sox
Yesterday's Stars Shine in Debuts and Dominant Victories
Hank Arft homered and tripled with three RBIs in his major league debut helping the Browns beat the New York Yankees 4-0. Ellis Kinder pitched a three hit shutout as the Red Sox stopped the Tigers 8-0 for Boston’s 13th straight win.
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Hank Arft
Browns
New York Yankees
Ellis Kinder
Red Sox
Tigers
Boston
Baseball scores and night games from tonight
National League Pittsburgh and Boston clash at 7 30 PM while American League New York meets St Louis at 8 30 PM. Brooklyn defeats St Louis 3 2 New York beats Cincinnati 3 0 Boston over Pittsburgh 5 1 Chicago 3 Philadelphia 2 Boston 8 Detroit 0 Cleveland 10 Philadelphia 5 Chicago 2 Washington 1 St Louis 4 New York 0
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Brooklyn
St. Louis
New York
Pittsburgh
Philadelhia
Cincinnati
American
Cleveland
Detroit
Washington
Chicago
Security Loan Sale Totals by County Report
The Security Loan Drive reports consolidated sales through July 17 totaling 275 738 75 credited to Winchester and Frederick county citizens. Nearby counties Clarke Shenandoah and Warren show 26 612 136 306 and 75 087 respectively.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Clarke
Shenandoah
Warren
Read the Ads Today Shop on Friday
A shopper advisory encourages buying early to dodge Saturday crowds as stores run promotions. It urges readers to check Friday ads for discounts and plan purchases ahead of weekend rush.
13 Miners Die in Deep Indiana Coal Mine Blast
Princeton Indiana July 28 inspectors probed the King's coal mine to determine the blast cause that killed 13 miners on the lowest level of Indiana's deepest shaft 433 feet underground near the tipple. 176 men were in the mine. bodies rushed to a morgue at the National Guard armory.
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Ind
King’s
Indiana
Fee
Tipple
National Guard
Joseph N. Potts
Clergyman Kills Church Burglar in Philadelphia
Rev. Theodore Bullock of New Light Tabernacle Baptist Church shot and killed Robert Winters 25 as he tried to flee after stealing $50 from a desk. Five bullets struck Winters instantly during a struggle in the church study while 25 parishioners were in an adjoining auditorium.
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Philadelphia
Anstor
Robert Winters
New Light Tabernacle Baptist Church
Theodore Bullock
Judge G. K. Kump to Speak at Normal Reunion
Judge G. K. Kump of Romney West Virginia will be speaker at 11 a.m. August 15 at the annual homecoming and Shenandoah Normal reunion in the Reliance Evangelical United Brethren church. Reliance male quartet will sing.
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G. K. Kump
Romney
W. Va
Shenandoah
Reliance Evangelical United — Brethren Church
Reliance
Stine Brother of Winchester Man Dies at 60
Jesse Walton Stine died at his Capon road home two miles west of Strasburg. A native of Star Tannery he served twenty years as station agent for the B and O railroad and was brother of Albert Stine of Winchester.
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Jesse Walton Stine
Albert Stine
Winchester
Capon Road
Strasburg
Star Tannery
B. and O. Railroad
Willis Dies of Heart Attack in Hollywood Florida
Frederick E. Willis, 55, a former Winchester resident and registered pharmacist, died late yesterday in a Hollywood hospital from a heart ailment. He was born in Harrisonburg and worked at George H. Eagle’s meat and grocery shop. His mother Ida Points Willis died April 14. Samuel C. Brooks.
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Frederick E. Willis
Winchester
Hollywood
Fla
John Hoover
S. Cameron St
Ida Points Willis
Harrisonburg
Wills
George H. Eagle
Willis
Medical College of Virginia
Richmond
Samuel C. Brooks
Portrait of a Piccadilly Sr. Pharmacist and Hollywood Leader
A former Piccadilly pharmacist once with Williamson Drug Co in Harrisburg moved twenty years ago to Hollywood Florida for health reasons. He ran real estate and insurance firms there and became a notable business and civic figure, serving in the Presbyterian church, as Rotary president, and as a Hollywood Golf Club member.
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Piccadilly
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