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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1931
Page
2
Daily column recaps local games and national sports with a focus on upcoming schedules, standout performances, and notable standings across leagues and events.
Washington baseball fans saw the Senators snap a seven run deficit to beat St. Louis 11 to 10 yesterday. The game featured a late rally and a key hit in the Hibbing inning after St. Louis had built a large lead. Other league games were postponed by rain.
Chicago and New York games highlighted the season with Boston, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, and St. Louis winning others. Brooklyn faces Pittsburgh following a string of close results, with Iain noted in the Brooklyn Pittsburgh pairing.
In a pitching and home run duel at St. Louis, George Whk tins and Frankie Frisch homered in the ninth to lift the Cardinals over the Phillies 2 to 1. The Cubs rallied from seven runs down in Chicago to beat the Braves 8 to 7, the lone Chicago win in the series. The Giants, behind Fred Fitzsimons five hits, crushed the Reds 6 to 1 in Cincinnati to sweep the two game set.
Hogue Creek Va June notes record Sunday dinners guests at the Bakers and Cather households, visits among Ramey and Orndorff families, and a Mt Olive Sunday School children's service on June 21. Residents plan a cemetery cleanup at Mt Olive on June 17 with locals urged to attend.
Three leases for gasoline filling stations were recorded in the Frederick County clerk’s office. C. W. Pingley leases Kernstown station to Atlantic Refining for one year at 60 cents per month starting Jan 1 1932. Mrs. Mary J. York leases Shockeysville station to Texas Company for five years starting Nov 1 1930 at one cent per gallon. J. S. Galladay leases a Texas Company site for ten years starting November 1930 at one cent per gallon.
William Moore Frazer of Rahway New Jersey was found guilty of the February death ride killing of Phoebe Stader. The jury declined mercy and sentenced Frazer to die in the electric chair the week of July 27 following a swift Elizabeth trial. The case linked a Virginia murder mystery, with Frazer later confessing to transporting the body from New Jersey and claiming the shooting was accidental.
President Hoover proposes revising tax and banking systems prompting speculation on next Congress action. He voiced recommendations in Indianapolis addressing business low mood. Secretary Mellon and Undersecretary Mills had urged tax law revision. reactions split along party lines with Senators Bingham and Caraway weighing in.
President Hoover criticizes the Federal Reserve for failing to curb wasteful speculation and urges reorganizing the banking system to protect depositors. He questions security and commodity exchanges for illegitimate speculation amid depressions and warns capital gains taxes fuel booms and lows. Bingham backs eliminating capital gains tax to boost business and treasury revenue. local notes: memorial service, visits, rheumatism, illness, and a birth announced.
High View residents announce the annual memorial services at Timber Ridge Christian Church on Sunday June 21 with morning and evening observances followed by dinner. The notice lists services and meal as community observances.
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