Winchester Pros Clinch Win Over Capon Bridge 62 to 31
Winchester Pros defeated Capon Bridge 62 to 31 as Birch scored 21 and Bow-Wow added 18 for the winners. Gawkey led the Bridgers with 25 points. The Pros seek the city championship against the Straight Shooters, possibly facing Bell Clothiers Monday night if a gym is secured.
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Winchester
Capon Bridge
Birch
Bow-Wow
Gawkey
University of West Virginia
Bridgers
McQuillan
St. Louis Browns
E¢ Pros
Bell Clothiers
Front Gal
Derailment reports swirled amid Pennsylvania rail confusion
Officials cast doubt on a railway wreck near Cumberland Valley between Winchester and Hagerstown. They believe the incident stemmed from a derailment near Chambersburg Pennsylvania. A tangential Q and A notes New York’s geographic center in Oneida County southwest of Oneida.
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Cumrland Valley
Winchester
Hagerson
Thatpany
Pennsylvania
Chambersburg
New York
Bermuda Clipper Averts Ice Dangers on Flight to Baltimore
The Bermuda Clipper arrived in Baltimore at 2 35 p m after battling fog and icing. Earlier reports said icing at 11 000 feet about 75 miles off Cape Hatteras and deicers removed ice as it descended. Coast Guard confirmed a 12 30 p m message describing the ship icing badly about 240 miles off the Virginia Capes.
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Baltimore
Cape Hatteras
Washington
Coast Guard
Virginia Capes
New York
Nazi views on Pacelli pope election in Berlin debate
Nazi circles in Berlin say Pacelli’s election as pope would not improve Nazi Catholic ties. Pacelli is viewed by Nazi Germany as an enemy of totalitarian regimes. A German government spokesman declined to comment, saying developments will show.
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Berlin
Cardinal Pacelli
Pacelli
Nazi Germany
Five On Team Miss Isabelle Alexander Added to Lineup
The Health Center at Richmond booster team in the State bowling tournament included five players not four. Miss Helen Berry set the state high individual record. Other team members were Lucille Seal Jenny Lind Cather and Leslie Russell.
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Richmond
Helen Berry
Isabelle Alexander
Lucille Seal
Jenny Lind Cather
Leslie Russell
Berryville Post Office dedication lauds postal growth
Berryville Virginia March 2 Honorable Smith W W Purdum Fourth Assistant Postmaster General praised the postal service linking daily life to its reach. He noted growth from 75 offices in 1879 to 44 000 today with revenues over 700 million. He lauded Representative Robertson and Senator Byrd, with Byrd calling the Post Office efficient as about 600 people attended.
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Berryville, Va
Smith W.W. Purdum
Berryville
Purdum
James A. Farley
A. Willis Robertson
National Congress
Harry F. Byrd
Byrd
Post Office Department
Robertson
Philip Williams
Applications For Cabin Reservings In Virginia Parks
On March 2 1987 Virginia received 87 cabin reservation requests for six state parks the first day reservations opened. Requests came from outside Virginia by letter and telegraph, including 30 from Washingtons Tourist bureau. Parks open May 15 and bookings run one to two weeks with possible extension if vacancies.
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Richmond
Virginia
Tourist Bureau
Washington
Commission
Lynchburg’s Last Veteran Dies at 96 in Home
Major Stephen Peters Halsey 96 a veteran of the War Between the States and long a surviving field officer of the Army of Northern Virginia died at his Lynchburg home after ten days of pneumonia. Halsey became a Confederate major at 19 and fought in battles from Manassas to Appomattox.
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Lynchburg
Stephen Peters Halsey
Army of
Northern Virginia
Halsey
Manassas
Appomattox
Sister Sends Waterlogged Cake in Suspicious Package
Emil Kiefer in Scranton feared a bomb when a box arrived. Police dunked the box in water, soaked it, then opened it to reveal a cake from his sister that was no longer edible.
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Scranton
Emil Kiefer
Kiefer
Parker Trial Is Set For Friday
Briscoe Parker faces trial Friday before Judge Philip Williams in Frederick Circuit Court. He was indicted February 6 on December 1 burglary charges for entering the Crockett meat house and taking two hams and a shoulder valued at about $20.
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Briscoe Parker
Philip Williams
Frederick
Parker
Graham Crockett
Treasury Receipts and Debt Rise on February 28
The Treasury reports February 28 receipts of 7,286,085.59 and expenditures of 17,834,367.61. Net gross debt stands at 39,858,663,453.27, an increase of 17,683,880.05 from the previous day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
Treasury
Davis to marry Hope Dare amid court case
New York March 2 Daily News reports J Richard Dixie Davis planned to wed Hope Dare within a week. Davis aided the conviction of Tam many District Leader James J Hines in a policy racket case while awaiting sentence on his own guilty plea.
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New York
The
Daily News
J Richard
Dixie) Davis
Tammany
James J Hines
Hope Dare
Davis
Dutch Schultz
Hines
Rescue of 150 From Leaking Vessel Ranger
New York march 2 radio marine corporation reports the S S Newfoundland rescued 150 men aboard the leaking fishing boat Ranger after it sent radio pleas. The rescue occurred in a heavy sea as the Ranger crew kept the boat afloat by bailing with buckets.
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New York
Radio Marine Corporation
S. S. Newfoundland
Ranger
Radio Marine
Ex Judge Manton Indicted in Government Fraud Case
New York March 2. Martin T. Manton former senior judge of the U S Circuit Court of Appeals was indicted on conspiracy to defraud the government by a special grand jury today. Indicted with him was George M Spector an insurance agent and former representative of the late Archie M Andrews financier.
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New York
Martin T. Manton
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
George M. Spector
Archie M. Andrews
Logan Critic Of Neutrality Act Sparks Senate Debate
Senator Logan of Kentucky criticizes the neutrality act as encouraging dictators and urges readiness as the Senate and House push ahead with large army expansion and war department funding. Dr Feis notes foreign talks on materiel exchange and potential war debt revisions. Leaders expect quick passage of the Army expansion and War Department bills before Roosevelt’s address to Congress.
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Washington
Logan
D-Ky
Senate
United States
Germany
Italy
Japan
House
Herbert Feis
Hull
House Military Committee
Roosevelt
Congress
Barkley
War Department
University May Instruct Students In Airplaning
The State Corporation Commission will hear the application from Roanoke Municipal Airways and the University of Virginia Aviation Club for a temporary license to allow student instruction at the University of Virginia. An undeveloped airport site seven miles from Charlottesville would be used. Grim would provide instruction with faculty supervision as an extracurricular activity.
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Richmond
State Corporation Commission
Roanoke Municipal Airways
Staunton
University of Virginia Aviation Club
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
H. P. Grim, Jr
Goodyear Bid for Navy Dirigible Set at Nearly Two Million
Goodyear Zeppelin Corp of Akron offered to build the Navy dirigible for 1 997 482 dollars. It was the sole bidder after the Detroit Aircraft Corp declined to submit a formal bid for the project.
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Washington
Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation
Akron
Navy
Macon
Detroit Aircraft Corporation
Sears Reports First Period Sales Rise 13 Percent
Sears, Roebuck and Company announced first period sales for the fiscal year January 30 to February 26 totaling 34,106,943 dollars. The figure shows an increase of 3,958,333 dollars or 13.1 percent from 30,148,610 dollars in the same period a year earlier.
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Chicago
Sears, Roebuck and Company Today
Removal of Outdoor Signs Shrinks Virginia Billboards
Richmond reports that seven signs are demolished for every permit issued last month, leaving about one eighth of 1939 roadside signs if the pace continues. Harold J. Neale notes 36,149 signs removed by February 25 with 5,107 permits issued. Crews may need two more weeks to finish under the 1938 highway sign act.
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Richmond
Virginia
Harold J. Neale
State Division of Outdoor Advertising
Neale
Werth
The
General Assembly
Shoemaker Clan Member Convicted in Grand Larceny Case
Earl Fultz, relative of the Shoemaker clan, was convicted today of grand larceny after 20 hours of jury deliberation in Moorefield West Virginia. The jury recommended clemency for the 20-year-old cousin of Hade and Roy Shoemaker amid a new-trial motion by defense counsel. Roy Shoemaker received a maximum ten-year sentence for a role in an attempted Farm Bureau warehouse robbery in which one brother was killed and another wounded.
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Moorefield
W. Va
Earl Fultz
Mountain Shoemaker
Hade
Roy Shoemaker
Funeral Rites for I N Good Held in Winchester
Funeral services for I N Good 67 who died of pneumonia at Memorial Hospital will be held Saturday at 3 PM from his North Braddock Street residence. Rev T M Swafin and Rev W O Talbert will officiate. Interment follows at Mount Hebron Cemetery. Active pallbearers and honorary pallbearers are named. Survived by wife Verne White and son George W Good with siblings and other relatives listed.
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I. N. Good
Memorial Hospital
North Braddock Street
T. M. Swafin
Braddock Street
M. BE. Church
South
W. O. Talbert
Mount Hebron Cemetery
John Fishpaw
H. C. Sheetz
W. H. Bosserman
J. W. Crider
P. H. Gold
H. T. Cook
W. B. Wagner
Ansel B. Solenberger
C L. Nicodemus
Andrew Bell
S. C Brooks
T. R. Cather
J. H. Yost Wilmer Shryock
C. P. McVicar
J. P. Reardon
M. M. Lynch
R Frank Barr
H. D. Fuller
J. H Rosenberger
B. B. Dutton
P. H. Boyd
M. Lohr Capper
O. L. Jamison
James Grant
Bruce Slonaker
J. Fred Thwaite
Mr. Good
Shenandoah County
Samuel
Katherine Good
Winchester
Kiwanis Club
Masonic Order
The
Shriners
Charley Rouss Fire Company
Verne White
Frederick County
George W
Wilmington
Del
Susan Hinkle
Penn Laird
Sarah Doom
Batesville
T. D. Good
Elkton
Herman O Bly Admitted To Bar In District Of Columbia
Herman O Bly passed the District of Columbia bar examination as one of 331 successful candidates from 853 applicants. He studied at Handley High School Winchester class of 32 and earned an LLB from National Law University in June 1938, later joining Sigma Nu Phi. He is employed as a salesman for the Washington Gas Light Company.
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Herman O. Bly
District of Columbia
Mr. Bly
Winchester
Handley High School
National Law University
National
Sigma Nu Phi
Bly
Washington Gas Light Company
No Politics In The Navy Says Nalton
Admiral Lewis M. Nalton told the Rotary Club that the Army and Navy do not formulate foreign policy. He said the armed forces carry out policy set by the President and Congress and that 48 years of service show no politics in the Navy.
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Lewis M. Nalton
Rotary Club
Army
Navy
Congress
Nurton
B. F. Arthur
Gale Heslop
H. B. McCormac, Jr
Henry Miller
Harry Lovell
R. C. Williams
Dr. van Dusen
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Bermuda
Pan-American Air Cruiser
Stephano Brother Phita
Penna
Nia
Nova Scotia
Family Herald and
Weekly Star
Nichols Triangle
Instant
Bordeaux
Ene Dodge
N. Mich Ave
ABC Board
John N. Sebrell
Norfolk
Price
T. McCall Frazier
State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Sebrell
Eleanor Aeene
Farley Ride
Fred S. Boyd
Winchester, Va
Reports Davis
Hope
Manton
U. S
Canada
Europe
North America Assurance Society of
Andrew G. Briggs
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
P. O
Neutrality
Goodyear
Victor
Ickers
R&g and Square Deal
Bickers Motor CO
Ford, Mercury and
Lincoln-Zephyr Co
N. Braddock St
Uncle Sam
Allen J. Ellender
Louisiana
Shoemaker Clan
Bar
Nalton
Mmercial Small Loan & Finance CO
E. Water St
Pontiac
Smith
Gerrard St
Bryan Stotler
Sunnyside
Mervel W. Adams lumbing-Heati
E. Pic Aa
Firestone
WATS
Firestone Auto Supply & Service Stores
Loudoun
Mars
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