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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1939
Page
5
Fragmentary items mention Berryville dancer, a 1938 data point of 134,737, a Vatican City railroad question, and initials Q A H G P A. The readable text suggests a quiz or trivia column with disparate items from the era.
Ralph Gore posted 161 for high game and 382 for high set in the mixed doubles league Friday night. Mabel Grim won the ladies set with 341, beating Helen Berry by one pin. With two weeks left in the first half, Hilma Hottle and Jess Kiracote hold a 2 game lead as the 4 club race tightens.
Sun Valley Idaho hosts sixty three men and twenty six women from six nations for two major ski meets opening tomorrow. The event combines the national four way and the Sun Valley International with Dick Durrance and Grace Carter Lindley among top contenders. Temperature hit 109 degrees but snow conditions remain good on the courses.
Naval Academy officials prepare for 18 patrol bombers from Norfolk for midshipmen training. About 200 officers and men will accompany the aircraft, which will later return to the Pacific with the fleet after training concludes.
Sports round up notes Temple flirtation with St John’s coach Joe Lapeick. Mentions entry costs for grand national, Bill Terry at third base, Duke spring practice, Ponte Vedra Course Ryder Cup, Gordon Glen Lee, New Mexico Aggies cage attraction, Joe Medwick headline talk, Dizzy Steve, Joe Engel in Hippodrome, Dick Chapman at Pinehurst, Lou Little spring football at Long Island U, Tony Canzoneri Garden May 3, Henry Armstrong Day welterweight odds, Roper Louis gate, Wake Forest football schedule, Ed Barrow fishing, Petey Sarron Birmingham start, Bill Manly birthday, league front-office pair Diners.
The Treasury reports March 21 receipts of 36,792,061.98 and expenditures of 18,490,439.11, yielding a net balance of 3,443,517,336.36. The working balance stands at 2,788,973,454.98 with gross debt at 39,950,239,994.73, down 5,529,031.91 from the prior day.
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