Waiting For Rain To Stop At Augusta
On a rainy Augusta National veranda players and writers debate the 1930s Masters fate as rain swamps the course. Guldahl Sarazen Snead Nelson Picard win streaks are cited while bets favor Guidahl and the field amid weather delays and humor about golf legends.
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Augusta
Gayle Talbot
Augusta National
Bowman
Sarazen
Gene
Denver
Fellows
Guidahl
Snead
Nelson
Picard
New Orleans
Horton
Smith
Guldahl
Ralph and Sam Snead Form Unbeatable Four-Ball Team
The narrator praises Ralph and Sam Snead as an unmatched golf duo, noting Ralph’s size acts as a shock absorber, allowing both players to stay on their game and delivering a legendary four-ball partnership.
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Ralph
Sam Snead
Enrolling In CCC Jobs
The Civilian Conservation Corps begins enrolling 100000 more youths nationwide, aiming for about 300000 by April 20. Enlistees are typically 18 or 19, out of work months, sending home roughly 25 dollars monthly, with varied futures from baseball careers to education and trades. The program notes vast forest work, fire-fighting, road building, and $2.85 million deposited by 27634 CCC members last December.
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Eddy Gilmore
Washington
Civilian Conservation Corps
CCC
Public sale of county real estate in Virginia
The trustee will offer at public auction in Winchester on April 29 1939 at 11 A M a 56 acre tract 17 miles west of Winchester with a six room house barn and outbuildings. Terms: one third cash at sale then two equal yearly installments with six percent interest bonds and a deed of trust and insurance policy. W E Edwards Trustee. (3-31 4-7 14-21 41)
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mominick Patterson
Circuit Court
Frederick County
Virginia
Winchester
Dominick Patterson
Robert C. McKinney
W. E. Edwards
Western Trees Bloom Early in Washington and Virginia
The Wenatchee paper reports apple blossoms in Washington and Virginia expected within 30 days, using Prunus Davidiana Chinese peach trees as a measuring standard. The wild trees bloom a month before apples, with flowering fruit seen in nurseries from imported seeds. The trees’ fruit has no value, but the root stock is valuable for alkaline soils.
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Washington
Virginia
Wenatchee, Wash
Wenatchee
Loyal Temperance Legion Meeting At Braddock Street Church
The Loyal Temperance Legion will hold a meeting at Braddock Street M. E. Church South on Monday April 3 at 3 30 o clock. All members are requested to be present.
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Loyal Temperance Legion
Braddock Street
M. E. Church
South
Virginia insurance rate hearing for Aetna and others
Public notice from Commonwealth of Virginia at the Relation of Aetna Casualty and Surety Company and American Mutual Liability Insurance Company that a hearing will be held April 11, 1939, to review proposed rate reductions and changes in motor vehicle liability insurance. The State Corporation Commission ordered an investigation and hearing at 11:00 a.m. in Richmond with participation open to all interested parties and the public.
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Aetna Casualty and Surety Company
American Mutual Liability Insurance Company
State Corporation Commission
Commonwealth of Virginia
AmericanMutual Liability Insurance Company
Virginia
Police and Fire Department
Bureau of Insurance
State
Richmond
State Office
Aetna Casualty
Eurety Company
Et Bysian de Willems
American Mutual Zie Liability Insurance Company
John J. Wicker
RIS Trial Treatment Ad From Baker's Drug Store
Promotes RIS as the sole effective kidney activity test in a 30 day trial, with pricing from 25 to 50 cents up to one dollar. Claims all leading druggists carry it and warns against substitutes. Advertising notice from Baker's Drug Store in Winchester Virginia.
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Baker's Drug Store
Winchester
Delph Hosts Dental Club Meeting At New Market
The Northern Virginia Dental Study Club met March 29 in New Market Virginia with 32 members and visitors. Dr Phelp hosted at the Sheavalee Hotel hosting a chicken dinner and a lecture on local anaesthesia by Dr Martin of Wisconsin using talking motion pictures.
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Northern Virginia Dental Study Club
New Market
Phelp
Sheavalee Hotel
Harrisonburg
Timberville
Mt. Jackson
Strasburg
Front Royal
Winchester
Berryville
Shepherdstown
Chares Town
W. Va
Martin
Wisconsin
Fahney
Grandpappy
Germany Claims Fastest Airplane
Germany announced a new world speed record with a single engine, one seater Heinkel pursuit plane flying 463.9 miles per hour over a three kilometer course. Captain Hans Dieterle piloted the aircraft, surpassing Francesco Agello’s 1934 record of 440.681 mph.
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Berlin
Germany
Hans Dieterle
Francescio Agello
Italy
Local Army Reserve Enlists Two Men At City Station
The city recruiting station announces the enlistment in the regular army reserve of Philip A. Strickler of 675 Woodland Avenue and Edward C. Parrill of 27 West Cork Street. Sergeant Frank Likar in charge solicits further enlistments for this branch.
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Regular Army
Philip A. Strickler
Woodland Avenue
Edward C. Parrill
West Cork Street
Frank Likar
Armstrong To Balance His Crown In Madison Square Garden
Henry Armstrong defends his light and welterweight titles against Davey Day at Madison Square Garden in a 15 round bout. Armstrong favored at 1 to 4, with potential England trip to face Ernie Roderick. Gate expected around $35,000 as 15,000 fans fill the arena.
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New York
Henry Armstrong
Madison Square Garden
Davey Day
England
Ernie Roderick
Armstrong
Mike Jacobs
Dodge No
Henry
Eddie Mead
Day in line for title in cautious British boxing talk
The piece mocks wild schemes about Joe Gans era boxing and a disputed title transfer to Day. It notes Day is a journeyman with 15 straight wins and warns a single bad break could decide the bout while Henry heads to England rather than Siberia.
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Joe Gans
Dodge
Henry
Mead
Roderick
England
Siberia
Day
Public auction of legal books in Manassas Virginia
Valuable law library items including complete Virginia Reports and North Eastern Reports volumes to be sold at public auction on Saturday April 8 1939 at 10 00 am in Manassas Virginia Standley A Owens administrator personal estate Thos H Lion Manassas Virginia for complete information write to Standley A Owens administrator personal estate.
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Manassas
Virginia
Standley A Owens
White rhinos rebound under law protections
South Africa reports a surge in white rhinoceros numbers after protection laws helped endangerment. The species, once threat of extinction, now numbers in the thousands due to conservation efforts and anti poaching measures.
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Goodrich
Silvertown
Braddock & Boscawen
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White Post Road
Kemp
Amherst
Desirable Farm
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N. Main Street
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J. O. Woodford
Rockville
George F. Sowers
Dodge Avenue
Leicester
West Palls Church
Washington Post
Harpers Ferry
Potomac By-Products Company
Miles Music Co
L. J. Sandlin
J. O. J. Green
Trail's End
Gordonsville
Ross Boyd
Harmon Brumback
J. R. Bucher
E. E. Bayliss
Whitacre
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Baker
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Hook’s Mill
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National Brewing CO
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Samuel Free
Valley View
Kernstown
Norris
Mr. Johnson
Wiltshire
Snapp
Sirbaugh
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Benner
Ruble
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