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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1938
Page
7
The report lists present and past rainfall figures with yesterday’s 24 hour precipitation at 0.59 inches, May to date 2.08 inches, year to date 9.15 inches, and a 25 year monthly average from 1913 to 1937 ranging from January 2.59 to August 3.77 inches. The average annual rainfall for the past 25 years is 35.36 inches.
Joe DiMaggio and Ducky Medwick return to form as feared sluggers with high batting averages. They led the Yankees and others in key games, including DiMaggio’s two homers against Buck Newsom in the Browns series, boosting New York to an 11 7 win.
Scores across the American League show New York 11 over St. Louis 7 and Cleveland 7 over Boston 2, Washington 5 over Detroit 1, with Boston at Chicago postponed by rain. Today schedule features New York at St. Louis Philadelphia at Detroit Boston at Chicago and Washington at Cleveland.
National League results show Boston 2 Pittsburgh 1 and Chicago 4 New York 2 while St. Louis wins 12 to 4 over Brooklyn. Cincinnati at Philadelphia and Chicago at New York and St. Louis at Brooklyn scheduled with NY leading at 19 games and 0.792 pace. Chicago 15 12 and Pittsburgh 13 11 and Cincinnati 13 13. St. Louis and Boston linger around .500 with Brooklyn at 10 18.
Cloudy skies and drizzle greet Dan Casey age 76 as he prepares to reprise his legendary at bat at Oriole Park in Baltimore. The former Casey of Mudville from Silver Spring Maryland is scheduled to swing a war club for the crowd fueled comeback event.
An advertisement promotes RIS, a new scientific remedy with Oil of Juniper to ease nervousness leg pains rheumatism and lumbago caused by excess acid. It stresses guaranteed authenticity and lists several Virginia drug stores including Alexander's Berlin's Miller's and Venable's.
Shenandoah County Junior Farmers' Club guests attended as Dr. Gregory spoke on How To Become Established In Farming. John O. Watson from the Chilean Nitrate Company Education Department visited. D. J. Howard of Northern Virginia Vocational Agriculture addressed Self-Reliance. Next meeting scheduled for Middletown on June 22.
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