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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 18, 1939

Page

5

Sports Round Up From Eddie Brietz

A patchwork of stray sports notes and names from the era. Mentions Lefty O, Al Reba, Parker Hall with the Cleveland Rams, Tommy Loughran, Dick Ripples, Dixie Walker, Hooks Mylin, the Sweeney twins, Stan Harris, Frank Frisch, Honus Wagner, and boxing stars Willis and Willard. References to college teams Tennessee Knoxville and Tulane, and broadcasting by Clark Griffith.

Stan Harris Frank Frisch Honus Wagner

EVERY BODIES COOK DOOR PRACTICAL RECIPES

An advertisement promotes EVERY BODYS COOK DOOR a compact recipe collection with nearly 300 practical recipes. It highlights sections on measurements timing and kitchen tasks and urges readers to mail fifteen cents plus address details to Washington DC for ordering.

Frederic J Washington

List of foes that con myn from W G H

A partial list enumerates items such as milk bread eggs peas bananas oranges apples raisins sugar tomatoes cabbage rice beef beets carrots beans corn and potatoes. The sentence presents a grocery item ledger or warning style inventory associated with W G H.

Present and Past Rainfall Data Summary

Rainfall figures show 1.92 inches for the period ending October 24 and 39.39 inches to date. The text also references measurements on the 26th and an unclear expense note.

College football and legal notices mix in regional briefing

A fragmented recap notes Lat year football scores and matchups across Virginia colleges including Centre, Virginia Tech, Randolph Macon and Emory and Henry with a political legal item on a Charles Town Jockey Club stock injunction alleging fraud. It also mentions E J Welton aiming for a Northern Virginia checker tournament and event details for a November 11 gathering at Wyatt's Recreation Center.

Herb Park Virginia Ce- Centre College Army Virginia Tech Roanoke Randolph Macon West Virginia Pitt William and Mary Sydney Charles Town Jockey Club Albert J Boyle Board Re For Restean E. J. Welton Bridewater Harrisonburg Wyatt's Recreation Toms Brook

Prison Lashings Studied Amid Interrogation Debate

A review of prison lashings and interrogation methods unfolds with officials probing the practices. The Breage Director questions the procedures and a public hearing is planned to obtain testimony on the subject.

Cate Convic Jae Ee Tzeft

Omaha Finance Commission figures cite daily cost to city

Eriksen estimates suggest Omaha spends about 3 dollars daily due to parking delays and general inefficiencies. The report highlights clogged systems as the central issue affecting city operations and finances.

Omaha, Neb Erikssen Omaha Lemete

Career All Mapped Out By Managers

New York Oct 18 In a portrait of heavyweight champion Joe Louis managers Julian Black and John Roxborough map his post boxing life. They plan a riding club and eating establishment while keeping him in top condition and within Negro race uplift aims. He already owns saddle horses and will host upper crust Detroit social events as they steer his career and finances.

New York Louis Naceery Mey Brown Ven R Joe Julian Black John Roxborough Cate Roxborough Black Julian John Detroit Heavy Johnson

Ups And Downs In Fistic Game

Fuzzy OCR text mentions boxing and fighters with scattered names and places. The fragment references venues and individuals like New Haven and Albany but lacks coherent events or outcomes. The readable bits suggest a boxing report era style without a clear match result.

V. M. I. Names New Football Coach and Athletic Head

V. M. I. selects a 1914 graduate and mathematics professor to lead athletics and coach football after a win over Vanderbilt. The veteran coach, long associated with the Rose Bowl team of 1925, will move to Lexington to take the dual role.

Vanderbilt Saturda Heely &Iversity Virginia Hubert Bastral Mississippi Lexington

Game Warden Warns Of Dog Stealing Practice

Game Warden Fee Pingley warns against dog stealing during hunting season. He urges posting "NO HUNTING" signs to deter trespass and explains liability for owners, licenses, and unlawful possession of guns with dogs before November 15.

Fee Pingley Frederick County

Truths Stranger Than Fiction and Scott's Scrapbook

An odd collection or column notes daily curiosities, blending odd facts with light anecdotes. The items span peculiar happenings, quirky people, and unusual events framed as a scrapbook of truth and whimsy.

Scott

Walters Finds Newerr sport Ducks in Hunting Season

William Bucky Walters, NL MVP, learned duck hunting from coach Phil Wilson as part of his off season. The Reds pitcher who won 27 games last year plans to use hunting skill to improve on the mound. Walters, 29, credited Wilson for guiding his switch from infielder to pitcher.

Philadelphia William Bucky) Walters Er Iepelr Wilson Saareeees Reds Walters Phil Wilson Mane Cipcin Bucky

Handley Juniors Defeat Warren in Football Bout

Handley High School junior team, composed mainly of seventh to ninth graders, defeated Warren County High Junior Varsity 7 to 0 at an away game. Cochran led with a 55 yard kickoff return and Cooper added the extra point, with future meetings set against R. M. A. and Martinsburg as the season closes.

Int Royal Handley Attorneys Winchester High School Warren County High Anon Cochrane Pee Cooper Martinsburg Backs Cochran Miller Sencindiver Legge Thomp Moore Emory Sheen Esmen Tomney Kerr Trenary Cain Strader Rosenbergr Butler Anderson Weakley Ashley Crisman DeHaven

Faces Charge of Murdering Girl In Covington

Thomas Allen Boys 27 faces arraignment on a first degree murder charge in the sex slaying of 11 year old Beth who disappeared July 21 after a 4-H Club meeting and was found the next day near Ba eetca's. The case follows a burglary at Carl Buchanan's house where eight volumes of Indiana Legislature acts were stolen.

Covington Ind Lean Thomas Allen deBruicker Beth Ba Eetca Beg Indianapolis Carl Buchanan Indiana

Major Grid Sector Rankings Split Across Regions

The article reviews 59 inter conference games with the Midwest holding 12 wins and the East 13. It notes the Southwest as distinct, cites Texas beating Florida 20 to 0, and mentions Alabama, Rice, Vanderbilt, and Montana State losses. Duke fell to Pittsburgh. North Carolina A and New York University engagements are cited.

Southwest Aga Dacott Duke

Rat encounter sparks fall in Dallas alley

W. E. Lanford spotted a rat emerging from a hole and swung a broom blow. The rat dodged, Lanford fell and was taken to a hospital with injuries described as four og a er that had to be removed.

Dallas W. E. Lanford Lanford

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