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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1938
Page
5
The Pirates suffer a two game slide in the pennant race as the Reds and Cubs gain ground. Cincinnati and Chicago split with St Louis, while Pittsburgh drops to third place two and a half games behind the leaders.
Hollywood star Tom Mix and his wife sail from New York for Europe where Mix and his horse Tony will perform riding stunts on stage. The Central Press report notes Mix in cowboy garb heading abroad for the western act.
Yesterday's results show Boston 5 Brooklyn 4 and Chicago 3 Pittsburgh 0. New York 7 Philadelphia 0. Cincinnati 4 St. Louis 3. National League games today list St. Louis at Cincinnati and Boston at New York with listed pitchers. American League section present.
The agent guides a ticket route from Winchester to Richmond via Luray Charlottesville and Culpeper with departure at 8 00 A M and 3 45 P M. The plan covers through passengers stopping in Luray Charlottesville and Culpeper before reaching Richmond.
Report on peach shipments from Timberville area shows 80 carloads of No 1 peaches totaling 32 000 bushels selling at 1 to 2 50 per bushel with an average of 1 75 yielding 56 000 dollars. Trucked No 1s at 1 to 1 75 per bushel 32 000 bushels gross 48 000 dollars. Total sales 116 000 dollars. Estimated costs for raw materials labor and other expenses leave net growers profit about 66 000 dollars.
Lester Franklin Hamman, 39, died Sunday afternoon at his mother Mrs Annie Gochenour's home after a long illness. Born near Toms Brook, he was a son of the late Edward Hamman and had lived twenty years in Arlington County where he belonged to the Columbia Masonic Lodge. Funeral service will be Wednesday at 2 pm from St Matthews Lutheran Church in Toms Brook conducted by the Masonic order. Interment in Sardridge. He is survived by his mother and one sister.
Atlantic teams show mixed results with New York at 5 6, Philadelphia 2 3, Cleveland 6 4, Chicago 4 2. St Louis 3 3, Detroit 2 9. Boston 14 8, Washington 4 6.
George Harris, 35, of Lynchburg, held in Campbell County jail on a murder charge in the death of Mrs. Dennie May Powell, 30, found shot in a park ed car on a deserted road near Sunday night. Thomas Peters, 29, and Jessie Harris, 27, are detained as material witness and accessory. Autopsy shows a bullet to the head and bruises. case to be presented to the September grand jury.
Senator Harry F. Byrd addressed about 5000 in Urbanna for Middlesex Historical Day. He urged progress within the framework of government while preserving freedom. Byrd crowned Florence Moore Queen of Middlesex and praised local figures including Governor Andrew Jackson Montague and Colonel James Essex.
Virginia reports to the State Industrial Commission show mixed activity. Manufacturing hours fell 12 percent from August 1937, commercial services down 16.5 percent, but overall hours rose 10 percent from July 1938. Construction up 28 percent, with 23 deaths from occupational accidents and 4,475 non fatal incidents in August.
E H A reports that last year the Works Progress Administration supplied nearly 128000000 hot lunches to school children across the program. This figure reflects broad WPA efforts to support student meals during the era.
New York Sept 6 Mayor Bob Newland seeks Frank Buck to coach Tennessee football. Vols face Sewanee Clemson All Tigers and later Alabama Big Red Elephants Kentucky. Budge and Vines may tour as pros. Budge to win seven of ten. Bo McMillin recruits cartoonists for Indiana plays. Cubs beat Pirates. Ray Dumont forms National Semi Pro Congress and derby. Duke reviews Wallace Wade’s 1939 blue devils. Lefty Grove quits cigars for peppermint drops. Giants fear Terry shake up. No-hit games four this season in Can-Am. Lefty Gomez brings a Chinese boy to Yankee Stadium before pitching. Lefty decorates wife June O'Dea. reconciliation hinted. Larry MacPhail earns front office honors. Confederate reunion at Columbia SC. A 90-year-old asks to read sports pages. Brooklyn results noted. Dodgers lose. Eddie Phillips-Doyle postponed in Lannon. Columbia football and Yates noted. Guy Gold pitchers Shelby NC county title with 61 strikeouts in 3 wins. Monte Pearson’s 13th win streak and Greenberg double noted. Arthur H. Taylor becomes Ashland VA head coach at 21.
There is in the United States a natural scene for every mood and taste. Read to see wonders of nature without leaving the country. The booklet Natural Scenes of the United States highlights a state’s finest natural scene with illustrations and text. It costs ten cents and can be mailed nationwide.
Bland Virginia story about Wayne Thompson a 32 year old storekeeper who was shot in the head during a squirrel hunting accident. Thompson sustained the loss of one eye and doctors fear he may lose the other as Charlies Pack of Buckley West Virginia was treated for nervous shock after mistaking Thompson s cap for a squirrel. Shotgun slugs peppered Thompson s head.
Mayer Stein, 70, died after a 30 foot fall from a porch at Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore. He was seated in a wheelchair when he plunged and was found unconscious. he died a few hours later. Hospital director Dr Winford Smith said the man had just been informed surgery was necessary.
The Home Agent's schedule for the week of 5 10 is packed with 4 H club meetings and planning sessions. Activities include Middletown and Gore clubs meeting at schools, demonstrations, and a Friday evening community entertainment at Armel school.
The National Grandmothers Club Inc headquarters are at 1318 Bankers Building 105 West Adams Street Chicago Illinois. Mrs Marie K Brown serves as president of the organization.
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