Endeavour wins second race for America's Cup
British challenger Endeavour defeats defender Rainbow by 51 seconds to take a second straight win in the 1930s classic. Despite a torn jib and sail issues, Endeavour sets a new 30 mile triangular course record at 3 hours 9 minutes 1 second, with finish times 1 49 01 for Endeavour and 1 49 52 for Rainbow.
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Oe Press
UW. S
Argo O
Newport
Endeavour
Rainbow
Enter
Sir Thomas Lipton
Resolute
America
Harold
Vanderbilt
Apple By-Product Plants Highlight Local Apple Boom
A visitor toured apple by product plants and observed a record crop this fall. The community’s apple industry now employs many people as canning, sauce, cider, vinegar, candy and other products expand the market.
Tack In Pennant Punctures Vein In Woman's Head
Mrs. Lottie Wolfe of Step City was struck by a tack from a pennant while shaking dust. It pierced a temple vein causing bleeding until Dr. T. A. Williams of Middletown treated her. she was later out of danger. Wolfe runs the Fireside Inn, which hosts a Red Cross first aid station.
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Lottie Wolfe
Step- City
T. A. Williams
Middletown
Relief Roll To Be Prepared For City Council
The city council reviewed a plan to prepare a relief roll as part of welfare work. Margaret Hurst, superintendent, reported safeguards to prevent misuse and said unworthy cases are dropped. The council ordered the matter referred to the poor committee for personnel assignments.
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Isme
Susann Council
Margaret Hurst
Miss Hurst
Fred L. Glaize
H. H. Hable
Coast guard orders vessels to aid Nome fire rescue
Washington coast guard headquarters ordered six vessels in Pacific waters to stand by to aid Nome after a devastating fire left the city nearly wiped out. Outside help needed swiftly as crews mobilize and residents await relief.
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Washington Coast Guard
Pacific
Nome
Swifty
Jackson
Miss
Bilbo
Stephens
Passaic
Danville
Georgia
Hartford
Biddeford
Metal weather strip ad for energy savings
A dated insurance style advertisement promotes metal weather strips for windows and doors to keep out winter and save fuel. It lists E. W. Armstrong Co. at 39 E. Piccadilly St and a phone number 639 for an estimate. The item appears with catalog like reference 1p-31-9-18.20,22.
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E. W. Armstrong Co
E. Piccadilly St
Convict Camp To Be Put On Millwood Road
H G Shirley commissioner of highways visited Frederick county and Winchester to inspect the road system. The Millwood road section left incomplete when the CWA halted is likely to be finished before bad weather. No date for resuming Berryville avenue work was announced. He toured the North Frederick road near the W S Hiett estate where a dangerous curve will be removed. Plans include rebuilding the bridge across Crooked Run on the Front Royal Winchester road.
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H. G. Shirley
Richmond
Frederick County
Winchester
Millwood Road
Berryville Avenue
Shirley
North Frederick Road
Fireman Killed as Big Four Flyer Hits Truck at Crossing
Lawrenceville Illinois September 18 A southbound Egyptian Flyer crashed into a large transport truck at a grade crossing on U S Route 50. The truck was demolished the locomotive and three cars derailed. Fireman George Mobley 55 of Danville Illinois was killed by steam line scalding. Everett Kiser of Brazil Indiana and his assistant Richard Jacob of Terre Haute Indiana were injured.
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Associated Press
Lawrenceville
Iil
Big Four
George Mobley
Mot
Danville
Ill
Everett Kiser
Brazil
Ind
Richard Jacob
Terre Haute
Word Series To Be Resumed Next Weekend
At a Park baseball meeting in the Winchester Hotel the second and third games of the Little World Series were set to decide Winchester’s champion between the Park club and the O Sullivan team. Reggie Mapp will pitch one game after winning ten straight for Virginia Polytechnic Institute. The Sunday game was rained out.
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Park
Winchester
O'Sullivan
Reggie Mapp Rom
Mapp
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Hafey's Homer Gives Reds 2 0 Win Over Giants
In New York on September 18 Chick Hafey hit his eighteenth homer with Jim Bottomley aboard in the tenth to power the Cincinnati Reds past the New York Giants 2 to 0 in the opening game of a doubleheader. Benny Frey outdueled Fred Fitzsimmons in a pitching duel to secure the victory.
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Associated Press
New York
Chick Hafey
Jim Bottomley
Benny Frey
Fred Fitzsimmons
Cincinnati Reds
New York Giants
Direct Contact Held Best Plan Of Bargaining
Tom M. Girdler of Republic Steel urges direct contact between management and the Association of Iron and Steel Electrical Engineers to improve labor relations. He emphasizes a duty to labor to provide opportunity, high wages, and good working conditions, noting steel profits show wages may exceed what the industry can afford.
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Associated Press
Cleveland, CO
Tom M. Girdler
Republic Steel Corporation
Association of Iron and Steel Electrical Engineers
Girdler
van Ate
Ness
Soviet Russia Wins Seat in League Assembly
The League of Nations assembly elected Soviet Russia into membership by a vote of 39 for, 3 against, and 7 not voting in Geneva. The packed hall and outside crowd created a gala atmosphere as spectators filled the venue for the historic admission.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Assembly of the League of Nations
Soviet Russia
Russia
U S Price List Shown to Competing Firm for Cuban Order
Evidence presented to the Senate munitions committee shows a 1932 U S government price list for war materials was shown to a Federal Laboratories Inc representative to enable underbidding on a Cuban order. The testimony ties government pricing to a private firm in a bid scandal.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Federal Laboratories, Inc
Senate Munitions Committee
Seventy Nine Enrolled In New Adult Colored School
Seventy nine local colored adults aged 17 to 66 have enrolled in the new adult colored school to be held on North Kent Street in Douglas. Classes may begin October first with eight grades represented. Three teachers will be hired and no cost to enrollees. Funding comes from federal funds and the program is organized by Rev. Dr. Mickens with committee members listed.
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Douglas
Ing
North Kent 5
Corm
Mickens
Commission To Hold Parley On Short Selling
Joseph P. Kennedy chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission said the commission will confer with stock exchange officials tonight or tomorrow on short selling. The meeting extends the Washington inquiry and will hear witnesses for suggestions in an open frame of mind.
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Associated Press
New York
Stock Exchange
Joseph P. Kennedy
Securities and Exchange Commission
Commission
Washington
Kennedy
Mercy Dash by Ranger to Save Freighter Cook
The United States Navy aircraft carrier Ranger diverted nearly 300 miles to reach the Argentine cook Nicola Delaguente aboard the freighter Collingsworth after a near-fatal nasal condition. Medical staff aboard the Ranger transported him to Rio de Janeiro for treatment with transfusions offered by crew members. doctors credited the intervention with improving his odds of recovery.
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Buenos Aires
Ranger
Rio de Janeiro
United States
Paren
Collingsworth
Nicola Delaguente
J. G. Wright
Valparaiso
Ind
Harold Atkins
Binnewater
N. Y
Delafuente
Cook
Nome Fire Destroys 20 Blocks in Gold Capital
Nome Alaska reports a massive blaze starting on a hotel roof that swept through more than twenty blocks leaving two dead and losses up to two million dollars. Federal government Red Cross and others promise rapid aid as residents plead for food and medical supplies amid near freezing conditions.
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Government
Red Cross
Bush Aid
Associated Press
Nome
Alaska
Rex M. Swartz
American Companies
Golden Gate Hotel
Zemneniny
Federal
Miners and Merchants Bank
Hespital
Nose Decree
Seattle
Fairbanks
Victoria
Coast Guard
North Land
Dutch Harbor
Alaska City
Aleutiam Islands
Soft Water Used Winchester Steam Laundry
Steam laundry in Winchester advertised use of soft water and listed contact by phone 28 with handling date 3 26. The brief notice emphasizes water quality for cleaning and laundry services.
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Winchester
Pickers Tickets Printed Now
Notice from The Evening Star dated August 20 inviting readers to have their pickers tickets printed. No further details provided.
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the Evening Star
Rouss Fire School Notice Instructed By Dunn
Instructor John H. Dunn returns from Richmond Fire School to lead fire methods at the Rouss engine house on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5 p.m. All firemen invited. the Rouss Committee notes the program promotes modern equipment handling. Also a notice seeks a home for a female fox terrier puppy, phone numbers 629-J or 41-1.
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John H. Dunn
Richmond Fire School
Rouss
Bar Mr Roosevelt From Pulpit
The pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Clymer New York says President Roosevelt would not be allowed in the pulpit. Speaking at the Erie Conference meeting Rev L R Phipps claimed Roosevelt has attended church only three times since taking office and warned he would bar him if he ever visited the town.
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New Castle
Methodist Episcopal Church
Clymer
N. Y
Roosevelt
L. R. Phipps
Council Moves To Block Walk Marathon Here
At a special City Council meeting an ordinance passed first and second readings to license walkathons at 1000 dollars per week. A further meeting was set for 5 30 tonight for final passage. Local ministers and business leaders opposed the event as harmful to youth and morality.
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Council
Martinsburg
Popularity Contest Held at St. Paul’s Church by Rev Dr Mickens
Rev Dr Mickens pastor of St Pauls Church announced a youth popularity contest to be held at the church at 8 oclock Thursday evening sponsored by local colored organizations. Mrs Alfred Kerfoot and her daughters Miss Josephine and Eleanor Griffith left on a week long trip to New York.
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Dr. Mickens
St. Paul’s Church
Alfred Kerfoot
Josephine
Eleanor Griffith
N; York
Benefit Bridge Party at Golf Club Sept 22
A benefit bridge party will be held at the Golf Club on Saturday September 22 with 50 cents admission. The Red Cross motor car service will be provided for attendees. Proceeds support Red Cross relief efforts.
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Benefit Bridge Party Golf Club
Red Cross Motor Car Service
Pepperell Mills Closed as Walkout Expands
In Portland Maine about 3800 workers joined others walking out amid nationwide textile strikes. Demobilization ordered for Connecticut National Guard units previously deployed to quell unrest at mills and plant sites.
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Pepperell Cotton Mills
Portland
Connecticut
Biddeford
Hartford
Conn
W. L. Cross
Connecticut National Guard
Haven
Putnam
Belding-Hehmnway-Cortbelly « Silk Company
Powdrell and Company
Danielson
Sayles
Saylesville
R. I
Sayles Finishing Company
Rhode Island
Atlanta
Georgia
Govenor Eugene Talmadge
Macon Guard
Macon
Austell
Clark Thread Company
Cedartown
Adj
Lindley Camp
East Point Tleeting
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Rouss Fire School
Paterson
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Chamber of Commerce
R. B. Campbell
Highland Avenue Presbyterian Church
Ministerial Association
Fair Grounds
Nelson
Bell
Mortisburg
W. Va
Hagerstown
Charles McVicar
Commissioner of Revenue
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