107 Horses Will Go On Block In Clarke County
One of the largest lots of thoroughbred yearlings and mares to go on the auction block at Walnut Hall near Boyce Virginia. 107 offerings come from 28 stables across Clarke Loudoun Fauquier Culpeper Rockingham and Orange counties. Imported horses include Imp Reliance Imp Miss Braxted and Imp Airy Fairy among others.
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Boyce
Dixie
Walnut Hall
William T. DuPont, Jr
E. J. Tranter
Saratoga
N. Y
Blue Grass
Virginia
Clarke
Loudoun
Fauquier
Culpeper
Rockingham
Orange Counties
Imp
Reliance
Aries
Renounce
Leon Carter
Loudoun County
Miss Braxted
My Ideal
White Thorn
Crunden and Skinner
Middleburg
Airy Fairy
Mintairy
Airy Spirit
Fairy Gift
C. G
T. G. Herring
Harrisonburg
Crasenote
Firefly
Flyman
Nipper
Meadowbrook Farm
Loudoun ‘County
England
Thomas H. Somerville
Montpelier Station
John B. Anderson
Ayshire
Upperville
Belray
Harry K. Benham
Charles W Black
Brookmeade Farms
Llewellyn Bull
White Port
A. M. Chichester
Teesoure
Miss Audrew Davies
William MuPont, Jr
Roy H. Farjer
Charles Franck
Teudoun
County
Gray Rock
Edward B. Jacobs
Justa
Meadowbrook
Metcalf
John A. Morris
Elizabeth Nesbit
Warrenton
B. O'F Randolph
Millwood
Rockburn
David N. Rust, Jr
Leesburg
William Bell Watkins
Global quake activity and land damage rates
Seismographs worldwide log about 25 earthquakes daily with 14 strong enough to be felt. Land damaging quakes occur roughly every 82 hours.
Utopia Work Schedule and Evening Leisure Linked to Morality
The model kingdom in Thomas More's Utopia assigns six hours of work daily, split three before and three after the mid day meal. Evenings are reserved for relaxation and entertainment, a practice described in a book written over four centuries ago.
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Model Kingdom
Thomas Moore
Dunn Woolen Company Grants Wage Increases To 400 Plus Workers
More than four hundred employees at the Dunn Woolen Company across three Martinsburg plants received a Saturday pay raise described by management as an upward adjustment. The change raises wages above the peak prosperity levels seen in 1928, with variations by mill. The National Recovery Administration permit allowing a ten day three shift operation ended, delaying further staffing until an extension is hoped for.
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Dunn Woolen Company
Martinsburg
Dunn Company
National Recovery Administration
Evolution of Music Through Choral Experiments
The text notes music remained slow to evolve for centuries with choristers singing together to form pleasant sounds. It highlights limited progress and long-standing reliance on communal vocal experiments prior to broader musical development.
Nats and Giants Each Close In On Pennant Finish
The Nats lost 4-2 to Sam Gray of St Louis but still need two more wins to clinch. The Giants fell 4-3 to the Cardinals as Pittsburgh split with Philadelphia. each trail the pennant by one win, with Washington holding 9 games left and New York 10.
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Nats
Giants
St. Louis Brown
Sam Gray
Washington
St. Louis
Yankees
White Sox
Cardinals
Pirates
Phillies
New York
Widow Sunday Attends Coroner's Inquest on Husband's Death
Mrs Mauryne Sunday widow of George Sunday heir of the famous evangelist Billy Sunday appears at a San Francisco coroner's inquest to learn the cause of her husband's death after he fell or jumped from his apartment window. The piece also notes major wind tunnel sites in the United States, including the U S Bureau of Standards in Washington MIT Cal Tech NYU and Sikorsky Bridgeport.
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Mauryne Sunday
George Sunday
Billy” Sunday
San Francisco
Sunday
United States
United States Bureau of Standards
Washington, D. C
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
California Institute of Technology
New York University
Bridgeport
Sikorsky_Aviation corporation
Leesburg Fire Damages Candy Shop in Business District
Leesburg Virginia fire damaged the Sweetland Candy Shop owned by George Manos with $3,000 in contents lost. The rear frame building owned by J J Ross was wrecked while the brick front survived. Firefighters battled the blaze for over an hour. this follows a five month earlier downtown fire. The article also notes the four largest asteroids Ceres Pallas Vesta and Juno discovered in the 1800s.
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Leesburg
Sweetland
George Manos
J. J. Ross
Ceres
Pallas
Vesta
Juno
Piazzi
Olbers
Harding
Standings and results from the American League baseball games
The American League standings show New York leading with a .664 pace, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, Boston, and St. Louis trailing. Yesterday results include St. Louis 4 Washington 2 and Philadelphia 9 Detroit 8.
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L. Pet
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Detroit
Chicago
Boston
St. Louis
Washington
National League Standings and Results
National League standings show New York leading with 88 wins and 54 losses. Brooklyn, Chicago, St. Louis, Boston, Philadelphia, Cincinnati and Pittsburgh follow with varying records. Yesterday results included Brooklyn 6 Chicago 4 and St Louis 4 New York 3. Today's schedule lists New York at St Louis and other matchups including Philadelphia at Pittsburgh and Boston at Cincinnati.
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O . Pet
New York
Pittsburgh
Chicago
St. Louis
Boston
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Opening lead decides contract in tense bridge match
The article explains how the opening lead and defense shape the contract in a bridge game. It details bidding by South, West, East, and North, then tracks card play including spades and hearts, leading to a one trick defeat for the declarer after a sequence of risky leads and defensive perfection.
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South
J. North
East
Dummy
North
Declarer
Out South
Rail Abandonment Rises as Highways Draw Traffic
The article notes growing highway use reducing rail miles with 1930 1933 figures showing thousands of miles abandoned. Consequences include unemployment among railway workers, cuts in railway material purchases, and tax revenue losses at national, state, and local levels impacting taxpayers. It cites Norfolk and Western Railway as recent example amid regulatory action.
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Norfolk and Western Railway
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Mary Reynolds
Ben White
Mr. Reynolds
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Claroorld’s Fair
Doris Burt
Quiz
Mrs. Mauryne
Dick Shelton
Rassle
Harry Knight
Canada
Elmer Hepler
New Mexico
la Senorita Feresiia
Steel
Uncle Sam
Century of Progress
Betty Miller
George J. Stockly
Social Register
Great Neck
L. L
J. Woolf
Enduro
Milady
Mildred Devoe
Columbus
Ohio
Cotton Blossom
Central Press
E. V. Shepard
West Virginia
Norfolk and Western
Norfolk and Railway
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