Sports page under siege by strikes and legal battles
The sports page once filled with competitive feats now grapples with strikes and lawsuits. Players face precarious contracts, unions, and court actions while owners and leagues wrestle with pay, job security, and public reaction. Yet golf masks a steadier path via the PGA and Ed Dudley. The public increasingly favors play over spectacle, a hopeful sign for the game.
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William Lyon Phelps
Grantland Rice
Blackstone
Yankee Stadium
St. Louis
Tom Yawkey
Golfers’ Association
Ed Dudley
Doane Faces Desert Trial and a Sand Wells Heist
Doane endures a brutal march toward Sand Wells with dwindling water as a four-bandit train robbery near Sand Wells erupts. Sheriff Flick ropes Jim Doane back into action, suspecting Star La Rue and the Alvaro family may be involved, while the Alvaro girl’s possible role hangs over the case.
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Doane
Sierra Nueva
San Loreto
Jim
Duane
Flick
Sam
Jim Duane
Papa
Railroad
Maxmilla City
Sand Wells
Jim Doane
Cain
Star la Rue
Star
Alvaro
Rancho de Los Tres Hermanos
Senor
Don Pia Miguel Alvaro Hisself
la Rue
Pio
Miguel Alvaro
Vintage Silver Dollars Inspire Early Texan On Screen
A kaleidoscope of 1940s film and radio lore catalogs Scott family luck and lucky silver dollars converted to cuff links, actors in Cheyenne Stallion Road and Stallion Road lore, Lou Castello’s sheriff badge collection, Nita Bunter cast as Miss Television, and updates on actors David Bruce, Cleatus Caldwell, June Baring, Bill Slater, Aunt Cissie Barthylomew, Professor Quiz, Tom Harmon, Elyse Knox, Bing Crosby, Alayde Johanna Weismutles, Mildren Natick, and The Late George Apley project linked to Paramount and Monogram Studios.
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Galfer
Bing Crosby
Ohio
Frank Lausche
Columbus
Iran
Hollywood
Alayde
Johanna Weismutles
Mildren Natick
Amelia
George Apley
Embroidered Kitten Romance Towels Pattern Sale
Elegant six inch kitten motifs for tea towels offered as transfer items in bright outline and darning stitches. Order Pattern No 5098 for eight transfers with color chart by sending 20 cents plus name and address. Also receive finishing instructions for Midsummer Battery Blouse Pattern No 9156 in sizes 14, 18, 1 by sending 20 cents and pattern details.
Riddles From a Puzzle Page: Trivia and Answers
The editor notes ten trivia prompts about siren sounds solder melting points peak counts a president wounded in war Ben’s bells right to confront accusers globe degrees and caviar fish and Mexican herdsman. The supplied answer claims sirens match a lower bass note without disturbing ears.
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United States
London
Cain Testers In Vending Machines Detect Fakes Fast
Collier's reports modern candy and cigarette vending machines test each coin in one and a half seconds. Eight checks verify metal content against genuine coins, correct diameter and thickness, proper weight, and absence of holes.
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Collier’s
Reading Fragments From a Distant Page
A compact report of scattered phrases includes mentions of Colorado and Sturgeon with numbers and names such as James Monroe Horace Greeley and Ranchero. The text reads like an OCR fragment with varied references to degrees places and people.
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Colorado
James Monroe
Rome
Horace Greeley
Sturgeon
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Ren
Sam Flick
San Loreto County
Loafer
Virginia Vale Factary
Scott
Cheyenne
Warner Bros
Lou Castello
Nottingham
England
Nita Bunter
Buddy Rogers
Ralph Cohn
Comet
David Bruce
Cleatus Caldwell
Nita
Reginald LeBarg
Jerry Fairbanks
Paramount Shorts
Elliott Murphy
Mr. Winkle
Bill Slater
New York
Bill
Cissie
Barthylomew
Freddie
Paramount
Professor Quiz
Tom Harmon
Joe Paluoka
Monogram
Harmon
Harmon of
Michigan
Elyse Knox
Zachary Scott
ACT
Sewing Circle
South Wells St
Chicago
Cain Testers
Sioux City
Hop
Bishop's
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Europe
Far East
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