07 Mar 1929
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1929
Page
1
A bulletin from the Automobile Club of Illinois urges mutual courtesy on highways. The fifty fifty rule favors drivers sharing the road, promoting safer relations. President Mayer emphasizes that courteous treatment starts with self-practice.
Farm report states Rogera Caldwellwall, Nashville analyzer, has bought controlling interest in the Nashville Baseball Club. Col Ruppert of the New York Yankees may form a partnership with Caldwell to use the Vols to absorb overflow players. Caldwell acquired the interest held by Jack Whaley Lisatdenit and Stanley Horn, secretary, granting him free fifths of the Brooke.
A vintage note discusses road safety campaigns and driver pedestrian cooperation. The piece cites data from Rio de Janeiro and notes that about 85 percent of cars in Hilo and other places are open to risks. It questions farmer spending on autos over gold bricks and asserts a motor vehicle exists for roughly every 277 persons worldwide.
The Madison Square Garden corporation gained a monopoly on heavyweight Mix Schmeling after Col. Yonn A. Gammond secured a two year exclusive agreement. Schmeling must fight under garden auspices in his first appearance as champion if he wins the title, marking the first boxing contract of its kind for such a long term.
Walter Hagen called for representation of foreign born golfers who naturalized as US citizens on national teams entering competition. He urged a 2 year plan to have a 100 percent homebred European team in Europe and US matches while stressing equal opportunity and no discrimination in sport or war.
A collage of sporting notes mentions Ty Cobb planning a European trip in June, college gymnasiums at Penn State and Idaho, Missouri basketball height, Yankee uniform numbers, and a range of baseball and boxing snippets. It references Weir at Nebraska, Emil Levsen, Florida vs Harvard in 1926 style, Sonny Horne, Sam Byrd, Pittsburgh Phil Smith, and betting, taxes, and international gambling topics.
A thrilling scene unfolded during the fee boat regatta on the Shrewsbury River at Red Bank Nood. The event drew a sporting crowd along the riverbanks as quick maneuvers and competitive bursts kept spectators engaged throughout the race.
The Boston Braves of the National League have signed Tony Plansky to join the squad. Plansky is listed mainly as a pitcher, with a potential move to infield if pitching fails to meet expectations.
Hagen argued that international golf should emphasize fair play over winning margins. He said the main goal is for the United States to represent well and that British success would not harm the sport, stressing equality to keep the game alive.
A 1941 and 1912 US Bureau of Public Roads test on Connecticut Avenue in Montgomery County Maryland shows gephartic pavements lasting under 14 years of heavy use. The report notes bituminous macadam and asphaltic concrete structures requiring minimal maintenance and remaining serviceable, with brick sections aging but usable. Coburn’s Bay State cost figures compare maintenance per mile across pavement types, highlighting lower costs for asphalt and bituminous concrete.
An article notes Maj. H O D Segrave, famed British speedist, aiming to surpass Ray Beech’s 207 552 mile per tour mark. Segrave, first to drive a car over 200 miles per hour per tour, plans a Daytuna Beach event to push the speed record further.
Random notes cover milk composition, U S dairy farm losses from dice, reindeer diet including piles and fish, postwar electricity cost, German production of two thousand varieties of BAURAGER, a反 phrase about the fire of hate, waiter demographics in restaurants, and reflections on poverty as virtue with garbled language and lingering foreign terms.
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