Major Leagues Jump Into Sports Spotlight on Opening Day
Major league baseball returned to the fore with an eight game opener and an expected attendance near 200000. The Yankees meet the Red Sox in New York as Cubs Cardinals and Pirates lead NL crowding the pennant race along with Giants, Dodgers, and Phillies. Ruth ready in right field despite throat ailment, veterans sit out opening day lineups. beer slated for park sale in New York St Louis Cincinnati and Chicago with Boston license delayed.
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Death at Wagner No 1 Oil Well Fire Near Longview
Flames at the Wagner No 1 oil well in Upshur County near Longview burned from Sunday until last night. One man died and another was badly burned before firefighter H. L. Patton and driller Charles A. Groneman helped quell the blaze.
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Bowling Loop Tostert Play Opens at Amarillo Bowl
The Amarillo Bowling Club will commence Wednesday night under manager Harvey Richey. Members include Amhoiz Coffee Rock Island Bankers Life and WDAG. Public invited to opening. more teams to be organized and a complete schedule soon. A weekly prize list was announced offering individual prizes for men and women.
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Harvey Richey
Amhoiz Coffee
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Bankers Life
WDAG
Derrick Platform Fire Burn Injuries Update
Monday injuries from a well ignition were reported as N C Buchanan, standing on the derrick platform, expected to recover after suffering burns.
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Welter fight seems certain in World title bout May 20 at Wrigley Field
Promoter Jack Doyle announced a May 20 welterweight title bout at Wrigley Field between Young Corbett and Jimmy McLarnin after manager agreement. Referee George Blake was chosen to settle a dispute over tape and bandage limits, with Corbett set to receive $35,000 or a percentage if gate exceeds $100,000.
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Pop) Foster
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Frances Perkins Unwinds Labor Dept in Fight Against Waste
Frances Perkins drives sweeping reforms at the Labor Department backed by President Roosevelt. She aims to depoliticize the agency, recruit unemployed for reconstruction camps, and implement a flexible budget to reorganize functions. She oversees the federal employment service with input from economic experts and social agencies.
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Immigration overhaul aims to streamline agencies under Perkins
Madame Secretary plans a reorganization with a single director per agency and a stenographer, discharging 55 from the deportation squad and furloughing 16. Daniel W. MacCormack of New York is named director of the Immigration Bureau for his past wartime logistics work and unravling bureaucratic knots. Perkins says the system was hopelessly disorganized despite prior claims of humanizing reform.
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McLarnin to Receive Twenty Percent of Net Proceeds
Report states McLarnin will receive 20 percent of the net proceeds from the venture, with the remainder allocated to other costs and participants. The arrangement specifies clear basis for calculating deductions and payouts.
Marine Squadron 10 M Wins Schiff Memorial Trophy 1932
The Marine Fighting Plane Squadron 10 M earned the Herbert Schiff Memorial trophy for achieving a safe flying score in the U S Navy during 1932.
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