Boxers Ordered to Defend Titles Within 60 Days
National Boxing Association demands Tommy Loughran Mickey Walker Joe Dundee and Sammy Mandel defend titles within sixty days unless a valid alibi is provided. Critics question opponents pay crowds and the feasibility of matching champions with challengers amid uncertain fan interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Demby
United Press
Chicago
National Boxing Association
Tommy Loughran
Mickey Walker
Joe Dundee
Sammy Mandell
Walker
Rene Devoe
Ace Hudkins
Dave Shade
Harry Ebbets
Jimmy McLarnin
Mandel
Tommy
Dundee
Jack Thompson
Joe
Thompson
Jackie Fields
Loughran
Leo Lomski
Taffy Griffiths
Griffiths
Lomski
California Fig Syrup for Constipation in Children
Reading early signs of illness helps mothers keep kids well. If a child is fretful pale wan and unwell constipation may be the cause. A dose of California Fig Syrup cleanses the bowels gently and restores appetite and spirits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
German Dempsey Schmeling Shows Boxing Breath Of Dempsey
Max Schmeling, nicknamed the German Dempsey, gains attention for his resemblance to Jack Dempsey yet proves his own style in bouts with Joe Sekura and Dayton Bohemian. He studies Dempsey films but must sharpen pace and inside fighting to reach Gene Tunney’s level. Fey Murray notes Schmeling’s potential and eccentricities of Paulino.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Schmeling
Dempsey
Jack
Herr Max
Joe Monte
Joe
Joe Sekura
Risko
Loughran
Braddock
Dayton
Max
Germany
Pretzle-Bender
Gene Tuntey
Last Games Set to Close City League First Half
City Drug and Athletic club faces Pill Rollers in a 7:30 PM title game to close the first half of the City League split season at the Athletic club. If Pill Rollers win and Presbyterians lose, Pill Rollers claim the championship. if Clubmen win and Presbyterians beat the Gassers, a three way tie ends the half. Lineups announced include Adams Close Letton Hull Sasse for City Drug and Bates Houska Jackson Wall Heater for A A C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Drug and Athletic Club
Athletic Club
Presbyterians
Prairie Gassers
Pill Rollers
Gassers
City Drug-Athletic Club
Harold Close
Kenneth Meade
City Drug
Adams
Close
Letton
Hull
Sasse
Bates
Houska
Jackson
Wall
Heater
Pacific Fleet Clash Foreshadows Canal Battle
Two great fleets the blue Atlantic fleet with 75 ships and the black Pacific fleet with 99 ships closed in on the Panama Canal Zone to contest control. The Detroit led the blue forces from Boston at nearly 30 knots to reinforce the canal and echoed the Oregon’s historic voyage in spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Balboa
Panama Canal Zone
Pacific
Panama Canal
Canal
Oregon
Horn
Detroit
Boston
Blues
Gulf of Panama
Arguments In Newton Trial Start Today
Six Parker county neighbors testified Newton was insane when he shot J. B. Arnold at the North Texas Iron and Steel plant in Fort Worth. Defense cites insanity. witnesses include Newton’s wife and daughter Mia K B Chartier. State witnesses recount the quarrel and shooting. L F Shanblum testified he saw the fatal act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Fort Worth
Texas
S. H. Newton
Parker County
J. B. Arnold
North Texas Iron and Steel Company
Newton
Mia
K. B
Chartier
Texarkana
L. F. Shanblum
Steel Company
Arnold
Pape's Diapepsin Claims Quick Appetite Rescue
Advertises that excess stomach acid poisons the body and causes indigestion and headaches. Claims Pape's Diapepsin dissolves acid, sweetens the stomach, and aids digestion after meals, with millions of packages sold annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pape
Red tape cut Nurmi to run in ink of C race
Paavo Nurmi cleared by Metropolitan A A U committee to compete in the two mile event at the Boston Knights of Columbus meet despite prior accusations of influence. Nurmi outlined a schedule from Jan 26 to March 16 across Boston Newark New York and Madison Square Garden as part of a crowded racing circuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nurmi
United Press
New York
Paavo Nurmi
Boston K. of C
Masonic
102Nd Engineers
Metropolitan Association of the Amateur Athletic Union
Jack Harris
Daniel J. Ferris
Harris
George Keiser
Masonic Games Committee
Boston
America
K. of C
William P. Kenney
New England
Masons
St. Joseph's C. C
Newark
A. A. Games
Millrose A. A
Madison Square Garden
New York A. C
Home Remedies and Dress Patterns Advertised in 1929
The ad promotes home treatments for gall bladder pain with a reference to a prescription service from Write Home Drug Co in Minneapolis, offering literature and a money back guarantee. It also lists Misses and Girls dress patterns with yardage, sizes, and prices, plus a fall and winter 1929 book of fashions order form from Globe News in Brooklyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Write Home Drug Co
Masonic Temple
Minneapolis
Minn
Adv
Globe- News
Sterling Place
Brooklyn
Bambino Busy Dodging Hounds of the Press
Babe Ruth complains reporters chase him constantly as he works out in New York. He jokes they follow him even in cars and says they have their instructions and must carry them out. He adds he has little peace and prefers focus on his training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Babe Ruth
Mayor Burt Protests Utilities Regulation Plan
A Texas senate hearing considered a bill to place public utilities under the railroad commission. Dallas Mayor R A Burt sent a memorial protesting the proposal, while the senate affairs committee planned an afternoon meeting to discuss the bill by Senators A J Wirtz and Ed Westbrook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Austin
R. A. Burt
Dallas
Public Utilities of
Texas
State Railroad Commission
Senate
Senate Affairs Committee
A. J. Wirtz
Seguin
Ed Westbrook
Sherman
Railroad Commission
Two Killed in Mill Blast in Oklahoma
Two men died and four were injured when a cylinder head burst from a steam engine at the Ryan Cotton Oil mill in Ryan Oklahoma. An official investigation was pending with the blast attributed to a cause under study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Ryan
Okla
Farley Kopecky Wrestle Rivalry Draws Amarillo Borger Crowd
The Farley Kopecky match at Second and Fillmore Street arena tomorrow night pits Borger’s Joe Kopecky against Amarillo’s taekwondo? crowd favorite. Officials expect a sellout with 1200 fans, no referee set yet, promoter promising a decisive but clean battle of strength and skill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fillmore Street Arena
Borger
Joe Kopecky
A. EB. F
Amatillo
Amarillo
Kopecky
Farley
Mill Accident Claims Two Dead and Several Hurt
A broken piston rod in the engine caused a mill incident. Dead are C. R. Allen, 50, and Leroy Martin, 26, both lint room employees on the second floor. Injured are H. R. Carver, 40, seriously. Sam C. Johnson, 83. Eric Harper. Rufus Reed, all slightly hurt by flying metal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R. Allen
Leroy Martin
H. R. Carver
Sam C. Johnson
Eric Harper
Rufus Reed
Sharkey Ready for Christner in Madison Square Garden
Jack Sharkey of Boston, in top condition since his 1939 knockout of Jim Maloney, rests before a 10 round heavyweight bout with K O Christner at Madison Square Garden Friday night. Christner, Akron native and road worker, limited himself to light work and calisthenics with road work. A Dallas women’s state law tournament is planned, likely led by Tom Lockwell of Tenson Park, per Mrs. Lane. first state tournament at Lakewood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jim Maloney
Jack Sharkey
Boston
K. 0
Christner
Akron
Ohio
The
Worker
Madison Square Garden
Sharkey
Women’s Golf Meet Planned by Dallas Club
Dallas prepares for the annual Texas state tournament for women at Lakewood Country Club this May. Invitations have gone to municipal women golf champions from major Texas cities to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas Club
United Press
Dallas
Tex
Lakewood Country Club
Texas
Musterole Quick Relief for Sore Throat and Aches
Musterole claims quick relief for sore throat bronchitis tonsillitis croup stiff neck asthma neuralgia headache congestion pleurisy rheumatism lumbago back pains sprains sore muscles bruises chilblains frostbitten feet and chest colds. A milder Children's Musterole version is available for babies and small children.
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Feg Murray
Fey Murray
Paulino
Metropolitan Newspaper Service
Bruen Wir
Dempsey-Bom
Prene Cincinnati
Hdldie Meyers
BY George Kirksey
Bambino
Burt
Oklahoma
Christner GO
Barbers of
Dru
Ucky Tiger
Jara & Tubes
Eddie Cantor
OP. Lorillard Co
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