Final Olympic trials begin as swimmers and crews tune up
Frank Getty reports Olympic track and field trials start in Philadelphia with 400m hurdles 53.1 contenders Taylor and Gibson aiming for Amsterdam. Harvard and Rockaway Beach host rest of events, plus women’s swimming records fall at Newark meet.
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Thames
Newark
Flashes of Life from the AP Newswire
Roundup of brief items: Lindbergh gifts $1000 to Byrd for Antarctic prep on the anniversary of Byrd’s trans Atlantic landing in France. Ver sur Mer France council marks Byrd landing anniversary with praise. Berlin paper notes pensioner suggestion. Floyd Bennett’s husband dies during Bremen support flight. Valley Forge chapel becomes brides shrine as peace chime plays Mendelssohn wedding march seventy times last month. Seward Alaska hunter L Taylor shoots a sea lion and earns two trophies including a ton and a half lion killing a baby seal.
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Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
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Valley Forge
National Peace Chime
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Sahara Sea Plan Grows and Extends to Mediterranean
John Ball of the Geological Survey of Egypt promotes a bold project to flood the Sahara with water from an inland sea, building a 200 mile canal to the Mediterranean for ocean liners. Evaporation would raise rainfall on arid lands, converting desert towns into port cities.
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Sahara Desert
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Geological Survey of
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Mediterranean Sea
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Return bout looms in Brooklyn for Morgan and Martin
Promoter Humbert Fugazy stages thirds world championship bout of the season at Ebbetts Field Brooklyn Wednesday night. Ted Morgan of Seattle defends his junior lightweight crown against Cannon Ball Eddie Martin former bantamweight champion in a rematch following Morgan’s close May 24 Madison Square Garden decision. Morgan born December 25, 1902 in Sequim Washington seeks busy year after a lackluster 1927. Martin known for aggression and constant pressure, pressured Morgan in recent action before Morgan’s sharp jab and right to the jaw slowed him.
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Seattle
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Ted
Metropolitan
Ser Italian
Carl Duane
Joe Glick
Johnnie Dundee
Mike Ballerino
Kid Sullivan
Atlanta Pro Frank Ball Advocates Unconventional Swing
In Atlanta on July 2, Frank Ball, tied for low with 70 at the national open, rejects many classic golf forms. He teaches pupils to bend the left arm during iron and wood shots, hits from the top of the swing, emphasizes wrists, and de-emphasizes follow-through, offering ready explanations for each belief.
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Atlanta
Frank Ball
Ball
Famous Munich Beer Losing Home Flavor
Munich beer loses favor at home with 30 percent lower 1927 consumption than 1926. Citizens refilled pint steins 429 times yearly, down from 1,056 in 1896, with total 218,485 quarts for 1927 including October festival. Milk production in surrounding country rose about 30 percent while brewers push exports to France and other nations.
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Munich
France
Ninth annual North Carolina Checker tourney set for Durham
Durham announces the ninth annual North Carolina Checker Association tournament will be held in Durham on July 4. The winner earns a gold medal symbolizing the Old North State championship. Last year George C. Anderson of Salisbury won in Burlington among 75 contestants. expected turnout may exceed 100 expert players as Anderson defends his title.
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International Stove Service
Durham
N. C
North Carolina Checker Association
Old North State
George C. Anderson
Salisbury
Burlington
Anderson
North Carolina
Mummified Body Of Murdered Woman Found In Irish Bog
Hidden for fifty years the mummified body of a murdered woman was found in a peat bog at Mullagheroy Delvyin Westmeath. The coroner ruled death by a blunt instrument over fifty years ago. The victim, about 25, wore no clothes and had auburn hair tied in a knot. A 90 year old resident recalls no disappearance matching the case, leaving the motive a mystery.
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Pe International News Service
Dublin
Mullagheroy
Delvyin
County Westmeath
Scottish potato lifting plan abandoned over child age limit
Protest arose in Kindcardine shire Scotland against allowing 10 year old children to perform seasonal farm work described as potato lifting. The plan was dropped and the minimum employment age remains 12 years.
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Kindcardineshire
Scotland
Three Killed in Clinton Field Plane Crash
A plane piloted by Dr. Homer K. Lambert fell 800 feet to Clinton municipal airport killing Dr. Lambert his daughter Betty and niece Shirley Lambert 14. Lambert had only 20 hours of solo flying and Bettys first flight ended in tragedy as the motor stalled and the craft spun and crashed inverted.
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Clinton
Homer K. Lambert
Betty
Shirley Lambert
Lambert
Save for Top Teams Major Races Close
Baseball standings show tight races across the leagues with shifts nearly daily. The Yankees beat the Athletics twice 12 6 and 8 4 as Lou Gehrig and Tony Lazzeri each hit two homers, while Detroit toppled St. Louis 7 4 and Cleveland beat Chicago 5 2 fueled by Burns’s two on homer and Buckeye’s release.
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Baseball scores and standings across leagues and cities
Western League results show Omaha losing in 12 innings at Amarillo while Pueblo and Oklahoma City split. Denver and Des Moines routed. National League Philadelphia and Boston the lone game. Texas and Southern Association matchups listed with scores for Fort Worth Dallas and Birmingham New Orleans. multiple other city games noted with varied results.
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Braves Beat Cubs In Tight Pulled Ahead Narrow Victory
Braves edged the Cubs 14 hits to seven as Clark Mons and McWeeney led a decisive early assault. Robins trailed by two points late, but the visitors held on for the win.
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Mons
McWeeney
Robins
Amarillo Broncs sweep doubleheader with Omaha in western league
Amarillo Broncs won both games against Omaha, 10 to 6 in 12 innings and 13 to 1 in seven, as Western league doubleheaders continued. Oklahoma City, idle leaders, split with Pueblo while Tulsa’s 10 game streak ended with a loss to Denver. Saltzgaver went hitless after 22 straight games.
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United Press
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Amarilla
Amarillo Broncs
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Oilers
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Willetts Crowned City Champion After Victory
Dick Willetts defeated Mansel Merriman yesterday afternoon in a 30 hole match at Hillcrest to claim the city golf championship. Willetts trailed early but surged with birdies on Nos. 3 and 2, rebounding from a five down deficit, and sealed victory on the fifteenth green as Merriman parred a five on the final hole. A gallery of 200 golf enthusiasts observed both rounds.
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Dick Willetts
Merriman
Mansel Merriman
Hillcrest
Willetts
Merrion
Merrimat
Longest Phone Call From The Hague To Java
New York July 2. The longest distance ever spanned by oral communication, a telephone conversation covering many miles, was recently reported. It was accomplished by a telephone and radio hookup between The Hague in Holland and Batavia, Java, and was overseen by Dutch East Indies telephone officials. V A Davidson, GM director, and Ivan Dresser, GM Continental Antwerp advertiser, were the participants in the hookup.
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Java
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General Motors Continenta
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