Athens Hornets win state title in overtime thriller
Athens Hornets secured the state high school basketball championship with an extra-period victory over the San Jacinto Golden Bears. Dana Henderson and Claude Harris led the All-Tournament selections, while Lee Tynes of San Jacinto topped scoring with 41 points. Harris fueled the San Jacinto rally in the final to force OT.
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United Press
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San Jacinto Golden Bears
Houston
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Claude Harris
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Lee Tynes
Cornelius
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Tompkins
Faye Zachary
Nocona
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Carter
Mens
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Trinity Starts Work For Tennis Title
Trinity University begins Texas Conference tennis title bid with John White Amarillo star fresh netman leading the squad under coach John W. Cummings. Kim Harty and White expected to form the doubles pair. others include Charlie Hawes Niles Townsend Waxahachie and Frank Fowler Crandall with Lene Barnett Valley Mills showing potential.
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Waxahachie
Texas
Trinity University
Howard Payne
Simmons University
Oracles
John White
Amarillo
Fresh Netman
Trinity
John W. Cummings
Kim Harty
White
Charlie Hawes
Niles
Townsen
Frank Fowler
Crandall
Fresh Lene Barnett
Valley Mills
Political Refugees to Belgium
Belgium has become a paradise for political refugees with the surete police monitoring politics. Over 300,000 aliens are registered as earning living in Belgium, and 60,000 files a year must be maintained to track their political activities.
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Associated Press
Brussels
Belgium
Surete
All Southwestern Conference basketball stars named by editors
Dallas Time-Herald and Fort Worth Star-Telegram list Sumner and Reynolds of TCU and SMU plus Dietzel of TCU as centers. Skeeters of SMU and Sexton of Arkansas as guards. Williams of SMU and Strickland of Baylor appear in other papers. Olsen of Austin American-Statesman selects Sumner and Williams forwards, Dietzel center, Skeeters guard, with Veltman of A&M and Strickland missing from first team.
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Dallas
Southern Methodist
Texas Christian University
Arkansas
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Dallas Time-Hearth
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Reynolds
Dietzel
Skeeters
Sexton
Ark
Fort Worth
Tex
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Williams
T. C U
Sdxton
United
Waco
Austin
Homer Olsen
The
Austin American-Statesman
Olsen
Dietzal
Veltman
Cinder Man Reports Illini Relay Carnival Preview
The University of Illinois Relay Carnival returns in Champaign with top track stars from the Midwest, South and East. The fourteenth indoor classic features university relays including one mile medley and four mile, college relays, and an open 320-yard high hurdle shuttle relay. Special events span sprints, hurdles, distance runs, jumps and throws, highlighting a broad slate of disciplines.
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Associated Press
Champaign
Ill
Midwest
University of Illiois
Mrs Pigg Free On Abilene Murder Bond
Mrs Virginia Pigg released on a 2500 dollar bond after the fatal shooting of her husband M I Pigg a salesman at their home in Abilene The couple and their 18 month old child were present when she says he began chasing her around the room and she fired once to frighten him noting he had been drinking then left the scene with authorities.
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Associated Press
Abilene
Virginia Pigg
Liberty
M. I. Pigg
Sheep Arrived in America with Jamestown Colony 1609
The first sheep were brought to the American colonies by the Jamestown settlement in 1609, marking the start of livestock farming in English America.
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America
Jamestown
1609
Seventh Texas relay games set for March 27 in Austin
The University of Texas Athletic department announced plans for the seventh Texas relay games on March 27 in Austin. About 150 participants from five states have entered, with teams from Washington University St Louis Southwestern University Denton Teachers College and Smithville High School among recent entrants. Oklahoma’s Glen Dawson and Clifford Mell of McKinney bring speed honors as part of the entries. Trophies include plaques watches and medals for relay winners and individual event victors.
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University of Texas Athletic Department
Washington University
St. Louis
Southwestern University
Denton Teachers’ College
Smithville High School
Glen Dawson
Campus Argot and Cars Shape College Life at Washington and Lee
Dr. Francis Pendleton Gaines, president of Washington and Lee University, says campus slang and football are less troubling than student car use. He notes students with cars are condemned yet argue the issue lies with students who forget their status. He explains college slang such as in the cups and looping refers to inebriation and defends undergraduate English usage.
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Lexington
Francis Pendleton Gaines
Washington and Lee University
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Lightnin Bill Jones Real Character From Brownville Nebraska
Lincoln March 9 Lightnin Bill Jones long famed American character portrayed by Will Rogers in films was real William Wallace Kennedy who left Nebraska in the early 1890s and later lived in Napa California. Kennedy told the stories that inspired the Beebe county clerk Napa papers Frank Bacon editor. Kennedy spoke of bee driving across the plains and told tales of the Guard and sailor years. Norma Sherburne Boston University junior collects old bottles nearing 100 specimens from dumps and beaches including a 150-year-old Scotch bottle.
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Boston
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Boston University
Belgian Convict Receives Part of Earnings on Release
A Belgian convict is to receive three tenths of his earnings when his prison term ends. The provision assigns the share as part of his discharge, with the remainder presumably remaining to be accounted for under the terms of the sentence.
Three Die When Car Plunges Through Bridge Rail
In Minden Louisiana on the Minden Sibley road late Saturday night three youths were killed instantly when a car carrying five to a dance crashed through the railing of a railroad overpass. Homer Brumbley 18 Alvin Hortmann 22 both of Hortman La Queen Foley 17 of Churchwood La died. Malcolm Smith 17 of Hortman was badly cut and bruised and listed in serious condition at a local hospital.
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Alvin Hortmann
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Queen Foley
Churchwood
Malcolm Smith
Loughran Schaaf to Head Garden Show Duel at MSG
New York March 9 Madison Square Garden Friday night features a heavyweight bout between Tommy Loughran and Ernie Schaaf, their fourth meeting. Loughran drew earlier attention but Schaaf won the next two on points and is favored again. Paulino Uscudun faces Les Kennedy in Los Angeles tomorrow night.
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Madison Square Garden
Tommy Loughran
Philadelphia Adunts
Ernie Schaaf
Loughran
Schaaf
Paulino Uscudun
Les Kennedy
Long Beach
Calif
Los Angeles
Blind Freshman Tops Georgia Tech Scholastic Standing
C. M. Witcher, a blind freshman in Georgia Tech's engineering department, led all 2,355 students in scholastic standing. He was among five students posting A averages above 90. Living in darkness, he navigates campus by touch, uses a portable typewriter, and has exam questions read aloud by instructors before answering by typewriter.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
C. M. Witcher
Georgia School of Technology
Witcher
Mirando City Recovering After Devastating Fire
Mirando City residents surveyed the ashes and tangled debris from 15 buildings in two blocks after a blaze swept through the town. Losses were estimated at 60,000 dollars. About half the population aided in a bucket brigade, and a chamber of commerce leader announced plans to meet to organize rebuilding.
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Mirando City
Recognition of Russia Up to Hoover Policy Review
Washington March 9 Recogni tion of Soviet Russia is an official question the Hoover administration intends to answer for itself. Secretary Stimson will review the entire problem of Russian affairs before mapping any policy. The policy has followed prior administrations, with Russia asked to settle obligations and cease propaganda. Debt to Americans is near 400 million dollars. a 187 thousand dollar credit to the Provisional Government is in question. Embargo agitation and Hawley tariff issues add to the problem facing Stimson.
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