Delaney to stay heavyweight in boxing plans
Jack Delaney, the French-Canadian boxer, will continue as a heavyweight per manager Joe Jacobs. The move ends the likelihood of a summer light heavyweight title bout with Tommy Loughran and outlines a Pacific coast campaign with possible bouts against Paulino Uzcudun or Armand Emanuel. Jacobs cites Delaney’s drawing power and readiness for a Tunney title bid.
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United Press
New York
Jack Delaney
Joe Jacobs
Tommy Loughran
Philadelphia
Delaney
Tom Heeney
Tex Rickard
Jacobs
Pacific Coast
Paulino Uzcudun
Tijuana
Armand Emanuel
Los Angeles
Emanuel
Jack Dempsey
Jack Dempsey Is Said To Be Financially Interested. “Delaney
Heeney
Tunney
Loughran
Atlantic Lines Asked to Help Watch Icebergs
The Coast Guard asked Trans Atlantic steamship firms to cooperate this spring and early summer to warn ships of icebergs. Commandant F C Billard designated the Cutters Modoc and Mojave to run the ice patrol, with instructions for ships to report iceberg sightings and sea temperatures to aid a Labrador current temperature curve.
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Atlantic Lines
International News Service
Washington
Trans- Atlantic Steamship Corporations
United States Coast Guard
F. C. Billard
Coast Guard
Modoc
Mojave
London
Labrador
NIDK
Doe
Nova Scotia
Texans Park Hosts Texans Beaching New Faces and Suspense
Infielders and outfielders arrive at Teson park ahead of March 15 and two upcoming games with Oscar Eckhart's Canyon Buffaloes. Connelly and Carroll reported en route from Chicago and Sherman based Vernon Tuck and other newcomers appear. Gunther Neufer unsettled. Neufer may skip, Gunther likely to return if salary terms improve.
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Teson Park
Texan Park
Chuck Carroll
Tom Connelly
Chicago
Connelly
Swansboro
Gunther
Neufer
Texans
Oscar Eckhart
Canyon Buffaloes
Apple Garden
Vernon Tuck
Sherman
Adams
Lamesa
White
Mount Carmel
Illinois
Lewis
Webber
West
Tuck
Tucker
Younsters
Famous French sleuth Leon Leoni's famed disguises stun press
Paris reports Europe's famed sleuth Leon Leoni known for countless disguises and 80 years with the Surete Generale. He shadowed Rolo Pasha and brought him to a court martial. He recalls Eddie Guerin a young defrauder sent to Devil's Island. Leoni describes using disguises to chase criminals.
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Associated Press
Paris
Europe
Leon Leoni
Rolo Pasha
Leoni
Surete Generale
Scotland Yard
France
Thirty teams collide in 19 tourney opener tilt
United Press reports the National AAU basketball tournament began with fifteen games scheduled in Kansas City Missouri on March 12. Matches featured Maryville Missouri Teachers against Southwestern Teachers College and teams from Weatherford Oklahoma McKendrie College Lebanon Illinois versus Omaha Nebraska K of C Tulsa Oklahoma Fagles versus Cudahy A C Sioux City Iowa Jeffersonville Indiana Ellis against Dallas Texas A C Southern Suret Des Moines versus Alva Oklahoma Teachers Goodyear Rubber Akron Ohio versus Rushville Indiana Independente McPherson College McPherson Kansas against Proud Nebraska Teachers Ke Nasha Kenosha Wisconsin versus Liberal Kansas Lions Hillyards St Joseph Missouri versus Canton Tl Legion South Side Turners Indianapolis versus Southwestern College Winfield Kansas Phillip University versus Lyons Indiana Independents Firestone Rubber Akron versus Duffy Floral Chicago Sterling Milks Oklahoma City versus Curran Buckets Chicago 69 Pittsburgh Kansas Teachers versus Ameth DeMolay El Paso Texas.
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United Press
Kansas
Crry
Maryville
Teachers
Southwestern Teachers College
Weatherford
Okla
McKendrie College
Lebanon
Illinois
Omaha
Neb
American Stage Superior to English, Says Leslie Faber
English actor Leslie Faber, returning from an American tour, argues the American stage is infinitely superior to England’s. He cites financial backers, a lack of risk taking, and public indifference as causes for England’s stagnant theater, contrasting American ventures as alive and diverse. He notes similar talent levels but warns English producers and backers differ greatly from American ones.
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International News Service
London
England
Leslie Faber
Faber
New York
Flashes of Life and River Deep Find Gold Tidings
In New York society notes a Palm Beach season baseball game between New York and Philadelphia players listed with Mr titles but without a score. Divers recover a $50,000 keg and search the Hudson for more bullion from the Roma voyage to Italy.
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Associated Press
New York
Yage
Palm Beach
Philadelphia
Hudson River
Roma
Italy
The Debonair Detective Faces a Final Failing Belief
Leoni, a suave pursuer known for courtly manners, hunted Therese Humbert and the famed swindler Bolo Pasha in Paris. After Pasha’s verdict, he sought Leoni to thank him, but Leoni doubted capital punishment and did not witness Pasha’s end.
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Mobeman
Faubourg St. Germain
Therese Humbert
Leoni
Bolo Pasha
Pasha
Bolo
Bovina School Board invites bids for new high school
The Bovina School Board will open sealed bids at 2 PM on Monday March 19 1928 in the High School Building for construction of a new high school estimated at 50000 dollars. Plans and specs are at Peters and Haynes Architects in Lubbock Texas. The board may reject any or all bids. Signed Jack Carr Secretary.
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Bovina
Texas
Peters and Haynes
Lubbock
Jack Carr
Sectte Y
School Board
Charles Levine
Ny International
Moscow
Charles A. Levine
Soviet Russia
New York
Usoaviakim
Society For Aerial and Chemical Defense
Russia
Siberia
Col. Lindbergh
Atlantic
Potter
Tesas
Holland
Amarillo
Potter County
N. J. Mitchell
Cora Mitchell
Wiley Pollard
Sam Ramsey
Guide to Ascent of Highest Peak With Picture Camera
Guy Caldwell, Rocky Mountain guide, plans to scale Mt McKinley in 191X and film wildlife. He will base from two camps, travel from Seattle by May, and rely on altitude acclimation after five years at 0,000 feet. A Madison Stuck-led party previously reached the summit in June 191%, but no higher-portion films exist.
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Associated Crews
Washington
Guy
Caldwell
Rocky Mountain Guide
American Nature Association
Mt. Mckinley
Madson Stuck
North American
Seward
Alaska
Long's Peak
Colorado
G. P. Edmonds
Chicago
Bobbie Iddings
Lansing
Michigan
North Face
Arthur Newtonack
Nature Magazine
Mt. Mc
Kinley
Jack
Wollon
North America
Guy C. Caldwell
Funeral Held for J. W. Selman at First Baptist Church
J W Selman aged 74 died early Saturday at Northwest Texas hospital. Funeral services were held at 1 pm yesterday at the First Baptist Church conducted by Rev G L Yates. Burial followed at Liang cemetery under Griggs and Son. He had lived in Amarillo 23 years and served as country clerk justice of the peace and later a lawyer. He leaves a widow two sons and five daughters, all of Amarillo.
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J. W
Selman
Northwest Texas Hospital
First Baptist Church
G. L. Yates
Liang Cemetery
Griggs and Sone
Holman
Amarillo
Sona
Mojave Indians Tribute To Hopi Runner In Cross Country Race
Mojave Indians sent a 12 piece band to cheer Arizona Hopi runner Nicholas Quomawahu in the Inez two miles lap at the OC Pyle cross country event in Needles California. The band led a parade of trucks as Mojave tribesmen offered war whoops while Quomawahu, returning from an injured ankle, sprinted to win the heat.
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Needles
Cal
Nicholas Quomawahu
Arizona
Hia
Political Musicians In French Parliament
French lawmakers are adept musicians Edouard Herriot Merriotte Vincent Auriol Baroux Eugene Lautier and others are noted pianists violinists or singers Their talents span classical composers and contemporary tunes suggesting Parliament could form a capable orchestra led by Verdi Bouleson during his service in Constantine.
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iHy International
Servier
Paris
Clane
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Edouard Herriot
Constantine
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Eddie Guerin
Eddie
Ft. Worth
Dallas
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Ar. Dallas
Santa Fe
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Hill
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