Derby Week Crowds Flood Louisville Ahead of Annual Run
Louisville prepared for the Fifty Fourth Kentucky Derby as 80 000 visitors expected. Hotels filled fast with 3 000 rooms left in smaller inns. Rain left Churchill Downs muddy but track workers drained the oval. Reigh Count remained the heavy favorite with Tore and Martie Flynn close behind.
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Associated Press
Louisville
Rairescs
Churchill Downs
Reigh
John D. Hertz
Tore
E. B. McLean
Martie Flynn
Stuyvesant Peabody
Railroad Roundups and Rumblings
A Fort Worth Denver Safety Committee meeting drew about 38 advocates and rail workers in a coach at Fort Worth. the conference stressed Safety First to curb injuries and promote humane, practical practices. Other items note staff changes, roadbed grading near Pampa, and growth in railroad operations across Denver and Santa Fe lines.
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Advocates of
Fort Worth
Denver
C. H. McClelland
Pampa
The
Santa Fe
Interstate Commerce Commission
May Fly to Games Joe Dawson Trains as Aviator
Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Joe Dawson, a licensed aviator with 440 flight hours, plans to travel by plane if he buys a ship. He trained in the Naval Air Service in San Diego and spends spare time at Pittsburgh fields. In four games this season he has three wins and solid hitting.
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Joe Dawson
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Nationals
Dawson
Naval Air Service
San Diego
California
Joe
Pirates
Tradition Ends Dutch dating at Northwestern University
Co-eds will not break tradition at Northwestern University as the plan for coed dates to share expenses was tested twice. The first dance during the all university circus flop and the second attracted only thirty couples, leading to the abandonment of the idea.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Northwestern University
Black Reaches Cairo On Air Tour From Solum
Van Lear Black, Baltimore publisher on a 40,000 mile air tour to South Africa and the Far East, arrives in Cairo today after Solum on the coast. Paris notes Europe will hold a May conference to plan war on rats with an estimate of 5,000,000 rats in the city.
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Black
Cairo
Associated Press
Egypt
van Lear Black
Baltimore
South Africa
Far East
Solum
Paris
Europe
Cities Service Organization
Cities Service
Cities
Longhorns Beat Baylor to Narrow Crown Hope
Texas University Longhorns defeated Baylor 5 to 3 in Waco pushing toward the Southwest Conference title. Texas needs a split with Texas A&M in a two-game series to clinch, led by Walker with a homer and two singles. Baylor's Naylor had a triple and a homer in four at bats.
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Associated Press
Waco
Tex
Texas University Longhorns
Baylor University
Bears
Longhorns
Texas Aggies
Hop k ine elected tax collector in Trenton after long service
New England town of Trenton Maine reelects Thomas J Hopk ine as tax collector for the forty seventh time. He has served as constable for 20 years town clerk for 20 years and treasurer for 12 years. He also led the school board and the board.
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Trenton
Thomas J. Hopkine
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